Law & Order: Year 13
Universal (2002)
TV Series  /  Drama, Crime, Mystery
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025192103841
IMDB   7.8
60 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Fred Dalton Thompson Arthur Branch
S. Epatha Merkerson Anita Van Buren
Jerry Orbach Lennie Briscoe
Elisabeth Rohm Serena Southerlyn
Sam Waterston Jack McCoy
Jesse L. Martin Ed Green
Steven Zirnkilton Narrator
Leslie Hendrix Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
John Cariani Julian Beck
Andrea Navedo Detective Ana Cordova
J.K. Simmons Dr. Emil Skoda
David Lipman Judge Morris Torledsky
Carolyn McCormick Dr. Elizabeth Olivet
Megan Byrne Myra Camp
Fran Lebowitz Judge Janice Goldberg
Joe Gonzalez Sgt. Martinez
Adam Stein Assistant Medical Examiner Cantor
Jay O. Sanders Alan Fenwick
Lynn Cohen Judge Elizabeth Mizener
Arthur J. Nascarella Jerry Malick
Director
Jace Alexander
Darnell Martin
Edwin Sherin
Richard Dobbs
Producer Dick Wolf
Wendy Battles
Arthur W. Forney
Marc Guggenheim
Writer Lorenzo Carcaterra
Dick Wolf
Wendy Battles
Janis Diamond
Cinematography John Beymer
William Klayer
David S. Tuttman
Musician Mike Post

Law & Order, the longest running crime series and is tied for longest running drama series in the history of American broadcast television, will start its 21st season on NBC in the autumn of 2010. The brainchild of creator Dick Wolf, Law & Order is the most successful brand in the history of primetime television; the winner of the 1997 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series; ties Cheers and M*A*S*H for the most consecutive best series nominations (eleven) and the longest-running drama series currently on American television. The series has also turned into one of entertainment's preeminent brands using a distinct ripped from the headlines format, and has spawned the successful spinoffs Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Crime & Punishment and Law & Order: Trial by Jury.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/2/2002  1.  American Jihad
An American Muslim becomes the prime suspect in a double murder after an academic challenges his religious beliefs.
Director:  Constantine Makris  Writer:  Aaron Zelman  / Marc Guggenheim 
Guest starring:  Ali Farahnakian, Gordon MacDonald,  Richard BekinsMerritt Wever, Wil Horneff,  Jason Butler HarnerRamon De Ocampo, Abigail Lopez, Robin Mattson, Katie Kreisler,  Jeff Brooks, Jordan Lage, Pilar Witherspoon, Jason Kolotouros,  Stewart J. Zully, E.J. Carroll, Paul Urcioli
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/9/2002  2.  Shangri-La
The murder of a female high school English teacher uncovers a love triangle that includes a female student and a male teacher, both of whom become suspects. The prosecutors have to deal with the student's multiple identities and refusal to live past adolescence.
Director:  Constantine Makris  Writer:  Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Daisy Hobbs, Kevin Nagle, Susan Floyd, Edward James Hyland, Lena Georgas,  Bruce Nozick, Hallie Foote, Rob Campbell, Stephi Lineburg, Verónica Cruz, Max Vogler, Sid Solomon,  Tim Miller, Jesse Shafer, Herve Clermont, Richard E. Hirschfeld, Deirdre Madigan, Sal Petraccione
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/16/2002  3.  True Crime
Investigating the death of a rock band singer who had large amounts of cocaine and heroin in her system, the detectives question a former boyfriend who was a disgruntled band mate of her late husband. The prosecuters are hampered by the actions of a retired detective, who worked a case with Briscoe several years back, turned writer whose unconventional research tactics makes him a suspect as well.
Director:  Martha Mitchell  Writer:  Wendy Battles  / Noah Baylin 
Guest starring:  Tony Lo BiancoDavid Thornton, Stivi Paskoski, Kellie Overbey Shane,  Richard Bright, Andrew McGinn, Dyron Holmes, Darren Matthias, John Sloman, Eron Otcasek, Sean Pierce, Howard Pinhasik, Triney Sandoval, David W. Butler, Alfred Sauchelli, Jr., George Newton, James And
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/30/2002  4.  Tragedy on Rye
A struggling actress is murdered in an apparent robbery-homicide where a video tape, made by a couple touring the city sold to a local news station, shows three suspects loading the stolen property into an SUV. They are charged with felony murder, a capital crime, and causes unrest with Southerlyn surrounding the death penalty.
Director:  David Platt  Writer:  William N. Fordes 
Guest starring:  Tim Ransom, Beth Dixon, Omar Sharif Scroggins, Jerry Grayson,  Malcolm Barrett, Tony Campisi, Reathel Bean, Brian Davies, Darcy Pulliam, Gil Rogers, Wally Dunn, Mary Elaine Monti, Lia Yang, Peter Ratray, Bruce Winant, Gary Lowery, Tia Dionne Hodge, Michael LiDondici, Stewa
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/6/2002  5.  The Ring
The discovery of a body in Hells Kitchen who had been wearing a $40,000 diamond ring leads the detectives back to the World Trade Center attacks as the victim had been reported to have died when Tower One collapsed. The ensuing investigation leads to a fiancee and a lover and the determination that the events of 9/11 may have been good timing to hide the fact that she was murdered the night before.
Director:  Richard Dobbs  Writer:  Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Thomas McCarthyPatrick Breen, Stevie Ray Dallimore, Greer Goodman, Annie Meisels, Lucy Deakins, William Wise,  Megan Byrne, Vince Pacimeo, Evy O'Rourke, Neal Lerner, Bob Sorenson, Tom Titone, Karole Foreman, Bill Cohen, Reginald Washington, Juan C. Piedrahita, John Lloy
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/13/2002  6.  Hitman
The execution style shooting of a city contractor leads Detectives Briscoe and Green to suspect a professional hitman. They first focus upon possible enemies of the victim, but end up suspecting the victim's wife and her boyfried of hiring the killer. However later discovered evidence leads McCoy and Southerlyn to a conspirator that no one had suspected.
Director:  Richard Dobbs  Writer:  Eric Overmyer 
Guest starring:  Gretchen Egolf, Rocco Sisto,  Tony DarrowMichael B. SilverArthur J. NascarellaBobby Cannavale, Michael Oberlander, Stuart Burney, Kit Flanagan, Andrew Heckler,  Ellen McElduffMichael P. Moran, Shari Albert, Lou Bonacki,  Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sean Patrick Re
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/20/2002  7.  Open Season
A defense attorney who had just acquitted a cop killer is gunned down outside a Manhattan restaurant. The detectives start with police officers in the precinct of the injured officer, then to his brother, before they are led to a white supremacist who is part of a national network. McCoy is faced with the unlikely prospect that the defendant's attorney, his friend of 20 years and a friend of the slain lawyer, played a part in the murder of a Florida district attorney following the defendant's arrest. McCoy is able to make a deal that perserves the integrity of his adversary, but not without a cost.
Director:  Matthew Penn  Writer:  Richard Sweren 
Guest starring:  Tom Day, Graham Winton,  Garret Dillahunt, James Flaherty, C.C. Loveheart,  Don BovinglohJohn Ottavino, Robert Rodriguez, John Hillner, Michael Genet, Kristen Sieh, Georgine Hall, Ephraim Benton, Thaddeus Daniels, Anthony Mangano, Christopher Coucill, Daniel Pearce, Iris
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/27/2002  8.  Asterisk
A star baseball player becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his limousine driver when it is discovered that the driver regularly supplied steroids to the sports icon. The subsequent investigation reveals blackmail as the underlying motive for the murder.
Director:  Steve Shill  Writer:  Terri Kopp 
Guest starring:  Reynaldo Rosales,  Josh StambergJay O. SandersMichael Kelly, Sue Jin Song, Joe Passaro, Nick Gregory, Chip Persons, Soomi Kim, C.S. Lee, Paul D'Amato, Jennifer Don, Rachel Stern, Kim Topper, Kerrianne Spellman Cort, Joseph Pentangelo, Brian Cahill, Les McDonough, Rober
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/11/2002  9.  The Wheel
The smoldering corpse of an Asian girl found outside the Chinese consul general's apartment leads the detectives to believe she had made a political statement. When forensics shows that she had been murdered beforehand, they find themselves in the middle of a religious conflict with the consul general their prime suspect and his attorney an old friend of District Attorney Branch.
Director:  Richard Dobbs  Writer:  Jill Goldsmith 
Guest starring:  Ken Leung, Grant Chang,  Tzi MaChris Sarandon, Liana Pai, Kate Rigg, Judy Kaye, Marni Lustig, T.J. Kenneally, Eileen Letchworth, Khrystyne Haje, Tom Zemon, Bob Sorenson, Anthony J. Ribustello, Matthew Lawler,  Mike Pniewski, Denny Bess, Leon Adair Jr.
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/8/2003  10.  Mother's Day
The hit-and-run death of a popular high-school student leaves the detectives suspecting the girl's father was the real target. When evidence reveals that the death was possibly a random killing, they are able to track down their suspect to his apartment. However things get complicated when their killer is murdered, and the person who committed the crime happens to be the victim's mother.
Director:  Jace Alexander  Writer:  Janis Diamond 
Guest starring:  Ellen McLaughlin, Janet Zarish, Don Billett, Charissa Chamorro, Martin Kildare, Mark Alan Gordon, Jim Moody, Daniella Alonso, Karen Goberman, Lucy Martin, Deja Kreutzberg, Allie Woods, Jr., Sinto Ramos, Timothy Britten Parker, Michael Lewis,  Sanjiv Jhaveri, Joe Capozzi
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/15/2003  11.  Chosen
The murder of a bookie with a high-class clientelle leads the detectives to arrest his partner. Charged with first-degree murder, his attorney puts forth an unusual defense strategy that turns the trial into a political statement.
Director:  Ed Sherin  Writer:  Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Peter JacobsonJohn Rothman, Jamie Goodwin, Emily Frankovich, Delaine Yates, Larry Cahn,  Ross BickellDavid Wilson Barnes, James Hindman, Michael Garfield, Will Chase, Adrian Rieder, Jonathan Sale, Alix Korey, Peter M. Karlin, Ray Luetters, Ray Garvey, John Farrell, Jor
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/5/2003  12.  Under God
A dead teenager's father and a vigilante priest are suspects in the killing of a drug dealer.
Director:  Gloria Muzio  Writer:  Marc Guggenheim  / Noah Baylin 
Guest starring:  Denis O'Hare, Bruce MacVittie, Dick Latessa, Peter Frechette, Maggie Burke, Antoinette LaVecchia, Ruth Maleczech, Jessica Pimentel, Antonique Smith, Jose Edwin Soto,  John Douglas Thompson, Keith Davis, Andrew Polk, Peter Lewis, Brian McQuillan, Kesed Ragin, Breny Meyer
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/12/2003  13.  Absentia
When the witness in a jewelry store robbery-homicide fails to appear in court, McCoy suspects foul play until he discovers that the man is a fugitive in a 20-year-old murder case.
Director:  Martha Mitchell  Writer:  Eric Overmyer 
Guest starring:  Mandy Patinkin, David Chandler,  Peter AppelAndrew McCarthyChristina Rouner, Jean Brassard, John Tormey, Shannon Burkett, Tracy Swallows, Sara Surrey, Gene Farber,  Polly Adams, William Charles Mitchell, Jenny Deller, Tyrone Mitchell Henderson, Sophina Brown, James Ry
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/19/2003  14.  Star Crossed
The bludgeoning of a luxury sports car dealer leads the detectives to a mentally challenged man and his girlfriend who is extremely attractive and whose expensive tastes leads her to be equally manipulative.
Director:  David Platt  Writer:  Richard Sweren 
Guest starring:  Vanessa Ferlito, Chandler Adrian Parker,  Peter GeretyMatthew Rauch, Jason Kolotouros, Jeremy Fonicello, Orlagh Cassidy,  Rebecca Wisocky, Margaret Reed, Christopher D. Wells, Randy Lewis, Richard Toth,  James Martinez, David Roya, Ed Vassallo, Suzanne Santo,  Adam Stein
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/26/2003  15.  Bitch
The death of a stockbroker leads the detectives to his girlfriend whose mother is a cosmetics mogul who has a long standing friendship with Branch, and will stop at nothing to protect her corporate image by using hormone replacement therapy withdrawal as the basis for her defense.
Director:  Constantine Makris  Writer:  Michael S. Chernuchin  / Roz Weinman 
Guest starring:  Lucie Arnaz, Melissa Errico, Fred Grandy, Nancy Franklin, Nancy Snyder, Tom Ligon, Bryan Hanna, Maura M. Knowles, Martha Millan, Zabryna Guevara, Chris Kipiniak, Michael K. Weiss, Curt Karibalis, Jason Pugatch, Shaun Powell, Rick Johnson
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    3/26/2003  16.  Suicide Box
A media-savvy attorney defends a black teenager accused of shooting an off-duty policy officer.
Director:  Matthew Penn  Writer:  Aaron Zelman 
Guest starring:  Gregory Hines,  Oni Faida Lampley, Lisa Eichhorn, Ato Essandoh, Chad C. Tucker, Chris Tardio,  Claire LautierChris Messina, Cherene Snow, Erica N. Tazel, Charles Tuthill, Jeff Swanton, Robert Gerard Larkin, Barry Finkel, Bernadette Drayton
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/2/2003  17.  Genius
Investigating the murder of a cab driver, the detectives come to suspect a famous author and his protege, a former child prodigy.
Director:  Jace Alexander  Writer:  William N. Fordes 
Guest starring:  Stanley AndersonSonia Braga, David Wike,  Saul Rubinek, Michael Early, Constance Barron, Regina Hilliard Bain, Robert Prescott, Doug Yasuda, Joe Holt, Kerrianne Spellman Cort, Tony Michael Donnelly, Joseph Temperini, Bryan Hearne,  William H. Burns, Greg Schmalbach
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/17/2003  18.  Maritime
A missing football player becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a woman whose body is discovered floating in the East River.
Director:  Gloria Muzio  Writer:  Wendy Battles 
Guest starring:  John Doman, Craig Walker, Lizbeth Mackay, Drew McVety,  Tom MasonMegan Byrne, Leslie Kay, Tandy Cronyn, Samuel Maupin,  Janis Dardaris, Carmen Roman, Kate Miller, Lauren Fortgang, Ty Jones, Antonio Edwards Suarez, Danny Rutigliano, Jordan Leeds, Dennis Z. Gagomiros, Sean
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/23/2003  19.  Seer
The prime suspect in the murder of a woman outside a sex club claims to have merely witnessed the crime via a psychic vision.
Director:  James Quinn  Writer:  Jill Goldsmith 
Guest starring:  Robert StantonRobin WeigertBlair Brown, Merwin Goldsmith, Stephen Rowe, Judy Kuhn, Richard Thomsen, Flora Martinez,  Teresa Hill, Sharron Bower, Kevin James Kelly, Mark Saturino, Chuck Lewkowicz, Rod Maiorano, Shantell Herndon, Wayne Scott, Richard E. Hirschfeld, Sal
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    4/30/2003  20.  Kid Pro Quo
The murder of an admissions director of a private school leads the detectives to investigate a pair of angry parents whose children were denied admission, but then set their sights on the headmaster when they discover that the victim was about to go public with the denied admissions.
Director:  David Platt  Writer:  Eric Overmyer  / Roz Weinman 
Guest starring:  Joshua Mostel, Curtis L. McClarin,  Roger ReesMegan ByrneDaniel Oreskes, Joe Narciso,  Olivia Birkelund, Glynis Bell, John G. Preston, Susan Greenhill, Thomas Ryan, Harry Pritchett, Justine Caputo, Greg O'Donovan, Wayne Kasserman, Albert Jones, William Peden, Adam Stei
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/7/2003  21.  House Calls
The suspicious death of a Russian model leads the detectives to suspect medical malpractice.
Director:  Jace Alexander  Writer:  Janis Diamond 
Guest starring:  Alexis Dziena, Michael Boatman, Jonathan Hogan,  Doug Stender, Iris Little-Thomas,  Misha Kuznetsov, Lisa Bostnar, Louis Vanaria, Terry Layman, Rosalie Tenseth, Jeffrey Ware, Olga Sosnovska,  Barbara Rhoades, Larkin Malloy, Timothy Doyle, Lauren Bone, Kevin Mambo, Corinna M
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/14/2003  22.  Sheltered
It's a race against time as the detectives go on the hunt for a sniper whose victims are shot in broad daylight.
Director:  Richard Dobbs  Writer:  Terri Kopp 
Guest starring:  Ty Burrell, Lisa Emery, Hope Chernov,  Sebastian Stan, Trisha LaFache, Socorro Santiago, Dan Snook, Lawrence David Kopp, Howard W. Overshown, Gloria Biegler, Michael Quinlan, Connie Nelson, Tyrees Allen, Tim Ahern, Nelson Lee, Marcella Lowery, Michael Barry Green, Edwin S
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/21/2003  23.  Couples
Briscoe and Green catch four murders and a kidnapping on the same day, and get handed confessions in each case.
Director:  David Platt  Writer:  Lorenzo Carcaterra 
Guest starring:  Carlos Leon, Judith Blazer, Otto Sanchez, Doug Wert, Brian Sullivan,  John F. O'Donohue, Meeghan Holaway, Ylfa Maria Edelstein, Tom Alan Robbins, Michael Louis Wells, Cynthia Darlow, Kate Goehring, Gameela Wright, Abraham Alvarez, Stracy Diaz, Kirsten Russell, Tammy Jo F
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    5/21/2003  24.  Smoke
Briscoe and Green are assigned to a case involving an eccentric comedian who may have killed his young son by dangling him off a ledge.
Director:  Constantine Makris  Writer:  Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Adam Ferrara,  Ned Eisenberg, Jon Budinoff, David Zayas,  James VillemaireLarry Miller, Lisa Lisa, Mark H. Dold, Kirsty Hinchcliffe, Malachy Cleary, Robert G. McKay, Janet Sarno, Allen Fitzpatrick, Lee Cobb,  Ron McClary, George Kmeck, Sasha Eden, Kevin Scott Henderson, Te
Edition Details
Series Law & Order
Distributor Universal Studios
Release Date 11/8/2011
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)
Subtitles French; Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 5