Episode
Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Poison
Overview
The detectives investigate a murderer who poisons hospital victims with cyanide. They suspect a nurse whose profile is typical, but when they discover more murders away from the hospital they have to widen their search.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2001-11-11
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Poison is Episode 7 in Season 1 of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. It aired on 2001-11-11. The runtime is 44 min.
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