6.9/10266 votesLoading...#1 - Lost Children Of The Blood
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 6/8/2010
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: N/A
- 7.0/10323 votesLoading...
#2 - Palimpsest
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 6/29/2010
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: N/A
- 7.2/10238 votesLoading...
#3 - Traffic
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 5/25/2010
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: N/A
- 7.2/10239 votesLoading...
#4 - Inhumane Society
Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 7/6/2010
A boxer's career is derailed when authorities discover he leads a dog fighting ring.
Director: Michael Smith
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10165 votesLoading...
#5 - The Glory That Was...
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 6/14/2009
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. "The Glory That Was..." is an eighth season episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent the 163rd episode overall. This episode marks the half-point of the season. This episode was originally set to air after "Faithfully" which was set to be the season premiere episode.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Robert Nathan
- 7.3/10222 votesLoading...
#6 - The Mobster Will See You Now
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 6/22/2010
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
- 7.4/10333 votesLoading...
#7 - Eosphoros
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2004
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
- 7.4/10281 votesLoading...
#8 - Country Crossover
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2006
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
- 7.4/10300 votesLoading...
#9 - Bombshell
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/2007
A woman who married a billionaire winds up dead under mysterious circumstances shortly after her son dies.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Julie Martin, Warren Leight
- 7.4/10250 votesLoading...
#10 - Passion
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 7/12/2009
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: N/A
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf
- 7.4/10281 votesLoading...
#11 - All In
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 7/19/2009
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
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Walon Green
- 7.4/10294 votesLoading...
#12 - Delicate
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 4/20/2010
The detectives find themselves in the cutthroat world of professional ballet as they investigate the murder of the star ballerina at a conservatory.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10341 votesLoading...
#13 - Mad Hops
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/2004
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
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Jim Sterling
- 7.5/10355 votesLoading...
#14 - Weeping Willow
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/2006
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: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta
- 7.5/10296 votesLoading...
#15 - Flipped
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/13/2007
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: N/A
Writer: Charles Kipps
- 7.5/10283 votesLoading...
#16 - Seeds
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2007
Genetics drive the murder of a doctor and the subsequent investigation.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta
- 7.5/10326 votesLoading...
#17 - Rock Star
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 4/26/2009
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
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf
- 7.5/10261 votesLoading...
#18 - Astoria Helen
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 5/31/2009
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
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf
- 7.5/10298 votesLoading...
#19 - Salome In Manhattan
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 6/28/2009
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
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Andrew Lipsitz
- 7.5/10256 votesLoading...
#20 - Gods & Insects
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 4/27/2010
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: N/A
Writer: Ted Sullivan
- 7.5/10246 votesLoading...
#21 - Love On Ice
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 5/18/2010
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: N/A
- 7.6/10402 votesLoading...
#22 - The Third Horseman
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/2002
The killing of an abortion doctor who was shot in his own apartment sends the detectives on a search for the sniper before someone else becomes the next victim. Carver worries that the case will end up being all about abortion rights.
Director: Constantine Makris
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf
- 7.6/10332 votesLoading...
#23 - Gemini
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2003
When a schizophrenic obsessed with Marilyn Monroe and the cult of the blond and the blue-eyed commits a series of murders to eradicate those he feels are responsible for promoting the homogenization of appearance rampant in society, Goren and Eames suspect that a person close to the man may have taken advantage of his illness and his crimes to commit extortion.
Director: Frank Prinzi
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Jim Sterling
- 7.6/10332 votesLoading...
#24 - The Gift
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2003
Santeria cultists kill the son of a women that believed from them she had psychic powers.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Marlene Meyer, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Marlane Meyer, Marlane Gomard Meyer, Stephanie Sengupta
- 7.6/10321 votesLoading...
#25 - Ill-Bred
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/18/2004
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: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Jim Sterling
The Worst Episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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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 266 votes. Directed by John David Coles and written by N/A, it aired on 6/8/2010. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Palimpsest".