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DVDfever.co.uk – Press Release: Law & Order: Criminal Intent – Season 3 on DVD
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Posted: March 20th, 2009.
Whilst ITVs new hit drama series Law & Order: UK starring Bradley Walsh, Jamie Bamber, Harriet Walter and Freema Agyeman continues to go from strength since its premiere on ITV, the original US version is still going strong, providing hours of top notch entertainment for its many millions of fans.
FACT – Law & Order is the longest running crime series on TV and the second longest-running drama series in the history of American broadcast television. It is also a winner of the prestigious Emmy® Award for Outstanding Drama Series. Set in New York City, the series follows the professional lives of detectives and prosecutors who represent the public interest in the criminal justice system.
FACT – Law & Order is the most successful brand in the history of primetime television and has featured notable guest stars over the years including Julia Roberts, Samuel L. Jackson, Chevy Chase, Tom Berenger, Claire Danes and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The original franchise was such a huge hit that the shows creator Dick Wolf produced two fantastic spin off shows Law & Order Special Victims Unit and Law & Order Criminal Intent.
In New York City’s war on crime, the worst criminal offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Major Case Squad. These are their stories.
Criminal Intent follows a distinct division of the New York City Police Department: the “Major Case Squad”. The Major Case Squad investigates high-profile murder cases, such as those involving VIPs, local government officials and celebrities. The episodes alternate between two teams of detectives: Team A episodes chronicle the cases of Detective Robert Goren (Vincent D’Onofrio) and Detective Alexandra Eames (Kathryn Erbe), while team B episodes follow the exploits of Detective Mike Logan (Chris Noth) and Detective Megan Wheeler.
The series also focuses on the actions and motives of the criminals, rather than focusing exclusively on the police and prosecution, and the information they have. Criminal Intent episodes do not usually contain trials and unlike other Law & Order series, most Criminal Intent episodes end in confessions rather than plea bargains or verdicts.
Highlight episodes from Season 3 include A Murderer Among Us The detectives try to link the suicide of an Argentine immigrant to her husband who has a history of violence. While the subsequent investigation is not successful, they discover his hatred might be linked to a string of unsolved murders, Sound Bodies Goren and Bishop pursue a teenage Svengali who convinces three impressionable young girls to commit multiple homicides in the cause of a twisted philosophy, The Saint A man commits fraud, forgery, and murder to discredit the organization that took advantage of his mentally ill mother, impoverished his family, and ruined his childhood.
The DVD is out on April 13th, it runs for 854 minutes and retails for £44.99 on DVD,but is currently on Amazon at the link above for £32.99.
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