Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Institutional Fail
Overview
A malnourished toddler is found wandering and leads police to another ill child from the same home. The investigation eventually lands the Department of Child Services in hot water. Meanwhile, Chief Dodds tells Benson to expect some changes at her squad.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Season
- Season 17
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2015-10-07
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Institutional Fail is Episode 4 in Season 17 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It aired on 2015-10-07. The runtime is 43 min.
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