Overview

• Mehcad Brooks is departing Law & Order after three seasons as Detective Jalen Shaw.
• The exit was a mutual decision timed to allow Brooks to pursue other opportunities, including HBO Max’s And Just Like That and the film Mortal Kombat 2.
• Producers have not yet decided whether Detective Shaw will receive an on-screen farewell or if his departure will be addressed off-camera.
• Casting is under way to find a new detective to fill Brooks’s role for the upcoming season.
• The rest of the series regulars, including Tony Goldwyn and Reid Scott, have renewed contracts and will return when Season 25 premieres on NBC this fall.