Episode
Law & Order: Castoff
Overview
The street murder of a woman who worked with underprivileged kids takes a turn towards the bizarre when the detectives uncover she had a predilection for kinky sex, and that one of her current partners appears to be a serial killer, who offers an overexposure to television violence as his defense during his trial.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1998-01-28
- Runtime
- 46 min
Episode context
Castoff is Episode 13 in Season 8 of Law & Order. It aired on 1998-01-28. The runtime is 46 min.
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