Episode
Law & Order: Married with Children
Overview
The death of a woman who fell from a hotel balcony leads to a case involving a lesbian couple and a state law banning gay adoption
Details
- Series
- Law & Order
- Season
- Season 14
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 2004-02-04
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Married with Children is Episode 13 in Season 14 of Law & Order. It aired on 2004-02-04. The runtime is 45 min.
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The investigation into the murder of a former bookie turned mob informant reveals a disturbing new wrinkle in organized crime involving legitimate businessmen moonlighting as contract hitmen in a battle for mob leadership, and ends with a Federal ploy to nullify the plea bargain in the case, leaving McCoy seething and two more people dead.
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