That oldest of crimes the slaying of a brother is dealt with in this story from Criminal Intent. The accent in this one is on character as Sam Trammell delivers a carefully delineated portrait of a career con man.
Trammell gives himself great airs in this episode and in fact he has the intelligence enough to carry it off. I've known people in my life who were just like him, very bright and able to fake it in a lot of situations that were shall we say above their station.
Trammell and Patrick Arnheim came from a really horrid childhood and flashbacks of them as kids with a loose woman they had as a mother tell the tale. Arnheim who eeks out a meager existence is somehow holding him back and Trammell feels he has to kill the only one who truly knows him.
The climax is the interrogation between Trammell and Vincent D'Onofrio where Detective Goren coaxes a confession out of Trammell. In pure Goren style.
For that alone you should watch this episode.
Trammell gives himself great airs in this episode and in fact he has the intelligence enough to carry it off. I've known people in my life who were just like him, very bright and able to fake it in a lot of situations that were shall we say above their station.
Trammell and Patrick Arnheim came from a really horrid childhood and flashbacks of them as kids with a loose woman they had as a mother tell the tale. Arnheim who eeks out a meager existence is somehow holding him back and Trammell feels he has to kill the only one who truly knows him.
The climax is the interrogation between Trammell and Vincent D'Onofrio where Detective Goren coaxes a confession out of Trammell. In pure Goren style.
For that alone you should watch this episode.