Episode
Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Proud Flesh
Overview
Goren and Eames investigate after Trip Slaughter III, the eldest son of radio magnate Jonas Slaughter, is found dead covered in plastic latex. Initial evidence leads detectives directly to Jonas' Chinese wife Anna, but Goren and Eames realise that the evidence leading her way is a little too pat.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 2006-03-12
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Proud Flesh is Episode 13 in Season 5 of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. It aired on 2006-03-12. The runtime is 44 min.
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Logan and Barek investigate after a body is found in the ocean, having fallen from an airline wheelwell. They soon discover that she is just one in a long line of prostitutes to be beaten and murdered. Their investigation leads them to a nervous airline employee, but they just don't feel he has the courage or the violent nature to commit these crimes on his own. A family connection leads them to a second suspect, with a history of both being abused and being the abuser.
Episode 14: Wasichu
Logan and Barek investigate after secret service agent Paula Kendall is found dead in her home. Suspicion initially turns to the husband after detectives realize that it took him eleven minutes after a first failed attempt to get in touch with 911, and their investigation leads them to her husband's role in a proposed Indian casino. Logan and Barek are especially interested when it turns out that the 'witness' Paula was supposed to be meeting that night had ties to a local politician, Peter Bellingham, who also had ties to Kendall's husband.
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Episode 10: Dollhouse
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Episode 16: Dramma Giocoso
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Episode 9: Scared Crazy
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Goren and Eames investigate after a bridesmaid, Megan, is found dead in the cheap motel room she had been sharing with Alice, another bridesmaid at their friend Tory's wedding. The two detectives start with investigating Pete and Jayson, the two guys the women had met at Brasserie Nylorac, but soon realise that Alice's story has a lot of holes in it, and the presence of cigar smoke around Megan, a young woman who hated smoking, leads Goren and Eames to suspect that the killer had a personal connection to Megan. Their investigation soon leads them to a cab driver named Lester Summerhill, whom they soon realise is an actor preparing for the ultimate role.
Episode 8: Saving Face
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