Law & Order Season 26 Episode Guide

Plot summaries for the twenty-sixth season of Law & Order, which began on NBC on October 8, 2026, featuring Det. Vincent Riley, Det. Theo Walker, Det. Rob Calvino, Lt. Jessica Brady, Executive ADA Nolan Price, ADA Samantha Maroun and DA Nicholas Baxter. New episodes are added after they air.

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   Ghost in the Machine

   Aired October 8, 2026 · Murder for hire

   A software engineer is killed by a hitman paid in cryptocurrency, the payment traces back to the AI system he wanted to restrain, and Baxter charges the company’s CEO with murder for the machine’s choice.

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   Into the Mystic

   Aired October 15, 2026 · Murder of a police detective

   Det. Vincent Riley is shot while chasing a lead on his own, the suspect is the brother of a killer Price put away, and Walker’s account of the fleeing gunman changes before he testifies.

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   Bad News

   Aired October 22, 2026 · Murder

   A newspaper’s executive editor dies in a fall in Central Park’s Ramble, and the case runs through a Senate candidate, a confidential source and the reporter the editor trained.