Law & Order: Organized Crime is an American crime drama television series that premiered on April 1, 2021, on NBC from June 12, 2025, on Peacock. The seventh series in the Law & Order franchise and a spin-off of Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the series stars Christopher Meloni as Elliot Stabler, reprising his role from SVU. The show features a "single-arc" storyline that takes multiple episodes to resolve.
The first season premiered on April 1, 2021, and was renewed for a second season originally comprising 24 episodes, though only 22 were produced. The second season premiered on September 23, 2021, and the series was renewed in May 2022 for a third season, which premiered on September 22, 2022. In April 2023, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on January 18, 2024. On April 25, 2024, it was announced that the series was renewed for a fifth season and would move to Peacock. The fifth season premiered its first episode on NBC after a two-part crossover event between Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU. The first two episodes were already available to stream on April 17, 2025, on Peacock.
On July 28, 2025, it was reported that the show's fifth season will re-air in its original Thursday 10 p.m. slot on NBC starting on September 25, 2025, and that NBC could decide on whether to pick it up for a sixth season based on its ratings. In April 2026, the series was canceled after five seasons.
Premise
The series centers on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit character Elliot Stabler, a veteran detective who returns to the NYPD in New York following his wife's murder. Stabler joins the Organized Crime Task Force, led by Sergeant Ayanna Bell.
Cast and characters Main Christopher Meloni as Detective 1st Grade Elliot Stabler, a former Manhattan Special Victims Unit detective who returns to New York after retiring from the police department several years earlier. He joins a task force within the Organized Crime Control Bureau to find his wife's killers and becomes its second-in-command. Danielle Moné Truitt as Sergeant Ayanna Bell, squad supervisor of the OCCB task force and Stabler's current direct superior and partner Tamara Taylor as Prof. Angela Wheatley (seasons 1–2), a former math professor at Columbia University, ex-wife of Richard Wheatley, and a suspect in the hit ordered on Kathy Stabler Ainsley Seiger as Detective 2nd Grade Jet Slootmaekers (seasons 1–5), a former independent hacker who is recruited to the OCCB task force on Stabler's recommendation. She was requalified as an NYPD officer to work with the OCCB task force. In season 3 episode 16 ("Chinatown"), she is promoted from Detective 3rd Grade to Detective 2nd Grade. In season 5, she leaves the OCCB task force to work with the FBI. Dylan McDermott as Richard Wheatley (né Sinatra) (seasons 1–2), son of notorious mobster Manfredi Sinatra, now a businessman and owner of an online pharmaceutical company who leads a second life as a crime boss, and was a suspect in the murder of Stabler's wife. He was presumed murdered by Angela after she discovered that Wheatley murdered their son Richie. Nona Parker Johnson as Detective 3rd Grade Carmen "Nova" Riley (season 2), an undercover narcotics detective working under Brewster's command to infiltrate the Marcy Killers. She retires from the NYPD and leaves New York after the murder of the gang's leader Preston Webb. Brent Antonello as Detective 2nd Grade Jamie Whelan (season 3), a detective with the OCCB. Formerly at the Belle Harbor, Queens Precinct. In the season 3 finale, he is shot and paralyzed by Kyle Wilkie and later dies in the hospital. Rick Gonzalez as Detective 2nd Grade Roberto "Bobby" Reyes (seasons 3–5), an undercover detective with the OCCB Dean Norris as Randall Stabler (season 5; recurring season 4), Stabler's older brother and a real-estate developer based in Florida
Recurring Ben Chase as Detective 1st Grade Freddie Washburn (season 1), a detective from the Narcotics unit recruited to the OCCB task force, and Bell's former senior partner in Narcotics Michael Rivera as Detective 2nd Grade Diego Morales (season 1), a detective originally from the Gun Violence Suppression Division recruited to the OCCB task force Shauna Harley as Pilar Wheatley (season 1; guest season 2), Richard's current wife Nick Creegan as Richard "Richie" Wheatley Jr. (season 1; guest season 2), Richard and Prof. Angela Wheatley's older son, who aspires to follow in the family business Jaylin Fletcher as Ryan Wheatley (season 1), Richard's and Pilar's son Christina Marie Karis as Dana Wheatley (season 1; guest season 2), Richard and Prof. Angela Wheatley's only daughter who assists her father in his crimes Ibrahim Renno as Izak Bekher (season 1), an Israeli criminal with combatant experience at the IDF Charlotte Sullivan as Detective 3rd Grade Gina Cappelletti (season 1), an undercover detective assigned to the OCCB task force Autumn Mirassou as Maureen "Mau" Stabler, Stabler's oldest child Allison Siko as Kathleen Stabler, Stabler's second daughter Jeffrey Scaperrotta as Richard "Dickie" Stabler, Stabler's oldest son and Lizze's twin brother Kaitlyn Davidson as Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stabler, Stabler's youngest daughter and Dickie's twin sister Nicky Torchia as Elliot "Eli" Stabler Jr., Stabler's youngest child Michael Trotter as Joseph Stabler Jr. (seasons 4–5), Stabler's younger brother Keren Dukes as Denise Bullock (seasons 1–3), the ex-wife of Ayanna Bell, and birthmother of Jake, their shared son Wendy Moniz as ADA Anne Frasier (seasons 1–2; guest season 5), the prosecutor on the Wheatley and K-O case Daniel Oreskes as Lieutenant Marv Moennig (seasons 1–2), the commanding officer of the OCCB task force Nicholas Baroudi as Joey Raven (season 1), the owner of the Seven Knights club Diany Rodriguez as ADA Maria Delgado (season 1), an ADA who formerly worked with the task force Steve Harris as Ellsworth Lee (season 1), Angela Wheatley's attorney Mike Cannon as Detective 3rd Grade Carlos Maldonado (season 2), a detective formerly under Brewster's command, but who now works under Bell's Rachel Lin as Detective 1st Grade Victoria Cho (season 2), a detective formerly under Brewster's command, but who now works under Bell's Lolita Davidovich as Flutura Briscu (season 2), the wife of Albanian mobster and gang leader, Albi Briscu Antino Crowley-Kamenwati as Hugo Bankole (season 2; guest season 1), a VP in the Marcy Killers organization Izabela Vidovic as Rita Lasku (season 2; guest season 4), a waitress who was trafficked by the Kosta Organization Caroline Lagerfelt as Agniezjka "Agnes" Bogdani (season 2), Reggie Bogdani's mother and Albi Briscu's sister Robin Lord Taylor as Sebastian "Constantine" McClane (season 2), a notorious hacker and high-security convict who escaped prison Gregg Henry as Edmund Ross (season 2), a businessman who was involved in a sex trafficking ring with the Kosta Organization Wesam Keesh as Adam "Malachi" Mintock (season 2), a hacker who created an app for the Kosta Organization, now forced to assist the Organized Crime Task Force in order to avoid prosecution Jen Jacob as Bridget Donnelly (season 2), Frank's second wife (whom he cheats), and mother of their son, Elliott, named after Stabler James Cromwell as Miles Darman (season 2), a neighbor of Stabler who was hired by Wheatley to charm Bernadette Liris Crosse as Officer Tanisha Carling (season 2), a member of the Brotherhood Eddie Yu as Officer David Yoshida (season 2), a member of the Brotherhood Justin Grace as Ron Bolton (season 2), a member of the Brotherhood Sebastian Arroyo as Officer Jessie Santos (season 2), a member of the Brotherhood Patrick Murney as Officer Scott Parnell, a member of the Brotherhood Tim Ransom as Officer Stanwood (season 2), a member of the Brotherhood Wass Stevens as Dominic Russo (season 3), an enforcer associated with Vincent Bishop and Teddy Silas Kevin Corrigan as Vincent Bishop (season 3), a former construction foreman associated with Teddy Silas Michael Drayer as Kenny Kyle (season 3), a career criminal and a suspect in the murder of Henry Cole Janel Moloney as Deputy Inspector Lillian Goldfarb (season 3) Christopher Cassarino as Vaughn Davis (season 3), a gang leader who recruited fake cops to rob and assault civilians. He is also the foster brother of Bobby Reyes, Manny Rivera, and Dante Scott. JR Lemon as Deputy Inspector Ray Thurman (season 3) Pooch Hall as Dante Scott (season 3), a recently released drug dealer who joins a criminal gang run by Vaughn Davis. He is also the foster brother of Vaughn Davis, Bobby Reyes, and Manny Rivera. Daniel Jenkins as Leonard Baker (season 3), the former sexually abusive foster father of Bobby Reyes, Vaughn Davis, Dante Scott, and Manny Rivera Ayelet Zurer as Agent Tia Leonetti (season 3), an agent with Italian police Mark Ivanir as Michael Abramov (season 3), an Israeli criminal who operates from Eastern Europe, and smuggles gold and sweatshop workers into the United States Tate Ellington as Professor Kyle Vargas (seasons 4–5), an artificial intelligence expert who joined the Organized Crime Control Bureau Kiaya Scott as Becky (seasons 4–5), Eli's girlfriend and mother of their son, Owen Abubakr Ali as Detective Samir "Sam" Bashir (season 4), a detective with the Organized Crime Control Bureau Nicole Shalhoub as Captain Nazanin Shah (season 4), the commanding officer of the Hate Crimes Division Will Janowitz as Eric Bonner (season 4), the son of Judge Clay Bonner and the brother of Chief Meredith Bonner, who became a serial killer Stephen Lang as Angus Boone (season 4) Lois Smith as Doris Boone (season 4) Garland Scott as Sergeant Hunt, Eli's training officer (season 5)
Special guest stars Ellen Burstyn as Bernadette "Bernie" Stabler (season 2–5), Stabler's mother Michael Raymond-James as Jon Kosta (season 2), the founder and leader of the Albanian mafia called the Kosta Organization Vinnie Jones as Albi Briscu (season 2), an Albanian gangster who is the last remaining member of his organization from the old country. He serves as Jon Kosta's underboss Dash Mihok as Reggie Bogdani (season 2), Albi Briscu's nephew who serves as Stabler's boss during his time undercover infiltrating the Kosta organization Guillermo Díaz as Sergeant/Lieutenant William "Bill" Brewster (season 2), the sergeant of a Narcotics task force and was previously Ayanna Bell's boss before she was transferred to the Organized Crime Control Bureau. He is promoted to lieutenant and takes over as commanding officer following Lieutenant Moennig's departure. Ron Cephas Jones as Congressman Leon Kilbride (season 2), a politician who fosters connections and seems to have one with the Wheatleys. He is also the mentor of Preston Webb and is affiliated with Marcy Killers. Mykelti Williamson as Preston Webb (season 2), a construction magnate who is actually a dangerous crime kingpin in charge of the Marcy Killers organization; he is affiliated with Congressman Kilbride. He is killed in the season 2 finale. Jennifer Beals as Cassandra Webb (season 2), the wife of Preston Webb Denis Leary as Frank Donnelly (season 2), a longtime member of the NYPD who has a history with Stabler. Donnelly is revealed to be the leader of The Brotherhood, a crime syndicate of dirty cops within the NYPD. After the Brotherhood is uncovered and arrested at the end of the second season, Donnelly commits suicide to avoid disgrace and prison. Gus Halper as Teddy Silas (season 3), a construction foreman who gets involved in a murder investigation run by the OCCB task force. He is the husband of Pearl Serrano and the son of Robert Silas. He later helps OCCB to try to take down the New Westies organization, but he leaves in the middle of their investigation, and he gets arrested once again. Camilla Belle as Pearl Serrano (season 3), the wife of Teddy Silas