Broken Lens

An American Muslim becomes the prime suspect in a double murder after an academic challenges his religious beliefs.

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The murder of a female high school English teacher uncovers a love triangle that includes a female student and a male teacher, both of whom become suspects. The prosecutors have to deal with the student's multiple identities and refusal to live past adolescence.

Director

Constantine Makris

Guest Stars

J.K. Simmons

Emil Skoda

Leslie Hendrix

Elizabeth Rodgers

Connie Winston

Shirley Taylor

Brian Hyman

Boris Walker

Richard Hirschfeld

Assistant M.E. Brody

Susan Floyd

Jessica Sheets

Rob Campbell

Gary Bergan

Hallie Foote

Margaret Chapman

Edward James Hyland

Victor Drayson

Stephi Lineburg

Fiona Reid

Bruce Nozick

Stanley Matson

Max Vogler

Dr. Neil Carson

Deirdre Madigan

Mrs. Goode

Sal Petraccione

Buddy

Tim Miller

Bob

Lena Georgas

Gwen

Herve Clermont

Gerald

Veronica Cruz

Carol

Kevin Nagle

Chuck

Investigating the death of a rock band singer who had large amounts of cocaine and heroin in her system, the detectives question a former boyfriend who was a disgruntled band mate of her late husband. The prosecuters are hampered by the actions of a retired detective, who worked a case with Briscoe several years back, turned writer whose unconventional research tactics makes him a suspect as well.

Director

Martha Mitchell

Guest Stars

Susan Blommaert

Rebecca Steinman

Josh Pais

Borak

Richard Bright

Dru Hunt

David W. Butler

Howard Rumsfeld

Dyron Holmes

Carter Newton

Tony Lo Bianco

Detective Mike Foster

Eron Otcasek

Zach Graff

Kellie Overbey

Rain Bridgeman

Stivi Paskoski

Travis Jones

Sean Pierce

John Herzek

Howard Pinhasik

Dr. Neil Zucker

John Sloman

Dr. Edwin Pappas

David Thornton

Jeremy Cook

Alfred Sauchelli, Jr.

Supervisor

Marcel Simoneau

Shane Mallory

James Andrew O'Connor

Driver

A struggling actress is murdered in an apparent robbery-homicide where a video tape, made by a couple touring the city sold to a local news station, shows three suspects loading the stolen property into an SUV. They are charged with felony murder, a capital crime, and causes unrest with Southerlyn surrounding the death penalty.

Director

David Platt

Guest Stars

Tim Ransom

Defense Attorney Andrew Maynard

Brian Davies

Judge Warren Busey

David Lipman

Morris Torledsky

Charlotte Colavin

Lisa Pongracic

John Cariani

Julian Beck

Beth Dixon

Mrs. Dolan

Omar Scroggins

Matthew Carton

Jerry Grayson

Mr. Halprin

Malcolm Barrett

Harry Johnson

Tony Campisi

Defense Attorney Steve Hanft

Reathel Bean

Walter Dolan

Darcy Pulliam

Mrs. Platt

Gil Rogers

Mr. Platt

Wally Dunn

Saul Mishner

Mary Elaine Monti

Claudia Paswell

Lia Yang

Defense Attorney Yoriko Fujitsa

Peter Ratray

Defense Attorney Max Willet

Bruce Winant

Dale Franks

Gary Lowery

Forensic Accountant Ted Vavoulis

Tia Dionne Hodge

Marta Severin

Michael LiDondici

Steiner

Stewart Steinberg

Deli Owner

Billy Griffith

Ernest Borges

Kola Ogundiran

FTD Man

Dakota Anderson

Danny Otum

Nan-Lyn Nelson

Carton's Mother

Danny Dennis

Counterman

Chuck Ardezzone

Court Clerk

John Louis Fischer

Assistant M.E. Neil Brock

Jill Gureasko

Jury Foreperson

The discovery of a body in Hells Kitchen who had been wearing a $40,000 diamond ring leads the detectives back to the World Trade Center attacks as the victim had been reported to have died when Tower One collapsed. The ensuing investigation leads to a fiancee and a lover and the determination that the events of 9/11 may have been good timing to hide the fact that she was murdered the night before.

The execution style shooting of a city contractor leads Detectives Briscoe and Green to suspect a professional hitman. They first focus upon possible enemies of the victim, but end up suspecting the victim's wife and her boyfried of hiring the killer. However later discovered evidence leads McCoy and Southerlyn to a conspirator that no one had suspected.

Written By

Eric Overmyer

A defense attorney who had just acquitted a cop killer is gunned down outside a Manhattan restaurant. The detectives start with police officers in the precinct of the injured officer, then to his brother, before they are led to a white supremacist who is part of a national network. McCoy is faced with the unlikely prospect that the defendant's attorney, his friend of 20 years and a friend of the slain lawyer, played a part in the murder of a Florida district attorney following the defendant's arrest. McCoy is able to make a deal that perserves the integrity of his adversary, but not without a cost.

Director

Matthew Penn

A star baseball player becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his limousine driver when it is discovered that the driver regularly supplied steroids to the sports icon. The subsequent investigation reveals blackmail as the underlying motive for the murder.

Director

Steve Shill

The smoldering corpse of an Asian girl found outside the Chinese consul general's apartment leads the detectives to believe she had made a political statement. When forensics shows that she had been murdered beforehand, they find themselves in the middle of a religious conflict with the consul general their prime suspect and his attorney an old friend of District Attorney Branch.

Guest Stars

Chris Sarandon

Defense Attorney Howard Pincham

Kate Rigg

Defense Attorney Sally Xiao

Judy Kaye

Judge Susan Lehman

Bob Sorenson

M.E. Steve Kurt

Leon Adair Jr.

Bailiff

Tzi Ma

Deputy Counsel General Li Chen

Grant Chang

Akai Yuen

Ken Leung

Tommy Wong

Lianna Pai

Wendy Quan

Marni Lustig

Colleen Baylor

T.J. Kenneally

Dale Moran

Eileen Letchworth

Mrs. Schumacher

Khrystyne Haje

Rebecca

Tom Zemon

Darren

Anthony J. Ribustello

Hank

Matthew Lawler

Rudy

Mike Pniewski

Assistant M.E. Cooper

Denny Dale Bess

Defense Attorney Billy Finn

The hit-and-run death of a popular high-school student leaves the detectives suspecting the girl's father was the real target. When evidence reveals that the death was possibly a random killing, they are able to track down their suspect to his apartment. However things get complicated when their killer is murdered, and the person who committed the crime happens to be the victim's mother.

Director

Jace Alexander

The murder of a bookie with a high-class clientelle leads the detectives to arrest his partner. Charged with first-degree murder, his attorney puts forth an unusual defense strategy that turns the trial into a political statement.

Director

Edwin Sherin

When the witness in a jewelry store robbery-homicide fails to appear in court, McCoy suspects foul play until he discovers that the man is a fugitive in a 20-year-old murder case.

Director

Martha Mitchell

Written By

Eric Overmyer

The bludgeoning of a luxury sports car dealer leads the detectives to a mentally challenged man and his girlfriend who is extremely attractive and whose expensive tastes leads her to be equally manipulative.

Director

David Platt

The death of a stockbroker leads the detectives to his girlfriend whose mother is a cosmetics mogul who has a long standing friendship with Branch, and will stop at nothing to protect her corporate image by using hormone replacement therapy withdrawal as the basis for her defense.

Director

Constantine Makris

A media-savvy attorney defends a black teenager accused of shooting an off-duty policy officer.

Director

Matthew Penn

Written By

Aaron Zelman

Investigating the murder of a cab driver, the detectives come to suspect a famous author and his protege, a former child prodigy.

Director

Jace Alexander

A missing football player becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a woman whose body is discovered floating in the East River.

Director

Gloria Muzio

The prime suspect in the murder of a woman outside a sex club claims to have merely witnessed the crime via a psychic vision.

The murder of an admissions director of a private school leads the detectives to investigate a pair of angry parents whose children were denied admission, but then set their sights on the headmaster when they discover that the victim was about to go public with the denied admissions.

Director

David Platt

Written By

Eric Overmyer