There have been several guest stars in episodes of this series, such as: Detectives Robert Goren and Alexandra Eames investigate a diamond theft from a house in which two residents and a thief were killed. Karl Atwood, the criminal who planned the robbery, deceives the police. He tricks her into believing that the robbery is linked to the Mafia, but detectives discover the deception when they trace a tattoo showing that Atwood spent time in a Canadian prison. Atwood jumped on probation and crossed the line. Goren and Eames interview Atwood`s girlfriend, Gia. They report that Atwood contracted AIDS in prison and infected them. They promise to be lenient with her and treat her if it helps them stop Atwood. She manages to meet Atwood, and when the diamond buyers show up, Goren and Eames arrest them all. Then they inform Gia that she is not infected with HIV. Over the ten seasons on both networks, 195 original episodes aired.
The first season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent was adapted into localized foreign versions. [39] Russian: Закон и порядок: Преступный умысел (lit. Wolf was also credited as executive producer, as with all other Law & Order series. The first season was co-produced by Peter Jankowski, Fred Berner, Geoffrey Neigher and Arthur W. Forney. John L. Roman, Roz Weinman and Eric Overmyer were named producers, with Michael Kewley co-producing. Theresa Rebeck and Marlane Meyer consulted with the producers. [12] Twelve people directed and nine people wrote the twenty-two episodes; Constantine Makris directed four episodes, and Balcer wrote or co-wrote ten episodes. The first season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent premiered on NBC during the 2001–2002 television season.[13] The pilot episode, titled “One”, aired on Sunday, September 30, 2001 at 9:00 p.m.
EST. The episodes aired weekly until December, when the show took a short break until January and took another break in February. The final episode of the season aired at 9:00 p.m. Friday, May 10, 2002. [13] Under a split syndication or second-window agreement of $100,000 per episode that the USA Network cable network entered into with NBC,[3][11] USA Network was authorized to broadcast episodes in prime time one week after they premiered on NBC. The season is also the subject of a regular off-network syndication agreement with USA Networks and Bravo.[26] The two networks merged in late 2004 to pay $2 million per episode for syndication rights to the series, allowing USA Network to air episodes during the week and Bravo episodes on weekends. [27] [28] In 2007, Fox Television Stations, a group of stations owned and operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company, entered into a syndication agreement to broadcast episodes as part of their daytime programming. [29] Beginning in late 2009, MyNetworkTV will air Law & Order: Criminal Intent, including episodes from the first season, after changing its business model from a network broadcaster to a syndication programming service. [30] [31] [32] The series was also distributed to international broadcasters. Wolf`s characters are notoriously devoid of detailed personal lives, but the first episode suggests a bit more introspection on the part of the characters. [12] In Entertainment Weekly, Ken Tucker wrote that Law & Order: Criminal Intent was the best series of the year in the Law & Order franchise, and that while Law & Order suffered from tired, wooden performances by actors with poor chemistry, acting in Law & Order: Criminal Intent was at “the other end of the spectrum.” The two writers commented on the overwhelming on-screen presence that D`Onofrio dominates in the first episode: “Criminal Intent is so far a one-man show with Vincent D`Onofrio at its center. [He] attracts the most attention and tends to overshadow Erbe, who in the pilot is reduced to following Goren with an impressive look,” Fries wrote,[12] while Tucker also noted, “D`Onofrio is so eccentrically entertaining that even his co-star Kathryn Erbe seems intrigued,”[5] but complained that Erbe`s role was smaller than D`Onofrio`s.
which “aligns with the subtle range she showed on Oz [HBO], proving her professional generosity.” He also said Sheridan “is equally confused and underutilized,” but “Vance is brilliant [as Carver] who lets the accused languish in the face of his elegantly reasoned cross-examinations.” The season was nominated for four awards and described by some critics as the most impressive of all Law & Order series.[5] .