Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent is an award-winning hit in Canada, and now it’s testing its legs with its first two seasons airing in the U.S., not on NBC , but The CW . Based on the original L&O: Criminal Intent which starred a memorable Vincent D’Onofrio — longtime Dick Wolf exec producer Rene Balcer created both series — the procedural focuses on the motives of criminals, especially killers. The show stars Kathleen Munroe ( FBI ) — a major L&O fan — as Detective Sergeant Frankie Bateman and Aden Young ( Rectify ) — who admittedly never watched an entire episode — as DS Henry Graff.

Young shares that when he joined the L&O spinoff, he was confident that Munroe “would know the rules and would understand the environment of the show. I kind of wante

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