Major Case

This page is about the episode of Criminal Intent titled "Major Case". For more information about the police squad who work on Criminal Intent, see the page for the Major Case Squad itself.

"Major Case"
←	CI, Episode 8.14	→
Production number: First aired: 26 July 2009
	th of 195 produced in CI
←	th of 195 released in CI	→
	th of 1271 released in all
Written By Andrew Lipsitz Directed By Chris Zalla

Plot

With Wheeler in labor and Goren in Tennessee, Nichols and Eames are partnered together to investigate a renowned forensicologist who appears to be fudging his facts to close cases.

Cast

Main cast

• Jeff Goldblum as Detective Zach Nichols
• Julianne Nicholson as Detective Megan Wheeler
• Eric Bogosian as Captain Danny Ross

Recurring cast

• Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
• Kathryn Erbe as Detective Alexandra Eames

Guest cast

• Dylan Baker as Dr. Henry Muller
• Lauren Campbell as Grace Purefoy
• John Wojda as Nate Henrick
• Allison Daugherty Smith as Karen Purefoy
• Stivi Paskoski as Justin Lennox
• Emily Wickersham as Ceci Madison
• Carol Lee as Cynthia Hong
• Ernest Dancy as Grimes
• Harriett D. Foy as CSU Detective

References

• Rose Muller
• Robert Goren
• Margo Jane Wheeler
• Jose Montoya
• Jodie Richards
• Deborah Brand
• Suzanne March
• 9th Precinct
• Montpelier, Vermont
• St. Vincent's Hospital

Quotes

Henry Muller: It can be so darn easy to kill someone when you really know what you're doing.

Background information and notes

• The title of this episode refers to what qualifies as a "major case" or not. Nichols fights to keep this case on his plate after it is found that the victim was not the daughter of a wealthy family (which would be assigned to major case), but rather a teenage drug dealer (which would be assigned the local precient's homicide division).
• This episode is the first time that Detective Eames and Detective Nichols team up for a case. The real reason is that Julianne Nicholson's second pregnancy during the filming complicated her work and Kathyrn Erbe stepped in to fill in her role.
• This would be last on-screen episode for Megan Wheeler (Julianne Nicholson). She is mentioned as retired from the police force years later in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Gambler's Fallacy".
• Goren is mentioned in this episode to be on a police case in Tennessee.

Previous episode: "All In"

"Major Case" Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8

Next episode: "Alpha Dog"