Phantom (17 Mar. 2002)

Goren and Eames must untangle the story behind a mysterious man living a double life while telling his family that he is an economist for the United Nations. As his world of lies unravels, murder seems to be his only way out.

Director:

Juan José Campanella

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator), Rene Balcer (developer),

Stars:

Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Detective Robert Goren
Kathryn Erbe	...	Detective Alexandra Eames
Jamey Sheridan	...	Captain James Deakins
Courtney B. Vance	...	A.D.A. Ron Carver
Michael Emerson	...	Gerry Rankin
Brooke Smith	...	Tessa Rankin
Kelly Deadmon	...	Charlotte's Friend
Andrew Fiscella	...	Frank Caspari
Oni Faida Lampley	...	U.N. Official
Joseph Ragno	...	Benny Franconi
Cara Buono	...	Charlotte Fielding
Lindsay Andretta	...	Natalia Rankin
Richard Thomsen	...	Jack Rankin
Marissa Matrone	...	Connie
Ronobir Lahiri	...	Dr. Singh

Storyline

Goren and Eames must untangle the story behind a mysterious man living a double life while telling his family that he is an economist for the United Nations. As his world of lies unravels, murder seems to be his only way out.

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Plot Keywords:

ice cream | unloading a gun | barber shop | pump action shotgun | gun held to head | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 March 2002 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Studios USA Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Detective Alexandra Eames: [Alex comes up to Bobby after separately interviewing] My witnesses did better than yours.

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Connections

References Lady for a Day (1933)

User Reviews

Living A Total Lie

The murder of a small time hood two days out of prison leads Goren and Eames on the trail of a man who has built a carefully constructed suburban world for his family on complete lies. At first glance you have to wonder how naive they were or how they could never question anything.

When I was with New York State Crime Victims Board in that last year of my employ before retiring I dealt with a lot of wives who were just like Brooke Smith. As long as the family finances were OK, they never questioned anything. The tragedy of 9/11 brought a slew of them in, new widows of well paid executives who hadn't a clue about how the bills were paid and the income their families had lived on. I got an insight into the character that Brooke Smith played from that.

Smith is the wife of Michael Emerson who is the individual that the Major Case squad has zeroed in on. To his wife he's an economist for the UN who travels the world and rubs shoulders with the high and mighty. Actually he supported his family through the estate of his father-in-law which he managed and who died a suspicious death that was never investigated. Then through his girlfriend Cara Buono he got a hold of the take of a huge robbery of an OTB parlor which replenished the family fortune. Buono's brother was part of the robbery and it was he who was killed that brought Major Case in.

Emerson is a frightening individual in that he looks quite ordinary, but has an amazing talent for conning all around him. As his world starts to crumble he's going to do one unspeakable act before he runs rather than have some believe bad of him. As for Buono while she's an executive with Harry Winston jewelers, she's also allegedly street smart and she gets taken worst of all.

This is a really fascinating Criminal Intent episode, don't miss it.