Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Misleader
Overview
The pregnant daughter-in-law of a Christian College president is murdered in her hotel room, and the detectives discover that the man had been involved in some very unholy activities.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2000-03-31
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Misleader is Episode 17 in Season 1 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It aired on 2000-03-31. The runtime is 44 min.
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