Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Conned
Overview
A case of mistaken identity complicates the investigation into the murder of whom most believe was an uninvited wedding guest at a hotel in which the body was found.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Season
- Season 11
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 2010-04-07
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Conned is Episode 19 in Season 11 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It aired on 2010-04-07. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 18: Bedtime
When a journalist is found raped and murdered in her own bed, Cragen is able to connect this particular case to another five murders that happened thirty years ago, committed by the "Bedtime Butcher". To uncover the truth behind the crimes, Benson goes undercover in order to find the real killer.
Episode 20: Beef
After a young woman is sexually assaulted and murdered, Detectives Olivia Benson and Eliot Stabler track down the woman's boyfriend - their first suspect - but learn that he is a devout vegan who wouldn't hurt a fly. They soon find that the victim had been deeply involved in the fight to expose questionable practices in the meat-packing industry, even going undercover at a large company to find out the truth. Benson goes undercover herself to retrace the woman's footsteps and to identify who the victim might have angered along the way.
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