'Law & Order: Organized Crime' Season 2 Release Date, Cast, Trailer, Plot

The Law & Order franchise is showing no signs of vanishing from our screens. Organized Crime—the latest spin-off of the long-running Law & Order: Special Victims Unit—began in April this year and Season 2 is about to start. Newsweek has everything you need to know about the latest episodes of Law & Order: Organized Crime.

When Is 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' Season 2 Out?

Season 2 of Law & Order: Organized Crime premieres on Thursday, September 23, at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.

There are 24 episodes in the new season, up from just eight first time round, and they are set to air every Thursday on NBC. You can also watch each installment live on the NBC app and website.

If you are a Hulu customer, episodes will be available to watch live via Hulu + Live TV or the next day on a standard Hulu subscription.

Law & Order: Organized Crime will also be available on YouTube TV, fuboTV, and SlingTV.

Who Stars in 'Law & Order: Organized Crime'?

The entire main cast is returning for the second season of Law & Order: Organized Crime.

This means Christopher Meloni is back as Elliot Stabler, a detective in the Organized Crime Control Bureau, alongside Danielle Moné Truitt as Sergeant Ayanna Bell, Stabler's partner.

Ainsley Seiger returns as Jet Slootmaekers, a former hacker who was recruited to the organized crime bureau.

Tamara Taylor and Dylan McDermott will return in the recurring roles of Professor Angela Wheatley and Richard Wheatley respectively.

Joining the cast for Season 2 of Organized Crime is Vinnie Jones as Albi Briscu, an Eastern European gangster, alongside Lolita Davidovich as Albi's wife Flutura Briscu.

Mykelti Williamson appears as Preston Webb, a criminal kingpin, and Guillermo Díaz plays Sergeant Bill Brewster, who works in the narcotics task force.

Dash Mihok joins the cast as Reggie Bogdani, Stabler's boss when he goes undercover in Briscu's gang, alongside Michael Raymond-James as Jon Kosta, the leader of the Kosta Organisation.

Mike Cannon has also joined the show as Carlos Maldonado, a new detective with the organized crime bureau.

What Will Happen in 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' Season 2?

Law & Order: Organized Crime follows Stabler, a former Manhattan Special Victims Unit detective who joined the New York Organized Crime Control Bureau to find his wife's killers.

In Season 1, Stabler was tasked with taking down crime boss Richard Wheatley (McDermott), whom Stabler suspected of being behind his wife's murder.

In the new series, Stabler and his team will be infiltrating an Albanian drug network.

The season will kick off as part of a crossover event with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where Stabler and Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) will be reunited.

Speaking to NBC about the crossover, Meloni said: "It just seems natural to me, like gin and tonic."

Hargitay added: "I am so excited for Law & Order Thursday. We've been waiting for so long for Stabler and Benson to reunite."

Speaking to TV Line, creator Dick Wolf said the new season of Organized Crime would be broken up into three eight-episode arcs.

He said: "The first third of the season is The Godfather. The second third is American Gangster. And the last third is Scarface."

"These villains are going to be really bad guys that give [Stabler] a constant source of energy, outrage, belief in justice, and a different way of pursuing criminals than we've had before."

Is There a Trailer for 'Law & Order: Organized Crime'?

NBC has released a short trailer for Law & Order: Organized Crime, which can be watched above.

The trailer show Stabler and his team undercover in the Albanian gang. In one scene, Stabler comes face to face with Vinnie Jones as Briscu—and things look set to get violent.

Towards the end of the trailer, a man's voice can be heard saying: "They have short tempers and military-grade weapons. They are going to war."

Law & Order: Organized Crime airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.