Episode
Law & Order: LA: Playa Vista
Overview
The murder of golfer Kristin Halstead sends Detectives Winters and Jaruszalski to the Mens' professional circuit for leads, only to find them in Chip Jarrow. Trouble comes in the form of an incident between Jarrow and his wife Monica. Which leaves DDAs Dekker and Stanton to filter the chaos into a coherent case they can win.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: LA
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2010-12-01
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Playa Vista is Episode 8 in Season 1 of Law & Order: LA. It aired on 2010-12-01. The runtime is 43 min.
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