Revolution

Episode aired Aug 9, 2009
TV-14
45m

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8.2/10

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Stephen Lang, Tania Raymonde, and Jas Anderson in Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 8 (August 9 Season Finale Promo)

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Nichols and Eames are after a German radical responsible for the death of a vilified Wall Street CEO.Nichols and Eames are after a German radical responsible for the death of a vilified Wall Street CEO.Nichols and Eames are after a German radical responsible for the death of a vilified Wall Street CEO.

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Trivia
Christopher Meloni is the father in the photo of the German newspaper when Tania Raymonde: Shelley Smith, Birgit Kaspers was an infant.

Goofs
When Shelley is in the bank she cocks her Tech-9 twice without ever firing it. The first time is when Nichols first enters the bank, she raises her gun and the sound effect of it cocking is heard, though it seems very unlikely that given the situation she didn't already have a round chambered. Then when Nichols starts moving in her direction the gun is once again heard being cocked, but this makes no sense as she never even fired it (even if she had fired it the gun had a 40 round magazine), all cocking it again would do is eject a live round from the chamber and load another one in from the magazine.

Quotes
Detective Zach Nichols: "Pig's system is death. Murder must answer murder. We have started the revolution last night." It's not very good English.
Agent Carmen Martino: It's not supposed to be an SAT exam.
Detective Zach Nichols: It could be a native Spanish speaker or a German. Some language where the present perfect is the same as the simple past.
Detective Alexandra Eames: You're starting to remind me of someone.
Captain Danny Ross: This one's taller.

Alternate versions
This episode's opening credits feature Kathryn Erbe who is replacing Julianne Nicholson, but in Germany the opening credits feature Julianne Nicholson who is not appearing in this episode.

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6/10

You Say You Want a Revolution

The banking crisis of the last decade is the background for this particular CI episode. At that time and even up to today bankers were not held in high esteem. But few are ready to go as far as Stephen Lang is.

Lang is a former member of the old Baader-Meinhoff gang of revolutionaries who plagued what was then West Germany from the 60s to the 80s. Kidnappings and bombings of "capitalist" targets were their specialty with an occasional sideline into robbing those capitalist institutions to finance the "revolution". I'm sure then as now these folks were kind of fuzzy as to exactly what replaces capitalism and how it works.

A little cross teaming is involved in this episode as Jeff Goldblum is working with Kathryn Erbe. Lang is traveling to with a young female protégé of sorts whom he's schooled in the propaganda language and the techniques of bomb making. She's played by Tania Raymonde and she's in for a few surprises herself.

Lang is something to see though. He's one coldblooded piece of work and one of the most dangerous foes that CI ever dealt with. But he does have his weaknesses as we find out.

This one is to watch for Lang and for Raymonde and the secrets shared and kept.