Law & Order - Season 11 (2000 – 2001)

Season 11 of Law & Order began with the revelation that District Attorney Adam Schiff (Steven Hill) had resigned to work with Simon Wiesenthal and the Holocaust Project. He is replaced by interim DA Nora Lewin (Dianne Wiest), who is introduced to the cast and audience by none other than the then-mayor of New York himself, Rudolph W. Giuliani. (The mayor's then-wife, actress Donna Hanover, was a semi-regular on the show as well.) Lewin, having worked in academia, was much more idealistic than Schiff, and frequently clashed with a battle-hardened Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) and unforgiving conservative Abbie Carmichael (Angie Harmon).

Season 11 was the final season for Angie Harmon, who felt her character wasn't developing and left the show to pursue other projects. In the season finale, Abbie announced that she was going to take a job with the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, leaving an opening for guest appearances, as the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York was based in Manhattan. Harmon, who at the time, had more appearances in the Assistant District Attorney role than any of her predecessors, had wanted Abbie killed off however, and Dick Wolf refused, having already killed off Claire Kincaid (Jill Hennessy). Either way, Harmon never returned to the Law & Order universe.

On the flip side of that, Season 11 also had the last of two guest appearances by former regular Carey Lowell as Jamie Ross, who once again returned as a defense attorney in "School Daze" (S11E22). Although Jamie Ross never returned to the original Law & Order, she made two more appearances in the spinoff Law & Order: Trial by Jury as a judge.

Cast:

Law

Detective Lennie Briscoe - Jerry Orbach
Detective Ed Green - Jesse L. Martin
Lieutenant Anita Van Buren - S. Epatha Merkerson

Order

Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy - Sam Waterston
Assistant District Attorney Abbie Carmichael - Angie Harmon
Interim District Attorney Nora Lewin - Dianne Wiest

The following weapons were used in Season 11 of the television series Law & Order:

Handguns

Smith & Wesson Model 36

Detective Lennie Brisco (Jerry Orbach) is armed with a Smith & Wesson Model 36 revolver. Despite the NYPD having officially switched to automatic pistols on January 1st, 1994, older officers like Briscoe were grandfathered in and allowed to continue carrying revolvers.

Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special

Det. Briscoe with his S&W 36 in "Standoff" (S11E04).

Briscoe holds a suspect at gunpoint in "A Losing Season" (S11E14).

Briscoe holds a suspect at gunpoint in "Whiplash" (S11E19).

Glock 19

Detective Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin) and other NYPD officers are armed with Glock 19 pistols.

Glock 19 (2nd Generation) - 9x19mm

Det. Briscoe takes a Glock 19 off of Det. Hector Diaz (Otto Sanchez), not knowing he was a cop.

Det. Tommie Cannizaro (Al Sapienza) with his Glock in "Burn Baby Burn" (S11E06).

An ESU officer with his Glock in "Burn Baby Burn" (S11E06).

Another ESU officer with his Glock in "Burn Baby Burn" (S11E06).

Det. Briscoe with Det. Green's Glock in "Burn Baby Burn" (S11E06).

Det. Green and a uniformed officer with their Glocks in "Whose Monkey Is It Anyway?" (S11E10).

Det. Green with his Glock 19 in "A Losing Season" (S11E14).

A Sergeant (Kevin Carrigan) with his Glock in "A Losing Season" (S11E14).

Det. Green with his Glock 19 disguised as a baggage handler in "White Lie" (S11E18). Note the finger off the trigger.

FBI Agent Ron Innes (Robert John Burke) turns in his badge and sidearm in "Brother's Keeper"(S11E21).

Glock 17

Glock 17s with blued and stainless slides are seen throughout the season.

Glock 17 (3rd Generation) with stainless steel slide - 9x19mm

3rd Generation Glock 17 - 9x19mm

Det. Green takes a two-toned Glock 17 off of Det. Timmy Quinn (Michael McCauley) not knowing he was a cop.

Smith & Wesson 5946

An ESU officer is armed with a Smith & Wesson 5946 in "Burn Baby Burn" (S11E06). Chris Cody (Kevin Daniels) has one in "A Losing Season" (S11E14).

Smith & Wesson 5946 - 9x19mm

An ESU officer with his Smith & Wesson 5946 in "Burn Baby Burn" (S11E06).

Chris Cody (Kevin Daniels) with his Smith & Wesson 5946 in "A Losing Season" (S11E14).

Note that the hammer appears to be missing.

M1911A1

An M1911A1 is the murder weapon in "Hubris" (S11E09).

Pre-War Colt M1911A1 Pistol - Commercial Model known as the "Colt Government Model" - .45 ACP

Det. Green shows Jack McCoy the M1911A1 he found in "Hubris" (S11E10).

Jack McCoy asks Det. Briscoe about the M1911A1 in "Hubris" (S11E10).

Non-Gun Beretta 92F

The weapon used in a school shooting is revealed to be a Non-Gun Beretta 92F in "School Daze" (S11E22). All scenes involving actual onscreen gunfire used non-guns, probably due to expense and regulations.

Beretta 92F Non Gun

Det. Green takes a Non-Gun Beretta away from Henry Semple (Timothy Reifsnyder) after a struggle in "School Daze" (S11E22).

Non-Gun Smith & Wesson .38 J-Frame Revolver

Frank Morris (uncredited) opens fire on Judge Linda Karlin (Roxanne Hart) with a Non-Gun Smith & Wesson .38 J-Frame Revolver in "Judge Dread" (S11E23). It is later identified as "a .38."