Rocket Man (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)

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“Rocket Man”
Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 19 (#130 overall)
Written by	Dick Wolf (creator) René Balcer (developer) Warren Leight (story) Julie Martin (story) Siobhan Byrne (story and teleplay)
Directed by	Michael Smith
Guest stars	Tate Donovan Amy Ryan Charissa Chamorro Michael Cumpsty Peter Bradbury Phoebe Jonas
Production no.	6019
Original airdate	May 1, 2007
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Rocket Man is a sixth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

[edit] Plot summary

In this episode, Detectives Goren and Eames are investigating the death of a female astronaut who is found murdered in her hotel room on the morning of a press conference to promote an upcoming shuttle launch.

The investigation leads Goren and Eames question an ex-boyfriend and jealous colleagues of the dead woman, who was set to be the youngest astronaut ever to go up in space. As they probe further and deeper into the case, the investigators find a link to a suspicious married space-shuttle commander with whom the victim was having an affair, and a female crew member, who is a close friend of the commander's wife.

Close to the end, an unexpected twist changes everything. Goren searches for answers, only to discover that life is full of trick questions. Now all of his attention is focused on an unexpected suspect. It turns out that the commander's wife made Sally, a jealous colleague, believe that the commander loved her by sending her emails and gifts. She herself gave Sally lotion for her dry skin which turned out to have steroids in them. When Sally couldn't take the fact that the commander was sleeping with the woman, she took matters into her own hands and murdered the woman.

This episode is based on the Lisa Nowak/William Oefelein/Colleen Shipman NASA scandal.

[edit] Cast

Vincent D'Onofrio	Det. Robert Goren
Kathryn Erbe	Det. Alexandra Eames
Eric Bogosian	Capt. Danny Ross
Leslie Hendrix	Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers

[edit] External links

• IMDb entry
• Official Website

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