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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
    6.9/10(287 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:Unknown

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  2. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 14 - Palimpsest
    6.9/10(345 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:Unknown

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  3. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 15 - Inhumane Society
    7.1/10(258 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. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 9 - Traffic
    7.2/10(254 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:Unknown

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  5. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 13 - The Mobster Will See You Now
    7.2/10(243 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 6 Episode 20 - Bombshell
    7.3/10(326 votes)

    #6 - Bombshell

    S6:E20

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

    Director:Darnell Martin
    Writers:Warren Leight, Julie Martin

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  7. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 Episode 8 - 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.

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

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  8. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 Episode 13 - All In
    7.3/10(303 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:Walon Green, Dick Wolf, René Balcer

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  9. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 4 Episode 5 - Eosphoros
    7.4/10(357 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.

    Director:Alex Zakrzewski
    Writer:Stephanie Sengupta

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  10. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 6 Episode 7 - Country Crossover
    7.4/10(305 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:Warren Leight

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  11. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 6 Episode 10 - Weeping Willow
    7.4/10(381 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
    Writers:Warren Leight, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, René Balcer

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  12. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 6 Episode 14 - Flipped
    7.4/10(321 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:Unknown
    Writer:Charles Kipps

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  13. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 7 Episode 2 - Seeds
    7.4/10(307 votes)

    #13 - Seeds

    S7:E2

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

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

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  14. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 Episode 10 - Salome In Manhattan
    7.4/10(316 votes)

    #14 - 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:Andrew Lipsitz, Dick Wolf, René Balcer

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  15. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 Episode 12 - Passion
    7.4/10(271 votes)

    #15 - 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
    Writers:Dick Wolf, René Balcer

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  16. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 4 - Delicate
    7.4/10(318 votes)

    #16 - 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. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 8 - Love On Ice
    7.4/10(262 votes)

    #17 - 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. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 3 Episode 11 - Mad Hops
    7.5/10(368 votes)

    #18 - 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, René Balcer, Jim Sterling

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  19. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 3 Episode 18 - Ill-Bred
    7.5/10(347 votes)

    #19 - 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
    Writers:Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Jim Sterling

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  20. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 4 Episode 10 - View from up Here
    7.5/10(373 votes)

    #20 - 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:Jim Sterling

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  21. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 5 Episode 9 - Scared Crazy
    7.5/10(362 votes)

    #21 - 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. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 Episode 2 - Rock Star
    7.5/10(354 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.

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

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  23. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 Episode 6 - Astoria Helen
    7.5/10(279 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.

    Director:Norberto Barba
    Writers:Dick Wolf, René Balcer

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  24. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 Episode 15 - Alpha Dog
    7.5/10(290 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.

    Director:Norberto Barba
    Writers:Walon Green, Dick Wolf, René Balcer

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  25. Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 9 Episode 5 - Gods & Insects
    7.5/10(280 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
    Writer:Ted Sullivan

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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 287 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".