"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001) TV series 2001-????

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Creator:

Dick Wolf

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

7 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

This popular companion series from the award-winning Law & Order franchise, stars Vincent D'Onofrio as Robert Goren of the NYPD's Major Case Squad; a detective hellbent on getting inside the minds of the city's worst criminals in order to bring them to justice.

Plot:

The third "Law and Order" series involves the criminal justice system from the criminal's point of view.

Plot Keywords:

Detective | New York City | Trial | Gun | Interrogation

Awards:

5 wins & 16 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 7	11:00 PM	USA	Faithfully	#8.1
Sun. Nov. 8	6:00 AM	USA	Seizure	#1.17

Cast

Kathryn Erbe	...	Detective Alexandra Eames (134 episodes, 2001-2009)
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Detective Robert Goren (131 episodes, 2001-2009)
Jamey Sheridan	...	Captain James Deakins (111 episodes, 2001-2006)
Courtney B. Vance	...	A.D.A. Ron Carver (111 episodes, 2001-2006)
Leslie Hendrix	...	Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers (86 episodes, 2001-2009)
Eric Bogosian	...	Captain Danny Ross (60 episodes, 2006-2009)

Also Known As:

Law & Order: CI (USA) (promotional abbreviation)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Singapore:M18 (season 2) | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | UK:15

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

NBC Universal Television

Trivia:

To add a vulnerability to Goren's seeming invincibility, a backstory was added in which his mother was diagnosed as a schizophrenic during his adolescence.

Quotes:

Detective Alexandra Eames: Sex fiend and a bully, politics is a perfect place for him.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Ellen Page/Wilco (#33.6)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

There's Only Me

Very entertaining series with an excellent D'Onofrio

While this series is pretty much formula in that it's always "case of the week" which the good guys never fail to solve, and there's not really any main character development (a fault found in 99% of American shows, from X-Files to CSI), it's a fine way to spend an hour a day in front of the TV set, and is above average as far as cop shows go. What makes it interesting is having a main character that, for a change, is not a goody-two-shoes and comes across as a SOB most of the time, at least when interacting with the suspects. And having the charismatic Vincent D'Onofrio, the chameleon actor most people won't recognize from one role to another, play him helps a lot. With so many no-talents getting juicy paychecks to appear in millionaire Hollywood garbage, D'Onofrio, who's fine when he controls his Actor's Studio ham (alas, not always), deserves more consideration than he's often given, and a bigger career, which he never got because he's not a pretty boy type, I assume. He keeps you glued to the screen throughout the entire running time of the episodes.

This is not Homicide: Life on the Street, but then, what series is? Worth watching.