But Not Forgotten

"But Not Forgotten"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 4 (#49 overall)
Directed by Constantine Makris
Written by Dick Wolf (creator)
René Balcer (developer and story)
Gerry Conway (story and teleplay)
Stephanie Sengupta (story editor)
Production code E4504
Original air date October 19, 2003
Guest stars
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"But Not Forgotten" is a third season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

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Plot summary

In this episode, Detectives Goren and Eames investigate the disappearance of a bookkeeper.

While investigating, Goren and Eames have to sort through several corpses, including the victim's brother, a hitman who botched a work and was beaten to death two years previously. The evidence seems to point to a jailed mobster, who is due for parole, until a suspect linked to all the murders is found dead.

Nevertheless, it is not long before the detectives find patterns of evidence that point toward a crooked former policeman, and a scheme none of them expected.

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

Quotes

Suspect's partner: Your search warrant says I have to let you search his office. It doesn't say I have to answer your questions.
Eames: Oh that's right, that would take a subpoena from the grand jury.

[Goren starts opening a container of hard smelling cheese that belonged to the victim]
Goren: Yeah, it's very, uh... uh, assertive.
Eames: Yeah.
Goren: Sheep's milk. It's, uh, "rochetta."
Eames: You can tell that just from the smell?
Goren: Label.

[Eames, while watching Goren manipulate the skull of a murdered suspect. She grimaces]
Eames: You keep doing that, I'm gonna drop this kid right here.

[Referring to a related murder case in another precinct]
Deakins: I'd say they put in about two hours' work and called it quits.
Eames: Maybe because they had about 2,000 other homicides to solve that day.

[Referring to a case of mistaken identity]
Deakins: They whacked the wrong lawyer.

[To Goren and Eames]
Carver: I don't know whether to laugh or cry. You have an offended mobster and his son... A case of mistaken identity... An incompetent hitman... A hitman's widow... A hitman's missing sister... A corrupt cop... And now, another dead killer. It's operatic.

[Listening to a self-defense story]
Eames: Self-defense works for me.
Goren: Sweet isn't it? Revenge.

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