Season 2
🎬 23 Episodes 📅 2002 ⏱ 42 min
A seemingly ordinary crime conceals a labyrinth of psychological manipulation and hidden motives that pull the Major Case Squad deeper into the criminal's twisted logic. Law & Order: Criminal Intent peels back the layers of human behavior, revealing how ambition, jealousy, and desperation can transform ordinary people into killers. As detectives dissect every confession and false lead, they discover that solving the crime is only half the battle—understanding why demands entering the darkest corners of the human psyche. The case becomes less about evidence and more about reading the criminal mind before it claims another victim.
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23
Episodes
2002
Year
42
min / ep
16.1
Watch Hours
2/10
Season No.
⭐ 8.8
Best Episode
Ep. 1 · Dead
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🎬 Episodes 23 episodes
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1
⭐ 8.8
Dead
The murder of a mortician and the discovery of corpses at a crematorium lead the detectives to a family man claiming to have a consulting business but suspected of being a contract killer with a penchant for perfection. Goren attempts to prove this by setting up a scheme that puts his "fear of makin…
🎬 Darnell Martin ✍️ Dick Wolf
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2
⭐ 7.3
Bright Boy
The double murder of a social services worker and a deputy mayor lead the detectives to suspect a couple who may have a grudge against the social worker for taking away their children. When they learn that the social worker had taken special interest in a child prodigy being considered for admission…
🎬 Frank Prinzi ✍️ Dick Wolf
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3
⭐ 8.3
Anti-Thesis
As Goren and Eames sift through the likely suspects in the murder of a university president and his assistant, they discover that the culprit is a wily adversary who has more than these crimes to hide.
🎬 Adam Bernstein ✍️ Stephanie Sengupta
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4
⭐ 8.7
Best Defense
The detectives follow the trail when an assistant district attorney confronts and kills a hired gunman following a series of death threats. They first suspect his wife, a prominent defense attorney, through a convict whose case was being prosecuted by the A.D.A. and the rumors of her romantic affair…
🎬 Gloria Muzio ✍️ Dick Wolf
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5
⭐ 8.3
Chinoiserie
After a mother of two is shot dead in Chinatown, Goren and Eames first believe that her death may be connected to the Tianamen Square massacre, but then their investigation leads them to a smuggling ring dealing in antiquities.
🎬 David Platt ✍️ Dick Wolf
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6
⭐ 7.7
Malignant
A robbery that involved two fatalities leads to the discovery of a long-running case of tampering with drugs. Goren and Eames have to figure out a way of catching a pharmacist who has been diluting cancer medication without using the exhumated bodies of patients who had been given the medicine.
🎬 Juan José Campanella ✍️ Dick Wolf
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7
Tomorrow
The detectives investigate a triple murder, including the son and daughter of a wealthy businessman, that occurred in his apartment. After investigating the childrens' stepmother (his second wife), they turn to a pair of nannies, one of whom works for the family. However, the detectives must reach b…
🎬 Don Scardino ✍️ Dick Wolf
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8
⭐ 8.7
The Pilgrim
The detectives are called to investigate the adult daughter of a retired officer which takes them to a case of terrorism involving someone she knew that includes a shipment of explosives.
🎬 Darnell Martin ✍️ Dick Wolf
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9
⭐ 7.7
Shandeh
The investigation into the murder of a Jewish woman turns towards her family once Goren and Eames find out about her husband's affair.
🎬 Steve Shill ✍️ René Balcer
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10
⭐ 8.2
Con-Text
Goren and Eames run a con of their own on a phony motivational speaker whom they suspect exploited a fragile disciple by convincing him to commit murder for profit.
🎬 Alex Zakrzewski ✍️ Dick Wolf
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11
⭐ 7.5
Baggage
When an airline baggage supervisor is found murdered in the trunk of her car, the detectives investigate the employees listed in a sexual harrassment complaint which leads them to a scam involving credit cards and credit reports with foreign links.
🎬 Constantine Makris ✍️ Dick Wolf
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12
⭐ 8.8
Suite Sorrow
After the tyrannical owner of a Manhattan luxury hotel is found submerged in her bathtub, evidence seems increasingly to indicate that the woman's death was the work of her deeply frustrated, long-suffering daughter.
🎬 Jean de Segonzac ✍️ Dick Wolf
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13
⭐ 7.0
See Me
Detectives Goren and Eames come to believe a doctor conducted shameful experiments on the residents of a halfway house.
🎬 Steve Shill ✍️ Stephanie Sengupta
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14
⭐ 8.5
Probability
While probing the seemingly random murders of several homeless men, Goren and Eames uncover a scam involving a crooked insurance agent. However, an unsual twist leads the detectives to an unlikely suspect.
🎬 Frank Prinzi ✍️ Dick Wolf
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15
⭐ 8.5
Monster
The murder of a woman in her apartment results in her son, recently paroled after serving 15 years for murder, becoming the prime suspect. Having consulted with the lead detective on the old case, Goren and Eames discover he was involved in a cover-up to rush other cases to closure.
🎬 Joyce Chopra ✍️ Dick Wolf
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16
⭐ 8.0
Cuba Libre
After the trophy wife of a recently released prison inmate is murdered, Goren plays on the man's paranoia to find a connection to another inmate with a hit list.
🎬 Darnell Martin ✍️ Dick Wolf
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17
⭐ 7.8
Cold Comfort
When a woman suing her brother over the disposition of their father's remains is found murdered, Goren and Eames discover a concealed parentage and a man willing to go to any extremes to ensure his legacy.
🎬 Constantine Makris ✍️ Dick Wolf
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18
Legion
When a father and son have their throats slit, the detectives discovers that a group of adolescent boys have disappeared from the same neighborhood. When the locals don't cooperate with the investigation, the cops think the boys are being used by someone operating a bicycle theft ring. The cops are …
🎬 Steve Shill ✍️ Dick Wolf
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19
⭐ 7.7
Cherry Red
The detectives try to figure out a mystery after an old woman dies in a fire. The mystery gets deeper when a young woman who is left some of the old woman estate is killed. The case takes them to a state public administrator who has invented a form of grave-robbing. The detective suspects the admini…
🎬 Frank Prinzi ✍️ Dick Wolf
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20
⭐ 7.2
Blink
The detectives investigate a murder of a math student who worked in a poker club as a card-counter. Their case brings the detectives to a group of computer nerds, but later they discover a computer gambling system which has tougher suspects. The detectives discovers that even there own workstations …
🎬 Don Scardino ✍️ René Balcer
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21
⭐ 8.7
Graansha
Goren and Eames enter the closed world of a thieving Irish Traveller clan when they investigate the death of a Ann Lawson, a probation officer who was run over three times after meeting a friend at the bar. They soon learn that Ann, a probation officer, had been involved with Malcolm Bryce, the fath…
🎬 Darnell Martin ✍️ Dick Wolf
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22
Zoonotic
The investigation into the murder of a crooked cop leads to a preening veterinarian and his friend, an obsessive doctor whose ex-girlfriends who have all been infected with a rare disease.
🎬 Don Scardino ✍️ René Balcer
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23
A Person of Interest
Goren and Eames investigate the murder of a former nurse and discover a possible anthrax terrorist plot. The case takes a turn for the worse when Goren is blamed for driving a suspect to commit suicide. Now disgraced, Goren learns that a cunning adversary from his past may be involved.
🎬 Frank Prinzi ✍️ Dick Wolf