Renewal (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
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"Renewal" is the sixth season finale episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
and the last original episode to air on NBC
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and Wheeler
investigate the murder of a police recruit whose decomposed body is found in the trunk of a car. Both of them try to determine whether his "legendary heroism" in breaking up a bodega
robbery is the reason for his murder, but soon find that the victim's girlfriend had mysteriously vanished. In the meantime, Logan befriends and dates his attractive neighbor, but after she stands him up on the second date, it turns out she was dead, leading Logan to be distracted from the first murder. Elsewhere, Detective Eames
assists Wheeler, and the end results are quite disturbing and surprising, once they uncover a young woman, who was inspired by the crimes of Detective Goren
's long-standing nemesis Nicole Wallace, is the real murderer.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
and the last original episode to air on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
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Plot summary
Detectives LoganMike Logan (Law & Order)
Michael "Mike" Logan is a fictional character in the police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order franchise, played by Chris Noth.-History in the franchise:...
and Wheeler
Megan Wheeler
Det. Megan Ann Wheeler is a fictional character portrayed by Julianne Nicholson on the NBC-USA Network series Law & Order: Criminal Intent...
investigate the murder of a police recruit whose decomposed body is found in the trunk of a car. Both of them try to determine whether his "legendary heroism" in breaking up a bodega
Bodega
Bodega is a Spanish word that may refer to:* a winery, wine cellar or wine bar* a convenience store specializing in Hispanic groceriesPlaces:* Bodega, California, town in Sonoma County, California...
robbery is the reason for his murder, but soon find that the victim's girlfriend had mysteriously vanished. In the meantime, Logan befriends and dates his attractive neighbor, but after she stands him up on the second date, it turns out she was dead, leading Logan to be distracted from the first murder. Elsewhere, Detective Eames
Alexandra Eames
Det. Alexandra "Alex" Eames is a fictional police detective with the NYPD Major Case Squad featured in the NBC-USA Network Law & Order: Criminal Intent, portrayed by Kathryn Erbe...
assists Wheeler, and the end results are quite disturbing and surprising, once they uncover a young woman, who was inspired by the crimes of Detective Goren
Robert Goren
Det. Robert "Bobby" Goren is a fictional character featured in the NBC-USA Network police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, portrayed by Vincent D'Onofrio....
's long-standing nemesis Nicole Wallace, is the real murderer.
Cast
| Chris Noth Chris Noth Christopher David "Chris" Noth is an American actor. He is known for long-running television roles as Det. Mike Logan on the police procedural and legal drama television series, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and as Big on Sex and the City. For the latter role, he has been... |
Det. Mike Logan Mike Logan (Law & Order) Michael "Mike" Logan is a fictional character in the police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order franchise, played by Chris Noth.-History in the franchise:... |
| Julianne Nicholson Julianne Nicholson Julianne Nicholson is an American actress. She is known for having played Det. Megan Wheeler on Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Early life:... |
Det. Megan Wheeler Megan Wheeler Det. Megan Ann Wheeler is a fictional character portrayed by Julianne Nicholson on the NBC-USA Network series Law & Order: Criminal Intent... |
| Eric Bogosian Eric Bogosian Eric Bogosian is an American actor, playwright, monologist, and novelist of Armenian descent.-Personal life:Bogosian, an Armenian-American, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, the son of Edwina, a hairdresser and instructor, and Henry Bogosian, an accountant. After graduating from Oberlin College,... |
Capt. Daniel Ross |
Fact
- Near the beginning of episode, Wheeler tells Logan that she is going over to Europe to teach American police procedure to European police officers. For the first half of the following season, she is replaced by Detective Nola FalacciNola FalacciDet. Nola Falacci is a fictional character on the NBC-USA Network series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, played by Alicia Witt.-In Major Case Squad:...
(Alicia WittAlicia WittAlicia Roanne Witt is an American film, stage, television actress and singer.-Early life:Witt was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her mother, Diane , is a junior high school reading teacher, and her father, Robert Witt, is a science teacher and photographer. She has a brother, Ian...
). (In reality, Nicholson was on maternity leave.)