Season Sixteen
| # | Title | Orignal Air Date |
| 01. | Red Ball | Wednesday September 21st, 2005 |
| When a 5-year-old girl is abducted from her mother in broad daylight during an apparent car jacking, Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) canvass the streets, only to uncover a more sinister motive when they discover the car intact but no trace of the girl. The investigators soon unearth an ex-convict with the child’s bloodied dress — but he won’t talk until he’s guaranteed release. With time and leads running out and the prospect of the girl’s safe return looking unlikely, A.D.A.s McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Borgia (Annie Parisse) consider a deal with severe legal and political ramifications. | ||
| 02. | Flaw | Wednesday September 28th, 2005 |
| When a man is found dead in an abandoned high-rise office space, Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) is called upon when Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse Martin) discover her number displayed on the DOA’s cell phone. The trail leads them to a money-laundering ring and two cunning women — Lorraine Dillon (Lynda Carter) and April Troost (Estella Warren) — who previously avoided conviction for fraud and extortion in case involving Benson. Later, when A.D.A. McCoy (Sam Waterston) feels he pushes the persuasive Dillon too hard on the stand, it’s up to A.D.A. Borgia (Annie Parisse) to convince the jury of the duo’s deceiving ways. | ||
| 03. | Ghosts | Wednesday October 5th, 2005 |
| A criminal makes a surprising deathbed confession that compels Detective Fontana (Dennis Farina) to re-open his own 10-year-old cold case file concerning the murder of a 12-year-old girl. Instead of the victim’s father, whom Fontana is certain committed the crime, the new prime suspect is a former drug-addict whose jailhouse confession to the prosecution’s most viable witness is disqualified on the grounds it was made in a spiritual context. Despite dwindling options, Assistant D.A. McCoy (Sam Waterston) continues to pursue a murder-two conviction despite a stern warning from his wary boss, D.A. Branch (Fred Dalton Thompson), who cautions against the fallout of losing this high profile case again.
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| 04. | Age of Innocence | Wednesday October 12th, 2005 |
| A car bomb kills the husband of an incapacitated woman shortly before the victim planned to disconnect her feeding tube, and when Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) wade into the politically charged case, they find the bombmaker who points them to suspects that include the woman’s angry family and clergy. As national media arrive, A.D.A.s McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Borgia (Annie Parisse) engage in a frustrating shell game where each suspect seems to have a mutually bulletproof alibi.
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| 05. | Life Line | Wednesday October 19th, 2005 |
| After Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) discover the body of a murdered prostitute in the alley of a Hispanic bordello, they learn that the victim was a white undercover reporter who was planning an expose about the L-12, a pervasive gang of thugs who coerced a businessman (as Kevin Drucker, guest star William Sadler) to commit the crime. But Assistant D.A. McCoy (Sam Waterston) soon realizes that the reluctant slayer is only trying to protect his imprisoned son (as Patterson Drucker, guest star Brad Fleischer) from the gang’s abusive tentacles — and that no one is beyond their bloody reach.
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| 06. | Birthright | Wednesday November 2nd, 2005 |
| When an abusive young mother and murder suspect suddenly dies in her prison cell, an autopsy tells Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) that the woman has died from an I.U.D. containing benecrine — an illegal drug that sterilizes its users — given by a nurse practitioner (guest star Stephanie Roth Haberle) with a social agenda. As A.D.A.s McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Borgia (Annie Parisse) consider filing second-degree manslaughter charges, they meet a former A.D.A. — Paul Robinette (Richard Brooks) — who is now defending the nurse and thinks he has a good case.
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| 07. | House Of Cards | Wednesday November 9th, 2005 |
| The bludgeoned slaying of a young, unwed mother and the subsequent kidnapping of her baby put Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) on the trail of a fleeing, forty-something woman (guest star Wendy Moniz) — who is actually a depressed wife who stole the infant while pretending to be pregnant. But while the suspect’s savvy lawyers plan a “post-partum psychosis” defense, A.D.A.s McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Borgia (Annie Parisse) have reason to believe that someone else was involved in the “sale” of the child, as well as the murder.
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| 08. | New York Minute | Wednesday November 16th, 2005 |
| When the owner of a big-rig trucking company is shot to death, Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) learn that the victim was hauling illegal aliens and suspect a member (Daniel Roebuck) citizen’s border patrol group — but their only witness is an undocumented Hispanic woman (Aixa Rosario Medina) who risks deportation if she testifies. Meanwhile, prosecutor McCoy (Sam Waterston) is incensed when the witness is physically intimidated as he tries to turn one organization member against the other in court.
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| 09. | Criminal Law | Wednesday November 23rd, 2005 |
| Seemingly random people are being murdered by an elusive killer stalking the streets of New York and Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) follow the bloody trail to a hit list with the names of the targets - including A.D.A. Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston). McCoy soon realizes the list is a roster of witnesses called in the trial of a multiple-murderer he prosecuted five years ago. As witnesses dwindle and the convicted murder’s retrial looms ever closer, Fontana and Green must race to find the killer while McCoy puts his own life on the line to see that justice is done.
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| 10. | Acid | Wednesday November 30th, 2005 |
| When the facially scarred daughter of Lieutenant Van Buren’s (Emmy winner S. Epatha Merkerson) college friend is found dead, Van Buren directs Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) on a no-holds-barred mission to catch the serial assailant who threw acid in the victim’s face months earlier. Meanwhile, A.D.A. McCoy’s (Sam Waterston) prosecution is complicated by Van Buren’s tactical desperation, which has caused her to cut corners.
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| 11. | Bible Story | Wednesday December 7th, 2005 |
| Religious sensitivities flare when a man is mysteriously killed after desecrating a treasured edition of the Hebrew Torah. As Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) dig deeper, they find the dead man was paid by the cousin Eric, (guest star Mark Feuerstein “What Women Want”) of a prominent synagogue member to defile the book — which might prompt a lucrative property sale. But as Assistant D.A. McCoy (Sam Waterston) probes the family feud, his prosecution is hobbled by political pressure and a debate concerning whether the greater crime was done to the slain man or to the holy text.
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| 12. | Family Friend | Wednesday January 11th, 2006 |
| When a Mob accountant is slain and his wife is severely wounded, Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) arrest a common street thug who is later found not guilty because of the victim’s poor testimony. When the freed slayer is later killed by an ex-cop and close family friend of the victim’s, A.D.A. McCoy (Sam Waterston) faces a political powderkeg when the corrupt officer seeks to avoid prosecution by threatening to expose tainted evidence from dozens of previous cases that would free convicted murderers.
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| 13. | Heart of Darkness | Wednesday January 18th, 2006 |
| A journalist tormented by violent depression is found dead in his bathtub, but hand marks on his shoulders make Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) believe that foul play was involved — especially when they uncover pills inside the victim from his ex-girlfriend’s prescription. As A.D.A. McCoy (Sam Waterston) seeks second-degree murder, the girlfriend produces a videotape that shows the dead man willingly cooperated in taking his life — until A.D.A. Borgia (Annie Parisse) discovers intriguing new evidence on the tape.
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| 14. | Magnet | Wednesday February 8th, 2006 |
| Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) investigate the strangling of a promising Hispanic student at a private magnet school. The men soon learn the victim was selling test answers and writing term papers for more privileged students — including their prime suspect, Greg Loomis (guest star Jaime McAdams), a trouble-prone senior who would kill just to graduate. After Loomis’ arrest, A.D.A. Sam McCoy (Sam Waterston) spurns any deal with his high-powered attorney Rebecca Shane (guest star Kathleen Turner) but has to overcome her vigorous defense that her client himself was a victim of medication side effects.
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| 15. | Choice Of Evils | Wednesday March 1st, 2006 |
| After a teenaged runaway is found shot in the chest, Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) begin to suspect his upstate “soccer mom,” who admits she killed her vicious son out of fear that he would follow his criminal father’s footsteps. As McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Borgia (Annie Parisse) charge her with second-degree murder, the defendant’s attorney claims that her client did society a favor by ending his life prematurely — and new video evidence might sway a jury.
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| 16. | Cost of Capital | Wednesday March 8th, 2006 |
| After a young African-American banking associate is found murdered, Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L Martin) discover that he had hundreds of thousands of dollars in his checking account. The detectives suspect the victim was having an affair with his high-powered boss Sophia (guest star Lisa Zane) who killed him out of fear and rage. As the police and ADA Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) build their case, everything hinges on using either the executive’s estranged husband or their shaky teenaged daughter Katie (guest star Sarah Steele) as their star witness.
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| 17. | America, Inc. | Wednesday March 22nd, 2006 |
| A private military contractor is found shot to death in his hotel room and Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) believe vengeance is the motive in a politcally charged case that questions the reason America is at war. The detectives soon narrow their focus on a fellow commando Kevin Boatman (guest star Pablo Schrieber) and the younger brother of a man who was murdered by Iraqi insurgents while under the victim’s questionable command. But as A.D.A. Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) fights to keep a frightening video of the Iraqi execution out of court, he confronts unexpected political intrigue when more details are revealed about a recently captured terrorist.
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| 18. | Thinking Makes It So | Wednesday March 29th, 2006 |
| – When an armed robber is shot dead during a botched heist involving an unlikely bank manager, Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) soon discover the executive was forced to assist in the robbery by the men who kidnapped his daughter. Fearing for the girl’s safety, the detectives begin an aggressive search resulting in Fontana having to use heavy-handed means to extract the child’s location. The questionable tactics then leave A.D.A Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) to face a deceptively canny defense attorney (guest star Peter Jacobson) who will fully exploit the issue of excessive force.
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| 19. | Positive | Wednesday April 5th, 2006 |
| A deadly shooting in a diner leads Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) to a desperate triggerman who sought revenge for his baby sister who died of AIDS at a children’s hospital. Further investigation soon reveals that a brilliant doctor (guest star Vondie Curtis Hall) was using the child as a guinea pig for experimental AIDS drugs. Taking the case to court, A.D.A. Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) finds other youthful victims and must exploit the complicated ethical issues if he is to win a tough murder-one conviction against the passionate physician.
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| 20. | Kingmaker | Wednesday April 26th, 2006 |
| - An undercover police officer is brutally murdered by an Albanian drug dealer after her identity is revealed in a newspaper column concerning the victim’s father. Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) quickly discover Eric Lund (guest star Garret Dillahunt), the Chief of Staff to a liberal politician (as Congressman John Prescott, guest star David Forsyth), to be responsible for tipping off the reporter. A.D.A Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) bravely prosecutes the politico who is known for dirty tricks and threats, but despite D.A. Arthur Branch’s (Fred Dalton Thompson) warning to watch his back, unexpected evidence suddenly turns up that could exonerate the accused.
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| 21. | Hindsight | Wednesday May 10th, 2006 |
| Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) are skeptical when Detective Falco (returning guest star Michael Imperioli, “The Sopranos”) finds a young woman he took home the night before slashed to death in his bathroom. Anxious to exonerate himself of this crime, Falco takes steps that could be indicative of a cover-up instead of an unauthorized pursuit of the true culprit. Fortunately, Detectives Fontana and Green believe their colleague was drugged by the victim in a plan to rob him but was instead dispatched by a violent female rival. Proving it in court is difficult for A.D.A. McCoy (Sam Waterston), who must sort through a family of cons and ex-cons, some with ties to Falco, all resulting in a final twist of fate.
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| 22. | Invaders | Wednesday May 17th, 2006 |
| The latest murder victims of two home invaders are the family members of a man who once sold fake DEA badges to the killers and then began secretly cooperating with police. The case takes a harrowing turn when one of the law enforcement teams is put in the line of fire. In a legal gambit, A.D.A. McCoy (Sam Waterston) must then risk his career — and those of others, as well — to bend the rules and use corrupt DEA Agent Almonte (guest star Ritchie Coster) to lure out the sadistic psychopaths.
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