“Street Justice” opens with a goodbye and a gut punch. Det. Shaw’s (Mehcad Brooks) off to Brooklyn, and Detective Riley’s (Reid Scott) parting line—“I’m gonna miss that guy”—is Law & Order shorthand for “don’t get attached.” But the real emotional meat isn’t in who left. It’s in who got killed: Carter Mills, the man who murdered ADA Samantha Maroun’s (Odelya Halevi) little sister. And just like that, the season opener trades procedural rhythm for personal stakes.

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Maroun is the early suspect. She owns the gun. She owns the hoodie. She owns the motive. And she’s furious that Executive ADA N

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