Episode
Law & Order: Patient Zero
Overview
The investigation into the carjacking of a vehicle containing vials of a deadly virus leads the detectives on a search for the first person infected with the virus and a biochemist whose sinister motivations were driven by passion.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order
- Season
- Season 14
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2003-10-08
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Patient Zero is Episode 3 in Season 14 of Law & Order. It aired on 2003-10-08. The runtime is 45 min.
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