Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Season 8

2009 · 16 episodes · ★ 6.5

What Season 8 of Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The season opens with Goren and Eames investigating a case that splashes onto the family of a city councilman, where a young woman and her boyfriend, both addicted to drugs, become trapped in blackmail. From there, the Major Case Squad handles crimes involving politicians, business leaders and artists in Manhattan. Goren, with a background in psychology, tries to understand the mind of each killer, while Eames, raised in a family of police officers, is initially wary of his unconventional methods. As the episodes go on, Detective Zach Nichols joins the team and takes on his first case, along with Detective Wheeler, who works with him on several investigations. The common thread is the world of high society, money and hidden passions.

16episodes

Apr 19, 2009premiered

Aug 9, 2009final episode

11.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 8 Episodes

8x01 Playing Dead
Apr 19, 2009 · 44 min
Goren and Eames investigate a case involving a councilman's step-daughter and her boyfriend being shot. The pair of drug-addicted kids were caught up in blackmail schemes which had targeted the politically powerful family of the woman.
Directed by: Michael Smith · Written by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Antoinette Stella · Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Leslie Hendrix, Traci Godfrey
8x02 Rock Star
Apr 26, 2009 · 43 min
Det. Zach Nichols' first case involves the murder of an artist, but it's unclear whether the neighborhood he lived in was a factor in his death, or something more personal.
Directed by: Bill D'Elia · Written by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Ed Zuckerman · Starring: Julianne Nicholson, Jeff Goldblum, Ashton Holmes, Daniel Gerroll
8x03 Identity Crisis
May 3, 2009 · 43 min
A man's murder puts Goren and Eames on the trail of an upper echelon businessman whose secrets have taken over his life and put him on the run.
Directed by: Michael Smith · Written by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Pamela J. Wechsler · Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Leslie Hendrix, Sam Trammell
8x04 In Treatment
May 10, 2009 · 43 min
News of a company's falling stock that plunged more over a fraud investigation may have led to the murder of one of its executives.
Directed by: Jean de Segonzac · Written by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Timothy J. Lea · Starring: Julianne Nicholson, Jeff Goldblum, Leslie Hendrix, Dennis Boutsikaris
8x05 Faithfully
May 17, 2009 · 43 min
After a doctor is murdered in his home while his wife lies bound and helpless upstairs in their bedroom, it is revealed that the couple's reverend may know more about the crime than he is telling the detectives.
Directed by: Jean de Segonzac · Written by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Antoinette Stella · Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Leslie Hendrix, Robert Farrior
8x06 Astoria Helen
May 31, 2009 · 41 min
Nicholas and Wheeler investigate when the partner of a con man who used his charm to scheme a lonely single mother, is found dead.
Directed by: Norberto Barba · Written by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Timothy J. Lea · Starring: Julianne Nicholson, Jeff Goldblum, Leslie Hendrix, Domenick Lombardozzi
8x07 Folie a Deux
Jun 7, 2009 · 42 min
Goren and Eames search for a young boy who vanished during a robbery at a hotel.
Directed by: David Manson · Written by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Michael S. Chernuchin · Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Leslie Hendrix, Sam Kitchin
8x08
8x08 The Glory That Was...
Jun 14, 2009 · 45 min
A former Olympian now working in the Belgian consulate is killed. Her death is soon linked to an aspiring Olympian, a blackmail DVD, and the owner of a private security firm.
Directed by: Norberto Barba · Written by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Robert Nathan · Starring: Julianne Nicholson, Jeff Goldblum, Leslie Hendrix, Summer Crockett Moore
8x09 Family Values
Jun 21, 2009 · 43 min
When a flyer from a local Catholic high school drama show connects three murders, Goren and Eames must understand the psychology of a religious fanatic before he claims another victim.
Directed by: Jean de Segonzac · Written by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Walon Green · Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Leslie Hendrix, James Biberi
8x10 Salome in Manhattan
Jun 28, 2009 · 41 min
A celebrity chef's star is on the rise as he plans the opening of a trendy restaurant with powerful partners. Yet his world is upended when his tabloid-friendly, gorgeous girlfriend and business partner is killed under mysterious circumstances. Detectives Nichols and Wheeler enter the seductive world of power and privilege and discover desperation and murder.
Directed by: Steve Shill · Written by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Andrew Lipsitz · Starring: Julianne Nicholson, Jeff Goldblum, Leslie Hendrix, Eric Balfour
8x11 Lady's Man
Jun 28, 2009 · 43 min
Goren and Eames investigate the killing of a man who became famous for dodging a murder conviction because of a mishandled trial. The man spun his notoriety into a TV show but turned up dead on his birthday.
Directed by: Ken Girotti · Written by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Michael S. Chernuchin · Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Geneva Carr, Leslie Hendrix
8x12 Passion
Jul 12, 2009 · 41 min
Egocentric poet Jacob Garrety would do anything to keep his poetry journal, The Village Quarterly, afloat. When foundation president Don McCallum shows up and announces he is cutting funding to the journal, Jacob appeals to assistant and lover Lauren to use her sexuality to change Don's mind. Though reluctant, she agrees. While Jacob enjoys the advances of arts patron Sandra Dunbar at a poetry reading, Lauren carries out Jacob's wish, and winds up dead on the street. Detectives Nichols and Wheeler discover the deadly passion that exists behind the arts.
Directed by: Jonathan Herron · Written by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Michael S. Chernuchin · Starring: Julianne Nicholson, Jeff Goldblum, Leslie Hendrix, Joseph Vincent Gay
8x13 All In
Jul 19, 2009 · 42 min
When poker genius Josh Snow loses $80,000 in a card game, backer and bookie Lou Cardinale forces him into collections to work off the losses. Lou gives him a .38 and a box of blanks to extract gambling debts, and sends along his mistress, Angela, to keep an eye on the money. Detectives Goren and Eames enter an elaborate game where they must join in the play, or be played.
Directed by: David Manson · Written by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Walon Green · Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Caris Vujcec, Rob Devaney
8x14 Major Case
Jul 26, 2009 · 43 min
Detective Eames assists with Nichols' case involving the death of an addict who was just days from going straight when Wheeler is otherwise engaged in the labor and delivery of her baby.
Directed by: Christopher Zalla · Written by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Andrew Lipsitz · Starring: Kathryn Erbe, Julianne Nicholson, Jeff Goldblum, Leslie Hendrix
8x15 Alpha Dog
Aug 2, 2009 · 43 min
A popular male model spends the night with a mysterious woman and after a night of love and drugs, is found dead. Goren and Eames uncover the sexual paranoia behind the murder.
Directed by: Norberto Barba · Written by: Dick Wolf, Walon Green, René Balcer · Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Leslie Hendrix, Chris Henry Coffey
8x16 Revolution Season Finale
Aug 9, 2009 · 43 min
A heist goes tragically wrong when a revolutionary makes plans on kidnapping a powerful bank executive, and winds up dead. During Nichols and Eames probe of the murder, they must also prevent a terrorist campaign.
Directed by: John David Coles · Written by: Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Michael S. Chernuchin · Starring: Kathryn Erbe, Jeff Goldblum, Leslie Hendrix, Kevin Cutts