Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001 • USA
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Season 8 episodes (16)

1 Playing Dead
4/19/09
The drug-addicted daughter of a city politician survives a hit by "playing dead" - her black-mailing, dealer boyfriend, isn't so lucky. Goren and Eames then uncover a trail of deception that leads all the way to City Hall.
2 Rock Star
4/26/09
When a young hipster is found stabbed in an ethnically-charged neighborhood, Detectives Nichols and Wheeler enter the world of aspiring artists with big dreams.
3 Identity Crisis
5/3/09
Two young brothers endure the insanity of their mother until she dies under questionable circumstances in a bathtub. Twenty years later, when the elder brother is confronted with the reality of a life he has sought to leave behind, he kills his brother. Detectives Goren and Eames follow the clues that lead them through a multitude of assumed identities.
4 In Treatment
5/10/09
Wall Street hustler Archie Beuliss is a captain of the financial industry, leading Beuliss Securities, one of the nation's most successful hedge funds. He is the honorary speaker at a gala dinner when the place erupts amid news reports that Beuliss Securities is under investigation by the SEC for fraud. When Beuliss Securities CFO Frank Hatcher is found stabbed in the men's room, Nichols and Wheeler step into the world of high finance to catch an unlikely killer.
5 Faithfully
5/17/09
When a devout, celebrity doctor is murdered, Goren and Eames enter the unexpectedly steamy world behind the pulpit.
6 Astoria Helen
5/31/09
A lonely, single mother is targeted by a charming con man in an effort to hit an armored truck carrying millions of dollars. When one of his partners gets killed weeks later, Nichols and Wheeler are on the case.
7 Folie A Deux
6/7/09
When a fragile couple lose their child in a hotel robbery, Goren and Eames race against the clock to track down the missing child.
8 The Glory That Was...
6/14/09
Season-only
Nichols and Wheeler find themselves on the world stage, untangling the dark politics behind the Olympic Site Selection Committee.
9 Family Values
6/21/09
When a flier from a local Catholic high school drama production connects three murders, Goren and Eames must understand the psychology of a religious fanatic before he claims another victim.
10 Salome in Manhattan
6/28/09
A celebrity chef's star is on the rise as he plans the opening of a trendy restaurant with powerful partners. Yet his world is upended when his tabloid-friendly, gorgeous girlfriend and business partner is killed under mysterious circumstances.
11 Lady's Man
6/28/09
Seven years ago Boz Burman narrowly dodged a murder conviction thanks to the DA's bungled handling of the case. A born survivor, he parlayed his notoriety into a successful TV crime show. He has a lot to celebrate on his birthday, but when he washes up dead on the banks of the East River, Detectives Goren and Eames must track down a killer's killer.
12 Passion
7/12/09
Egocentric poet Jacob Garrety would do anything to keep his poetry journal, The Village Quarterly, afloat. When foundation president Don McCallum shows up and announces he is cutting funding to the journal, Jacob appeals to assistant and lover Lauren to use her sexuality to change Don's mind. Though reluctant, she agrees. While Jacob enjoys the advances of arts patron Sandra Dunbar at a poetry reading, Lauren carries out Jacob's wish, and winds up dead on the street. Detectives Nichols and Wheeler discover the deadly passion that exists behind the arts.
13 All In
7/19/09
When poker genius Josh Snow loses $80,000 in a card game, backer and bookie Lou Cardinale forces him into collections to work off the losses. Lou gives him a .38 and a box of blanks to extract gambling debts, and sends along his mistress, Angela, to keep an eye on the money. When Josh collects from Kip McGonagle, he fires the gun expecting a blank, but a real bullet kills Kip dead in the street. Detectives Goren and Eames enter an elaborate game where they must join in the play, or be played.
14 Major Case
7/26/09
Henry Muller packs the apartment of his recently deceased mother on the Lower East Side. A lonely man, he watches Grace Purefoy through the window, a young girl from the neighborhood on her way uptown to sell drugs for dealer Justin. Later that night, Grace tells Justin she's done selling drugs. Justin objects and Grace runs for it. As if on cue, Henry opens his door and Grace slips inside. A familiar face from younger days, Grace trusts Henry. She takes a hot shower and by way of thanks, kisses Henry. The simple kiss unleashes years of repressed desire in Henry, and when Grace names Henry for what he is - a pervert - he kills her in a rage of silent fury. Detectives Nichols and Eames must track down a killer who is surprisingly adept, and too close for comfort.
15 Alpha Dog
8/2/09
A hunky posterboy with a million-dollar torso has what others crave: sex appeal. When he shows up dead after a night of sex and drugs with an elusive woman, detectives Goren and Eames uncover the sexual paranoia behind the murder.
16 Revolution
8/9/09
With the banks failing and public discontent high, aging revolutionary Axel Kaspers believes the time is ripe to galvanize public reaction and spark a populist uprising. With his radical daughter Birgit and disciple Mel, Axel orchestrates the kidnapping of Continental Bankcorp president, Peter Evans. However, the carefully planned carjacking goes bad, leaving Detectives Nichols and Eames to pursue a surviving member of the radical gang.

About this show

Created and executive produced by Emmy winning producer Dick Wolf, Law & Order: Criminal Intent veers from the traditional format by taking viewers into the minds of its criminals. The police procedural mystery series integrates a unique psychological component allowing viewers an up close and personal look into the criminal justice system. Detective Robert Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio, "Men in Black", "The Cell"), is an exceptionally bright homicide investigator with well-honed instincts that match up favorably with his criminal quarry. His partner, Detective Eames (Kathryn Erbe, "Oz"), is a strong woman whose stylish edge meshes well in tandem with Goren. Overseeing the Major Case Squad is their Commanding Officer, Captain Deakins (Jamey Sheridan, "Shannon's Deal"), a competent and ambitious political animal who knows how to survive and thrive behind the scenes. All of them often butt heads with no-nonsense AssistantDistrict Attorney Ron Carver (Courtney B. Vance, "The Tuskegee Airmen", "The Preacher's Wife"), who is a stickler for the crucial legal details.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
936 reviews
Mary O'Connor
August 9, 2020
I love this show and it is the best of the Law and Order actor combinations, although Mariska and Chris (and IceT and Munch) of SVu are close. CI doesn't have the original law and order format of half crime solving and half court procedural. I don't much like the original's court hearings and back and forth, so CI is more focused on the police investigating and solving the case and so theres more focus on D'Onofrio and Erbe' chatacters detective skills and this makes it different, better.
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A Google user
December 4, 2018
I have loved Criminal Intent since it 1st came out. Especially with goren and Eames and the other Detective Mike not so much with don't know his name the tall slender guy with the psychiatrist as a father
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Joyce Ann Smith McKee
June 10, 2020
One of the best shows that has been on tv in my life time according to a very intelligent lady ,me 😉 . Seriously I am like most of the people who posted here in the fact that I would still be watching it now were it still on and written by the same person with the same two detective acting in it. I also have watch the shows several times each. And there are only three different series that i watch reruns in now days because there is no reason to with so much to choose from. So see I love it.
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