Episode
Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Bright Boy
Overview
The double murder of a social services worker and a deputy mayor lead the detectives to suspect a couple who may have a grudge against the social worker for taking away their children. When they learn that the social worker had taken special interest in a child prodigy being considered for admission to a prestigious, accelerated school, they examine both the boy and his obsessive father.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2002-10-06
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Bright Boy is Episode 2 in Season 2 of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. It aired on 2002-10-06. The runtime is 43 min.
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The murder of a mortician and the discovery of corpses at a crematorium lead the detectives to a family man claiming to have a consulting business but suspected of being a contract killer with a penchant for perfection. Goren attempts to prove this by setting up a scheme that puts his "fear of making a mistake" in jeopardy.
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