Episode
Law & Order: Wannabe
Overview
The shooting of a board member of an exclusive private school leads to a blue-collar family and a classist system.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1995-03-15
- Runtime
- 47 min
Episode context
Wannabe is Episode 16 in Season 5 of Law & Order. It aired on 1995-03-15. The runtime is 47 min.
Previous / Next
Episode 15: Seed
A routine investigation into a woman's death leads Briscoe and Logan to a fertility doctor guilty of unethical practices, but who cannot apparently be touched because of confidentiality rules, and patient reluctance to talk.
Episode 17: Act of God
A bomb at a construction site kills a 12-year-old boy, and the suspects include the bankrupt contractor and a jealous husband.
More episodes from this season
Episode 14: Performance
Briscoe and Logan set out to identify the apparent victim in a snuff film, but find her alive and really the victim of a points-for-sex club at her prestigious high school.
Episode 18: Privileged
The investigation into a double murder leads to a young alcoholic whose family once lived in the victims' house and who had admitted to his AA group that he's had nightmares about killings.
Episode 13: Rage
A Wall Street broker accused of murdering his mentor uses the defense of ""black rage"" in court.
Episode 19: Cruel and Unusual
The death of an autistic youth in custody reveals a multitude of unusual and possibly illegal therapies being used, but also parents reluctant to pursue a prosecution.
Episode 12: Progeny
The investigation into the killing of an abortion clinic doctor leads to an activist group led by a former priest.
Episode 20: Bad Faith
Logan relives unhappy childhood memories when a friend is found dead, a presumed suicide, until the investigation reveals recent contact with a former priest, with a history of pedophilia.
Episode 11: Guardian
After the body of a young female junkie is identified as the daughter of a wealthy family, Briscoe and Logan try to find out who left her to die in the yard of a day-care center.
Episode 21: Purple Heart
The investigation into a taxi driver's murder involves a loan shark, a forged check, a missing plumber and the victim's wife.
Episode 10: House Counsel
The killing of a man who had served as a juror in a mob trial leads to a battle of wills between McCoy and his long-time friend, the suspect's attorney.
Episode 22: Switch
Suspects in a psychiatrist's murder include the victim's ex-husband, a patient suffering from multiple-personality disorder and her obstructive father.