When a promising chef disappears and a restaurant critic is murdered, Goren and Eames investigate.When a promising chef disappears and a restaurant critic is murdered, Goren and Eames investigate.When a promising chef disappears and a restaurant critic is murdered, Goren and Eames investigate.
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- TriviaWhen Goren and Eames visit the doctors office, Goren plays with a model of a human being. This is the Visible Man kit, well known "toy" for years. There was also a Visible Woman kit, which could be built pregnant.
- GoofsIn scene at the docks when Goran and Eames go to van from Rhode Island, it shows a commercial plate from Rhode Island with letters in the plate number. Commercial vehicle plates from Rhode Island do not have letters in them, they are all numbers.
- Quotes
Tommy Onerato: [pouring glasses of grappa] Cin cin!
Detective Alexandra Eames: [as Goren prepares to drink] We're on duty.
[Goren, disappointed, lowers his glass]
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Recipe for death
While the original 'Law and Order' is my personal favourite of the more than worthwhile 'Law and Order' franchise, though not every episode and every season for all the shows are great, the best of 'Special Victims Unit' (was initially harsh on my judgement of the mid-seasons onwards but some are better than remembered) and the best of 'Criminal Intent' are as brilliant as the original at its best. The previous three seasons of 'Criminal Intent' had outstanding episodes, as did Season 4.
"Death Roe" is one of those outstanding episodes. It is not for the faint hearted and is gorier than most 'Criminal Intent' episodes in the early seasons. As well as more sordid than most. The restaurant/food industry is not an unfamiliar setting for murder/detective mysteries and procedurals, but it is made the most of here in "Death Roe" and very neatly done. To me, it is one of the better episodes for any procedural/mystery show with this setting and a vast improvement over the previous episode.
Like other 'Criminal Intent' episodes, it does take a bit of time to get one's head round what is being said. Once things are made clearer, are explained and become more intricate it falls into place and it does so quite quickly in "Death Roe". Without being too obvious of course.
Really love the story overall. It is always hugely compelling and has its fair share of suspense and shocks. It contains one of the most brutal, quite inhumane actually, murder methods in the history of the show without falling into excessive shock value and there is one very touchy topic that features prominently that is very sordid and creepy but doesn't go overboard on them. There is a bit of humour, especially concerning the scene involving drinking thanks to Vincent D'Onofrio's genius comic timing.
It is another episode to do so well at realistically showing the competitiveness of the industry and also frighteningly showing that there are people out there with a lot of power that commit acts of great evil. The script is thought-provoking and well balanced, with some deliciously sarcastic one-liners from Eames. The acting is on point with D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe while Chris Penn really gives the creeps as one of the season's most odious supporting characters.
Production values are slick and professional, not ever resorting to cheap or untested gimmicks or anything. The music is haunting in the right places and isn't constant or too loud, and the direction gives the drama urgency and breathing space.
Concluding, outstanding. 9/10
"Death Roe" is one of those outstanding episodes. It is not for the faint hearted and is gorier than most 'Criminal Intent' episodes in the early seasons. As well as more sordid than most. The restaurant/food industry is not an unfamiliar setting for murder/detective mysteries and procedurals, but it is made the most of here in "Death Roe" and very neatly done. To me, it is one of the better episodes for any procedural/mystery show with this setting and a vast improvement over the previous episode.
Like other 'Criminal Intent' episodes, it does take a bit of time to get one's head round what is being said. Once things are made clearer, are explained and become more intricate it falls into place and it does so quite quickly in "Death Roe". Without being too obvious of course.
Really love the story overall. It is always hugely compelling and has its fair share of suspense and shocks. It contains one of the most brutal, quite inhumane actually, murder methods in the history of the show without falling into excessive shock value and there is one very touchy topic that features prominently that is very sordid and creepy but doesn't go overboard on them. There is a bit of humour, especially concerning the scene involving drinking thanks to Vincent D'Onofrio's genius comic timing.
It is another episode to do so well at realistically showing the competitiveness of the industry and also frighteningly showing that there are people out there with a lot of power that commit acts of great evil. The script is thought-provoking and well balanced, with some deliciously sarcastic one-liners from Eames. The acting is on point with D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe while Chris Penn really gives the creeps as one of the season's most odious supporting characters.
Production values are slick and professional, not ever resorting to cheap or untested gimmicks or anything. The music is haunting in the right places and isn't constant or too loud, and the direction gives the drama urgency and breathing space.
Concluding, outstanding. 9/10
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- Oct 8, 2020
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