Detective Serena Stevens | |
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Law & Order character | |
First appearance | "Loyalty (Part 2)" |
Last appearance | "Three-In-One" |
Portrayed by | Saffron Burrows |
Time on show | 2010 |
Seasons | 1 (season 9) |
Credited appearances | 15 episodes |
Preceded by | Megan Wheeler |
Succeeded by | Alexandra Eames |
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Partner | Zack Nichols |
Captain Zoe Callas | |
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Law & Order character | |
First appearance | "Broad Channel" |
Last appearance | "Three-In-One" |
Portrayed by | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio |
Time on show | 2010 |
Seasons | 1 (season 9) |
Credited appearances | 14 episodes |
Succeeded by | Joseph Hannah |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a spin-off of the crime drama Law & Order, follows the detectives who work in the "Major Case Squad" of the New York City Police Department, a unit that focuses on high-profile cases (in most cases murder, just like the regular Law & Order in this sense), such as those involving VIPs, local government officials and employees, the financial industry, and the art world; though sometimes the cases are similar to the cases from the original Law & Order show as well. From its fifth season until the beginning of the ninth season, which aired in September 2005 until April 2010, the series had generally shown four major detectives working the unit, in alternating episodes under the leadership of both Captain James Deakins and Captain Danny Ross. The unit also previously had a prosecutor assigned from the DA's office, that frequently interacted with the squad. The ninth and tenth seasons of the series showed two major detectives working the unit in all episodes under the leadership of Captain Zoe Callas and later Joseph Hannah.
One of the original characters on Law & Order, Detective Mike Logan (played by Chris Noth), appears in one episode of Season 4. At the beginning of Season 5, he is transferred from Staten Island to the Major Case Squad, where he worked until the end of Season 7.
Robert Goren is a quirky, extraordinarily intelligent investigator and criminal profiler, known for his instinct and insight. Often, Goren's intuition, rather than solid evidence, turns out to be the case-breaker. Each episode, Goren typically employs his knowledge of an unusually wide range of topics, from theoretical physics, chemistry, and literature to history, psychology, and multiple foreign languages. Goren once served in the Army's Criminal Investigation Division, stationed in Germany and South Korea, and worked in the NYPD's Narcotics Division before transferring to Major Case (in the first-season episode "The Insider", it is revealed that he worked on three undercover operations resulting in 27 arrests and convictions).