Episode
Law & Order: Gaijin
Overview
Van Buren has reservations about Branch's tactics in luring a Ginza nightclub owner back to New York after the Japanese government is unwilling to extradite him to face charges of conspiracy and murder in the death of his wife on a New York City vacation.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order
- Season
- Season 14
- Episode
- Episode 22
- Air date
- 2004-04-28
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Gaijin is Episode 22 in Season 14 of Law & Order. It aired on 2004-04-28. The runtime is 45 min.
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