Blind Spot

Episode aired Sep 19, 2006
TV-14
44m

IMDb RATING

8.6/10

502

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Vincent D'Onofrio and John Glover in Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

When a murder case bears eerie similarities to a serial murder case from the past, Goren's reclusive profiling mentor comes in to help the investigation. But nobody realizes that Eames may b... Read allWhen a murder case bears eerie similarities to a serial murder case from the past, Goren's reclusive profiling mentor comes in to help the investigation. But nobody realizes that Eames may be the next target.When a murder case bears eerie similarities to a serial murder case from the past, Goren's reclusive profiling mentor comes in to help the investigation. But nobody realizes that Eames may be the next target.

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IMDb RATING

8.6/10

502

YOUR RATING

6User reviews

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Trivia
During an August 2019 interview on the National Public Radio program " All Things Considered," actress Poorna Jagannathan recalled the fact that one of her first roles, as "Dr. Sikh" on this episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, exemplified for her the uphill climb that South Asian actors often have when trying to get cast in non-stereotypical roles: "I often joke that one of my first gigs, I was called Dr. Sikh, which [isn't] even [a name]. That's a religion....So I've definitely come a long way."

Goofs
When Goren is reading Eames' license plate number over the radio he reads it as: "LMN678". When relaying letters over the radio, like a plate number, police officers don't just say the letters because it is too easy to be misheard, especially if the signal quality is poor and full of static. For example "M" sounds too much like "N", "B" "D" and "E" also sound very similar. Which is why the NATO phonetic alphabet is used to call out letters over the radio, each letter is represented by a word. Eames' license plate for example would be called out over the radio as "Lima-Mike-November 678".

Quotes
Danny Ross: [to Eames] What I said.
Alexandra Eames: [to Goren] I'm supposed to keep an eye on you.
Robert Goren: Let me know if I can help.

Connections
References The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

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Featured review

7/10

Where Goren gets it from

This episode of Criminal Intent was the first that introduced Eric Bogosian as the new captain replacing Jamey Sheridan. It is certainly one of the wilder and woolier episodes ever done on the series.

A couple of murders and the kidnapping of Kathryn Erbe have Vincent D'Onofrio becoming quite unhinged. He's thinking that a noted serial killer has returned. Someone else also has returned. John Glover as a noted criminologist who counted the failure to apprehend the serial killer known as 'Sebastian' as the great failure of his career. Also returning is Glover's daughter Martha Plimpton.

If you want to know where Detective Robert Goren gets that quirky and eclectic style of his than the appearance of John Glover will provide the answers. Glover is as unforgettable here as he is as Lionel Luthor in Smallville.

Erbe herself through her own resourcefulness escapes and provides the means of identifying the perpetrator.

The episode is one of the best of the CI series. Poor Bogosian though almost gets lost in the show that D'Onofrio and Glover provide.