Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Bound
Overview
The death of a wealthy senior citizen leads to an investigation that uncovers a serial killer with childhood abandonment issues who targets the elderly.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 2004-05-04
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Bound is Episode 23 in Season 5 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It aired on 2004-05-04. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 22: Painless
A woman claiming to have been the victim of rape commits suicide while she is still in the emergency room.
Episode 24: Poison
A young girl is in a coma after ingesting detergent and her mother is suspected of poisoning her. A biased judge makes the case hard to prosecute which leads to an investigation into his past.
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Episode 19: Sick
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Episode 18: Careless
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Episode 17: Mean
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Episode 16: Home
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Episode 15: Families
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Episode 14: Ritual
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Episode 13: Hate
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