Episode 1
Aired Sep 26, 2004
Semi-Detached
Goren and Eames first suspect suicide when a controversial DJ is found dead, but they turn their attention to a female fanatic when they learn he was taking a placebo antidepressant.
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Episode 2
Aired Oct 3, 2004
The Posthumous Collection
An avante garde photographer is found murdered and handcuffed to the wheel of a crashed car, prompting an investigation into his secretive and controversial life.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 10, 2004
Want
A shy man becomes the target of a murder investigation when Goren and Eames suspect he is killing and collecting pretty women in search of a mindless female to keep him company.
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Episode 4
Aired Oct 17, 2004
Great Barrier
Goren has to interrogate his chameleonlike nemesis, Nicole Wallace, when she becomes a suspect in the slaying of a jewelry thief.
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Episode 5
Aired Oct 24, 2004
Eosphoros
When a well-known atheist is kidnapped and murdered, Goren and Eames have no shortage of suspects, but the trail is hard to follow after two of the kidnappers are also found dead.
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Episode 6
Aired Oct 31, 2004
In the Dark
Goren and Eames search abandoned subway tunnels for the killer of homeless men, whose bodies were sold to medical labs, then they learn that each victim had been issued a credit card just before his death.
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Episode 7
Aired Nov 7, 2004
Magnificat
When a car bomb kills three young boys and injures their mother, the investigation reveals the woman's postpartum depression and questionable behavior by the father.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 14, 2004
Silver Lining
The murder of an antiques appraiser puts Goren and Eames on the trail of a highly organized, proficient thief, who taunts them as they try to link him to a long list of stolen valuables.
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Episode 9
Aired Nov 21, 2004
Inert Dwarf
Radiation poisoning kills a tormented scientist, leading Goren and Eames to investigate the victim's collaborator, a famous physicist with a trophy wife.
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Episode 10
Aired Jan 2, 2005
The View From Up Here
The association president of a chic condominium tower is found murdered with an electrical saw, prompting an investigation in which Detective Eames is used as a decoy.
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Episode 11
Aired Jan 9, 2005
Gone
Goren matches wits with a murderous chess grand master (Robert Carradine) when a newly engaged woman is found dead in a garbage bin.
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Episode 12
Aired Jan 30, 2005
Collective
The accidental shooting death of a toy collector leads detectives to a death-obsessed group and a conniving woman (Kim Director) who trolls its events in search of lonely men.
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Episode 13
Aired Feb 13, 2005
Stress Position
The murder of a corrections officer leads the Major Case Squad to a corrupt ring of abusive guards in a Brooklyn prison, and the key to exposing the activity lies with a prison nurse who is dating Detective Mike Logan (Chris Noth).
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Episode 14
Aired Feb 20, 2005
Sex Club
When the new owner of an infamous playboy's (Peter Bogdanovich) address book is found murdered, detectives suspect a U.S. senatorial candidate, whose infidelity is documented in the book.
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Episode 15
Aired Mar 13, 2005
Death Roe
When a promising chef disappears and a restaurant critic is murdered, Goran and Eames investigate the dead man's life, searching for a clue that will lead them to his murderer.
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Episode 16
Aired Mar 20, 2005
Ex Stasis
When a recipient of an organ transplant is murdered, the seemingly altruistic donor becomes the detectives' prime suspect.
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Episode 17
Aired Mar 27, 2005
Shibboleth
When a woman is found murdered in a fashion that matches the modus operandi of a series of unsolved murders 16 years ago, the detectives suspect that the killer has resurfaced.
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Episode 18
Aired Apr 3, 2005
The Good Child
The murders of a couple in witness protection point the detectives to people the victims were to testify against, but attention turns to the daughter's biological father.
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Episode 19
Aired Apr 10, 2005
Beast
When a woman dies from a form of dioxin poisoning, Detectives Goren and Eames investigate a list of likely suspects, including the woman's husband, a busy dentist (Bronson Pinchot).
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Episode 20
Aired May 1, 2005
No Exit
Goren and Eames investigate the deaths of four young adults who, after making a suicide pact, parked their car on railroad tracks and waited for the inevitable.
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Episode 21
Aired May 8, 2005
The Unblinking Eye
A young actor is wounded and his fiancee killed, leading detectives to look into a high-tech treasure-hunting game called geocaching.
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Episode 22
Aired May 15, 2005
My Good Name
A murder investigation leads detectives to a friend (Michael Rispoli) of Capt. Deakins, and mounting evidence forces even the captain to question his friend's innocence.
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Episode 23
Aired May 25, 2005
False-Hearted Judges
Detectives Goren and Eames suspect that a vagabond father with child custody issues is using his teenage son to help him kill judges and their families.
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