‘Law & Order’ Sets Premiere Date for Season 25 Without Mehcad Brooks

Meredith Jacobs July 30, 2025, 3:55 pm

Mehcad Brooks as Detective Jalen Shaw, Maura Tierney as Lieutenant Jessica Brady, Reid Scott as Detective Vincent Riley, Hugh Dancy as A.D.A. Nolan Price, Odelya Halevi as A.D.A. Samantha Maroun, Tony Goldwyn as District Attorney Nicholas Baxter — 'Law & Order' Season 24 — Virginia Sherwood / NBC

Law & Order will be back for its milestone 25th season this fall.

The drama is known for its unique bifurcated format and examines the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. And when it returns, it will do so with a new detective, following Mehcad Brooks‘ exit. We also now have a premiere date. Read on for everything else we know about its future, from who will be back in Law & Order Season 25 to where the finale left things and more.

When will Law & Order Season 25 premiere?

The drama returns on Thursday, September 25, at 8/7c on NBC.

How did Law & Order Season 24 end?

The finale‘s case was a woman who was brutally murdered, and the killer’s DNA turned up in an unsolved case: Maroun’s (Odelya Halevi) sister. Though she agreed to stay away from the case as a result, she still got involved, including coaching a witness. She wanted Price (Hugh Dancy) to just look the other way, but he couldn’t. The defendant was found not guilty … and then dead. When Price confronted Maroun to ask if she had anything to do with it, she closed her door on him.

That fits what Dancy told TV Insider in April 2025, that the finale “involves one of the characters in a much more personal way than they had originally anticipated, and ultimately, in a way that has me questioning whether I know that person or not.”

He continued, “Price is left in place of not knowing whether he really knows his colleagues the way he thought he did. I suppose on another level, he is forced to balance up his commitment to the specifics of the law versus a more general sense of getting the right outcome, especially when one of the people concerned is somebody that he knows and cares for.”

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Who’s in the Law & Order Season 25 cast?

Law & Order Season 25 stars Maura Tierney as Lieutenant Jessica Brady, Reid Scott as Detective Vincent Riley, Hugh Dancy as A.D.A. Nolan Price, Odelya Halevi as A.D.A. Samantha Maroun, and Tony Goldwyn as District Attorney Nicholas Baxter. There is not yet casting for the new detective who will partner up with Riley.

What will happen in Law & Order Season 25?

The premiere will have to explain Brooks’ absence as well as introduce the new detective. We also expect some fallout from the finale cliffhanger, both in terms of revealing just what happened and the tension that now has to exist between Price and Maroun.

Is there a Law & Order Season 25 trailer yet?

Not yet.

What’s going on with the other Law & Order shows?

Law & Order: SVU has been renewed for its 27th season. The Organized Crime spinoff led by Christopher Meloni moved to Peacock for its fifth season. It has not yet been picked up for Season 6.