The first season of ''

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'' premiered on

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on September 13, 1990, and concluded on June 9, 1991. The season consists of 22 episodes. It was the only season to feature George Dzundza as Max Greevey. It was the first season to include a longer opening sequence and theme (at 81 seconds). And it was also the first season to include Chris Noth as Junior Detective Mike Logan, Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen,

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as Executive Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone,

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as Assistant District Attorney Paul Robinette and Steven Hill as District Attorney

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Overview

Everybody's Favorite Bagman was produced in 1988 on CBS and was the pilot episode of the series. It was directed by

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and written by

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. However, NBC decided to air "Prescription for Death" as the premiere episode instead.

Cast

Main Cast

George Dzundza George Dzundza ( ; born July 19, 1945) is an American television and film actor. Early life and education Dzundza was born in Rosenheim, Germany, to a Ukrainian-Jewish father, Roman Dzundza, originally from Kalush, Ukraine, and a Polish-Jewish ...

as Senior Detective Sergeant

Max Greevey Maxwell Greevey is a fictional character played by George Dzundza on NBC's long-running police procedural and legal drama television series ''Law & Order''. Following Dzundza's departure from the cast at the end of the first season, Greevey was w ...

* Chris Noth as Junior Detective Mike Logan * Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen *

as Executive Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone *

as Assistant District Attorney Paul Robinette * Steven Hill as District Attorney

Guest Stars

* S. Epatha Merkerson as Denise Winters, One future core cast-member actress made her first appearance in the episode "Mushrooms". S. Epatha Merkerson appeared as Denise Winters, the mother of the victims. She would later appear in Season 4 as Lieutenant

Anita Van Buren Anita Van Buren was a fictional character on NBC's long-running police procedural and legal drama television series ''Law & Order'', portrayed by S. Epatha Merkerson. The character of Van Buren was an "authoritative lieutenant" in the New York ...

, commander of the 27th Precinct Detective Squad, and play the role for 17 seasons from 1993-2010.

Episodes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Law And Order episodes (season 1), List of 01 1990 American television seasons 1991 American television seasons