Goren and Eames track a married lawyer suspected of murdering his petite girlfriends.Goren and Eames track a married lawyer suspected of murdering his petite girlfriends.Goren and Eames track a married lawyer suspected of murdering his petite girlfriends.
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David De Beck
- Detective Wertz
- (as David DeBeck)
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- TriviaGriffin Dunne is the brother of Dominique Dunne and the son of Dominick Dunne. Tragically his sister was murdered (strangled) in 1982 by her boyfriend, who received a notoriously light sentence for his crime. After this 1982 murder, his well-known father--a movie producer and writer--began studying and writing about how the wealthy and upper class deal with the judicial system. He famously reported on and wrote about the trials of OJ Simpson and the Menendez brothers. [02.21.2020]
- GoofsIn the final scene Henry Talbott shatters the one-way mirror. Interrogation room glass is usually made stronger. When Eames and Goren are seen talking in the room from the observation room through the broken glass one-way mirror it is clear with no tinting. one-way mirror is dark when seen from the viewing side.
- Quotes
Detective Robert Goren: Come on, you're a small guy. What size shoe do you wear?
[throws his leg up on the table]
Detective Robert Goren: I wear a 13.
[stands up and peers under the table]
Detective Robert Goren: You look like a 9, or... what, like an 8?
Henry Talbott: I'm an...
[waves his hands around]
Henry Talbott: Oh, God, why am I even, I don't want to talk to you about this! Don't drag me into this!
Detective Robert Goren: Ah! You've got small hands, too!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Criminal Intent: The Beginning (2003)
Featured review
How to be sleazy in less than one hour
While really liking 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent's' first three episodes, for me it was with its fourth "The Faithful", which happened to be the previous episode, where it started to hit its stride with its first "outstanding" episode. Regardless of what one thinks of Goren's behaviour, it was so exceptionally written acted and handles a tricky subject with no signs of being taxed. It's always great to see such high quality so early on.
High quality that can be seen throughout the whole of this episode "Jones", one of my favourites of Season 1. Found "Jones" every bit as brilliant as "The Faithful" and actually even more so, these were two episodes of 'Criminal Intent' where everything worked and nothing was lacking. Especially for one of the season's most interesting and repellent supporting characters and an ending that is towards the show's best.
Not everybody will buy the wife being so oblivious to the cheating, when there were signs so blatantly obvious. For me, that was noticeable but didn't distract me as much and it didn't spoil the episode.
"Jones", as said, has a main suspect that really does make as big an impression on the viewer as it does the detectives, really burning in the memory. Griffin Dunne truly gets under the skin and the result is very unnerving, more and more so as the episode goes on. Absolutely loved the ending's relatively gradual but increasingly nerve-wracking tension and the outcome of it may not be unexpected but it does take one by surprise and unsettles.
Production values are still high, never too elaborate and never sedate. The music isn't constant and is not overbearing, which are always great things. Do prefer 'Law and Order' and 'Special Victims Unit's' main themes but the one here suits well. The writing is a good balance of mature and un-simplistic, always provoking thought (Eames has some of the best lines here), while the story grabs the attention with the ending being the clear highlight.
Goren's unique and unorthodox methods are interesting to watch, and the procedural/investigative elements likewise. Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe are both on top form and their chemistry contrasts very believably.
In conclusion, superb. 10/10
High quality that can be seen throughout the whole of this episode "Jones", one of my favourites of Season 1. Found "Jones" every bit as brilliant as "The Faithful" and actually even more so, these were two episodes of 'Criminal Intent' where everything worked and nothing was lacking. Especially for one of the season's most interesting and repellent supporting characters and an ending that is towards the show's best.
Not everybody will buy the wife being so oblivious to the cheating, when there were signs so blatantly obvious. For me, that was noticeable but didn't distract me as much and it didn't spoil the episode.
"Jones", as said, has a main suspect that really does make as big an impression on the viewer as it does the detectives, really burning in the memory. Griffin Dunne truly gets under the skin and the result is very unnerving, more and more so as the episode goes on. Absolutely loved the ending's relatively gradual but increasingly nerve-wracking tension and the outcome of it may not be unexpected but it does take one by surprise and unsettles.
Production values are still high, never too elaborate and never sedate. The music isn't constant and is not overbearing, which are always great things. Do prefer 'Law and Order' and 'Special Victims Unit's' main themes but the one here suits well. The writing is a good balance of mature and un-simplistic, always provoking thought (Eames has some of the best lines here), while the story grabs the attention with the ending being the clear highlight.
Goren's unique and unorthodox methods are interesting to watch, and the procedural/investigative elements likewise. Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe are both on top form and their chemistry contrasts very believably.
In conclusion, superb. 10/10
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