Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Season 8
Season 8 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 7.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 8 Progress Shield
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
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.
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.
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.
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 tha
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.
Folie a Deux
Jun 7, 2009 · 42 min
Goren and Eames search for a young boy who vanished during a robbery at a hotel.
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.
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 vic
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 girlfrien
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 turn
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 cutti
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 blank
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
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.
Revolution
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 a