Episode
Law & Order: Faccia a Faccia
Overview
Taking on an apparent mafia murder, Detectives Briscoe and Curtis are stymied by a dead witness and a seemingly incoherent mob boss.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1998-02-25
- Runtime
- 47 min
Episode context
Faccia a Faccia is Episode 15 in Season 8 of Law & Order. It aired on 1998-02-25. The runtime is 47 min.
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The cops, as they try to pin down the specifics of an assault on a man reluctant to talk about it, uncover the alleged rape of two women in custodial care. But as the prosecutors attempt to prepare their case, a reluctant witness changes their view of the cases.
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