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
 * Thandie Newton as Detective Stella Hughes
 * Joel Courtney as Jack Hartman
 * Abigail Breslin as Lauren Hicks
 * Kevin Costner as Interim District Attorney Russell Washington

News
Season 3 News: Season 4 News:
 * Jeremy Renner and Jessica Chastain will not reprise their roles for at least a few seasons.
 * Thandie Newton will guest star as Oscar Hughes's older sister, Detective Stella Hughes for six episodes.
 * There will be a five-episode arc in which Fraser and Caan's characters will travel to New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and London to search for a killer and interact with characters from other Law and Order series.
 * This will be Robert Duvall's final season as a regular.
 * Gary Sinise, Hill Harper, Kelly Hu and Bruce Greenwood will guest star as a team of Internal Affairs detectives (Trent Cutter, Nathan Phoenix, Ingrid Cho, and Steve Croft) who investigate a shooting on one detective's behalf in three episodes. One officer has a grudge against Parker and Queen since ever since he was proved wrong on a serial killer case by them years ago.
 * Michael Chiklis and Kevin Sorbo guest star as Nash Steele and Wayne Flake, a pair of bounty hunters in the season premiere.

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 family 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 (Joel Courtney) 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 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 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 (Part 3)"

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 family'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 is 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), who happens to be the older sister of their Forensic Specialist Oscar Hughes, to join to search of the hitman. Stella is partner with Parker and Queen to make their case. Meanwhile, Marquez is called to her daughter Ava's school after getting into a fight with an 8 year-old girl.

#2 - "Blood Diamond"

Oscar and Stella's grandmother was murdered and her secret diamond are missing. Stella 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 his friend. Lauren are shocked to found out Jack came to New Orleans to see her again and tell her, he is in love with her.

#3 - "Un-Break My Heart"

Parker, Stella and Jacobs take the case of a woman commiting suicide at the high school where her husband is a teacher. When it's discovered the reason of the suicide was because the woman discovered her husband's affair with a 15-year old student of his, they work to press charges of statutory rape on him. Jack continues to see Lauren in secret without nobody's knowledge and McCorrea and Ashe visit D.A. Grimes, who is still recovering in the hospital.

#4 - "A View to a Kill"

When one of Parker's closest friends is shot dead by drug dealers, Paula becomes worried about her husband and asks Hicks to take Parker off of the case before he does something he'll regret. Meanwhile, Grimes is shocked when his granddaughter Sienna (Amber Tamblyn) visits him in hospital, and while going to visit too, Jacobs meets and falls for nurse Beth Cades (Olivia Wilde).

#5 - "I Don't"

The MCCIS is called in when a groom suffers anthrax poisoning on his honeymoon and is hospitalized. While the bride is suspected at first due to the man's wealthy status, Parker and Marquez, along with FBI Agent Simon Royce (Adam Jamal Craig) believe that his poisoning was a mistake and that a House Representative staying at the same hotel as the newlyweds was the true. They then must find the person responsible before they make another attempt to kill the congressman.

#6 - "Back in Blue"

When the Chief of Police issues a "beat cop" action in order to show that the N.O.P.D. isn't turning soft, the MCCIS (including Hicks) all put on their old patrol uniforms and hit the streets. During this time, they encounter small stuff, like purse-snatchers, pickpockets, and public urination, to moderate crimes like drug dealers, domestic violence cases, and sexual assaults in progress, and large crimes such as robberies, burglaries-in-progress and crazed gunmen on the streets.

#7 - "Lover"

The night before her wedding, a woman was raped by her ex-boyfriend. Parker and Zhao team up with the Hughes siblings (Oscar and Stella) who know the woman personally, to find her ex-boyfriend. Russell Washington (Kevin Costner) takes over D.A. Grimes's work when he is still recovering in the hospital.

#8 - "New Orleans (Part 1)"

Jack goes to visit Lauren, but both find themselves in danger when they witness a murder, forcing them to go into hiding from the killer. The MCCIS tries to found the two teens before the killer, a professional hitman, gets to them. Washington visiting Grimes and tells him there is nothing to worried about.

At the end, the team makes an arrest, but after the person turns out not to be the killer, they find out that Jack and Lauren are running off to New York to get away from the killer and the killer has gone to New York to found the two.

#9 - "New York (Part 2)"

In New York, Jack and Lauren take refuge with Lauren's relatives, but the killer is still on their tail. Parker and Hicks follow them and team up with Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard (guest stars Jeremy Sisto and Anthony Anderson) to locate the kids and killer as soon as possible.

#10 - "Miami (Part 3)"

After ducking the killer in New York, Jack and Lauren arrive in Miami to hide with a cousin of Jack's. The killer is predictably right on their trail, and so are Parker and Hicks, who team up with Dante Vaughn (James Marsden), Ashlee Boyd (Maggie Gyllenhaal), Colin Harper (Greg Kinnear), and Nina Cassady (Milena Govich) to stay on their trail.

#11 - "Los Angeles (Part 4)"

Jack and Lauren, after once again dodging the killer, head to Los Angeles, but do not attempt to contact his parents for their safety. Parker and Hicks then get in contact with the L.A.P.D. office and are paired up with Detectives Ricardo Morales and Tomas Jaruszalski (guest stars Alfred Molina and Corey Stoll) to once again locate them before the killer does. Back in New Orleans, Grimes return home with Sienna after two months in hospital.

At the end, Parker, Hicks, Morales, and Jaruszalski locate both Jack and Lauren at the same time as the killer. A shootout ensues, and the killer manages to escape. After placing Jack and Lauren into protective custody, Parker and Hicks discover the killer's identity and where the he's going next: London, England.

#12 - "London (Part 5)"

In the fianle of the five part arc, Parker and Hicks head to London, England to bring back the hitman, Lee Graham, alive or dead. Working together with London MPS DS's Ronnie Brooks and Joe Hawkins (special guest stars Bradley Walsh and Ben Bailey Smith) and Interpol Agent Alphonse O'Donnell (guest star David O'Hara), they must now search the underworld of England to find and bring down the killer once and for all.

When they are in protective custody and hiding in London, Jack and Lauren's life is in danger after dangerous murderous rampage when they escape. Graham is face to face with Jack and Lauren. Parker, Hicks, Brooks, Hawkins and Layton arrived to get Graham. Graham attack Jack then attack Lauren before getting shot by Hicks.

#13 - "Bad Boys"

Queen found himself with two troublesome detectives who are planning to take down a gang who beat up a NOPD officer. Parker and the rest of the team try to find Queen and the two detectives (who have a track record of property destruction) before more trouble ensues. Meanwhile, D.A. Grimes returns to work, just in time to help McCorrea and Ashe with the case of a man who beat his wife into a coma.

#14 - "Undercover"

The team goes undercover when they board a train to prevent a planned robbery. Things turn bad to worse when Parker, Jacobs, and Carcaterra end up jumping out of the train after their cover blown, forcing them try to catch up with the rest of the team.

At the end, the team arrive and manage to arrest Joshua Adams. Parker and Queen, however, find Stella stabbed twice in the stomach by Adams, ane bleeding profusely. The police take Adams to jail and Stella is rushed to the hospital.

#15 - "Survival"

With Stella fighting her life in the hospital after getting stabbed by Joshua Adams, the team try to found Adams's gang before they can flee the state or hurt another innocent person. Meanwhile back at the MCCIS, Oscar angrily loses his cool with Adams after the criminal dares to make derogatory comments about Stella. D.A. Grimes begins thinking about his future as D.A. and asks Washington, to eventually become District Attorney.

#16 - "Love Passion"

Washington find himself with a victim, Emily James (Rachel McAdams) who is McCorrea and Ashe help her is bring to fall to each other during the jury. Grimes worried about Washington's relationships with Emily. Then Ashe are shocked to found out the young victim who she and McCorrea helping.

#17 - "Double Jeopardy"

Bryan Hennen is acquitted of the murder of his 10-year-old son, Scott, when his brother, Keith, testifies that he was the real killer and produces some evidence that suggests so. Afterwards, Keith, after being indicted for murder, produces evidence that he was in Florida at the time of the murder and learned the details of the crime from Bryan, who is the real murderer, and falsely confessed to save him. Keith is charged and imprisoned for perjury, and Bryan gets off scot free. However, Parker and a few other detectives believe that they may be able to retry Bryan for the murder of his son on different grounds. Will it work?

#18 - "Bribery"

The MCCIS is shocked to learn that a man on death row, Dan Lancaster, for the brutal double murder of his ex-wife and her new boyfriend is, indeed, innocent of the crime when they find a piece of evidence that corroborates his story of being out of town at the time of the murder. At his new trial, however, the jury disregards the new evidence and re-convict Dan of the murders. Shortly afterward, Zhao spots several jury members doing suspicious activities, and this, along with an anonymous phone call, leads the MCCIS to believe that someone bribed the jury members to vote guilty.

#19 - "Life and Death"

Marquez's past comes back to haunt her, when her ex-husband, Angel Marquez, comes back to fight for custody of their daughter. Meanwhile, Parker and Jacobs take charge of another dispute case between two families, which turns violent when the two patriarchs of the families end up in the hospital. As that happens a son of one family attempts to kill the other's patriarch, but ends up shooting and wounding Beth Cades, Jacobs' girlfriend, whom he had been planning to propose to at dinner. Despite the other doctors and nurse's best efforts, she dies of her wounds as the son flees into the city. Jacobs is left devestated, taken off duty and sent home to grief and Queen is sent to notify Beth's folks, while Parker and Carcaterra are sent to bring in the son.

Season 4
#1 - "Bounty"

Three months after the third season finale, the MCCIS is back to business as usual...or as usual as possible. The team aims to track down a quartet of bank robbers who escaped custody and are looking to collect their stolen money and flee the country. The team's efforts are hampered however, when bounty hunters Nash Steele and Wayne Flake (guest stars Michael Chiklis and Kevin Sorbo) swoop in and intend to capture the criminals themselves to claim a big reward.

Meanwhile, Marquez is still fighting her ex-husband for custody of their daughter and Jacobs has descended into drinking following his would-be-fiancé Beth's killing.

#2 - "Lift"

A man is found dead on a construction site elevator. The MCCIS discovers that he was an Slavic national in the country supposedly on business. Upon traceing his trail back from the Ukrainian consulate, they discover he might have been into something big and bad and might have accomplices.

Meanwhile, Queen must deal with his younger son Jabari, who was caught with ecstasy in his possession, Marquez's ex-husband tries to use her police work against her in the custody case, and Jacobs's drinking gets worse as he begins coming in to work late and starts displaying erratic and temperamental behavior.

#3 - "Trust Me"

Jacobs gets in trouble after causually having drinks with Marquez's ex-husband, Angel and talking about lots of bad stuff and making up stories about Marquez. The next day, Angel report Marquez as a bad mother, leaving Jacobs to face the ire of the squad, and his alcohol abuse to increase.

Meanwhile, Parker, Queen, Carcaterra and Zhao go undercover to going after a ring of car thieves after Washington got arrested for being mistaken for car thieves, which McCorrea and Ashe later have trouble prosecuting when evidence goes missing.

#4 - "Post-Mortem"

Jacobs's drinking continues to increase as he starts showing up to work hungover, causing the MCCIS to stage try and stage an intervention for him. This fails to do any good, as later on, when taking a case where a man shot his girlfriend in a drunken argument, the memories of Beth's death finally cause Jacobs to snap, and he beats the man to a bloody pulp. As a result, Hicks suspends Jacobs for 90 days without pay.

Meanwhile, Marquez's custody battle continues, but starts to turn in her favor as McCorrea decides to offer a helping hand in the case.

#5 -  "Murder College"

Lauren's first day at college turn horror when a 17-year old freshman is found murdered in a campus science classroom. Parker, Hicks and Zhao go undercover as teachers to found the killer in the university. Marquez makes progress in her custody case against Angel, and Jacobs gets fired from his new bartending job after getting caught stealing liquor.

#6 - "Terminal"

Karl Vance, a biker gang hoodlum whom Carcaterra locked up ten years earlier on drug running charges, escapes prison and begins to hunt down the many people responsible for his incarceration. After killing two, Parker and the others suspect that Carcaterra and his family might be next on the list and that Vance has Stage IV pancreatic cancer, making him a man with nothing to lose.

Meanwhile, McCorrea finds the ace in the hole to win Marquez her custody bid, and Jacobs is arrested for DWI and is later robbed of his money upon Grimes bailing him out.

#7 - "One's Calling"

The MCCIS celebrates Marquez winning her custody bid against Angel, (who was granted visitation), and later takes the case of a painter found dead in her studio apartment. The investigation leads back to an art gallery that has more going on to it than meets the eye.

Meanwhile, Jacobs's alcholism ends up landing him in bed with a prostitute who unknown to him belongs to a dangerous pimp. At the end Jacobs wakes up in his apartment to find the woman dead and him covered in her blood.

#8 - "Breaking Point (Part 1)"

The team is called in to the murder at Jacobs's apartment. Jacobs insists his innocence, but due to his recent actions, and his hungover lack of memory, even his own team has a hard time believing him. To make matters worse, Internal Affairs detectives Trent Cutter, Nathan Phoenix, Ingrid Cho, and Steve Croft (guest stars Gary Sinise, Hill Harper, Kelly Hu and Bruce Greenwood) are put on the case. Croft pushes Jacobs viciously hard in the interrogation, reminding him of his failure to protect, and nearly forces him into confessing but is stopped by Parker and Hicks. Croft then announces that they intend to press murder charges against him and see to it that he never wears the badge again.

After having his car impounded, learning he's about to be evicted from his apartment, and failing to convince anyone he knows to help him, Jacobs reaches the breaking point and decides to end it all by crawling out onto the balcony of his apartment building. He is spotted and his former teammates arrive and try to talk him down, but all Jacobs says is that the pain of losing Beth will never stop until he's dead. The team tries to reason with him, but he lets go of the balcony railing and falls. The team then sees his body on the now-smashed roof of a nearby parked car and rushes downstairs.

#9 - "Cuckoo's Nest (Part 2)"

Jacobs ends up in a coma at the hospital, leaving the MCCIS worried about Jacobs's life. Cutter and Phoenix found out more of the murder in the apartment and Hicks and Parker worried about Jacobs's future. Jack and Lauren move in together and find themself in the part of the murder mystery.

In the end, another prostitute comes reveals that her and the dead woman's pimp murdered the girl for sleeping with a cop (Jacobs). With that, the pimp is arrested and the case against Jacobs is dropped, though he remains in a comatose state, and Croft vows to keep a closer eye on the MCCIS.

At the end, the MCCIS visits Jacobs in the hospital, to find his family there waiting for him to wake up.

#10 - "Deep"

The MCCIS investigates the murder of attorney Linda Byrd, who is found with a deep cut in her throat. Suspecting it ties back to the Deep Throat Killer, who kills victims by deeply slashing their throats, Parker and Queen put all of their energy into solving the case. Meanwhile, Marquez and Zhao visit the still comatose Jacobs at the hospital.

#11 - "Boys and Girls"

A case of he-said, she-said ensues during a rape case between two college students in Lauren's college. The MCCIS's investigation uncovers a long string of blackmail and extortion between the rich students and the scholarship students.

Meanwhile, Jacobs's family does their best to pay his still growing expenses, while still waiting for his emergence from his coma.

#12 - "Uncle Thomas"

Jack meets a man, Thomas Browning, who is Max's half brother and Jack's uncle in New Orleans. Jack found out his uncle has a darkest secret ever in his life. Beth Cades's younger sister, Nina (Nicola Peltz) visits Jacobs in hospital and she told Jacobs's family, he feel upset about the tragic death of her sister, as she had talked all about him all the time, and was expecting a proposal from him.

Meanwhile, McCorrea got attacked on the courthouse steps, leaving Ashe and Grimes try to found out who and why with the help from the Hughes siblings (Oscar and Stella)

#13 - "The Talented Mr. Browning"

The MCCIS found themselves tracking down Thomas Browning, a noted con-artist and thief when he uses a hotel millionaire's murdered son's identity to get close to a young beautiful rich teenager, Melissa Anderson (Willa Holland). Jack found out about his uncle's darkest past and need to help find him before it is too late.

#14 - "The First Case"

While being interviewed, Parker and Queen flashback to the day they met and became partners 23 years prior: After being assigned two each other as rookie officers, the two at first were at odds with each other. As time came by they grew to like and respect each other. Their friendship was solidified when Queen saved Parker's life when Parker was shot when the two reponded to a bank robbery, and Parker arrested the surviving robbers. Parker thanked Queen for saving his life while the latter recoverd in the hospital.

Meanwhile, Marquez brings her daughter to visit Jacobs in the hospital, where to their amazement, Jacobs finally wakes from his coma.

#15 - "Quick-Stop"

Jacobs, now awakened, leaves the hospital without telling anyone. The MCCIS learns about Jacobs going AWOL and they become worried he will start drinking again. When everbody looking for Jacobs, Hicks and Jack found out Jacobs has gone to a church where he enters the program and becomes baptized and a born-again Christian. The baptism is cut short when a man takes the church's congregation, Jacobs, Hicks and Jack hostage to force one of the high members to admitting to molesting him years ago as a child.

#16 - "Homefront"

Jack and Lauren find themselves in danger when a trio of gangsters try to rob them at knifepoint at a train station, which ends with Jack shooting and paralyzing one of them in self-defense. The MCCIS found out one of the gangsters who Jack shot is the son of a ex-gangster. The ex-gangster then plans to take revenge on Jack for shooting his son in the train station by targeting the MCCIS as well as Jack and Lauren. Jacobs is discharged from the hospital enrolls in a AA class and begins an psych evaluation to deal with his drinking problems and depression.

#17 - "Psycho-Roids"

Parker and Queen stop a crazed bodybuilder from holding up a bodega, but are drawn into a case of illegal steroid dealing when the man suddenly dies in their custody. Meanwhile, Marquez visiting Jacobs at his home and forgives him for nearly ruining her custody battle against Angel. Before Marquez leave, Marquez kissing Jacobs and the kiss leave Jacobs in shock.

#18 - "The Exorcism Of Annabelle Michaels"

McCorrea and Ashe are put on the case of a priest charged with negligent homicide for his spiritual oversight over a girl named Annabelle Michaels, which included a failed exorcism that supposedly led to her death. The MCCIS discovers Annabelle suffered from epilepsy and psychosis, changing their investigation's course. Parker and Queen try to found out what exactly happened during the exorcism before Annabelle died. Jacobs return to work and Marquez apologizes for the kiss at his home.

#19 - "Untouchable"

Parker and Zhao arrest a man for assault and attempted murder, but are stunned when the U.S. Marshals force him to be released. It's revealed that the man's twin sister is a witness in an upcoming federal trial and as a result the man believes he is above the law. The MCCIS must find a way to stop the man before he goes to far.

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