For whatever reason Law & Order Criminal Intent decided to eliminate Courtney Vance's character of ADA Ron Carver this particular episode, The Good Doctor gave Vance his finest moments in the series.
The suspect here is Dr. Rob Knepper who is a well to do plastic surgeon who murders his wife. He's good, one of the best minds that the Major Case squad has ever come up against. He leaves a lot of tantalizing clues, but his knowledge as a doctor has made him able to eliminate a body. In fact he calls the police to report his wife missing and their prominence insures the Major Case Squad gets involved.
In the end with no body, the District Attorney still brings charges against him without a corpse. After Vincent D'Onofrio goes on the stand and bates him, Knepper against the good advice of counsel insists on taking the stand to rebut.
Big mistake because in his finest hour on the series Courtney Vance nails him on cross examination. Not on the evidence so much as bringing out Knepper's character showing him fully capable of the homicide. It was very much like Scott Peterson being convicted in real life of the murder of his wife Lacy. The scene with Vance and Knepper is a legal small screen classic.
Do not miss this episode of Criminal Intent when broadcast, it is one of my two favorites from the series.
The suspect here is Dr. Rob Knepper who is a well to do plastic surgeon who murders his wife. He's good, one of the best minds that the Major Case squad has ever come up against. He leaves a lot of tantalizing clues, but his knowledge as a doctor has made him able to eliminate a body. In fact he calls the police to report his wife missing and their prominence insures the Major Case Squad gets involved.
In the end with no body, the District Attorney still brings charges against him without a corpse. After Vincent D'Onofrio goes on the stand and bates him, Knepper against the good advice of counsel insists on taking the stand to rebut.
Big mistake because in his finest hour on the series Courtney Vance nails him on cross examination. Not on the evidence so much as bringing out Knepper's character showing him fully capable of the homicide. It was very much like Scott Peterson being convicted in real life of the murder of his wife Lacy. The scene with Vance and Knepper is a legal small screen classic.
Do not miss this episode of Criminal Intent when broadcast, it is one of my two favorites from the series.