Law & Order - Season 14 (2003 – 2004)

The fourteenth season of Law & Order was notable for being the final season for actor Jerry Orbach, who had portrayed Detective Lennie Briscoe for 11 seasons. Briscoe retired from the NYPD in the season finale, where he entertained the idea of working as an investigator for the District Attorney's office if he was bored, setting him up for his move to Law & Order: Trial by Jury. The move allowed Orbach to continue playing Briscoe, but with a lighter workload. Unfortunately, he was only able complete two episodes of Trial By Jury before passing away from prostate cancer later that year. Briscoe passed away in the Law & Order universe as well, with all three of his former partners acknowledging his passing onscreen, Mike Logan in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Ed Green in his final episode in Season 18, and Rey Curtis when Benjamin Bratt returned for a guest appearance in the show's final season in 2009.

Season 14 also marked only the second time that the series did not undergo any major cast changes for two successive seasons. In the season's 19th episode "Nowhere Man", New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, like his predecessor Rudolf Guiliani, made an appearance as himself.

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 Serena Southerlyn - Elisabeth Röhm
District Attorney Arthur Branch - Fred Dalton Thompson

The following weapons were used in Season 14 of the television series Law & Order:

Revolvers

Smith & Wesson Model 36

For the majority of the series, Detective Lennie Brisco (Jerry Orbach) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 36 revolver. Despite the NYPD having officially switched to automatic pistols on January 1st, 1994, more senior officers like Briscoe were grandfathered in and allowed to continue carrying revolvers.

Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special

Detective Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) with his S&W drawn in "Bodies" (S14E01).

"Oh, I thought I was the only guy that still carried a .38" quips Det. Briscoe as Det. Green unwraps a suspect's S&W 36 in "Patient Zero" (S14E03).

Det. Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) with his S&W drawn in "Payback" (S14E12).

Special Agent Jamal Atkinson (Lance Reddick) hands over a suspect's S&W 36 in "City Hall" (S14E14). He refers to it as a "Colt .38 Revolver," but close examination reveals the Smith & Wesson-style cylinder latch. Note the square butt.

Special Agent Atkinson handles the suspect's S&W 36 while on the stand in "City Hall" (S14E14). He eventually hands it back to EADA Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston). Note the five shots, and the ejector rod shroud.

Det. Green finds a suspect's S&W 36 in "Can I Get a Witness?" (S14E16).

Det. Briscoe takes a S&W 36 off of Carmine "Bumpy" Bustalein (Bo Dietl) in "Everybody Loves Raimondo's" (S14E20).

Det. Green finds another S&W 36 in the airbag compartment of a suspect's car in "Everybody Loves Raimondo's" (S14E20).

Det. Briscoe shows the S&W 36 found to Paul Raimondo (Ray Abruzzo) in "Everybody Loves Raimondo's" (S14E20).

Det. Briscoe approaches a suspect's door with his S&W 36 in "Vendetta" (S14E21).

Detective Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) puts away his S&W in "Vendetta" (S14E21).

Det. Green checks the rounds in an S&W 36 fished out of the Hudson River in "C.O.D." (S14E24).

Ballistics tech Kevin Braken (E.J. Carroll) with the found S&W 36 in "C.O.D." (S14E24).

A picture of the S&W 36 next to a side-by-side comparison between rounds fired from the revolver and rounds recovered from the victim in "C.O.D." (S14E24).

Gun shop owner Murray Gunderczak (Terry Burke) with the S&W 36 on the stand in "C.O.D." (S14E24). The show refers to the model as a "Smith & Wesson 38."

Goof

In the teaser of "Patient Zero" (S14E03), a gunshot is heard offscreen, and then the camera swings around to a carjacker dropping a driver on the ground. It's later revealed that the driver is dead with a single gunshot wound to the chest, and a matching ".38" found in the driver's possession.

So where's the gun? Both hands are seen, but the gun is not seen in either hand.

Pistols

Glock 19

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

Glock 19 (2nd Generation) - 9x19mm

Detective Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin) draws his Glock on the suspect in "Bodies" (S14E01).

Det. Green draws his Glock on the suspect in "Ill-Conceived" (S14E10).

A uniformed office (Jesse Shafer) with his Glock 19 drawn in "Can I Get a Witness?" (S14E16).

Detective Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin) puts his Glock to the head of Walter Grimes (David Warshofsky) in "Vendetta" (S14E21).

M1911A1

CSU Technician Grier (Rich Duva) finds a victim's M1911A1 in "Bounty" (S14E02).

Satin Nickel M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP

CSU Technician Grier (Rich Duva) holds up the victim's M1911A1 in "Bounty" (S14E02).

Beretta 92FS

Ballistics tech Evan Underberg (Peter Smith) handles a Beretta 92FS in "Embedded" (S14E08). It is referred to as a military issue M9. This episode mistakenly states that all soldiers are issued sidearms, although in this case, both Sgts. George Meacham (Keith Nobbs} and Dixon Hawes (never seen onscreen) might've been issued pistols as NCOs. This episode also shows soldiers being able to take their weapons back from combat zones, which would not be permitted in real life.