The BEST episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 7

Every episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 7!

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: 2/11/2024Network: USA NetworkStatus: Ended
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Frame
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8.10
234 votes

#1 - Frame

Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/24/2008

Bobby is visited by the past when he finds a picture at his mother's grave indicating an old nemesis has returned, and the case only gets more complex when his brother and a mentor reappear.

Directors: Norberto Barba
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Senseless
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8.05
205 votes

#2 - Senseless

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/2007

Logan and Falacci investigate the execution-style murder of three young college freshmen.

Directors: Jean de Segonzac
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Untethered
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7.79
237 votes

#3 - Untethered

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/2007

Goren investigates when his nephew, a prisoner who's bipolar, claims that inmates are being abused to the point of murder.

Directors: Ken Girotti
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Last Rites
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7.76
179 votes

#4 - Last Rites

Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/17/2008

Logan jeopardizes his and Wheeler's careers when a priest convinces him to re-open a murder case that's over a decade old which involves a politically-aspiring ADA who will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.

Directors: Tom DiCillo
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Legacy
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7.74
261 votes

#5 - Legacy

Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/3/2008

When a student dies at an exclusive private school, the investigation uncovers an online community that may have overtaken the school with its fixation on grades and secrets.

Directors: Betty Kaplan
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Amends
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7.68
244 votes

#6 - Amends

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/2007

Eames re-opens the case into her husband's murder.

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Please Note We are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger
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7.67
229 votes

#7 - Please Note We are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger

Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/6/2008

Three murders lead to a preschool with an exclusive and long waiting list.

Directors: Kevin Bray
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Courtship
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7.65
226 votes

#8 - Courtship

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/2007

A private investigator is at the heart of the murder of a judge's wife.

Directors: Jean de Segonzac
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Betrayed
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7.62
265 votes

#9 - Betrayed

Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/22/2008

Captain Ross loses his objectivity, and jeopardizes the case, when an old flame becomes a suspect in the disappearance of her husband and his lover.

Directors: Michael Smith
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Neighborhood Watch
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7.55
238 votes

#10 - Neighborhood Watch

Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/10/2008

Wheeler and Logan investigate the murder of a man found decapitated, mutilated and stabbed in Maspeth Creek, a neighborhood that did not welcome him.

Directors: Kevin Bray
Reunion
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7.53
260 votes

#11 - Reunion

Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/13/2008

The murder of a television show host may be linked to her former avocation as a groupie to a famous musician, putting him and his family right at the top of the suspect list, along with her son and assistant.

Directors: Jean de Segonzac
Vanishing Act
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7.52
252 votes

#12 - Vanishing Act

Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/20/2008

A well-known magician disappears during a live-burial stunt, only to appear miles away and dead in the middle of his mentor's gag. Goren and Eames' investigation takes them deep into the secretive world of magic as they unravel the magician's final act to find a murderer.

Directors: Peter Werner
Offense
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7.52
231 votes

#13 - Offense

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2007

A rape trial goes wrong when a witness is killed, but the likely suspects – the football team members accused of the rape – turn out not so likely, and attention turns towards an attorney.

Directors: Tom DiCillo
Purgatory
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7.49
290 votes

#14 - Purgatory

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/8/2008

Still on leave from the force, approached in a bar after a confrontation, and pondering his future, Goren meets another officer on suspension (Winters) who makes him an interesting job offer. Goren decides to tip the balance in his favor with an undercover operation.

Assassin
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7.46
229 votes

#15 - Assassin

Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/29/2008

A Sri Lankan Tamil activist survives an assassination attempt at JFK when she returns from her house arrest in Sri Lanka. When members of her close circle are also targeted, the investigation puts Logan and Wheeler on the trail of a Canadian gun-for-hire in a race to catch the killer before it's too late.

Directors: Norberto Barba
Depths
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7.44
227 votes

#16 - Depths

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/2007

Terrorism is initially suspected after the body of a young Arabic diver washes up on the shore, but Goren and Eames soon learn that the victim was part of a trio of con artists that were working as salvagers for a wealthy local man.

Directors: Norberto Barba
Lonelyville
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7.43
234 votes

#17 - Lonelyville

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2007

When a dead woman is found tied up in a motel room, Logan and Falacci follow the leads to a lonely writer.

Ten Count
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7.30
258 votes

#18 - Ten Count

Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/27/2008

A boxer celebrating his victory is shot to death, and when it turns out the victim is the brother of a young man Logan mentored he commits himself and Wheeler to solving the crime. Unfortunately, as he and Wheeler explore the world of amateur boxing, secrets and betrayals complicate the case.

Directors: Alex Chapple
Self-Made
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7.29
231 votes

#19 - Self-Made

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2007

Goren and Eames investigate the death of a writer, and whether her torture has ties to the 'hood she came from.

Directors: Ken Girotti
Contract
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7.26
226 votes

#20 - Contract

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/15/2008

A gossip columnist who used his insider knowledge to feed his habit is murdered, which leaves Wheeler and Logan to work through a list of suspects that grows longer the more they probe his life.

Directors: Jonathan Herron
Smile
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7.25
218 votes

#21 - Smile

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2007

When a dentist is murdered by the mother of one of his patients, Goren and Eames follow the trail of evidence to a company that appears to have been the victim of a criminal conspiracy involving contaminated mouthwash.

Directors: Michael Smith
Seeds
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7.13
246 votes

#22 - Seeds

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2007

Genetics drive the murder of a doctor and the subsequent investigation.

Directors: Jean de Segonzac