A police recruit is found murdered and his girlfriend becomes a suspect. Logan's date stands him up because she is dead. Logan suspects foul play.A police recruit is found murdered and his girlfriend becomes a suspect. Logan's date stands him up because she is dead. Logan suspects foul play.A police recruit is found murdered and his girlfriend becomes a suspect. Logan's date stands him up because she is dead. Logan suspects foul play.
D.X. Machina
- Carl Herrera
- (as Isaac Cruz)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLogan mentions that his former partner, Lennie Briscoe, has died.
- Quotes
Det. Mike Logan: I used to dream about Lennie, he was my old partner. And in the dream he'd always say to me, 'I'm not dead, Mike, I'm not dead', then I'd wake up, and he'd still be dead.
Holly Lauren: Maybe not, if you dreamt about him.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Law & Order: Burn Card (2008)
Featured review
Love-death
One does understandably expect a lot from season finales. There have been some real crackers over-time, but also a fair share of fizzlers (a few of them notoriously so). After being so blown away by "Endgame", expectations were high for "Renewal" which had a lot to live up to to be as good as the previous episode and considering that it is also a season finale. Season 6 had some outstanding episodes (such as "Endgame"), one misfire ("Bombshell") and most of the episodes ranging between average and very good.
"Renewal" is one of the very good ones and is a worthy season finale, that is most interesting for Logan's character development. Compared to other Season 6 episodes, "Renewal" fares very favourably and is infinitely better than the previous Logan and Wheeler episode "Bombshell". It is though not near as good as "Endgame", which actually felt more like a season finale than this and in retrospect should have been. Very good but not a cracker.
Was "Renewal" a perfect episode? No. Logan getting that emotionally invested over a deceased person he barely knew takes some swallowing and is not usually in Logan's tough nature. Before anybody scoffs at this, this is to say that he has more than once gotten very affected by deaths, think Greevey's sudden murder in the Season 2 opener for the original 'Law and Order', but that was more realistic in this regard.
Did feel too that the ending was on the slightly anti-climactic side.
However, everything else works extremely well. On the most part, seeing a different side to Logan, with him as a more tortured individual behind the tough exterior of the detective, was very interesting and executed extremely well. Chris Noth's performance has a lot to thank for that, after seeing his more intense persona and his dry humour seeing a softer and more emotional side was poignant. He was always a strength throughout his time on the show and he moved me here. Julianne Nicholson is a subtle, sympathetic partner without being too low key, and having Eames here with her sass and subtly no-nonsense approach was a masterstroke and contrasted beautifully.
The case is tautly paced and has some clever, plausible and not too predictable turns. Brooke Tansley is absolutely chilling as one of the most amoral characters of the latter seasons of 'Criminal Intent'. The production values are slick and professional, not ever resorting to cheap or untested gimmicks or anything, and liked that the photography was intimate without it being claustrophobic. The music is haunting in the right places and isn't constant or too loud. The direction is strong.
Concluding, very good if not quite going out on a bang. 8/10
"Renewal" is one of the very good ones and is a worthy season finale, that is most interesting for Logan's character development. Compared to other Season 6 episodes, "Renewal" fares very favourably and is infinitely better than the previous Logan and Wheeler episode "Bombshell". It is though not near as good as "Endgame", which actually felt more like a season finale than this and in retrospect should have been. Very good but not a cracker.
Was "Renewal" a perfect episode? No. Logan getting that emotionally invested over a deceased person he barely knew takes some swallowing and is not usually in Logan's tough nature. Before anybody scoffs at this, this is to say that he has more than once gotten very affected by deaths, think Greevey's sudden murder in the Season 2 opener for the original 'Law and Order', but that was more realistic in this regard.
Did feel too that the ending was on the slightly anti-climactic side.
However, everything else works extremely well. On the most part, seeing a different side to Logan, with him as a more tortured individual behind the tough exterior of the detective, was very interesting and executed extremely well. Chris Noth's performance has a lot to thank for that, after seeing his more intense persona and his dry humour seeing a softer and more emotional side was poignant. He was always a strength throughout his time on the show and he moved me here. Julianne Nicholson is a subtle, sympathetic partner without being too low key, and having Eames here with her sass and subtly no-nonsense approach was a masterstroke and contrasted beautifully.
The case is tautly paced and has some clever, plausible and not too predictable turns. Brooke Tansley is absolutely chilling as one of the most amoral characters of the latter seasons of 'Criminal Intent'. The production values are slick and professional, not ever resorting to cheap or untested gimmicks or anything, and liked that the photography was intimate without it being claustrophobic. The music is haunting in the right places and isn't constant or too loud. The direction is strong.
Concluding, very good if not quite going out on a bang. 8/10
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- Mar 18, 2021
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