# Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 9

The ninth season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent premiered on the USA Network on March 30, 2010, and ended on July 6, 2010.
After the two-part season premiere, Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, and Eric Bogosian left the show. Bogosian's character (Capt. Daniel Ross) was killed off in the first part of the premiere. Bogosian was replaced in the cast by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, playing Captain Zoe Callas. Saffron Burrows joined the cast (as Detective Serena Stevens), replacing Julianne Nicholson (who was pregnant and having a child during taping) who played Detective Megan Wheeler. Jeff Goldbum assumed the leading role.
The scene cards return in this season after three seasons.
Episodes from the ninth season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent also aired on NBC beginning Sunday, June 20 at 10:00 PM (Eastern) with repeats of those episodes airing Saturdays starting June 26 at 8:00 PM (Eastern). The episodes aired on NBC until Sunday, September 5, 2010. Bravo began airing season 9 episodes during early morning hours on Sundays starting November 21 at 2:00 AM until 4:00 AM.

## Cast
### Main cast

* Vincent D'Onofrio as Detective Robert Goren (episodes 1-2)
* Kathryn Erbe as Detective Alexandra Eames (episodes 1-2)
* Eric Bogosian as Captain Daniel Ross (episode 1)
* Jeff Goldblum as Detective Zack Nichols
* Saffron Burrows as Detective Serena Stevens (episodes 2-16)
* Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Captain Zoe Callas (episodes 3-16)

### Recurring cast

* Nina Freeman as CSU Tech
* Traci Godfrey as Detective Agnes Farley
* Damon Gupton as Detective Gearhardt
* Leslie Hendrix as Chief M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
* Amy Landecker as FBI Agent Stahl
* Mike Pniewski as Chief of Detectives Kenny Moran
* Brenda Withers as ADA Emma Niles
* David Zayas as Captain Pro Tem Stanley Maas

### Guest stars

Ato Essandoh guest stars as Hassan, the son of a Somali sheikh vying for power in "Loyalty" and Condola Rashad plays his sister, Khadra. His non-Muslim lover Jill Peek is played by Jicky Schnee. John Sharian plays Jan Van Dekker, an arms dealer in business with Hassan and Roy Loftin (David Pittu), and Ewa Da Cruz plays Dekker's lover Marya. Babs Olusanmokun plays a loyal assassin.
Kevin Conway portrays Irish mob boss Jackie Dooley in "Broad Channel," an island in Queens county. James Biberi plays dirty cop Ryan Fields who is killed after he arrests Russian mobster Valeyev (David Vadim). Det. Atwater (Adam Trese) tries and fails to shut Nichols and Stevens out of the case, but Callas helps by enlisting IAB Capt. Charles Galloway (Joseph Adams). Thomas McDonell plays Eddie Boyle, the son of Moira (Marin Hinkle) who has a past relationship with Dooley.
In "Delicate," Vivien Cardone as Paulette Bartol, and Melissa Benoist as Jessalyn Kerr, are struggling ballerinas who are understudies before the murder of a fellow student, Alona Landau (Lindsey Rose Sinclair), puts Jessalyn in the top spot.
Dominic Fumusa guest stars in "Gods & Insects" as Nathan Grayson, CEO of Willoughby Bank & Trust, and Jim True-Frost plays David Novak, Nathan's colleague and war buddy. Kate Jennings Grant plays David's wife Cynthia. Kevin Denaburg (played by Reginald Veneziano) blackmails with information provided by escort Amber Donelli (Bree Williamson); they sell it to gossip site TheFameHound.com, run by Eli Gold (Arian Moayed). Karen Olivo plays Amber's madam, Sierra Brandis, who runs Platinum Encounters.
In "Abel & Willing," Dallas Roberts plays Dr. Abel Hazard, a social worker descended from Leon Vorsichtiger (Steven Skybell) whose father survived the holocaust by killing his wife in a Nazi test similar to the Milgram experiment. Derek Cecil plays Ted Stoddard who has to choose whether to allow himself to be killed, or kill his own wife Linda (Nadia Bowers) to survive. Detectives find similar victims and one convict, Veronica Kalen (Eleanor Hutchins), who is already serving time for killing her husband by the same method.
Caroline Dhavernas as nurse's aid Maya Sills, and Dash Mihok as NYFD fireman Damon Kerrigan, guest star in "Love Sick" along with Michael Gladis who plays Randall Ames, a night nurse at a free clinic. When Rachel Melham (Megan Tusing), dressed as a hooker, turns up dead after visiting the clinic, major case investigates. Khan Baykal plays Rachel's boyfriend Jay Linnet, who says Rachel was not a prostitute. Colman Domingo plays Andre Lanier, a Jamaican drug dealer, who confirms he hit Rachel at a nightclub but did not kill her. Soon a second victim, Isabel Felix (Natalie Kuhn), is found dead but her mother Carol (Brooke Alexander) refutes that she was a prostitute. A third victim is then found alive; Janine Lutz, played by Cheryl Lynn Bowers.
In "Love on Ice," four buddies from the "Hard Guys" club who attended The Silesean Brothers Academy are haunted by a past tragedy, and one of them is murdered: Josh Burrow plays Bailey "Killer" O'Doyle, a former MLB player who is slain at Promontory Park; William Mapother plays John Silvestri, Dean of Students at St. Victor's in Far Rockaway; Josh Stamberg plays Dr. Chris Denardi, a cardiovascular surgeon at Webster General; Karl Bury plays Greg Foster, the "Staten Island Car King." Tina Benko plays Bailey's bitter wife Lani. Erin Dilly plays John's wife Anne, the sister of Tom Reynold who drowned years ago. In flashbacks, Bryan Dechart plays a younger John Silvestri. Curtiss Cook plays Ron Robbins, Bailey's baseball buddy who is now a minor league assistant coach.
Tracy Pollan guest stars as Patricia Caruso, a writer for Inset Magazine who becomes its new editor pro tem after its publisher Connor James (John Bolger) is murdered. This episode's title, "Traffic" refers to sex trafficking by the Russian mob, a possible motive in the crime. Conor Leslie portrays Mia, Patricia's daughter, who, as an NYU journalism major and YouTube essayist, is competing with her mother for publication. Bill Sage plays Patricia's ex-husband, who was an accomplished defense attorney for the Italian mob. Ian Kahn plays Frank Bolinger, an art director for Inset who is charged and incarcerated for the murder. Lizan Mitchell appears as Connor's housekeeper.
Ryan O'Nan guest stars as Dale Grisco, a landscaper and "Disciple" of confessed serial killer Elvis Howell (Chance Kelly). McCaleb Burnett plays Ernie, who Dale trains as his own disciple. Reathel Bean portrays Howell's "last rites" prison confessor, Rev. Shelby Redding, who passes along a vital clue to Stevens. Paul Calderón plays Marcus Feingold, who was Stevens' mentor at the homicide division of the Chicago PD. Lorraine Bracco makes a special guest appearance as the matron of the Dolores House foster home where Dale lived as a teen. Jessica Pimentel plays Gabriella Belteno, a friend of a more recent victim, Maricela Fernandez (Shoshanna Withers).
In "Lost Children of the Blood," Matt Burns portrays Virgil, AKA Jonathan Parish, a mortician who fancies himself a vampire and uses his protege Jeremy Parks, AKA Anton Lebrun (Clayne Crawford), to find new victims. Once such sucker is Sarah Price (Maïté Alina), an East Side College girl and disciple of Jung. Sarah's college professor is played by Rick Holmes, and her father is Ohio Congressman Price, played by Dan Butler. Her drop-out boyfriend, Kyle Wyler, is played by Christopher Abbott. Alysia Reiner guest stars as Michelle Linden, a wealthy married woman who is one of Anton's conquests.
José Zúñiga as New York Senator Victor Caldera and Laura Harring as Marta Castillo-Caldera want to build a "True Legacy" and stress family values in their political campaign. Their son Rick (James Martinez) is married to Angela (Holley Fain) who is having an affair with food truck vendor Ryan Foley (Mick Dempsey). When Ryan is murdered, detectives investigate the family, including Marta's brother, Hernando Castillo, AKA Tio Nando, played by Ramon Camín. Emanuele Ancorini plays Da Silva, the Castillo-Caldera family attorney.
In "The Mobster Will See You Now," Adam Rothenberg guest stars as Henry Di Piano, the son of mobster Magglio "Mag" Di Piano (Joseph Siravo) who is currently imprisoned for a concealed weapon charge. Henry tries to "go legit" by entering a hospital deal with two doctors, Joel Silverstern (Daniel London) and Shelly Springe (Kelly AuCoin), but they have been upcoding their clients and are being blackmailed by an inspector Les Tarney with the US HHS. When Tarney dies, Nichols suspects foul play by mobsters, but Bureau Chief of Trial Division ADA Roydell Getty (Nick Sandow) disagrees. Retired mobsters who financed the hospital include Dominic "Dom" Fabrigazzi Jr. (Lenny Venito), Anthony "Blev" Blevvins (Vincent Curatola), and Theodore "Cubby" Viviano (Peter Appel); Cathy Moriarty also guest stars as Annie Gentillo.
Mili Avital guest stars as Lenore Abrigaille, the schizophrenic daughter of Nichols' old friend, Palmer (Tom Bloom), who is discovered murdered, seemingly from a sword duel with a blackmailing art dealer, Dylan Weld (Kyle Fabel). The motive for the crime centers on a "Palimpsest" of The Lost Licinianus for which everyone is searching the estate. Erik Jensen plays the mysterious caretaker, Richard Celeste. Brennan Brown plays Palmer's scheming nephew Merrill, who is executor for the estate. Family friends include Bernard (Louis Cancelmi) and Regina (Geraldine Hughes). Melanie Gray portrays an unnamed woman who is Nicols' friend in London, to whom Nichols relates the story in flashback.
An "Inhumane Society" pits boxers and pit-bulls against one another as Dan Lauria plays "Sal" Salvatore Biaggi, a former boxing champion turned coach, and Michael B. Jordan plays his new prospect Danny "The D-Train" Ford. Danny's friends from "The Top Dog Crew" want to drag him back to the dog pen, but "Little" Ron Jordan (Nicoye Banks) turns up dead in the back yard of dog breeder Louis Marciano, in a special guest appearance by Ralph Macchio. Soon afterwards another crewman, Austin Darvis (Chris Chalk) is beaten to death. Xosha Roquemore plays Trina Smith, Ron's girlfriend, and Shirley Rumierk plays an ADA named Brianna.
Tom Lipinski performs a "Three-in-One" role, alternately as Dr. Maynard Curtis, a painter Andy Quinn, and a five-year-old child named Tommy. When successful realtor Hidegard Glaser (Joanne Baron) is found dead, ME Rogers and Dets. Nichols and Stevens are puzzled about multiple forensic conclusions that seem to point to more than one suspect. Nichols, as the son of a psychologist, recognizes they might be dealing with someone with dissociative identity disorder. Psych Consultant Dr. Michael Sanderson (Curt Bouril) disagrees, so Nichols enlists the help of his father, Dr. Theodore Nichols, in a special guest star performance by F. Murray Abraham. When Terry Myers (Kate Nowlin) a teacher at the Caravaggio School goes missing, Zach and his father must overcome their family feud, and different approaches to interviewing (interrogation versus therapy) to find Terry before she dies. Robert Stanton plays Mr. Nower, an official at the Caravaggio School.

## Episodes

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | USA air date | NBC air date | PC | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 172 | 1 | "Loyalty (Part 1)" "Puntland" | Jean de Segonzac | Walon Green | March 30, 2010 (2010-03-30) | August 15, 2010 | 09001 | 3.56 |
| A tourist yacht cruising the coast of Somalia opens fire on an unarmed boat, killing a sheikh and his wife. The incident sets in play an international grab for power, an illegal arms deal and a hunt for terrorists. Captain Ross finds himself at the tragic center of the conflict, galvanizing the assistance of Major Case detectives Goren, Eames and Nichols. Last appearance of Eric Bogosian as Capt. Daniel Ross. |||||||||
| 173 | 2 | "Loyalty (Part 2)" "Artifice" | Jean de Segonzac | Barbara Hall | April 6, 2010 (2010-04-06) | June 20, 2010 | 09002 | 3.47 |
| With an illegal arms deal and a hunt for Somali terrorists hanging in the balance, Detectives Goren, Eames, Nichols and newcomer Stevens combine resources. The heart of their investigation aims to bring to justice the murderer of Captain Ross. This is part 2 of the season premiere. After this episode, Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe left the cast for the duration of season 9. |||||||||
| 174 | 3 | "Broad Channel" | Omar Madha | Mark Malone | April 13, 2010 (2010-04-13) | June 27, 2010 | 09003 | 3.21 |
| Nichols once again tries to outsmart Jackie Dooley, an Irish mob boss from his past, when Det. Ryan Fields is murdered after a raid on Russian mobster Valeyev in the island community of Broad Channel in Queens county. Nichols and Stevens get into a turf war with Det. Atwater, and they suspect Fields, and possibly Atwater, are dirty. MCS Capt. Callas requests Atwater's file from IAB Capt. Charles Galloway. When Eddie Boyle is suspected of the shooting, detectives wire Dooley to get Eddie's mother Moira to reveal his location. First appearance of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Capt. Zoe Callas. |||||||||
| 175 | 4 | "Delicate" | Tom DiCillo | Nicole Mirante-Matthews | April 20, 2010 (2010-04-20) | June 27, 2010 | 09006 | 3.53 |
| Nichols and Stevens investigate the murder of ballerina Alona Landau. Suspects include her lovers Cole Mulgrave and ballet department head Ethan Johns, or Paulette Bartol and Jessalyn Kerr who are rival students at The Schuman school of the arts. |||||||||
| 176 | 5 | "Gods & Insects" | Jonathan Herron | Ted Sullivan | April 27, 2010 (2010-04-27) | July 4, 2010 | 09007 | 2.82 |
| When the headless body of Kevin Denaburg is discovered at the bottom of a storm drain, what appears to be a mob hit soon leads to a secret world of high class-escorts and the gods of finance. Amber Donelli, Kevin's girlfriend, is exposed as a "party girl" – a high class escort for corporate events. Detectives Nichols and Stevens soon find themselves in a high stakes game where loyalties are abused, and people will do anything to get what they think is coming to them. |||||||||
| 177 | 6 | "Abel & Willing" | Kevin Bray | Michael Angeli | May 4, 2010 (2010-05-04) | July 10, 2010 | 09008 | 2.82 |
| When a woman is found shot through the heart, apparently by her husband, Nichols and Stevens uncover evidence that they were part of a warped psychological study. A pleasant waterside stroll with his wife Linda turns into a nightmare for Ted Stoddard when they return to their car. He is overpowered, dragged into a van and driven away. Later, after a series of visions, Ted finds himself in a hospital gown telling another man that he has killed his wife. After Linda’s body is discovered in an empty swimming pool, Nichols visits the Stoddards’ apartment where he discovers a soiled hospital gown and a ransacked safe. Linda’s passport is there but Ted’s is not, suggesting that he might be planning to leave the country. His financial records also reveal that his broker has liquidated all the couple’s assets. Inspired by the Milgram experiment conducted by psychologist Stanley Milgram. |||||||||
| 178 | 7 | "Love Sick" | Jim Hayman | Nicole Mirante-Matthews | May 11, 2010 (2010-05-11) | July 11, 2010 | 09011 | 3.02 |
| Rachel, a young girl from the midwest who moved to NYC, is murdered after visiting a medical center to receive treatment for an assault. Maya, a nurse's aid from the medical center and her boyfriend Damon, engage in a series of sexual assaults and murders. They are responsible for Rachel's death among others. Nichols and Stevens must figure out if Randall, another nurse's aid or Maya and Damon are the killers before there is another murder. The crux of the investigation lies in uncovering the psyches of Maya and Randall as individuals and as a couple. |||||||||
| 179 | 8 | "Love on Ice" | Ken Girotti | David Klass & James Sadwith | May 18, 2010 (2010-05-18) | July 17, 2010 | 09009 | 2.55 |
| Twenty-two years ago, a young man named Tom Reynolds drowned under mysterious circumstances. For his four best friends who were there that night, his death became a lifelong burden and a bond between them. In the intervening years, each of them has found a measure of success in their lives. Greg Foster opened a car dealership. Chris Denardi became a heart surgeon. John Silversti is the dean of a prestigious boys' school. And even Bailey O'Doyle, whose professional baseball career ended too soon, managed to open a restaurant. But try as they might, none of them can escape the shadow of their departed friend. Someone is blackmailing the four men over Tom Reynolds' death, so they get together to discuss their options. The next morning, Bailey's body is discovered near his home, bludgeoned to death. Nichols and Stevens investigate a mystery that spans twenty-two years, beginning with the death of an innocent man who's never truly been forgotten. |||||||||
| 180 | 9 | "Traffic" | Chris Zalla | Antoinette Stella | May 25, 2010 (2010-05-25) | July 18, 2010 | 09012 | 2.86 |
| Magazine publisher Connor James is beaten to death in his home. Found on the murder weapon are the fingerprints of employee Frank Bolinger, who is killed by a Russian mobster while incarcerated. Nichols and Stevens learn that James was in a relationship with Mia Caruso, the daughter of his successor Patricia. Patricia claims Mia killed James, but her ex-husband Forrest says Patricia struck him and he finished James off. Through further interrogation, Nichols and Stevens use psychology to get to the truth. |||||||||
| 181 | 10 | "Disciple" | Christine Moore | Walon Green & Michael Angeli | June 1, 2010 (2010-06-01) | July 24, 2010 | 09010 | 3.08 |
| Detective Stevens and her Chicago PD mentor, Marcus Feingold, attend an Illinois execution of confessed serial killer Elvis Howell, who claims he did not kill the last victim, Courtney Gunderson, and that her killer is still out there. Back in New York, Diego Caldez is found shot and evidence leads Nichols and Stevens to yet another victim, Maricela Fernandez, but forensics may indicate a copycat crime. Stevens returns to Chicago to interview Reverend Shelby Redding about Howell's last request, and discovers he passed along a letter before his execution. Once its recipient is located, they are determined to find out who really killed Courtney, the "master" or the "disciple," and why. |||||||||
| 182 | 11 | "Lost Children of the Blood" | John David Coles | Christine Bailey | June 8, 2010 (2010-06-08) | July 25, 2010 | 09004 | 2.97 |
| A female college student dies as the result of exsanguination, but what first looks like rough sex gone wrong leads Nichols and Stevens to a bizarre cult whose belief in immortality has created a dependence on human blood and its underground dealers. |||||||||
| 183 | 12 | "True Legacy" | Yon Motskin | Antoinette Stella | June 15, 2010 (2010-06-15) | July 31, 2010 | 09013 | 3.50 |
| Detectives investigate a professional hit on food truck vendor Ryan Foley and uncover affairs that lead to scandal for New York Senator Victor Caldera. |||||||||
| 184 | 13 | "The Mobster Will See You Now" | Jean de Segonzac | Michael Angeli | June 22, 2010 (2010-06-22) | August 1, 2010 | 09015 | 4.40 |
| Les Tarney, an Associate-Inspector General with the US HHS, decides to blackmail two doctors who have been upcoding their clients. The doctors are terrified that the scandal will lead to the retired mobsters who financed their practice. Their fears are seemingly put to rest when the official turns up dead – until Nichols and Stevens' investigation leads right back to their door. |||||||||
| 185 | 14 | "Palimpsest" | Darnell Martin | Mark Malone | June 29, 2010 (2010-06-29) | August 7, 2010 | 09014 | 2.79 |
| Nichols discovers that his old friend Palmer Abrigaille has been slain, apparently from a sword duel with art dealer Dylan Weld who is also dead. However, Rogers concludes they both were bludgeoned on the head before being stabbed. Nichols and Stevens investigate the motive, which may be related to a fabled palimpsest manuscript, The Lost Licinianus, that dates back to the time of Christ. The case is complicated by Nichols' friendship with Palmer's schizophrenic daughter Lenore. |||||||||
| 186 | 15 | "Inhumane Society" | Michael Smith | Courtney Parker & Geoffrey Thorne | July 6, 2010 (2010-07-06) | August 14, 2010 | 09005 | 2.99 |
| The career of a promising young boxer is derailed when authorities discover he's at the center of a dog fighting ring. Things go from bad to worse when one of his partners turns up dead. |||||||||
| 187 | 16 | "Three-In-One" | Arthur W. Forney | Walon Green & David Klass | July 6, 2010 (2010-07-06) | August 21, 2010 | 09016 | 2.99 |
| The body of successful real estate agent Hildy Glazer is discovered bled out in the basement of an empty building. The odd assortment of clues point Nichols and Stevens in several different directions. A painter's truck was spotted at the scene of the abduction, belonging to a man named Andy Quinn. Before Hildy's disappearance, she was examined by an abrasive doctor, Maynard Curtis. But most disturbing are the images on the walls – images painted in blood that forensics claim were drawn by a young child. Driven by that terrible implication, Nichols develops a theory of how these three seemingly unrelated people are connected. But to prove it, he's forced to consult with the most unlikely expert: Doctor Theodore Nichols, his father. Their relationship is shaky at best, but they'll have to work fast - another innocent has just been kidnapped. Last appearances of Jeff Goldblum, Saffron Burrows, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. |||||||||
| Preceded by Season Eight | List of Law & Order: Criminal Intent episodes | Succeeded by Season Ten |