Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
2024 Canadian drama TV series
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Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent is a Canadian police procedural drama television series that is based on the American series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.[1] The series is set in Toronto, Ontario, and centres on crime stories "ripped from the headlines", in the style of the original Law & Order.[2]
| Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent | |
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| Developed by | Tassie Cameron |
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| Narrated by | Steven Zirnkilton |
| Opening theme | "Theme of Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent" |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 29 |
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| Running time | 45 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Citytv |
| Release | February 22, 2024 – present |
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| Law & Order franchise | |
The series premiered on February 22, 2024, on Citytv,[3] and became the #1 prime-time drama of the year in Canada by attracting 1.1 million views on the first episode.[4] The first season ran for 10 episodes;[5] in June 2024, it was renewed for a second and third season. The second season premiered on February 20, 2025. The third season premiered on March 5, 2026.
Premise
In Toronto's war on crime, the worst offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Specialized Criminal Investigations Unit. These are their stories.
A psychological thriller wrapped in a criminal investigation, the series follows a squad of detectives from the Specialized Criminal Investigations Unit, a major case squad in the fictional Toronto Police Department. These detectives investigate high-profile homicides and corruptions in metro Toronto.[6]
Cast and characters
Main
- Aden Young as Detective Sergeant Henry Graff
- Kathleen Munroe as Detective Sergeant Frankie Bateman
- K. C. Collins as Deputy Crown Attorney Theo Forrester
- Karen Robinson as Inspector Vivienne Holness
Recurring
- Nicola Correia-Damude as Dr. Lucy Da Silva
- Araya Mengesha as Mark Yohannes
- Tammy Isbell as Detective Alice Riley
Notable guest stars
- Noam Jenkins as Councillor John Graham
- Amanda Brugel as Lee Cole
- Tim Rozon as Roman Rush
- Keshia Chanté as Deja
- Diana Leblanc as Verena Follows
- Rachael Crawford as Susan Wright
- Rachelle Lefevre as Ellen Stewart
- John Ralston as Christopher Parsons
- Jake Epstein as Andrew
- Laura Vandervoort as Jessica Cartwright
- Richard Harmon as Curtis
- Currie Graham as Jack Walding
- Ted Dykstra as Jay Diaz
- Christine Horne as Lina Henkel
- Olivia Chow, Mayor of Toronto as herself[7]
- Catherine Disher as Deb Sutton
- Jay Ryan as Myles Graff
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2024)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [8] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [8] | |
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| 1 | 1 | "The Key to the Castle" | Holly Dale | Tassie Cameron | February 22, 2024 | |
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Graff and Bateman investigate the disappearance of a crypto investor when he vanishes on Lake Ontario, along with hundreds of millions of his clients' dollars. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Good Neighbours" | Peter Stebbings | Sam Godfrey | February 29, 2024 | |
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A shooting at a condo building leads Graff and Bateman to a twenty-year-old cold case that they must solve in order to catch the killer. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Real Eve" | Holly Dale | Jillian Locke | March 7, 2024 | |
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When a beloved art professor, Eve Kinwood, is killed, the team must use her art to find the Real Eve and her killer. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Crack Reporter" | David Wellington | Sherry White | March 14, 2024 | |
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A stabbing on a crowded transit walkway throws the detectives into the middle of a heated mayoral race as they investigate the murder of a local journalist. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Bleeding Heart" | Sudz Sutherland | Annmarie Morais | March 21, 2024 | |
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When a murder leads Graff and Bateman to a global crime syndicate, they must weave through a complex maze of criminals and victims to find the killer. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Minnow and the Shark" | Rachel Leiterman | Aubrey Nealon | April 11, 2024 | |
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The death of an executive at a major grocery chain sends the detectives into the cutthroat business of selling food and corporate corruption. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Sound of Silence" | Winnifred Jong | Tassie Cameron & Noelle Carbone | April 18, 2024 | |
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The discovery of a young woman's remains leads the detectives to the toxic workplace from which she was wrongfully dismissed. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Boys Will Be Boys" | David Straiton | Noelle Carbone & Annmarie Morais | May 2, 2024 | |
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When a local hockey star is found dead on the ice, Graff and Bateman must untangle a hazing scandal that led to the star player's suspension just days before his death. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Three Points" | Holly Dale[9] | Tassie Cameron | May 9, 2024 | |
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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. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Cul-De-Sac" | Sharon Lewis | Sam Godfrey & Jillian Locke | May 16, 2024 | |
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The neighbours of a respected defence attorney become the prime suspects in her murder. | ||||||
Season 2 (2025)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [8] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [8] | |
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| 11 | 1 | "White Squirrel City" | Peter Stebbings | Tassie Cameron | February 20, 2025 | |
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When an unhoused man is stabbed to death in a downtown park, Graff and Bateman are called to investigate as attention turns to his various neighbours. | ||||||
| 12 | 2 | "Digital Lipstick" | David Wellington | Jillian Locke | February 27, 2025 | |
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A stabbing in the PATH leads Graff and Bateman to one of the most scandalous data breaches in Toronto's history. | ||||||
| 13 | 3 | "Fool's Gold" | Winnifred Jong | Sam Godfrey | March 6, 2025 | |
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When an airport worker is found dead of an apparent suicide, Graff and Bateman quickly deduce he has been murdered and may be responsible for a crime of his own. | ||||||
| 14 | 4 | "Hoggs Hollow" | Sudz Sutherland | Aubrey Nealon | March 20, 2025 | |
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The team is called to investigate when a young wife is killed in her Hoggs Hollow home, and they uncover a secret hidden within the home and the police department. | ||||||
| 15 | 5 | "Face Value" | Sharon Lewis | Stephen Cochrane | April 3, 2025 | |
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A well-liked couple is murdered at their place of business, and while all clues point to a robbery, Graff and Bateman soon discover the murder was a targeted hit. | ||||||
| 16 | 6 | "Disposable People" | Peter Stebbings | Seneca Aaron | April 10, 2025 | |
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The death of a prison inmate takes Graff and Bateman to a maximum-security detention centre to investigate. | ||||||
| 17 | 7 | "The Man in the Stadium" | Sudz Sutherland | Sam Godfrey | April 17, 2025 | |
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Graff and Bateman are called into the Rogers Centre when a famous Canadian stand-up comic drops dead during a rehearsal on stage. | ||||||
| 18 | 8 | "Canadian Dream" | Chloé Robichaud | Tassie Cameron & Rory Diamond | May 1, 2025 | |
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Graff and Bateman investigate when a prominent tech CEO is shot to death in a parking lot alongside an unlucky young delivery driver who happened to be cycling by. | ||||||
| 19 | 9 | "Bitter Pill" | Renuka Jeyapalan | Seneca Aaron & Jillian Locke | May 8, 2025 | |
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When a billionaire pharmaceutical CEO and his philanthropist wife are found dead in their home, Graff and Bateman are called to investigate. | ||||||
| 20 | 10 | "Tango Romeo" | David Wellington | Tassie Cameron | May 15, 2025 | |
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Graff and Bateman investigate the death of a seemingly unremarkable middle-aged travel agent when he is found dead outside his split-level house in Mimico. | ||||||
Season 3 (2026)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [8] | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [8] | |
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| 21 | 1 | "Skin Deep" | Sudz Sutherland | Stephen Cochrane & Adriana Maggs | March 5, 2026 | |
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Graff and Bateman are called to investigate when an aspiring model is found dead in a landfill during Toronto's Fashion Week. | ||||||
| 22 | 2 | "WAGMI" | Winnifred Jong | Tassie Cameron & Rory Diamond | March 12, 2026 | |
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When a body is found hanging in a tree, Graff and Bateman are called to investigate the death of a reclusive math tutor. | ||||||
| 23 | 3 | "Uncertain Justice" | Jordan Canning | Jillian Locke | March 19, 2026 | |
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The team is brought in to investigate when a mother convicted of infanticide is found dead in a motel bathroom after being released on an appeal. | ||||||
| 24 | 4 | "Forget Me Not" | Zoe Leigh Hopkins | Tassie Cameron & Stephen Cochrane | March 26, 2026 | |
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Graff and Bateman are called to investigate when a beloved resident at a retirement home is found dead of exposure, frozen to death in a nearby park. | ||||||
| 25 | 5 | "Up to Snuff" | John Fawcett | Rory Diamond & Adriana Maggs | April 2, 2026 | |
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When a genuine snuff film is aired at a local film festival, Graff and Bateman are asked to investigate. K. C. Collins does not appear in this episode. | ||||||
| 26 | 6 | "Family Meal" | David Wellington | Sam Godfrey | April 9, 2026 | |
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Graff and Bateman investigate the death of a high-flying corporate consultant, who lives for facts and numbers. | ||||||
| 27 | 7 | "Whole Lotta Love" | Chloé Robichaud | Tassie Cameron & Jillian Locke | April 23, 2026 | |
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When a promising student is found stabbed to death on her university campus, Graff and Bateman are called in to investigate her murder. | ||||||
| 28 | 8 | "The Winning Bid" | Peter Stebbings | Rene Balcer & Aubrey Nealon | April 30, 2026 | |
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A stabbing at a skatepark sends Graff and Bateman into the intricate web of Toronto real estate scams. | ||||||
| 29 | 9 | "Lost & Unfound" | Winnifred Jong | Rene Balcer & Carina Samuels | May 7, 2026 | |
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Graff and Bateman are called in to investigate when the body of a handyman is found on a Rosedale walking trail. | ||||||
| 30 | 10 | "XOXO" | TBA | TBA | May 14, 2026 | |
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Graff and Bateman investigate the death of a beloved politician with a troubled past. | ||||||
Production
In June 2023, it was announced that Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent had been given a 10-episode series order, based on the original series created by Dick Wolf and René Balcer for Universal Television.[6] The series is produced by Lark Productions and Cameron Pictures.[10] Directors include Holly Dale who directed the 1st, 3rd and 9th episodes, as well as David Wellington, Peter Stebbings, Sudz Sutherland, Rachel Leiterman, Winnifred Jong, Sharon Lewis and David Straiton.[10][9]
The episode "Crack Reporter" was partially inspired by the crack cocaine scandal that involved former Toronto mayor Rob Ford in 2013.[11]
The series was renewed for a second and third season in June 2024.[12]
The series was then renewed for a fourth season in April 2026.[13]
Broadcast
On February 22, 2024, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent started airing on Citytv on Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET. This addition to the Law & Order Thursdays lineup moved Law & Order, which regularly aired in simulcast with NBC, to air an hour earlier at 7 p.m. ET with SVU and Organized Crime remaining at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET respectively.[3] Season 2 was given a new timeslot moving to Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET, the former timeslot of Found, which moved to 7 p.m. ET, airing three hours earlier than NBC.
The CW has acquired American broadcasting rights to the series for the first two seasons.[14] The first season premiered on September 24. The second season will premiere in 2026.[15]
Awards
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| Canadian Screen Awards | 2025 | Best Drama Series | Erin Haskett, Tassie Cameron, Amy Cameron, David Valleau, Alex Patrick, Tex Antonucci, Wanda Chaffey | Won | [16] |
| Best Leading Performance in a Drama Series | Kathleen Munroe | Nominated | |||
| Aden Young | Nominated | ||||
| Best Supporting Performance in a Drama Program or Series | Karen Robinson | Nominated | |||
| Best Performance in a Guest Role in a Drama Series | Blessing Adedijo | Nominated | |||
| Amanda Brugel | Nominated | ||||
| Sydney Meyer | Nominated | ||||
| Best Make-Up | Lynda McCormack, "Three Points" | Nominated | |||
| Best Hair | Lydia Pensa, "The Key to the Castle" | Nominated | |||
| Best Costume Design | Nicole Manek, "The Key to the Castle" | Nominated | |||
| Best Production Design/Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series | Oleg Savytski, "Cul-de-Sac" | Nominated | |||
| Best Casting, Fiction | Sharon Forrest | Nominated | |||
| Best Photography in a Drama Program or Series | David Greene, "The Key to the Castle" | Nominated | |||
| Best Editing in a Drama Program or Series | Wendy Hallam Martin, "The Key to the Castle" | Nominated | |||
| John Nicholls, "The Minnow and the Shark" | Nominated | ||||
| Best Sound in a Fiction Program or Series | Martin Lee, Ella Melanson, Martin Gwynn Jones, Rob Warchol, Joe Mancuso, Zenon Waschuk and John Elliot, "The Sound of Silence" | Won | |||
| Best Direction in a Drama Series | Holly Dale, "Three Points" | Nominated | |||
| Sharon Lewis, "Cul-de-Sac" | Nominated | ||||
| Best Writing in a Drama Series | Tassie Cameron, "The Key to the Castle" | Won | |||
| Best Stunt Coordination | John Stead, "The Key to the Castle" | Nominated |
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