The ninth season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent premiered on the USA Network on March 30, 2010, and ended on July 6, 2010.CNET Networks, Inc. (2010). TV.com episode summary for Season 9. Retrieved March 21, 2010.

After the two-part season premiere, Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, and Eric Bogosian left the show. Bogosian's character (Capt. Daniel Ross) was killed off in the first part of the premiere.Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode, Loyalty Bogosian was replaced in the cast by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, playing Captain Zoe Callas.Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode, Broad Channel Saffron Burrows joined the cast (as Detective Serena Stevens), replacing Julianne Nicholson (who was pregnant and having a child during taping) who played Detective Megan Wheeler.Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode, Loyalty (Part 2) Jeff Goldbum assumed the leading role.

The scene cards return in this season after three seasons.

Episodes from the ninth season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent also aired on NBC beginning Sunday, June 20 at 10:00 PM (Eastern) with repeats of those episodes airing Saturdays starting June 26 at 8:00 PM (Eastern). The episodes aired on NBC until Sunday, September 5, 2010. Bravo began airing season 9 episodes during early morning on Sundays starting November 21 at 2:00 AM until 4:00 AM.

Cast

Main cast

Vincent D'Onofrio as Detective Robert Goren (episodes 1–2) Kathryn Erbe as Detective Alexandra Eames (episodes 1–2) Eric Bogosian as Captain Daniel Ross (episode 1) Jeff Goldblum as Detective Zack Nichols Saffron Burrows as Detective Serena Stevens (episodes 2–16) Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Captain Zoe Callas (episodes 3–16)

Recurring cast

Nina Freeman as CSU Tech Traci Godfrey as Detective Agnes Farley Damon Gupton as Detective Gearhardt Leslie Hendrix as Chief M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers Amy Landecker as FBI Agent Stahl Mike Pniewski as Chief of Detectives Kenny Moran Brenda Withers as ADA Emma Niles David Zayas as Captain Pro Tem Stanley Maas

Guest stars

Ato Essandoh guest stars as Hassan, the son of a Somali sheikh vying for power in "Loyalty" and Condola Rashad plays his sister, Khadra. His non-Muslim lover Jill Peek is played by Jicky Schnee. John Sharian plays Jan Van Dekker, an arms dealer in business with Hassan and Roy Loftin (David Pittu), and Ewa Da Cruz plays Dekker's lover Marya. Babs Olusanmokun plays a loyal assassin.

Kevin Conway portrays Irish mob boss Jackie Dooley in "Broad Channel," an island in Queens county. James Biberi plays dirty cop Ryan Fields who is killed after he arrests Russian mobster Valeyev (David Vadim). Det. Atwater (Adam Trese) tries and fails to shut Nichols and Stevens out of the case, but Callas helps by enlisting IAB Capt. Charles Galloway (Joseph Adams). Thomas McDonell plays Eddie Boyle, the son of Moira (Marin Hinkle) who has a past relationship with Dooley.

In "Delicate," Vivien Cardone as Paulette Bartol, and Melissa Benoist as Jessalyn Kerr, are struggling ballerinas who are understudies before the murder of a fellow student, Alona Landau (Lindsey Rose Sinclair), puts Jessalyn in the top spot.

Dominic Fumusa guest stars in "Gods & Insects" as Nathan Grayson, CEO of Willoughby Bank & Trust, and Jim True-Frost plays David Novak, Nathan's colleague and war buddy. Kate Jennings Grant plays David's wife Cynthia. Kevin Denaburg (played by Reginald Veneziano) blackmails with information provided by escort Amber Donelli (Bree Williamson); they sell it to gossip site TheFameHound.com, run by Eli Gold (Arian Moayed). Karen Olivo plays Amber's madam, Sierra Brandis, who runs Platinum Encounters.

In "Abel & Willing," Dallas Roberts plays Dr. Abel Hazard, a social worker descended from Leon Vorsichtiger (Steven Skybell) whose father survived the holocaust by killing his wife in a Nazi test similar to the Milgram experiment. Derek Cecil plays Ted Stoddard who has to choose whether to allow himself to be killed, or kill his own wife Linda (Nadia Bowers) to survive. Detectives find similar victims and one convict, Veronica Kalen (Eleanor Hutchins), who is already serving time for killing her husband by the same method.

Caroline Dhavernas as nurse's aid Maya Sills, and Dash Mihok as NYFD fireman Damon Kerrigan, guest star in "Love Sick" along with Michael Gladis who plays Randall Ames, a night nurse at a free clinic. When Rachel Melham (Megan Tusing), dressed as a hooker, turns up dead after visiting the clinic, major case investigates. Khan Baykal plays Rachel's boyfriend Jay Linnet, who says Rachel was not a prostitute. Colman Domingo plays Andre Lanier, a Jamaican drug dealer, who confirms he hit Rachel at a nightclub but did not kill her. Soon a second victim, Isabel Felix (Natalie Kuhn), is found dead but her mother Carol (Brooke Alexander) refutes that she was a prostitute. A third victim is then found alive; Janine Lutz, played by Cheryl Lynn Bowers.

In "Love on Ice," four buddies from the "Hard Guys" club who attended The Silesean Brothers Academy are haunted by a past tragedy, and one of them is murdered: Josh Burrow plays Bailey "Killer" O'Doyle, a former MLB player who is slain at Promontory Park; William Mapother plays John Silvestri, Dean of Students at St. Victor's in Far Rockaway; Josh Stamberg plays Dr. Chris Denardi, a cardiovascular surgeon at Webster General; Karl Bury plays Greg Foster, the "Staten Island Car King." Tina Benko plays Bailey's bitter wife Lani. Erin Dilly plays John's wife Anne, the sister of Tom Reynold who drowned years ago. In flashbacks, Bryan Dechart plays a younger John Silvestri. Curtiss Cook plays Ron Robbins, Bailey's baseball buddy who is now a minor league assistant coach.

Tracy Pollan guest stars as Patricia Caruso, a writer for Inset Magazine who becomes its new editor pro tem after its publisher Connor James (John Bolger) is murdered. This episode's title, "Traffic" refers to sex trafficking by the Russian mob, a possible motive in the crime. Conor Leslie portrays Mia, Patricia's daughter, who, as an NYU journalism major and YouTube essayist, is competing with her mother for publication. Bill Sage plays Patricia's ex-husband, who was an accomplished defense attorney for the Italian mob. Ian Kahn plays Frank Bolinger, an art director for Inset who is charged and incarcerated for the murder. Lizan Mitchell appears as Connor's housekeeper.

Ryan O'Nan guest stars as Dale Grisco, a landscaper and "Disciple" of confessed serial killer Elvis Howell (Chance Kelly). McCaleb Burnett plays Ernie, who Dale trains as his own disciple. Reathel Bean portrays Howell's "last rites" prison confessor, Rev. Shelby Redding, who passes along a vital clue to Stevens. Paul Calderón plays Marcus Feingold, who was Stevens' mentor at the homicide division of the Chicago PD. Lorraine Bracco makes a special guest appearance as the matron of the Dolores House foster home where Dale lived as a teen. Jessica Pimentel plays Gabriella Belteno, a friend of a more recent victim, Maricela Fernandez (Shoshanna Withers).

In "Lost Children of the Blood," Matt Burns portrays Virgil, AKA Jonathan Parish, a mortician who fancies himself a vampire and uses his protege Jeremy Parks, AKA Anton Lebrun (Clayne Crawford), to find new victims. Once such sucker is Sarah Price (Maïté Alina), an East Side College girl and disciple of Jung. Sarah's college professor is played by Rick Holmes, and her father is Ohio Congressman Price, played by Dan Butler. Her drop-out boyfriend, Kyle Wyler, is played by Christopher Abbott. Alysia Reiner guest stars as Michelle Linden, a wealthy married woman who is one of Anton's conquests.

José Zúñiga as New York Senator Victor Caldera and Laura Harring as Marta Castillo-Caldera want to build a "True Legacy" and stress family values in their political campaign. Their son Rick (James Martinez) is married to Angela (Holley Fain) who is having an affair with food truck vendor Ryan Foley (Mick Dempsey). When Ryan is murdered, detectives investigate the family, including Marta's brother, Hernando Castillo, AKA Tio Nando, played by Ramon Camín. Emanuele Ancorini plays Da Silva, the Castillo-Caldera family attorney.

In "The Mobster Will See You Now," Adam Rothenberg guest stars as Henry Di Piano, the son of mobster Magglio "Mag" Di Piano (Joseph Siravo) who is currently imprisoned for a concealed weapon charge. Henry tries to "go legit" by entering a hospital deal with two doctors, Joel Silverstern (Daniel London) and Shelly Springe (Kelly AuCoin), but they have been upcoding their clients and are being blackmailed by an inspector Les Tarney with the US HHS. When Tarney dies, Nichols suspects foul play by mobsters, but Bureau Chief of Trial Division ADA Roydell Getty (Nick Sandow) disagrees. Retired mobsters who financed the hospital include Dominic "Dom" Fabrigazzi Jr. (Lenny Venito), Anthony "Blev" Blevvins (Vincent Curatola), and Theodore "Cubby" Viviano (Peter Appel); Cathy Moriarty also guest stars as Annie Gentillo.

Mili Avital guest stars as Lenore Abrigaille, the schizophrenic daughter of Nichols' old friend, Palmer (Tom Bloom), who is discovered murdered, seemingly from a sword duel with a blackmailing art dealer, Dylan Weld (Kyle Fabel). The motive for the crime centers on a "Palimpsest" of The Lost Licinianus for which everyone is searching the estate. Erik Jensen plays the mysterious caretaker, Richard Celeste. Brennan Brown plays Palmer's scheming nephew Merrill, who is executor for the estate. Family friends include Bernard (Louis Cancelmi) and Regina (Geraldine Hughes). Melanie Gray portrays an unnamed woman who is Nicols' friend in London, to whom Nichols relates the story in flashback.

An "Inhumane Society" pits boxers and pit-bulls against one another as Dan Lauria plays "Sal" Salvatore Biaggi, a former boxing champion turned coach, and Michael B. Jordan plays his new prospect Danny "The D-Train" Ford. Danny's friends from "The Top Dog Crew" want to drag him back to the dog pen, but "Little" Ron Jordan (Nicoye Banks) turns up dead in the back yard of dog breeder Louis Marciano, in a special guest appearance by Ralph Macchio. Soon afterwards another crewman, Austin Darvis (Chris Chalk) is beaten to death. Xosha Roquemore plays Trina Smith, Ron's girlfriend, and Shirley Rumierk plays an ADA named Brianna.

Tom Lipinski performs a "Three-in-One" role, alternately as Dr. Maynard Curtis, a painter Andy Quinn, and a five-year-old child named Tommy. When successful realtor Hidegard Glaser (Joanne Baron) is found dead, ME Rogers and Dets. Nichols and Stevens are puzzled about multiple forensic conclusions that seem to point to more than one suspect. Nichols, as the son of a psychologist, recognizes they might be dealing with someone with dissociative identity disorder. Psych Consultant Dr. Michael Sanderson (Curt Bouril) disagrees, so Nichols enlists the help of his father, Dr. Theodore Nichols, in a special guest star performance by F. Murray Abraham. When Terry Myers (Kate Nowlin) a teacher at the Caravaggio School goes missing, Zach and his father must overcome their family feud, and different approaches to interviewing (interrogation versus therapy) to find Terry before she dies. Robert Stanton plays Mr. Nower, an official at the Caravaggio School.

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