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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
- Created by:
- Dick Wolf
- Cast:
- Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Julia Ormond, Jay O. Sanders
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- NBC, USA Network
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 8
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 4.8Playing Dead
2009-04-19 · 44mGoren and Eames investigate a case involving a councilman's step-daughter and her boyfriend being shot. The pair of drug-addicted kids were caught up in blackmail schemes which had targeted the politically powerful family of the woman.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 7.5Rock Star
2009-04-26 · 43mDet. Zach Nichols' first case involves the murder of an artist, but it's unclear whether the neighborhood he lived in was a factor in his death, or something more personal.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 7.5Identity Crisis
2009-05-03 · 43mA man's murder puts Goren and Eames on the trail of an upper echelon businessman whose secrets have taken over his life and put him on the run.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 8.0In Treatment
2009-05-10 · 43mNews of a company's falling stock that plunged more over a fraud investigation may have led to the murder of one of its executives.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 6.5Faithfully
2009-05-17 · 43mAfter a doctor is murdered in his home while his wife lies bound and helpless upstairs in their bedroom, it is revealed that the couple's reverend may know more about the crime than he is telling the detectives.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 6.5Astoria Helen
2009-05-31 · 41mNicholas and Wheeler investigate when the partner of a con man who used his charm to scheme a lonely single mother, is found dead.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 3.8Folie a Deux
2009-06-07 · 42mGoren and Eames search for a young boy who vanished during a robbery at a hotel.
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★ 7.0The Glory That Was...
2009-06-14 · 45mA former Olympian now working in the Belgian consulate is killed. Her death is soon linked to an aspiring Olympian, a blackmail DVD, and the owner of a private security firm.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 7.0Family Values
2009-06-21 · 43mWhen a flyer from a local Catholic high school drama show connects three murders, Goren and Eames must understand the psychology of a religious fanatic before he claims another victim.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 7.3Salome in Manhattan
2009-06-28 · 41mA 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. Detectives Nichols and Wheeler enter the seductive world of power and privilege and discover desperation and murder.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 4.8Lady's Man
2009-06-28 · 43mGoren and Eames investigate the killing of a man who became famous for dodging a murder conviction because of a mishandled trial. The man spun his notoriety into a TV show but turned up dead on his birthday.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 6.5Passion
2009-07-12 · 41mEgocentric 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.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 7.0All In
2009-07-19 · 42mWhen 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. Detectives Goren and Eames enter an elaborate game where they must join in the play, or be played.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 7.5Major Case
2009-07-26 · 43mDetective Eames assists with Nichols' case involving the death of an addict who was just days from going straight when Wheeler is otherwise engaged in the labor and delivery of her baby.
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E15
Episode 15
★ 6.5Alpha Dog
2009-08-02 · 43mA popular male model spends the night with a mysterious woman and after a night of love and drugs, is found dead. Goren and Eames uncover the sexual paranoia behind the murder.
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E16
Episode 16
★ 6.0Revolution
2009-08-09 · 43mA heist goes tragically wrong when a revolutionary makes plans on kidnapping a powerful bank executive, and winds up dead. During Nichols and Eames probe of the murder, they must also prevent a terrorist campaign.
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Vincent D'Onofrio
Robert Goren
Kathryn Erbe
Alexandra Eames
Julia Ormond
Paula Gyson
Jay O. Sanders
Joseph Hannah