Law & Order: Criminal Intent - The Second Year [5 Discs]

Vincent D'Onofrio

Overview

This second 'Law & Order' spin-off focuses on New York detectives known as the Major Case Squad, which handles high-profile and unusually difficult investigations. Its storytelling differs from the original series in that it presents the criminal's perspective as well as the deductive methods used by the cops.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/12/2006
UPC:	0025192930928
Original Release:	2006
Rating:	NR
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Language:	English
Time:	16:55:00
Sales rank:	37,613

Editorial Reviews

Brilliant, eccentric Det. Robert Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio) and his partner, the hardworking Detective Alexandra Eames (Kathryn Erbe), returned to the beat in 2002-3 for another season of Criminal Intent. The second spin-off of the Law & Order franchise (after L&O: Special Victims Unit), Criminal Intent breaks from its earlier sibling's two-act structures: Viewers see the suspect, victim, and murder in the opening teaser, so it's the cops who have to figure out whodunit rather than the audience. D'Onofrio's acting choices -- filled with twitches and verbal tics -- can be mesmerizing; watching Goren interrogate the suspect is generally the highlight of every show. Using near-incredible deductive abilities (along with psychological manipulation), Goren determines who perpetrated the double murder of a social service worker and a deputy mayor in "Bright Boy"; he discovers who has been diluting cancer medication and giving it to patients in "Malignant"; and he's able to identify who murdered a woman with Botox injections in "Suite Sorrow." Erbe does her best to keep up with her costar, getting more comfortable in her role as quippy sidekick throughout Season 2, but it's really D'Onofrio's show. Great guest stars abound, too: TV greats Linda Lavin and Hal Linden pop up, as do "I know that actor from somewhere!" television workhorses like Lee Tergesen (Oz); Peter Gerety (Homicide: Life on the Street); Mark Linn-Baker (Perfect Strangers ); Lance Reddick (The Wire); Max Casella (The Sopranos); and William Sadler (Roswell).