Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2009) S8E2: Rockstar, S8E4: In Treatment
Bekkah:
This is some sold 00s Law & Order shit! Jeff is definitely in the middle of his I-am-a-regular-actor-not-a-weirdo phase, but the weirdo DEFINITELY PEEKS OUT and I want more. More Jeff eating all the breakfast foods. More Jeff showing The Kids (TM) that he is a better musician than they are. More Jeff offering wild speculations that lead to solving mysteries because this is Law & Order after all. I liked the first episode with a pre-Community (I’m assuming) Gillian Jacobs as the manic pixie dreamgirl artslut better than the second episode where rich white dudes (Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, & Marty Scorsese lookalikes) fucked around with money (and just fucked up all over). There are 22(??) more L&I:CI episodes with Jeff in them! Phew! This show alone could take months, but fortunately our friendship is awesome and will last through this and much more!
Danya:
I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a total Law & Order newbie. My only real familiarity with it is that “DUN DUN” sound a stats prof overused on his powerpoint. What an actual delight it is! I finally get it. Jeff really is his most jef self- as we meet him carrying bagels and sass in the first scene. And don’t worry, he has some complicated past. His dad is a shrink! He was in Cleveland for some mysterious reason! I also appreciate that this Jeff detective version is not super creepy. We counted several leather jackets. Only mild sexism, def did not pass the bechdel test. Also strange that it is possible to set a show in 2009 NEW YORK CITY and not have one brown or black character. WHAT IS THAT WITCHCRAFT? In the second episode there is a creepy psychiatrist who abuses his power, and who doesn’t love that?
8/10 Goldclues
Season 8 on IMDB
”Rockstar”
Wheeler and her new partner, detective Zach Nichols investigate the death of an aspiring musician. During the investigation, one of the victim's loft-mates is thrown to his death from an elevator shaft.
Director: Bill D'Elia
Writers: Dick Wolf (created by), Rene Balcer (developed by) (as René Balcer)
Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Nicholson, Eric Bogosian |
“In Treatment”
The CFO of a fraudulent Wall Street securities firm is killed before he can go to the Feds and make a deal. But before Nichols and Wheeler can get to the CEO, he enters a treatment facility, and is under the care of a controlling psychiatrist.