Law & Order: Criminal Intent "Reunion" (2008)

Been a little lapse with the Criminal Intent episodes since I missed this one two weeks ago. The episodes of a procedural don't need to be watched in order but I still try to if possible since I'm so, I'll go with fastidious. Should be caught up by next week as I definitely want to see Detective Logan's final episodes. This case revolved around the death of Sylvia Rhodes (Joan Jett), a local late night music talk show host. The case has a personal edge for Wheeler, as one of the deceased's close friends, and a possible suspect, is musician Jordie Black (Michael Massee), a favorite of the young detective. Her deadbeat son Milo (Noel Fisher) is another suspect as it looks like she was prepared to cut him out her will which would leave him with nothing. The case was certainly more interesting than the previous Team B case and Logan and Wheeler are slipping back into the comfortable pattern they developed last season. Both detectives make slight breaks in the case which sheds light onto another and an other suspect and the two share a playful banter that serves as a sign of a lasting friendship. It's always fun when Logan surprises Wheeler with a fun fact of his own as she is the more Goren-esque of the team.

I was hoping more could be done with star struck Wheeler as it seems there was no real point to making her Jordie's fan other than to show he is a popular figure. She does advocate for him a bit when the evidence starts to point to him as the culprit but throws her support out the window when it looks like hard rocker Jordie Black has an affinity for underage boys. It just seemed an unnecessary plot point unless more was going to be done with it. I guess I can't blame the writers for not making more out of it but it just had me thinking what was the point of that information? Maybe to misdirect as this episode proves how well L&O can do that. Almost everyone in Sylvia's inner circle had the guilty light shone on them throughout the episode aside from the person who actually did it. I guess that's what made this case a more gripping one as you had no idea who committed the murder and everyone has you constantly guessing.

Favorite moment: Logan's childish glee when he tell Wheeler she will have to postpone the Skype session with her fiancé because they need to take a road trip to chase down Sylvia's con artist former assistant. Logan has been a cop for almost twenty years and it seems each case is grislier than the next, but he is still able to maintain that sardonic humor that made him such a hit with fans since the beginning. You will be missed Detective Logan. Three more cases to go.