Wow, this was a very intense episode, the best I've seen so far in which Chris Noth ("Det. Mike Logan") and Annabella Sciorra ("Det. Carolyn Barak") are featured.
Not only do we get two grisly "Charles Manson" type home invasion slayings (with machetes, no less!) but Logan shoots a cop by mistake and then winds up battling wits with Whoopi Goldberg! What a bizarre episode.
Since the program ended somewhat up in the air, I wondered if there was second part to this story, but apparently not. That's disappointing. Goldberg, as "Chesley Watkins," a diabolical foster mom, played a fascinating character and could be a real nemesis to Logan, like "Nicole Wallace" has been to "Det. Robert Goren."
However, I looked it up here at IMDb and see no other episodes with Chesley Watkins. What a shame: Criminal Intent missed the boat on that one. This should be a continuing battle. Sad to say, the Wallace-Goren confrontations are history, too.
Like a good "whodunnit," this story keeps us guessing on who's behind all these murders: Mrs. Watkins? One of the young men? A cop? Somebody else? The program begins with a bloody and shocking scene, repeats it about five minutes later in another house, and then gets cerebral as Logan not only has to figure out what's happening but battle his own demons and the fact that he accidentally killed a cop. Whew, no that's having a tough day!
Note: I wrote this before seeing the other reviewers comments. Good to see all of us are on the same page with this. With so many people apparently having the same reaction to this story, you'd hope L&O: CI would pay attention to its fans.
Not only do we get two grisly "Charles Manson" type home invasion slayings (with machetes, no less!) but Logan shoots a cop by mistake and then winds up battling wits with Whoopi Goldberg! What a bizarre episode.
Since the program ended somewhat up in the air, I wondered if there was second part to this story, but apparently not. That's disappointing. Goldberg, as "Chesley Watkins," a diabolical foster mom, played a fascinating character and could be a real nemesis to Logan, like "Nicole Wallace" has been to "Det. Robert Goren."
However, I looked it up here at IMDb and see no other episodes with Chesley Watkins. What a shame: Criminal Intent missed the boat on that one. This should be a continuing battle. Sad to say, the Wallace-Goren confrontations are history, too.
Like a good "whodunnit," this story keeps us guessing on who's behind all these murders: Mrs. Watkins? One of the young men? A cop? Somebody else? The program begins with a bloody and shocking scene, repeats it about five minutes later in another house, and then gets cerebral as Logan not only has to figure out what's happening but battle his own demons and the fact that he accidentally killed a cop. Whew, no that's having a tough day!
Note: I wrote this before seeing the other reviewers comments. Good to see all of us are on the same page with this. With so many people apparently having the same reaction to this story, you'd hope L&O: CI would pay attention to its fans.