Law & Order Absentia (Season 13, Episode 13)
TV-14
TV Episode | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Law & Order

Absentia (Season 13, Episode 13)

TV-14

TV Episode | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man scheduled to testify in a murder trial disappears. The DA's office discovers that he's actually a radical who disappeared 20 years earlier after being charged with killing his girlfriend.

Directors

Darnell Martin | Martha Mitchell

Writers

Dick Wolf (created by) | Eric Ellis Overmyer (written by) (as Eric Overmyer)

Producers

Jill Goldsmith | Kati Johnston | Terri Kopp

Composer

Mike Post

Cinematographers

John Beymer | William Klayer

Editor

Chris Brookshire

Casting Director

Suzanne Ryan

Production Designer

Gary Weist

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 12, 2003

Release date

Feb 12, 2003 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 6 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 44 wins & 207 nominations

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33 cast members

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