Episodes
See also: List of Law & Order: Criminal Intent episodes| Season no. |
Series no. |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
U.S. Viewers (million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67 | "Semi-Detached" | Frank Prinzi | René Balcer & Gerry Conway |
September 26, 2004 (2004-09-26) | E5404 | 12.67 |
| The investigation into the deaths of a shock jock and the housekeeper who supplied the pain killers to which he was once addicted leads Goren and Eames to a detox clinic staff member whose mental illness hits Goren close to home. | |||||||
| 2 | 68 | "The Posthumous Collection" | Jean de Segonzac | René Balcer & Marlane Gomard Meyer |
October 3, 2004 (2004-10-03) | E4525 | 11.00 |
| The investigation into the death of a famous photographer leads to the discovery of multiple homicides committed by the collaborator on his latest project, who was attempting to exorcise demons from his past through an artistic expression the photographer soon found intolerable. | |||||||
| 3 | 69 | "Want" | Frank Prinzi | René Balcer & Elizabeth Benjamin |
October 10, 2004 (2004-10-10) | E5407 | 12.81 |
| After he gets into the head of John Tagman (guest star Neil Patrick Harris), a man driven to torture, murder, and cannibalism by overwhelming despair and loneliness, Goren surprises his colleagues with a passionate plea that the man be spared the death penalty, and engineers the confession that will save the man's life through a plea bargain. | |||||||
| 4 | 70 | "Great Barrier" | Frank Prinzi | René Balcer & Diana Son |
October 17, 2004 (2004-10-17) | E5402 | 11.92 |
| When Goren and Eames search for a jewel thief who murdered her accomplice, they discover that the clever larcenies are the brainchild of her lover, Nicole Wallace (special guest star Olivia d'Abo), Goren's long-standing nemesis. As the detectives delve into the personal and working relationships between the two women, they uncover a plot to cause the death of Wallace's ex-husband, the only person who can lead them to evidence of the very first murder Wallace committed. | |||||||
| 5 | 71 | "Eosphoros" | Alex Zakrzewski | René Balcer & Stephanie Sengupta |
October 24, 2004 (2004-10-24) | E5401 | 12.40 |
| When Goren and Eames investigate the death of a prominent atheist and her kidnappers, they discover that the crime, fueled by a need for sympathy and publicity as well as greed, began close to home. | |||||||
| 6 | 72 | "In the Dark" | Alex Chapple | René Balcer & Jim Sterling |
October 31, 2004 (2004-10-31) | E5403 | 11.51 |
| During the investigation into the deaths of several homeless people, Goren and Eames uncover a series of frauds that lead them to a woman in the early stages of dementia and the man who is willing to commit murder to demonstrate his devotion for her. | |||||||
| 7 | 73 | "Magnificat" | Frank Prinzi | René Balcer & Diana Son |
November 7, 2004 (2004-11-07) | E5414 | 11.53 |
| Goren and Eames are frustrated when the law has no provision for the arrest of a man whose abusive control of his family and neglect of his severely depressed wife led her to several murder-suicide attempts that he did nothing to prevent, which eventually resulted in the deaths of three of his sons. | |||||||
| 8 | 74 | "Silver Lining" | Kevin Dowling | René Balcer & Marlane Gomard Meyer |
November 14, 2004 (2004-11-14) | E5409 | 15.16 |
| A master thief who specializes in stealing antique silver from wealthy families across the country is finally captured after his pregnant wife takes desperate measures when an appraiser threatens to ruin her white-picket-fence dreams of the future. | |||||||
| 9 | 75 | "Inert Dwarf" | Alex Chapple | René Balcer & Warren Leight |
November 21, 2004 (2004-11-21) | E5408 | 13.47 |
| A world-renowned physicist resorts to murder to avoid being humiliated by his failure to prove a controversial theory of quantum physics for which he has spent his career espousing. | |||||||
| 10 | 76 | "View from up Here" | Alex Chapple | René Balcer & Jim Sterling |
January 2, 2005 (2005-01-02) | E5410 | 14.85 |
| A nanny confesses to a murder and an attempted murder that she claims God told her to commit. The common links were both victims had lived in the same poorly constructed building and they were rumored to be having an affair. | |||||||
| 11 | 77 | "Gone" | Christopher Swartout | René Balcer & Stephanie Sengupta |
January 9, 2005 (2005-01-09) | E5406 | 13.23 |
| Goren matches wits with a one-time chess prodigy who has become a fugitive when the body of a young woman is found tossed in the trash. | |||||||
| 12 | 78 | "Collective" | Frank Prinzi | René Balcer & Gerry Conway |
January 30, 2005 (2005-01-30) | E5411 | 14.26 |
| A female con artist who frequented fantasy conventions is found dead, and the reason can only be discovered in the stifling confines of the small literary fandom to which her latest victim belonged. | |||||||
| 13 | 79 | "Stress Position" | Frank Prinzi | René Balcer, Warren Leight & Charlie Rubin |
February 13, 2005 (2005-02-13) | E5416 | 13.53 |
| When a prison guard is murdered, Eames and Goren investigate, only to discover they've riled the feathers of Mike Logan (special guest star Chris Noth), a Staten Island police officer who happens to be dating the nurse at the prison. Logan joins the duo to find out exactly what is happening at the prison. | |||||||
| 14 | 80 | "Sex Club" | Alex Chapple | René Balcer & Elizabeth Benjamin |
February 20, 2005 (2005-02-20) | E5415 | 9.04 |
| When Goren and Eames investigate the death of the new owner of a "little black book" once belonging to legendary playboy George Merritt, they uncover the marital indiscretions of a U.S. Senatorial candidate involving sex clubs. | |||||||
| 15 | 81 | "Death Roe" | Rick Wallace | René Balcer & Warren Leight |
March 13, 2005 (2005-03-13) | E5405 | 15.72 |
| After a food critic is found beaten to death, Goren and Eames turn their suspicion to the chef at the last restaurant she visited. Unfortunately, Joshua Mailer has also gone missing, and their investigation then turns to his father-in-law, the owner and head chef of another very popular restaurant in the city. An off-the-cuff comment tips Goren off to the fact that not all is well in the Onorato household. | |||||||
| 16 | 82 | "Ex Stasis" | Bill L. Norton | René Balcer & Diana Son |
March 20, 2005 (2005-03-20) | E5419 | 12.35 |
| When a young woman is shot during an unscheduled appointment, Goren and Eames investigate her death and learn she had received a kidney transplant a few years earlier. Initially, they believe Vanessa Nikos may have been killed so her organs could be harvested, but soon learn her death was more closely connected with the organ she initially received from living donor Boyce Wainwright. When her shooter, who is also awaiting an organ transplant, is found dead, the police realize that they're onto something. | |||||||
| 17 | 83 | "Shibboleth" | Darnell Martin | René Balcer & Stephanie Sengupta |
March 27, 2005 (2005-03-27) | E5418 | 10.70 |
| When Phoebe Morton is murdered while on the phone with a 9-1-1 operator, Goren and Eames take the case and soon realize that Morton is one of five women murdered with a similar connection: the killer known as Body By Jake (B.B.J.). Their investigation leads them to Keith Durbin, a recently released parolee who appears to be a perfect suspect. Goren has his suspicions about Durbin, who doesn't seem to Goren to be the right suspect. When they learn there are similar earlier murders, Goren and Eames focus their attention on a new suspect, and realize that, although he's not guilty, Durbin is the key. | |||||||
| 18 | 84 | "The Good Child" | Jean de Segonzac | René Balcer & Marlane Gomard Meyer |
April 3, 2005 (2005-04-03) | E5421 | 12.98 |
| After Dennis and Camille Burnett are found murdered in their home, the only survivor is their twenty-year-old daughter, Rachel. Because the Burnetts had been in the witness protection program, Goren and Eames initially suspect someone connected with a crime family had the Burnetts killed. The detectives soon realize that the connection isn't the parents; it's the daughter. Suspicion then turns to the daughter's biological parents and her birth father's very jealous wife. | |||||||
| 19 | 85 | "Beast" | Frank Prinzi | René Balcer & Gina Gionfriddo |
April 10, 2005 (2005-04-10) | E5420 | 10.94 |
| When Lisa Ross is brought into the emergency room with a severe case of chloracne, suspicion quickly turns to her husband Greg, a well-known dentist, especially after she dies. During their investigation, Goren and Eames hear whispers about Lisa's infidelities, but the real break comes when they learn that Lisa was not the first woman to whom Greg Ross had been connected who had died of the same symptoms. | |||||||
| 20 | 86 | "No Exit" | Jean de Segonzac | René Balcer & Gerry Conway |
May 1, 2005 (2005-05-01) | E5423 | 11.60 |
| When five young people are found dead by the railroad tracks, Goren and Eames initially write them off as suicides until their investigation reveals one of the victims had no desire to be part of a suicide pact. Although they begin looking into a website that gives instructions on how to commit suicide, the investigation leads the detectives to the unsolved suicide of one of the victim's co-workers, who had once testified against the company in a harassment suit. | |||||||
| 21 | 87 | "The Unblinking Eye" | Frank Prinzi | René Balcer & Jim Sterling |
May 8, 2005 (2005-05-08) | E5424 | 11.54 |
| After a young actress is gunned down after an evening out with her boyfriend, Goren and Eames initially focus their attention on a young man who had showed an unusual interest in the couple, but soon realize that there is more to this case than meets the eye. A jealous and seemingly obsessive ex-girlfriend, a best friend who never made it as an actor, and a grieving boyfriend who seems too good to be true lead Goren and Eames down another path, one where the key to exposing the truth about the present depends on exposing the lies of the past. | |||||||
| 22 | 88 | "My Good Name" | Alex Zakrzewski | René Balcer & Warren Leight |
May 15, 2005 (2005-05-15) | E5422 | 10.32 |
| When the body of a man is found and it soon becomes obvious the body has been moved, Eames and Goren investigate the death of Walter Czabo, whose wife has been sleeping with a decorated former police officer who happens to have close ties to Deakins. The suspects start piling up, starting with Frank Adair (guest star Michael Rispoli) and leading to his controlling publicist, but as long as Deakins lacks good, hard proof, he is reluctant to go after his friend, who wields a lot of local influence. | |||||||
| 23 | 89 | "False-Hearted Judges" | Jean de Segonzac | René Balcer & Diana Son |
May 25, 2005 (2005-05-25) | E5426 | 14.98 |
| It's open season in New York when not one but two powerful judges are executed. At first they seem to have no connection; one was a family court judge whose entire family was attacked and the other is an appellate court judge. After investigating the judges more thoroughly, Goren and Eames realize that their first set of suspects was simply a smokescreen, and there is a far more insidious threat. Their investigation leads them to a non-custodial father who has a beef with the court system. |
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