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The First 48•Season 12•Episode 1

Pointless/Set Up

7.3/10 · 27 votesDec 8, 201145 min

Ranked #18 of 18 in Season 12•−0.5 vs season avg

In Birmingham, Detective Chris Anderson investigates the gruesome murder of a woman who is shot to death and then set on fire. Anderson hunts down his suspects, but it's the victim's family that reveals a final, disturbing twist in the case. In DeKalb County, Detective

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Pointless/Set Up

Love Kills/Justified

Ultimate Price

Hot Lot/Blind Faith

Missing

The Killer Speaks

Deadly Encounter/Car Trouble

Down in Overtown/Breaking Point

Tiny Dancers/Right Hand Man

Under One Roof/Off Target

Bad Attitude/Collateral Damage

Cold Light of Day

Far From Home/Object of Desire

Unarmed/Bad Feeling

Brutal Business

A Simple Plan/The Rip-Off

Less Than Zero/Friends for Life

House of Pain/Into the Night

Shattered

Massacre in Little Haiti/Exposed

Deadly Ride/Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Father and Son / Dangerous Attraction

Murder in Pleasant Grove

Innocent Bystander/Partners in Crime

Blood Red/Deadly Moves

Blood on the Streets

School Girls/Out of the Shadows

Fatal Call

Killer Debt/House of Rage

Nightmare in Greedy Grove/Good Man Down

The House Next Door/The Showdown

Strapped/The Killer Next Door

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Dion Graham

Dion Graham

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Episode Summary

"Pointless/Set Up" is episode 1 of The First 48 season 12. It scored 7.3/10 from 27 votes, ranking #18 of 18 episodes this season (season average 7.8). It aired on December 8, 2011.

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