Law & Order: Criminal Intent 

This third Law & Order series involves the criminal justice system from the criminal's point of view.

Creators:

Rene Balcer, Dick Wolf

Stars:

Kathryn Erbe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jamey Sheridan

5 wins & 19 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Kathryn Erbe	...	Alexandra Eames 144 episodes, 2001-2011
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Robert Goren 141 episodes, 2001-2011
Jamey Sheridan	...	James Deakins 111 episodes, 2001-2006
Courtney B. Vance	...	Ron Carver 111 episodes, 2001-2006
Leslie Hendrix	...	Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers 110 episodes, 2001-2011
Eric Bogosian	...	Danny Ross 61 episodes, 2006-2010

Storyline

This show centers on the NYPD's Major Case Squad (and the offbeat, Sherlock Holmes-like Detective Robert Goren) in its efforts to stop the worst criminal offenders in New York. It also puts a new twist to the "Law & Order" formula: now, in each episode, we see the crimes as they are planned and committed.

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Plot Keywords:

copaganda | detective | new york city | ampersand in series title | judicial system | 

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Taglines:

Where intellect defies evil.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Channel 5 [UK] NBC [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 September 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Law & Order: CI

Filming Locations:

Clinton Diner, Maspeth, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Studios USA Television, Universal Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the only New York City-based Law & Order series in which Sam Waterston (Jack McCoy) and Richard Belzer (John Munch) did not appear.

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Goofs

Several of the cases shown would clearly be under the purview of the NY State Police or even the FBI. Major Case would be limited to cases which were committed inside the city of New York.

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Quotes

Captain James Deakins: We need to go public.

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Connections

Follows Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)

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Soundtracks

There's Only Me
(Instrumental)
Written by Rob Dougan

User Reviews

Not the "Law & order" I loved to watch.

After a while, I finally got annoyed with "Criminal Intent". The main character, Detective Robert Goren, is all-wise, all-knowing, can give a psychiatric diagnosis in an instant, finds clues right away, regularly breaks suspects when there is no evidence available, etc. All this with his "stuttering" approach that just looks like bad acting.

You can make one or two episodes as described above, but you just can't make all of them that way. Makes me feel I'm watching the same episode all over again.

The original Law & Order, and even SVU series always gave me impression of real events being behind the episodes. Not CI series. Stopped watching it.