Law & Order season 14

Law & Order
Season 14
Season 14 U.S. DVD cover
No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 24, 2003 (2003-09-24) –
May 19, 2004 (2004-05-19)
Season chronology

The fourteenth season of Law & Order premiered on September 24, 2003 and concluded on May 19, 2004 on NBC. The season consists of 24 episodes. This is the final season to feature Jerry Orbach as Det. Lennie Briscoe, as the character was transferred to the spin-off Law & Order: Trial by Jury, where he appeared in the first two episodes before his death from prostate cancer on December 28, 2004. In May 2004, it was announced that Dennis Farina would replace Orbach as Detective Joe Fontana in the following season.