As of July 2026, Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1 aired in 2001 with 22 episodes — streaming now on BINGE. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1

2001 22 Episodes Drama ⭐ 8/10

Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1 has built a devoted audience on and among viewers who want their drama to earn its emotional beats. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 381 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Vincent D'Onofrio anchors it with a performance that rewards close attention. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. The writing in Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1 treats its characters as people first, plot devices second. Season 1 of Law & Order: Criminal Intent includes 22 episodes. It aired from September 2001 to May 2002. This season stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe and Courtney B. Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2001. What elevates Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1 is a refusal to let any character off the hook too easily. The consistency throughout is what elevates it — not every moment is the best, but none of them are a reason to stop watching.

Viewers drawn to character-driven storytelling will find plenty to sit with in Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Vincent D'Onofrio is the centre of it, and it is one of their strongest performances on record. The patience it asks of you early on is paid back with interest.

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🎬 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1 — Episode Guide

Goren and Eames are called in when a jewelry heist leaves behind three bodies. After ruling out mafia involvement, they realise that the thefts are directly connected to recent credit card thefts and stolen identities. They're led to an extremely charismatic thief, and their only hope is convincing ...

When a museum curator and an art authenticator are found dead in what was set up to look like a murder-suicide, Goren and Eames follow the clues and realise that the deaths are linked to the sale of numerous art forgeries. Their investigation hits a dead end when they're unable to locate the forger ...

After the body of Lois Romney is found in a hotel room, Goren and Eames link her to Dale Van Acker, a junkie and the son of wealthy scion Priscilla Van Acker. Van Acker strongly disapproved of her son's pregnant fiancée, which leads Goren and Eames to suspect she may have wanted to get rid of the gi...

Goren and Eames investigate the death of church sexton Morris Abernathy but soon find their chief suspect, Kevin Donovan, dead in his apartment. After realising that someone performed last rites over Donovan's body, the police realise that a priest was involved in the murder, and are led to a priest...

The detectives become suspicious when an abusive lawyer's girlfriends keep turning up dead, but his wife stonewalls the investigation.

When a European con man is found beaten to death, the detectives look for the investors he swindled, learning quickly that the man also had relations with their wives.

The detectives investigate a murderer who poisons hospital victims with cyanide. They suspect a nurse whose profile is typical, but when they discover more murders away from the hospital they have to widen their search.

The Pardoner's Tale

The deaths of a reporter and his fiancée, gunned down on orders, leads the detectives to investigate political bribery involving the governor's office, which Deakins isn't pleased with.

The Good Doctor

A plastic surgeon reports his drug-abusing wife missing, and ends up being the prime suspect after detectives learn he had good reason to want her out of his life.

The death of an eccentric banker in his nintieth floor apartment leads the detectives to investigate his professional contacts and family members.

The Third Horseman

The killing of an abortion doctor who was shot in his own apartment sends the detectives on a search for the sniper before someone else becomes the next victim. Carver worries that the case will end up being all about abortion rights.

A psychiatrist who provides expert testimony at criminal trials lays down an insanity defense to hide his obsession for his younger girlfriend after revealing to her that he hired a corrupt detective to murder her brother-in-law at his son's Bar Mitzvah after alleged reports that her niece had been ...

When the father of a young woman who has been out all night clubbing is found dead in his boat house, Goren and Eames investigate the mysterious club owner only to realise that he is an undercover FBI agent and that the Bureau will not risk their undercover operation even to stop a killer.

Homo Homini Lupis

When an business executive's wife and two daughters are kidnapped for a loanshark because the loan hasn't been paid off, Goren and Eames are frustrated by the man's lack of cooperation, which stymies them further when the man's released daughter proves to have been sexually assaulted.

Semi-Professional

The detectives investigate the murder of a judge's clerk, with their attention initially going to the judge himself, who had been having an affair with the young woman.

The detectives investigate a slain bank robber and check out his sister, who is involved with a bogus United Nations economist. As the detectives close in on the suspect, Goren learns the suspect wants his children's approval and must stop him before any more murders.

When the body of a bisexual young woman is found slain, Goren and Eames note the similarities between her death and a number of murders committed by a convicted serial killer, turning their attention to a human-behavior researcher.

When the well-preserved body of a woman tortured and murdered twenty years earlier appears on the banks of the Bronx River, chemical residue on the body leads Goren and Eames to the basement of the house in which the body had originally been buried and to the junkie whose parents owned the home. Whe...

Goren and Eames investigate the murder of a Russian mob princess, initially believing she may have been slain in a revenge act against her father, but their attention later turns to a classmate who could be destroyed by the woman's upcoming tell-all book.

When the murder of a city auditor and his family seems too perfect, Goren and Eames turn their attention towards law enforcement personnel after learning that the auditor was investigating a number of former cops upon suspicion of double-dipping.

🎭 Cast of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1

Vincent D'Onofrio

Vincent D'Onofrio

Kathryn Erbe

Alexandra Eames

Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. Vance

Jamey Sheridan

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