History Monster / LawAndOrder

* "After Shakespeare": [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Clark Redmond]] is the {{greed}}y CEO of Mohawk Enterprises. A ShadyRealEstateAgent looking to sell more rooms in his apartments, Redmond hopes to start a [[MobWar gang war]] in order to scare the original tenants out of their homes. Redmond has one of his associates manipulate some younger gangsters to kill a rival leader, while [[PlayingBothSides having guns sold to the gangs to further the conflict and violence]], no matter how many people might die.
* "Color Lines": [[EvilReactionary Duane Armstrong]], otherwise known as the "[[MadBomber Omega Bomber]]", is a [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain racist]] former US Army Sergeant turned terrorist who holds progressive society in contempt. Having killed six people previously, Duane leaves [[CallingCard fragments with the Greek letter "Omega"]] in his bombs, calling and taunting the police after each attack. Antagonizing NYPD Detectives Eddie Torres and J. C. Williams after his most recent attack, Duane subsequently attacks a Congressman with a bomb in his smoke detector. Eventually, Duane plans to attack a US Army General [[PassedOverPromotion who received a promotion instead of him]] at an event with 100 people in attendance, but is thwarted by the police.
* "A Time of Faith" two-parter: [[SubparSupremacist Robert Olsen]] is a plain-looking [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain White supremacist]] responsible for [[HateCrimesAreASpecialKindOfEvil the firebombing of multiple churches in the Black community]], endangering scores of civilians and successfully killing two people. After his accomplice, Jeffrey Lloyd, is caught attempting to burn down an unoccupied church by NYPD Detectives J. C. Williams and [=Tommy McNamara=], and is subsequently used as an informant, Olsen [[NeckSnap snaps Jeffrey's neck]] and [[DestinationDefenestration tosses him out the window]], resulting in his own eventual arrest.
* "Spare Parts": [[MadDoctor Dr. Royce]], the [[VillainWithGoodPublicity respected chief of medical staff]] at the Gramercy Clinic, secretly [[OrganTheft harvests organs]] from the [[DisposableVagrant less fortunate]], having targeted multiple impoverished teenagers and had them killed for their organs. Upon realizing that undercover Detective Nell Delaney has the same blood type as his favorite violinist, Royce attempts to extract her heart, only for NYPD Detectives J. C. Williams and Alec Stone to interfere. When confronted, Royce [[TheSocialDarwinist tries to argue that he has the right to choose who lives and dies]] due to his position.

* "Shibboleth": [[WouldHitAGirl Frank McNare]] is a repulsive SerialKiller with a penchant for targeting young, physically fit women. Choosing his victim, Frank would then strip them to their underwear and tie them up by their neck and ankles, causing the victim to asphyxiate themselves when they got too tired from holding their position. A sadist at heart, Frank would repeatedly taunt the police by sending letters about their failure, and in one instance [[ForcedToWatch forced an officer to hear]] the dying pleas of one of his victims. Despite stopping his killings due to marrying a woman who'd he [[DomesticAbuse repeatedly abuse]], Frank resumes his homicides when diagnosed with cancer. Hearing his son, [[ParentalAbandonment who he had abandoned]], was a suspect for his latest murder spree, Frank happily lets him take the fall for his crimes, viewing him as weak and pathetic.

* "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS15E12JerseyBreakdown Jersey Breakdown]]": [[AmoralAttorney Robert "Bobby" Masconi]], the Hudson County Prosecutor, is a corrupt New Jersey legal official and the clandestine business partner of nightclub entrepreneur and racketeer Perry Cannavaro. In addition to facilitating the [[HumanTrafficking trafficking]] and [[SexSlave prostitution]] of underage girls using Perry's clubs, Masconi abuses his position as a prosecutor to have 90% of juvenile offenders who come through the chambers of Judge Daniel Dolan--who Masconi had extorted by having the latter photographed being serviced by an underage prostitute--sent to the routinely abusive and inhumane [[JuvenileHell Knollwood Juvenile Facility]]. In turn, Masconi receives money for every offender Dolan sends to [[PrivateProfitPrison the institution]], laundering the money through a bogus publicity firm, and using the money for real estate purchases. Having sexually assaulted Claire Wilson, a teenage server working at one of Perry's clubs, Masconi has Claire [[FelonyMisdemeanor sent to Knollwood on fraud charges]]--behind Perry's back--[[SheKnowsTooMuch to silence her]] when he realizes Detective Olivia Benson and her squad are investigating the matter.

* "Abel & Willing": [[AntagonistTitle Dr. Abel Hazard]] is a [[PsychoPsychologist psychologist]] who became obsessed with pushing the limits of human goodness after learning that Nazis forced his grandfather to kill his grandmother. Hazard would kidnap innocent couples for him to [[PlayingWithSyringes experiment on]] before [[SadisticChoice forcing them to kill each other, or else he would kill them himself]], having already done this to eleven couples in five different cities. Even when one person chose to kill herself to save her spouse, thus disproving Hazard's theory, Hazard continues his murders anyway, [[NeverMyFault refusing to believe that he is wrong]].