User Reviews

I dug this episode, but particularly the performance by Merrit Wever as Hannah. She is remarkable in this role, and went on to a great career.

One of the really outstanding CI episodes is this one where Vincent Donofrio and Kathryn Erbe investigate the murder of several family members by a pair of very disturbed sisters who were separated through adoption in their native Pennsylvania, but have reunited in New York.

The two have created a fantasy existence for themselves. Merrit Wever and Tammy Blanchard are the sisters.

In the end our detectives and ADA Courtney B. Vance use a real interesting ploy involving the court system to get a confession. It has to do ith using a most clueless public defender played by Sig Libowitz and theissues that the dominant sister Merrit Wever has.

In fact Wever gives one of the best guest star performances ever seen on Criminal Intent. For her alone you should not miss this episode.

"Tomorrow" on paper did sound like an interesting episode, it did have possible potential of being too complicated in the latter stages but overall it was a great idea and relatively different for 'Criminal Intent' at the time. Goren is such a great character and one of the main reasons for why prime-'Criminal Intent' (for me the earlier seasons were better, though that may not be a popular opinion) was so good and Vincent D'Onofrio never stopped being a joy.

Is "Tomorrow" 'Criminal Intent's' Season 2 at its best? No, but it is not too far off as the best assets of the many good things are excellently done. Is it 'Criminal Intent at its best? No, there are far better episodes before and since "Tomorrow". Is it a great episode? Not quite, though many individual things are so, and it very nearly is. Is it very good? Absolutely it is and it is an episode that doesn't have anything offensively bad or anything but just lacked the extra something.

Part of me did feel that the reveal of who was responsible was a little too obvious too early. Despite a lot of suspects and motives, it was clear that they were up to no good in some shape or form or knew more than they let down.

Did find myself a little frustrated too at how some of the adult supporting characters were in serious need of a reality check and so ridiculously out of touch in a way not particularly realistic.

On the other hand, "Tomorrow" is well photographed and keeps things things simple and intimate without going too far on either. In terms of the musc, it doesn't over-emphasise or feel like it should have been used less. Instead letting the talk-heavy but always taut and thoughtful script shine and do much of the talking. The story is never less than engaging with a fair share of non-convoluted twists and turns that are buyable, how the detectives get to the conclusions they get to intrigue. The questioning sees Goren's quirky/neurotic mannerisms really shining in a way that is entertaining and sympathetic.

Like when he shows awareness and accomodates through his body positioning the height difference between him and a witness, aimed to put her at ease and not scare her. Love the chemistry between him and Goren and it was great to see more of it, after wanting more of it in some of the previous Season 2 episodes. Sarah and Hannah, especially the latter, are interesting characters. Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe are great (was there any doubt though?), as is Courtney B. Vance, and Merritt Wever brings a good deal of intensity to Hannah.

Summing up, very good. 8/10

A rich kid gets the key from his sister, invites a male buddy and enter's his father/ stepmother's swank apartment (where he had been banned.) Sometime later, the friend and the sister are found murdered.

People wonder if the missing son killed them when he caught his sister and his friend fooling, but that wasn't the case. The next day the son's dead body is discover and his death is ruled from strangulation while having sex. The suspects are now narrowed down to three females: the stepmother, the nanny or the nanny across the hall....or a combination.

The key to who did this and why lie in peas, corn and a soap opera! This is a very interesting episode and fun to watch.