Hartman (TV Series)

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

The series premiered on USA Network in July 2019. After four successful seasons on USA, it was announces in May 2022, that series would shift to NBC for it's fifth season.

Set in Los Angeles, California, the series follows L&O: NOLA officer Chloe Hartman as she, now married and an LAPD detective, navigates her work as a cop and her family, with her husband Max Browning and their children Jack and Aurora, and Max's son with Jasmine Guiterrez, Daniel. Jasmine herself, and Jack's girlfriend Lauren Hicks, round out the family.

Hartman works with the Major Case Squad and an team of elite detectives, in the L.A.P.D., who all report to their ranking C.O. 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 Los Angeles 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.

LAPD

 * Jessica Chastain as Senior Detective Chloe Hartman (Season 1-)
 * Michael Ealy as Senior Detective Jesse Temple (Season 4-, regular; 3, recurring)
 * Beau Garrett as Junior Detective Beth Greico (Season 4-)
 * Judson Mills as Sergeant Terry Sanders (Season 1-)
 * Gillian Alexy as Junior Detective Linda Young (Season 1-)
 * Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Lieutenant Carlos Mendoza (Season 2-)
 * Viggo Mortenson as Captain Paul Thorne (Season 1-)

D.A. Office

 * Terrence Howard as Deputy District Attorney Jonah Dekker (Season 1-)
 * Tia Mowry-Hardrict as Deputy District Attorney Cara Winston (Season 5-, regular; 3-5, recurring)
 * Tim Kang as DA Investigator Kevin Choy  (Season 5-, regular; 3-5, recurring)
 * David Caruso as Interim District Attorney Thomas Wolfe (Season 4-)

Family

 * Jeremy Renner as Max Browning (Season 1-)
 * Joel Courtney as Jack Hartman (Season 1-)
 * Jorge Vega as Daniel Browning (Season 1-)
 * Francesca Capaldi as Aurora Browning (Season 1-)
 * Abigail Breslin as Lauren Hicks (Season 1-)
 * Michelle Rodriguez as Jasmine Gutierrez (Season 2-)

Recurring Cast

 * Drew Barrymore as Lucy Thorne-Sanders (Season 1-)
 * Tim Daly as M.E. Tucker Monroe (Season 1-)
 * Mouna Traoré as Forensic Specialist Kendra Hastings (Season 1-)
 * Kevin Zegers as Tech Analyst Jasper Baron (Season 1-)
 * Brenda Song as Officer Sunny Ng (Season 1-)
 * Sela Ward as Sarah Thorne (Season 2-)
 * Rick Hoffman as I.A. Sergeant Dick Lockridge (Season 3-)
 * Chris Vance as Detective James Greico (Season 4-)
 * Daisy Ridley as Courtney Palmer (Season 4-)
 * Bianca Kajlich as Dr. Abby Lambert (Season 4-)
 * Corbin Bleu as Detective Lucas Rodney (Season 5-)
 * Malin Åkerman as Natalie Greico (Season 5-)
 * Craig T. Nelson as Frank Greico (Season 5-)

Former Main Cast

 * Mary Beth Mastrantonio as Captain Zoe Callas (Season 1)
 * Peter Coyote as District Attorney Jerry Hardin (Season 1-3)
 * Morris Chestnut as Senior Detective Lewis Robbins (Season 1-3)
 * Zooey Deschanel as Junior Detective Felicity Lawrence (Season 1-4)
 * Alexandra Hedison as Deputy District Attorney Ingrid O'Donnell (Season 1-5)

Former Recurring Cast

 * Sonequa Martin-Green as Dr. Whitney Lawson (Season 1)
 * Peter Capaldi as Councilman Richard Wilkes (Season 1, 3)
 * Bianca Lawson as Aaliyah Robbins (Season 1-3)
 * Ray Liotta as Derek Thorne  (Season 2-3)
 * Adam Jamal Craig as Officer Michael Brooks (Season 1-5)
 * Austin Stowell as Cameron Johnson (Season 5)
 * Neve Campbell as Detective Gail Driscoll (Season 5)

News
Hartman/News Archive Season 5 News
 * Will consist of 15 episodes.
 * Will premiere on December 14, 2015.
 * Corbin Bleu will join the recurring cast as Lucas Rodney, James' new partner for seven episodes.
 * Episode 2: DNA test will be revealed, if Capatin Thorne is Courtney Palmer (Daisy Ridley)'s father.
 * A two shocking revelations will be revealed at episode 3.
 * Neve Campbell will guest stars as a detective from Portland, Oregan who come to Los Angeles to help Hartman and her team with the case for six episodes including season finale. Her first appearance will be in episode 9.
 * Alexandra Hedison will leave the regular cast after the seventh episode due to a contract dispute. She is open to return the next season as a guest star.
 * Officer Brooks (Adam Jamal Craig) will be promoted to Detective after passing the exam and be reassigned near the end of the season.
 * David Caruso is pending on whether or not this will be his last season.
 * Terry and Lucy's baby will be born in the fourth episode (with a surprise).
 * There will be an episode that focuses on Daniel and Aurora, and two that focus on Chloe's relationships with Max and Jasmine. Also, James Greico's family will debut later in the season.
 * The first episode will involve Max and Jasmine's jobs as bounty hunters.
 * Season 5 finale will ends with a shocking discovery by a main character when found a body at her brother's house. This cliffhanger will concluded in beginning of Season 6 on the aftermath of a shocking murder and continued though out the season.
 * Malin Åkerman to plays James Greico's ex-wife and mother of his two kids, Natalie Greico as recurring cast.
 * Austin Stowell join the recurring cast as Cameron Johnson, Beth Greico's childhood friend following his first appearance in episode 3 as Beth's stalker.
 * There will be a flashback episode on episode 8 involved Beth, James and Cameron.
 * On episode 5, it's revealed Cameron was involved with James' juvenile past.
 * Flashback episode will reveals the darkest secret that James and Cameron have hidden for years.
 * Craig T. Nelson to plays James, Abby and Beth's father, Frank Greico for six episodes.

Season 1 (2019)
#1 - "Pilot"

Detective Chloe Hartman and Detective Lewis Robbins investigate a murder of a lawyer and a client who having an affair during the court of a teenager girl's murder. Felicity Lawrence start her first day as a detective.

#2 - "Childhood"

Max reunited with his childhood friend, Miles Jones after 28 years and Miles asks Max for his help to found his biological father that he never knew in his life. So Max and Hartman try to found Miles's biological father in Beverly Hills. Thorne's niece and Sanders' childhood sweetheart, Lucy (Drew Barrymore) arrived at Los Angeles to visiting her uncle.

#3- "Prank"

Hartman, Robbins and Lawrence investigate when a woman cover with red blood in the river and they believe she was victim to a prank before she was murdered.

#4 - "You Only Live Twice"

Jack got shot by the teenager girl's father after he caught him abused his daughter. The team trying to found them before it is too late. Thorne found out his niece decides to train to be a detective.

#5- "Double Jeopardy"

Hartman trying to help Deputy D.A. Dekker and Deputy D.A. O'Donnell over the case of a young woman who been framed for her husband's murder. With no body found, Hartman and Dekker think he could be still alive and faked his own death. Jack is still recovering in the hospital after getting shot.

#6 - "The Following"

The LAPD trying to protect a young woman from her stalker. Meanwhile, Dekker find himself with his old past is stalking him.

#7 - "Truth and Consequences"

Deputy D.A. Dekker is threatened when his old past are planning to ruining his life and his work for his revenge. Hartman planning to take Dekker into protective custody before it is too late.

#8 - "Rush Hour"

Hartman and Robbins send to investigate a murder in Chinatown. Jack spends time with his family after coming home from hospital and O'Donnell and Hardin trying to keep it together with Dekker in protective custody until his stalker is caught.

#9 - "Pain & Gain"

Hartman is kidnapped by a bobybuilder who is planning to get his brother out of jail and he is threating to kill Captain Callas who is the person who arrested his brother. O'Donnell and Hardin got visit from Daniel Handler who is asking where is Dekker.

#10 - "Stab"

A movie star is stabbed to death. Her killer is somebody who is wearing a costume from the movie, Scream. Time running out for Deputy D.A. Dekker after the shooting at his house. Captain Callas planning to move Dekker out of Los Angeles.

#11 - "Checkmate"

Hartman and Robbins investigate the path of a serial killer who leaves chess pieces with his victims. Detective Young and Sergeant Sanders track down a corrupt ex-cop accused of embezzlement and gun smuggling.

#12 - "Endgame - Part 1"

Thing is getting tough for the team when Handler kills three police officer when Handler is looking for Dekker. But when Handler found out Dekker is in Brooklyn, Hartman, Robbins and Lawrence need to stop him before it is too late.

#13 - "Endgame - Part 2"

It is race against time for Hartman, Robbins and Lawrence to track down Handler in Brooklyn before he could found Dekker and kill him.

In the end, Handler is killed by Hartman, and Callas puts in her retirement papers, leaving Thorne to be promoted to Captain in her place.
 * Final appearance of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Zoe Callas) as a regular.

Season 2 (2020)
#1 - "Welcome Home" 

6 months after the first season finale, Max are shocked to see his ex-girlfriend Jasmine Gutierrez, Daniel's mother at Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Carlos Mendoza join the team in his first day and he, Hartman and Robbins investigate a young woman's death who she was found dead in the swimming pool.


 * First appearance of Ricardo Antonio Chavira (Carlos Mendoza).

#2 - "The Silence of the Lambs"

When investigate on the farm, Hartman, Robbins and Lawrence believe the killer is target the farmer and their lamb and killing them one by one. Meanwhile, Jack get suspicious at his father.

#3 - "Help Me"

Hartman help Lauren when one of Lauren's friend was raped when coming home from the prom. Meanwhile, Max become witness when he saw a teenager girl getting abused by her older brother.

#4 - "The Tree" 

Hartman and Robbins investigate the murder of two teenagers who was dead by near the tree. Meanwhile, when investigate a murder, Hartman spot Captain Thorne spying his niece, Lucy and Sanders on the date.

At the end, Hartman went to the park to see Captain Thorne and wanted to know why he was spying on his niece. Thorne told Hartman, Lucy is not his niece, Lucy is his daughter. Thorne explain to Hartman when he was 18, he got his older brother's 19 year-old girlfriend/then wife pregnant with Lucy. Hartman promises Thorne she will keep his secret if he stops with the spying.

#5 - "Shine Away"

Hartman, Robbins and the team investigate a murder of a singer who found dead in her fan's house. Meanwhile, Thorne visit his brother, Derek and his wife, Sarah (Sela Ward) to talk about Lucy's past. During his visit, Sarah warn Thorne to leave Lucy (his daughter) alone in her life.

#6 - "Missing Jerry (Part 1)"

Dekker and O'Donnell are worried about their boss failed to turn up at work before a threating letter send the LYPD team to trying looking for District Attorney Hardin before his life is at danger.

#7 - "Roadkill (Part 2)"

The LYPD team continued to look for Hardin and his strange kidnapper. But they found the search too different when Hardin's kidnapper is masked and he has a black van.

At the end, the team found bruised Hardin at the back of the black van but his kidnapper escape. Ambulance get Hardin to the hospital. When they was inside of the black van, Hartman, Lawrence and Dekker listen the CB radio when Hardin's kidnapper send a threating message that will put somebody's life in danger.

#8 - "Identity Thief"

Hartman and the team investigate when a man is mistake for killing a teenager boy and they believe it is his identity thief who is trying to frame him. Meanwhile, Hardin is hunting by his kidnapped.

#9 - "Frozen"

Hartman and the team investigate a double murder after two teenager girls was found freeze to death. Meanwhile, Hartman warn Thorne to stay away from Lucy but he refused to give up on Lucy, Hartman threating to put his future at risk if the truth don't come out.

And Jack are shocked to see Jasmine in the street, Jasmine says to Jack, she is only here to get her family that leave Jack worried.

#10 - "Into The Woods"

A 15 years old girl and her 14 years old best friend has gone missing when on a school trip in the forest. Hartman and the team learn some dark secret about the forest. Meanwhile, Captain Thorne continues spying one Lucy.

At the end, after rescue the girls, Hartman was about to go home when Sarah arrived and told her to sort out Thorne and stop him revealed the truth, he is Lucy's biological father. After Sarah left, Hartman are shocked to see Lawrence had overheard everything.

#11 - "Cry Me A River"

Lieutenant Mendoza's son is kidnapped during school. The kidnapper threatening to drown him. Hartman and the team must find him and rescue him before it is too late. Meanwhile, Robbins gets suspicious about Hartman and Lawrence not talking to each other at work before found out their secret: Capt. Thorne is Lucy's biological father.

At the end, after long day, Robbins and Lawrence went to Thorne's office and asks about Lucy before Hartman walk in. Robbins and Lawrence refused to leave the office, if they know the truth. Thorne told Robbins and Lawrence, he slept with Sarah when he was 18 and she was 19 and got her pregnant. Thorne show DNA test to Hartman, Robbins and Lawrence, they are shocked to see Thorne is definitely Lucy's father.

#12 - Ashes to Ashes

A reverend found stabbed to death during a funeral. The team must find the killer before killing more reverends. Meanwhile, when visiting Sarah, Lawrence and Robbins are shocked to found out Thorne and Sarah had affair for several years and then broke it off when Sarah became pregnant with Thorne's child.

#13 - "Sweet Revenge (1)"

Hartman and the team investigate a murder of a young woman and her child but found themselves caught in the war between gangsters. Meanwhile, Hartman found out Thorne has been lying about the affair with Sarah.

At the end, the FBI agents join the police for searching for the gangsters after a officer was killed, angry Hartman confronts Sarah at her house and threatens if she don't tell Lucy about her real father, Hartman will.

#14 - "A Time to Kill (2)"

After accident which has been caused by the Mysterious Bad that killed two officer, the LAPD and the FBI found themselves race against time to find the Mysterious Bad and the Mad Dog before somebody will get killed. Meanwhile, Lauren are shocked to find Hartman with tying Sarah who she kidnapped and Hardin found himself face to face with his kidnapper, the leader of The Mad Dog.

At the end, Derek, Lucy and Thorne are shocked to find Hartman and Lauren with Sarah. Hardin wanting answer from Hartman before Sarah told Lucy, Thorne is her real dad. Thorne refuses to admit it, but an angry Derek starts to believe it. Before the fight between Derek and Thorne kick off, Hartman got a call and found out Hardin has been kidnapped again. Before the caller could hung up, a drive-by shooting could threatening one of them's life.

#15 - "Heroes to the End (3)"

A drive-by shooting left Derek and Lauren's life hung in balance after they are both injured after the shooting. At the hospital, Lucy blamed Sarah and Thorne for putting Derek in hospital and angry Lucy told everybody and the team, Thorne is her real father. Lucy's bombshell leads to a violent confrontation between Sanders and Thorne that is quickly broken up by the rest of the squad.

Meanhwhile, Hartman, her team, the police and the FBI all work to find two gangsters with kidnapped Hardin. Then the search goes deadly, when a final showdown take place, everybody is fighting to end.

At the end, after all of the gangsters are killed and Hardin is rescue and taken to the hospital, Derek is resting in his bed when a mysterious person walk in the room, says "You monster" and suffocates him to death. After visiting Hardin at his bedside, Hartman starts to go home before finding a door open. Hartman walk in to found Derek, dead in his bed. Lucy walk in and saw a shocking Hartman with her real uncle's dead body.


 * Episode ends on cliffhange and beginning of whodunnit is going to be resolved at the next season.

Season 3 (2020-2021)
#1 - "Suspicious Minds"

Everybody is shocked from Derek's sudden death, but Hartman starts to believe the circumstances are suspicious and think it was murder. When the police investagate Derek's death, Hartman found out a shocking discovery.

At the end, the police believe Derek died of a heart attack due suffocation. As she's about to go home, Hartman recieves a call from somebody saying Derek deserved it and to look into his past.

#2 - "Black Work"

Robbins, Lawrence and Hartman try to help a police officer to find her son's killer but the investigation turn a twisting turn when learn he was working for a gangster before his death.

Meanwhile, Thorne trying to make everything work for Sarah, Lucy and Sanders after everything and Hartman tries to learn about Derek's life before learning his secret: 4 years ago, he had an affair with 15 years old girl. Several months later, she became pregnant, and he told her to get an abortion, but she refused. One night, while at her house alone with him, Derek pushed her down the stairs, causing her to have a miscarriage. After forcing her to lie about how she was hurt to the hospital staff, Derek ended the affair and told her to never come near or contact him again or he would kill her.

At the end, as Hartman and Max were talking about Derek's affair, Hartman worried she should tell Thorne and Sarah about Derek. Then Jack walks into garden and shocked to found a bead necklace. He walks forward and is shocked to find a decomposing human hand. As Jack dig to found clues, Hartman and Max watch in horror as Jack unearths the body of a teenage girl buried in their garden.

#3 - "Bad Blood"

A 18 years old boy accused for shooting his 12 years old sister but Dekker and O'Donnell believe he is protect somebody. Meanwhile, the girl who been buried in Hartman and Max's garden for 4 years identity as Kathy Thompson (Bella Thorne), Derek's ex-lover. Hartman, Robbins and Thorne investagate Kathy's death before Mendoza and Young found out Kathy was reported as missing 4 years ago.

#4 - "No Escape"

A scientist and his family is taking hostage by his past at their own home. Hartman and the team trying to get the family out before getting killed. Meanwhile, Thorne learn somebody stole $30.000 from his late brother's bank account.

#5 - "Law and Rights"

Hartman finds herself in hot water after Robbins accidentally shoots a teenage girl high on PCP during a violent brawl at high school party. With Robbins is suspended, Hartman is grilled by Internal Affairs Sergeant Dick Lockridge (Rick Hoffman) about Robbins' time as a police officer.

Meanwhile, Thorne attempted to find the person who stole $30,000 from Derek's bank account.

#6 - "Lost in Transgender"

A transgender girl is brutally attacked by a gang in a string of attacks against the transgender community. The Major Case Squad is put on high alert to find those responsible, working with gang unit Detective Jesse Temple (Michael Ealy).

Meanwhile with Robbins still on desk duty, Hartman is partnered with Det. Young on the case, and Thorne finally tracks down the men who stole from his brother Derek's account.

#7 - "Bad to the Bone"

The murder of a young man and an elderly woman on the streets shakes the community and leaves the squad determined to find the killer. However they might have a gleam of hope when they discover there might've been a witness who might have both seen and recorded the whole incident.

Meanwhile, Robbins returns from desk duty and is partnered with Sanders for the investigation, Thorne continues to investigate his brother's death, and learns that there might be more than meets the eye about Derek than he realized...

#8 - "The Birds"

A woman found dead when feeding food to the birds, the team found it different to found the killer because lots of the birds and get suspicious of the death. Meanwhile, Jasmine vist Hartman and told her she saw anybody clear Derek's hospital room on the night when he died. Hartman gets a shock when Jasmine told her Sanders was the person she saw and she think he killed Derek.

#9 - "Starstrike"

A pop music star is found dead in her hot tub, and while signs initally point to an accidental drowning, M.E. Monroe finds evidence of poisoning. Hartman and Robbins, partnered for the case, look into the star's history and discover that while she got along with just about everyone, there were several people who meant her harm, though not in the physical sense...

Also, Sanders is questioned by Thorne and Mendoza over being at the hospital the night of Derek's murder, Sanders denies being involved (as he was there to see his ailling mother) but tells them he saw a young woman enter Derek's room as he left...

#10 - "Vanishing"

Dekker and O'Donnell have trouble prosecuting three teenage boys from the murder of a young exchange student. They are able to get one of the boys to turncoat against to testify against them, but he suddenly disappears on the day he was supposed to. Despite Hartman and the rest of the squad's attempts, they are unable to find him, and as a result, the charges against the other two boys are dropped. The squad and A.D.A.s  begin to think that their victim will never recieve justice, until the revelation of a bug  planted in the office of the case's judge leads them to a stunning outcome.

#11 - "Point of View"

​A shooting in a high school leaves three kids and one teacher dead. Hartman and the team believe somebody wanted revenge on the school before thing take a dark turn.

Meanwhile, Hartman and Thorne question Jasmine about the night of Derek's murder. Jasmine admits thought she saw Sanders who clear the room but she saw a woman who attempted to kill Derek before his murder and she stop her.

At the end, Hartman went to the hospital with Jasmine and Sanders to found the woman. Inside of the hospital, Jasmine identities Dr. Kristen Hammond (Alexis Knapp) as the woman she stopped before Derek's death. When Hartman questions Kristen on the night of Derek's murder, Kristen says Derek was a bully and a monster, and that's all needed to know before walking off that leave Hartman suspicious.

#12 - "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"

Det. Temple (Michael Ealy) returns to assist the squad in investigate a drug-related homicide that seems to reach up to the wealthy, high-powered members of Los Angeles.

Meanwhile, Hartman and Thorne continue to investigate Dr. Hammond for Derek's murder, and discover that Derek had been having an affair with her 10 year earlier, and turned physically and emotionally abusive, which forced her to end it. When confronted with this, Dr. Hammond admits to wanting him dead for the abuse, but denies killing him, saying she was about to but changed her mind at the last second.

Forced back to square one, Hartman and Thorne seem lost on what to do next, until Thorne recieves a phone call...

#13 - "In The Box"

Hartman and Thorne fear for their families and colleagues after a threatening phone call from the killer saying that someone close to them will die for their "failure to get justice". Hartman becomes worried of her squad and the D.A's safety after the killer's biggest threat. Thorne attempted to protect Sarah and Lucy before Lucy got a phone call from the killer telling the biggest clue ever who they are.

#14 - "Changes Coming"

The squad investigates a string of high-profile robberies that are being carried out by a group of disavowed Army Special Forces men. Meanwhile, Hartman and Thorne continue to try to find Derek's murderer before he makes good on his threat. Also, Lawrence reveals she is engaged and pregnant by her fiance, and Robbins recieves distressing news about a member of his family in Baltimore...

#15 - "Fallen"

Hartman and the team investigate the death of a young ballerina's death who's trapeze wire was cut during a performance. Sanders gets suspicious about the ballerina's friends and family and believe somebody close to her wanted her dead. Meanwhile, Derek's killer carries out his threat to kill one of Hartman's colleagues.

At the end, Hartman and Thorne arrived at the victim's house when Detective Temple told them the victim's identity is District Attorney Jerry Hardin.

#16 - "Trackdown"
 * Final appearance of Peter Coyote (Jerry Hardin) as a regular.

Shocked by the brutal murder of District Attorney Hardin by Derek Thorne's killer, the squad (on order from the Chief and Councilman Wilkes) goes all out to find the killer and bring him to justice and in the process, find out why he was targeted. Aided by D.A. Investigators Kevin Choy (Tim Kang) and Cara Winston (Tia Mowry-Hardrict), they discover that the murder of Kathy Thompson might be the motive for the killings and Hardin somehow ties into it...

#17 - "The Haunted (1)"

Hartman and the squad continue to bring the killer who murdered Derek and Hardin to justice. Hartman found herself become the target by the killer who is planning to finish his plan. Sanders learn more about Kathy's murder and her killer.

At the end, Hartman got a phone call by the killer who is taken Thorne and his family hostage. Hartman quickly arrived at Thorne's house. Hartman break into Thorne's house and found Thorne, Sarah and Lucy before she was knocked unconscious. The killer walk in and unmasked himself to Thorne and his family...

#18 - "No Good Deed (2)"

The killer reveals himself to be Hardin's law clerk, Josh Michaels (Nick Jonas), who reveals himself to be Kathy Thompson's half-brother. He admits that he murdered Derek for killing his sister, Hardin for failing to charge Derek for her murder and was went after Hartman and Thorne when they refused to stop investigating Derek's death. Hartman, regains conciousness and tries to reason with Josh, but to no avail.

Meanwhile, the rest of the squad is alerted to Thorne's residence by Lucy, who discreetly called them for help, leading to a hostage situation. Eventually, after a long standoff, Josh relents and releases everyone, but commits suicide shortly afterwards to avoid prison.

The squad later attends Hardin's funeral, during which Robbins announces he is moving to Baltimore to be near his ailing father, and has called in a favor to have Jesse take his place, with everyone wishing him well.


 * Final appearance of Morris Chestnut (Lewis Robbins) as a regular.

Season 4 (2021-2022)
#1 - "Revamp"

Six months after the events of Season 3, the Major Case Squad and D.A.'s office have begun to adjust to Robbins' departure, Hardin's murder, and the replacing of them by Det. Jesse Temple and Interm D.A. Thomas Wolfe. They soon catch the case of a home invasion robbery that left the homeowners dead and their three children missing. Hartman leads the team, including a very pregnant Lawrence on the manhunt to find the children and their kidnappers.

Meanwhile, Captain Thorne continues to struggle with the fallout of his brother's crimes, and Jack and Lauren announce their engagement. #2 - "Subzero"
 * First appearance of David Caruso (Thomas Wolfe).
 * Michael Ealy (Jesse Temple) joins the main cast.

The squad investigates the death of a woman found in a freezer unit. After learning that she was abducted four years prior, the team looks into the owner of the freezer unit and discovers they might have a serial killer on the loose.

Meanwhile, some of Temple's past is revealed, including a suspension, and Hartman and Max ponder about their son's engagement.

#3 - "Dial M for Murder"

A 10-year-old boy is found stabbed to death in boy's bathroom of his school. Hartman and the squad soon get suspicious of two children, who they believe murder the boy. Meanwhile, Temple and Thorne bond by talking of their troubled pasts to each other.

#4 - "Soldiers of Fortune"

The squad pursues a small group of ex-militants who have stolen drugs from a DEA warehouse. While tracking them down, Temple recognizes the leader as Vince Utley, a soldier he served with on a Special Forces team. Later, Temple suffers from an epileptic seizure while chasing Utley down.

Meanwhile, Jack and Lauren start making plans for their wedding, and Lawrence makes a big decision regarding her career.

#5 - "World of Bonds"

The murder of a prominent judge's daughter pulls the squad into the world of BDSM, which the detectives discover the girl was involved in. Meanwhile, Thorne is forced to deal with Internal Affairs lead by Sgt. Dick Lockridge (Rick Hoffman) regarding his brother's crimes and his killer, and the MCS bids an emotional farewell to Det. Lawrence, who takes a leave of absence from the job in order to raise her child.
 * Final appearance of Zooey Deschanel (Felicity Lawrence) as a regular.

#6 - "Stockholm"

The squad investigates the murder of a reclusive man, and discovers that he was a pedophile behind the abductions and deaths of many children over the years. They are even more shocked when they discover his two accomplices were two victims of his who were never found, and who eventually developed Stockholm Syndrome and began helping him, until they discovered they were going to be replaced, after which they murdered him. Hartman, feeling pity for them, tries to get Dekker and O'Donnell to work out a deal for them to get treatment instead of prison.

Meanwhile, Thorne continues to face IAB grilling over the Derek Thorne saga, and Young is pulled into a tenant feud at her apartment.

#7 - "New Blood"

The squad works with Temple's old friends at the gang unit to solve the shooting between two factions of the Bloods and Crips, which left four people, including a 6-year-old girl dead. The squad finds the investigation difficult when no one in the neighborhood is willing to come forth due to the No Snitching/Code of Silence, before an anonymous tip points the squad in the right direction.

Meanwhile, Hartman talks to Jack about his engagement, Temple tries to steer a young boy from the gang life, Thorne finally gets IAB to drop the matter over his brother's crimes and the squad welcomes in new detective Beth Greico (Beau Garrett).
 * First appearance of Beau Garrett (Beth Greico).

#8 - "Brother and Sister"

The squad and the DA's office find themselves taking a hardest case ever when a schizophrenic teenage is boy accused for murdering two of his sisters and attempting to kill the youngest. Meanwhile, Greico found herself involved in an investigation lead by her older brother, James (Chris Vance), also a detective.

At the end, Beth arrived at her house to find James waiting her. He tells Beth he need her help to catch the killer of Randy Spencer, his best friend and partner, who's been on the loose for three years. Beth warns James he might chasing a ghost, but James persists. Before James leaves, Beth agrees to help, and James also makes Beth promise to keep their investigation secret from the rest of the LAPD.

#9 - "Eye in the Sky"

The squad investigates a mass shooting at a theme park in which nine people are killed and four people are injured. Hartman and Temple learn of an accident at the park in which a small child died that happened five years ago and figure out someone carried out revenge for it with the shooting.

Meanwhile, Greico takes time off work to help James find his partner's killer.

#10 - "Til' Death Do We Part"

The funeral of Ethan Fielder, Captain Thorne's old partner comes to a halt when the casket is dropped and not one but two bodies come spilling out. The squad investigation discover that the woman was being investigated by Fielder (who was working as a private investigator past-retirement) for extortion and the squad tries to find who hired him, and thus the killer.

Meanwhile, Hartman, Greico, Young, and Sanders must deal with an irate bride, whose wedding ended up being stalled by the investigation and then ruined after she assaulted Hartman, Greico, and Young, and who along with her father is now intending to sue not only the detectives themselves, but the department too.

#11 - "Every Rose Has Its Thornes"

Capt. Thorne's personal life comes into the limelight again, when a woman, Courtney Palmer (Daisy Ridley), comes forth, claiming to be his daughter. As he tries to determine whether or not she's telling the truth, he also learns that Lucy and Sgt. Sanders not only eloped three months earlier, but are also expecting a child.

Meanwhile, the rest of the squad tries to track down a serial arsonist, and the Greicos take a step in finding James's partner's killer.

#12 - "Battle Cry"

The squad investigates the brutal murder of a teacher and seven high school students on a field trip (two students survive). They discover that while the teacher was well-liked, he owed gambling debts to the son of a Mafia Don and figure that the son committed the mass murder as an example. During the investigation, Hartman and the others started to get concerned of Det. Greico not putting full effort into the investigations; unknown to them, she and James are still trying to locate James' partner's killer.

Meanwhile, Capt. Thorne and Sarah have a romantic dinner where they discuss the possibility of Courtney being Thorne's daughter, and Sarah tells Thorne she is happy to have him as Lucy's father instead of Derek and they kiss.

#13 - "L.A. Med"

Beth and James' Greico's latest in finding Randy's killer leads to a potential suspect. However, they are forced to put their investigation on hold when a bomb explodes in Griffith park. Working with the FBI, the squad tries to find the bomber and in the process, meets the Greico' sister, Abby Lambert (Bianca Kajlich), a doctor at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, which gets flooded with the injured from the bombing.

#14 - "No Way Out"

​Beth and James Greico's search for Randy's killer turn a deadly turn when James' boss is shot twice and nearly killed on his way to work. Thorne learn what Beth and James have been doing and warns them to hurry and wrap their search.

Meanwhile, Hartman and the squad investigates a murder of a congressman's aide that could link with the victim's colleague and boss. Eventually uncovering an affair between the congressman and the aide, they also uncover a love triangle turned deadly.

#15 - "48 Hours (1)"

With the ballistics test from a recent Beth and James finally uncover the identity of Randy Spencer's killer: Porter Beckman (Erik Knudsen), a career criminal and self-proclaimed intellectual. However, when serving an arrest warrant on his apartment with Hartman and Sanders, Beckman starts a shootout that leaves Hartman, Beth, and Sanders wounded. While Hartman manages to escape serious injury, Beth and Sanders are left in critical condition.

As the families of the injured rush to their sides, Thorne pulls out all the stops, forcing every LAPD officer to search for Beckman.

#16 - "24 Hours (2)" 

After a long police chase and another shootout, Beckman is finally arrested for Randy Spencer's murder and the attempted murder of three police officers. As Hartman, Beth, and Sanders begin their road to recovery, Dekker and O'Donnell are tasked with prosecuting Beckman. But when Beckman's defense attorney gets crucial evidence thrown out due to James' misconduct during a search, the D.A.s are forced to re-evaluate their strategy.

Eventually, Beckman's girlfriend (who as it turns out was with Beckman when he killed Randy, and the whom he bragged about the shooting) decides she can't cover for him anymore, comes forth and testifies, leading to Beckman's conviction and sentence to death row.

Afterwards, Hartman is released from the hospital to her family, while Beth and Sanders face a long recovery ahead of them.

Season 5 (2022-2023)
#1 - "Hunters"

Eight weeks have gone by, and Beth and Sanders have made excellent progress, while Hartman has returned to active duty. Meanwhile, Max and Jasmine, working together as bounty hunters, apprehend a fugitive wanted for robbery, but when the body of a rival hunter literally drops in on them, the police is called into the scene. Hartman and Young take the lead on the case and discover that the dead hunter was a corrupt and amoral man hated by many, including his wife.

When it's revealed that the wife had a massive insurance policy on her husband and plenty of motive to kill him, she is arrested and put on trial. However, when Dekker and O'Donnell make their case, a shocking revealation is discovered that turns the case upside down.

#2 - "Gone Baby Gone"

Hartman and the MCS investigate the abduction of a 6-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndrome from a shopping mall, but Beth starts to get suspicious with the child's mother after she barely expresses emotion to their child going missing. Soon it's revealed that the child is actually their nephew whom they had been forced to care for following his parent's deaths in a car accident a year prior. The mother (who is the boy's aunt by marriage), who wasn't ready for children, especially a special needs child, confesses to leaving him unattended while she was in a store, refusing take him in with her after he threw a tantrum, and he was gone when she returned for him.

The investigation leads to a secret, decades-old ring of pedophiles who abduct young boys in places with large crowds, and it's revealed that the squad's tech analyst Jasper Baron is gay, and was a victim of this ring when he was 10-years-old, when they track down the ring to it's front at a gay bar. The stress of this case also wears down on James, who is revealed to be a divorced, recovering alcoholic, when he comes dangerously close to falling off the wagon at that same bar.

Eventually the squad takes down the ring with the FBI and the boy and other abducted kids are recovered, but the boy's uncle, angered at his wife's actions, files for separation, much to her dismay.

Meanwhile, after weeks of waiting the DNA test is in and Capt. Thorne is confirmed to be Courtney Palmer's biological father, having been born to an ex-girlfriend who was an businesswoman (who never told him she was pregnant).

#3 - "Black Sky"

The squad investigate five suicides that have occured in within 24 hours. When it's discovered that the victims were all witnesses in three different criminal cases, Hartman and Temple that each case relied solely on the victim's testimony, and initially suspect the tried criminals of having them killed in order get them off. However, Detective Young and Lieutenant Mendoza uncover that the defense attorneys in each case had secretly met with each other, and had made some sort of pact. Upon pulling their computer files, it's discovered that they had cyber-bullied each victim into suicide in order to get an acquittal and collect extra retainer fees. However, at trial, the three attorneys attempt to use their hard-edged methods to discredit each victim, forcing Wolfe to dig up even worse dirt on them.

Meanwhile, Beth and Sanders are finally given the medical clear to return to active duty, but Beth gets stalked by a mysterious man while on the job. After following her for three days, she finally confronts him at gunpoint, only to discover that it's Cameron Johnson (Austin Stowell), Beth's old childhood friend...

#4 - "New Life"

After discovering her old childhood friend Cameron Johnson has been stalking her, Beth questions him on why. Though Cameron claims he just wanted to reconnect with her, she is suspicious and does a background check on him. While his record comes back clean, she remains suspicious.

Meanwhile, due to his unauthorized investigation into his partner's killer and the trouble it caused, James is assigned a new partner, Lucas Rodney (Corbin Bleu). The two later team with Temple and Young to investigate the murder of a building developer which seems to be tied to a heist about to go down at a casino in Las Vegas, forcing the four detectives to head to Sin City to investigate.

Meanwhile, Hartman and Sanders testify in an domestic violence case along with Dr. Abby Lambert, and while leaving the courthouse with them, Lucy goes into labor. However, the four end up getting into a bad car accident on the way, putting the lives of Lucy and the baby at risk. However, with Hartman & Dr. Lambert, Lucy is able to be stablized and successfully gives birth–to twin girls, whom she and Sanders name Abigail and Chloe after the two women who saved them.

#5 - "White City"

Hartman, Temple, and Mendoza take lead on when a black teenage boy and his white girlfriend was attacked by a group of white supremacists. During the course of the investigation, Mendoza reveals he was involved with a gang who went to war with this same group years ago, before he became a cop.

Meanwhile, Cameron visits James at work, but James orders Cameron to leave, hinting at a troubled past with him. Beth confronts Cameron about showing up at her work again. Cameron leaves but not before dropping a hint about James' juvenile past.

#6 - "Best Friend"

James and Cameron come to blows over Cameron's threats to tell Beth about his past. Thing turn serious for James when his ex-con former friend was found dead. James tells Young about his past with Cameron and the secret they've been keeping. Young tells James he needs to tell Beth the truth before things turns ugly.

Meanwhile, Hartman takes the day off to spend time with Daniel and Aurora, and Lucy brings home her and Sanders' twin daughters.

At the end, Beth and James when their father (Craig T. Nelson) visit them, leaving them stunned. As Beth walks off to celebrating her father coming home, Frank told James he knows about Cameron and the incident of their juvenile years.

#7 - "No Witness"

The squad takes the case of a fatal shooting in a park, in which three people, including a 9-year-old girl, were killed. Upon looking at hidden camera footage from a wilderness expert, it's discovered that Daniel and Aurora were both witnesses to the shooting and both are now missing. After several hours of searching, the kids are found shaken but alive, and the shooters are later captured. When the squad determines that the killing was mostly a gang hit on one victim (with the other two being collateral damage), Thorne and Mendoza press harshly for a confession so that Daniel and Aurora won't have to testify. However, the shooters' lawyer manages to get the confession thrown out, forcing the defense to rely on the kids' testimony, but Hartman, Max, and Jasmine refuse to allow it, causing rift between them and the D.A.'s office, almost gets the three of them held in contempt.

In the end, Daniel and Aurora agree to testify, resulting the shooters conviction, and O'Donnell abruptly opts to leave the D.A.'s office to "pursue new challenges".


 * Final appearance of Alexandra Hedison (Ingrid O'Donnell) as a regular.

#8 - "Cold Blood (1)"

Cameron is assaulted by his and James' ex-friend, Damien "Demon" Jepner. When the squad gets wind of it, James is shocked to see his Demon again and Demon brings up a dark hint to his connection to James' past when arrested, forcing James to reveal a dark secret: as teenagers, he and Cameron were assaulted and both James and Demon's girlfriends were gang-raped by four heroin-high gang members just a short distance away from their home. Upon finding out, Demon kidnapped and held the gang members at gunpoint for hours just afew days later, then forced James and Cameron to watch as he executed them one by one. He then forced James and Cameron to help bury the bodies in an empty lot and forced them to swear to secrecy about out the incident.

When questioned about the incident, Cameron leads the squad to the lot where the bodies are, and Demon is charged with four counts of first-degree murder. However, IAD Sgt. Lockridge looks into the case and aims to charge James as an accessory to the crime after the fact, which could result in him losing his badge, pension, and freedom all in one. DDA Dekker, along with newly-promoted DDA Winston and Investigator Choy, must figure out how to quash the case and prevent a good cop from losing everything...


 * Tim Kang (Kevin Choy) and Tia Mowry-Hardrict (Cara Winston) are upgraded to the main cast.

#9 - "Bad Seed (2)"

As James fights for his future, Detective Gail Driscoll (Neve Campbell) from Portland arrives in Los Angeles to help Hartman and the squad with a crosstate rapist case.

All the while, James, suspended pending an indictment, finds comfort in his ex-wife Natalie (Malin Åkerman), children, and extended family, and Beth and Rodney team up to conduct their own investigation behind Lockridge.

Meanwhile, Dekker, Winston and Choy, in their own investigation, make a discovery about Demon and the murders that could save James from losing everything....

#10 - "Blood and Chocolate"

Detectives Hartman, Temple and Driscoll investigate a college student's death. Temple gets suspicious of two students who may be linked to the murder. Mendoza then discovers out victim's shocking and deadly secret as a drug kingpin and figure that maybe what got him killed. With so many enemies amongst the campus faculty, students, and visitors, the three detectives go undercover as a criminology professor, campus security, and a student to find out the truth.

Meanwhile, James, now cleared and back on the job, aims to file suit against Lockridge for his witch hunt and slander, and asks Dekker and Winston for help. Dekker declines, but Winston agrees despite Choy and Wolfe's warnings about possible conflict of interest.

#11 - "Child's Play"

A 16 year-old-girl is found stabbed to death in her house with her 8-year-old brother covered in her blood. Though initial investigation points towards the boy as the killer, which is amplified by the knowledge of the boy's emotional and mental problems, Hartman becomes suspicious of the case and a closer look reveals that the boy might have been framed.

Meanwhile, Driscoll and Young develop a rivalry while helping in the investigation, forcing Beth to play peacekeeper between them.

#12 - "Resurgence"

Seven doctors who work in the same hospital as Dr. Lambert are found dead in their homes with gunshot wounds to the head. Hartman and the squad investigate and believe the murders could be linked to a similar case from 15 years ago, in the deaths of five doctors at another California hospital.

Meanwhile, James' lawsuit against Lockridge finds itself in a stalemate and Mendoza deals with a family crisis.

#13 - "Fortitude"

The squad investigates a quartet of teenagers suspected of commiting several home invasion robberies, but the parents obstruct the detectives investigations with powerful attorneys and other means at every turn. When an innocent person is killed in the teens' next robbery, Hartman, Thorne and Dekker push the legal limits of the case in order to bring them to justice.

Meanwhile, the Greico-Lockridge lawsuit continues with both sides taking snipes at each other, and Officer Brooks reveals he has passed the detective exam at the end.

#14 - "Enemy of the City"

Hartman allies with Max and Jasmine after a hunt by the latter two goes terribly wrong and leaves another bounty hunter clinging to life. During the chase, Hartman explores her relationship with Max, and complex friendship with Jasmine.

Also, Thorne and Lucy try to bond with Courtney, and a verdict in the Greico-Lockridge lawsuit is reached...

#15 - "Nevermore (1)"

James wins his case against Lockridge, and the irate I.A.D. officer is forced to pay him $300,000, much to his dismay. In addition, the squad catches a lead on Driscoll's crosstate rape suspect, leading to a manhunt trail that leads into a major corporate company and a big revealation that tears a family apart in the detectives' quest for justice. Meanwhile, the squad celebrates Brooks' promotion as he prepares for his pending reassignment, and he and Officer Ng share a heartfelt moment in private together.

At the end, Beth and James come to the latter's home fallowing the party only to find Cameron there waiting and looking panicked. Cameron warns the two that he thinks Demon might be looking to get revenge on all of them. Before he can say anything further, a car pulls up, the driver shoots Cameron and speeds off before the Greicos can even draw their weapons. Despite their efforts to save him, Cameron dies in James' arms, devastating him...