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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 5 Episode 18 - The Healer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - The Healer

    S5:E18

    Barek and Logan investigate when the deaths of two young girls seem to be connected to a voodoo-practicing nurse. Things turn interesting when it seems the young woman has placed a voodoo curse on Logan.

    Director:Frank Prinzi
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 5 Episode 19 - Cruise to Nowhere
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Cruise to Nowhere

    S5:E19

    Goren and Eames investigate when a respected professional is found murdered in the East River, his death presumably connected to a series of gambling losses.

    Director:Marisol Adler
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 5 Episode 21 - On Fire
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - On Fire

    S5:E21

    Goren and Eames investigate a fire at St. Gerald's which led to the death of a Church employee and soon realize that an arsonist around town is targeting churches. Throughout their investigation, they realize that St. Gerald's was the arsonist's primary target, and clues lead them to Justin Reid, who had donated $100,000 to rebuild the Church, his step-mother Regina, whom they soon learn had seduced Justin when he was only a teen, and his half-brother Glynn, who works for a clean-up crew that had worked at all the churches that were burned down shortly after they were renovated. Deakins comes under fire when an e-mail surfaces that insinuates he got Martinez (from <a href="http://www.tv.com/law-and-order-criminal-intent/to-the-bone/episode/730599/summary.html">To the Bone</a>) to lie about the Logan shooting by getting him a promotion. The e-mail is soon traced back to former cop Frank Adair (from Season 4, Ep. 22 - My Good Name), who is doing time for murder.

    Director:Frank Prinzi
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 7 Episode 22 - Frame
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Frame

    S7:E22

    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:Unknown

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  5. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 7 - Love Sick
    3.0/10(3 votes)

    #5 - Love Sick

    S9:E7

    Detectives Nichols and Stevens investigate a nurse and the men who love her while looking into the death of a woman who was treated in the emergency room shortly before she was murdered.

    Director:James Hayman
    Writer:Nicole Mirante-Matthews

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  6. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 6 Episode 4 - Maltese Cross
    3.3/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Maltese Cross

    S6:E4

    Logan and Wheeler investigate a firefighter's stabbing death, a crime that took place after the victim prevented a hate crime.

    Director:Jim McKay
    Writer:Jacquelyn Reingold

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  7. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 6 Episode 7 - Country Crossover
    3.3/10(3 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 10 - Disciple
    3.5/10(4 votes)

    #8 - Disciple

    S9:E10

    A new murder fits the style of a serial killer who was executed months earlier. Stevens must figure out if the killing is a copycat crime or if she helped convict an innocent man.

    Director:Christine Moore
    Writers:Michael Angeli, Walon Green

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  9. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 6 Episode 16 - 30
    3.8/10(4 votes)

    #9 - 30

    S6:E16

    A journalist learns he has radiation poisoning and reports it to his old friend, Det. Logan, who vows to solve the case before the man dies.

    Directors:Jean de Segonzac, Andre Belgrader
    Writers:Dick Wolf, René Balcer

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  10. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 6 Episode 19 - Rocket Man
    3.8/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Rocket Man

    S6:E19

    Suspicion turns to a married astronaut after his lover is found murdered.

    Director:Michael Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 Episode 7 - Folie a Deux
    3.8/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Folie a Deux

    S8:E7

    Goren and Eames search for a young boy who vanished during a robbery at a hotel.

    Director:David Manson
    Writers:Michael S. Chernuchin, Dick Wolf, René Balcer

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  12. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 12 - True Legacy
    3.8/10(4 votes)

    #12 - True Legacy

    S9:E12

    While investigating the murder of a food truck business owner, Nichols and Stevens uncover evidence of an affair and a possible larger scandal involving a New York senator.

    Director:Yon Motskin
    Writer:Antoinette Stella

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  13. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 4 Episode 3 - Want
    4.0/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Want

    S4:E3

    After he gets into the head of an insane man driven to torture, murder, and cannibalism by overwhelming despair and loneliness, Goren surprises his colleagues with a passionate plea that the man be spared the death penalty, and engineers the confession that will save the man's life through a plea bargain.

    Director:Frank Prinzi
    Writers:Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta

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  14. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 7 Episode 8 - Offense
    4.0/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Offense

    S7:E8

    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
    Writers:Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, René Balcer

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  15. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 11 - Lost Children of the Blood
    4.0/10(4 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 5 Episode 12 - Watch
    4.2/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Watch

    S5:E12

    Logan and Barek investigate after a body is found in the ocean, having fallen from an airline wheelwell. They soon discover that she is just one in a long line of prostitutes to be beaten and murdered. Their investigation leads them to a nervous airline employee, but they just don't feel he has the courage or the violent nature to commit these crimes on his own. A family connection leads them to a second suspect, with a history of both being abused and being the abuser.

    Director:Alex Chapple
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 6 Episode 2 - Tru Love
    4.2/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Tru Love

    S6:E2

    Det. Megan Wheeler teams up with Logan on an investigation involving the murder of a womanizer.

    Director:Norberto Barba
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 8 - Love on Ice
    4.2/10(4 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 7 Episode 2 - Seeds
    4.6/10(5 votes)

    #19 - Seeds

    S7:E2

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

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

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  20. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 Episode 1 - Playing Dead
    4.8/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Playing Dead

    S8:E1

    Goren and Eames investigate a case involving a councilman's step-daughter and her boyfriend being shot. The pair of drug-addicted kids were caught up in blackmail schemes which had targeted the politically powerful family of the woman.

    Director:Michael Smith
    Writers:Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Antoinette Stella

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  21. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 Episode 11 - Lady's Man
    4.8/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Lady's Man

    S8:E11

    Goren and Eames investigate the killing of a man who became famous for dodging a murder conviction because of a mishandled trial. The man spun his notoriety into a TV show but turned up dead on his birthday.

    Director:Ken Girotti
    Writers:Michael S. Chernuchin, Dick Wolf, René Balcer

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  22. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 4 Episode 10 - View from up Here
    5.2/10(5 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 17 - Shibboleth
    5.4/10(5 votes)

    #23 - Shibboleth

    S4:E17

    When Phoebe Morton is murdered on the phone with a 911 operator, Goren and Eames take the case and soon realize Morton is one of five women murdered with a similar bent, the killer known as Body By Jake (B.B.J.). Their investigation leads them to Keith Durbin, a recently released parolee who seems to be perfect. Goren has his suspicions about Durbin, who doesn't seem right to him, and when they learn that there are similar killings going much further back, Goren and Eames soon focus their attention on a new suspect, and soon realize that even though he's not guilty, Durbin is the key.

    Director:Darnell Martin
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1 Episode 5 - Jones
    5.7/10(6 votes)

    #24 - Jones

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Frank Prinzi
    Writer:Dick Wolf

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  25. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 3 Episode 5 - Pravda
    5.7/10(6 votes)

    #25 - Pravda

    S3:E5

    Goren gets an interim partner when Eames goes on maternity leave, and focuses his investigation of a murder on a star reporter whose past contains a history of plagarism.

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
    Writers:Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Healer" is the worst rated episode of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Frank Prinzi and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/23/2006. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Cruise to Nowhere".