The BEST episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 2

Every episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 2!

Law & Order: Criminal Intent takes viewers into the minds of its criminals while following the psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve the crimes.

Last Updated: 11/25/2024Network: USA NetworkStatus: Ended
A Person of Interest
star
8.18
184 votes

#1 - A Person of Interest

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/18/2003

Goren and Eames investigate the murder of a former nurse and discover a possible anthrax terrorist plot. The case takes a turn for the worse when Goren is blamed for driving a suspect to commit suicide. Now disgraced, Goren learns that a cunning adversary from his past may be involved.

Directors: Frank Prinzi
Writer: René Balcer
Watch Now:Amazon
Zoonotic
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7.98
179 votes

#2 - Zoonotic

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2003

The investigation into the murder of a crooked cop leads to a preening veterinarian and his friend, an obsessive doctor whose ex-girlfriends who have all been infected with a rare disease.

Directors: Don Scardino
Watch Now:Amazon
Anti-Thesis
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7.79
248 votes

#3 - Anti-Thesis

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2002

As Goren and Eames sift through the likely suspects in the murder of a university president and his assistant, they discover that the culprit is a wily adversary who has more than these crimes to hide.

Directors: Adam Bernstein
Watch Now:Amazon
See Me
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7.77
194 votes

#4 - See Me

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/2003

Detectives Goren and Eames come to believe a doctor conducted shameful experiments on the residents of a halfway house.

Directors: Steve Shill
Watch Now:Amazon
Cold Comfort
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7.77
188 votes

#5 - Cold Comfort

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/30/2003

When a woman suing her brother over the disposition of their father's remains is found murdered, Goren and Eames discover a concealed parentage and a man willing to go to any extremes to ensure his legacy.

Watch Now:Amazon
Suite Sorrow
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7.77
192 votes

#6 - Suite Sorrow

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/2/2003

When the wealthy and matronly owner is found naked and murdered with injections of botox in the bathtub, detectives Goren and Eames focus on the victim's unstable adult daughter who resented her mother's meddling in her love life

Directors: Jean de Segonzac
Watch Now:Amazon
Legion
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7.77
239 votes

#7 - Legion

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/6/2003

When a father and son have their throats slit, the detectives discovers that a group of adolescent boys have disappeared from the same neighborhood. When the locals don't cooperate with the investigation, the cops think the boys are being used by someone operating a bicycle theft ring. The cops are led to a studio owner who brainwashes the boys to prove their worthiness.

Watch Now:Amazon
Cherry Red
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7.73
221 votes

#8 - Cherry Red

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/27/2003

The detectives try to figure out a mystery after an old woman dies in a fire. The mystery gets deeper when a young woman who is left some of the old woman estate is killed. The case takes them to a state public administrator who has invented a form of grave-robbing. The detective suspects the administrator has a weakness for valuable cars, but to make his case work, he has to exploit his quarry's personal relationships.

Directors: Frank Prinzi
Watch Now:Amazon
Best Defense
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7.73
283 votes

#9 - Best Defense

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2002

The detectives follow the trail when an assistant district attorney confronts and kills a hired gunman following a series of death threats. They first suspect his wife, a prominent defense attorney, through a convict whose case was being prosecuted by the A.D.A. and the rumors of her romantic affairs. When they realise that there are cracks in their seemingly airtight case, Goren has to keep Carver in the dark about some details to prove his theory.

Directors: Gloria Muzio
Watch Now:Amazon
Probability
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7.65
213 votes

#10 - Probability

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/16/2003

While probing the seemingly random murders of several homeless men, Goren and Eames uncover a scam involving a crooked insurance agent. However, an unsual twist leads the detectives to an unlikely suspect.

Directors: Frank Prinzi
Writer: Gerry Conway
Watch Now:Amazon
Monster
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7.65
215 votes

#11 - Monster

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/2/2003

The murder of a woman in her apartment results in her son, recently paroled after serving 15 years for murder, becoming the prime suspect. Having consulted with the lead detective on the old case, Goren and Eames discover he was involved in a cover-up to rush other cases to closure.

Directors: Joyce Chopra
Watch Now:Amazon
Bright Boy
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7.59
247 votes

#12 - Bright Boy

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2002

The double murder of a social services worker and a deputy mayor lead the detectives to suspect a couple who may have a grudge against the social worker for taking away their children. When they learn that the social worker had taken special interest in a child prodigy being considered for admission to a prestigious, accelerated school, they examine both the boy and his obsessive father.

Directors: Frank Prinzi
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Dead
star
7.59
302 votes

#13 - Dead

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2002

The murder of a mortician and the discovery of corpses at a crematorium lead the detectives to a family man claiming to have a consulting business but suspected of being a contract killer with a penchant for perfection. Goren attempts to prove this by setting up a scheme that puts his "fear of making a mistake" in jeopardy.

Directors: Darnell Martin
Watch Now:Amazon
Con-Text
star
7.59
226 votes

#14 - Con-Text

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/5/2003

Goren and Eames run a con of their own on a phony motivational speaker whom they suspect exploited a fragile disciple by convincing him to commit murder for profit.

Directors: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Gerry Conway
Watch Now:Amazon
Graansha
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7.58
206 votes

#15 - Graansha

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2003

Goren and Eames enter the closed world of a thieving Irish Traveller clan when they investigate the death of a Ann Lawson, a probation officer who was run over three times after meeting a friend at the bar. They soon learn that Ann, a probation officer, had been involved with Malcolm Bryce, the father of Paul, one of her charges. It appears as though Ann is also very close with the thieving Irish Travellers they are investigating, determined to save a young girl from their style of life.

Directors: Darnell Martin
Writer: Joe Gannon
Watch Now:Amazon
Baggage
star
7.56
219 votes

#16 - Baggage

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/2003

When an airline baggage supervisor is found murdered in the trunk of her car, the detectives investigate the employees listed in a sexual harrassment complaint which leads them to a scam involving credit cards and credit reports with foreign links.

Tomorrow
star
7.55
232 votes

#17 - Tomorrow

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2002

The detectives investigate a triple murder, including the son and daughter of a wealthy businessman, that occurred in his apartment. After investigating the childrens' stepmother (his second wife), they turn to a pair of nannies, one of whom works for the family. However, the detectives must reach back to the nannies' history as children, and a television soap opera, in order to better understand the motives for the crime.

Directors: Don Scardino
Shandeh
star
7.52
221 votes

#18 - Shandeh

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2002

A businesswoman who becomes a suspect in the murder of her daughter-in-law, who was was strangled in her garage. Disparate bruises on her body lead Goren and Eames to believe that there were two assailants.

Directors: Steve Shill
Writer: René Balcer
Chinoiserie
star
7.50
232 votes

#19 - Chinoiserie

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2002

After a mother of two is shot dead in Chinatown, Goren and Eames first believe that her death may be connected to the Tianamen Square massacre, but then their investigation leads them to a smuggling ring dealing in antiquities.

Directors: David Platt
Writer: B. Mason
Cuba Libre
star
7.45
183 votes

#20 - Cuba Libre

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/9/2003

After the trophy wife of a recently released prison inmate is murdered, Goren plays on the man's paranoia to find a connection to another inmate with a hit list.

Directors: Darnell Martin
Malignant
star
7.40
208 votes

#21 - Malignant

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2002

A robbery that involved two fatalities leads to the discovery of a long-running case of tampering with drugs. Goren and Eames have to figure out a way of catching a pharmacist who has been diluting cancer medication without using the exhumated bodies of patients who had been given the medicine.

Writer: René Balcer
Watch Now:Apple TV
Blink
star
7.39
175 votes

#22 - Blink

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2003

The detectives investigate a murder of a math student who worked in a poker club as a card-counter. There case brings the detectives to a group of computer nerds, but later they discover a computer gambling system which has tougher suspects. The detectives discovers that even there own workstations are hit by the ringleader of the group, who had bigger plans for his horseracing and other scams.

Directors: Don Scardino
Writer: Gerry Conway
The Pilgrim
star
7.37
198 votes

#23 - The Pilgrim

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2002

The detectives are called to investigate the adult daughter of a retired officer which takes them to a case of terrorism involving someone she knew that includes a shipment of explosives.

Directors: Darnell Martin