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The Best Episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent

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The Best Episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the...
  1. Background image for Vacancy
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Vacancy

    S5:E17

    Goren and Eames investigate after a bridesmaid, Megan, is found dead in the cheap motel room she had been sharing with Alice, another bridesmaid at their friend Tory's wedding. The two detectives start with investigating Pete and Jayson, the two guys the women had met at Brasserie Nylorac, but soon realise that Alice's story has a lot of holes in it, and the presence of cigar smoke around Megan, a young woman who hated smoking, leads Goren and Eames to suspect that the killer had a personal connection to Megan. Their investigation soon leads them to a cab driver named Lester Summerhill, whom they soon realise is an actor preparing for the ultimate role.

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    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Privilege
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Privilege

    S6:E12

    Goren and Eames uncover a deadly web of secrets when they investigate the murder of a prominent socialite's granddaughter.

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  3. Background image for In the Wee Small Hours (2)
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - In the Wee Small Hours (2)

    S5:E7

    The squad continues the investigation into the murder of a teenage girl visiting from Iowa. The detectives uncover the sordid family life of a local judge whose son is linked to the Iowa teenager and another victim. Goren and Logan discover that the judge is a formidable foe as they come under scrutiny.

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  4. Background image for Dead
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Dead

    S2:E1

    The murder of a mortician and the discovery of corpses at a crematorium lead the detectives to a family man claiming to have a consulting business but suspected of being a contract killer with a penchant for perfection. Goren attempts to prove this by setting up a scheme that puts his "fear of making a mistake" in jeopardy.

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  5. Background image for But not Forgotten
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - But not Forgotten

    S3:E4

    When a bookkeeper goes missing, Goren and Eames are led back to the death of her brother, a hitman, two years earlier. An imprisoned mobster seems to be their best bet, but when another body turns up it takes the case to a whole new level.

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    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - In the Wee Small Hours (1)

    S5:E6

    Detectives Eames, Goren, Barek, and Logan must solve a case that involves a teenage girl missing in New York City. While Barek and Logan search around for another missing girl, Eames and Goren work to uncover a mystery with a judge and his son.

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  8. Background image for Slither
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Slither

    S5:E11

    After Russ Corbett and his wife are found in a seedy hotel room, Russ dead of an overdose, Eames and Goren follow the trail of evidence to Bernard Fremont, a professional partier. With his beautiful blonde companions, Fremont insinuates himself into the lives of couples who don't know the city very well, then robs them blind. While investigating Fremont's past in Asia, Goren realises that he is the mastermind that turned Nicole Wallace into a murderer, and his most successful pupil.

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  9. Background image for Proud Flesh
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Proud Flesh

    S5:E13

    Goren and Eames investigate after Trip Slaughter III, the eldest son of radio magnate Jonas Slaughter, is found dead covered in plastic latex. Initial evidence leads detectives directly to Jonas' Chinese wife Anna, but Goren and Eames realise that the evidence leading her way is a little too pat.

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  10. Background image for Masquerade
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Masquerade

    S6:E6

    Goren and Eames revisit the Oct. 31, 1992, murder of a young beauty queen after a man who's obsessed with her confesses to the crime.

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    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Blasters

    S6:E9

    The investigation into the beating death of a former child star takes an intriguing turn when Logan and Wheeler discover that the victim had ties to the Albanian mob.

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  12. Background image for Weeping Willow
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Weeping Willow

    S6:E10

    The kidnapping of a popular video blogger and her boyfriend--which is witnessed live on the Internet--seems suspicious to Logan and Wheeler.

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  13. Background image for World's Fair
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - World's Fair

    S6:E11

    The death of a young, pregnant Pakistani woman leads Logan and Wheeler to question the man she was secretly dating, as well as both his and the victim's disapproving relatives.

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    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Players

    S6:E17

    A judge's son is found shot to death following a rapper's trial. Meanwhile, Wheeler investigates her estranged father's alleged illegal activities.

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    Director:Unknown
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    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Endgame

    S6:E21

    Goren and Eames find a scrapbook belonging to a serial killer on death row. It suggests that he may have had more victims than previously known.

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    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Amends

    S7:E1

    Eames re-opens the case into her husband's murder.

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  17. Background image for Self-made
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Self-made

    S7:E7

    Goren and Eames investigate the death of a writer, and whether her torture has ties to the 'hood she came from.

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  18. Background image for Betrayed
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Betrayed

    S7:E13

    Captain Ross loses his objectivity, and jeopardizes the case, when an old flame becomes a suspect in the disappearance of her husband and his lover.

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    Director:Michael Smith
    Writer:Diana Son
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    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Loyalty (1)

    S9:E1

    Captain Ross finds himself at the tragic center of an overseas conflict, galvanizing the assistance of Major Case detectives Goren, Eames and Nichols.

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    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Loyalty (2)

    S9:E2

    With an illegal arms deal and a hunt for Somali terrorists hanging in the balance, Detectives Goren, Eames, Nichols and newcomer Stevens combine resources in an attempt to bring justice.

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  21. Background image for Badge
    8.5/10(495 votes)

    #20 - Badge

    S1:E20

    When the murder of a city auditor and his family seems too perfect, Goren and Eames turn their attention towards law enforcement personnel after learning that the auditor was investigating a number of former cops upon suspicion of double-dipping.

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    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Sound Bodies

    S3:E8

    Goren and Bishop pursue a teenage Svengali who convinces three impressionable young girls to commit multiple homicides in the cause of a twisted philosophy.

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  23. Background image for Untethered
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Untethered

    S7:E9

    Goren investigates when his nephew, a prisoner who's bipolar, claims that inmates are being abused to the point of murder.

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  24. Background image for Homo Homini Lupis
    8.4/10(446 votes)

    #23 - Homo Homini Lupis

    S1:E14

    When an business executive's wife and two daughters are kidnapped for a loanshark because the loan hasn't been paid off, Goren and Eames are frustrated by the man's lack of cooperation, which stymies them further when the man's released daughter proves to have been sexually assaulted.

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  25. Background image for One
    8.3/10(720 votes)

    #24 - One

    S1:E1

    Goren and Eames are called in when a jewelry heist leaves behind three bodies. After ruling out mafia involvement, they realise that the thefts are directly connected to recent credit card thefts and stolen identities. They're led to an extremely charismatic thief, and their only hope is convincing one of his partners to turn on him.

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  26. Background image for Poison
    8.3/10(484 votes)

    #25 - Poison

    S1:E7

    The detectives investigate a murderer who poisons hospital victims with cyanide. They suspect a nurse whose profile is typical, but when they discover more murders away from the hospital they have to widen their search.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Vacancy" is the best rated episode of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Jean de Segonzac and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/16/2006. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Privilege".