Episode
Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Happy Family
Overview
The bludgeoning of a rich family patriarch has the detectives investigating several suspects, each with their own motives: his estranged wife whom he was about to divorce, a male friend of hers who was a parolee, their childrens' nanny, the victim's brother in law who is a doctor, even the oldest son. Goren and Carver call the family of suspects together to sort it all out... in family court.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2003-11-23
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Happy Family is Episode 9 in Season 3 of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. It aired on 2003-11-23. The runtime is 44 min.
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