After a hacker is killed, Goren and Eames uncover a rivalry between two defense contractors specializing in cyber warfare, and a group of revolutionaries trying to take both of them down.After a hacker is killed, Goren and Eames uncover a rivalry between two defense contractors specializing in cyber warfare, and a group of revolutionaries trying to take both of them down.After a hacker is killed, Goren and Eames uncover a rivalry between two defense contractors specializing in cyber warfare, and a group of revolutionaries trying to take both of them down.
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- GoofsEarly in the episode, Goren links Oppenheimer (J. Robert Oppenheimer) with the "H-bomb (hydrogen bomb). Oppenheimer developed the A-bomb (atomic bomb). And after the end of the war was so distraught about his part in that project. He began to speak out against atomic weapons. He was deemed a security risk and left government service. He spent his later years speaking out against their continued production.
- Quotes
Robert Goren: I thought about what you said. You know, I'm not afraid... I mean, maybe I am, but you were right, you know. I... my world is treacherous.
Paula Gyson: I need you to sit.
Robert Goren: I have this friend, Louis. He works on cars. He told me that the biggest mistake that people make is they have an old car. It's worn down. It stalls all the time. They get the transmission flushed, clean out all the gunk, you know. But they kill it. You see, all that gunk, it was there for a reason. It was there to plug up all the holes. Car never runs again.
Paula Gyson: You're afraid if you get into this with me, you'll stop functioning?
Robert Goren: You're gonna say you won't allow that to happen because... You know, I can trust you.
Paula Gyson: I wouldn't presume to tell you who to trust. I do think it's interesting that you likened yourself to an old car. Cars don't feel. They don't stop and... reflect. They're made to work, to go.
Robert Goren: My mother... She, you know... Did her best to take care of me. But she was mentally ill. Schizophrenic.
Paula Gyson: You were only a boy?
Nicole Wallace: [Nicole Wallace's interrogation] How old were you when you first realized your mommy wasn't like all the other mommies?
Robert Goren: [Nicole Wallace's interrogation] Seven.
Nicole Wallace: [Nicole Wallace's interrogation] Were you ashamed?
Robert Goren: [Nicole Wallace's interrogation] And frightened. It's... it's my turn.
Paula Gyson: Detective?
Robert Goren: I've talked to someone about this before.
Paula Gyson: In therapy?
Robert Goren: No. In the interrogation room. I... I betrayed my family. I pimped out my family to get a... a confession.
Paula Gyson: You did what you had to. You always have. And I don't think you betrayed your mother. But what have you done for her son?
"Boots on the Ground" didn't disappoint in yet another great episode of a very high quality and far too short season. Perhaps it is not the best episode of Season 10, but it is one of the best looking ones (that's being mild) and has one of the best individual scenes of the show in quite some time. Everything with the therapy left me mixed for this season overall, but "Boots on the Ground" is another strong example of the writers seeming to remember what made 'Criminal Intent' so great at its best.
Am going to start with the numerous excellent things this time. It is the best looking episode of the season, the best looking episode of the show in a while and one of the best looking episodes of the show overall perhaps. It has some beautiful stylish shots and has a subtly gritty atmosphere. The music didn't sound melodramatic or too constant and the direction is accomodating while still having pulse.
Writing is thoughtful and lean without being dry with no signs of extraneous fat. The story is crisply paced and has complexity and tension with many complex but plausible and not confusing twists and turns, the climax is one of the best individual scenes of the show in quite some time with its tension, shock value and Goren shining in the way only Goren can. The way the perpetrator is taken down is memorable.
Can't fault the regulars, Vincent D'Onofrio always delivered on the show regardless of the material, and Kelly is perfectly cast in a role that plays to his strengths as an actor.
My only issue was the therapy session, that felt on the tacked on side especially in a case like this.
In summary, excellent once again. 9/10.
- TheLittleSongbird
- Nov 3, 2021
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- Runtime44 minutes
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- 16:9 HD