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The Best Episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 7

Every episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 7!

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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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"Amends" is the best rated episode of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" season 7. It scored 8.7/10 based on 392 votes. Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño and written by Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Siobhan Byrne O'Connor, it aired on 10/4/2007. This episode is rated 1.2 points higher than the second-best, "Seeds".

  • Amends
    8.7/10392 votes

    #1 - Amends

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2007

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

    Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño

    Writer: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Siobhan Byrne O'Connor

  • Seeds
    7.5/10283 votes

    #2 - Seeds

    Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2007

    Genetics drive the murder of a doctor and the subsequent investigation.

    Director: Jean de Segonzac

    Writer: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta

  • Smile
    7.9/10303 votes

    #3 - Smile

    Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2007

    When a dentist is murdered by the mother of one of his patients, Goren and Eames follow the trail of evidence to a company that appears to have been the victim of a criminal conspiracy involving contaminated mouthwash.

    Director: Michael Smith

    Writer: Warren Leight, Charlie Rubin

  • Lonelyville
    8.1/10301 votes

    #4 - Lonelyville

    Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2007

    When a dead woman is found tied up in a motel room, Logan and Falacci follow the leads to a lonely writer.

    Director: Constantine Makris

    Writer: Julie Martin, Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta

  • Depths
    7.8/10291 votes

    #5 - Depths

    Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2007

    Terrorism is initially suspected after the body of a young Arabic diver washes up on the shore, but Goren and Eames soon learn that the victim was part of a trio of con artists that were working as salvagers for a wealthy local man.

    Director: Norberto Barba

    Writer: Warren Leight, Dick Wolf, Diana Son

  • Courtship
    7.7/10272 votes

    #6 - Courtship

    Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2007

    A private investigator is at the heart of the murder of a judge's wife.

    Director: Jean de Segonzac

    Writer: Julie Martin, Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta

  • Self-made
    7.8/10283 votes

    #7 - Self-made

    Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2007

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

    Director: Ken Girotti

    Writer: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta

  • Offense
    7.7/10280 votes

    #8 - Offense

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2007

    A rape trial goes wrong when a witness is killed, but the likely suspects – the football team members accused of the rape – turn out not so likely, and attention turns towards an attorney.

    Director: Tom DiCillo

    Writer: Julie Martin, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta

  • Untethered
    8.6/10421 votes

    #9 - Untethered

    Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/2007

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

    Director: Ken Girotti

    Writer: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Diana Son, Charlie Rubin

  • Senseless
    8.3/10328 votes

    #10 - Senseless

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/2007

    Logan and Falacci investigate the execution-style murder of three young college freshmen.

    Director: Jean de Segonzac

    Writer: Julie Martin, Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta

  • Purgatory
    8.5/10362 votes

    #11 - Purgatory

    Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 6/8/2008

    Still on leave from the force, approached in a bar after a confrontation, and pondering his future, Goren meets another officer on suspension (Winters) who makes him an interesting job offer. Goren decides to tip the balance in his favor with an undercover operation.

    Director: Jean de Segonzac, Jesús Salvador Treviño

    Writer: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Siobhan Byrne O'Connor

  • Contract
    7.9/10273 votes

    #12 - Contract

    Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 6/15/2008

    A gossip columnist who used his insider knowledge to feed his habit is murdered, which leaves Wheeler and Logan to work through a list of suspects that grows longer the more they probe his life.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf

  • Betrayed
    8.2/10301 votes

    #13 - Betrayed

    Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 6/22/2008

    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.

    Director: Michael Smith

    Writer: Diana Son

  • Assassin
    7.8/10256 votes

    #14 - Assassin

    Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 6/29/2008

    A Sri Lankan Tamil activist survives an assassination attempt at JFK when she returns from her house arrest in Sri Lanka. When members of her close circle are also targeted, the investigation puts Logan and Wheeler on the trail of a Canadian gun-for-hire in a race to catch the killer before it's too late.

    Director: Norberto Barba

    Writer: Julie Martin, Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Eric Overmyer

  • Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger
    8.2/10320 votes

    #15 - Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger

    Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 7/6/2008

    Three murders lead to a preschool with an exclusive and long waiting list.

    Director: Kevin Bray

    Writer: Warren Leight

  • Reunion
    7.7/10325 votes

    #16 - Reunion

    Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 7/13/2008

    The murder of a television show host may be linked to her former avocation as a groupie to a famous musician, putting him and his family right at the top of the suspect list, along with her son and assistant.

    Director: Jean de Segonzac

    Writer: Warren Leight

  • Vanishing Act
    8.1/10317 votes

    #17 - Vanishing Act

    Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 7/20/2008

    A well-known magician disappears during a live-burial stunt, only to appear miles away and dead in the middle of his mentor's gag. Goren and Eames' investigation takes them deep into the secretive world of magic as they unravel the magician's final act to find a murderer.

    Director: Peter Werner

    Writer: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf

  • Ten Count
    7.6/10245 votes

    #18 - Ten Count

    Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 7/27/2008

    A boxer celebrating his victory is shot to death, and when it turns out the victim is the brother of a young man Logan mentored he commits himself and Wheeler to solving the crime. Unfortunately, as he and Wheeler explore the world of amateur boxing, secrets and betrayals complicate the case.

    Director: Alex Chapple

    Writer: Julie Martin, Warren Leight

  • Legacy
    8.0/10304 votes

    #19 - Legacy

    Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 8/3/2008

    When a student dies at an exclusive private school, the investigation uncovers an online community that may have overtaken the school with its fixation on grades and secrets.

    Director: Betty Kaplan

    Writer: Warren Leight

  • Neighborhood Watch
    7.7/10272 votes

    #20 - Neighborhood Watch

    Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 8/10/2008

    Wheeler and Logan investigate the murder of a man found decapitated, mutilated and stabbed in Maspeth Creek, a neighborhood that did not welcome him.

    Director: Kevin Bray

    Writer: Warren Leight, Eric Overmyer

  • Last Rites
    8.6/10345 votes

    #21 - Last Rites

    Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 8/17/2008

    Logan jeopardizes his and Wheeler's careers when a priest convinces him to re-open a murder case that's over a decade old which involves a politically-aspiring ADA who will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.

    Director: Tom DiCillo

    Writer: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Siobhan Byrne O'Connor

  • Frame
    9.0/10500 votes

    #22 - Frame

    Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 8/24/2008

    Bobby is visited by the past when he finds a picture at his mother's grave indicating an old nemesis has returned, and the case only gets more complex when his brother and a mentor reappear.

    Director: Norberto Barba

    Writer: N/A