Episode
Law & Order: LA: El Sereno
Overview
When a horrific mass murder occurs at a primarily Hispanic office, the detectives immediately begin investigating the remaining employees, as well as their clients. After arresting a potential suspect, the case comes to a sudden halt when a claim of racial profiling is made against the unlikeliest of sources. DDA’s Dekker and Stanton are forced to navigate through tricky waters in hopes of proving their case.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: LA
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2011-06-20
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
El Sereno is Episode 20 in Season 1 of Law & Order: LA. It aired on 2011-06-20. The runtime is 43 min.
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When Kim Ho Lee is found dead by a neighbor, the detectives suspect her live-in boyfriend of murder until they stumble upon his dead body. As Winters and Jazuszalski begin digging into Joyner’s past, they learn that he was hired to collect voter signatures in order to put a controversial proposition back on the ballot. However, when surprising details are uncovered, DDA’s Morales and Price find their case in jeopardy and justice hanging in the balance.
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