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1561"Playing Dead"Michael SmithAntoinette StellaApril 19, 2009 (2009-04-19)May 6, 2009080094.57[1]

Detectives Goren and Eames investigate a case involving the shooting death of drug addict Richard "Rick" Siebert (Elan Moss-Bachrach) and the wounding of Stacy Hayes-Fitzgerald (Betty Gilpin). Stacy "played dead" after the shooting and is revealed to be the step-daughter of Councilman Neil Hayes-Fitzgerald (Scott Cohen) a powerful local politician. Eventually it is revealed that Siebert had been blackmailing the Councilman who had been molesting Stacy for years. Stacy speaks up when she realizes that her step-father is grooming the babysitter Jessica (Jessica Coles) as a potential next victim and is also eyeing Stacy's young "sister" Sophie who is actually her own daughter by him. When Goren and Eames confront the Councilman, it is revealed that although he has been guilty of incest, it was his his ambitious and wealthy mother Camille (Kathy Baker) who orchestrated the murder in a continuing effort to cover up her son's misdeeds.

1572"Rock Star"Bill D'EliaEd ZuckermanApril 26, 2009 (2009-04-26)May 13, 2009080084.10[2]

Detective Megan Wheeler and her new partner, Detective Zack Nichols, are sent to investigate the stabbing of a young hipster Theodore "Teeter" Kenright (Brian Fenkart) in an ethnically-charged neighborhood. They enter his world of aspiring artists with big dreams living in a converted warehouse run by a former rock musician Phillip (Daniel Gerroll). The detectives uncover a web of petty jealousies and competitive culture, especially after Rafe Shaver (Josiah Early), a promising guitar player is found pushed to his death in an open industrial elevator shaft. They become suspicious of ambitious musician Hank (Ashton Holmes) who not only acquires Rafe's quarters and band membership but also his girlfriend, Sue Smith (Gillian Jacobs), who is also sleeping with Phillip to pay for her rent. The detectives focus on this pair of opportunists and eventually connect them to the murders. Guest actors also include Will Swenson as Joe Lazar and Brandon Victor Dixon as Dix.

1583"Identity Crisis"Michael SmithPamela WechslerMay 3, 2009 (2009-05-03)May 20, 2009080053.14[3]

Two young brothers live with their schizophrenic mother, who dies in the bathtub by electrocution. They are questioned about the turn of events, and the younger brother Anthony tells police that he saw his brother Tommy push the electric heater into the tub. The two are subsequently separated and put into foster care. Twenty years later, Anthony reappears in Tommy's life, and Tommy responds by shooting him. Goren and Eames are brought in to investigate the murder, and Rodgers tells them that the victim, Anthony (Patrick Arnheim), was dying from lymphoma. Meanwhile, over the years, Tommy (Sam Trammell) has been living a mysterious life, pretending that he is a graduate of Princeton University and acquiring several false identities. He rents a house on Nantucket under the name Tyler Chisholm, and the owner's daughter (Mireille Enos) takes a liking to him. The owner is suspicious and runs a background credit check on "Tyler." The credit check is reported to the detectives, as Tyler Chisholm was one of the names noted when interviewing people at the Princeton Eating Club. They travel to Nantucket, where they find Tommy and take him into custody. Back in New York, Eames questions the owner's daughter and asks if there was anything strange or out of the ordinary that she could recall. She tells Eames that she remembers Tommy throwing something into the water and staring at it. Goren then questions Tommy and reveals that Anthony did not return to bring back old memories and haunt Tommy, but to make amends because of his imminent death. Also stars Jenny Powers.

A flashback shows two young brothers, Tommy Burris (Sam Trammell) and younger brother Anthony (Patrick Arnheim) living with their physically and emotionally abusive schizophrenic mother (Breeda Wool), who dies in the bathtub by electrocution. Tommy is charged with her murder and the boys are subsequently separated and put into foster care. Twenty years later, when Anthony reappears, Tommy feels his successful life as of Gray Vanderhoven, the latest of several false identities and pretending to be a graduate of Princeton University, is threatened by Anthony's appearance and shoots him. Goren and Eames are brought in to investigate, meanwhile Tommy abandons his wife, Lucretia Vanderhoven (Jenny Powers) and rents a house in Nantucket under the name Tyler Chisholm and charms the owner's daughter (Mireille Enos). Goren and Eames track him down and during questioning, Goren shocks Tommy with the information that Anthony was dying from lymphoma and was probably trying to make amends because of his imminent death.

1594"In Treatment"Jean de SegonzacTimothy J. LeaMay 10, 2009 (2009-05-10)May 27, 2009080103.14[4]

Frank Hatcher (Benjamin John Parrillo) a Wall Street executive is brutally stabbed during a gala honoring his boss financial manager Archie Beuliss (Norbert Leo Butz), just as news of a fraud investigation by the SEC causes a halt to trading in the company. Detectives Nichols and Wheeler investigate his murder and uncover that Hatcher was most likely the whistleblower who caused the investigation. Beuliss admits himself to a rehab clinic under the management of controlling psychiatrist Dr. Walter Ernst (Dennis Boutsikaris) in an apparent effort to avoid questioning. When an investor/patient, Ron Hemmings (Wass Stevens) apparently commits suicide after a conjugal visit from Beuliss' wife, Elaine (Alexa Havins), Earnst becomes the prime suspect, especially after the detectives discover that he had been convincing his wealthy patients to invest in Beuliss's company and he feared that Hatcher's divulgence could have destroyed the company.

1605"Faithfully"Jean de SegonzacAntoinette StellaMay 17, 2009 (2009-05-17)June 29, 2009080013.70[5]

Devout celebrity doctor, Dr. Ryan Conlon (Robert Farrior is murdered in his home in an apparent robbery, but at the funeral Goren and Eames observe that a young acolyte Kevin Paxton (Will Rogers) fits a witness description. Following an interview with Paxton, the young man commits suicide and the detectives suspect that Conlon's wife, Carrie (Katheryn Winnick) may have been having an affair with the acolyte. However it was in fact Reverend Dan Wyler (Leland Orser) who was seeing Carrie, and the detectives turn their attention to Wyler's controlling wife Alison (Janel Moloney) who knew of her husband's affair. They realize that she manipulated Paxton into killing the doctor, but with little evidence to go on, Goren and Eames must pressure Alison into revealing her guilt.

1616"Astoria Helen"Norberto BarbaTimothy J. LeaMay 31, 2009 (2009-05-31)July 6, 2009080043.97[6]

A charming con man named Joe Gallagher (Creighton James) targets a lonely, single mother, Helen Bramer (Arija Bareikis) who works for an armored truck company to obtain routing information. He and his two associates then rob an armored truck carrying millions of new dollars, but six months later one of trio dies in a bomb blast when he attempts to retrieve the money from their stolen van. Detectives Nichols and Wheeler investigate and following a series of leads, Bramer and Gallagher become the prime suspects but Gallagher is supposedly dead. They track down Gallagher, but when the stolen van owner, Frank Stroup (Domenick Lombardozzi) abducts Bramer's son Kevin the detectives realize that Stroup is the third man. They convince Bramer and Gallagher to reveal Stroup's location and Detective Nichols negotiates the boys release and Stroup's surrender by blaming everything on Gallagher.

1627"Folie à Deux"David MansonMichael S. ChernuchinJune 7, 2009 (2009-06-07)July 13, 2009080034.01[7]

A couple, Andre (Luke Kirby) and Calista Haslum (Piper Perabo) announce that while dining in a hotel restaurant, their 18 month old daughter Emma mysteriously disappeared from their rooms during a robbery at the hotel. Detectives Goren and Eames investigate and glass fragments and a stolen key-card leads them to the robber, Mark Carston (Eric Anderson) although he does not have the child. They learn that Andre, a philandering English teacher and plagiarist poet, is being financially supported by his rich but childless aunt Emily Huntford (Lynn Redgrave) who is dying of a heart condition. The aunt receives a ransom call, however the detectives discover that the perpetrators are her secretary George Buckley (Steve Witting) and his boyfriend, but they do not have the child. Eventually, the detectives uncover that there never was a child at the hotel and Goren suspects a Folie à Deux where the parents are maintaining the illusion that their dead child is still alive. Calista admits that Emily died when she left her in the car on a hot day while she searched hotels for her husband. Andre then exploited Calista's distraught condition to continue receiving financial support from his aunt.

1638"The Glory That Was..."Norberto BarbaRobert NathanJune 14, 2009 (2009-06-14)July 20, 2009080024.14[8][9]

Wheeler and Nichols investigate the murder of two people including an Olympic Gold Medal winner from Belgium. The two detectives are working much better together and the investigation takes them to signs of bribery, collusion, and betrayal. Guest stars include Pedro Pascal, Stephanie Szostak and Jess Weixler.

  • This episode is excluded in the DVD release of season 8 for "content reasons".

1649"Family Values"Jean de SegonzacS : Antoinette Stella;
S/T : Walon GreenJune 21, 2009 (2009-06-21)August 3, 2009080153.44[10][11]

Devout Christian father, Paul Devildis (David Harbour), is aroused by his daughter Katherine's (Britt Robertson) performance in a low-cut period costume during a school production of "Cyrano de Bergerac". Later that night, he murders his liberal sister-in-law and her husband with a hammer at their home. Eames and Goren are called to investigate the apparently random murders, but when the school drama teacher Vilma (Karen Ziemba) is also found killed with a hammer, they look for a connection through the school. They focus on Paul Devildis, and when his wife Mary (Susan Misner) is found shot dead in their home and he goes missing, they fear for the life of his daughter. The police track him down to a remote cabin and arrest him for the murders, then Goren engages him in a religious debate and convinces him into revealing the location of his daughter before she dies of exposure.

  • The case is based loosely on the case of John List.

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|EpisodeNumber2= 10
|Title= Salome in Manhattan
|AltTitle= Salome
|DirectedBy= Steve Shill
|WrittenBy= Andrew Lipsitz
|OriginalAirDate= June 28, 2009 (2009-06-28)
|AltDate= August 10, 2009
|ProdCode= 08006
|Viewers= 4.70
|ShortSummary= Celebrity heiress Lisa Wellesley (Alexandra Daddario) is murdered in her upscale apartment and Nichols and Wheeler are called in to investigate. Her father ([[Tyrone Mitchell Henderson and mother (Haviland Morris) seem to know little about her life. Meanwhile, her celebrity chef fiancé Max Goodwin (Eric Balfour), his business partner Larry Clay (Shawn Hatosy), former rapper and clothes designer partner Reginald X. Oldman (RXO) (Anthony 'Treach' Criss), and troublesome young man Jason (Liam Aiken) are become potential suspects. With information from barmaid Jackie (Nikki M. James) and further investigation, the detectives realise Max's partner and college buddy, Larry, saw Lisa as an impediment to his friendship with Max and murdered her in a fit of rage.
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}}16611"Lady's Man"Ken GirottiMichael S. ChernuchinJune 28, 2009 (2009-06-28)August 17, 2009080114.60

Detectives Goren and Eames investigate the killing of Boz Burnham (Jack Gwaltney) on his birthday. He had become famous for dodging a conviction for the murder of his first wife 10 years earlier because of a mishandled trial and used his notoriety to produce a TV show. Eames had worked the original case with Kevin Mulrooney (Raúl Esparza) who is now an ADA but he blames Eames for the failed conviction which ruined his career. Evidence in Burnham's murderer points to a red-headed woman however Goren's research into the old murder case suggests that Mulrooney planted evidence although he blames Eames for the failure of the case. Goren eventually accuses Mulrooney of Burnham's murder and gives his handcuffs to Eames to arrest him. Also stars John Rue as Mulrooney's father Harry.

16712"Passion"Jonathan HerronMichael S. ChernuchinJuly 12, 2009 (2009-07-12)August 24, 2009080123.47[12]

Egocentric poet Jacob Garrety (Will Chase) is embittered when foundation president Don McCallum (Stephen Kunken) announces he is cutting funding to the poetry journal "The Village Quarterly". Garrety appeals to assistant and lover Lauren Collins (Christina Brucato) to use her feminine charm to change McCallum's mind. At a poetry reading, Jacob enjoys the attention of arts patron Sandra Dunbar (Sarah Rafferty), wife of wealthy John Dunbar (Rufus Collins). Meanwhile, Collins visits McCallum, but she is found dead on the street, murdered with a brick. Days later, Garrety is violently murdered with a pair of scissors in his office. Detectives Nichols and Wheeler discover that Sandra Dunbar (née O'Bannon) was the former girlfriend of Garrety in college and still is infatuated with him. Nichols produces an unfinished poem penned by himself, but which he attributes to Garrety, to entice Dunbar into confessing to the two murders. Also stars Damian Young and Yvonne Perry.

16813"All In"David MansonT : Antoinette Stella & Walon Green;
S/T : Pamela WechslerJuly 19, 2009 (2009-07-19)August 31, 2009080134.14[13]

When young poker hotshot Josh Snow (Aaron Stanford) loses $80,000 in a card game, his backer and bookie Lou Cardinale (Boris McGiver) forces him into making collections to pay off his losses. Lou gives him a .38 revolver and a box of blanks to extract gambling debts, and sends his mistress, Angela (Aleksa Palladino), with him to keep an eye on the money. At his first collection of $20,000 from Frankie Martin (Harry O'Reilly)Snow shoots a blank at the gambler and he pays up. However, when he confronts the next victim, Kip McGonagle (Robert Leeshock), he fires the gun again but a real bullet fatally wounds McGonagle. Investigating detectives Goren and Eames know Snow from a former case [a] and Goren pays an elaborate game to get Snow to confess to intentionally shooting McGonagle in an effort to frame Cardinale for the murder. Also stars Tobias Truvillion and Brenda Withers.

16914"Major Case"Chris ZallaAndrew LipsitzJuly 26, 2009 (2009-07-26)August 31, 2009080144.63[14]

A drug dealer is killed the night before she plans to leave town to live on her cousin's farm. After Wheeler goes into labor, Eames pairs up with Nichols to investigate and find the girl's killer. But when Nichols suspects the girl's killer is an old friend (Dylan Baker) who works in the medical examiner's office, Nichols does all he can to prove that he killed the victim, but it could cost Nichols his job in the process. Also stars Stivi Paskoski.

17015"Alpha Dog"Norberto BarbaWalon GreenAugust 2, 2009 (2009-08-02)September 7, 2009080074.23[15]

A hunky posterboy with a million-dollar torso has what others crave: sex appeal. When he shows up dead after a night of sex and drugs with an elusive woman, detectives Goren and Eames uncover the sexual paranoia behind the murder. Guest stars include Jennifer Missoni, Nestor Serrano, Sabine Singh and Roger Rees.

17116"Revolution"John David ColesMichael S. ChernuchinAugust 9, 2009 (2009-08-09)September 7, 2009080164.83[16]

With the banks failing and public discontent high, aging revolutionary Axel Kaspers (Stephen Lang) believes the time is ripe to galvanize public reaction and spark a populist uprising. With his radical daughter Birgit (Tania Raymonde) and disciple Mel (Jas Anderson), Axel orchestrates the kidnapping of Continental Bankcorp president, Peter Evans (John Rothman). However, the carefully planned carjacking goes bad when Evans resists with surprising force and hothead Mel shoots and kills one of the nation's most powerful bankers, leaving Nichols (Jeff Goldblum) and Eames (Kathryn Erbe) to pursue a surviving member of the radical Baader-Meinhof gang as he stages a revolutionary terrorist campaign. Also stars Deirdre Lovejoy.

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Preceded by
Season Seven
List of Law & Order: Criminal Intent episodes Succeeded by
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1341"Amends"[17]Jesús S. TreviñoS : Warren Leight;
S/T : Siobhan Byrne O'Connor
October 4, 2007 (2007-10-04)January 9, 2008070033.75[18]
The apparent assassination death of officer Kevin Quinn (Gerald McCullouch) pulls Goren from his compassionate leave following his mother's death. The case is given top priority and is further complicated by the similar assassination of Alfred Minaya (Al D. Rodriguez) a drug dealer and former witness in the police shooting of Eames' husband, Joseph Dutton, years earlier. Goren's relentless investigation into the earlier shooting and suspected false conviction of Ray Delgado (Felix Solis), who is still in prison, threatens to become catastrophic as the case is reopened, drawing the ire of Chief of Detectives Kenny Moran (Mike Pniewski). These events force Eames to reluctantly confront the past, but together, Goren an Eames find Dutton' original killer, a young criminal who is now Dr. Manny Beltran (Rafael Sardina) and the young assassin, Victor Delgado (Gio Perez), Ray's brother who was avenging his brother's wrongful conviction.
1352"Seeds"[19]Jean de SegonzacS : Warren Leight;
S/T : Peter Blauner
October 11, 2007 (2007-10-11)January 16, 2008070043.41[20]
Detectives Logan and his new partner, Homicide Detective Nola Falacci Alicia Witt investigate the murder of an OB-GYN specialist Dr. Zack Rush (Steven Cambria) found posed spread-eagle on an exam table. They investigate his brother, Dr. Eli Rush (Michael O'Keefe) with whom he ran a private fertility practice and discover that not only was Eli having an affair with Zach's wife, Paula (Kate Hodge), but also had a relationship with another woman, Kiki (Laki Latinka Igrutinovic). Further investigation reveals that Eli was a prolific sperm donor and may have fathered hundreds of children. When DNA evidence from the murder is examined, it indicates the murderer is a relative. Meanwhile, Tom Pittino (Devon Gummersall, a genetics counselor at the practice is revealed to be one of Eli's progeny, and his brother Ralph (Cameron Bowen) is dying from Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome. Logan and Falacci eventually uncover that Pittino pressured Zach for support for a bone marrow transplant from Eli, and when he refused, Pittino killed him in a fit of rage. The detectives convince Pittino to confess to the murder if Eli agrees to provide his bone marrow for Ralph.
1363"Smile"[21]Michael SmithS : Warren Leight;
S/T : Charlie Rubin
October 18, 2007 (2007-10-18)February 20, 2008070054.54[18]
Detectives Goren and Eames investigate the death of a Park Avenue dentist, Norm Goldman (Adam Heller), from a Nitrous oxide overdose who also runs a clinic in Harlem. The detectives track down grandmother Jacqueline Borden (Catrina Ganey) as the murderer whose son Toby died from apparent alcohol poisoning given to him by Goldman in his clinic. They discover Goldman was giving children counterfeit mouthwash containing dangerous diethylene glycol and follow the trail of evidence to Bing Schorr (Frank John Hughes), director of Schorr Labs which seems to have been distributing faulty products with the knowledge and cooperation of FDA director Marty Palin (Jim Gaffigan) and against the advice of FDA inspector Jim Kettle (Jason Kravits). When Kettle is found dead after using defective asthma inhaler, evidence points to Schorr and Palin but the detectives find that the ambitious FDA officer, Leslie LeZard (Amy Acker) killed Kettle and framed the men so she could take over Palin's position.
1374"Lonelyville"[22]Constantine MakrisS : Warren Leight & Julie Martin;
S/T : Jacquelyn Reingold
October 25, 2007 (2007-10-25)February 27, 2008070063.61[23]
When a man awakens after a casual ménage-à-trois with a blonde and a brunette only to find the blonde tied in (Japanese bondage kinbaku) and dead and the brunette gone, he flees the scene. Mike Logan and Nola Falacci are initially stumped by this lurid puzzle and take some time to identify the dead woman as the Ukrainian Anya Pugach (Jennifer Missoni) and the man as writer Noah Brezner (Josh Pais). They find the married Brezner is having an affair with Tammy Mills (Amanda Detmer) who stood him up on the night of the murder for which he is arrested. When Tammy's lawyer, Leanne Baker Lola Glaudini arrives to represent her during questioning, Logan and Falacci recognize her as the brunette they are looking for and also the potential ringleader in the scheme to blackmail married men. Desperate, lonely and thinking Tammy abandoned him, Brezner hangs himself in jail. However Tammy loved him, so when she realizes that Baker has been exploiting her and killed Pugach, she to agrees to testify against her.
1385"Depths"[24]Norberto BarbaS : Warren Leight & Julie Martin;
S/T : Diana Son
November 1, 2007 (2007-11-01)March 5, 2008070013.58[18]
Agent Corbett (Todd Weeks) of the FBi calls in the Major Case Squad suspecting terrorism after the body of a young Arabic looking diver Tarek "Rick" Agiza (Amir Arison) washes up on the shore near a gas pipeline at Coney Island. However, Goren learns that "Rick" is part of a treasure hunting team searching for an 1860s shipwreck and was murdered by another diver. The detectives trace the victim's movements to his girlfriend, Dana (Kelli Giddish), her ex-husband and owner of a wreck recovery business Tommy Stipe (Michael Cerveris), and Simon Harper (Frederick Weller), who funded the expedition to find a specific wreck. The investigation leads the detectives to "Rick's" diving partner "Chilly" (Eric Sheffer Stevens), however his body is later found floating in the ocean after he died from the bends and later his boat is found abandoned with a raised anchor. Further research into the history of shipwrecks in the area, and Harper's family history, lead Goren and Eames to the realization that Harper killed both "Rick" and "Chilly" to keep the discovery of the gold-carrying wreck a secret to avoid disclosure of the ship's cargo and the provenance of his family inheritance.
1396"Courtship"[25]Jean de SegonzacWarren Leight & Julie MartinNovember 8, 2007 (2007-11-08)March 12, 2008070023.28[26]
Couples' therapist Dr. Monica Frye (Helen Coxe), wife of Judge Harvey Frye (Bruce MacVittie), is shot to death in her kitchen from outside the home. Logan and Falacci are uncertain if she or the judge were the target, and a tip on a client from Dr. Jay Alberstein (Remy Auberjonois) leads them initially to FBI Agent Frank Billings (Charles Borland), then to ex-CIA PI Ronald Hawk (John Ventimiglia) whose clients have unprecedented success in their cases before Judge Frye. The on-again off-again actor couple Clay Darren (Steve Guttenberg) and Christine Mayfield (Paula Devicq) muddy the waters when it appears that Mayfield is having an affairs with both Hawk and Frye in an effort to win her custody battle with Clay over their son until it is revealed that she attempted to shoot Frye when he looked like ruling against her in court.
1407"Self-Made"[27]Ken GirottiS : Warren Leight;
S/T : Jerome Hairston
November 15, 2007 (2007-11-15)January 23, 2008070078.20
Detectives Goren and Eames investigate the torture and shooting murder of a young writer, Kira Danforth (Shamika Cotton) in her apartment. It initially appears her assailants were looking for the stolen stash of her ex-high school boyfriend and small time dope dealer, Dante "D Tour" Heath (Al Thompson) but they did not kill her. Goren and Eames look into Kira's world of literature and question her writer friend, the bad-boy writer TJ Hawkins (Pablo Schreiber), his mentor Mr. Shill (Peter Coyote) (a celebrated writer whose career is on the decline) who were part of the same writing circle as the Kira and also the sleazy publisher Gareth Sage (Fisher Stevens) who promised to publish Kira's first novel. Eventually the detectives piece together the puzzle, realizing that Kira was writing a damning review of Hawkins' latest novel, plagiarized from her own unpublished book, and conclude that Shill provoked Hawkins into killing her to prevent the review being published and potentially destroying their reputations.
1418"Offense"[28]Tom DiCilloS : Julie Martin;
T : Kate Rorick
November 29, 2007 (2007-11-29)February 13, 2008070083.85[29]
Traci Kwon (Yin Chang), a young woman who is about to testify in the rape trial of her friend Carla Sanchez (Elena Hurst) by a group of college football players is found dead at the foot of the stairs in her apartment building. Logan and Falacci begin to investigate her death, and uncover a complex web of deceit involving the ambitious Bronx ADA Gene Hoyle (Andrew McCarthy) and his wife Beth (Cynthia Watros) who are pursuing the rape case against the footballers including the promising but poor Tim Pardue (Kenneth Franklin). Eventually, Carla admits that she lied about the rape because she was assaulted by her ex-boyfriend and didn't want her boyfriend, Benjy (Sebastian Sozzi), to find out. After learning that Traci was going to recant her statement, Logan and Falacci suspect that Hoyle and his wife were involved in Traci's murder. However, Tim's mother, Grace (Peri Gilpin), confesses to murdering Traci after Beth Hoyle told her that without Traci's evidence her son's life would be ruined.
1429"Untethered"[30]Ken GirottiWarren Leight, Charlie Rubin and Diana SonDecember 6, 2007 (2007-12-06)February 6, 2008070094.57[31]
The episode begins with the brutal treatment of young gay mentally disturbed Jay Lowry (Kevin Townley), who is kept in isolation without food or water in a prison run by warden Warden Pellis (Debra Monk) in upstate New York. Eames is approached by Goren's brother Frank (Tony Goldwyn]]) to ask Goren look into the treatment of his bipolar son Donny Calson (Trevor Morgan), who is the same prison and claims that inmates are being murdered. After hearing Donny's story and investigating the prison, Goren fakes mental illness with Dr. Stern (Anne L. Nathan) and has himself admitted into the psychiatric ward of the prison without the knowledge of his Captain Ross. He soon suffers the same punishment as Lowry, physical restraint and dehydration. Fearing for his safety, Eames and Ross intercede to have him released however after reporting on the abuse in the prison he is placed on suspension by Chief of Detectives Moran for his actions. Later, Goren learns that Donny escaped from the prison facility and then finds Frank has descended into drug abuse and does not know the whereabouts of his son.
14310"Senseless"[32]Jean de SegonzacS : Warren Leight;
T : Julie Martin;
S/T : Siobhan Byrne O'Connor
December 13, 2007 (2007-12-13)January 30, 2008070104.33[33]

Logan and Falacci investigate the execution-style shooting murder in Brownsville of two young African-American college freshmen, Ty Johnson ([Peterson Townsend]]]) and Isaiah Morris (Abraham Amkpa), and fatal wounding of Naomi Johnson (Monique Lea), who are all home for Thanksgiving. With no apparent motive for the shooting, Logan and Falacci get a lead when Isaiah's college basketball championship ring turns up in a pawn shop. With help from Naomi, the trail leads to two brothers, Hector Mendoza (Reza Salazar) and his younger brother Paco (Christian Navarro), who are deathly afraid of their psyochpathic acquaintance, Felix. The detectives eventually track down and capture Felix Aguilar (Jesse Garcia), following a trail of petty crime and car theft, although he wounds Falacci during his capture. Naomi eventially dies from her injuries, leaving both Logan and Falacci deeply affected by the senseless killings.

14411"Purgatory"[34]Jesús S. TreviñoS : Warren Leight;
S/T : Siobhan Byrne O'Connor
June 8, 2008 (2008-06-08)June 21, 2008070114.52[35]
Still on suspension from the force, Goren agrees to work with suspended detective Mike Stoat (Dean Winters) while Eames has her hands full investigating a triple homicide of a drug dealer and two innocent tourists in Red Hook. Captain Roth assigns Detective Daniels (Seth Gilliam) to help her and assigns Goren to work in an undercover operation to investigate Stoat who is providing security for nightclub owner and drug-dealer John Testarossa (Danny Mastrogiorgio). Eames' investigation and Goren's operation become related when the gun used in the shooting was removed from police evidence and suggests corrupt behavior between the demoted detective Lois Melago (Lauren Vélez) and Stoat. Just as Goren is being pressured by Testarossa to shoot low level Hector Santana drug-dealer (Louis Martinez), Eames and the police burst in and she is shocked to see Goren. Eames feels hurt and betrayed that Goren did not inform her about his assignment and she leaves the office in a bitter mood.
14512"Contract"[36]Jonathan HerronS : Warren Leight;
S/T : Peter Blauner
June 15, 2008 (2008-06-15)June 28, 2008070123.35[37]

During a meeting between tabloid gossip columnist, T.K. Richmond (Mo Rocca) and TV newscaster Elliot Falls (Paul DeBoy), which was being monitored by DA's office, the car explodes and Richmond is killed. Detectives Logan and Wheeler, who has returned to duty, track down Richmond's associates, including his restaurant business partner chef (David Fumero),one of his investors, real estate developer Ted Regan (Brian Haley) and TK's bookie Joey Snails (Anthony Ribustello). They discover TK had a gambling addiction, and used information from his doctor Jacoby (Tibor Feldman), to bet on sports events. After a long and torturous investigation, Logan and Wheeler piece together the scenario that TK was blackmailing film producer, Barry Freeburg (Jeff Garlin) who had raped his younger sister while offering her an audition. Freeburg used his wife Beverly Tyson's (Illeana Douglas) relationship with a former contract hit-man, Frank Chess (Federico Castelluccio) who had absconded from a witness protection program run by US Marshall Mary Shannon (Mary McCormack) to convince him to plant the bomb and kill TK.

14613"Betrayed"[38]Michael SmithS : Warren Leight and Charlie Rubin;
T : Diana Son & Marygrace O'Shea
June 22, 2008 (2008-06-22)July 5, 2008070134.69[39]
Successful and wealthy crime author Kathy Jarrow (Brenda Strong) asks her old friend, Captain Ross, to find her young husband Woody Sage (Scott Evans) who has disappeared. While tracking Woody's car movements, Goren and Eames question a bodega clerk Amado (Adrian Martinez) who saw them and they conclude that he eloped with his young lover, Avery Hubert (Kim Allen), wife of the much older Roy Hubert (Eric Roberts) who is cheating on her with his ex-wife, Trina Melda (Kate Miller). However, when Woody and Avery do not appear at her parents' place parents in Maine, Goren and Eames suspect foul play and begin to suspect Kathy. With Ross blinkered to Kathy's possible actions, Eames puts aside her anger at Goren and collaborates with him to eventually charge Kathy for not only the murders of Woody and Avery, but also her former husband had also been unfaithful.
14714"Assassin"[40]Norberto BarbaS : Warren Leight;
T : Eric Overmyer;
S/T : Julie Martin
June 29, 2008 (2008-06-29)July 12, 2008070144.04[41]
Bela Kahn Indira Varma, a political activist for Tamil freedom and rights, survives an assassination attempt when she arrives from house arrest in Sri Lanka to visit her ailing mother (Madhur Jaffrey). However, her assistant Rosemary Shah (Jyotsna Du Ciel) takes the bullet meant for her, and their family bodyguard, Gil (Rock Kohli) kills the shooter, a local Tamil taxi driver. Detectives Logan and Wheeler take Gil into custody for suspected involvement but he killed is by a known assassin' Nik Loren (Roberto Purvis) who had evaded FBI surveillance. Thee detectives begin looking into the wealthy family's background and find that there is tension between Bela's brother, Rani (Waleed Zuaiter) and her husband Ajay (Stephen Schnetzer) who Rani accused of raiding the family trust. When Rani is killed by another shooter at a university function, Logan and Wheeler deduce that Ajay arranged the assassination attempts to kill Rani and that Bella is complicit in the conspiracy. The pair were aiming for complete control of the family trust while Bella's mother was still alive so that half did not pass to Rani or his daughter Jasmina (Aadya Bedi) upon her death.
14815"Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger"[42][b]Kevin BrayS : Warren Leight;
T : Marygrace O'Shea
July 6, 2008 (2008-07-06)July 19, 2008070154.88[43]

While taking his three-year-old son on an evening stroll in the park, stock analyst Skip Lowe (Jason Pendergraft) is gunned down. Days later, Paloma Renzi (Lisa Kathleen McMahan), the mother of another toddler, is gunned down in similar circumstances and detectives Goren and Eames struggle to find a connection between the two victims. When they learn that a third parent with a three-year-old was shot earlier in a carpark their focus shifts to the exclusive day care center that all three children have in common which has a long waiting list. They begin to focus on parents on the list, especially the Renolds family, successful businessman Brian (Andrew William Smith), his wife Marla (Sarah Jane Morris) and her ambitious and domineering live-in mother-in-law Eleanor (Jessica Walter). Eleanor constantly criticizes Marla's care of their two year old son Henry (James & Richard McAllister) and when Henry is rejected by the center, Marla snaps and goes there with a gun. Goren manages to disarm her and take her into custody, charging her for the three murders.

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14916"Reunion"[44]Jean de SegonzacS : Warren Leight;
S/T : Jacquelyn Reingold
July 13, 2008 (2008-07-13)July 26, 2008070164.89[45]
Television talk show host Silvia Rhodes (Joan Jett) is bludgeoned to death by a champagne bottle after her show in which ex-lover famous musician Jordie Black (Michael Massee) makes the shock announcement that her son Milo Noel Fisher) will play guitar in his band. Black is Detective Wheeler's favorite rock star from her high school days, but Rhodes' death puts Jordie Black and his wife Tara Black (Dana Wheeler-Nicholson) right at the top of the suspects list. That list also includes Rhodes' son Milo, her assistant Ava (Denise Ramirez), and the family attorney Bo Levy (David Patrick Kelly). However in a dramatic final scene, Tara confesses to killing Rhodes after she revealed that she knew Tara was sleeping with Milo who was in fact Jordie and Silvia's son.
15017"Vanishing Act"[46]Peter WernerS : Warren Leight;
S/T : Jerome Hairston
July 20, 2008 (2008-07-20)August 2, 2008070174.83[47]
Miles Stone (Jeremy Gender) stages a magic act where he is buried for over 30 days, however when his support team suspect something has gone wrong, they dig up his casket and find him missing. He appears in a magic "blade" box with his body skewered with swords during the magic act of the ageing illusionist the Great Carmine (Christopher Lloyd). Detectives Goren and Eames investigate the case and question Carmine, and find that his replacement assistant Teresa/Miranda (Kristen Connolly) seems to have vanished. When Chief Medical Examiner Elizabeth Rodgers revels that he died from potassium chloride through his I.V. drip, mimicking a heart attack, the detectives suspect foul play and trace Teresa to Dean Holiday (James Frain), a renowned illusionist who lost a TV broadcasting deal to Stone. They eventually connect Holiday to Stone's death and charge him for the murder.
15118"Ten Count"[48]Alex ChappleS : Warren Leight;
S/T : Julie Martin
July 27, 2008 (2008-07-27)September 6, 2008070184.32[49]
After a surprise defeat of Calvin Lewis (Da'Mond Taylor), the young promising boxer, Gabriel Gardela (Shaun Kevlin), is shot and bleeds to death to death outside a nightclub while trying to protect a woman after a bar quarrel. Detectives Logan and Wheeler investigate and find the girl is Callie Johnson (Laura Campbell) but she dies of a suspected planned drug overdose. The detectives learn that Gabriel was living with his brother Peter Gardela (Enver Gjokaj) and his girlfriend Christina (Karolina Wydra) at the home of their boxing coach Gus Kovak (Miguel Ferrer. They later uncover that Gabriel was being paid by Calvin's manager, Ziggy Gold (Tony Roberts) who planned to become his promoter. Gabriel's brother is distraught after Gabriel's death and when Logan suggests that Gus arranged to have Gabriel killed so that he could advance Peter's career, Peter loses control and beats Gus to death.
15219"Legacy"[50]Betty KaplanS : Warren Leight;
T : Kate Rorick;
S/T : Alan Kingsberg
August 3, 2008 (2008-08-03)September 10, 2008070194.92[51]

Detectives Goren and Eames investigate the case of Paul Phillips (Peter Oliver), a student at an elite private school, found dead by the art teacher, Mrs. Anna Nobile (Joanna P. Adler), hanging from overhead pipes in the boiler room. It appears that days earlier he had been ambushed and beaten by masked girls form the school and he took revenge by producing and circulating an animation alleging that two girls, including Nobile's daughter, Tessa (Sarah Steele) and her friend Kiana Richmond (Sonequa Martin-Green), were lesbians. Meanwhile, Dr. Rodgers informs detectives that Phillips was murdered but his corporate raider father Bill (Matt Salinger) seems uninterested in his son's fate. Further investigation reveals that three boys at the school created a fake online love interest for Tessa to embarrass her and get revenge on Nobile for giving them poor marks. Eventually the identify Jack Walker (Anthony Carrigan), son of businessman H. Jack Walker II (John Shea) as the ringleader and Phillips's murderer.

Anthony Carrigan portrays H. Jack Walker III, a privileged "Legacy" student at Manor Hill, and member of the elitist "Jack Pack" and John Shea plays his father. Sonequa Martin-Green plays Kiana Richmond, one of several lacrosse players who beat up geeky student Paul Phillips, who later turns up hanged in the tunnels beneath the school. Matt Salinger and Betsy Aidem play Paul's parents, and Kiana's lawyer-father is played by Peter Francis James. Joanna Adler plays Anna Nobile, an unpopular teacher, and Sarah Steele her daughter Tessa. Jefferson Mays as Headmaster Keifer Gates, helps detectives with a locker search.

15320"Neighborhood Watch"[52]Kevin BrayS : Warren Leight;
S/T : Eric Overmyer
August 10, 2008 (2008-08-10)September 13, 2008070204.16[53]

Robert Goodman (Victor Verhaeghe) and cop Sgt. Whelan ([[Scott Sowers]]) are overly-zealous neighborhood watch leaders who post notices that released sex offender Kyle Jones (Darrin Malone) has moved in. The following day, Det. Streetman (Alison Becker) informs the Major Case Squad that his headless body was found floating in Maspeth Creek. Logan and Wheeler learn that Jones was 19 and the girl, Nancy Williams (Halley Wegryn Gross), who was 15 at the time admits the sex was consensual. He pleaded guilty to statutory rape under pressure from the ambitious ADA Terri Driver (Leslie Hope). Their case becomes complicated when a former detective, Clete Dixon (Skipp Sudduth), publicly promotes his theory that the murder is the work of a serial killer. Eventually, Logan and Wheeler focus on two local losers, Ricky Moss (David Call) and Lou Olsen (Lucas Papaelias). They push Ricky to confess that he carried out the murder and decapitation to impress a neighborhood girl, Brenda Lally (Dreama Walker), although he admits that he "didn't even enjoy it". Jonathan Cake briefly appears as Colin Ledger, Det. Wheeler's husband.

  • Inspired by the murder and decapitation of Daniel Sorenson.
15421"Last Rites"[54]Tom DiCilloS : Warren Leight and Peter Blauner;
T : Siobhan Byrne O'Connor & Marygrace O'Shea
August 17, 2008 (2008-08-17)September 17, 2008070214.64[55]

Father Chris Shea (Denis O'Hare), a friend of Logan's former partner Lennie Briscoe, tells Logan a dying man has confessed to three murders - Peter Bottner (Alexander Cole), his pregnant wife Shannon (Heather Dilly) and their unborn child. Logan and Wheeler look into the 16-year-old triple homicide case which resulted in the conviction of Randy Nichols (Chris McKinney) who still has eight years left on his sentence. The detectives find his prosecutor was a young ADA, Terri Driver (Leslie Hope) who manipulated evidence to gain a quick conviction for personal gain. She is now running for Attorney General and threatens both Logan's and Wheeler's careers while she arranges for Father Shea to be stabbed during a prison visit. Logan pushes on regardless and discovers that the murderer was Bottner's friend and business partner Marty Swenders (Matthew Detmer) using the name Dylan Farlis who swindled Bottner's father Alan's (James Murtaugh) company of millions. Logan pressures Driver to reluctantly reopen the case and quash Nichols's conviction, however she has Wheeler's fiancée arrested by the FBI for financial crimes and makes Logan's position untenable. In the final scene, the recovering Father Shea cautions Logan to control his anger think more about his own welfare.

15522"Frame"[56]Norberto BarbaS : Warren Leight;
T : Julie Martin & Kate Rorick
August 24, 2008 (2008-08-24)September 20, 2008070225.20[57]

On the anniversary of his mother's death Detective Robert Goren finds a picture of him and his brother Frank (Tony Goldwyn) at his mother's grave. When he goes to visit Frank he finds a police investigation after his brother fell from his window. Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers concludes that he was murdered after being injected with a paralyzing drug, and evidence points to the involvement of Nicole Wallace (Olivia d'Abo). Goren is then called to the hospital bedside of Dr. Declan Gage (John Glover), who has been poisoned with a paralytic drug and begins a hunt to find Wallace. He and Eames visit Gwen Chapel who is dying from cancer and then following a lead, they go Massachusetts where they find a heart in a box which Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers determines is that of Wallace after DNA testing but Goren refuses to believe it. This causes the Captain starts an investigation of Goren which also reveals that the serial killer Mark Ford Brady is his father. In the final scene where Goren and Gage discuss the situation, Gage reveals that he met Nicole, manipulated her into killing Frank, and then killed her to release Goren from his demons although GOren is less than impressed by his motives and actions.

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