Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) The Last Street in Manhattan (2011) User Reviews

Better the merger king than Vinnie Scrivarni from 215

[Mrpalli77 · 7/10 · 16 October 2017]

A businessman, CEO in an investment bank, was willing to find his soul mate. He joined the "Swan Club", a dating agency for rich people, but he seemed a little estranged to the pictures shown to him. Anyway he made up his mind by dating a french lit teacher; during the dinner in a fancy restaurant, his former fiancée turned up and they had a little argument. Later on, he was shot dead with two bullet in the chest after having argued with his business partner by phone. Goren and Eames, besides current relation, dig into his previous life: he wasn't born rich (father hauled trash, mother waitress in a diner) and he still had connection with Inwood, a working-class neighborhood, place full of lowlifes (bookies, loan sharks) where someone still loves him.

In this episode we make acquaintance of Eames father (Raymond J. Barry), a former cop. Goren keeps on attending psychologist sessions, where his father dark figure emerges over again.

The wolf of Wall Street

[TheLittleSongbird · 10/10 · 4 November 2021]

Robert Goren has always been a fascinating character, with Vincent D'Onofrio consistently portraying him brilliantly. Love too the chemistry between him and Alexandra Eames, and Eames is every bit as interesting in her own way. All of which being obvious in the tenth and sadly last season. 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent' was a great show in its prime and as good as the original 'Law and Order' and 'Special Victims Unit' when they're on form.

While "The Last Street in Manhattan" is not quite one of my favourite 'Criminal Intent' episodes overall, it is for me the best episode since Season 8's "Major Case" and in the top 3 best of Season 10. The other two being "Cadaver" and "Icarus". It is wonderful stuff, the first flawless episode of this consistently very good season and back to what made 'Criminal Intent' so near-consistently good in the early seasons and is yet another episode to feel like it didn't come from the later seasons. That may sound like a bad thing to some, as it may sound that there hasn't been any progression since the start (not true) but it is actually a good thing for this show as the earlier seasons for me are better.

"The Last Street in Manhattan" is well made, intimately photographed and slick with no signs of under-budget or anything. The music didn't sound melodramatic or too constant and the direction is accomodating while still having pulse.

Script is smart and tautly structured with no extraneous fat and melodramatic soap. Also love the lines given to Eames, like the one about the process of finding a soulmate, the balance of humour and drama for the first time in a while is perfect this time. The story is always compelling and twisty, with nothing being obvious while also not being confusing either. Plenty to keep one guessing, and the brief therapy session was not an issue this time.

Can't fault the acting, have never said anything bad about Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe and will continue to not do so. Likewise with their chemistry, which always played a big part in the show's appeal. D'Onofrio embodies Goren's quirkiness and intensity and Erbe is sympathetic and sassy. They play off each other seamlessly and even with a season's absence it was like they never left.

Overall, wonderful and a Season 10 high point. 10/10.

Love and money

[bkoganbing · 6/10 · 17 April 2016]

Non-New Yorkers might not know, but Inwood is at the top of Manhattan and at one time was the Irish neighborhood in the borough. It's changed considerably since I was a kid in New York. But there are still places like Jack McGee's bar there that remind one of the area that used to be.

Major Case is involved in the murder of David Alan Basche who was one of those hated money changers of Wall Street. There is however a connection to Inwood that involves both love and money. And a tradition of not snitching which tradition runs as strong as it does in On The Waterfront.

Goren and Eames even get a consultation from her father who was a detective years ago. And Inwood in fact is Kathryn Erbe's old neighborhood.

The High-Five?

[karla-perry · 6/10 · 14 April 2020]

Detective Goren high-fives a kid at the Inwood school. Was that possibly Vincent D'Onofrio's son or nephew?