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SnoopyStyle This is a spin off of the popular TV series 'Law & Order', except it doesn't follow its formula. This show follows NYPD Major Case Squad's Detective Robert Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio) and his partner Alexandra Eames (Kathryn Erbe). The biggest difference is to concentrate on these two detectives. In that way, it is much more reminiscent of police procedural in the past.Vincent D'Onofrio created an uniquely memorable character. Kathryn Erbe provides a great calming presence. Together they have a great watchable chemistry. It lasted 10 seasons.

ShelbyTMItchell Show only works with Detective Goren played by the great character actor Vincent D Onofrio and he made the show. The front and center, as his questioning of suspects and did not care what anybody thought of him attitude. Made the show work.Kathyrn Erbe as his much calmer partner Detective Eames. Who is the good cop to Bobby Goren's bad cop. As Goren was suppose to be like a Sherlock Holmes type character.The show is not as good as the original. But it is a little more better than SVU. It shows the point of view of the criminals rather than the cops and lawyers on the original, and the detectives and their sympathy on SVU.Still miss it but D Onofrio steals every single scene he is in. As did not mind Chris Noth's Mike Logan but nice to see him or the other characters and changing captains on the show.But D Onofrio and Erbe were the only reason the show worked! Without them, no offense to people like Noth, it would just be an normal crime of the week show!

bkoganbing Law & Order: Criminal Intent certainly had a ready made audience with the success of the two previous Law and Order series. Still when it came out the producers were treading on some thin ice by making the detectives as quirky as they were. The original Law and Order series had cops with personalities, but were generally all business.Vincent Donofrio's Robert Goren was all business, but he was totally consumed by the job. He certainly had a few issues as we later learned concerning his mother, Rita Moreno who was in a few episodes, but his lack of involvement with the rest of the human race may have made him more detached and able to ferret clues with the skill of Adrian Monk. Not even the remotest kind of pass was ever made at the beautiful Kathryn Erbe who partnered with him for the first half of the series run.Law And Order fans already knew Detective Mike Logan and all of his good and bad points that Chris Noth brought for the CI series. Still it was great to see a more mature Logan, doggedly honest work through his caseload on alternate weeks. His run in actual life years given a bit of time before the original Law and Order series debuted was about the working life of a police detective.One thing I didn't like was the dropping of Courtney B. Vance's character of ADA Ron Carver. We only got to see him on trial pitted against defendant Rob Knepper in one of my two favorite Criminal Intent episodes. He was outstanding in that one. I presume the producers and writers wanted to concentrate more on the cops than on him and he was dropped. But if I were the producers I'd work him into either of the other series somehow and pay him whatever he wants. Vance is worth it.Now we have Jeff Goldblum who has the unusual background of having a psychologist dad and he combines that training with police training. Goldblum seems to have found his own character and like Donofrio and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, you can see the little gray cells at work all the time.Not as factually based as the original series, but CI has a great set of writers to come up with some novel stories every week.

pattie_bergman2002 I have read a lot on this site and I am in total agreement about Goren Y Emes. I am in shock that they totally gone now. I can not believe that such fantastic actors have been let go. I think Jeff Goldblum is a good actor.. But Goren and Emes are top of the world on this show. Why couldn't they continue to do as they did before? Every other week. You have lost me on The CI shows, except for reruns.These two actors have made this show what it is and should be brought back. Then also letting Ross go. All at once. It is difficult to even adjust to such a dramatic change. You will never ever be able to replace the actors and the real people now. I sure hope you bring them back. I feel as if you will lose a lot of viewers for the CI..Please don't mess with SVU...