Legacy

I am so pumped about this post today. It isn't the post that I promised to post last night. But I think you will enjoy it. How many of you watch the Law and Order series? There is the one that has been on forever, then there is Special Victims Unit. And then there is one more, and personally my favorite. I'm talking about Law and Order: Criminal Intent.

For the people who don't know, it is a branch of the Law and Order Universe. It started in 2001 with Vincent D'onofrio and Kathryn Erbe playing Detective Goren and Eames. Most of us was awed by the way Goren was able to look at a crime scene most detectives couldn't. And of course he had Eame's computer savvy skills to assist him. We began to notice that they were the perfect "peaches and cream" partnership.

Later on, something happened to CI that hasn't happened on any other Law and Order series. They expanded the stories with another group of detectives. Detective Mike Logan, played by Chris Noth, returned to the Law and Order universe with a new, more intensified version of detective with numerous detectives.

To some of us, we feared that this would kill the series. People were going to have to wait every other week for a Goren/Eames episode, and have to endure a episode of Noth's "cockyness". Also, the current captain at the time resigned because of an incident with Logan so yeah he pretty much screwed it all up.

Things got a little bit better on the Logan side when he gained the new Detective Megan Wheeler played by Julianne Nicholson. This team began to impress me a little bit.

Both teams gained a new captain at the same time. Captain Danny Ross joined the cast and we all saw how both Goren and Logan have their fueds with them.

As they moved on with the show, we saw more in depth discription of both Goren and Eames. We saw Goren's stuggle with his dying mother and his homeless, drug addict brother. To top it off, he finds out that his biological father is the nutorious serial killer Mark Brady. Both Brady and Goren's mother die the same night.

Later on, we see his former mentor, Dr. Gage, come back into the picture when a supposed serial killer returns. Eames is kidnapped in the process, but escapes. We find out that it is Gage's daughter who impersonates the serial killer to get her father's attention.

His brother, Frank, returns and asks Goren for help with his teenage son, Donnie, who is in prison and witnesses prisoners being tourtured. When Captain Ross denies Goren to investigate further, and put him on sick leave, Goren goes undercover and experiences what the other prisoners experience. Donnie escapes by faking a medical emergency and Goren is saved by Eames and Ross. But because of his acts, he is suspended from the force.

That episode was before that writers strike and left us high and dry for several months. When it did return, we find that Goren goes back undercover under the supervision of both Ross and the Cheifs to uncover a big drug ring, to gain back his spot in the Major Case Squad. Eames is unaware of this, and nearly kills Goren in the process after investigating. This severes the trust between the two of them and it takes some time to recover. We, or mainly I haven't really seen an episode where they really talk about this in depth.

The last two episodes of season 7 was real shockers. Lets start with Logan. His last case consists of such strain that he decides to leave the major case squade for good. We haven't heard of him since then. The really "big" episode of that season, and probably the whole series was with Goren. His brother is killed and he investigates it. We see Nicole Wallace return to the scene to take down Goren. Goren is sure that it is Wallace behind this. Goren and Eames are given many diffrent clues to see who is killed next. His mentor, Gage is attacked but survives. They are then led to a bed and breakfast and finds a human heart. They later learn that it was Wallaces, which leads only Goren as the suspect.

Goren has a mini breakdown in the episode, and realizes that he is being framed, and when he gets his head back on, he then suspects another person. He finds out that Gage was the real mastermind to the plot and attacked himself to erase any evidence, and Wallace was a frontman to throw Goren off track. But he tells Goren that he did all of this to remove all of the bad parts of life. And that he was now "Free".

That left us with many unanswered questions as well with the information that Jeff Goldblum would be taking over Noth's place. Season 8 continued to leave out many unanswered questions. We found out that Goren connects with some family, but unsure still about his nephew. Goldblum's Nichols provides a humerous part to the show. It was even more enjoyable than Noth. And the season finale concluded with Nichols working with Eames after Wheeler has her baby.

So here we are, one month away from the season 9 premiere. As most of you know, Goren, Eames and Ross will only be on the premire, and the reigns will be given to Goldblum and his new costar. Many were shocked and protested, threatning to stop watching the show and signing petitions.

I admit that I have signed many petitions but I have come to the conclusion that I will continue to watch the show. It remains to be seen how well the show will fare without Goren and Eames. But we can only hope.

Well guys that seems the be the end of my discussion with the show. I know some of you have alot to say about this so don't hesitate to say something!! I also want to return to this when the season premire comes up this March so stay tuned CI fans!!

-Tyler