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The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 11 - Lost Children of the Blood
    6.8/10(302 votes)

    #1 - Lost Children of the Blood

    S9:E11

    The body of a bright young college student is found completely drained of blood. What appears to be a sex game gone wrong leads to a world of underground clubs, blood dealers, and a fanatical cult who believe themselves immortal.

    Director:John David Coles
    Writer:Christine Bailey

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  2. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 14 - Palimpsest
    6.9/10(364 votes)

    #2 - Palimpsest

    S9:E14

    Nichols takes a very personal interest in a case that turns out to have many layers when an old friend is murdered, and somehow the reclusive book dealer's troubled daughter is also involved.

    Director:Darnell Martin
    Writer:Mark Malone

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  3. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 15 - Inhumane Society
    7.1/10(268 votes)

    #3 - Inhumane Society

    S9:E15

    A boxer's career is derailed when authorities discover he leads a dog fighting ring.

    Director:Michael Smith
    Writers:Courtney Parker, Geoffrey Thorne

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  4. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 9 - Traffic
    7.2/10(265 votes)

    #4 - Traffic

    S9:E9

    The murder of a magazine editor reveals his predilection for young girls, leaving Nichols and Stevens investigating not only his staff, but a Russian prostitution ring.

    Director:Christopher Zalla
    Writer:Antoinette Stella

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  5. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 13 - The Mobster Will See You Now
    7.2/10(255 votes)

    #5 - The Mobster Will See You Now

    S9:E13

    A government official blackmails two doctors for overcharging patients before he is killed. The doctors have another secret to protect, however, and worry that someone will find out mobsters financed their practice.

    Director:Jean de Segonzac
    Writer:Michael Angeli

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  6. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 4 Episode 5 - Eosphoros
    7.3/10(377 votes)

    #6 - Eosphoros

    S4:E5

    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.

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 6 Episode 20 - Bombshell
    7.3/10(342 votes)

    #7 - Bombshell

    S6:E20

    A woman who married a billionaire winds up dead under mysterious circumstances shortly after her son dies.

    Director:Darnell Martin
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 Episode 13 - All In
    7.3/10(314 votes)

    #8 - All In

    S8:E13

    When poker genius Josh Snow loses $80,000 in a card game, backer and bookie Lou Cardinale forces him into collections to work off the losses. Lou gives him a .38 and a box of blanks to extract gambling debts, and sends along his mistress, Angela, to keep an eye on the money. Detectives Goren and Eames enter an elaborate game where they must join in the play, or be played.

    Director:David Manson
    Writers:Dick Wolf, René Balcer

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  9. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 4 - Delicate
    7.3/10(330 votes)

    #9 - Delicate

    S9:E4

    The detectives find themselves in the cutthroat world of professional ballet as they investigate the murder of the star ballerina at a conservatory.

    Director:Tom DiCillo
    Writer:Nicole Mirante-Matthews

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  10. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 6 Episode 7 - Country Crossover
    7.4/10(323 votes)

    #10 - Country Crossover

    S6:E7

    Logan and Wheeler must sort through multiple motives as they investigate an award-winning music producer's death.

    Director:Bill L. Norton
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 6 Episode 10 - Weeping Willow
    7.4/10(399 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.

    Director:Tom DiCillo
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 6 Episode 14 - Flipped
    7.4/10(336 votes)

    #12 - Flipped

    S6:E14

    A rap artist is shot after a radio interview, and the only witness is an undercover cop whose task force specializes in rap-world crimes.

    Director:Jim McKay
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 7 Episode 2 - Seeds
    7.4/10(324 votes)

    #13 - Seeds

    S7:E2

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

    Director:Jean de Segonzac
    Writers:Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Stephanie Sengupta

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  14. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 Episode 2 - Rock Star
    7.4/10(367 votes)

    #14 - Rock Star

    S8:E2

    Det. Zach Nichols' first case involves the murder of an artist, but it's unclear whether the neighborhood he lived in was a factor in his death, or something more personal.

    Director:Bill D'Elia
    Writers:Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Ed Zuckerman

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  15. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 Episode 8 - The Glory That Was...
    7.4/10(179 votes)

    #15 - The Glory That Was...

    S8:E8

    A former Olympian now working in the Belgian consulate is killed. Her death is soon linked to an aspiring Olympian, a blackmail DVD, and the owner of a private security firm.

    Director:Norberto Barba
    Writers:Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Robert Nathan

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  16. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 Episode 10 - Salome in Manhattan
    7.4/10(328 votes)

    #16 - Salome in Manhattan

    S8:E10

    A celebrity chef's star is on the rise as he plans the opening of a trendy restaurant with powerful partners. Yet his world is upended when his tabloid-friendly, gorgeous girlfriend and business partner is killed under mysterious circumstances. Detectives Nichols and Wheeler enter the seductive world of power and privilege and discover desperation and murder.

    Director:Steve Shill
    Writers:Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Andrew Lipsitz

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  17. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 Episode 12 - Passion
    7.4/10(283 votes)

    #17 - Passion

    S8:E12

    Egocentric poet Jacob Garrety would do anything to keep his poetry journal, The Village Quarterly, afloat. When foundation president Don McCallum shows up and announces he is cutting funding to the journal, Jacob appeals to assistant and lover Lauren to use her sexuality to change Don's mind. Though reluctant, she agrees. While Jacob enjoys the advances of arts patron Sandra Dunbar at a poetry reading, Lauren carries out Jacob's wish, and winds up dead on the street. Detectives Nichols and Wheeler discover the deadly passion that exists behind the arts.

    Director:Jonathan Herron
    Writers:Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Michael S. Chernuchin

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  18. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 8 - Love on Ice
    7.4/10(272 votes)

    #18 - Love on Ice

    S9:E8

    Four men who have been friends since high school discover they're being blackmailed over the death of another childhood friend. When one of the four turns up dead, it's up to Nichols and Stevens to uncover the truth behind a 22-year-old mystery.

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writers:David Klass, James Steven Sadwith

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  19. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 3 Episode 10 - F.P.S.
    7.5/10(386 votes)

    #19 - F.P.S.

    S3:E10

    Goren reaches into his own experience working with a partner to solve the murder of a gamer who appears to be connected to a network of thieves using spyware to commit fraud. Eames gives birth.

    Director:Darnell Martin
    Writers:Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta

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  20. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 3 Episode 11 - Mad Hops
    7.5/10(389 votes)

    #20 - Mad Hops

    S3:E11

    The murder of a private investigator, who was tracking down the whereabouts of a prominent high school basketball player, has the detectives searching the local courts to discover a link to gamblers and college recruiters until they learn that several other prominent players were transferred to the same school - one with a championship tradition.

    Director:Christopher Swartout
    Writers:Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta

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  21. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 3 Episode 18 - Ill-Bred
    7.5/10(364 votes)

    #21 - Ill-Bred

    S3:E18

    A stable worker resorts to heroin smuggling, deception, extortion, and murder to finance the purchase of the farm and foundation stallion that will provide a leg up on the horse set social ladder.

    Director:Steve Shill
    Writer:Dick Wolf

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  22. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 4 Episode 10 - View from up Here
    7.5/10(392 votes)

    #22 - View from up Here

    S4:E10

    A nanny confesses to a murder and an attempted murder that she claims God told her to commit. The link is that both victims lived in the same building, which was poorly constructed, and were rumored to be having an affair.

    Director:Alex Chapple
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 4 Episode 23 - False-Hearted Judges
    7.5/10(337 votes)

    #23 - False-Hearted Judges

    S4:E23

    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, the other is an appellate court judge. After investigating the judges more thoroughly, Goren and Eames realise 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.

    Director:Jean de Segonzac
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 5 Episode 9 - Scared Crazy
    7.5/10(376 votes)

    #24 - Scared Crazy

    S5:E9

    After Aidan Grant, an employee for a local computer company, is found dead, Goren and Eames investigate, initially believing that Grant was murdered because of a business deal gone wrong involving biometrics, lip-reading, the company Ubicool and the military, but their investigations lead them to a young man named Robbie who worked in the office opposite Ubicool. Goren soon realises that Robbie isn't fully in control of his actions and suspects his therapist, Dr. Pynchon, of wrong-doing, but Carver wants them to get the answers from Robbie no matter what they need to do.

    Director:Marisol Adler
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 7 Episode 18 - Ten Count
    7.5/10(282 votes)

    #25 - Ten Count

    S7:E18

    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:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Lost Children of the Blood" is the worst rated episode of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent". It scored 6.8/10 based on 302 votes. Directed by John David Coles and written by Christine Bailey, it aired on 6/8/2010. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Palimpsest".