Episode
Law & Order: Family Business
Overview
The murder of Richard Speigel, chief financial officer for an exclusive, family-owned department store goes from the sitting room to the bedroom and into the board room as suspicion shifts from co-workers to family members.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1996-11-20
- Runtime
- 46 min
Episode context
Family Business is Episode 8 in Season 7 of Law & Order. It aired on 1996-11-20. The runtime is 46 min.
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Episode 9: Entrapment
The case against Huey Tate, a young man accused of shooting the well-known leader of the African-American Congress comes undone when the New York authorities learn that their chief witness was once an informant for the FBI, and is still under their protection.
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Episode 11: Menace
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Episode 4: Survivor
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Episode 12: Barter
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Episode 13: Matrimony
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Episode 14: Working Mom
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