"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" Purgatory (2008)

Director:

Jesús Salvador Treviño

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator)
Rene Balcer (developer)

TV Series:

"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001)

Original Air Date:

8 June 2008 (Season 7, Episode 11)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

While on suspension, Goren takes a deep undercover assignment hoping that it will help him get back on the job. Meanwhile, Eames investigates a triple homicide which turns out to be related to Goren's case. |

Plot Keywords:

Detective | New York City | Trial | Gun | Interrogation

Cast

Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Detective Robert Goren
Kathryn Erbe	...	Detective Alexandra Eames
Eric Bogosian	...	Captain Danny Ross
Dean Winters	...	Mike Stoat
Lauren Vélez	...	Officer Lois Melago
Seth Gilliam	...	Detective Daniels
Danny Mastrogiorgio	...	John Testarossa
Holt McCallany	...	Patrick Copa
Louis Martinez	...	Hector Santana
Mike Pniewski	...	Chief of Detectives Kenny Moran
Steven Randazzo	...	Property Clerk
Leslie Hendrix	...	Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
Leroy McClain	...	Keyshawn Powell
Lemon	...	Ritter (as Lemon Andersen)
Adam Laupus	...	Mahoney

Runtime:

Germany:43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Wolf Films

Trivia:

Dean Winters appeared as Det. Brian Cassidy on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" in its first season. In his final episode with that show, his character transferred over to the Narcotics division. As chance would have it, his character in this episode, Mike Stoat, is on suspension from Narcotics.

Quotes:

John Testarossa: Kill or be killed.

Oz Reunion

This episode is like an Oz reunion. Obviously there is Kathryn Erbe in her starring role. Dean Winters, who returns to the Law and Order universe as a suspended narcotics officer, Mike Stoat. Seth Gilliam, plays Detective Daniels, a temporary partner for Eames. None of their characters interacted during their time in Oz. Lauren Velez is also listed as starring in the episode. I would have liked to have seen a Law and Order/Oz crossover but obviously it could not have happened as quite a few of the Law and Order police officers played convicts in Oz. Dean Winters played Ryan O'Reilly in Oz. Sean Gilliam played Clayton Hughes in Oz. Kathryn Erbe played Shirley Bellinger Lauren Velez played Dr. Gloria Nathan