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The first season of ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', an American police procedural television series developed by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, began airing on September 30, 2001 on NBC, a national broadcast television network in the United States. ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' is the second spin-off of the long-running crime drama ''Law & Order'', and follows the New York City Police Department's fictional Major Case Squad, which investigates high-profile murder cases. The first season comprises twenty-two episodes and concluded its initial airing on May 10, 2002. Four actors received star billing in the first season; Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, and Courtney B. Vance. Episodes depict Detectives Robert Goren (D'Onofrio) and Alexandra Eames (Erbe) as the squad's lead investigators. Captain James Deakins (Sheridan) is the detectives' direct supervisor and head of the Major Case Squad. Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver (Vance) often attempts to obtain confessions from the suspects, rather than taking them to trial. ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' focusses on the actions and motives of the criminals, and divides screen time equally between the suspects and victims, and the police's investigation. The season was filmed on location in New York City, although scenes set inside the Major Case Squad department were filmed in a studio at Chelsea Piers, Manhattan. The season was nominated for four awards, and was described as the most impressive of all the ''Law & Order'' series. It was sold to numerous television stations around the world, has been adapted into localized foreign versions in Russia and France, and has been syndicated in the US on a number of cable channels. A DVD box set of the season was released in America on October 21, 2003, and episodes are available to purchase at the US iTunes Store and Amazon Video on Demand. == Production == ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' is the third series in the ''Law & Order'' crime drama franchise, which was created by Dick Wolf in 1990. He developed it with René Balcer, who began working on the original series during its first season. During his time on ''Law & Order'', Balcer was promoted to head writer, show runner, and executive producer before leaving in 2000.〔 News first broke of a new series in late 2000, when it was reported that NBC, broadcaster of ''Law & Order'' and ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', approached Wolf Films and Studios USA about a second spin-off.〔 〕 Balcer and Wolf conceived ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' as a police procedural crime drama that follows a distinct division of the New York City Police Department: the 'Major Case Squad', and its investigations in to high-profile murder cases, such as those involving VIPs, local government officials and employees, and people working in the financial industry and the arts and entertainment world. Unlike the other series in the ''Law & Order'' franchise, ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' gives significant attention to the actions and motives of the criminals, rather than primarily focusing on the police investigation and trial prosecution. Episodes do not contain trials, and end in confessions rather than plea bargains or verdicts.〔 〕 Production began in January 2001, shooting on location in and around New York City using local color.〔 〕 The main set of One Police Plaza is located at Pier 62, Chelsea Piers, Manhattan. Thirteen episodes were initially ordered,〔 and were completed by April 2001, so that production would not be halted by a potential strike from the Writers Guild of America.〔〔 〕 Balcer was the show runner, executive producer and head writer on the first season of ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''. Wolf was also credited as an executive producer, as with all other ''Law & Order'' series. The first season gave co-executive producers credits to Peter Jankowski, Fred Berner, Geoffrey Neigher, and Arthur W. Forney. John L. Roman, Roz Weinman, and Eric Overmyer were named producers, with Michael Kewley a co-producer. Theresa Rebeck and Marlane Meyer were consulting producers.〔 〕 Twelve people directed, and nine people wrote the twenty-two episodes; Constantine Makris directed four episodes, and Balcer wrote or co-wrote ten episodes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1 ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 1)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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