Dr. Eloise Barnes (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

Dr. Eloise Barnes (Margaret Colin) is a villainess of "Shrink-Wrapped", episode 3.15 of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (airdate March 7, 2004). She is a psychiatrist and the wife of fellow psychologist Graham Barnes, with whom she had a daughter named Camilla.
Eloise's marriage with Graham was quickly shown to be toxic, with the married couple playing vicious mind games with each other and neglecting Camilla as a result. As a means of tormenting Graham, Eloise formed a habit of dressing provocatively for her client meetings and even began an affair with client Christian Lyle; furthermore, Eloise often bragged about said affair to Camilla. Graham eventually became aware of Eloise's affair, leading the villainess to plant a false psychiatric report in her desk about Christian, goading Graham into urinating on Eloise's desk in order to frame Christian.
When Christian was found stabbed to death in his recording studio, Eloise was initially uncooperative with the investigating detectives, but instead began exploiting the situation as another malicious scheme against Graham. To do so, Eloise made a point to tell Robert Goren and Alexandra Eames about how some psychologists "didn't understand boundaries," leading the detectives to suspect Graham after uncovering how he'd been accused of sexually harassing a female patient. As a result of Eloise's callous actions, Graham came to her begging to have him committed to the Edgewood Institute to have protection from the police, with the evil Eloise agreeing to after Graham promised to be her "good boy," highlighting how Eloise's goal was to have complete control over her husband.
Eloise's scheme was uncovered by Goren and Eames and revealed by them to Graham, and while it was initially believed that Eloise was Christian's true killer, they ultimately found that Camilla had killed Christian after her attempts to seduce him failed, leading her to kill him and also frame her parents as the culprits. After learning about her daughter's actions, Eloise callously chided Camilla for trying to compete with her and disregarding how bragging of her illicit affair hurt her daughter, even outright telling her that her emotions weren't her responsibility. After Camilla confessed to killing Christian and was placed under arrest, ADA Ron Carver informed Eloise and Graham that they could accompany their daughter to the police station if they wished, only for both parents to refuse to do so. Eloise's ultimate fate regarding her villainous actions, however, is left unknown.
==Trivia==
*Margaret Colin previously appeared on Law & Order: SVU as abusive villainess Ms. Krug, and also later played deceptive and greedy murderer Natalie Gale on Elementary.
*Margaret Colin also played remorseful villainess Joanna Kendall in Lifetime's Hit and Run.
Category:2000s
Category:Adulteress
Category:Brunette
Category:Callous
Category:Deceiver
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Master Manipulator
Category:Mother
Category:Sociopath
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Villain's Lover
Category:Fate: Inconclusive