Law & Order season 25
| Law & Order | |
|---|---|
| Season 25 | |
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 25, 2025 – present |
| Season chronology | |
The twenty-fifth season of Law & Order, an American police procedural and legal drama, premiered on NBC on September 25, 2025.[1]
Cast and characters
Main
- Reid Scott as Senior Detective Vincent Riley
- David Ajala as Junior Detective Theo Walker[2]
- 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
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
- Georgia Waehler as Lauren Massey
- Tommy Dewey as Tate Harris
- Susan Misner as Defense Attorney Alison Witt
- James Austin Kerr as Dutch Wilmot
- Joe Finfera as Howard Perry
- Jane Lynch as TBA
- Brandon Finn as Marco
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [1] | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate [1] | 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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The episode concludes the events of the 24th season finale. Det. Shaw moves back to Brooklyn to work at the 88th 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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| 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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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] |
Ratings
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Street Justice" | September 25, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 3.59[3] | 0.1 | 1.03 | 0.3 | 4.62 |
| 2 | "Hindsight" | October 2, 2025 | 0.2/2 | 3.65[4] | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 3 | "White Lies" | October 9, 2025 | 0.2/2 | 3.11[5] | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 4 | "Two and Twenty" | October 16, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 3.48[6] | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 5 | "Bend the Knee" | October 23, 2025 | 0.3/3 | 3.45[7] | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 6 | "Brotherly Love" | October 30, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 3.62[8] | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 7 | "Guardian" | November 13, 2025 | 0.2/3 | 3.52[9] | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 8 | "Parasite" | November 20, 2025 | 0.3/3 | 3.71[10] | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 9 | "Snowflakes" | January 8, 2026 | 0.3/3 | 3.97[11] | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 10 | "Dream On" | January 15, 2026 | 0.3/5 | 3.88[12] | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 11 | "The Enemy of All Women" | January 22, 2026 | 0.3/4 | 4.02[13] | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 12 | "Never Say Goodbye" | January 29, 2026 | 0.3/4 | 4.15[14] | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 13 | "New Normal" | February 26, 2026 | 0.2/3 | 3.93[15] | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 14 | "Remedies" | March 5, 2026 | 0.3/4 | 3.78[16] | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 15 | "Bright Lights" | March 12, 2026 | 0.3/3 | 3.50[17] | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
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