An OB-GYN is murdered and posed in a ritualistic fashion, but the clues lead toward a family connection.An OB-GYN is murdered and posed in a ritualistic fashion, but the clues lead toward a family connection.An OB-GYN is murdered and posed in a ritualistic fashion, but the clues lead toward a family connection.
Dan Ziskie
- John Lucas
- (as Daniel Ziskie)
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- TriviaIn line with Law & Order's "ripped from the headlines" tradition, this episode took inspiration from the case of Dr. Cecil Jacobson, an American fertility doctor who used his own sperm to impregnate his patients without their knowledge or permission. Authorities confirmed via DNA testing that 15 children were fathered by Dr. Jacobson, though it's possible a total of 75 babies were conceived using his sperm.
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Captain Danny Ross: [to Falacci] Detective, it's okay to have the thought; you don't always have to say it.
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Doesn't have much life
"Seeds" is most notable for being the introductory episode of Mike Logan's third partner (Wheeler's temporary replacement) on 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent'. The 'Law and Order' franchise mostly did quite well whenever introducing new characters, even when there was the feeling of initial unsettlement one could see potential. Logan has always been a great character and expectations were quite high after a fantastic previous episode in "Amends".
It is sad though that "Seeds" was a disappointment. A huge step down from "Amends" and a less than promising introduction too for Logan's new partner Falacci. Logan was a great character on 'Criminal Intent' but his episodes were a very mixed bag, some were great ("Maltese Cross") and others were underwhelming ("Bombshell"). Of the episodes that introduced his partners, the others being "Diamond Dogs" for Barek and "Tru Love" for Wheeler, "Seeds" is for me the weakest. Not a terrible episode by all means, but 'Criminal Intent' did become up and down from Season 5 onwards and "Seeds" is a good example of why.
There are good things. The production values are slick and professional, not ever resorting to cheap or untested gimmicks or anything. The music is haunting in the right places and isn't constant or too loud. The episode does start off promisingly, the start did intrigue me and it was unsettling. Ross isn't quite as aggressive or biased here than he was in most of Season 6.
What makes "Seeds" watchable is (most of) the cast. Chris Noth captures Logan's dry humour and gritty edge extremely well as usual, while Michael O'Keefe is downright creepy. Devon Gummersall is oddly touching in his role. The script does have moments of thoughtfulness and tautness and it is always interesting when there are episodes where the perpetrators are not who one hates by the end of the episode. Actually felt sorry for the perpetrator here in a way though more for the circumstances and context than what they did.
Alicia Witt unfortunately didn't do it for me in her debuting episode, and of Logan's three partners Falacci was the only one actually that was always difficult to warm to. While her personality is bigger than the subtler ones of Barek and Wheeler, it is not a positive personality with negative traits being overwritten and Witt goes too over the top on bringing that out. She and Noth have no chemistry either, the writers overdo it with the friction as well and with that level of friction and lack of respect for each other there was too much of a disconnect and awkwardness between them.
Did find too that too much of the script came over as too soapy, especially later on. Despite starting off with potential, the story is too bizarre and is not always easy to follow. Was actually in a complete muddle on first viewing at the end, it's only a little better a couple of re-watches later but it's still perplexing. It also felt dull and lacking in suspense, from running out of steam too early and goes practically nowhere too much of the time. The ending was rather anaemic as well as excessively melodramatic and actually would have been a lot more interesting if they actually didn't go for having as the perpetrator somebody significantly less hateable. One character is so vile that one is rooting for them to be the responsible, that they weren't was a little bit of a cheat.
Concluding, didn't do much for me but watchable. 5/10.
It is sad though that "Seeds" was a disappointment. A huge step down from "Amends" and a less than promising introduction too for Logan's new partner Falacci. Logan was a great character on 'Criminal Intent' but his episodes were a very mixed bag, some were great ("Maltese Cross") and others were underwhelming ("Bombshell"). Of the episodes that introduced his partners, the others being "Diamond Dogs" for Barek and "Tru Love" for Wheeler, "Seeds" is for me the weakest. Not a terrible episode by all means, but 'Criminal Intent' did become up and down from Season 5 onwards and "Seeds" is a good example of why.
There are good things. The production values are slick and professional, not ever resorting to cheap or untested gimmicks or anything. The music is haunting in the right places and isn't constant or too loud. The episode does start off promisingly, the start did intrigue me and it was unsettling. Ross isn't quite as aggressive or biased here than he was in most of Season 6.
What makes "Seeds" watchable is (most of) the cast. Chris Noth captures Logan's dry humour and gritty edge extremely well as usual, while Michael O'Keefe is downright creepy. Devon Gummersall is oddly touching in his role. The script does have moments of thoughtfulness and tautness and it is always interesting when there are episodes where the perpetrators are not who one hates by the end of the episode. Actually felt sorry for the perpetrator here in a way though more for the circumstances and context than what they did.
Alicia Witt unfortunately didn't do it for me in her debuting episode, and of Logan's three partners Falacci was the only one actually that was always difficult to warm to. While her personality is bigger than the subtler ones of Barek and Wheeler, it is not a positive personality with negative traits being overwritten and Witt goes too over the top on bringing that out. She and Noth have no chemistry either, the writers overdo it with the friction as well and with that level of friction and lack of respect for each other there was too much of a disconnect and awkwardness between them.
Did find too that too much of the script came over as too soapy, especially later on. Despite starting off with potential, the story is too bizarre and is not always easy to follow. Was actually in a complete muddle on first viewing at the end, it's only a little better a couple of re-watches later but it's still perplexing. It also felt dull and lacking in suspense, from running out of steam too early and goes practically nowhere too much of the time. The ending was rather anaemic as well as excessively melodramatic and actually would have been a lot more interesting if they actually didn't go for having as the perpetrator somebody significantly less hateable. One character is so vile that one is rooting for them to be the responsible, that they weren't was a little bit of a cheat.
Concluding, didn't do much for me but watchable. 5/10.
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