The death of a hospital engineer leads back to an old friend of Deakins who has political aspirations.The death of a hospital engineer leads back to an old friend of Deakins who has political aspirations.The death of a hospital engineer leads back to an old friend of Deakins who has political aspirations.
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Roxanna Hope Radja
- Anya Czabo
- (as Roxanna Hope)
Elizabeth Keifer
- Marie Adair
- (as Liz Keifer)
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- Trivia"Who steals my purse steals trash./. But he that filches from me my good name/ Robs me of that which not enriches him/ And makes me poor indeed." -- Shakespeare, Othello
- GoofsGoren mistakenly identifies hydrocodone as Dilaudid. Hydrocodone is the active ingredient in Vicodin. The active ingredient in Dilaudid is hydromorphone.
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My brilliant name
On paper, the story for "My Good Name" sounds quite conventional, somebody with power hiding bad secrets and would do anything to keep it that way sounds age old and very familiar territory for the 'Law and Order' franchise. That didn't bother me too much though, because despite that being a familiar trope it has often been done very well and even brilliantly at the best of times in the franchise from as early on as the early seasons of the original 'Law and Order'.
"My Good Name's" execution of this what sounds conventional premise in a not so conventional way. It turned out to be a lot more than the trope of a powerful person with secrets that has been frequently seen in the franchise (and in other shows) before and since "My Good Name", and sees some depth to a regular character that was fairly neglected this season. As far as the generally solid but uneven Season 4 goes, "My Good Name" is to me one of the best episodes.
Production values are slick as usual and the placement and tone of music is always appropriate and not intrusive or melodramatic. The direction keeps the suspense going and doesn't let it go.
The writing is as ever intelligent and tight, with some great interaction between Goren and Eames and very mature handling of its theme of the conflict of loyalty and public interest (a familiar theme that always is relevant and rings true today). The story is a complex one, when it very easily could have done absolutely nothing new and been too easily telegraphed, with some nice plausible twists. And does so without being convoluted or muddled, comprehension of what was going on was never a problem for me.
Absolutely love Goren and Eames together, Goren's perceptions and hard boiled edge and Eames' sass still shine (do not agree that Goren doesn't shine here). Really appreciated the depth to Deakins, a character not seen enough this season and had yet to be properly developed at this point of 'Criminal Intent' but this was his best episode yet, as well one of his best ever episodes as an individual character, and his conflict is immensely believable and poignant.
Can't fault the performances, Vincent D'Onofrio (the heart of the show and the consistently main reason for why the show is as good as it is) cannot be raved about enough and Kathryn Erbe matches him beautifully. Jamey Sheridan's performance here is one of his standout performances on 'Criminal Intent', the internal conflict portrayed movingly. Michael Rispoli was born for his role, suitably smarmy yet his appeal to others is plausible.
Summing up, brilliant. 10/10
"My Good Name's" execution of this what sounds conventional premise in a not so conventional way. It turned out to be a lot more than the trope of a powerful person with secrets that has been frequently seen in the franchise (and in other shows) before and since "My Good Name", and sees some depth to a regular character that was fairly neglected this season. As far as the generally solid but uneven Season 4 goes, "My Good Name" is to me one of the best episodes.
Production values are slick as usual and the placement and tone of music is always appropriate and not intrusive or melodramatic. The direction keeps the suspense going and doesn't let it go.
The writing is as ever intelligent and tight, with some great interaction between Goren and Eames and very mature handling of its theme of the conflict of loyalty and public interest (a familiar theme that always is relevant and rings true today). The story is a complex one, when it very easily could have done absolutely nothing new and been too easily telegraphed, with some nice plausible twists. And does so without being convoluted or muddled, comprehension of what was going on was never a problem for me.
Absolutely love Goren and Eames together, Goren's perceptions and hard boiled edge and Eames' sass still shine (do not agree that Goren doesn't shine here). Really appreciated the depth to Deakins, a character not seen enough this season and had yet to be properly developed at this point of 'Criminal Intent' but this was his best episode yet, as well one of his best ever episodes as an individual character, and his conflict is immensely believable and poignant.
Can't fault the performances, Vincent D'Onofrio (the heart of the show and the consistently main reason for why the show is as good as it is) cannot be raved about enough and Kathryn Erbe matches him beautifully. Jamey Sheridan's performance here is one of his standout performances on 'Criminal Intent', the internal conflict portrayed movingly. Michael Rispoli was born for his role, suitably smarmy yet his appeal to others is plausible.
Summing up, brilliant. 10/10
- TheLittleSongbird
- Oct 28, 2020
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