• Air date: 04 Oct '07 22 episodes
      The seventh season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent premiered on USA Network on October 4, 2007, and ended on August 24, 2008. The first ten episodes of the seventh season aired on Thursday night's at 10:00PM/9:00PM, filling a slot previously occupied by the first season of Burn Notice. The season then took a "fall finale" with the episode "Senseless," coinciding with the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike where show runner/executive producer Warren Leight and the rest of the writing staff participated in the work stoppage; the first ten episodes of the season being the only ones produced. The remaining twelve episodes resumed airing Sunday night's at 9:00PM/8:00PM leading in In Plain Sight starting June 8, 2008.
  • List of Episodes (22)
    • 1. Amends

      04 Oct '07
      Eames re-opens the case into her husband's murder.
    • 2. Seeds

      11 Oct '07
      Genetics drive the murder of a doctor and the subsequent investigation.
    • 3. Smile

      18 Oct '07
      When a dentist is murdered by the mother of one of his patients, Goren and Eames follow the trail of evidence to a company that appears to have been the victim of a criminal conspiracy involving contaminated mouthwash.
    • 4. Lonelyville

      25 Oct '07
      When a dead woman is found tied up in a motel room, Logan and Falacci follow the leads to a lonely writer.
    • 5. Depths

      01 Nov '07
      Terrorism is initially suspected after the body of a young Arabic diver washes up on the shore, but Goren and Eames soon learn that the victim was part of a trio of con artists that were working as salvagers for a wealthy local man.
    • 6. Courtship

      08 Nov '07
      A private investigator is at the heart of the murder of a judge's wife.
    • 7. Self-made

      15 Nov '07
      Goren and Eames investigate the death of a writer, and whether her torture has ties to the 'hood she came from.
    • 8. Offense

      29 Nov '07
      A rape trial goes wrong when a witness is killed, but the likely suspects – the football team members accused of the rape – turn out not so likely, and attention turns towards an attorney.
    • 9. Untethered

      06 Dec '07
      Goren investigates when his nephew, a prisoner who's bipolar, claims that inmates are being abused to the point of murder.
    • 10. Senseless

      13 Dec '07
      Logan and Falacci investigate the execution-style murder of three young college freshmen.
    • 11. Purgatory

      08 Jun '08
      Still on leave from the force, approached in a bar after a confrontation, and pondering his future, Goren meets another officer on suspension (Winters) who makes him an interesting job offer. Goren decides to tip the balance in his favor with an undercover operation.
    • 12. Contract

      15 Jun '08
      A gossip columnist who used his insider knowledge to feed his habit is murdered, which leaves Wheeler and Logan to work through a list of suspects that grows longer the more they probe his life.
    • 13. Betrayed

      22 Jun '08
      Captain Ross loses his objectivity, and jeopardizes the case, when an old flame becomes a suspect in the disappearance of her husband and his lover.
    • 14. Assassin

      29 Jun '08
      A Sri Lankan Tamil activist survives an assassination attempt at JFK when she returns from her house arrest in Sri Lanka. When members of her close circle are also targeted, the investigation puts Logan and Wheeler on the trail of a Canadian gun-for-hire in a race to catch the killer before it's too late.
    • 15. Please Note We are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissenger

      06 Jul '08
      Three murders lead to a preschool with an exclusive and long waiting list.
    • 16. Reunion

      13 Jul '08
      The murder of a television show host may be linked to her former avocation as a groupie to a famous musician, putting him and his family right at the top of the suspect list, along with her son and assistant.
    • 17. Vanishing Act

      20 Jul '08
      A well-known magician disappears during a live-burial stunt, only to appear miles away and dead in the middle of his mentor's gag. Goren and Eames' investigation takes them deep into the secretive world of magic as they unravel the magician's final act to find a murderer.
    • 18. Ten Count

      27 Jul '08
      A boxer celebrating his victory is shot to death, and when it turns out the victim is the brother of a young man Logan mentored he commits himself and Wheeler to solving the crime. Unfortunately, as he and Wheeler explore the world of amateur boxing, secrets and betrayals complicate the case.
    • 19. Legacy

      03 Aug '08
      When a student dies at an exclusive private school, the investigation uncovers an online community that may have overtaken the school with its fixation on grades and secrets.
    • 20. Neighborhood Watch

      10 Aug '08
      Wheeler and Logan investigate the murder of a man found decapitated, mutilated and stabbed in Maspeth Creek, a neighborhood that did not welcome him.
    • 21. Last Rites

      17 Aug '08
      Logan jeopardizes his and Wheeler's careers when a priest convinces him to re-open a murder case that's over a decade old which involves a politically-aspiring ADA who will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.
    • 22. Frame

      24 Aug '08
      Bobby is visited by the past when he finds a picture at his mother's grave indicating an old nemesis has returned, and the case only gets more complex when his brother and a mentor reappear.