History Awesome / LawAndOrderCriminalIntent

* The way Goren saves Kathy Devildis in "Family Values". The killer is a religious man who has been [[PaterFamilicide killing his family]] because he believes they're TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth and would be better off in Heaven. By the time they catch up with him, he's killed five people and Kathy, his teenage daughter, is missing. Goren and Eames believe that she's still alive (because they haven't found blood or a body), but it's winter, and if she's been left outside and they don't find her in time, she'll freeze to death. What does Goren do? He convinces the father that ''he's been deceived by the devil and God wants Kathy to live''. And ''it works'' -- the father decides Goren is right and gives them the information they need to save Kathy.

* A wonderful BluffingTheMurderer occurs in "Dead", Goren gets the M.E. to report that the last victim, Eddie Ferguson, had his teeth capped and that one of the caps turned up missing. The suspect, Harry Rowan, proceeds to tear apart his entire garage, including checking the drain traps, looking for it. The next morning, when Eames and Goren show up with a warrant the sleep-deprived suspect giggles and gloats that it's not there, and that he never made a mistake. The episode ends with this brief conversation:

** Kathy herself plays a role in her own survival. She learns from the radio that he's killed her mother and realizes he also killed her aunt and uncle and her favorite teacher, and realizes that he's going to kill her too. How does she get out of it? After hearing his reasoning, she tells him that she understands but she's afraid to go alone and pleads with him to let her wait and die when he does so they can make the trip to Heaven together. Then, when he ties her up and puts her in the car to hide her away until he's finished the rest of his "work", she has the presence of mind to leave marks behind for the police to find to indicate where she's been taken, marks which end up playing a critical role in Goren's breaking her father.

** Kathy herself plays a role in her own survival. She's a teenage girl who's just learned that her father killed her mother and wants to kill her too, and she still has the presence of mind to formulate an argument that persuades her father not to kill her on the spot (saying she understands and accepts what he's doing but she just doesn't want to go alone, so can he please just hold off until he's ready to die so they can go together) and to leave marks behind for the police to find, marks which end up playing a critical role in Goren's breaking her father.

** Kathy herself plays a role in her own survival. She's a teenage girl who's just learned that her father killed her mother and wants to kill her too, and she still has the presence of mind to formulate an argument that persuades her father not to kill her on the spot (claiming she'll accept her fate if she can die at the same time he does so they can make the "trip" together) and to leave marks behind for the police to find, marks which end up playing a critical role in Goren's breaking her father.

** Kathy herself plays a role in her own survival. She's a teenage girl who's just learned that her father killed her mother and wants to kill her too, and she still has the presence of mind to formulate an argument that persuades her father not to kill her on the spot (claiming she wants to wait and go with him) and to leave marks behind for the police to find, marks which end up playing a critical role in Goren's breaking her father.

* The way Goren saves Kathy Devildis in "Family Values". The killer is a religious man who has been [[PaterFamilicide killing his family]] because he believes they're TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth and would be better off in Heaven. By the time they catch up with him, he's killed five people and Kathy, his teenage daughter, is missing. Goren and Eames believe that she's still alive (because they haven't found blood or a body), but it's winter, and if they don't find her in time she'll freeze to death. What does Goren do? He convinces the father that ''he's been deceived by the devil and God wants Kathy to live''. And ''it works'' -- the father decides Goren is right and gives them the information they need to save Kathy.

* The way Goren saves Kathy Devildis in "Family Values". The killer is a religious man who has been [[PaterFamilicide killing his family]] because he believes they're TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth and would be better off in Heaven. By the time they catch up with him, he's killed five people and Kathy, his teenage daughter, is missing. Goren and Eames believe that she's still alive (because they haven't found blood or a body), but it's winter, and if they don't find her in time she'll freeze to death. What does Goren do? He convinces the father that ''he's been deceived by the devil and God wants Kathy to live''. And ''it works''.

-->'''Captain''': Their lab's the last place they'll look. (Nods and smirks ever so slightly as he leaves.)

* When the lawyer father in "Players" finds out that his smug son was responsible for the death of the victim in the episode, he gives the ultimate son to his SpoiledBrat, DirtyCoward son who drops the tough guy act to beg his father for help: "Officers, read my son his rights."

* Rather unusually for a victim's mother, Eunice Peterson gets one in "In the Wee Small Hours". She gives the reporter a stinging speech about how there was no media interest in her daughter's case until a white girl was killed by the same guy, ending by saying "I'll take your interest now any way it comes, but do not mistake my desperation with gratitude." It is the only moment in the entire two-part episode that the reporter is at a loss for words.

* A wonderful BluffingTheMurderer occurs in "Dead", Goren gets the M.E. to report that the last victim, Eddie Ferguson, had his teeth capped and that one of the caps turned up missing. The suspect, Harry Rowan, proceeds to tear apart his entire garage, including checking the drain traps, looking for it. The next morning, when Eames and Goren show up with a warrant the sleep-deprived suspect giggles and gloats that it's not there, and that he never made a mistake. The episode ends with this brief conversation:
--> '''ADA Carver''': A costly mistake.
--> '''Goren''': Harry Rowan didn't make a mistake.
--> '''Eames''': Eddie Ferguson doesn't wear caps.
* When the lawyer father in "Players" finds out that his smug son was responsible for the death of the victim in the episode, he gives the ultimate son to his SpoiledBrat, DirtyCoward son who drops the tough guy act to beg his father for help: "Officers, read my son his rights."

** Also awesome: to see the whole of 1PP ''instantly'' spring into action when Eames goes missing. Within nanoseconds of Goren breaking the news, the whole room is buzzing like a horde of angry bees, Ross is barking out orders that ''nobody'' questions, and every police officer in the building is on the move to go ''hunt the bastard down''. "The thin blue line", indeed. NYPD protects its own.

--> '''Eames''': Eddie Ferguson doesn't wear caps.

** This episode also shows how downright '''[[BewareTheNiceOnes terrifying]]''' ''[[TheStoic Goren]]'' can be if someone threatens [[LivingEmotionalCrutch Eames]]. When he thinks his former teacher had something to do with it, he practically rips the man head off.

* The climax of Stress Position. Goren and Logan are trapped in a locked-down prison, trying to rescue a material witness from corrupt corrections officers. Goren picks off the team, one by one, just by talking them down.

Awesome Moments for Law and Order: Criminal Intent

* A wonderful BluffingTheMurderer occurs in "Dead", Goren gets the M.E. to report that the last victim, Eddie Ferguson, had his teeth capped and that one of the caps turned up missing. The suspect, Harry Rowan, proceeds to tear apart his entire garage, including checking the drain traps, looking for it. The next morning, when Eames and Goren show up with a warrant the sleep-deprived suspect giggles and gloats that it's not there, and that he never made a mistake. After he's arrested, ADA Carver comments, "A costly mistake." Goren says, "Harry Rowan didn't make a mistake," to which Eames adds, "Eddie Ferguson doesn't wear caps."

* A wonderful BluffingTheMurderer occurs in "Semi-Professional", Goren gets the M.E. to report that the last victim had his teeth capped and that one of the caps turned up missing. The suspect proceeds to tear apart his entire garage, including checking the drain traps, looking for it. The next morning, when Eames and Goren show up with a warrant the sleep-deprived suspect giggles and gloats that it's not there, and that he never made a mistake. Goren replies as they arrest him that there never was a cap.

* With the entire NYPD scouring the city for her, Eames, having been abducted, trussed up and trapped in a basement by a serial killer, single-handedly [[MacGyvering macgyvers]] her way out of her bonds and the room she's locked in.

-->'''Captain''': Their lab's the last place they'll look. (Nods and smirks ever so slightly as he leaves.)

* Rather unusually for a victim's mother, Eunice Peterson gets one in "In the Wee Small Hours". She gives the reporter a stinging speech about how there was no media interest in her daughter's case until a white girl was killed by the same guy, ending by saying "I'll take your interest now any way it comes, but do not mistake my desperation with gratitude." It is the only moment in the entire two-part episode that the reporter is at a loss for words.

* Rather unusually for a victim's mother, Eunice Peterson gets one in "In the Wee Small Hours". She gives the reporter a stinging speech about how there was no media interest in her daughter's case until a white girl was killed by the same guy, ending by saying "I'll take your interest now any way it comes, but do not mistake my desperation with gratitude." The reporter is visibly flummoxed.

-->[SmashCut to Eames busting through a door]

* With the entire NYPD scouring the city for her, Eames, having been abducted, trussed up and trapped in a basement by a serial killer, single-handedly [[spoiler: [[MacGyvering macgyvers]] her way out of her bonds and the room she's locked in]].

* With the entire NYPD scouring the city for her, Eames, having been abducted, trussed up and trapped in a basement by a serial killer, single-handedly [[spoiler: macgyvers her way out of her bonds and the room she's locked in]].

* The climax of Stress Position. Goren and Logan are trapped in a locked-down prison, trying to rescue a material witness from corrupt corrections officers. Goren picks off the team, one by one, just by talking them down.