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

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

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

Director: Jean de Segonzac

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Director: Kevin Bray

Writer: Warren Leight

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

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

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

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

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

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

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