Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | ||
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| S1 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.2 | ||
| S2 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.6 | |
| S3 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.2 | |||
| S4 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.5 | |
| S5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.9 | ||
| S6 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 9.1 | 8.3 | ||
| S7 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.9 | ||
| S8 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 8.2 | ||||||||
| S9 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.9 | ||||||||
| S10 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.3 |
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"A detective's mind games elevate crime procedural formula"
This Law & Order spinoff flips the formula: instead of a pure whodunit, you often see the crime committed up front, then watch detectives unravel how and why. The draw is Vincent D'Onofrio's Detective Goren, an unnervingly perceptive investigator whose odd mannerisms and psychological gamesmanship with suspects give the show its distinct flavor. Cases lean into twisted motives and manipulative killers rather than procedural routine. Pace is steady and dialogue-heavy, carried by interrogation scenes more than action. Cast shuffles across its run change the chemistry, but the show remains a moodier, more character-driven cousin to its parent series.
Vincent D'Onofrio's unsettling, magnetic performance as a detective who out-thinks every suspect.
you want tidy whodunits rather than drawn-out psychological cat-and-mouse with killers.
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