Law & Order Criminal Intent - The Second Year (2001)

From the most successful franchise on television comes Law & Order: Criminal Intent - The Second Year. Experience life on the wrong side of the law as perpetrators plan and execute the crimes that lead them into the fascinating frustrating and sometimes frightening justice system. This highly collectible 5-disc set contains all 23 powerful episodes and features the original cast - including Vincent D'Onofrio Kathryn Erbe Jamey Sheridan and Courtney B. Vance. Law & Order: Criminal Intent - The Second Year is mastermind Dick Wolf's most innovative creation yet.System Requirements:Run Time: 236 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 025192930928 Manufacturer No: 61029309 Product Description

Second Season a Great Year! Just one gripe with the DVDs.

The five star rating is for the show and not for the DVDs.

It all came together for 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' in the second season. As a fan of cop shows back to the some of the first on TV, this series ranks in the top 5. Goren is simply incredible and the entire cast was in full stride in Season Two. Great stories, great acting, great television.

My gripe with the DVDs is that they began putting a synopsis before each episode along with cast details, etc. You click for the selected episode and you are then presented with all this information before you must click again to actually play the episode. That would be all fine and good - except - the synopsis for several of the episodes are complete spoilers! Just one example would be the season's second episode 'Bright Boy' where they tell you in the synopsis who is responsible for the murders! So, be warned, don't read them if you still want to watch Goren work his magic and still be surprised as it unravels for the perp.

The other issue, of course, is that Universal has apparently chosen to drop Law & Order: Criminal Intent from their DVD offerings after three seasons. They are the worst of the worst when it comes to starting a series and then dropping it after a season or two. They've done it to some classic series that deserved much better. Strangely, Universal released Season 3 BEFORE Season 2, so actually this is the last we've heard from Universal on this show. What a pity. 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' deserved the full treatment. Maybe they will reconsider? Many of us are ready and waiting for Season Four!

May 16, 2008

excellent: Vincent is the Bombdiggity

I think Bobby is the ideal detective. He is superb, alot of my friends do not like his character, they feel he is a know it all and I say he is my boy. Is he still married to Greta? He is wonderful, I am waiting for the next seasons as well. January 10, 2008

Addicted

I had always loved Law & Order SVU and was expecting to see much more of the same when I started buying the Criminal Intent box sets. I was blown away. The reason was Vincent D'Onofrio, truly amazing in his role as Detective Robert Goren. He is somehat of an eccentric, nerdy, almost crazy individual who somehow manages to get to the bottom of the case precisely because he is eccentric, nerdy, and almost crazy. Unlike the other Law & Order franchises where the plot/story has been more important than the characters, in Criminal Intent, the opposite is true. It is Goren's character that carries this show. I have watched all the episodes at least twice and am now completely adddicted. November 15, 2007

A little disappointed

I felt this did not live up to the expectations which I had created from watching Law and Order and Law and Order Special Victims Unit. The dialogue and acting seemed to fall short. October 2, 2007

Criminal Intent

I am an avid watcher of Law and Order especially Criminal Intent. It is different from other detective shows which I enjoy. I especially like the way that D'Onofrio works his character as well as Kathryn Erbe whose personality & skills compliments Vincent D'Onofrio. August 27, 2007

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