Law & Order: New Orleans

"In the criminal justice system of New Orleans, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the New Orleans Police, who investigate crime, and the District Attorney's office, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories."- The opening narration by Steven Zirnkilton.

Law & Order: New Orleans is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, adapted as a spin-off of the long-running crime drama Law & Order.

Set in New Orleans, Louisiana, the series follows a two part approach. When a crime is committed, the victims are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the New Orleans Police Department, who investigate the crime, and the District Attorney's Office, who conduct the people's case against the offenders in the trial. In every episode, the first half hour focuses on the investigation by the detectives, followed by the second half the of episode focusing on the prosecution of the offenders by the assistant district attorneys.

In the style of the original Law & Order, episodes are often "ripped from the headlines" or loosely based on a real crime that received media attention.

Investigating the crimes are a team of elite detectives, the Major Criminal Case Investigation Squad (MCCIS), who all report to their ranking captain. It is their job to investigate the crime, collect evidence, interview witnesses and then, when the evidence points to a suspect or suspects, place the suspect(s) under arrest. The matter is then taken over by the prosecutors of the New Orleans District Attorney's office. They discuss deals, prepare the witnesses and evidence and conduct the people's case in the trial.

Both teams work with the Medical Examiners Office, Crime Lab and psychiatrists from both the police department and DA's office.

Law

 * Brendan Fraser as Senior Detective Dallas Parker 
 * Isaiah Washington as Senior Detective Marcus Queen 
 * Maggie Q as Senior Detective Lisa Zhao 
 * Christina Milian as Junior Detective Teresa Marquez 
 * Josh Hartnett as Junior Detective J.J. Jacobs 
 * Louis Mandylor as Sergeant Gino Carcaterra 
 * James Caan as Captain Eddie Hicks 

Order

 * James Franco as Assistant District Attorney Cole McCorrea 
 * Paula Patton as Assistant District Attorney Janet Ashe 
 * Robert Duvall as District Attorney Alan Grimes 

Recurring Cast

 * Jessica Chastain as Officer Chloe Hartman 
 * Regina King as M.E. Niobe James
 * Michael Rosenbaum as Tech Analyst Kent Walker
 * Omar Benson Miller as Forensic Specialist Oscar Hughes
 * Cress Williams as Officer Wade Lockett
 * Jeremy Renner as Max Browning

News
Season 3 News:
 * Jeremy Renner and Jessica Chastain will not reprise their roles for at least a few seasons.

Season 1
#1 - "Scream"

A young girl is found murdered at a local park. Detectives Parker and Queen try to find the girl's family when they go missing following the girl's death. Detective Marquez and Detective Zhao meet rookie officer Chloe Hartman (Jessica Chastain) and found out Chloe's parents was murdered when Hartman was 7 years old by a criminal. Marquez and Zhao team up with Hartman to find the criminal who could be Hartman's parents's killer.

#2 - "Silent and Terror"

Officer Hartman gets a call from an old friend who tells her he shot and killed his wife, before turning the gun on himself. Parker and Queen investigate and discover that a string of affairs the wife had let to her husband killing both of them. ADA McCorrea and ADA Ashe found out the woman's most recent secret boyfriend was her husband's brother.

Meanwhile, Jacobs learns and is shocked about his brother's arrest their estranged cousin's murder and believes he could've been framed by somebody. Can Sgt. Carcaterra help Jacobs and clear his brother's name?

#3 - "Creatures of the Night"

Queen and Zhao investigate when a 16-year old girl raped and beaten while celebrating her birthday. Queen and Zhao found out somebody was planning to ruin the girl's life for revenge. Max Browning, the son of a dangerous rapist, is released from prison after 15 years. Parker found out Max is the father of Officer Hartman's 15 year old son, Jack and worried about Officer Hartman and her son but found out when about 16 years ago before Jack was born, Hartman found out about Max's past after his father raped and murdered her 13 years old cousin. Parker told Captain Hicks about Max and worried Hartman telling her son about her father. But after Jack gets arrested for beating a bully who was bothering him up, Parker and Hicks start to worried that Jack could end up as his father.

#4 - "Train"

Marquez and Jacobs work together to investigate a mass murder at a train station. DA Grimes found out the first murder on train station happening 9 years ago. Grimes asks Sgt. Carcaterra to help Marquez and Jacobs to find the killer. ADA McCorrea and ADA Ashe found out Carcaterra was the first officer to respond to the shooting and the only survivor 9 years ago at the mass murder. Parker and Hicks told Queen about Max. When they visiting Max after his released, Parker, Hicks and Queen found Max's new girlfriend Jasmine (Michelle Rodriguez) does not know about Max is the father to Officer Hartman's son. Parker, Hicks and Queen agree to not to tell Jasmine.

#5 - "Moonlight River (Part 1)"

Parker and Queen visiting Jacobs at the bar then having a drink. Then Queen hits a schoolgirl with his car by accident leaving her in a coma. Parker and Jacobs try to help Queen and his future on the force with the help of Grimes, McCorrea and Ashe. Zhao discovers the schoolgirl was a victim of cyberbullying. When she try her best to stay away from Max who seemingly wants to rekindle their old flame, Officer Hartman help a teenager girl who is pregnant and a runaway. The case reminds Hartman of when she was young and got pregnant with Max's baby.

#6 - "Bleeding Love (Part 2)"

Queen is left fighting for his life after getting shot by the schoolgirl's father who wanted revenge for putting his daughter in a coma after Queen is exhonorated. The MCCIS found in hard when the schoolgirl's father threatening ruining Queen's future. Hicks visit Hartman an discover some shocking secrets about Jasmine: she may possibly be a killer who targets teenagers. They worried about telling Max about his girlfriend becoming a murderer.

#7 - "Shoddy"

The MCCIS tracks down a ruthless contractor whose ingnorance of safety regulations caused a building collapse that left 5 people dead and dozens more injured.

#8 - "Vroom"

The MCCIS tracks a car theft ring who is solely targeting Ferraris for some reason. Parker and Zhao go undercover in the ring to get the identity of the man-in-charge.

#9 - "The Brave Reason"

Hicks's son, Tervor is arrested after several large bags of cocaine was found in a bag he was found with. McCorrea and Ashe try to help Hicks's son then the MCCIS discover that the drugs actually belong to a known thug who'd been pushing Hicks's son to join his gang. Max found out Jasmine planning to get rid of Hartman and expresses her dislike her. When Max visit Hartman to tell her this, he ends up kissing her.

#10 - "Bad Wednesday"

Queen returns to work after hospital. When he returns home, he and his family discover the body of 11-year old boy in his. Parker found out the boy planning to break into Queen's house then somebody stab him to death. Jacobs tells Marquez he has feeling for her and Hartman struggles with her feelings after Max's visiting and the kiss. Hartman tells Hicks, she worried about Jack's future and thinks Hicks is right about Jasmine.

#11 - "Final Destination"

The MCCIS tracks down a escaped convict and discovers that he was hired for some sort of job. At the same time, McCorrea and Ashe must retry a bank robber who killed 5 people in his escape, but left one witness who is all to eager to tes. Plus, Hartman gains a new partner Officer Wade Lockett (Cress Williams) and ends up taking an very unexpected step in her relationship with Max.

#12 - "Black and White"

Hartman and Lockett are injured and end up in hospital when trying to break up a fight between members of the KKK and the New Black Panther Party. Parker, Queen, and the rest of the MCCIS must work quickly prevent a race riot. When she resting after getting shot in the shoulder, Hartman shocked to see Max when he visiting her.

#13 - "Casino Royale"

Marquez and Jacobs go undercover in a casino when a man who won a poker game against all odds there turns up dead. Jacobs faces off against a known millionaire in another poker game and Marquez think the millionaire could be the man's killer. Queen found out his brother in hospital after getting brutally mugged and Hartman becomes worried when she learns that Jack's skipped school for three days.

#14 - "Peace of Mind"

The MCCIS hunts a serial killer who poses as a taxi driver, lures his victims in, then kills and dumps them at remote locations. Meanwhile, Caracterra must find a way to deal with his sister's abusive ex-husband, who has been stalking and threatening her, and Hartman, after feeling sick, goes to the doctor and learns that she's pregnant (after sleeping with Max in "Final Destination").

#15 - "Black Mirror"

Parker learn about Max's family's past when a woman (Olivia Hussey) who is Max's mother committing suicide after her family left her. Hartman is worried telling Max about her being pregnant with his child for the second time. She remembers the time when she meet Max, and his father going to prison for rape and murder and when she was pregnant with Jack. Jacobs and Hicks found out Queen and Marquez have both been missing for 4 days now.

It is revealed at the end, Jasmine kidnapped Queen and Marquez and she is taking them away from New Orleans.

#16 - "Race Against Time"

With Queen and Marquez goes missing for almost a week now, the team found out Jasmine kidnapping them and taking them away from New Orleans. Ashe found out Jasmine's past and family and Hartman think she should tell Max about her pregnancy and Hartman found out she was the same with Max's mother when they are young and they was pregnant (Max's mother was pregnant with Max's father's baby and Hartman was pregnant with Max's baby).

#17 - "Endgame"

The MCCIS finds Queen and Marquez and then close in on Jasmine, who is raging with jealousy that Max will leave her for Hartman. In a standoff situation, Jasmine reveals that as a child, everybody left her (friend, family, teachers, mentors, etc) and now Max will go too. Persuaded by Parker and Lockett, Hartman reveals to both that she is pregnant with Max's child for the second time, but is willing to let him be with Jasmine, who reveals that she too is pregnant with Max's baby. Max admits that he has feelings for both women and asks them to just end this for the sake of their future children. Touched by this, Jasmine surrenders peacefully and is arrested for kidnapping and attempted murder.

#18 - "Father and Daughter"

Queen and Marquez in hospital with their families after their kidnapped, Parker teams up with Carcaterra and Jacobs to find a officer who kidnapped his daughter away from her mother. After visiting Jasmine, Max becomes conflicted about tells Hartman to keep the child, and worried his son Jack will end up like he used to be in the past.

#19 - "The Good Son"

Hartman and Max planning to visit their son at school after worried about Jack's growing erratic behavior. Worried about her son, Hartman told Max, she is keeping the baby. Hartman ask Parker and Hicks to find the person who put the drug inside of Jack's bag. Queen and Marquez return to work after hospital.

#20 - "In the Line of Fire (Part 1)"

Parker's past is bring his family in danger after Travis Cooper, a criminal mastermind he locked up years ago, escapes prison and kidnaps Parker's wife and three sons and take them hostage. A friend from Parker's past return to help Parker to save the family. The situation is gets even more dangerous when Queen ends up ambushed and injured by Cooper who took Parker's family hostage.

#21 - "In the Line of Fire (Part 2)"

Parker worried about his family and Queen's safety, Jacobs found out about Parker, Cooper and their past and Hartman worried when somebody broken into her house who was looking for Jack.

#22 - "In the Line of Fire (Part 3)"

After Parker's sons is rescue and leave Paula's life still in danger. Marquez and Hicks found out Jacobs has gone AWOL and Hartman try to protect her son.

#23 - "In the Line of Fire (Part 4)"

Marquez, Carcaterra and Zhao look for Jacobs and Parker and Hicks try found Paula and Queen. Parker come face to face with Cooper to try to save his wife and Queen. Hartman asks Max's help to help their son after the bully coming after him for revenge (for Jack beating him up at Creatures of the Night)

Season 2
#1 - "Girl on Fire"

Five and half months after the first season finale, Parker's family is safe after their kidnapping and things are back to normal for the MCCIS. When a political frontrunner for Louisiana senator is assassinated, the team must dig deep into her personal life to find out who and why. Also, visiting the doctor, Hartman and Max found out their child is a girl.

#2 - "Murder House"

The MCCIS is called into action when a family of five is murdered in their own house. Parker and Queen found out that the family's house was the scene of another family murder about 18 years ago. Realizing that somebody is trying to make history repeat itself, the detectives start investigating the neighbors.

#3 - "The Boogeyman"

Jack's 16th birthday takes a horrifying when a man who is wear Michael Myers's mask murders seven people on Jack's birthday. Queen and Jacobs find it difficult to find this killer with on their own, so psychologist Dr. Frances Kimball (Jada Pinkett Smith) is brought in to help. Meanwhile, a 6 months pregnant Hartman visting Jasmine who is nearly 8 months pregnant in prison. After a bad argument about Max, Jasmine suddenly collapses and is taken to the hospital due to the prison's infirmary not having the proper medical equipment.

#4 - "Rain (Part 1)"

A heavy rain storm are hits New Orleans. Parker, Paula and their sons get into danger when their car breaks down and they must find their way back through a crime ridden area. Heavy rain trapped people and the police inside of the police station and in the hospital, Hartman and Max find themselves in a frenzy when a pregnant Jasmine who's still recovering from her collapse goes labor prematurely.

#5 - "Storm (Part 2)"

The NOPD and NOFD work to try to rescue the citizens and the stranded police. Parker, Paula and their sons try to get to safety from heavy wind and rain and small time criminals. At the hospital, Max and Hartman struggles to keep themselves, Jasmine and her newborn baby boy safe when flood is hits the hospital.

#6 - "El Diablo"

Two weeks after the rainstorm, the MCCIS is called into investigate four dead bodies riddled with gunshots that washed up on the streets. Despite most of the evidence being washed away, the team with Oscar, Niobe, and Kent's help deduces that the dead people were all gangsters and were in New Orleans shopping district at the time of their deaths. They suspect possibly one of the store owners killed them and try to figure out why.

Meanwhile Max and Jasmine's newborn son Daniel, remains at the hospital (due to being born premature) which leaves Max worried about how he can be a good father to either of his sons (Jack and Daniel) and his soon-to-be-born daughter. Queen, a father himself, steps in to give Max some much needed advice.

#7 - "Bad Education"

The MCCIS goes undercover at a local high school to investigate a suspicious rise in crime there. Parker, Zhao and Jacobs (diguised as teachers and a guidance counselor) investigate the case of a student who recently found dead in the boy's locker room. They believe the student died due to some sort of hazing and start investigating the students there. Meanwhile, Queen and Carcaterra team up to find the killer of a 16-year old babysitter (also a student) and the woman whose kids the boy was watching gives them a suspect: her possesive ex-boyfriend.

Also, Max and Hartman stop a 14-year old pregnant girl from committing suicide. When the girl reveals she became pregnant by rape, Hartman and Lockett investigate the claim, while the former also tries to convince the girl not to kill herself and the baby.

#8 - "The Watch"

The MCCIS's assignment in the school continues. Jack tells his father about him witnessing a female student having sexual relations with the PE teacher. Max shocked to find out Jack are planning to ruin the PE teacher's life for his inappropriate actions. Hartman, overhearing this, tells Parker, who, along with Cpt. Hicks, gets the idea to send Marquez undercover as a student who drop out school 9 years ago. She is assigned to follow the PE teacher and the student to catch them in the act. But when two girls are found murdered in the school bathroom, Marquez finds herself in a possibly deadly situation.

#9 - "School's Out"

When three rich teens are found murdered, Parker, Queen and Jacobs found out the dead student's school is hiding something that the three may have found out. The PE teacher from Jack's school is fired after his affair with student was found out, and in retaliation, he ambushes beats up Jack in the boy's locker room. Jack is left in a coma at the hospital, and the student who the teacher have affair is kidnapped by her lover.

#10 - Nine Lives"

Jacobs, Zhao and Marquez team up to find a killer who has murdered nine people in a matter of nine weeks. Parker, Queen and Carcaterra try to find a group of students who is kidnapped by a crazy school driver and Hartman and Max visit their son in hospital after he wakes from his coma.

#11 - "Crazy in Love"

A teenage girl's ex-boyfriend is arrested for her murder. Zhao believes somebody has framed him due to him becoming hesitant to speak in his defense and asks McCorrea and Ashe to help stall his trial until she can uncover the truth. Parker and Jacobs investigate what seems to be a teen's suicide, until signs later point to murder. Queen found out his eldest son got arrested after being mistaken as a mugger, Hartman visit Jasmine and brings Daniel with her and Hicks's ex-wife and two daughters visit Hicks and his son.

#12 - "The Jury"

Hartman has jury duty and and is the only juror who doesn't see enough evidence a news reporter accused the another reporter of raping her and got her pregnant. Nobody in the jury duty knows Hartman is a officer. McCorrea and Ashe try to help the pregnant rape victim identify her attack in court before the jury. Hartman finds herself in deep trouble after people in the jury duty and in the court found out she is a officer. Hartman found out that reporter was stalked for months before being raped impregnated.

#13 - "Sweet Justice"

During a visit to Hartman's parents's grave, Max, Chloe and Jack find a 13-year old girl murdered on the grave of Queen's father. With Oscar and Niobe's finding, the MCCIS learns that the killer of the girl also murdered Queen's father when he was 15, which opens up old wounds for the detective. Parker and Hicks become worried about Queen and his desire for revenge for killing his father, causing Hicks to forbid him from participating in the investigation. Queen, determined to get his long denied justice however, decides to take the case anyways behind his superior's back.

#14 - "One Day (Part 1)"

With Queen suspended (after disobeying Hicks' orders about investigating his father's case, despite catching the criminal), the MCCIS tries to continue business as usual. Parker and Carcaterra take the case of the murder of an Islamic man that seems to be an open and shut case. However, T.A. Kent Walker makes the discovery that the man was part of a terrorist group, and shortly afterwards, a mail bomb is detonated in the MCCIS, injuring Jacobs, Zhao, and Lockett, and causing Hartman to suddenly go into labor and end up kidnapped.

#15 - "The Sceret Place (Part 2)"

Parker and Hicks lead the team to rescue Hartman after she been kidnapped. Parker asks Hicks to bring Queen back to help them to found the one who planted dentonated the bomb in the MCCIS. Jacobs, Zhao and Lockett end up in the hospital due to injuries sustained after the bomb explodes. And Hartman struggles with labor pains while being held captive.

#16 - "The Lucky Day"

After being rescued, Hartman is rushed to the hospital where she gives birth to her daughter. The team catch the bomber and question him. The team found out about Jacobs, Zhao, and Lockett, they are safe after bomb explosion. Max arrives to visit his daughter for first time and learns along with Hartman that their daughter must stay in the hospital due to being born premature.

#17 - "Law and Crime"

Three weeks after the bombing, Parker, Marquez and Carcaterra try to find the killer of a local reverend was poisoned. Hartman and Max plan to name their daughter and Hicks asks Queen to return to work.

#18 - "Silence"

With Queen back at work, the MCCIS tracks down a serial rapist, who is apparently a phantom, due to him always making sure his victims cannot see or hear him. Meanwhile, Jacobs, Zhao, and Lockett return to the MCCIS but are restricted to desk duty pending a physical evaluation. McCorrea feuds with an old rival, a defense attorney, in the rapist case. And Max and Hartman bring their daughter, whom they have named Aurora (after Chloe's mother), home.

#19 - "Beat Again"

A young teenager is discovered severely beaten up in an alley. Marquez and Carcattera discover her boyfriend then she was blackmail by the bully who was her to take her boyfriend (the girl's boyfriend) out  and she was the victim of cyber bullying. Hicks visit Hartman and Baby Aurora and Hartman thanks the captain for all of his efforts in rescuing her from the bomber ("The Sceret Place").

#20 - "Bad News"

Hicks and Parker try to find a father who kidnapped his son from his mother in a major custody dispute. It's learned that the boy was physically abused during the couple's marraige and all signs point to the father as usual. However, when it's discovered that the mother is the abusive one, and had tampered with the custody case in order to get custody of the boy to recieve child support and alimony, McCorrea, who grew up with an abusive mother himself, takes the case to a personal level. Meanwhile at school, Jack become friends with Hicks's youngest daughter Lauren.

#21 - "The One That Got Away"

When buying a new stuff for Aurora, Hartman's credit card is maxed out and she is certain it is identity theft. Hartman, with the help of Carcaterra, finds out a woman called Lucy Bennett had been stealing her identity and credit history for about a month now and the latter take her down. It's revealed that Lucy is actually the former wife of a mob boss's son who faked her death and changed the identity of herself and her kids to get away from him. When the man come to town looking for her, the MCCIS must protect Lucy and her children from the dangerous man.

#22 - "Choices"

Jacobs and Zhao pass their physical and return to the field just in time to help the MCCIS with the case of a female jogger attacked in the park, in what is the latest in a string of attacks. Lockett also returns to active duty with a new partner (due to Hartman's maternity leave). Also, with now two infants (Daniel & Aurora) to raise, Hartman considers taking a career break to become a stay-at-home mom.

#23 - "True Blood"

Jacobs and Carcaterra found out a young teenager and his lover commited suicide together. They discover that both teens familis have had a long standing war between them. But the lover's sister was murdered, Jacobs and Carcaterra found out one of member of the boy's family could murder her. Max becomes worried about his birthday coming soon and Jack and Lauren share a kiss outside with Kate watching them.

#24 - "Fear (Part 1)"

When, Paul Myers, Hartman's parents's killer escapes from prison and begins stalking her, Parker and the MCCIS come to her aid. They discover the killer was an aquaintance of Hartman's father and killed him and her mother after Hartman's father turned him in to their boss for stealing and got him fired from his job.

At the end, Max and Hartman, return home only to find the place ransacked, Jack unconcious, Daniel and Aurora missing, and a note to Hartman that says, "GUESS WHO?"

#25 - "Anger (Part 2)"

The MCCIS heats up their search for Myers. Hartman is out of her mind with worry about Daniel and Aurora, but Parker assures her that they will be found. The search leads them to every member of Myers' family, who all claim that there is only one member who would still hide Paul: his brother Richie.

The team then raids Richie's house and finds Daniel safe, but Aurora is nowhere to be found. They then hear a scuffling in a bedroom and then 4 shots. They break in to find Max, (who had conducted his own search) standing over Paul's dead body with an unharmed Aurora in his hands.

At the end, D.A. Grimes, agrees not to press charges against Max, and Chloe decides to take a career break from the NOPD, to focus on her family. Hartman told Parker, her family is stay Los Angeles for a while to forget what happening.

Season 3
#1 - "Afterlife"

5 months after last season's finale. D.A. Grimes fighting his life after getting shot by unknown hitman when coming home after working late. Parker and Queen are shocked and found out the chief of police put Detective Stella Hughes (Thandie Newton) to join to search of the hitman. Hughes partner with Parker and Queen to find a hitman. D.A Grimes's family visit Grimes in the hospital and Marquez visit her daughter, Ava in school after punch 8 years old girl who bulled her.

#2 - "Blood Diamond"

Hughes's grandmother was murdered and her secret diamond are missing. Hughes team up with Parker and Jacobs to find her grandmother's killer. Hicks's youngest daughter, Lauren are shocked to see Jack in the shop and Jack told Lauren, his parents did not know he is in New Orleans and they know Jack with