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Season 1 – Law & Order: Criminal Intent

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NYPD detectives of the Major Case Squad use unconventional methods to solve crimes. Like its predecessor, the original "Law & Order," its storylines are often based on real-life headlines, and it features a cadre of quirky cops whose mission it is to find the criminals and make them pay.

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Criminal Intent may hold jurisdiction over viewers who get a kick out of Vincent D'Onofrio's mannered performance, but this spinoff adheres too closely to the Law & Order formula, only without the crucial element of mystery.

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John Carman San Francisco Chronicle 01/08/2020
1/4
Some of the winning recipe -- straightforward story lines, lots of procedure -- is in place. But the lackluster pilot episode, about a Park Avenue lawyer who kills a string of mistresses, was dramatically threadbare. Maybe two's the limit. Go to Full Review Erin Richter Entertainment Weekly 11/02/2018
Moody and urbane, CI loses some emotion. Go to Full Review Tom Shales Washington Post 11/01/2018
The best thing about the show is that its cast is so overqualified for it. Vincent D'Onofrio is one of the most inspired and versatile young actors of our time. Go to Full Review Ben Taylor Nashville Scene 02/26/2020
I couldn't put it in the bad category, because I couldn't come up with many valid complaints... It helps to have a good cast, including Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, and Courtney B. Vance. Go to Full Review David Zurawik Baltimore Sun 11/01/2018
Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Wolf's latest spinoff for NBC, is a reach, and if you watch only one or two episodes, you'll probably conclude that Wolf has finally exceeded his grasp. Go to Full Review Scott D. Pierce Deseret News (Salt Lake City) 11/01/2018
Whatever its intent, all this Law & Order can muster is more of the same stuff. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Ken K @RT63648969 Jan 29 I fell in love with Goren and Eames, especially Goren's presence on the show driven by Vincent D'Onofrio's by now classic performance. Rene Balcer seems to be the driving creative force behind the show and Wolf let a long leash be given to a darker edge and more bizarre crimes than traditional Law and Order. Goren became one of my all time favorite characters, a quasi autistic savant, I have run through the series about 4 times so it has reached saturation point. I did not give it 5 stars only because it began to reach too much into darker and stranger places but for me it was a welcome addition to the L&O universe. See more ed m @RT80499164 01/20/2024 Pretty good show. Not as good as the original "Law&Order" but fun to watch. See more 06/09/2014 great police drama, with a different approach See more Read all reviews
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Vincent D'Onofrio

Detective Robert Goren

Kathryn Erbe

Detective Alexandra Eames

Courtney B. Vance

Actor

Jamey Sheridan

Actor

Mark Schulte

Guest Star

Leslie Hendrix

Guest Star

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 30, 2001 One Solutions to major cases play out from the perspectives of the criminals. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 7, 2001 Art Goren and Eames turn to a forger to help solve the double homicide of a museum curator and art authenticator. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 14, 2001 Smothered The murder of a pregnant, recovering drug abuser leads the detectives to the doorstep of a socialite's son. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 17, 2001 The Faithful Scandal rocks a church when a dishonest employee is found dead and another grim discovery implicates religious officials. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 21, 2001 Jones The detectives suspect an abusive lawyer is telling less than he knows when his girlfriends wind up dead. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 28, 2001 The Extra Man The detectives learn that a European con man who was murdered was also the victim of mistaken identity. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 11, 2001 Poison The detectives believe that someone is murdering hospital patients and find that tainted medication is leading to the deaths. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 18, 2001 The Pardoner's Tale The detectives discover a link between the deaths of an investigative reporter and his fiancee, organized crime and the governor's office. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 25, 2001 The Good Doctor The philandering wife of an arrogant plastic surgeon disappears, and the detectives suspect his efforts to find her are insincere. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 9, 2001 Enemy Within When a banker is killed in a high-rise fire, Detectives Goren and Eames delve into the motives of the victim's young trophy wife and ineffectual son. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 6, 2002 The Third Horseman After a pro-life loner stalks and shoots a doctor, the detectives surmise the gunman has another target in mind. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 13, 2002 Crazy The detectives investigate the murder of a prominent doctor at his son's bar mitzvah. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 27, 2002 The Insider A shady nightclub owner becomes the prime suspect in the stabbing death of the wealthy father of a teenage party girl. Details Episode 14 Aired Mar 3, 2002 Homo Homini Lupis A loan shark has an embezzling executive's wife and two daughters kidnapped as collateral on a big debt. Details Episode 15 Aired Mar 10, 2002 Semi-Professional Detectives Goren and Eames probe the murder of the girlfriend of a married and high-profile judge (guest star Michael Murphy). Details Episode 16 Aired Mar 17, 2002 Phantom The murder of an ex-convict triggers an investigation of his social-climbing sister and her beau, a man posing as a United Nations economist. Details Episode 17 Aired Mar 31, 2002 Seizure Detectives Goren and Eames investigate a copycat murder with telltale signs that it was committed by someone connected to an incarcerated serial killer. Details Episode 18 Aired Apr 14, 2002 Yesterday The body of a woman who had been missing for 20 years is found under her family's home after it is sold. Details Episode 19 Aired Apr 21, 2002 Maledictus Goren and Eames investigate the decapitation of an author who is the daughter of a jailed Russian mobster. Details Episode 20 Aired Apr 28, 2002 Badge Evidence leads Goren and Eames to believe ex-cops may be responsible for the murder of a city auditor and his family. Details Episode 21 Aired Apr 28, 2002 Faith When a wealthy publisher is murdered, the detectives investigate a young author for a link, but they soon believe the author does not exist and that the publisher was killed because he sensed a scam. Details Episode 22 Aired May 10, 2002 Tuxedo Hill Goren and Eames help a financial executive who was framed for murder, then blackmailed to cover up her company's illegal use of stock. Details

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Jean de Segonzac, Michael Fields, Frank Prinzi, Constantine Makris, Gloria Muzio, Steve Shill, John David Coles
Executive Producer
Dick Wolf, Rene Balcer
Screenwriter
Rene Balcer, Stephanie Sengupta, Elizabeth M. Cosin, David Black, Theresa Rebeck, Marlane Gomard Meyer, Rene Balcer, Marlane Gomard Meyer, Stephanie Sengupta, Hal Powell, Dick Wolf
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 30, 2001