Dateline: 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 Dateline 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
February 29, 2004
Feb 29, 2004 · 43 min
Pro baseball player Alex Rodriguez. An update on conditions at fast-food restaurants.
Vegas Homicide: Father of the Year
Jun 18, 2004
Detectives investigate a high-profile disappearance that becomes a murder probe when blood is discovered in the home of the missing couple.
Vegas Homicide: Death in the Desert
Jun 25, 2004
Detectives in Las Vegas use both old-fashioned detective work and new technology to probe the case of a woman who was found dead after only a few weeks in town.
Desperate Days in Blue John Canyon
Sep 10, 2004 · 45 min
Aron Ralston had set out for a carefree desert hike through Blue John Canyon in Southeastern Utah when, with no warning, he had descended into hell. The young man's arm was trapped
Hurricane Ivan; Brown's Chicken Massacre
Sep 17, 2004 · 45 min
A report on Hurricane Ivan; a speck of DNA may provide clues to the murder mystery of seven people in a Chicago fast-food restaurant years ago