All 3 'Law & Order' TV Shows Will Have a Crossover Episode for Season Premiere - Watch the First Promo!

Law & Order showrunner Rick Eid and Chicago PD’s Gwen Sigan wrote the three-hour crossover. Jean de Segonzac directed the first two hours, and Alex Hall takes over for the third.

“Nothing demonstrates the power of the Law & Order brand more than an ambitious three-hour event with a story that is truly ripped from the headlines that starts on Organized Crime, then migrates to SVU and finally the trial on Law & Order. Rick and Gwen did an amazing job writing a compelling script, and I can’t think of a bigger and better way to launch the new season of Law & Order Thursday,” Dick Wolf said, via THR.

Here’s a plot summary: the story begins with the death of a girl. Homicide Detective Frank Cosgrove (Jeffrey Donovan) teams up with Jalen Shaw (Mehcad Brooks) to track down her killer. Capt. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) are called in to help when they realize they have more than a typical homicide case on their hands. After uncovering key evidence, Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) and ADA Nolan Price (Hugh Dancy) seek justice against an international crime ring, but complications threaten the case.

The schedule for the three shows is the reverse of their usual order, with Organized Crime leading and SVU and L&O following. NBC will treat the crossover as one continuous show on screen, with no credits or opening titles during the second and third hours. Watch the promo above.

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