Cold Comfort (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

"Cold Comfort"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 17 (#39 overall)
Directed by	Constantine Makris
Written by	Dick Wolf (creator) René Balcer (developer and story) Stephanie Sengupta (story and teleplay)
Production code	E3217
Original air date	March 30, 2003
Guest stars
Josef Sommer Jay Goede Tim Ransom Robert Lupone Mark Zeisler John Gould Rubin Tom Atkins Wendy Hoopes Donnell Rawlings
Episode chronology
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"Cold Comfort" is a second season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Plot summary

An esteemed former senator succumbs to cancer, while his son and daughter wrangle over a codicil to his will providing that his body be cremated or cryogenically frozen after his death. But when the daughter of the senator is found murdered, and her father's brain apparently was removed by someone for research, Detectives Goren and Eames uncover a few startling facts about the family and start looking at murder suspects and their motives.

Cast

Vincent D'Onofrio	Det. Robert Goren
Kathryn Erbe	Det. Alexandra Eames
Jamey Sheridan	Capt. James Deakins
Courtney B. Vance	A.D.A. Ron Carver
Leslie Hendrix	Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers

Fact

• This episode revealed some resemblances with the controversy over whether Ted Williams wanted to be cremated or frozen, which has remained as a black cloud since the death of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame outfielder in July 2002. The episode also bears resemblance to the history of Senator Edmund Muskie. The Senator in the episode cried at a press conference while running for President in 1976, which led to the end of his campaign. Muskie cried at a press conference in his run for the Presidency in 1972, which led to the end of his campaign.

External links

• IMDb entry
• Official Website