Episode
Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Alpha Dog
Overview
A popular male model spends the night with a mysterious woman and after a night of love and drugs, is found dead. Goren and Eames uncover the sexual paranoia behind the murder.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2009-08-02
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Alpha Dog is Episode 15 in Season 8 of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. It aired on 2009-08-02. The runtime is 43 min.
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