48 Hours: Season 12
Season 12 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of 48 Hours Season 11.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 12 Progress Shield
Dad's Double Life
Oct 29, 1998 · 60 min
Scheduled: A report on Elizabeth Welsh, who discovered that her presumed-dead ex-husband was actually alive and living in Texas.
A Family Accused
Nov 3, 1998 · 60 min
Scheduled: A look at a past investigation into a Massachusetts day-care center. Correspondents include Harold Dow and Susan Spencer.
A Time To Kill: Sterling Barber
Feb 11, 1999 · 60 min
Scheduled: Bill Lagattuta is the correspondent for a report on modern-day attempts to solve crimes of the past. Included: how a Massachusetts state trooper solved a 20-year-old mur