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The Best Episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1

Every episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the...

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  1. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Enemy Within

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    S1:E10

    The death of an eccentric banker in his nintieth floor apartment leads the detectives to investigate his professional contacts and family members.

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  2. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - The Faithful

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    S1:E4

    Goren and Eames investigate the death of church sexton Morris Abernathy but soon find their chief suspect, Kevin Donovan, dead in his apartment. After realising that someone performed last rites over Donovan's body, the police realise that a priest was involved in the murder, and are led to a priest who has been desperately trying to keep a twenty-year-old secret hidden. Goren risks the prosecution's case by protecting an innocent third party who could lose everything if their own secret comes out.

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  3. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Pardoner's Tale

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    S1:E8

    The deaths of a reporter and his fiancée, gunned down on orders, leads the detectives to investigate political bribery involving the governor's office, which Deakins isn't pleased with.

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  4. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Crazy

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    S1:E12

    A psychiatrist who provides expert testimony at criminal trials lays down an insanity defense to hide his obsession for his younger girlfriend after revealing to her that he hired a corrupt detective to murder her brother-in-law at his son's Bar Mitzvah after alleged reports that her niece had been abused by him.

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  5. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Insider

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    S1:E13

    When the father of a young woman who has been out all night clubbing is found dead in his boat house, Goren and Eames investigate the mysterious club owner only to realise that he is an undercover FBI agent and that the Bureau will not risk their undercover operation even to stop a killer.

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  6. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Semi-Professional

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    S1:E15

    The detectives investigate the murder of a judge's clerk, with their attention initially going to the judge himself, who had been having an affair with the young woman.

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  8. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Phantom

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    S1:E16

    The detectives investigate a slain bank robber and check out his sister, who is involved with a bogus United Nations economist. As the detectives close in on the suspect, Goren learns the suspect wants his children's approval and must stop him before any more murders.

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  9. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Yesterday

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    S1:E18

    When the well-preserved body of a woman tortured and murdered twenty years earlier appears on the banks of the Bronx River, chemical residue on the body leads Goren and Eames to the basement of the house in which the body had originally been buried and to the junkie whose parents owned the home. When the junkie ends up murdered as well, their investigation focuses on his college classmate, a man with a history of drugging and sexually assaulting women.

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  10. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Smothered

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    S1:E3

    After the body of Lois Romney is found in a hotel room, Goren and Eames link her to Dale Van Acker, a junkie and the son of wealthy scion Priscilla Van Acker. Van Acker strongly disapproved of her son's pregnant fiancée, which leads Goren and Eames to suspect she may have wanted to get rid of the girl on a permanent basis.

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  11. 7.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Badge

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    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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  12. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Art

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    S1:E2

    When a museum curator and an art authenticator are found dead in what was set up to look like a murder-suicide, Goren and Eames follow the clues and realise that the deaths are linked to the sale of numerous art forgeries. Their investigation hits a dead end when they're unable to locate the forger until Goren seeks the help of another forger.

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  13. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Poison

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    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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  14. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Tuxedo Hill

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    S1:E22

    When Goren and Eames investigate the murder of a man linked to a corporate finance officer, they uncover a stock manipulation scheme which enriched the corporate executives by defrauding investors.

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  15. 7.3/10(3 votes)

    #14 - The Extra Man

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    S1:E6

    When a European con man is found beaten to death, the detectives look for the investors he swindled, learning quickly that the man also had relations with their wives.

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  16. 7.3/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Faith

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    S1:E21

    When a wealthy publisher is murdered to prevent him from exposing an elaborate confidence game that enveloped him, his company and one of his editors, Goren and Eames run their own con to extract a confession from the killer.

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  17. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - One

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    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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  18. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Good Doctor

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    S1:E9

    A plastic surgeon reports his drug-abusing wife missing, and ends up being the prime suspect after detectives learn he had good reason to want her out of his life.

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  19. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Homo Homini Lupis

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    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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  20. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Seizure

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    S1:E17

    When the body of a bisexual young woman is found slain, Goren and Eames note the similarities between her death and a number of murders committed by a convicted serial killer, turning their attention to a human-behavior researcher.

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  21. 6.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - The Third Horseman

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    S1:E11

    The killing of an abortion doctor who was shot in his own apartment sends the detectives on a search for the sniper before someone else becomes the next victim. Carver worries that the case will end up being all about abortion rights.

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  22. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Maledictus

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    S1:E19

    Goren and Eames investigate the murder of a Russian mob princess, initially believing she may have been slain in a revenge act against her father, but their attention later turns to a classmate who could be destroyed by the woman's upcoming tell-all book.

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  23. 5.8/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Jones

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    S1:E5

    The detectives become suspicious when an abusive lawyer's girlfriends keep turning up dead, but his wife stonewalls the investigation.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Enemy Within" is the best rated episode of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" season 1. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by John David Coles and written by David Black, Dick Wolf, René Balcer, it aired on 12/9/2001. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Faithful".