Law & Order Guía y cronología
Finding a suspect and proving a case are different jobs, and Law & Order makes room for the friction between them. Detectives, prosecutors and specialized units face crimes that expose pressures within the justice system. SVU, Criminal Intent and the other connected series bring different people and priorities to that work.
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Timeline guide
Law & Order: Which Part of the Case Interests You?
Start the original Law & Order for investigation and prosecution together, SVU for its specialist team or Criminal Intent for psychological investigations. You do not need to finish one entire series before beginning another.
- Entries
- 9
- Released
- 9
- Span
- 1990-2024
A new series title often means another workplace or focus, not the next season of a single case.
Overview & recommendation
Law & Order is easier to enter by the kind of investigation you want than by the age of the franchise. Some branches balance police work and prosecution; others stay with a specialist team, courtroom strategy or longer criminal networks.
The cases can provide an immediate way in, while recurring investigators develop histories that reward following their own series. Crossovers matter at particular points, not as a reason to watch every branch before choosing one.
Choose a show's opening if you want its team relationships from the start. For Organized Crime, earlier SVU familiarity adds context to Elliot Stabler's return, though you need not treat every unrelated branch as preparation. True Crime offers a different, more serialized approach to real-case material.
Follow the Team You Choose 9 entries
Stay in your chosen series' episode order for character developments. When a particular crossover continues elsewhere, that is an episode-level detour rather than an instruction to finish the other show's full run.
- 1Law & OrderSeries · 1990
- 2Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries · 1999
- 3Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries · 2001
- 4Law & Order: Trial by JurySeries · 2005
- 5Law & Order: LASeries · 2010
- 6Law & Order True CrimeSeries · 2017
- 7Law & Order: Organized CrimeSeries · 2021
- 8Law & Order: UKSeries · 2009
- 9Law & Order Toronto: Criminal IntentSeries · 2024
Overlapping Work, Not Consecutive Whole Shows 9 entries
Premiere eras tell you when a branch appeared, while the teams' work overlaps. They do not date every fictional case or arrange international adaptations and real events into one exact sequence.
- 11990Law & OrderSeries · 1990
- 21999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries · 1999
- 32001Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries · 2001
- 42005Law & Order: Trial by JurySeries · 2005
- 52009Law & Order: UKSeries · 2009
- 62010Law & Order: LASeries · 2010
- 72017Law & Order True CrimeSeries · 2017
- 82021Law & Order: Organized CrimeSeries · 2021
- 92024Law & Order Toronto: Criminal IntentSeries · 2024
Frequently asked questions 6 answers
Must I watch the original before SVU?
No. SVU introduces its own team and focus. The original offers the broader police-and-prosecution format if that interests you, rather than required background for every SVU case.
Is Organized Crime another case-of-the-week version?
It leans more toward longer investigations and criminal networks. Follow its own episode sequence for those continuing arcs, with Stabler's earlier SVU history as useful character context.
How many Law & Order TV shows are there?
There are 9 Law & Order TV shows released between 1990 and 2024.
What is the chronological order of Law & Order?
In chronological (in-universe) order, Law & Order begins with Law & Order (1990) and ends with Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent. The full chronological list of 9 TV shows is above.
What is the release order of Law & Order?
By release date, Law & Order starts with Law & Order (1990). The most recent release is Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (2024).
What is the newest Law & Order release?
The newest released TV show is Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (2024). See where it falls in the chronological and watch order lists above.
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