Recap / Law And Order Criminal Intent S 1 E 3 Smothered

Season One, Episode Three: Smothered

Written by Marlane Mayer
Directed by Michael Fields
Airdate: October 14, 2001

When a pregnant woman recently clean from drugs is discovered strangled and stuffed beneath a hotel mattress, Goren and Eames must hunt down both her killer and her boyfriend, an addict whose life is completely dominated by his wealthy, heiress mother.

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• Comically Missing the Point: When Goren and Eames discover sawdust and fish scales inside the victim's tights, Eames attempts to make a joke about it, which Goren immediately misinterprets.
  Eames: What's that?
  Goren: Fish scale.
  Eames: Great, she was attacked by a shark.
  Goren: Sharks don't have scales.