Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Heightened Emotions
Overview
A sexually assaulted athlete's double life could destroy her Olympic career and ruin the case against her attacker; Rollins sister is released from prison on parole.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Season
- Season 18
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2016-10-12
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Heightened Emotions is Episode 4 in Season 18 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It aired on 2016-10-12. The runtime is 43 min.
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