Law & Order
This report covers the original Law & Order series as a whole, across all seasons. A long-running procedural drama that splits each episode between a violent crime investigation and a courtroom prosecution; content is consistently mature but more restrained than later franchise spin-offs.
Episodes to know about
Crime scenes featuring dead bodies, blood, and evidence of shootings or stabbings open or anchor most episodes; guns are drawn, fired, and cause casualties with regularity throughout all seasons.
'Indifference' centers on a child's near-fatal injuries from severe ongoing abuse within the family home; details are discussed at length during investigation and prosecution.
Rape, sexual assault, and sexually motivated murder are used as case foundations in many episodes across the full run; crimes are not depicted visually but are described in detail in interrogation and courtroom scenes.