"Law & Order: Criminal Intent"
Purgatory (2008)

Director:

Jesús Salvador Treviño

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator)
Rene Balcer (developer)

TV Series:

"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001)

Original Air Date:

8 June 2008 (Season 7, Episode 11)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

While on suspension, Goren takes a deep undercover assignment hoping that it will help him get back on the job. Meanwhile, Eames investigates a triple homicide which turns out to be related to Goren's case. |

Plot Keywords:

Prosecution | District Attorney | Prosecutor | Trial | Gun

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Aug. 24	8:00 PM	USA	Purgatory	#7.11
Mon. Aug. 25	3:00 AM	USA	Purgatory	#7.11

Cast

Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Detective Robert Goren
Kathryn Erbe	...	Detective Alexandra Eames
Eric Bogosian	...	Captain Danny Ross
Dean Winters	...	Mike Stoat
Lauren Vélez	...	Officer Lois Melago
Seth Gilliam	...	Det. Daniels
Daniel Mastrogiorgio	...	John Testarossa (as Danny Mastrogiorgio)
Holt McCallany	...	Patrick Copa
Louis Martinez	...	Hector Santana
Mike Pniewski	...	Chief of Detectives Kenny Moran
Steven Randazzo	...	Property Clerk
Leslie Hendrix	...	Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
Leroy McClain	...	Keyshawn Powell
Lemon	...	Ritter (as Lemon Andersen)
Adam Laupus	...	Mahoney

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Wolf Films

Trivia:

Dean Winters appeared as Det. Brian Cassidy on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" in its first season. In his final episode with that show, his character transferred over to the Narcotics division. As chance would have it, his character in this episode, Mike Stoat, is on suspension from Narcotics.

Quotes:

Detective Robert Goren: [the Chief wants Goren on a dangerous undercover job] Yea, he's hoping I'll get myself killed.
Captain Danny Ross: The thought occurred to me.

What a beard

Goren is on the outs because of the stunt he pulled in the 6th season finale, where he unofficially went undercover in a nut house. Now he sits, unshaven and rumpled more than usual, in a local dive and hooks up with a disgraced cop, Mike Stoat. They go to work for a very bad man. Of course, Goren really is undercover as a way to win back his badge. Problem is, no one told Eames. Meanwhile, three bodies turn up, two of them British tourists just off the boat. I have never been a great admirer of this series, and it is painful to watch D'Onofrio as he has gained excessive weight and appears as if he is ready to have a heart attack. The gal who plays Eames, Kate Erbe, whom we best remember from that Kevin Bacon ghost flick, steals the show. Her character has really grown over the years.