Dead (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
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| Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 1 (#23 overall) |
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| Written by | Dick Wolf (creator) René Balcer (developer and story) Stephanie Sengupta (story and teleplay) |
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| Directed by | Darnell Martin |
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| Guest stars | Jay O. Sanders Jim Gaffigan Tina Benko Patrick Garner Leslie Lyles Peter Van Wagner Armando Riesco |
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| Production no. | E3202 | ||||||
| Original airdate | September 29, 2002 | ||||||
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Dead is a second season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
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[edit] Plot summary
In the second season opening, Detectives Goren and Eames investigate the murder of an embalmer found in ritualistic fashion with strange markings on his chest.
During the investigation, Goren and Eames learn the victim had received an anonymous phone call a few weeks ago from a man saying embalming was not something God looked at favorably. They first suspect cultists, but that is not the case since the man wouldn't have desecrated the body. Important clues includes a passage described in the Book of Exodus (9:8-12) and fake DNA evidence.
Later, the discovery of several corpses at a crematorium that were never incinerated lead them to a family man claiming to have a consulting business, but suspected of being a clever hitman with a penchant for perfection, until Goren attempts to prove his guilt by setting up a scheme that plays on his fear of making a mistake.
[edit] Cast
| Vincent D'Onofrio | Det. Robert Goren |
| Kathryn Erbe | Det. Alexandra Eames |
| Jamey Sheridan | Capt. James Deakins |
| Courtney B. Vance | A.D.A. Ron Carver |
| Leslie Hendrix | Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers |
[edit] Quotes
City policeman: I never saw so many corpses scattered throughout anywhere.
Deakins: We are two.
[Goren squeezes the sores on a corpse and produces bodily fluid while Eames winces]
Eames: You must have been so much fun in biology class.
[He rolls the fluid between his fingers and sniffs it.]
Goren: Actually my biology teacher, Mr. Dixon, didn't think I was much fun at all.
[Eames nods and fails to look surprised]
[On the subject of drugs]
Teen: I don't know about that, man.
Eames: You don't know about fry sticks, clickums, wet daddies?
Teen [looks impressed]: Damn.
[While watching a pothead witness leave the conference room]
Deakins: So that's what a brain looks like on embalming fluid.
Goren: I need to use my most important investigative tool. My library card.
[Two suspects are discussing about the dead mortician]
Suspect #1: He got killed over the weekend. Right in the funeral home.
Suspect #2: God has a very peculiar sense of humor.
Eames: The fake boils, the crucifixion pose, it was all just to throw us off.
Goren: It's impressive.
Deakins: It's demented.
Goren: It worked.
Goren: Pacemakers have to be removed before cremation. Otherwise, the lithium batteries explode... Gives off a toxic fume and could damage the cremation chamber.
Deakins: Yeah, I heard silicon implants had to be removed. My buddy Martinelli in the 3-7 married a stripper.
Carver: Did the autopsy on Mr. Ferguson prove he'd been frozen, then thawed?
Deakins The autopsy proved when it comes to medical science, you're better off asking the Magic 8-Ball.
[edit] Fact
- Interestingly, this episode revealed strong resemblances with the case of the Tri-State Crematory, which had been stacking bodies for several years rather than cremating them.
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