"Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent" - a Canadian police procedural drama television series, slated to premiere in spring 2024 on CityTV. Based on the American series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, the ten-episode series is set in Toronto, Ontario, and will centre on crime stories "ripped from the headlines". (Wikipedia)
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Episode No. & Title : 1x09 - Three Points
Air Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024
Episode Description: The death of a prominent rapper-turned-producer sends Graff and Bateman on the tail of a frenzied serial killer at large in the city.
Written by: Dick Wolf, Tassie Cameron and Rene Balcer
Directed by: David Straiton
Where to watch: CityTV
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3.5/10
Based on the beginning of this episode. I almost thought this was going to be a tie in to the incidents near the Bridle Path and maybe a rap rivalry. And after watching this episode, I would actually think that direction might be a better story.
Some head scratchers:
The death of the bank teller - How did Calvin find where she lived in a city of 2 million when he has no connections to her? Did he follow her?
What happened to Tara's ring? Did Calvin sell it for the tickets to Thailand?
The scene where Aden was arguing with his boss was offputting, he seems too aggressive. In fact, the aggression level is almost like Calvin's.
The whole thing made a turn at the end suddenly, with backstory of Calvin's father's death just added into the plot line. I get it as a plot twist (and possibly a nod to the Millard case), but it needs backstory and an explanation. The way it was implemented just made it look like it was a quick fix to reach an ending and a conclusion.
Does anyone here not like their boss. She’s always disagreeing with them.
She always giving them that look
Lmao. Her look is freaky too.
Great acting in this episode and overall the series keeps getting better and better! Right now with L&O Toronto Canada finally has a current series to rival any American network TV show.
I didn't know the actor playing Calvin is 33. He appeared younger. Whereas the actress that played his mother was 81 and seemed older.
So, a 48-year age difference. I wasn't sure how she could have played the guy's mom, but 48 is still in the ballpark for a late-stage pregnancy, so it did work.
Fun episode. Sometimes you need a cartoon villain every now and again who's just out and out "evil".
I think they're also gradually moving Graff away from the Goren comparisons; he seems to be more squeamish and emotional when it comes to more "vicious" crimes like this week and last week's whereas Goren had more of a morbid fascination with darkness. Graff is also smart but not superhumanly smart (...yet).
Still would like them to develop Bateman's personality a bit more.
Not so sure. His taking over his and Bateman's desks with those notecards was definitely a Goren-like move.
And Bateman's quip about how she doesn't use her desk, anyway, was very much like Eames' signature snark. (But I still enjoy them!)
I’m not a fan of these “Lex Luther“ or “Hans Gruber“ like evil criminal super geniuses. Calvin is smart enough to hide and cover all his tracks. Puts glitter all over the bedroom; has his car crushed. Then in the end, he confesses because of daddy issues. Plus, his father disowned him for being a disappointment; yet he was a devious and clever fellow who successfully evaded the law . . . until the deus ex machina ending - the confession out of the blue. Law and Order Toronto is not the only L&O show that pulls this on the audience. The other L&O programs do this too - on occasion, but still too often. I do have one question: how many criminals are REALLY that smart In reality?
Most criminals aren't THAT smart, but if you based episodes on reality every time, the episode plot would only have 10 minutes worth of content.
Ya gotta remember, these shows often have anywhere from 12 to over 2 dozen episodes a season...the main purpose is to have a formula to crank out enough content to fill a season's worth of episodes.
But I wouldn't say this episode's villain was on the IQ level of say, Nicole Wallace from the American CI series. The kid here was mostly just very slippery and extremely annoying (Good performance by the way)
I don’t know if you’ve seen Chaos on the Bridge (2014). Hosted by William Shatner, it describes the “behind-the-scenes” drama of bringing Star Trek: The Next Generation to TV. I can imagine L&O: Toronto going through the same birthing pains. I recall someone in the documentary likening the process of producing a weekly show to “sausage making”. The sausage MUST be served during the allotted time slot. The writers are under tremendous pressure to develop SOMETHING, and hpoefully they get more hits than misses. Last night’s episode wasn’t terrible. I’d give it a B-, for the weak ending. If the kid had kept his mouth shut, he’d have gotten away with it, he‘d have drowned mom on the beach, he’d be terrorizing the Thai people . . . It was too convenient that a confession just plopped out. BUT, I’ll still watch, just as I catch reruns of Flashpint.
Is this episode based on a real case?
Neither I nor who I watch with can sort out if it is. The only connection we can think of is Drake living in Bridal Path.
In any case, we have been enjoying this season quite a bit.
I definity didn't see the bedroom decorations coming.
I thought this was based on the Dylan Millard case....where he was suspended pected of killing an ex girlfriend but her body wasn't found. He also killed Tim Bosma by pretending to want to buy his car and then killed him during the test run. After that, they reopened the case of DM"s dad death which supposedly was an accident but turned out he killed him also I believe.
Who’s the guy playing Calvin? I recognize him from something but I can’t place him. Episode cast isn’t on IMDB yet and it’s driving me nuts.
He was on Degrassi! He played Declan
Can't find anything on the cast for the episode except for the main cast, but Calvin looks like Landon Liboiron? I know him from hemlock Grove but he was also on degrassi, and he's canadian. Can't find any confirmation though
That’s him! I was remembering him from the short-lived series Terra Nova. I knew it was something with a post-apocalyptic scenario.