Episode
Law & Order: Illegitimate
Overview
An NYPD officer kills a troubled fellow officer who took hostages at gunpoint; detectives Lupo and Bernard find valuable stolen documents and a dead body at the man's apartment.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order
- Season
- Season 19
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2009-02-04
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Illegitimate is Episode 12 in Season 19 of Law & Order. It aired on 2009-02-04. The runtime is 45 min.
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