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Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2001 - 2002
Episode 1
One
Sun, Sep 30, 200142 mins
When a multi-million dollar diamond heist leaves two murdered victims in its wake -- along with the body of one of the slain robbers -- curious Detectives Goren and Eames chase down blind alleys, unaware that their quarry is a cold-blooded and manipulative master criminal. Eventually, the cops suspect that their killer has imposed his girlfriend on his gang and ponder if the murderous thieves have a mob connection that would permit them to quickly cash in on such a large haul of stones.
Episode 2
Art
Sun, Oct 7, 200145 mins
Detectives Goren and Eames sort through a palette of colorful characters when they probe the slayings of a museum curator and an art authenticator, and they soon discover evidence of copied masterpieces that makes an arrogant Austrian dealer their prime suspect -- but the key hinges on finding the elusive forger. Meanwhile, as Goren reveals a surprising knowledge of art -- and the German language -- the investigators figure that the best way to find a forger is to enlist the aid of another forger.
Episode 3
Smothered
Sun, Oct 14, 200145 mins
When a pregnant woman who was struggling to stay clean from drugs is found slain, Detectives Goren and Eames search for her ex-junkie boyfriend whose tattered life is dominated by his wealthy socialite mother. While Captain Deakins (Jamey Sheridan) wants to hand off the seemingly open-and-shut case to the homicide cops, Goren protests that killing a pregnant woman deserves a more hands-on investigation -- and the detective soon finds a sticky web that extends to many dirty hands.
Episode 4
The Faithful
Wed, Oct 17, 200160 mins
When a Catholic church sexton is found murdered in the sanctuary, Detectives Goren and Eames search for a thieving drug addict who works there, but their investigation grows dicey when it appears that the victim was skimming church funds -- and diverting them to the suspect. A further complication arises when the police make another grim discovery that implicates other important church officials in a widening scandal.
Episode 5
Jones
Sun, Oct 21, 200160 mins
Goren and Eames track a married lawyer suspected of murdering his petite girlfriends.
Episode 6
The Extra Man
Sun, Oct 28, 200144 mins
A man found dead in a hotel room is thought to be an international con artist who has cheated a number of wealthy investors.
Episode 7
Poison
Sun, Nov 11, 200145 mins
When a mysterious "angel of death" poisons a series of hospital victims with cyanide, Detectives Goren and Eames suspect a nurse who fits the typical profile - but when others fall dead outside the care facility, the investigators must widen their search. Even when the cops discover the source to be tainted, over-the-counter painkillers, the victims continue to pile up, and they can't gain any traction with their case until they find a motive -- or at least a source of the killer substance.
Episode 8
The Pardoner's Tale
Sun, Nov 18, 200160 mins
When an investigative reporter and his fiancée are gunned down, Detectives Goren and Eames hope to learn what the murder victim had intended to expose. But when they close in on the shooter, the detectives discover dotted lines that connect to organized crime--and possibly the governor's office. While an uneasy Captain Deakins chafes at the prospect of sniffing around the power elite, Goren and Eames plunge full speed ahead and focus on key evidence that a bribe was paid at the state's highest level.
Episode 9
The Good Doctor
Sun, Nov 25, 200145 mins
When the philandering, drug-abusing wife of an arrogant plastic surgeon disappears, Detectives Goren and Eames suspect the doctor's earnest efforts to find her are bogus -- especially when they find he has a lover of his own. But even when the body of a decomposed woman washes ashore weeks later, the cops can't crack the doc's airtight defense--and their only hope might be to turn his ego against him.
Episode 10
Enemy Within
Sun, Dec 9, 200144 mins
After a an elderly and paranoid businessman dies in his penthouse suite, Goren and Eames must sort through suspects that include his son, caretaker and wife.
Episode 11
The Third Horseman
Sun, Jan 6, 200245 mins
A surgeon specializing in abortions is killed by sniper fire in his own residence, and while in the presence of his infant daughter. A police investigation among local anti-abortion activists and religious fanatics soon reveals the name of the assassin and some of his contacts. The killer is a former missionary who uses military tactics taught to him by his father, a Vietnam War veteran. He has no permanent residence and his associates do not know the full extent of his plans. When trying to determine the next victim on the killer's hit list, Goren deduces that the killer is going to use his "crusade" as an excuse to settle a personal grudge from his distant past.
Episode 12
Crazy
Sun, Jan 13, 200245 mins
A psychiatrist and frequent expert witness becomes obsessed with a younger woman. When her young niece is suspected of being abused, the father is murdered. A messy divorce with mob overtones muddies the water.
Episode 13
The Insider
Sun, Jan 27, 200244 mins
When the wealthy father of a teenaged party girl is found stabbed to death, Detectives Goren and Eames suspect a mysterious nightclub owner whose unsavory reputation and connection to the mob aroused the victim's fears. However, the cop investigators are stymied when they bump up against an immovable object after they discover the surprising hidden identity of the slick club proprietor.
Episode 14
Homo Homini Lupus
Sun, Mar 3, 200245 mins
A woman reports her daughter and two granddaughters were kidnapped. So Goren and Eames investigates. But when they turn up, they deny they were kidnapped. Goren and Eames learns that the woman's husband has financial problems and he may have borrowed from a loan shark. They learn the loan shark may have hired a "collector" who kidnaps the families of the ones who owes to get them to pay. They also learn that the leader may have penchant for sexually assaulting the ones he abducts and they think that's what happened to one of the daughters which is why they are not talking.
Episode 15
Semi-Professional
Sun, Mar 10, 200245 mins
Peter Blakemore is a politically well-connected judge and a supposedly brilliant author, with several published books and legal articles in his name. Emily Trudeau has served as Blakemore's clerk, long-term mistress, and right-hand-woman for a decade. Trudeau is violently murdered within Blakemore's house and her laptop is stolen by the killer. Goren soon realizes that Trudeau had ghost-written most of Blakemore's written works, that the murder was intended to undermine Blakemore's career, and that the laptop contained most of Trudeau's recent and unpublished works. A low-level criminal is arrested for the murder, but Goren and Eames find out that the guy has been working as a henchman for a judge with shady activities, called Raoul Sabatelli. Sabatelli has been a professional rival of Blakemore since their college years, he personally hates Blakemore, and he has published satirical texts about Blakemore's incompetence. Goren has to both convince the henchman that his boss considers him expendable, and to find evidence against Sabatelli.
Episode 16
Phantom
Sun, Mar 17, 200244 mins
Goren and Eames must untangle the story behind a mysterious man living a double life while telling his family that he is an economist for the United Nations. As his world of lies unravels, murder seems to be his only way out.
Episode 17
Seizure
Sun, Mar 31, 200245 mins
When a woman is found murdered in a hotel room with the same signature as an accused serial killer awaiting trial behind bars, Detectives believe it to be the work of a copycat. Considering that details of the case have been kept strictly under wraps, and the accused killer, Reddick, has had no visitors other that attorneys and psychiatrists, aids Detectives in limiting the suspect pool. Once Goren and Eames discover that Reddick is involved in a clinical study linking a brain lesion to rage killing, they grow to suspect that one of the doctors conducting the study committed the copycat killing, but find the reason shocking.
Episode 18
Yesterday
Sun, Apr 14, 200245 mins
When the highly mummified remains of a woman long dead are discovered washed up along the Bronx River, Goren and Eames find that this cold case is an unsolved homicide investigated years ago by James Deakins, the man now their captain.
Episode 19
Maledictus
Sun, Apr 21, 200245 mins
Russian-American writer Ilana Yushka became famous when she wrote a memoir about the criminal activities of her father and his business associates. She has been unable to complete any written work since the publication of that memoir, and she is facing financial problems. She announces that she is working on another memoir, and receives payment in advance from her publisher. She is violently murdered shortly after, and her severed head is send to her publisher. Goren and Eames discover that her new memoir would cover her adolescent years in the 1970s, when she was a student at a boarding school. She was going to expose the secrets of a past lover from that period, and the detectives question a hand full of the male and female students which she had dated at that time. Goren finds out that Ilana was arrested with a secret lover in 1978, and that said lover had impersonated the sister of a particularly wealthy classmate. He also finds out that this classmate was connected to a poisoning case from 1974. Realizing that Ilana knew the identity of the poisoner, Goren tries to determine which of Ilana's "friends" killed her and what was the motive of the previous murder.
Episode 20
Badge
Sun, Apr 28, 200245 mins
An apparent murder-suicide by an auditor at the city's comptroller office takes a turn when an audit of the school district's security system is found.
Episode 21
Faith
Sun, Apr 28, 200245 mins
Goren and Eames investigate the death of a magazine publisher and a brilliant scam involving a sick child no one has seen.
Episode 22
Tuxedo Hill
Fri, May 10, 200245 mins
A female financial executive is framed for murder and blackmailed to hide her company's illegal stock practices.
