Playing Dead

8.0/10 · 365 votesApr 19, 200944 min

Ranked #4 of 16 in Season 8•+0.2 vs season avg

Goren and Eames investigate a case involving a councilman's step-daughter and her boyfriend being shot. The pair of drug-addicted kids were caught up in blackmail schemes which had targeted the politically powerful family of the woman.

Season 8 Episodes16

Playing Dead

Rock Star

Identity Crisis

In Treatment

Faithfully

Astoria Helen

Folie a Deux

The Glory That Was...

Family Values

Salome in Manhattan

Lady's Man

Passion

All In

Major Case

Alpha Dog

Revolution

Cast1

Eric Bogosian

Danny Ross

Crew6

Dick Wolf

Writer

Michael Smith

Director

René Balcer

Writer

Michael Green

Director of Photography

Micky Blythe

Editor

Antoinette Stella

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Playing Dead" is episode 1 of Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 8. It scored 8.0/10 from 365 votes, ranking #4 of 16 episodes this season (season average 7.8). Directed by Michael Smith and written by Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Antoinette Stella, it aired on April 19, 2009.

Playing Dead

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Season 8 Episodes16

Cast1

Crew6

Discussion

Episode Summary