My thanks to the Reel for sharing this with us!

Next CI episode is titled "Wannabe". It's a Nichols and Wheeler episode and shoots Feb 6-18 in NYC.

"...When is Jeff Goldblum going to show up on Law & Order: Criminal Intent? — Nancy

MICKEY: The wait is at long last over on April 26. Although Criminal Intent premieres the week before, Goldblum doesn't show up until the second episode, a spicy little number about murderous Brooklyn hipsters who share an artists' loft. Goldblum fans will like the quirky details of Det. Zach Nichols (he's an accomplished pianist), but you won't find any oddball theatrics. It's a very restrained performance..."
By MATT MITOVICH, MICKEY O'CONNOR & TIM MOLLOY
TV GUIDE



http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/404935_tv...html?source=rss

"Rock Star" epi info from TV Guide:

"Wheeler and her partner, Det. Zack Nichols (Jeff Goldblum), investigate the stabbing of an artist, who was found in a neighborhood rife with ethnic tensions. "

http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx...sodeid=10612935

USA network's official YouTube site has an epi promo up

http://www.youtube.com/user/LawAndOrderonUSA

And from the USA network site an epi description:

"When a young hipster is found stabbed in an ethnically-charged neighborhood, Detectives Nichols and Wheeler enter the world of aspiring artists with big dreams.."

This epi airs tonight on USA at 9 pm.

I like Jeff Goldblum, but so far not in CI. Is he going to waft thru every episode like he's on Xanax?

I kind of enjoyed the episode but I thought that Goldblum's character was a bit kind of like the Charlie Crews character from Life. He seemed to kind of zen-like drift along along the way and I kind of felt that Wheeler and Ross were reacting to him very much the same way Crews' new police captain reacted to him in the beginning.

This epi airs tonight (7/11/09) on NBC at 9 pm.