Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Lunacy
Overview
The investigation of a famous dead astronaut found in Battery Park has hit a dead end, causing Stabler to ask for assistance from his old mentor, Dick Finley, a former colleague of the victim and an astronaut himself.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Season
- Season 10
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2008-10-21
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Lunacy is Episode 4 in Season 10 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It aired on 2008-10-21. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 3: Swing
Stabler is shocked when his daughter, Kathleen, becomes the suspect in an investigation to catch a trespasser. He seeks his estranged mother's help in dealing with his daughter's case.
Episode 5: Retro
A baby with AIDS has Benson and Stabler asking for assistance from Warner as they investigate the case. They are pointed in the direction of a homeopathic doctor who has an questionable ethical past and who had prescribed the baby ineffective vitamins.
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