Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The drug-addicted daughter of a city politician survives a hit by "playing dead" -- her blackmailing, dealer boyfriend, isn't so lucky. Goren and Eames then uncover a trail of deception that leads all the way to City Hall.

When a young hipster is found stabbed in an ethnically-charged neighborhood, Detectives Nichols and Wheeler enter the world of aspiring artists with big dreams.

Two young brothers endure the insanity of their mother until she dies under questionable circumstances in a bathtub. Twenty years later, when the elder brother is confronted with the reality of a life he has sought to leave behind, he kills his brother. Detectives Goren and Eames follow the clues that lead them through a multitude of assumed identities.

Wall Street hustler Archie Beuliss is a captain of the financial industry, leading Beuliss Securities, one of the nation's most successful hedge funds. He is the honorary speaker at a gala dinner when the place erupts amid news reports that Beuliss Securities is under investigation by the SEC for fraud. When Beuliss Securities CFO Frank Hatcher is found stabbed in the men's room, Nichols and Wheeler step into the world of high finance to catch an unlikely killer.

When a devout, celebrity doctor is murdered, Goren and Eames enter the unexpectedly steamy world behind the pulpit.

A lonely, single mother is targeted by a charming con man in an effort to hit an armored truck carrying millions of dollars.

When a fragile couple lose their child in a hotel robbery, Goren and Eames race against the clock to track down the missing child.

Nichols and Wheeler find themselves on the world stage, untangling the dark politics behind the Olympic Site Selection Committee.

When a flier from a local Catholic high school drama production connects three murders, Goren and Eames must understand the psychology of a religious fanatic before he claims another victim.

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.

Boz Burman dodged a murder conviction thanks to the DA's bungling of the case. A born survivor, he parlayed his notoriety into a successful TV crime show. But when he washes up dead in the East River, Goren and Eames must track down a killer's killer.

Detectives Nichols and Wheeler discover the deadly passion that exists behind the arts.

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.

Detectives Nichols and Eames must track down a killer who is surprisingly adept, and too close for comfort.

A hunky posterboy with a million-dollar torso has what others crave: sex appeal.

With the banks failing and public discontent high, aging revolutionary Axel Kaspers believes the time is ripe to galvanize public reaction and spark a populist uprising. With his radical daughter Birgit and disciple Mel, Axel orchestrates the kidnapping of Continental Bankcorp president, Peter Evans.