Character: Leslie LeZard
Creator: Dick Wolf
Other Cast: Steven Zirnkilton, Kathryn Erbe, Vincent D’Onofrio
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
MPAA Rating: Unknown
Law & Order: Criminal Intent, takes viewers into the minds of its criminals while following the psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve the crimes. In true Sherlock Holmes-fashion, D’Onofrio (Men in Black) stars as Detective Goren, an exceptionally bright homicide investigator with well-honed instincts that match up favourably with his criminal quarry. Likewise, his partner, Detective Eames (Erbe, Oz), brings an independence and stylish edge to her work that meshes well with Goren.
Detective Logan, (Golden-Globe nominated Noth, The Perfect Man, Sex and the City) who was exiled to Staten Island after punching a city Councilman ten years ago on Law & Order (1990-1995), teams with partner Detective Wheeler (Nicholson), who asks the question ?why, ” balancing out Logan’s ?who, what, when and where” approach.
Eric Bogosian plays Captain Ross who was rewarded with the Major Case Squad after heading a successful three-year Joint Task Force on International Money Laundering that has just been dissolved. He brings Wheeler with him to Major Case — he is her mentor. Captain Ross is divorced and a New York history buff.
7×03 – “Smile”: An FDA official under suspicion; a dentist is smothered in his chair, and tainted samples are just the beginning of an investigation that reaches back to the government.
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• Episode aired October 18, 2007 on NBC
• The series has been on the air since 2001; after six seasons, the series will move to the USA network for its seventh season, beginning October 2008.
