Episode
Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Playing Dead
Overview
Goren and Eames investigate a case involving a councilman's step-daughter and her boyfriend being shot. The pair of drug-addicted kids were caught up in blackmail schemes which had targeted the politically powerful family of the woman.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2009-04-19
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Playing Dead is Episode 1 in Season 8 of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. It aired on 2009-04-19. The runtime is 44 min.
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