Law & Order season 25

Law & Order
Season 25
Starring	Reid Scott David Ajala Maura Tierney Hugh Dancy Odelya Halevi Tony Goldwyn
No. of episodes	18
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 25, 2025 (2025-09-25) – present
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The twenty-fifth season of Law & Order , an American police procedural and legal drama, premiered on NBC on September 25, 2025. ^[1]

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Law & Order characters

Main

• Reid Scott as Senior Detective Vincent Riley
• David Ajala as Junior Detective Theo Walker ^[2]
• Maura Tierney as Lieutenant Jessica Brady
• Hugh Dancy as Executive Assistant District Attorney Nolan Price
• Odelya Halevi as Assistant District Attorney Samantha Maroun
• Tony Goldwyn as District Attorney Nicholas Baxter

Crossover stars from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

• Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson
• Ice T as Sergeant Odafin "Fin" Tutuola
• Kelli Giddish as Sergeant Amanda Rollins
• Kevin Kane as Detective Terry Bruno
• Noma Dumezweni as Chief Kathryn Tynan
• Elizabeth Marvel as Defense Attorney Rita Calhoun

Crossover stars from FBI

• Thomas Philip O'Neill as Dr. Neil Mosbach

Recurring

• Connie Shi as Detective Violet Yee

Guest

• Amanda Warren as Defense Attorney Camilla Paymor
• Lana Young as Trial Judge Mebane
• Kerry Bishé as Grace Hall
• Tawny Cypress as Defense Attorney Erin Grassley
• Bernadette Quigley as Judge Carol Hamilton
• Katrina Lenk as Brenda Fallon
• Eric Ladin as Kevin Goodall
• Tom Irwin as Norman Munson
• Jay Hieron as Taxi Driver
• Eric Lange as Defense Attorney Chris Damaso
• Alano Miller as Brad Addis
• Gary Perez as Judge Sydney Bolden
• Joshua Malina as Kevin Bradley
• Hill Harper as Defense Attorney Eric Ferguson
• Toby Leonard Moore as Jack Drell
• Ryan Eggold as Matt Riley
• Alimi Ballard as Defense Attorney Ron Delahunt
• Tobias Truvillion as Shane Willis
• Ryan O'Nan as Jim Pickett
• Lindsey Broad as Kate Pickett
• Maury Ginsberg as Defense Attorney Scott Quinn
• Dylan Baker as Defense Attorney Sanford Rems
• Michael Lynche as Creston 'Hollow Point' Reeves
• Necar Zadegan as Bonnie Kimura
• Margaret Anne Florence as Amanda Gladstone-Nestor
• Philip Casnoff as Stephen Cyrus
• Shannon Lucio as Carri Valenti
• Daniel Keith as Jason Valenti
• Ryan Broussard as Ryan Chase
• Alex Neustaedter as Leo Brady
• Victoria Cartagena as Defense Attorney Yolanda Matos
• Ennis Esmer as Marius Cole
• Eileen Galindo as Judge Angela Dillow
• Emily Bergl as Kate Leavy
• Eisa Davis as Defense Attorney Virginia Hogan
• Daryl Edwards as Trial Judge Paul Gifford
• Alexandra Neil as Claire Turner
• Scott Adsit as Brian Leavy
• Matt Walsh as Defense Attorney Joe Sirianni
• Stéphanie Szostak as Carol Massey
• Georgia Waehler as Lauren Massey
• Tommy Dewey as Tate Harris
• Susan Misner as Defense Attorney Alison Witt
• James Austin Kerr as Dutch Wilmot
• Joe Finfera as Howard Perry
• Brandon Finn as Marco
• Jane Lynch as Defense Attorney Cordelia Travers
• Rain as Cory Mason
• Lipica Shah as Dr. Chandra Patel
• Michael O'Keefe as Archbishop Keane
• Rob Yang as Defense Attorney Max Wood
• Julio Perillán as Leonard Hawkins
• Joseph Perrino as Joe Whittaker

Episodes

See also: List of Law & Order episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title  [1]	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate  [1]	Prod. code	U.S viewers (millions)
524	1	"Street Justice"	Alex Hall	Rick Eid	September 25, 2025 (2025-09-25)	2501	3.59 [3]
The episode concludes the events of the 24th season finale. Det. Shaw moves back to Brooklyn to work at the 88th precinct.
525	2	"Hindsight"	David Grossman	Scott Gold & Will Lapp	October 2, 2025 (2025-10-02)	2503	3.65 [4]
526	3	"White Lies"	Milena Govich	Jennifer Vanderbes	October 9, 2025 (2025-10-09)	2504	3.11 [5]
527	4	"Two and Twenty"	Martha Mitchell	Rick Eid	October 16, 2025 (2025-10-16)	2505	3.48 [6]
Tony Goldwyn does not appear in this episode.
528	5	"Bend the Knee"	Michael Smith	Scott Gold	October 23, 2025 (2025-10-23)	2502	3.45 [7]
Odelya Halevi does not appear in this episode.
529	6	"Brotherly Love"	Alex Hall	Rick Eid	October 30, 2025 (2025-10-30)	2506	3.62 [8]
Odelya Halevi does not appear in this episode.
530	7	"Guardian"	Carlos Bernard	Teleplay by : Art Alamo & Ajani Jackson Story by : Ajani Jackson & Jolie Huang	November 13, 2025 (2025-11-13)	2507	3.52 [9]
First appearance of David Ajala as Detective Theo Walker.
531	8	"Parasite"	Michael Pressman	Jennifer Vanderbes & Jolie Huang	November 20, 2025 (2025-11-20)	2508	3.71 [10]
532	9	"Snowflakes (Part 1)"	Jean de Segonzac	Scott Gold	January 8, 2026 (2026-01-08)	2509	3.97 [11]
Note : This episode begins a crossover event that concludes on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 27 episode 9.
533	10	"Dream On"	Néstor Carbonell	Rick Eid & Tori Nove	January 15, 2026 (2026-01-15)	2510	3.88 [12]
Odelya Halevi does not appear in this episode.
534	11	"The Enemy of All Women"	Norberto Barba	Art Alamo	January 22, 2026 (2026-01-22)	2511	4.02 [13]
Maura Tierney does not appear in this episode.
535	12	"Never Say Goodbye"	Fred Berner	Scott Gold & Will Lapp	January 29, 2026 (2026-01-29)	2512	4.15 [14]
536	13	"New Normal"	Norberto Barba	Rick Eid & Ajani Jackson	February 26, 2026 (2026-02-26)	2513	3.93 [15]
Maura Tierney does not appear in this episode.
537	14	"Remedies"	Martha Mitchell	Jennifer Vanderbes	March 5, 2026 (2026-03-05)	2514	3.78 [16]
Reid Scott & Tony Goldwyn do not appear in this episode.
538	15	"Bright Lights"	Peter Stebbings	Rick Eid	March 12, 2026 (2026-03-12)	2515	3.50 [17]
539	16	"Fate's Cruel Joke"	Alex Hall	Art Alamo	April 2, 2026 (2026-04-02)	2516	3.35 [18]
Tony Goldwyn does not appear in this episode.
540	17	"Beyond Measure"	Jean de Segonzac	Scott Gold & Will Lapp	April 9, 2026 (2026-04-09)	2517	3.84 [19]
541	18	"Ride or Die"	Oscar Lozoya	Jolie Huang & Jennifer Vanderbes	April 23, 2026 (2026-04-23)	2518	TBD
542	19	"Accidentally Like a Martyr"	TBA	TBA	April 30, 2026 (2026-04-30)	2519	TBD
543	20	"Once Burned"	TBA	TBA	May 7, 2026 (2026-05-07)	2520	TBD

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of Law & Order season 25

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Street Justice"	September 25, 2025 (2025-09-25)	0.2/3	3.59 [3]	0.1	1.03	0.3	4.62
2	"Hindsight"	October 2, 2025 (2025-10-02)	0.2/2	3.65 [4]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
3	"White Lies"	October 9, 2025 (2025-10-09)	0.2/2	3.11 [5]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
4	"Two and Twenty"	October 16, 2025 (2025-10-16)	0.2/3	3.48 [6]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
5	"Bend the Knee"	October 23, 2025 (2025-10-23)	0.3/3	3.45 [7]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
6	"Brotherly Love"	October 30, 2025 (2025-10-30)	0.2/3	3.62 [8]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
7	"Guardian"	November 13, 2025 (2025-11-13)	0.2/3	3.52 [9]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
8	"Parasite"	November 20, 2025 (2025-11-20)	0.3/3	3.71 [10]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
9	"Snowflakes"	January 8, 2026 (2026-01-08)	0.3/3	3.97 [11]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
10	"Dream On"	January 15, 2026 (2026-01-15)	0.3/5	3.88 [12]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
11	"The Enemy of All Women"	January 22, 2026 (2026-01-22)	0.3/4	4.02 [13]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
12	"Never Say Goodbye"	January 29, 2026 (2026-01-29)	0.3/4	4.15 [14]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
13	"New Normal"	February 26, 2026 (2026-02-26)	0.2/3	3.93 [15]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
14	"Remedies"	March 5, 2026 (2026-03-05)	0.3/4	3.78 [16]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
15	"Bright Lights"	March 12, 2026 (2026-03-12)	0.3/3	3.50 [17]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
16	"Fate's Cruel Joke"	April 2, 2026 (2026-04-02)	0.2/3	3.23 [18]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
17	"Beyond Measure"	April 9, 2026 (2026-04-09)	0.2/4	3.84 [19]	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a

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