Slither (15 Jan. 2006)

Goren and Eames pursue the people who killed a banker so they could loot his apartment.

Director:

Bill L. Norton

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
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson	...	Hilary Marsden
Michael Stuhlbarg	...	Marcel Costas
Mariann Mayberry	...	Monica Corbett
Wynn Everett	...	Mala Marsden
Brette Taylor	...	Sammie
Stephen Kunken	...	Contractor
Lee R. Sellars	...	Lenny Dupar (as Lee Sellars)
Leslie Hendrix	...	Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
John Bolger	...	Russ Corbett
Michael York	...	Bernard Fremont
Judith Hawking	...	Amy Ford

Storyline

Goren and Eames pursue the people who killed a banker so they could loot his apartment.

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Plot Keywords:

bail out of jail | dancing | released on bail | drugged | salon | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

15 January 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, NBC Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min 50 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The psychopathic charisma and globe-spanning criminal exploits of Bernard Fremont [Michael York] strongly appear to have been inspired by real-life murderer Charles Sobhraj, now serving a life sentence in a Nepalese prison. Compare, for example, the title of this episode with that of journalist Thomas Thompson's 1979 non-fiction bestseller about Sobhraj, 'Serpentine'.

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Quotes

Detective Alexandra Eames: [Inquiring about Bernard's relationship to Nicole Wallace] Have you heard from her lately?
Bernard Fremont: Nicole is a fugitive, thanks to you two. And, no, she'd never put me in that kind of danger. She's very protective.
Detective Robert Goren: Well, you'd be very proud of your star pupil.
Bernard Fremont: I can't take the credit. She's a natural.
Detective Robert Goren: Well, she's very adept at poisons. Is that something that you taught her?
Bernard Fremont: I'll take a pass on that.

User Reviews

Nicole Wallace's Teacher

'From a townhouse to a flophouse."

So says, with her usual seriousness and touch of dark humor, "Det. Alex Eames" (Kathryn Erbe) in another odd-and-interesting episode of "Criminal Intent."

She and "Det. Robert Goren" (Vincent D'Onofrio) wind up trying to find out how a well-to-do couple from the townhouse wound up in such bad shape at a flophouse. The husband was dead of a heroin overdose and the wife was nearly dead of the same. She would up surviving and helping to solve the case. Neither was a drug addict. They both were supposed to be killed.

This episode went from pretty good to very good two-thirds of the way through when Goren and Eames deduce that the villain has ties to the infamous "Nicole Wallace," Goren's nemesis and most interesting opponent over the years. In fact, the man - "Bernard Fremont" - apparently was Nicole's tutor! Yes, he taught one of the planet's worst killers how to kill, so he's even more dangerous, if that's possible. Making the story even better is that "Bernard" is played by veteran actor Michael York, who does a great job in here.

It seems Bernard is quite the ladies man, and seems to have them under his spell, a la Charles Manson. They do his bidding and the usual schemes involve getting rich people away from their townhouses for a few days and then robbing them of everything in the house....and I mean everything! It also involves murder to anyone who gets in the way. That also includes anyone in their circle who becomes untrustworthy, as we see in one terrifying scene.

There are a number of surprises in here, so I won't say more to ruin anything for anybody who hasn't seen this episode. My only disappointment - because I looked this up - is that we Criminal Intent fans have seen the last of Olivia d'Abo, who played Nicole Wallace. Her resume here at IMDb states her last episode was in the opening program of this season....but her presence is still very much felt in this episode.