Law & Order's Mehcad Brooks Leaving Ahead Of Season 25

Det. Jalen Shaw has turned in his gun and his badge for good.

Mehcad Brooks is leaving Law & Order ahead of its upcoming Season 25, TVLine has confirmed. Our sister site Deadline first reported Brooks' departure, noting that the parting was mutual between the actor and the production.

TVLine has reached out to Brooks for comment.

Brooks joined the NBC procedural in 2022, after Anthony Anderson left the series. Law & Order will cast another detective in Brooks' absence, and the rest of the cast — Hugh Dancy, Maura Tierney, Odelya Halevi, Reid Scott and Tony Goldwyn — will return for the upcoming season.

Brooks currently appears as Marion Odin on HBO Max's And Just Like That... His past credits include Supergirl, Necessary Roughness, Dollhouse, The Game, Desperate Housewives and True Blood.

When Law & Order returns for Season 25, it will retain its Thursdays-at-8/7c time slot, leading into Law & Order: SVU at 9 and new drama The Hunting Party at 10.

In other Law & Orderverse casting news, Aimé Donna Kelly, who plays Law & Order: SVU's Capt. Renee Curry, recently was promoted to series regular for that show's forthcoming Season 27.

Will you miss Det. Shaw around the precinct? Hit the comments with your thoughts!