"Law & Order: Criminal Intent"
The Faithful (2001)

Director:

Constantine Makris

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator)
Rene Balcer (developer)

TV Series:

"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001)

Original Air Date:

17 October 2001 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

When a Catholic church sexton is found murdered in the sanctuary, Detectives Goren and Eames search for a thieving drug addict who works there...

Plot Keywords:

Prosecution | Prosecutor | Trial | District Attorney | Gun

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Sept. 12	4:00 AM	USA	The Faithful	#1.4
Fri. Sept. 12	11:00 PM	MyNetwork	The Faithful	#1.4

Cast

Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Detective Robert Goren
Kathryn Erbe	...	Detective Alexandra Eames
Jamey Sheridan	...	Captain James Deakins
Courtney B. Vance	...	A.D.A. Ron Carver
Michael O'Keefe	...	Father Michael McShale
Peter McRobbie	...	Father Capanna
Alex Feldman	...	Kevin Donovan
Renoly Santiago	...	Chiggy Rios
Leslie Hendrix	...	Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
Roy Thinnes	...	Sheridan Beckworth
Michael Marisi Ornstein	...	Howard (as Michael Ornstein)
Jim Bracchitta	...	Father McShale's Attorney
Dana Reeve	...	Melanie Grasso
David Leary	...	Father Dell
Stephen Henderson	...	Morris Abernathy (as Stephen McKinley Henderson)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | New Zealand:M (DVD rating)

Company:

Wolf Films

Quotes:

Captain James Deakins: Great, the Goren Show's back in town.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Criminal Intent: The Beginning (2003) (V)

This ep. should be called: 'Goren gets it'

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Okay, here's the deal. Throughout this episode Goren is acting like a spoiled child or a hard-headed rebellious teenager. Doing whatever he likes, Breaking rules, disrespecting authority. A good example of this is the hilarious scene where Deakins is talking to the priest. Much like the common scene where a mother waits till the guest is gone to punish her child, Deakins is trying to keep calm and intercept all of Goren's rude and untactful comments while at the same time giving him "shut your mouth" glares, which soon turn to "You're dead when they leave" ones. But the straw that broke the camel's back was when Goren hid an important witness from A.D.A. Carver. Carver found out near the end of the episode and the last lines where his: "Detective... if you *ever* try to run one by me like that again, I'll have your badge." This softly, yet clearly, spoken threat, was about as severe a tongue-lashing as one could get. As he said them, Goren looked at him for a moment, then quickly looked down. What could he say? He was busted, cold hard. And that my friends, is the story of how Goren got it.