Law & Order Season 26 Episode 4 breakdown: Walker and Calvino investigate Andrew Carson’s murder

Law & Order Season 26 Episode 4, titled Property, dropped on October 29, 2026, on NBC. The episode is also available to stream on Peacock.

According to the synopsis, this episode deals with the investigation into the death of an antiquities dealer. Walker and Calvino discover the motive behind the chilling murder.

This episode of Law & Order Season 26 opens with a man arguing on a phone call. He slams the phone in anger and leaves. He enters an auction room downstairs. The auctioneer sells the antiquity for 420,000. The camera cuts to a crime scene. The man on the phone is lying dead as Calvino and Walker arrive for further investigation.

Calvino says that the victim is Andrew Carson. Walker orders forensic reports. Calvino asks for surveillance footage. Calvino finds out that Andrew wasn't robbed. They find out that Andrew was at the auction the previous night.

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Law & Order Season 26 Episode 4 recap: The shocking death of Andrew Carson

Walker and Calvino investigate Andrew Carson's death (Image Via Instagram/@lawandorder)

The woman tells Walker and Calvino that Andrew organized the auctions and was the head of antiquities. She praises Andrew for scoring unbelievable items. She also gives them information about Andrew's personal life. She says that Andrew was late to the auction because he was stuck on a call.

Later, they come to know that the call that Andrew received at the auction might have been from the Manhattan DA's office. The employee at the DA Antiquities Trafficking Unit said that he received a complaint about a 6th-century Buddha that was about to go for auction. The Buddha was apparently looted from Afghanistan twenty-five years ago by the Taliban.

The employee said that the complaint came from a man named Abdul-Ahad Farhadi, a conservator and professor who seemed quite angry over the phone. Farhadi said that anyone selling the Buddha idol is conspiring with the Taliban and should be held accountable. During the interrogation, Farhadi claimed that he did not kill Andrew Carson and that he went to confront him, as seen in the surveillance footage.

Walker and Calvino investigate the antiquities dealer's shocking death in Law & Order Season 26

According to Andrew's voicemail, a rapper named Big Switty called him and threatened him as well. Walker and Calvino question Big Switty. The rapper said he called Andrew because Andrew sold him a fake antiquity. The rapper said he just wanted the money back. Big Switty also has pivotal information about Andrew's girlfriend, Lucy Butler.

After speaking to Lucy, Walker and Calvino find out that Andrew apparently cheated on Lucy with his ex-wife. However, Andrew denied it, saying they met to discuss legal matters. Andrew's ex-wife told the cops that she met Andrew to talk about her book. However, he cheated on her during a chemotherapy session.

Calvino and Walker arrested Caroline Sanders, Andrew's ex-wife, after they gathered enough evidence. The DNA reports were also a match. However, they did not find a strong motive. Rollins visits a fertility clinic to learn more about Caroline Sanders. The doctor said that Andrew called to know who owned the rights to the embryo. Maroun also found out that the embryo was shifted to Pennsylvania, and both Andrew and Caroline wanted its rights.

Price and Maroun try to prove Caroline Sanders guilty of Andrew's murder in Law & Order Season 26

ADA Price and Maroun fight for justice (Image Via Instagram/@nbclawandorder)

At the trial, the defense argued that Caroline Sanders murdered Andrew Carson because he was apparently planning to kill the embryo. The defense said it was a defense of others. The defense tried to use religion to defend Caroline.

Maroun argued that allowing the defense would contradict New York case law and also that it would be a dangerous precedent that could be used to impede abortion rights and compromise IVF access. The defense argued that the New York state law did not apply to Pennsylvania, where the embryos were stored, and killing the embryo could be deemed a homicide. The judge says that the Pennsylvania law allows Caroline to use her justification defense. Price and Maroun are left in shock.

A nerve-wracking trial in Law & Order Season 26 Episode 4

Caroline reveals that Andrew refused to sign the paperwork for the embryos. As ADA Price questions Caroline, she reveals that she is pregnant with twins during the trial. This complicates the case. Price finds a picture of Caroline with the Allies for Women's Rights members. When Maroun digs deeper, she finds out that Caroline had liberal views before graduation. However, she became religious after graduation. Maroun tells Price that Caroline had an abortion after grad school.

In court, Maroun questions Caroline about her abortion in the past. She admitted to killing Andrew Carson and also admitted that she got an abortion. The jury finds Caroline guilty of Andrew Carson's murder. In the end, Maroun visits a fertility clinic.