credibility in order to salvage the case. The stalker is convicted, and Briscoe and Curtis reconcile afterward. Shortly after Ed Green is assigned as Briscoe's partner, the two nearly come to blows during a particularly difficult investigation of a robbery-homicide in the 1999 episode "Marathon". Their primary suspect confesses as he is being arrested, but because Briscoe is the only officer within earshot, Green, Van Buren, and McCoy are placed in a difficult position with regard to the confession. Again, Briscoe is eventually vindicated, and Green and he work to rebuild their professional rapport. Briscoe retires in the 2004 episode "C.O.D." after 12 years at the 27th Precinct and more than 30 years in the NYPD. His replacement at the 27th Precinct is Det. Joe Fontana (Dennis Farina). Briscoe died at some point between 2004 and 2005 (Orbach himself died on December 28, 2004). Although not addressed directly on the main series until 2008, his death was implied in 2005 and confirmed in 2007 on an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. The three official mentions of his death were made by each of his three junior partners on the series: Mike Logan, Rey Curtis and Ed Green. Spin-offs On the first season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Briscoe makes three guest appearances assisting his old boss, Captain Cragen (one of these reunions involves re-opening a serial murder case that Briscoe and Logan had failed to solve several years earlier in the 1994 episode "Mayhem"). Briscoe also makes a guest appearance in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Poison" with his partner Ed Green, in which he assists the Major Case Squad on a similar case. He also appeared in three episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street. Soon after his retirement, Briscoe joins Law & Order: Trial by Jury, having accepted an appointment as an investigator in the office of New York County District Attorney Arthur Branch (Fred Thompson), with partner Inv. Hector Salazar (Kirk Acevedo). He appears in only the first two episodes of this series - "The Abominable Showman" and "41 Shots". Appearances Homicide: Life on the Street Season Four Episode 12: "For God and Country" Season Six Episode 5: "Baby, It's You" Season Seven Episode 15: "Sideshow" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season One Episode 3: "...Or Just Look Like One" Episode 4: "Hysteria" Episode 15: "Entitled" Law & Order: Criminal