Law & Order Season 25 Episode 8: Release date news, time, streaming details, cast, and more

Law & Order Season 25 on NBC (Image via YouTube/ Law & Order)
Law & Order Season 25 on NBC (Image via YouTube/ Law & Order)

Law & Order Season 25 continues to deliver suspenseful storylines complete with emotional arcs. Episode 8, titled ‘Parasite’, is set to premiere on Thursday, November 20, 2025, on NBC at 8 PM ET. The hit procedural drama series will also be available to stream on Peacock the next day.

In the previous episode of Law & Order Season 25, Detective Theo Walker takes on his first homicide case along with Detective Vincent Riley. However, Walker’s lone-wolf act does not sit well with Riley, who cautions him against it. In the upcoming episode, the detectives will be seen handling the murder case of a CEO, whose will becomes an important piece of evidence. Price and Maroun also disagree regarding a suspect’s reputation in court.


Law & Order Season 25 Episode 8 release date and streaming details

Law & Order Season 25 Episode 8, titled ‘Parasite’, will air on NBC on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 8 PM ET. The episode will be available the next day on the streaming platform, Peacock.

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Law & Order Season 25 Episode 8 cast

Reid Scott – Detective Vincent Riley

David Ajala – Detective Theo Walker

Tony Goldwyn – District Attorney Nicholas Baxter

Hugh Dancy – Assistant District Attorney Nolan Price

Maura Tierney – Lieutenant Jessica Brady

Odelya Halevi – Assistant District Attorney Samantha Maroun

Brian Dole – Paul Gladstone

Allen Fawcett – Bob Gladstone

Anabella Raye – Chloe Thompson

Eric Morris – Derek Nestor

Margaret Anne Florence – Amanda Gladstone Nestor


What to expect in Law & Order Season 25 Episode 8?

In the previous episode, Detective Theo Walker takes on his first homicide case with Detective Vincent Riley. They investigate the murder of a high school basketball player. The investigations will soon reveal that the teenage boy was being scouted by sports agencies as he was set to become the next big basketball star.

But when the boy is approached by someone else to represent him, his foster father gets upset as he realizes that he won’t be able to make any money. In a fit of rage, he kills the boy. After the foster father is arrested, he will state that he did so because the boy was violent by nature, upholding a racial stereotype. Detective Walker will hide evidence to protect the victim, which Riley will learn later. Riley will warn him against working on his own.

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In Law & Order Season 25 Episode 8, Riley and Walker are on to a new case involving the murder of a rich CEO. The victim was murdered the night before his wedding. The detectives realize that the CEO’s will holds the key. Meanwhile, Nolan Price and Samantha Maroun are at loggerheads on how to handle a suspect’s character in court.

The synopsis of episode 8, titled ‘Parasite’, as per Rotten Tomatoes states,

When a rich CEO is murdered the night before his wedding, Riley and Walker suspect the key to an arrest is in the details of the victim's will. Price and Maroun argue the benefits and drawbacks of damaging the suspect's reputation in court.

Watch Law & Order Season 25 Episode 8 on NBC on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 8 PM ET. Stream the episode the next day on Peacock.

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Edited by Meera J Pillai