C.O.D. (Law & Order)
"C.O.D." is the 325th episode of NBC's legal drama Law & Order and the 24th (and final) episode of the fourteenth season. The episode marks the final appearance of Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe after twelve years on the series.
Plot
A courier named John Byrne is shot to death while on his regular delivery route. Briscoe and Green suspect the victim was set up as the package Byrne was delivering was empty. Byrne's wife, Adele, describes her husband as a loving, faithful man with no enemies she can recall, who worked hard with plenty of overtime. Mrs. Byrne works for the Parks Department and clarifies she was at work at the time of the murder. The detectives quickly learn that John Byrne carried on affairs with several women and believe Adele Byrne was involved in her husband's death, as she lied to them regarding her knowledge of her husband's affairs. The detectives learn Adele traveled to Vermont to illegally purchase a Smith & Wesson .38 revolver. Though a search of her apartment proves fruitless, the detectives eventually recover the gun in the waters near Riverside Park, where Adele regularly worked. The detectives find Adele at Gardner's Cafe, where she regularly visits, and arrest her.