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Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 4 Episode 12

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AIRED: 1/30/05

A female con artist who frequented fantasy conventions is found dead, and the reason can only be discovered in the stifling confines of the small literary fandom to which her latest victim belonged.

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A man obsessed with toy collecting is killed by police officers who think he is armed. His erratic behavior is the result of being conned out of the money he needs to whet his robot appetites. The detectives learn a femme fatal confidence woman....
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By Firefligh, Jul 17, 2006

...is on the prowl for nerdy hobbyists with bank accounts.

Hey! Just when you think the writers and V DO had Goren go all mature and subdued, you get the.....

TOY STORE SCENE !!!!!

Bobby loves that play gun - he had one as a kid - and lets us know why it's special as he fires it all over the small shop, knocking down valuable collectors' items, shooting holes in cellophane wrappings, and reeking adorable little boy havoc all over the place, his partner shaking her head with amused irritation.

It's a multi-purpose gun, a "Johnny Seven, one-man-army", and an endearingly childlike Bobby still recalls every one of its seven glories, to the nervous chagrin of the proprietor. Watch what it can be!

One - A grenade launcher!

Two - An anti-tank rocket!

Three - An armour piercing shell!

Four - An anti-bunker missile!

Five - A machine gun!

Six - A repeater rifle!

Seven - A cap gun!

What a delightful scene! Yes, seeing the season four 'quiet' Goren erupt into little kid glee was simply enchanting. In that expensive brown overcoat with the gray undertones, with the GQ silver locks, manicured nails, and the hushed and reticent intonations ...lives a darling small boy recreating a Christmas morning.

What a living doll VD'O has made of Bobby, as well as a savvy detective. This was even cuter than the 'cherry red' car scene of season two.

Oh yeah - the story was clever and innovative too. The femme fatale trolls the conventions and meeting places of hobbyists and seduces (verbally at least) lonely guys who collect comic books or WWII memorabilia or star trek fazers. In this case, she passes herself off as a cultist of an obscure novelist who writes about vampires, infiltrating a small group who play act aspects of the novels, avidly collect first editions, and dress up like good Goths gone bad. Think Ann Rice devotees with personality disorders.

The group becomes suspicious since Ms Vamp's way out of their nerdy pal's league, and they know she is milking their buddy for whatever he's got, which of course is only money. So the devoted get her into their sexplay coffin where she succumbs to 'erotic asphixiation' (hey, isn't that an oxymoron for most folks?) .but it's her geeky wannabe paramour who killed her by sneaking in a lil partystore cannister of CO2, and he confesses after a major Goren assault on his wounded loser pride.

Bobby was rather rough on the poor guy, who in the end isn't even sure if the enchantress loved him or not. Mean thing! I'd love to see BG on the psychic attack against the Worldwide VDO Estrogen Clubists..and we don't even have coffins to hide in. Just TRY to tell us we need help, baby. You'll need that gun to do seven things. LOL!

Goren fingering that metallic bustier for longer than was necessary was worth the price of admission, too. What WAS he thinking?

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Vincent D'Onofrio	Det. Robert Goren
Kathryn Erbe	Det. Alexandra Eames
Jamey Sheridan	Capt. James Deakins
Courtney B. Vance	A.D.A. Carver

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Jamie Harrold	Dorian Cavanaugh	Guest Star
Jordan Gelber	Arnold Pierce	Guest Star
Kim Director	Jocelyn Shapiro	Guest Star

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- The magnifying glass Goren uses to examine the mark on the victim's arm is from a set of the compact edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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- Robert Goren: (to the suspect) Is that when the light bulb went on? Saw what your life really was? Life of a loser. You know, pretending to be little vampires, hanging out in your vampire crypt, discussing your vampire books, having sad vampire sex in a plywood vampire box.
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- Ron Carver: (about the suspect) When are you gonna tell him the truth?
  Robert Goren: I think he knows the truth. It's the fantasy that he can't handle.
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- (After being brushed off yet again at the Carlotta party.)
  Alex Eames: This is like high school without the zits.
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- Alex Eames: No wonder he was angry; she stole his robot.
  Robert Goren: Well, don't get between a guy and his toys.
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- Alex Eames: Poor Arnie, his robots had more heart than the woman of his dreams.
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