The darkest episode. - Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) Discussion

[–] jimw5575 10 years ago

I'm bad with episode names, but the one where Goren goes undercover at that crooked prison. I can't bear to watch it again.

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[–] candacbap-88-377616 10 years ago

I think I've watched that one twice, I didn't like it.

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[–] rainegrewal 8 years ago

@jimw5575, I agree with you. This one gives me the shivers. Makes the audience and Goran realize how close to insane he really is...

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[–] Razor187 10 years ago

Badge and To the Bone since they both had young children murdered (and mutilated in the case of the latter).

And so Governor Devlin, because even the cost of freedom can be too high, I REFUSE your pardon!

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[–] Mustang_Tony_61 10 years ago

Those were both amazing episodes. I actually went to high school with the guy (Jack Koenig) who played the father who "committed" the murder/suicide in "Badge". I saw him in a high school production of "Arsenic & Old Lace" in 1977 or 1978. What I liked about "To The Bone" was Whoopi Goldberg's performance. So sweet and then creepy, especially that final smirk she gives to Logan at the end. And that's a compliment as I am not usually a fan of hers.

Some people claim that there's a woman to blame, but I know it's nobody's fault.

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[–] Helena727 9 years ago

Exactly! I don't particularly like WG, but she's amazing in "To the Bone." IMO, it's the darkest episode of LOCI; I couldn't watch it a second time, whereas I've seen virtually all the other eps more than once (bc reruns aired when I was dressing for work). Chilling, sad, brutal ...

"All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people."

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[–] askmonroville 7 years ago

Is TO THE BONE the one with the family that gets hacked to death with machetes (and the real estate agent stumbles on the crime scene in the opening)? Yeah, that one was pretty gross.

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[–] Mustang_Tony_61 7 years ago

Yes.

Praise the Lord and pass the martini's - Lennie Briscoe

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[–] hawker2005 9 years ago

The scene where Said and Adebisi are in the cell with the white sheets that Martin Querns allowed him to put there is an amazing scene. From the beginning to the end when Adebisi walks out somewhat triumphantly at first...

Those are the types of scenes and shots that truly started to make the difference and have since been used in the great shows HBO and SHO have put out as well as channels like FX and AMC just to name a few.

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[–] Westwindnotnorth 10 years ago

Untethered, the one where Goren gets himself locked up and tortured on purpose, is really grim. But for my money the most horrific is "Endgame", the one where he interviews a serial rapist/murderer, figures out that his mother was one of his victims, his mother adds the layer that the killer might be Goren's father and then she dies. And his potential father is executed. That's grim.

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[–] GoodbyePorkPieHat 10 years ago

"Untethered" is on tonight, and I'm debating whether I want to watch it again.

So it goes.

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[–] bigdbc 9 years ago

Agreed. On Cloo right now!

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[–] candacbap-88-377616 10 years ago

I don't know the name of the episode but the one where the nun was killed in the church. It was on today.....I turned the channel.

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[–] tbirdman-1 10 years ago

My vote is for season 7, episode 21 "Last Rites" which was the
final appearance of Chris Noth as Mike Logan. Its also
bittersweet as we hear the name of Logan's deceased partner
Lenny Briscoe mentioned and when this one first aired in 2008
Jerry Orbach had been deceased for nearly four years. A very
well written plot and a satisfying send off for Det. Logan.

Lorenzo Sunny Arizona

Call me a sailor or a swabby just don't call me a squid!

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[–] Helena727 9 years ago

Beautifully put. Bc I don't watch a lot of TV, I first knew Chris Noth thru "Sex and the City" reruns, and I really hated his character and had no opinion of the actor. Then I encountered Mike Logan on LOCI, and my respect for Noth (as actor) shot way up. I still haven't seen the early seasons of LO but will bc I'd like to see more of Logan.

RIP, the sublime Jerry Orbach.

"All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people."

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[–] Razor187 10 years ago

Eh, I only see it with Great Barrier (where they reveal she killed her infant daughter) and Grow (where a father and uncle scheme to murder a sick little girl). I'm ashamed for forgetting those (also Magnificat).

And so Governor Devlin, because even the cost of freedom can be too high, I REFUSE your pardon!

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[–] katiekoz 10 years ago

I think the one where the women kills her three little kids in the car bomb and intended to kill all four ..that one by far is the only one I will not watch again. I also think untethered is pretty dark as well as the one where Goren is framed

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[–] Westwindnotnorth 10 years ago

I'm with you; that's one of the few episodes I just can't watch. I hate that father with a fiery passion.

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[–] AprilValen 10 years ago

I hate that father with a fiery passion.

But Carrie Preston is amazing in it, as the troubled mother.

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[–] Westwindnotnorth 10 years ago

I totally agree, Carrie Preston is amazing. When she starts to exit her psychotic state and fully understand what she did it's heartbreaking.

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[–] ecjones1951 10 years ago

"The Posthumous Collection," from season 4, is one of the darkest and eeriest of all for me. This is the one where the famous photographer is murdered, and the photos from the last shoot create a puzzle that leads to the murderer. I just don't want to say too much more. Goren's reaction once he realizes what he's seeing in the photos is one of revulsion, not a response we're accustomed to seeing in him. The subject matter is so grim that Eames's dry wit is even more welcome than usual. (It has been a while since I've seen this one -- Netflix dropped the first 5 seasons more than a year ago, and who knows if they will ever bring them back.)