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The Worst Episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent

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The Worst 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 Lost Children Of The Blood
    6.9/10(284 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Palimpsest
    6.9/10(341 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Inhumane Society
    7.1/10(255 votes)

    #3 - Inhumane Society

    S9:E15

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

    Director:Michael Smith
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Traffic
    7.2/10(251 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for The Mobster Will See You Now
    7.2/10(240 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.

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  6. Background image for Bombshell
    7.3/10(323 votes)

    #6 - Bombshell

    S6:E20

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

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  8. Background image for The Glory That Was...
    7.3/10(171 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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  9. Background image for All In
    7.3/10(300 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.

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  10. Background image for Eosphoros
    7.4/10(353 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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  11. Background image for Country Crossover
    7.4/10(300 votes)

    #10 - Country Crossover

    S6:E7

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

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  12. Background image for Flipped
    7.4/10(318 votes)

    #11 - 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:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Seeds
    7.4/10(304 votes)

    #12 - Seeds

    S7:E2

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

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  14. Background image for Salome In Manhattan
    7.4/10(313 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  15. Background image for Passion
    7.4/10(268 votes)

    #14 - 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:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Delicate
    7.4/10(314 votes)

    #15 - 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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Love On Ice
    7.4/10(259 votes)

    #16 - 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
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Mad Hops
    7.5/10(366 votes)

    #17 - 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.

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  19. Background image for Ill-Bred
    7.5/10(344 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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  20. Background image for View from up Here
    7.5/10(370 votes)

    #19 - 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
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  21. Background image for Scared Crazy
    7.5/10(358 votes)

    #20 - 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:Unknown
    Writer:Diana Son
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  22. Background image for Weeping Willow
    7.5/10(377 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. Background image for Rock Star
    7.5/10(348 votes)

    #22 - 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.

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  24. Background image for Astoria Helen
    7.5/10(275 votes)

    #23 - Astoria Helen

    S8:E6

    Nicholas and Wheeler investigate when the partner of a con man who used his charm to scheme a lonely single mother, is found dead.

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  25. Background image for Alpha Dog
    7.5/10(286 votes)

    #24 - Alpha Dog

    S8:E15

    A popular male model spends the night with a mysterious woman and after a night of love and drugs, is found dead. Goren and Eames uncover the sexual paranoia behind the murder.

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  26. Background image for Gods & Insects
    7.5/10(275 votes)

    #25 - Gods & Insects

    S9:E5

    A body that's been decapitated, initially thought to be a mob hit, leads Detectives Nichols and Stevens to an escort service and the financial would-be gods who utilize it.

    Director: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 6.9/10 based on 284 votes. Directed by John David Coles and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/8/2010. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Palimpsest".