Episode
Law & Order: Stalker
Overview
When a woman is found unconscious at the bottom of her apartment stairs, Briscoe and Curtis must figure out what happened -- before it's too late. In order to make his case, McCoy pits the two detectives against each other in the courtroom.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 1998-04-15
- Runtime
- 46 min
Episode context
Stalker is Episode 18 in Season 8 of Law & Order. It aired on 1998-04-15. The runtime is 46 min.
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Episode 20: Burden
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Episode 15: Faccia a Faccia
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Episode 21: Bad Girl
Schiff's re-election may hinge on the stabbing death of a police officer; Briscoe's daughter is arrested for dealing drugs.
Episode 14: Grief
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Episode 22: Damaged
The case of a teacher's shooting uncovers a vendetta involving the rape of a mentally challenged coed by three students, whose attorney claims they weren't aware of her condition.
Episode 13: Castoff
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.
Episode 23: Tabloid
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Episode 12: Expert
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Episode 24: Monster
During the search for a pedophile who raped a 10-year-old, a snitch offers Briscoe a chance to avenge his daughter's death. Meanwhile, Van Buren learns that her job is in jeopardy; McCoy is ordered to appear before a disciplinary committee because of his conduct in a DUI case; and the increasingly political Schiff worries that the rape case may adversely impact his reelection bid.