Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 7)
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The seventh season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
premiered October 4, 2007 and the season ended August 24, 2008 on USA Network
.
The first ten episodes of the seventh season aired on Thursday night's at 10:00PM/9:00PM (Central), filling a slot previously occupied by the first season
of Burn Notice
. The season then took a "fall finale" with the episode "Senseless", coinciding with the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike where show runner/executive producer Warren Leight
and the rest of the writing staff participated in the work stoppage; the first ten episodes of the season being the only ones produced. The remaining tweleve episodes resumed airing Sunday night's at 9:00PM/8:00PM (Central) leading in In Plain Sight
starting June 8, 2008. This season was the only season of Law & Order: CI on USA Network to take a mid-season break.
series began to falter in the ratings on NBC
; president at the time Jeff Zucker
was in an telephone interview with creator Dick Wolf
when he renewed both series, Mr. Zucker said the plan to move original episodes of Criminal Intent to USA Network
, with the repeats then set to play "shortly thereafter" on NBC, represented "a new paradigm for network TV." Wolf said he was thrilled with the deal because "my stated goal has been to keep all three shows (L&O, CI, & SVU
) up and running." Both the original series and Criminal Intent won full 22-episode orders, although most series for cable channels do not produce more than 13. Mr. Wolf said that he had found some budgetary savings to make the deal more viable, but that "none of them are going to be apparent to viewers."
Chris Noth
who portrayed Detective Mike Logan
said on the move from network to cable; "Cable is probably the future. They're paying a lot more attention to [the show] than NBC did, frankly." Noth also believed the change would help the series differentiate itself from the rest of the franchise, saying, "We're happy to set ourselves apart." Vincent D'Onofrio
who portayed Detective Robert Goren
said about the switch, "I feel like it saved the show." In an interview about his character, Eric Bogosian
(who portrayed Captain Dainel Ross) thought about the move to USA, "We were one of whatever number of shows on NBC, we're getting numbers every week, we're knocking ourselves out to do the best we can, and I don't think we had one ad all season. To be on USA and have them embrace us and cheerlead us, we feel we deserve it. USA wants us to succeed. I just hope more people watch it and dig it."
The theme music changed to that of the now defunct Law & Order: Trial by Jury
. Original episodes of season seven aired on USA Network
until August 2008, with reruns on NBC
beginning in January 2008. Production of the seventh season was interrupted by the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike when Executive Producer Warren Leight
and the rest of the writing staff participated in the work stoppage. Only 10 of the 22 episodes ordered were produced pre-strike, with the remaining 12 episodes which aired June 8, 2008.
In May 2008, before the remaining episodes returned, USA Network decided to renew Criminal Intent a sixteen-episode eighth season
. During the eighth season, the duty of show runner was split between Walon Green
(D'Onofrio/Erbe episodes) and Robert Nathan
(Goldblum/Nicholson episodes), Warren Leight
departed at the end of the season to work on HBO's therapy drama, In Treatment
.
, Kathryn Erbe
, and Chris Noth
salaries were frozen, the prospect of the salary freeze wasn't sitting well with them, who typically enjoy at least a five percent year-to-year bump. In the end they accepted a non-pay raise for the new season and they returned; keeping their haul at $350K for each of the 11 episodes they shot.
Julianne Nicholson
was temporarily replaced by Alicia Witt
who played Detective Nola Falacci
, a new partner to Detective Logan, while Nicholson was on maternity leave. Nicholson returned in the episode "Contract
", which aired on June 15, 2008 (with In Plain Sight's
Mary McCormack
guest starring).
Chris Noth
decided to leave the series at the end of the season; Noth told TV Guide
, "When others couldn't get television shows produced in New York, Dick Wolf found a way to do it, and as a New Yorker I truly appreciate all that he has done for the city. The last few years have been fantastic, and both sides are happy with the result. 'All's well that ends well.'" Noth said the split was "totally mutual." He added, "The show keeps morphing and always finds new people, I'm gonna miss everyone I work with every day." Creator Dick Wolf said about Noth's departure "Chris has been a member of the "Law & Order" family since the beginning, and Mike Logan is one of the most popular detectives in the history of television," Wolf says. "We all wish him the best."
Jeff Goldblum
was set to replace Noth. "Jeff's presence will add a new dimension to an already successful show," Dick Wolf said in a statement.
guest starred in the season premiere episode, "Amends" as Detective Patrick Copa, a cop with visual problems witnesses his partner, Kevin Quinn (Gerald McCullouch
) getting killed in their unmarked car. Copa returned in the teaser of the episode "Purgatory", he gets into an altercation with Goren in a local bar, because Goren wound up having Copa forced into early retirement due to his vision problems. Seth Gilliam
guest starred in the season premiere and in episodes "Senseless", and "Purgatory" as Detective Daniels; a detective from narcotics who helped work cases in Major Case where drugs and gangs were believed to be involved. Daniels is Eames's partner temporarily while Goren is under suspension and undercover. Michael O'Keefe
guest starred in "Seeds" as Doctor Eli Rush in a case where an OB-GYN is murdered and posed in a ritualistic fashion.
Amy Acker
guest starred in "Smile" as Leslie LeZard, an employee in a company that appears to have been the victim of a criminal conspiracy involving contaminated mouthwash. Lola Glaudini
portrayed Leanne Baker, a double-crossing defense attorney who almost gets away with double murders. Frederick Weller guest starred as Simon Harper, a wealthy man who kills members of a treasure hunting trio of con artists that were working for him. Kelli Giddish
played Dana Stipe, a woman who was initially believed to have killed one of her partners. Steve Guttenberg
and Paula Devicq
guest star in "Courtship" as a famous couple, Clay Darren and Christine Mayfield, in the middle of a divorce after both bribing and harassing a judge (Bruce MacVittie ) in their own ways, Mayfield killing the judge's wife just to be with him. Peter Coyote
guest starred in "Self-Made" as Lionel Shill, a celebrated writer whose career is on the decline, as well as his young protégé T.J. Hawkins (Pablo Schreiber
).
Cynthia Watros
guest starred as Beth Hoyle, the husband of an ambitious Bronx assistant district attorney (Andrew McCarthy
), who's seeking a rape case against a group of college football players. In "Untethered", Tony Goldwyn
returned as Frank Goren, Detective Goren's brother who is off the streets and cleaned himself up; his nephew Donny Carlson (Trevor Morgan
) is in prison and he suspects foul play in an inmate’s death, due to a warden (Debra Monk
) who takes her prisoners to isolation and leaves them killed. Jesse Garcia
guest starred as Felix Aguilar in the episode "Senseless"; Aguilar killed three black teenagers because he thought they thought they were "better than him".
In the episode "Purgatory
", Dean Winters
and Lauren Vélez
guest star as Mike Stoat and Lois Melago, a duo of dirty cops. Det. Robert Goren
is the other partner of this duo as he goes undercover to take down a high-level drug-dealer named John Testarossa (Danny Mastrogiorgio
) in order to prove himself while he is under suspension pending a psychiatric evaluation. In Plain Sight's
Mary McCormack
guest starred as U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon in "Contract". Brenda Strong
portrayed Kathy Jarrow, a woman who becomes a suspect in the disappearance of her husband and his lover, she gets close to Captain Ross in this episode, hoping to keep him and the detectives from solving the case; Senator Charles E. Schumer also makes a cameo appearance in the episode, "Betrayed". In "Assassin", Indira Varma
plays Bela Kahn a Tamilian freedom fighter and political activist who survives an assassination attempt at JFK when she returns from her house arrest in Sri Lanka.
Sarah Jane Morris
guest starred in "Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger" as Marla Reynolds, a woman who murders the parents of three children who are on an exclusive and long waiting list to get into a Day Care Center. Jessica Walter
portrayed her wealthy, ambitious, and vindictive mother, Eleanor. In "Reunion", Michael Massee
plays a rock-star accused of murder, named Jordie Black. Noel Fisher guest stars in the episode as Milo Rhodes-Black; the son of a murdered talk-show host. James Frain
and Christopher Lloyd
guest star in "Vanishing Act" as magicians accused of murdering another magician. Miguel Ferrer
guest starred in "Ten Count" as boxing coach Gus Kovak, who coached Gabriel and Peter Gardela (Enver Gjokaj
), Detective Logan was Peter's mentor, and Logan kept him out of trouble and showed him how to control his impulses.
Leslie Hope
guest starred in "Neighborhood Watch" and "Last Rites" as Assistant District Attorney Terri Driver, an ambitious prosecutor who pushed a girl to lie and say she was raped to put an innocent boy in prison, who was later killed. Logan and Driver immediately knocking heads. Logan jeopardizes both his and Wheeler's careers when a priest convinces him to re-open a 16-year-old homicide case that's over a decade old, which involves Driver who will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried. Logan goes to war with her, as she is planning to run for Attorney General
, when Logan discovers that she may have prosecuted the wrong person for her own personal gain. In "Frame", John Glover
returns as Dr. Declan Gage, he works with Nicole Wallace (Olivia d'Abo
) to kill Detective Goren's brother (Tony Goldwyn), but Gage plays her and kills her as well.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
premiered October 4, 2007 and the season ended August 24, 2008 on USA Network
USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
.
The first ten episodes of the seventh season aired on Thursday night's at 10:00PM/9:00PM (Central), filling a slot previously occupied by the first season
Burn Notice (season 1)
Season one of the American television series Burn Notice originally aired from June 28, 2007 to September 20, 2007.-Season overview:The first season of Burn Notice introduces Michael Westen. He is burned while on a covert op in Nigeria...
of Burn Notice
Burn notice
A burn notice is an official statement issued by one intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an individual or a group is unreliable for one or more reasons...
. The season then took a "fall finale" with the episode "Senseless", coinciding with the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike where show runner/executive producer Warren Leight
Warren Leight
Warren Leight is an American playwright, screenwriter, film director and television producer. He is best known for his work on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Lights Out and the showrunner for In Treatment and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit....
and the rest of the writing staff participated in the work stoppage; the first ten episodes of the season being the only ones produced. The remaining tweleve episodes resumed airing Sunday night's at 9:00PM/8:00PM (Central) leading in In Plain Sight
In Plain Sight
In Plain Sight is an American dramatic television series on USA Network. The series revolves around Mary Shannon , a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico office of the Federal Witness Security Program , more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program...
starting June 8, 2008. This season was the only season of Law & Order: CI on USA Network to take a mid-season break.
Network change and production
During the 2006-2007 network TV season, both Law & Order: Criminal Intent and the original Law & OrderLaw & Order
Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
series began to falter in the ratings on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
; president at the time Jeff Zucker
Jeff Zucker
Jeffrey "Jeff" Zucker is an American television executive and former President and CEO of NBCUniversal.-Personal life:Zucker was born to Jewish-American parents in Homestead, Florida, near Miami. His father was a cardiologist, and his mother, Arlene, was a school teacher...
was in an telephone interview with creator Dick Wolf
Dick Wolf
Richard Anthony "Dick" Wolf is an American producer, specializing in crime dramas such as Miami Vice and the Law & Order franchise. Throughout his career he has won several awards including an Emmy Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.-Early life:Wolf was born in New York City, the son...
when he renewed both series, Mr. Zucker said the plan to move original episodes of Criminal Intent to USA Network
USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
, with the repeats then set to play "shortly thereafter" on NBC, represented "a new paradigm for network TV." Wolf said he was thrilled with the deal because "my stated goal has been to keep all three shows (L&O, CI, & SVU
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
) up and running." Both the original series and Criminal Intent won full 22-episode orders, although most series for cable channels do not produce more than 13. Mr. Wolf said that he had found some budgetary savings to make the deal more viable, but that "none of them are going to be apparent to viewers."
Chris Noth
Chris Noth
Christopher David "Chris" Noth is an American actor. He is known for long-running television roles as Det. Mike Logan on the police procedural and legal drama television series, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and as Big on Sex and the City. For the latter role, he has been...
who portrayed Detective Mike Logan
Mike Logan (Law & Order)
Michael "Mike" Logan is a fictional character in the police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order franchise, played by Chris Noth.-History in the franchise:...
said on the move from network to cable; "Cable is probably the future. They're paying a lot more attention to [the show] than NBC did, frankly." Noth also believed the change would help the series differentiate itself from the rest of the franchise, saying, "We're happy to set ourselves apart." Vincent D'Onofrio
Vincent D'Onofrio
Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio is an American actor, director, film producer, writer, and singer. Often referred to as an actor's actor, his work as a character actor has earned him the nickname of "Human Chameleon"...
who portayed Detective Robert Goren
Robert Goren
Det. Robert "Bobby" Goren is a fictional character featured in the NBC-USA Network police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, portrayed by Vincent D'Onofrio....
said about the switch, "I feel like it saved the show." In an interview about his character, Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian is an American actor, playwright, monologist, and novelist of Armenian descent.-Personal life:Bogosian, an Armenian-American, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, the son of Edwina, a hairdresser and instructor, and Henry Bogosian, an accountant. After graduating from Oberlin College,...
(who portrayed Captain Dainel Ross) thought about the move to USA, "We were one of whatever number of shows on NBC, we're getting numbers every week, we're knocking ourselves out to do the best we can, and I don't think we had one ad all season. To be on USA and have them embrace us and cheerlead us, we feel we deserve it. USA wants us to succeed. I just hope more people watch it and dig it."
The theme music changed to that of the now defunct Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: Trial by Jury is an American television drama about criminal trials set in New York City. It was the third spin-off from the long-running Law & Order. The show's almost exclusive focus was on the criminal trial of the accused, showing both the prosecution's and defense's preparation...
. Original episodes of season seven aired on USA Network
USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
until August 2008, with reruns on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
beginning in January 2008. Production of the seventh season was interrupted by the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike when Executive Producer Warren Leight
Warren Leight
Warren Leight is an American playwright, screenwriter, film director and television producer. He is best known for his work on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Lights Out and the showrunner for In Treatment and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit....
and the rest of the writing staff participated in the work stoppage. Only 10 of the 22 episodes ordered were produced pre-strike, with the remaining 12 episodes which aired June 8, 2008.
In May 2008, before the remaining episodes returned, USA Network decided to renew Criminal Intent a sixteen-episode eighth season
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 8)
The eighth season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent premiered on the USA Network in the United States on April 19, 2009. It consisted of sixteen episodes, and concluded on August 9, 2009. The day following each episode's broadcast on television, they are made available to purchase and download from...
. During the eighth season, the duty of show runner was split between Walon Green
Walon Green
Walon Green is an American documentary film director and screenwriter for both TV and films. He is currently the showrunner/executive producer for the USA Network television series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Career:...
(D'Onofrio/Erbe episodes) and Robert Nathan
Robert Nathan
Robert Gruntal Nathan was an American novelist and poet.-Biography:Nathan was born into a prominent New York family. He was educated in the United States and Switzerland and attended Harvard University for several years beginning in 1912. It was there that he began writing short fiction and poetry...
(Goldblum/Nicholson episodes), Warren Leight
Warren Leight
Warren Leight is an American playwright, screenwriter, film director and television producer. He is best known for his work on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Lights Out and the showrunner for In Treatment and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit....
departed at the end of the season to work on HBO's therapy drama, In Treatment
In Treatment
In Treatment is an American HBO drama, produced and developed by Rodrigo Garcia, about a psychologist, 50-something Dr. Paul Weston, and his weekly sessions with patients, as well as those with his own therapist at the end of the week. The program, which stars Gabriel Byrne as Paul, debuted on...
.
Cast changes
While Criminal Intent was in transition from NBC to USA Network; cast members Vincent D'OnofrioVincent D'Onofrio
Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio is an American actor, director, film producer, writer, and singer. Often referred to as an actor's actor, his work as a character actor has earned him the nickname of "Human Chameleon"...
, Kathryn Erbe
Kathryn Erbe
Kathryn Elsbeth Erbe is an American actress known for her role as Det. Alexandra Eames in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a spin-off of Law & Order, and death row inmate Shirley Bellinger in the HBO series Oz.-Personal life:...
, and Chris Noth
Chris Noth
Christopher David "Chris" Noth is an American actor. He is known for long-running television roles as Det. Mike Logan on the police procedural and legal drama television series, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and as Big on Sex and the City. For the latter role, he has been...
salaries were frozen, the prospect of the salary freeze wasn't sitting well with them, who typically enjoy at least a five percent year-to-year bump. In the end they accepted a non-pay raise for the new season and they returned; keeping their haul at $350K for each of the 11 episodes they shot.
Julianne Nicholson
Julianne Nicholson
Julianne Nicholson is an American actress. She is known for having played Det. Megan Wheeler on Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Early life:...
was temporarily replaced by Alicia Witt
Alicia Witt
Alicia Roanne Witt is an American film, stage, television actress and singer.-Early life:Witt was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her mother, Diane , is a junior high school reading teacher, and her father, Robert Witt, is a science teacher and photographer. She has a brother, Ian...
who played Detective Nola Falacci
Nola Falacci
Det. Nola Falacci is a fictional character on the NBC-USA Network series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, played by Alicia Witt.-In Major Case Squad:...
, a new partner to Detective Logan, while Nicholson was on maternity leave. Nicholson returned in the episode "Contract
Contract (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"Contract" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:In this episode, Detectives Logan and Wheeler investigate the case of a television news anchor who is blackmailed by a popular tabloid gossip columnist...
", which aired on June 15, 2008 (with In Plain Sight's
In Plain Sight
In Plain Sight is an American dramatic television series on USA Network. The series revolves around Mary Shannon , a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico office of the Federal Witness Security Program , more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program...
Mary McCormack
Mary McCormack
Mary Catherine McCormack is an American actress. Best known for her work in television, she has had leading roles as Justine Appleton in the series Murder One , as Deputy National Security Adviser Kate Harper in The West Wing and as Mary Shannon in In Plain Sight .Her film roles include Private...
guest starring).
Chris Noth
Chris Noth
Christopher David "Chris" Noth is an American actor. He is known for long-running television roles as Det. Mike Logan on the police procedural and legal drama television series, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and as Big on Sex and the City. For the latter role, he has been...
decided to leave the series at the end of the season; Noth told TV Guide
TV Guide
TV Guide is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles...
, "When others couldn't get television shows produced in New York, Dick Wolf found a way to do it, and as a New Yorker I truly appreciate all that he has done for the city. The last few years have been fantastic, and both sides are happy with the result. 'All's well that ends well.'" Noth said the split was "totally mutual." He added, "The show keeps morphing and always finds new people, I'm gonna miss everyone I work with every day." Creator Dick Wolf said about Noth's departure "Chris has been a member of the "Law & Order" family since the beginning, and Mike Logan is one of the most popular detectives in the history of television," Wolf says. "We all wish him the best."
Jeff Goldblum
Jeff Goldblum
Jeffrey Lynn "Jeff" Goldblum is an American actor. His career began in the mid-1970s and he has appeared in major box-office successes including The Fly, Jurassic Park and its sequel Jurassic Park: The Lost World, and Independence Day...
was set to replace Noth. "Jeff's presence will add a new dimension to an already successful show," Dick Wolf said in a statement.
Primary cast
| Actor/Actress | Character |
|---|---|
| Team A | |
| Vincent D'Onofrio Vincent D'Onofrio Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio is an American actor, director, film producer, writer, and singer. Often referred to as an actor's actor, his work as a character actor has earned him the nickname of "Human Chameleon"... |
Detective Robert Goren Robert Goren Det. Robert "Bobby" Goren is a fictional character featured in the NBC-USA Network police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, portrayed by Vincent D'Onofrio.... |
| Kathryn Erbe Kathryn Erbe Kathryn Elsbeth Erbe is an American actress known for her role as Det. Alexandra Eames in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a spin-off of Law & Order, and death row inmate Shirley Bellinger in the HBO series Oz.-Personal life:... |
Detective Alexandra Eames Alexandra Eames Det. Alexandra "Alex" Eames is a fictional police detective with the NYPD Major Case Squad featured in the NBC-USA Network Law & Order: Criminal Intent, portrayed by Kathryn Erbe... |
| Team B | |
| Chris Noth Chris Noth Christopher David "Chris" Noth is an American actor. He is known for long-running television roles as Det. Mike Logan on the police procedural and legal drama television series, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and as Big on Sex and the City. For the latter role, he has been... |
Detective Mike Logan Mike Logan (Law & Order) Michael "Mike" Logan is a fictional character in the police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order franchise, played by Chris Noth.-History in the franchise:... |
| Julianne Nicholson Julianne Nicholson Julianne Nicholson is an American actress. She is known for having played Det. Megan Wheeler on Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Early life:... |
Detective Megan Wheeler Megan Wheeler Det. Megan Ann Wheeler is a fictional character portrayed by Julianne Nicholson on the NBC-USA Network series Law & Order: Criminal Intent... |
| Alicia Witt Alicia Witt Alicia Roanne Witt is an American film, stage, television actress and singer.-Early life:Witt was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her mother, Diane , is a junior high school reading teacher, and her father, Robert Witt, is a science teacher and photographer. She has a brother, Ian... |
Detective Nola Falacci Nola Falacci Det. Nola Falacci is a fictional character on the NBC-USA Network series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, played by Alicia Witt.-In Major Case Squad:... |
| Both | |
| Eric Bogosian Eric Bogosian Eric Bogosian is an American actor, playwright, monologist, and novelist of Armenian descent.-Personal life:Bogosian, an Armenian-American, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, the son of Edwina, a hairdresser and instructor, and Henry Bogosian, an accountant. After graduating from Oberlin College,... |
Captain Danny Ross |
Recurring cast
| Actor/Actress | Character |
|---|---|
| Leslie Hendrix Leslie Hendrix Leslie Hendrix is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Elizabeth Rodgers on four Law & Order series... |
Chief Medical Examiner Elizabeth Rodgers |
| Tony Goldwyn Tony Goldwyn Anthony Howard "Tony" Goldwyn is an American actor and director. He portrayed the villain Carl Bruner in Ghost, Colonel Bagley in The Last Samurai, and the voice of the title character of the Disney animated Tarzan.-Early life:... |
Frank Goren |
| Geneva Carr Geneva Carr Geneva Carr is an American television and stage actress, with an extensive acting resume, yet is best known for her role of the "mom" in AT&T Mobility's mobile phone commercials.-Rollover Mom:... |
News Reporter Faith Yancy |
| Seth Gilliam Seth Gilliam Seth Gilliam is an American actor. He is known for his HBO television roles, first as corrections officer-turned-prisoner Clayton Hughes on Oz, and later as Baltimore police detective promoted to sergeant Ellis Carver on The Wire. On both of these series, he co-starred with Lance Reddick and J.D.... |
Detective Daniels |
| Mike Pniewski | Chief of Detectives Kenneth Moran |
| Holt McCallany Holt McCallany Holt McCallany is an Irish American actor, writer, and producer working primarily in film and television.-Early life:... |
Detective Patrick Copa |
| Leslie Hope Leslie Hope Leslie Ann Hope is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Teri Bauer in the Fox show 24 where she played the wife of the main character Jack Bauer.-Life and career:... |
Assistant District Attorney Terri Driver |
Guest stars
Holt McCallanyHolt McCallany
Holt McCallany is an Irish American actor, writer, and producer working primarily in film and television.-Early life:...
guest starred in the season premiere episode, "Amends" as Detective Patrick Copa, a cop with visual problems witnesses his partner, Kevin Quinn (Gerald McCullouch
Gerald McCullouch
Gerald McCullouch is an American award-winning actor, director, screenwriter, and singer. McCullouch is best known for currently playing Bobby Dawson on the CBS television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.-Early life:...
) getting killed in their unmarked car. Copa returned in the teaser of the episode "Purgatory", he gets into an altercation with Goren in a local bar, because Goren wound up having Copa forced into early retirement due to his vision problems. Seth Gilliam
Seth Gilliam
Seth Gilliam is an American actor. He is known for his HBO television roles, first as corrections officer-turned-prisoner Clayton Hughes on Oz, and later as Baltimore police detective promoted to sergeant Ellis Carver on The Wire. On both of these series, he co-starred with Lance Reddick and J.D....
guest starred in the season premiere and in episodes "Senseless", and "Purgatory" as Detective Daniels; a detective from narcotics who helped work cases in Major Case where drugs and gangs were believed to be involved. Daniels is Eames's partner temporarily while Goren is under suspension and undercover. Michael O'Keefe
Michael O'Keefe
Michael Raymond O'Keefe is an American film and television actor.- Early life :O'Keefe was born Raymond Peter O'Keefe, Jr. in Mount Vernon, New York, the oldest of seven children in a devoutly Roman Catholic Irish American family. His father was a law professor at Fordham University, as well as...
guest starred in "Seeds" as Doctor Eli Rush in a case where an OB-GYN is murdered and posed in a ritualistic fashion.
Amy Acker
Amy Acker
Amy Louise Acker is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on the television series Angel as Winifred Burkle and Illyria and on Alias as Kelly Peyton. She is also known for her role as Dr. Claire Saunders/Whiskey on Dollhouse.-Early life:Acker was born and raised in Dallas, where she...
guest starred in "Smile" as Leslie LeZard, an employee in a company that appears to have been the victim of a criminal conspiracy involving contaminated mouthwash. Lola Glaudini
Lola Glaudini
Lola Glaudini is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Elle Greenaway on the hit CBS series Criminal Minds, and for her role as Agent Deborah Ciccerone on the award winning HBO series The Sopranos....
portrayed Leanne Baker, a double-crossing defense attorney who almost gets away with double murders. Frederick Weller guest starred as Simon Harper, a wealthy man who kills members of a treasure hunting trio of con artists that were working for him. Kelli Giddish
Kelli Giddish
Kelli Giddish is an American actress. She is known for her role as Diana Henry on the ABC's daytime drama All My Children . She is also known for her leading roles in the short-lived TV series Past Life and Chase...
played Dana Stipe, a woman who was initially believed to have killed one of her partners. Steve Guttenberg
Steve Guttenberg
Steven Robert "Steve" Guttenberg is an American actor and comedian. He became well known during the 1980s, after a series of starring roles in major Hollywood films, including Cocoon, Three Men and a Baby, Police Academy, and Short Circuit.-Early life:Guttenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, the...
and Paula Devicq
Paula Devicq
Paula Michelle Devicq is a Golden Globe winning Canadian actress, best known for her role as Kirsten Bennett Thomas Salinger on the television drama Party of Five, a role she played from 1994 to 2000...
guest star in "Courtship" as a famous couple, Clay Darren and Christine Mayfield, in the middle of a divorce after both bribing and harassing a judge (Bruce MacVittie ) in their own ways, Mayfield killing the judge's wife just to be with him. Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote is an American actor, author, director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audio books. His voice work includes narrating the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics and Apple's iPad campaign. He has also served as on-camera co-host of the 2000 Oscar...
guest starred in "Self-Made" as Lionel Shill, a celebrated writer whose career is on the decline, as well as his young protégé T.J. Hawkins (Pablo Schreiber
Pablo Schreiber
Pablo Tell Schreiber is an American actor known for his dramatic stage work and for his portrayal of the Polish-American character Nick Sobotka on HBO's Baltimore drug-related crime drama The Wire. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Awake and Sing! on Broadway...
).
Cynthia Watros
Cynthia Watros
Cynthia Michele Watros is an American television actress, who also starred in films and on stage. She is known for her roles as Libby on the ABC TV series Lost, Kellie in The Drew Carey Show, Erin in Titus, and Annie Dutton in Guiding Light...
guest starred as Beth Hoyle, the husband of an ambitious Bronx assistant district attorney (Andrew McCarthy
Andrew McCarthy
Andrew Thomas McCarthy is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the 1980s films St. Elmo's Fire, Mannequin, Weekend at Bernie's, Pretty in Pink, and Less Than Zero, and more recently for his role in the television shows Lipstick Jungle, White Collar and Royal Pains.-Career:McCarthy...
), who's seeking a rape case against a group of college football players. In "Untethered", Tony Goldwyn
Tony Goldwyn
Anthony Howard "Tony" Goldwyn is an American actor and director. He portrayed the villain Carl Bruner in Ghost, Colonel Bagley in The Last Samurai, and the voice of the title character of the Disney animated Tarzan.-Early life:...
returned as Frank Goren, Detective Goren's brother who is off the streets and cleaned himself up; his nephew Donny Carlson (Trevor Morgan
Trevor Morgan
Trevor Morgan is the name of:* Trevor Morgan , American actor* Trevor Morgan , English footballer* J. Trevor Morgan , member of the Canadian House of Commons...
) is in prison and he suspects foul play in an inmate’s death, due to a warden (Debra Monk
Debra Monk
Debra Monk is an American actress, singer, and writer.Monk was born in Middletown, Ohio. She was voted "best personality" by the graduating class at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. She graduated from Frostburg State University in 1963...
) who takes her prisoners to isolation and leaves them killed. Jesse Garcia
Jesse Garcia
Jesse Garcia is an American actor.Garcia starred in the award-winning film Quinceañera, written and directed by Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer with executive producer Todd Haynes, which won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival in the Dramatic...
guest starred as Felix Aguilar in the episode "Senseless"; Aguilar killed three black teenagers because he thought they thought they were "better than him".
In the episode "Purgatory
Purgatory (Law & Order: Criminal Intent Episode)
"Purgatory" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:The episode resumes where "Untethered" left off. Detective Goren, under suspension pending a psychiatric evaluation, decides to prove himself by going undercover to take down a high-level...
", Dean Winters
Dean Winters
Dean Winters is an American actor, who has portrayed Ryan O'Reily on HBO's Oz, Johnny Gavin on FX Network's Rescue Me, and Dennis Duffy on NBC's 30 Rock...
and Lauren Vélez
Lauren Vélez
Lauren Vélez is an American actress of Puerto Rican descent and the twin sister of actress Loraine Vélez. Her most notable roles are as María LaGuerta on Dexter, Detective Nina Moreno on Fox's New York Undercover, and Dr...
guest star as Mike Stoat and Lois Melago, a duo of dirty cops. Det. Robert Goren
Robert Goren
Det. Robert "Bobby" Goren is a fictional character featured in the NBC-USA Network police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, portrayed by Vincent D'Onofrio....
is the other partner of this duo as he goes undercover to take down a high-level drug-dealer named John Testarossa (Danny Mastrogiorgio
Danny Mastrogiorgio
Daniel "Danny" Mastrogiorgio is an American actor. He is best known for providing the voice of Toni Cipriani in the 2005 video game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.-Early life:Mastrogiorgio was born in Mount Vernon, New York...
) in order to prove himself while he is under suspension pending a psychiatric evaluation. In Plain Sight's
In Plain Sight
In Plain Sight is an American dramatic television series on USA Network. The series revolves around Mary Shannon , a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico office of the Federal Witness Security Program , more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program...
Mary McCormack
Mary McCormack
Mary Catherine McCormack is an American actress. Best known for her work in television, she has had leading roles as Justine Appleton in the series Murder One , as Deputy National Security Adviser Kate Harper in The West Wing and as Mary Shannon in In Plain Sight .Her film roles include Private...
guest starred as U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon in "Contract". Brenda Strong
Brenda Strong
Brenda Lee Strong is an American actress and yoga instructor, known for her roles as as Capt. Deladier in the 1997 hit movie Starship Troopers and Mary Alice Young on the television show Desperate Housewives....
portrayed Kathy Jarrow, a woman who becomes a suspect in the disappearance of her husband and his lover, she gets close to Captain Ross in this episode, hoping to keep him and the detectives from solving the case; Senator Charles E. Schumer also makes a cameo appearance in the episode, "Betrayed". In "Assassin", Indira Varma
Indira Varma
Indira Varma is an English actress. Her first major role was in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. She has gone on to appear in the television series Rome and Human Target.-Early life and background:...
plays Bela Kahn a Tamilian freedom fighter and political activist who survives an assassination attempt at JFK when she returns from her house arrest in Sri Lanka.
Sarah Jane Morris
Sarah Jane Morris
Sarah Jane Morris may refer to:* Sarah Jane Morris , English singer* Sarah Jane Morris , American actress...
guest starred in "Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger" as Marla Reynolds, a woman who murders the parents of three children who are on an exclusive and long waiting list to get into a Day Care Center. Jessica Walter
Jessica Walter
Jessica Walter is an American actress, known for the films Play Misty for Me, Grand Prix, and for her role as Lucille Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development...
portrayed her wealthy, ambitious, and vindictive mother, Eleanor. In "Reunion", Michael Massee
Michael Massee
Michael Massee is an American actor perhaps best known for his roles as villains in film and television, as well as his unintentional and accidental involvement in the death of Brandon Lee.-Career:...
plays a rock-star accused of murder, named Jordie Black. Noel Fisher guest stars in the episode as Milo Rhodes-Black; the son of a murdered talk-show host. James Frain
James Frain
James Dominic Frain is an English stage and screen actor. He is possibly best known for his role in the Showtime series The Tudors in which he appeared as Thomas Cromwell from 2007 to 2009, and for his role as vampire Franklin Mott in season three of the HBO drama True Blood, as well as his role...
and Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Allen Lloyd is an American actor. He is best known for playing Emmett Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, Uncle Fester in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values, and Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He played Reverend Jim Ignatowski in the television series Taxi and more...
guest star in "Vanishing Act" as magicians accused of murdering another magician. Miguel Ferrer
Miguel Ferrer
Miguel José Ferrer is an American actor and voice actor who is often cast as a villain. His notable roles include Bob Morton, a supporting character in RoboCop , the short tempered FBI agent Albert Rosenfield in Twin Peaks, and Dr...
guest starred in "Ten Count" as boxing coach Gus Kovak, who coached Gabriel and Peter Gardela (Enver Gjokaj
Enver Gjokaj
Enver Leif Gjokaj is an Albanian American film and television actor. He is best known for his co-starring role as Victor in Joss Whedon's science fiction television series Dollhouse.-Early life:...
), Detective Logan was Peter's mentor, and Logan kept him out of trouble and showed him how to control his impulses.
Leslie Hope
Leslie Hope
Leslie Ann Hope is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Teri Bauer in the Fox show 24 where she played the wife of the main character Jack Bauer.-Life and career:...
guest starred in "Neighborhood Watch" and "Last Rites" as Assistant District Attorney Terri Driver, an ambitious prosecutor who pushed a girl to lie and say she was raped to put an innocent boy in prison, who was later killed. Logan and Driver immediately knocking heads. Logan jeopardizes both his and Wheeler's careers when a priest convinces him to re-open a 16-year-old homicide case that's over a decade old, which involves Driver who will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried. Logan goes to war with her, as she is planning to run for Attorney General
Attorney General
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...
, when Logan discovers that she may have prosecuted the wrong person for her own personal gain. In "Frame", John Glover
John Glover (actor)
John Soursby Glover Jr. is an American actor, perhaps best known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Lionel Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville.-Personal life:...
returns as Dr. Declan Gage, he works with Nicole Wallace (Olivia d'Abo
Olivia d'Abo
Olivia d'Abo is an English actress and singer-songwriter, best known for portraying Karen Arnold in The Wonder Years and Nicole Wallace, the recurring villain in Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Acting career:...
) to kill Detective Goren's brother (Tony Goldwyn), but Gage plays her and kills her as well.
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