Seeds (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
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"Seeds" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent
. This is the first Logan episode to appear on the USA Network.
and Falacci
investigate the murder of an OB/GYN
found posed in a ritualistic fashion, spread-eagle on an exam table.
Logan and Falacci learn the victim ran a private fertility practice with his brother, also a doctor, convincing them a pro-life
activist is to blame. They interview the office genetics counselor and an angry patient who claims the doctor performed an abortion
on his wife, but an analysis of the crime scene suggests a different scenario.
Further evidence leads the detectives to realise the members of his wealthy family may have been involved in the crime. The list of suspects include the victim's own son, his brother, and the nephew he never even knew he had. Their suspicions take a new twist, when the DNA
evidence from the murder comes in.
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...
. This is the first Logan episode to appear on the USA Network.
Plot summary
In this episode, 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 Falacci
Nola Falacci
Det. Nola Falacci is a fictional character on the NBC-USA Network series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, played by Alicia Witt.-In Major Case Squad:...
investigate the murder of an OB/GYN
Obstetrics
Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...
found posed in a ritualistic fashion, spread-eagle on an exam table.
Logan and Falacci learn the victim ran a private fertility practice with his brother, also a doctor, convincing them a pro-life
Pro-life
Opposition to the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-life, or anti-abortion, movement, a social and political movement opposing elective abortion on moral grounds and supporting its legal prohibition or restriction...
activist is to blame. They interview the office genetics counselor and an angry patient who claims the doctor performed an abortion
Abortion
Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced...
on his wife, but an analysis of the crime scene suggests a different scenario.
Further evidence leads the detectives to realise the members of his wealthy family may have been involved in the crime. The list of suspects include the victim's own son, his brother, and the nephew he never even knew he had. Their suspicions take a new twist, when the DNA
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
evidence from the murder comes in.
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:... |
| Alicia Witt Alicia Witt Alicia 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... |
Det. Nola Falacci Nola Falacci Det. Nola Falacci is a fictional character on the NBC-USA Network series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, played by Alicia Witt.-In Major Case Squad:... |
| 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 |