Law & Order season 25
| Law & Order | |
|---|---|
| Season 25 | |
.png) Promotional poster via Peacock | |
| Showrunner | Rick Eid |
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 25, 2025 – May 14, 2026 |
| Season chronology | |
The twenty-fifth season of American police procedural crime drama Law & Order premiered on NBC on September 25, 2025, and concluded on May 14, 2026. The season was produced by Wolf Entertainment, in conjunction with Universal Television, and featured 21 episodes.
Rick Eid served as showrunner. Reid Scott, Maura Tierney, Hugh Dancy, Odelya Halevi, and Tony Goldwyn reprised their roles as Senior Detective Vincent Riley, Lieutenant Jessica Brady, Executive Assistant District Attorney Nolan Price, Assistant District Attorney Samantha Maroun, and District Attorney Nicholas Baxter, respectively. Beginning with the seventh episode of the season, David Ajala joined the cast as series regular Junior Detective Theo Walker.
Cast and characters
Main
- Reid Scott as Senior Detective Vincent Riley
- Maura Tierney as Lieutenant Jessica Brady
- Hugh Dancy as Executive Assistant District Attorney Nolan Price
- Odelya Halevi as Assistant District Attorney Samantha Maroun
- Tony Goldwyn as District Attorney Nicholas Baxter
- David Ajala as Junior Detective Theo Walker
Crossover stars from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson
- Ice T as Sergeant Odafin "Fin" Tutuola
- Kelli Giddish as Sergeant Amanda Rollins
- Kevin Kane as Detective Terry Bruno
- Noma Dumezweni as Chief Kathryn Tynan
- Elizabeth Marvel as Defense Attorney Rita Calhoun
Crossover stars from FBI
- Thomas Philip O'Neill as Dr. Neil Mosbach
Recurring
- Connie Shi as Detective Violet Yee
Guest
- Amanda Warren as Defense Attorney Camilla Paymor
- Lana Young as Trial Judge Mebane
- Kerry Bishé as Grace Hall
- Tawny Cypress as Defense Attorney Erin Grassley
- Bernadette Quigley as Judge Carol Hamilton
- Katrina Lenk as Brenda Fallon
- Eric Ladin as Kevin Goodall
- Tom Irwin as Norman Munson
- Jay Hieron as Taxi Driver
- Eric Lange as Defense Attorney Chris Damaso
- Alano Miller as Brad Addis
- Gary Perez as Judge Sydney Bolden
- Joshua Malina as Kevin Bradley
- Hill Harper as Defense Attorney Eric Ferguson
- Toby Leonard Moore as Jack Drell
- Ryan Eggold as Matt Riley
- Alimi Ballard as Defense Attorney Ron Delahunt
- Tobias Truvillion as Shane Willis
- Ryan O'Nan as Jim Pickett
- Lindsey Broad as Kate Pickett
- Maury Ginsberg as Defense Attorney Scott Quinn
- Dylan Baker as Defense Attorney Sanford Rems
- Michael Lynche as Creston 'Hollow Point' Reeves
- Necar Zadegan as Bonnie Kimura
- Margaret Anne Florence as Amanda Gladstone-Nestor
- Philip Casnoff as Stephen Cyrus
- Shannon Lucio as Carri Valenti
- Daniel Keith as Jason Valenti
- Ryan Broussard as Ryan Chase
- Alex Neustaedter as Leo Brady
- Victoria Cartagena as Defense Attorney Yolanda Matos
- Ennis Esmer as Marius Cole
- Eileen Galindo as Judge Angela Dillow
- Emily Bergl as Kate Leavy
- Eisa Davis as Defense Attorney Virginia Hogan
- Daryl Edwards as Trial Judge Paul Gifford
- Alexandra Neil as Claire Turner
- Scott Adsit as Brian Leavy
- Matt Walsh as Defense Attorney Joe Sirianni
- Stéphanie Szostak as Carol Massey
- Tommy Dewey as Tate Harris
- Susan Misner as Defense Attorney Alison Witt
- James Austin Kerr as Dutch Wilmot
- Joe Finfera as Howard Perry
- Brandon Finn as Marco
- Jane Lynch as Defense Attorney Cordelia Travers
- Rain as Cory Mason
- Lipica Shah as Dr. Chandra Patel
- Michael O'Keefe as Archbishop Keane
- Rob Yang as Defense Attorney Max Wood
- Julio Perillán as Leonard Hawkins
- Joseph Perrino as Joe Whittaker
- Alanna Ubach as Defense Attorney Abigail Donahue
- Kelli Williams as Ann Merrick
- Eric Stoltz as Evan Cole
- Zach McGowan as Cash White
- Veronica Falcón as Defense Attorney Victoria Potter
- Angel Desai as Trial Judge Roberta Hines
- Alicia Minshew as Sophia Cole
- Kyle Harris as Lucas Peters
- Max Casella as Steven Delvecchio
- William Ragsdale as Fire Marshal Julian Jenca
- Željko Ivanek as Defense Attorney Charles Banks
- Chance Kelly as Admiral Rusten Garvey
- Anthony Edwards as Trial Judge Kenneth Sullivan
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [1][2] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [1][2] | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 524 | 1 | "Street Justice" | Alex Hall | Rick Eid | September 25, 2025 | 2501 | 3.59[3] |
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After events in "Look the Other Way", Price meets with Baxter, unsure whether Maroun killed Carter Mills. Yee finds Edgar who saw a woman saying, "You deserve this" before firing. Brady gets a warrant for Maroun's .38, which she threw in the East River, "afraid of what I might do with it." Riley finds a man who bumped into a young woman wearing a dark hoodie near the scene; he rules out Maroun from a six-pack. Riley and Yee talk to girlfriend Julia Keaton, who says Carter argued with his sister, Allison Mills, who alibis and claims Keaton broke up with Mills. Brady arrests Keaton, who bought a gun shortly after Mills's verdict. Defense Attorney Camilla Paymor argues self-defense, because Mills was going to kill Keaton. Judge Mebane denies Price's petition to exclude Mills's prior murder trial, because Paymor objected there are exceptions if the defendant was aware of prior bad acts. Keaton testifies Mills raped and threatened her. Arguing strategy, Maroun admonishes Price for not having the guts to convict Mills of murder. In private, Keaton admits she ambushed Mills. Maroun says, "Stop talking", telling Price, "This was premeditated...an assassination. On paper, anyway." Keaton accepts a manslaughter plea. Meanwhile, Shaw transfers to Brooklyn's 8-8 precinct. | |||||||
| 525 | 2 | "Hindsight" | David Grossman | Scott Gold & Will Lapp | October 2, 2025 | 2503 | 3.65[4] |
| 526 | 3 | "White Lies" | Milena Govich | Jennifer Vanderbes | October 9, 2025 | 2504 | 3.11[5] |
| 527 | 4 | "Two and Twenty" | Martha Mitchell | Rick Eid | October 16, 2025 | 2505 | 3.48[6] |
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Tony Goldwyn does not appear in this episode. | |||||||
| 528 | 5 | "Bend the Knee" | Michael Smith | Scott Gold | October 23, 2025 | 2502 | 3.45[7] |
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Odelya Halevi does not appear in this episode. | |||||||
| 529 | 6 | "Brotherly Love" | Alex Hall | Rick Eid | October 30, 2025 | 2506 | 3.62[8] |
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Odelya Halevi does not appear in this episode. | |||||||
| 530 | 7 | "Guardian" | Carlos Bernard | Teleplay by : Art Alamo & Ajani Jackson Story by : Ajani Jackson & Jolie Huang | November 13, 2025 | 2507 | 3.52[9] |
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First appearance of David Ajala as Detective Theo Walker. | |||||||
| 531 | 8 | "Parasite" | Michael Pressman | Jennifer Vanderbes & Jolie Huang | November 20, 2025 | 2508 | 3.71[10] |
| 532 | 9 | "Snowflakes (Part 1)" | Jean de Segonzac | Scott Gold | January 8, 2026 | 2509 | 3.97[11] |
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Note: This episode begins a crossover event that concludes on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 27 episode 9. | |||||||
| 533 | 10 | "Dream On" | Néstor Carbonell | Rick Eid & Tori Nove | January 15, 2026 | 2510 | 3.88[12] |
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Odelya Halevi does not appear in this episode. | |||||||
| 534 | 11 | "The Enemy of All Women" | Norberto Barba | Art Alamo | January 22, 2026 | 2511 | 4.02[13] |
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Maura Tierney does not appear in this episode. | |||||||
| 535 | 12 | "Never Say Goodbye" | Fred Berner | Scott Gold & Will Lapp | January 29, 2026 | 2512 | 4.15[14] |
| 536 | 13 | "New Normal" | Norberto Barba | Rick Eid & Ajani Jackson | February 26, 2026 | 2513 | 3.93[15] |
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Maura Tierney does not appear in this episode. | |||||||
| 537 | 14 | "Remedies" | Martha Mitchell | Jennifer Vanderbes | March 5, 2026 | 2514 | 3.78[16] |
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Reid Scott & Tony Goldwyn do not appear in this episode. | |||||||
| 538 | 15 | "Bright Lights" | Peter Stebbings | Rick Eid | March 12, 2026 | 2515 | 3.50[17] |
| 539 | 16 | "Fate's Cruel Joke" | Alex Hall | Art Alamo | April 2, 2026 | 2516 | 3.35[18] |
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Tony Goldwyn does not appear in this episode. | |||||||
| 540 | 17 | "Beyond Measure" | Jean de Segonzac | Scott Gold & Will Lapp | April 9, 2026 | 2517 | 3.84[19] |
| 541 | 18 | "Ride or Die" | Oscar Lozoya | Jolie Huang & Jennifer Vanderbes | April 23, 2026 | 2518 | 3.48[20] |
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David Ajala & Hugh Dancy do not appear in this episode. | |||||||
| 542 | 19 | "Accidentally Like a Martyr" | David Grossman | Rick Eid | April 30, 2026 | 2519 | 3.48[21] |
| 543 | 20 | "Once Burned" | Michael Smith | Art Alamo & Ajani Jackson | May 7, 2026 | 2520 | 3.51[22] |
| 544 | 21 | "Liberty" | Alex Hall | Rick Eid & Scott Gold | May 14, 2026 | 2521 | 3.98[23] |
Ratings
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR (18–49) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total (18–49) | Total viewers (millions) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Street Justice" | September 25, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 3.59 | 0.1 | 1.03 | 0.3 | 4.62 | [3] |
| 2 | "Hindsight" | October 2, 2025 | 0.2/2 | 3.65 | 0.1 | 1.08 | 0.3 | 4.73 | [4] |
| 3 | "White Lies" | October 9, 2025 | 0.2/2 | 3.11 | 0.1 | 1.04 | 0.3 | 4.15 | [5] |
| 4 | "Two and Twenty" | October 16, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 3.48 | 0.1 | 1.24 | 0.3 | 4.72 | [6] |
| 5 | "Bend the Knee" | October 23, 2025 | 0.3/3 | 3.45 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [7] |
| 6 | "Brotherly Love" | October 30, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 3.62 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [8] |
| 7 | "Guardian" | November 13, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 3.52 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [9] |
| 8 | "Parasite" | November 20, 2025 | 0.3/3 | 3.71 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [10] |
| 9 | "Snowflakes" | January 8, 2026 | 0.3/3 | 3.97 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [11] |
| 10 | "Dream On" | January 15, 2026 | 0.3/5 | 3.88 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [12] |
| 11 | "The Enemy of All Women" | January 22, 2026 | 0.3/4 | 4.02 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [13] |
| 12 | "Never Say Goodbye" | October 29, 2026 | 0.3/4 | 4.15 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [14] |
| 13 | "New Normal" | February 26, 2026 | 0.2/3 | 3.93 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [15] |
| 14 | "Remedies" | March 5, 2026 | 0.3/4 | 3.78 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [16] |
| 15 | "Bright Lights" | March 12, 2026 | 0.3/3 | 3.50 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [17] |
| 16 | "Fate's Cruel Joke" | April 2, 2026 | 0.2/3 | 3.23 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [18] |
| 17 | "Beyond Measure" | April 9, 2026 | 0.2/4 | 3.84 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [19] |
| 18 | "Ride or Die" | April 23, 2026 | 0.2/2 | 3.48 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [20] |
| 19 | "Accidentally Like a Martyr" | April 30, 2026 | 0.2/3 | 3.48 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [21] |
| 20 | "Once Burned" | May 7, 2026 | 0.3/4 | 3.51 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [22] |
| 21 | "Liberty" | May 14, 2026 | 0.3/4 | 3.98 | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | [23] |
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