Law & Order season 4

Law & Order
Season 4
Season 4 U.S. DVD cover
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 15, 1993 (1993-09-15) – May 25, 1994 (1994-05-25)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The fourth season of Law & Order aired on NBC between September 15, 1993, and May 25, 1994. This is the final season to feature Michael Moriarty as Ben Stone. It is also the first season to include a shorter opening sequence and theme (at 46 seconds), which would be used for the remainder of the series' run. Season four was released on DVD December 6, 2005.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Law & Order characters

There were two cast changes from season 3:

• Anita Van Buren (played by S. Epatha Merkerson) replaced Don Cragen (Dann Florek) in the role of the detectives' supervisor (although Van Buren was a Lieutenant while Cragen had held the more senior rank of Captain)
• Claire Kincaid (played by Jill Hennessy) replaced Paul Robinette (Richard Brooks) as Assistant District Attorney.

This was the first time women played any of the Law & Order's six major characters: both roles would continue to be occupied by women, with Merkerson remaining in the role of Van Buren, throughout the remainder of the series. It was also the first time in Law & Order's history that two major cast changes were made simultaneously; the next such double change did not happen until the beginning of season 17.

Michael Moriarty, who played Executive Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone, left the series at the end of the 4th season and was replaced by Sam Waterston as Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy from 1994 until 2008, when he became District Attorney.

Main Cast

• Jerry Orbach as Senior Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Chris Noth as Junior Detective Mike Logan
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Michael Moriarty as Executive Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone
• Jill Hennessy as Assistant District Attorney Claire Kincaid
• Steven Hill as District Attorney Adam Schiff
• Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet

Recurring Cast

During this season, J. K. Simmons, who would later have a recurring role as Dr. Emil Skoda, appeared in the episode "Sanctuary" as a TV cameraman, Jerry Luppin.

Notable guest stars

In addition to above, Law & Order season 4's notable guest stars included: Robert Klein, David Krumholtz, Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros, Steve Ryan, Margaret Gibson, Melissa Leo, William Bogert, Jim Boyd, Nicolas Coster, Kent Broadhurst, Denis O'Hare, Gareth Williams, Betsy Aidem, Harsh Nayyar, Doug Barron, Jill Tasker, Billy Van, Lucy Deakins, Sebastian Roché, Karron Graves, Boris McGiver, J. Grant Albrecht, Joe Seneca, Cecilia Hart, James Earl Jones, Frances Chaney, Faran Tahir, Reggie Montgomery, Sharon Angela, Shawn Michael Howard, Glenn Taranto, Caroline Lagerfelt, Viveca Lindfors, Beverly Johnson, Hudson Leick, Robert Cicchini, Richard Bright, Lewis Arlt, Graham Brown, Daniel Zelman, Pamela Payton-Wright, Gabriel Olds, Lauren Ambrose, Paul Collins, Tom Everett Scott, Bibi Besch, Ted Sorel, Joyce Ebert, Sam Robards, Tim Kelleher, Neal Huff, Paul O'Brien, Charles Malik Whitfield, Željko Ivanek, Scott Sowers, Mark Tymchyshyn, Sophie Hayden, Guy Davis, Matt Malloy, Wil Horneff, Helen Gallagher, James Madio, Vivienne Benesch, Ben Shenkman, Shona Tucker, Matthew Arkin, Kitty Chen, Lillias White, Alan Gordon, Laurence Mason, Faith Prince, Bruce Altman, Jesse Corti, Natalya Negoda, George T. Odom, Jan Miner, Julie Dretzin, Michael Ryan, Daniel Dae Kim, Amy Stiller, Lynda Gravátt, Melissa Hurst, Natalie Toro, Brian Williams, Chad L. Coleman, Theodore Bikel, Vyto Ruginis, Reg Rogers, George Guidall, Caitlin Dulany, Gerry Becker, Leonard Jackson, Brian Howe, Rosanna Carter, Tiger Haynes, Deirdre O'Connell, Ann Dowd, Ellen Parker, Judson Mills, Marie Masters, Robert LuPone, Marcella Lowery, Erica Gimpel, Bernadette Quigley, David Groh, Kip Niven, Jane Kaczmarek, Lee Bryant, Enrico Colantoni, Bruce Adler, Christopher Misiano, Danny Gerard, Robert Hogan, Tresa Hughes, Marilyn Cooper, Elizabeth Parrish, Guillermo Díaz, Pamela Blair, John Griesemer, Alan Blumenfeld, Ron Ostrow, Harris Yulin, Karen Sillas, Jeanne Paulsen, Vincent Pastore, Kathrine Narducci, Alice Drummond, Shae D'Lyn, Robin Tunney, Victor Colicchio, George Bartenieff, Lou Martini Jr., John Morrison, Leila Danette, Jack Landrón, Richard Libertini, Malik Yoba, Ray Aranha, Steve Harris, Keith Hernandez, Zakes Mokae, O.L. Duke, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Ernestine Jackson, Woodie King Jr., James A. Baffico, Tony Todd, Michael Constantine, Beatrice Winde, Elaine Bromka, Arthur French, J.K. Simmons, Sean Nelson, Carl Cofield, Christine Baranski, Lisa Eichhorn, Camryn Manheim, Bruce MacVittie, Zelda Harris, Sondra James, Adina Porter, Danny Tamberelli, John Heard, Leslie Lyles, Peter Jacobson, Dan Dailey, Mary McCormack, Kevin Hagen, Allison Janney, Victor Slezak, Geoff Pierson, Michael Harney, Brian Tarantina, Don Creech, Michael Gaston, Scott MacDonald and Elizabeth Rodriguez.

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
67	1	"Sweeps"	James Frawley	Craig McNeer & Robert Nathan	September 15, 1993 (1993-09-15)	69009	13.6 [1]
Briscoe and Logan investigate after a convicted child molester, Dr. Joseph Vinton, is murdered on a controversial talk show hosted by Rick Mason (Robert Klein). The shooter is easily identified — he's Sid Fisher (Steve Ryan), the father of the dead man's victim from three years earlier. During the course of the investigation, however, the detectives find evidence that leads them to believe that Mason may have set up Vinton's murder so as to assure high ratings during sweeps period. Stone's case is made more difficult because Sid Fisher isn't willing to say anything that could put his son, Scotty (David Krumholtz), on the stand. Guest starring: Robert Klein, David Krumholtz, Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros, Steve Ryan, David Little, Margaret Gibson, Melissa Leo, Paul Geier, William Bogert, Charles E. Gerber, Stewart Steinberg, Jim Beaudin, Jim Boyd, Mark Bailey, Jim Fromewick, Jeremy Gold, Yvette Thor, Frank Anderson and Sharon Watroba First appearance of S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren and Jill Hennessy as Assistant District Attorney Claire Kincaid.
68	2	"Volunteers"	James Quinn	René Balcer	September 29, 1993 (1993-09-29)	69017	13.7 [2]
A disruptive, unbalanced homeless man Roland Kirk is found severely beaten in an alley of the middle-class neighborhood he calls home, leading Stone to try and prosecute one of the residents for premeditated murder. Guest starring: Nicolas Coster, Kent Broadhurst, Stephen Mendillo, Marion Killinger, Denis O'Hare, Stuart Burney, Gareth Williams, Betsy Aidem, Gordon Macdonald, Pamela Stewart, Jill Choder, Lee Brock, Helen Harrelson, Harsh Nayyar, Kevin Alexander, Danielle Rayne, Doug Barron, Tracy Grisword, Anne Swift, Kevin Amalia, Tim Artz, Michael Hammond, Jill Tasker, Elise Stone, Billy Van, Lynn Chase and Michael Noth This episode was the basis for the Law & Order: UK episode "Community Service"
69	3	"Discord"	Ed Sherin	Michael S. Chernuchin	October 6, 1993 (1993-10-06)	69012	15.3 [3]
When college student Julia Wood charges an admittedly promiscuous rock star, C Square, (Sebastian Roché) with rape, he claims the act was consensual. Logan and Briscoe investigate the crime and soon learn that C Square isn't the nice guy he would have everyone believe. Guest starring: Lucy Deakins, Sebastian Roché, Avi Hoffman, Meighan Dobson, Karron Graves, Laury Marker, Alex Wipf, Diane DiLscio, Amy Korb, Ted Blumberg, Boris McGiver, Chris Ceraso, Karen Byers, J. Grant Albrecht, Sam Fontana, Joe Bacino, Lew Reeseguie, Jim Siatkowski, George Hosmer and William Pitts
70	4	"Profile"	E.W. Swackhamer	T : Ed Zuckerman; S/T : Gordon Rayfield	October 13, 1993 (1993-10-13)	69010	16.0 [4]
After a number of neighborhood residents are murdered, the police follow the investigation to a local racist who is murdering people he doesn't feel belong in his neighborhood. Stone finds himself facing a prominent black attorney representing the murderer. Guest starring: Joe Seneca, Cecilia Hart, Bruce Katzman, Brian Davies, William Carden, James Earl Jones, Frances Chaney, Jose Ynoa, P.J. Barry, Anthony Fusco, Faran Tahir, Barry Squitieri, Jim Iorio, Richard Litt, Elizabeth Swackhamer, Francesca Rizzo, Seth Jerome Walker, Joe Jamrog, Reggie Montgomery, Sharon Angela, José Rabelo, Oni Faida Lampley, Mary E. Pérez, Amanda KC, Shawn Michael Howard, Mark Lolito, Joseph Mosso, Glenn Taranto, Betty Vaughn and Gardland Whitt
71	5	"Black Tie"	Arthur W. Forney	Walon Green & Michael S. Chernuchin	October 20, 1993 (1993-10-20)	69004	16.3 [5]
After Jonathan Keyes a wealthy man is found dead in his home, the police receive an anonymous tip that he was murdered. Logan and Briscoe encounter difficulties at the scene when the widow Danielle Keyes and her attorney Norman Rothenburg refuse to allow an autopsy, and by the time Rodgers is able to examine the body, it has already been embalmed. The medical examiner claims the death was natural causes, and even though the state finally gets the necessary proof that the death was murder, the methods used to obtain the needed evidence come under question when Stone tries the case in court. Guest starring: Caroline Lagerfelt, Viveca Lindfors, Beverly Johnson, Hudson Leick, Robert Cicchini, Malcom Gets, Richard Bright, Lewis Arlt, Tom Lacy, Phillip Clark, Andrew Mutnick, Michael Hayward-Jones, Graham Brown, Daniel Zelman, Fred Burrell, Billy Gillespie and Reade Kelly
72	6	"Pride and Joy"	Gilbert Shilton	Edward Pomerantz & Robert Nathan	October 27, 1993 (1993-10-27)	69006	16.2 [6]
When building superintendent Frank McKinnon is found murdered in the basement of the building he works and lives in, Logan and Briscoe initially investigate the crime as a potential break-in until forensics discovers that the "break-in" was staged. The state's attention soon turns to Sean, Frank's 17-year-old son. Dr. Olivet determines the son is an abusive sociopath after interviewing him. But when the victim's wife claims that Frank beat his family on a regular basis, Stone and Kincaid try to determine who is telling the truth. Guest starring: Pamela Payton-Wright, Gabriel Olds, Lauren Ambrose, Paul Collins, Patrick Collins, Lauren Klein, Judy Jacksina, Tom Everett Scott, Edwin Owens, Catrina Ganey, Johnny Giacalone, Frannie Handman, Karen Giordano, Heather Willihnganz, Stewart J. Zully, Tony Devon, Larry Gregory, Howard Blakey and Bob Loehmann
73	7	"Apocrypha"	Gabrielle Beaumont	Michael S. Chernuchin	November 3, 1993 (1993-11-03)	69013	14.9 [7]
Stone and Kincaid try to prove that Wendy Berman the young woman believed to have planted a bomb in a parking garage had been brainwashed and was acting under the direct orders of Daniel Hendricks, the charismatic leader of a local cult known as the Acherusian Temple. Guest starring: Bibi Besch, Cheryl Giannini, Ted Sorel, Deena Martin, Joyce Ebert, Sam Robards, Tim Kelleher, Dan Desmond, Neal Huff, Rhea Silver-Smith, Ray Genadry, William Hill, Alan Pottinger, Martin Kildare, Paul O'Brien, Mark Kenneth Smaltz, Louis Cantarini, Jason Andrews, Cheryl Adam, Charles Malik Whitfield, Ann Coleman and Nicholas B. Daddazio
74	8	"American Dream"	Constantine Makris	Sibyl Gardner	November 9, 1993 (1993-11-09)	69018	14.4 [8]
A dig at a building site uncovers the body of Sid Cohen, who had gone missing and been presumed murdered years earlier. The identification of the body proves troublesome for Stone, who had initially prosecuted Phillip Swann fourteen years earlier and had obtained a conviction. Swann uses inconsistencies between the original trial and the location of the body to seek an appeal. Guest starring: Željko Ivanek, Scott Sowers, Mark Tymchyshyn, Sophie Hayden, Bernie Passeltiner, Margaret Hilton, Guy Davis, Jeff Robins, Stephen Payne, Charles Major, Paul Hoover, Tanny McDonald, Chester A. Sim II, Stephen Myles Berger, Jane Caldwell, Vic Noto, Matt Malloy, Joel Blake and Kal Walbye This episode was the basis for the Law & Order: UK episode "Unsafe".
75	9	"Born Bad"	Fred Gerber	Michael S. Chernuchin & Sally Nemeth	November 16, 1993 (1993-11-16)	69021	15.6 [9]
When teenager Chris Pollit (Wil Horneff) beats a fellow foster home resident Johnny Lasky to death, his lawyer Helen Brolin seeks a not guilty verdict by reason of genetic defect, claiming that Pollit is genetically predisposed to violence because he has an extra Y chromosome. Guest starring: Wil Horneff, Helen Gallagher, Barbara Eda-Young, Melissa Fraser Brown, Lily Knight, James Madio, Robert C. Wheeler, Vivienne Benesch, Ben Shenkman, Shona Tucker, Matthew Arkin, Kitty Chen, Michael Cullen, Anna Carolina Arias, Sugar Johnson, Lillias White, Rose Anna Mineo, Alan Gordon, Laurence Mason and Chris Mazzilli This episode was the basis for the Law & Order: UK episode "Unloved".
76	10	"The Pursuit of Happiness"	Dann Florek	Morgan Gendel & Robert Nathan	December 1, 1993 (1993-12-01)	69005	17.0 [10]
When Billy Cooper is found murdered at the meat-packing plant where he works, Logan and Briscoe turn their eye to his wife Irina, a green card bride from Russia who had married Cooper in the hopes of a better life but had fallen in love with a co-worker and lost favor with her husband, who repeatedly threatened to send her back. Guest starring: Faith Prince, Bruce Altman, Jesse Corti, Bill Marcus, Peter Van Wagner, Natalya Negoda, Don Peoples, James Noah, Peter Jay Fernandez, Jack Davidson, Yo Han Lim, Marya Kazakova, Marc Romeo, Giulia Pagano, Mary Lim, Joe Pentangelo, George T. Odom, Edward D. Murphy and Denise Rogers
77	11	"Golden Years"	Helaine Head	T : Ed Zuckerman; S/T : Doug Palau	January 5, 1994 (1994-01-05)	69008	15.2 [11]
After 82-year-old Mildred Bauer is found dead in her apartment, suspicion immediately turns to her at-home caregiver and her boyfriend until the medical examiner reveals that the elderly woman had been starved to death. Feeding instructions given to Maria by Laura, the deceased woman's granddaughter, turn Stone's eye on the young woman, and she is charged with neglect and grave indifference to human life. Guest starring: Jan Miner, Julie Dretzin, Denise Hernandez, Frederica Meister, Michael Ryan, Paula Laurence, Michael St. Gerad, Daniel Dae Kim, William Meisle, Tom Brennan, Miguel Sierra, Amy Stiller, Jay Devlin, Bill Cohen, Gloria Herrera, Lynda Gravátt, Melissa Hurst, Whit Vernon, Natalie Toro, Elaine Eldridge, Brian Williams, Chad L. Coleman, Dadi Pinero, John Roney and Jody Wood This episode was the basis for the Law & Order: UK episode "Mortal".
78	12	"Snatched"	Constantine Makris	Walon Green & René Balcer	January 12, 1994 (1994-01-12)	69024	15.3 [12]
After Sol Bregman (Theodore Bikel) is arrested while trying to exchange a ransom payoff for his kidnapped son, Logan and Briscoe find themselves trying to find Jason Bregman while trying to stop the father, a millionaire and a close friend of Adam Schiff, from interfering in the investigation. Once Jason Bregman is found, suspicion turns to the victim himself. Guest starring: Theodore Bikel, Vyto Ruginis, Reg Rogers, Keith Langsdale, Bernadette Penotti, George Guidall, Caitlin Dulany, Gerry Becker, John Di Benedetto, Larry Green, Vince Pacimeo, Leonard Jackson, Tim Donoughe, Joe Spataro, Brian Howe, Rosanna Carter, Tiger Haynes, Christopher Rubin, Paul Frediani, Michael Hunold, Paul Singer, John Finnerty, Dan Karlok and Yvonne Warden
79	13	"Breeder"	Arthur W. Forney	Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer	January 19, 1994 (1994-01-19)	69023	19.3 [13]
Debra Elkins claims to have passed out in a cab after giving birth only to wake up and discover her baby is missing, but it isn't long before Briscoe and Logan follow the trail of evidence to her boyfriend, Steven Shaw, who is keeping the baby in a hotel at Debra's request. As the investigation continues, Stone and Kincaid find three separate couples who had been led to believe that they would be the baby's adoptive parents, but it appears that Debra has no intention of giving her baby to any of them. Guest starring: Deirdre O'Connell, Ann Dowd, Ellen Parker, Stephen James, Michael Mantell, Judson Mills, Marie Masters, Angie Phillips, Robert LuPone, Neal Benari, Ted Neustadt, Marcella Lowery, Erica Gimpel, Marty Pistone, Frank Minucci, Ross Bickell, Michael Khmurov, Jordan Leeds, Bernadette Quigley, Steven Arvanites, Michael A. Costanza, Herbert Rubens, Joanne Genelle and Pamela Wiggins
80	14	"Censure"	Ed Sherin	William N. Fordes	February 2, 1994 (1994-02-02)	69026	19.0 [14]
When the investigation into threats on a 5-year-old girl leads to a judge that Kincaid had been romantically involved with when she clerked under him, she asks Ben to take her off the case. When Thayer is brought to trial, he insinuates that Kincaid deliberately pointed the witness in his direction, claiming that she had approached him in an inappropriate manner while she worked with him. Guest starring: David Groh, Kip Niven, Baxter Harris, Jane Kaczmarek, Lee Bryant, Mike Cicchetti, Enrico Colantoni, Janna Silver-Smith, Leslie Denniston, Bruce Adler, Karen Williams, Christopher Misiano, Lewis Gould, Isabel Segovia, Linda Santavicca, Cedric Young, Dick Roberts and Sally Andrews
81	15	"Kids"	Don Scardino	Michael Harbert & Robert Nathan	February 9, 1994 (1994-02-09)	69028	16.3 [15]
When 14-year-old Angel Ramirez is shot dead while out with two friends, the investigation leads to a local gun dealer, Juan Domingo. While investigating Domingo, Briscoe and Logan learn that he was a recent suspect in a shooting that paralyzed a teenage boy, and Briscoe finds himself in an awkward position when Kevin Parker, the son of Ted Parker an old friend of Briscoe's, ends up being the prime suspect in young Angel's homicide. Guest starring: Danny Gerard, Robert Hogan, Tresa Hughes, Eric Alperin, Marilyn Cooper, Elizabeth Parrish, Guillermo Díaz, Jose Soto, Pamela Blair, John Griesemer, Blanca Camacho, Anthony Ruiz, Ray DeMattis, Alan Blumenfeld, Robert Jason Jackson, David López, Luis Lantigua, Juan Cruz, Dana Vance, Wally Dunn, Patrick Boll, Matthew Conlon, Ron Ostrow, Vincent Angell and Marc Plastrik
82	16	"Big Bang"	Dann Florek	Ed Zuckerman	March 2, 1994 (1994-03-02)	69027	15.7 [16]
A nuclear physicist Edward Manning (Harris Yulin) becomes the chief suspect when his estranged wife Florence, who has been delaying divorce proceedings, is the victim of a mail bomb. Guest starring: Randle Mell, Jennifer Van Dyck, Harris Yulin, Karen Sillas, Vincent Viverito, Ellen Lancaster, Jeff Gendelman, Brenda Denmark, Jeanne Paulsen, Steve Boles, Nancy Bell, Vincent Pastore, Lori Brown, Malachy Cleary and Patrick McCullough
83	17	"Mayhem"	James Quinn	S : Walon Green; T : René Balcer; S/T : Michael S. Chernuchin	March 9, 1994 (1994-03-09)	69029	16.6 [17]
During a 24-hour period, Briscoe and Logan have to deal with three unrelated homicides: an aspiring actor shot in the head, a woman maiming her cheating husband, and a store owner killed in a robbery. Guest starring: Tom Riis Farrell, Kathrine Narducci, Jack Hallett, Alice Drummond, Shae D'Lyn, Peggy Cowles, Robin Tunney, Victor Colicchio, Ray Iannicelli, Christine Parks, Jamie Tirelli, Jason Duchin, Ellen Tobie, Siu Wah Lau, Hyunsoo Lee, Bruklin Harris, Raymond Anthony Thomas, George Bartenieff, Saul Stein, Patrick Borriello, Ralph Buckley, Mimi Randolph, Richie Hersch, Joe Pentangelo, Mike Farley, Jerold Goldstein, Tom Wade, Lou Martini Jr., John Finnerty, Richard Petrocelli, John Morrison, David H. Kramer, Leila Danette, Jo Twiss, Michael Noth, John Ring, Jack Landrón and George Rafferty This episode was the basis for the Law & Order: UK episode "Dawn till Dusk". One of the cases in this episode is revisited in "Entitled" (2000), a two-parter which begins on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
84	18	"Wager"	Ed Sherin	S : Michael S. Chernuchin; T : Kevin Arkadie; S/T : Harvey Solomon	March 30, 1994 (1994-03-30)	69002	16.3 [18]
Briscoe and Logan bet that the killing of Ben Williams a star athlete's father is linked to gambling debts and threats to the baseball player's family, but it turns out the son Pat's alibi does not hold up and he ends up under suspicion himself. Note: Keith Hernandez makes an appearance. Guest starring: Richard Libertini, Malik Yoba, Karen Williams, Ray Aranha, Steve Harris, Keith Hernandez, Zakes Mokae, Joseph R. Sicari, O.L. Duke, Adam Grupper, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Ron Brice, Ernestine Jackson, Woodie King Jr., James A. Baffico, Larry Attile, James Goodwin Rice, Robert Poletick, Rich Ramirez, Arnie Mazer, Jernard Burks and Jon E. Edwards
85	19	"Sanctuary"	Arthur W. Forney	Michael S. Chernuchin & William N. Fordes	April 13, 1994 (1994-04-13)	69030	17.1 [19]
A black minister fans the flames of racial intolerance after a Jewish man Joshua Berger is not indicted for a hit-and-run which resulted in the death of black 12-year-old Damon Fox. The result is a riot which ends in a black teenager beating an Italian man to death after he mistook him for Jewish. Guest starring: Tony Todd, Michael Constantine, Beatrice Winde, Damon Saleem, Kevin Thigpen, Elaine Bromka, Arthur French, David Fonteno, Sharon Washington, J.K. Simmons, Christopher Wynkoop, John Steven Jones, Sean Nelson, Omar Scroggins, Tanganyika, Melanee Murray, Carl Cofield, John Gleeson Connolly, Bob Cea, Jon Vandertholen, Matt Conley, Tessell Williams and Nicholas J. Giangiulio In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #79 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes. [20]
86	20	"Nurture"	Jace Alexander	Paris Qualles & Ed Zuckerman	May 4, 1994 (1994-05-04)	69011	15.3 [21]
Briscoe and Logan investigate the disappearance of Wendy Sylvester a child from her abusive foster home and find her being held by Arnette Fenady a loving but disturbed woman who insists she has acted only for the child's own good. Guest starring: Christine Baranski, Stephi Lineburg, Lisa Eichhorn, Camryn Manheim, Bruce MacVittie, Jesse Moore, Zelda Harris, Ann McDonough, Pat Hodges, Sondra James, Angela Pietropinto, Michael Medeiros, Millie Tirelli, Billy Strong, Adina Porter, Danny Tamberelli, George Hughes, Don Hewitt, Mark Stein and Jack Merrill
87	21	"Doubles"	Ed Sherin	Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer	May 18, 1994 (1994-05-18)	69001	15.7 [22]
An assailant breaks the wrist of a tennis player Korey Burke prior to a tournament, and a competitor is among the suspects. Guest starring: John Heard, Stacey Moseley, Allison Dunbar, Holt MaCallany, Leslie Lyles, Byron Jennings, John Ottavino, Thom Sesma, Peter Jacobson, Dan Dailey, Mary McCormack, John Leone, Kevin Hagen, Tom Grunke, Drew Militano, Tony Orbach, Tom Nash, Nick Kaledin and Monica Bell
88	22	"Old Friends"	James Quinn	S : Robert Nathan; S/T : Joshua Stern	May 25, 1994 (1994-05-25)	69031	15.3 [23]
A truck hits a pedestrian and the investigation reveals Steven Green the victim's link to a baby-food company in which a new partner has connections to the Russian mob. Guest starring: Allison Janney, Victor Slezak, Geoff Pierson, Michael Harney, Deborah Genninger, Brian Tarantina, Don Creech, Debra Niewald, Sarah Melici, Michael Gaston, Scott MacDonald, Glynis Bell, Patrick Husted, Marcia DeBonis, Clement Fowler, Joyce R. Korbin, Antony Thomas, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Christopher McHale, Helene Cara, Edouard DeSoto, J.J. Clark, Kevin Davis, Ken Larsen, Michael Boyle, Nora Elcar and Toni James Final appearance of Michael Moriarty as Executive Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone.

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External links

• Episode guide from NBC.com

Preceded by Season Three (1992–1993)

List of Law & Order seasons (1990–2010)

Succeeded by Season Five (1994–1995)