Law & Order season 25
| Law & Order | |
|---|---|
| Season 25 | |
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| 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
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
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)"[11] | TBA | TBA | January 8, 2026 | 2509 | TBD |
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This episode begins a crossover event that concludes on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 27 episode 9. | |||||||
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] | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a |
| 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 |
References
- ^ a b c "Shows A-Z – Law & Order on NBC". The Futon Critic. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
- ^ Matt's Inside Line #400! Scoop on the 'NCIS'-verse, 'Law & Order,' 'Countdown,' 'Elsbeth,' 'Boston Blue,' 'Fire Country' and More
- ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (September 29, 2025). "Thursday Ratings: Law & Order: SVU Begins Season 27 on NBC". Programming Insider. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
- ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (October 6, 2025). "Thursday Ratings: Red Sox-Yankees Deciding Playoff Game Delivers Largest ESPN MLB Audience in 4 Years". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
- ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (October 10, 2025). "Thursday Ratings: 9-1-1: Nashville on ABC Has Okay Debut". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
- ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (October 17, 2025). "Thursday Ratings: CBS Leads Broadcast Networks Among Total Viewers, Year-Over-Year Erosion in Key Demos for Linear Overall". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
- ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (October 27, 2025). "Thursday Ratings: Ghosts on CBS Earns Top 18-49 and 25-54 Demos Among Prime Time Broadcast Network Telecasts". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
- ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (October 31, 2025). "Thursday Ratings: CBS and ABC Battle for Demo Supremacy Among Broadcast Networks". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
- ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (November 17, 2025). "Thursday Ratings: 26th Annual Latin Grammy Awards Televised on Univision". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
- ^ a b Pucci, Douglas (November 25, 2025). "Thursday Ratings: Miss Universe Pageant Aired Live on Telemundo". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 25, 2025.
- ^ Webb Mitovich, Matt (December 12, 2025). "Reader questions, answered! Hunting Party, Leverage, FBI, Law & Order crossover, Heated Rivalry, Chicago Med and more". Matt's Inside Line. Archived from the original on December 13, 2025. Retrieved December 14, 2025.