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Law & Order (season 15)
Season 15
Season 15 U.S. DVD Cover
No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 22, 2004 (2004-09-22) –
May 18, 2005 (2005-05-18)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The 15th season of Law & Order premiered on NBC with a two-hour premiere on September 22, 2004, and concluded on May 18, 2005.

Cast and crew changes

In May 2004, it was announced that Dennis Farina would be replacing Jerry Orbach (Detective Lennie Briscoe) as Detective Joe Fontana.[2] Having moved over to the third Law & Order spin-off, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, Orbach only filmed two episodes of the series before his death in December 2004.[3]

Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn, played by Elisabeth Röhm, became the first ADA to reach her fourth season on Law & Order. However, mid-way through the season it was announced that Röhm wanted to depart the series. Röhm said to MSNBC, "If I had stayed, I don’t think it would have made much sense, and as much as I loved the show I personally had to kind of kick myself out of the crib." she continued, "It was very hard for me to make the decision because my managers and agents wanted me to not even do any of this season."[4] Röhm's last episode was "Ain't No Love" wherein her characters comes out as a lesbian towards the end of the episode.

In December 2004, it was announced that Röhm was replaced by Annie Parisse who began portraying Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Borgia with the episode "Fluency". Parisse said, "I'm so excited to be a part of such a great show. I had so much fun when I did an episode a couple years ago and I'm really looking forward to working with everyone on a regular basis." Creator Dick Wolf said of the casting, "Annie is a terrific actress, and her new character (Alexandra Borgia) is an exotic beauty whose looks belie the fact that she is usually the smartest person in the room."[5]

Days prior to the news of Annie Parisse joining the cast, it was announced that Jesse L. Martin (Detective Ed Green) would be departing the cast to film Rent. Martin said about his departure, "I am very grateful to everyone at Wolf Films and NBC Universal Television, especially Dick Wolf and Jeff Zucker, for allowing me this once in a lifetime opportunity, I'm going to miss Dennis (Farina), Epatha (Merkerson) and the rest of the cast and crew, and I can't wait to return next year." Dick Wolf added, "For the past six years, Jesse has been an 'actor's actor', an incredible performer, total professional and he is liked by everyone. He had an opportunity to reprise a career-making role that is very important to him, and we wanted to make it work. We look forward to his return to "Law & Order" for season 16." Martin's last episode of the season was "Tombstone" (a crossover episode with Law & Order: Trial by Jury, episode "Skeleton") where Green is shot.[6]

Martin was replaced by Michael Imperioli who portrayed Detective Nick Falco starting with the episode "Publish and Perish" until the season finale episode. Imperioli said about his character, Falco, "The character I'm playing on Law & Order, has a real passion for making the world safe and making the city safe for people. He wants to make sure that the bad guys go to jail and that justice wins out and I think he grew up with that reverence and lives with it."[6][7]

Roz Weinman is show runner/executive produce with Eric Overmyer over Matthew Penn and Peter Jankowski. Weinman and Overmyer depart the series at the end of the season, replaced by Walon Green and Nicholas Wootton in season 16.

DVD release

Season fifteen is available on DVD. Initially, it was only available as part of the Law & Order: The Complete Series DVD boxed set, released in November 2011. It was later released separately on November 4, 2014.

Cast

Actor Character Main cast Recurring cast
Dennis Farina Joe Fontana entire season —
Jesse L. Martin Ed Green episodes 1-20 —
Michael Imperioli Nick Falco episodes 21-24 —
S. Epatha Merkerson Anita Van Buren entire season —
Sam Waterston E.A.D.A. Jack McCoy entire season —
Elisabeth Röhm A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn episodes 1-13 —
Annie Parisse A.D.A. Alexandra Borgia episodes 14-24 —
Fred Dalton Thompson D.A. Arthur Branch entire season —
Dann Florek Capt. Don Cragen — episode 11
Carolyn McCormick Elizabeth Olivet — episode 6

Episodes

See also: List of Law & Order episodes
No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code 		U.S. viewers
(millions)
3261"Paradigm"Matthew PennTeleplay by: Richard Sweren
Story by: Dick Wolf		September 22, 2004 (2004-09-22)E530118.86[8]
3272"The Dead Wives Club"David PlattNick SantoraSeptember 22, 2004 (2004-09-22)E530715.39[8]
3283"The Brotherhood"Jean de SegonzacTeleplay by: Alfredo Barrios, Jr.
Story by: Wendy Battles & Alfredo Barrios, Jr.		September 29, 2004 (2004-09-29)E530412.94[9]
3294"Coming Down Hard"Richard DobbsDavey HolmesOctober 6, 2004 (2004-10-06)E530812.51[10]
3305"Gunplay"Constantine MakrisWilliam N. Fordes & Lois JohnsonOctober 20, 2004 (2004-10-20)E530613.07[11]
3316"Cut"Richard DobbsWendy BattlesOctober 27, 2004 (2004-10-27)E530213.23[12]
3327"Gov Love"Michael PressmanRichard Sweren & Ross BergerNovember 10, 2004 (2004-11-10)E531315.15[13]
3338"Cry Wolf"Don ScardinoNick Santora & Lorenzo CarcaterraNovember 17, 2004 (2004-11-17)E531213.80[14]
3349"All in the Family"Jace AlexanderWilliam N. FordesNovember 24, 2004 (2004-11-24)E530312.62[15]
33510"Enemy"Richard DobbsAlfredo Barrios, Jr.December 1, 2004 (2004-12-01)E531414.71[16]
33611"Fixed"Ed SherinRoz Weinman & Eric OvermyerDecember 8, 2004 (2004-12-08)E531115.69[17]
33712"Mammon"Jace AlexanderWilliam N. Fordes & Douglas StarkJanuary 5, 2005 (2005-01-05)E531614.28[18]
33813"Ain't No Love"Paris BarclayRichard Sweren & Lois JohnsonJanuary 12, 2005 (2005-01-12)E531514.69[19]
33914"Fluency"Matthew PennNick SantoraJanuary 19, 2005 (2005-01-19)E531815.12[20]
34015"Obsession"Constantine MakrisWendy Battles & Alfredo Barrios, Jr.February 9, 2005 (2005-02-09)E531913.16[21]
34116"The Sixth Man"David PlattTeleplay by: Lois Johnson
Story by: Lois Johnson & Richard Sweren		February 16, 2005 (2005-02-16)E532113.73[22]
34217"License to Kill"Constantine MakrisRichard Sweren & Stuart FeldmanFebruary 23, 2005 (2005-02-23)E532214.54[23]
34318"Dining Out"Jean de SegonzacDavey HolmesMarch 2, 2005 (2005-03-02)E531714.66[24]
34419"Sects"Richard DobbsFrank PuglieseMarch 30, 2005 (2005-03-30)E532413.49[25]
34520"Tombstone"Eric StoltzRick EidApril 13, 2005 (2005-04-13)E532516.85[26]
34621"Publish and Perish"Constantine MakrisTom SzentgyorgiApril 20, 2005 (2005-04-20)E532814.33[27]
34722"Sport of Kings"Michael PressmanTeleplay by: Richard Sweren & Wendy Battles
Story by: Richard Sweren, Nick Santora & Wendy Battles		May 4, 2005 (2005-05-04)E532311.70[28]
34823"In God We Trust"David PlattRichard SwerenMay 11, 2005 (2005-05-11)E532612.22[29]
34924"Locomotion"Matthew PennTeleplay by: Eric Overmyer
Story by: Roz Weinman		May 18, 2005 (2005-05-18)E532912.41[30]

Notes and references

  • The spin-off Law & Order: Trial by Jury premiered this season; it featured Jerry Orbach reprising his role as Lennie Briscoe in his final television appearances before his death in 2004. The episode "Tombstone" is the first half of a cross-over with Law & Order: Trial by Jury episode "Skeleton".
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Preceded by
Season Fourteen
(2003–2004) 		List of Law & Order seasons
(1990–2010) 		Succeeded by
Season Sixteen
(2005–2006)
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