James Deakins
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Captain James Deakins is a fictional character
on the NBC
-USA Network
U.S. television series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
, played by Jamey Sheridan
.
On the show, Deakins supervises New York City
's Major Case Squad. His top detectives include partners Robert Goren
(Vincent D'Onofrio
) and Alexandra Eames
(Kathryn Erbe
), as well as partners Mike Logan
(Chris Noth
) and Carolyn Barek
(Annabella Sciorra
).
Although Deakins' first priority is the success of criminal investigations, he is often forced to rein in his more unpredictable detectives, especially Goren and Logan, to manage the bad publicity they occasionally attract. While this has created some friction between Deakins and his detectives, for the most part they respect his professional judgment and authority.
Deakins and his wife, Angie, have three daughters. He had a bout with Bell's palsy
at the end of Season 4. While in recovery, he took to wearing an eye patch over his affected eye. He is now more reliant on eyeglasses. (Sheridan actually had Bell's palsy himself when those episodes were filmed.)
Deakins quit his post at the end of Season 5 rather than battle a conspiracy to frame him instigated by former police officer Frank Adair, whom Major Case detectives had arrested for killing his girlfriend and her husband. The trouble began when Logan was forced to shoot a man in self-defense. Later, Logan learned that the man he shot was an undercover cop. A uniformed policeman, Officer Martinez, had been the first to arrive on the scene and backed up Logan's self-defense claim, but Adair planted an e-mail implicating Deakins in a false corruption charge. Adair's plan was to claim that Deakins had 'bought' Martinez's testimony for Logan. Then, Goren and Eames uncovered the forged e-mail, but Adair continued fighting Deakins.
Unwilling to subject the NYPD, and his MCS department in particular, to further embarrassment, Deakins decided to retire from service. He was replaced by Capt. Danny Ross (Eric Bogosian
), who joined the cast in the Season 6 premiere episode.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
on the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
-USA Network
USA Network
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U.S. television series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
, played by Jamey Sheridan
Jamey Sheridan
James Patrick "Jamey" Sheridan is an American actor. He was born in Pasadena, California.He has had a prolific acting career in theater, television, and feature film productions. Born to a family of actors, he made it to Broadway and earned a Tony nomination in 1987 for his performance in the...
.
On the show, Deakins supervises New York City
New York City
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's Major Case Squad. His top detectives include partners Robert Goren
Robert Goren
Det. Robert "Bobby" Goren is a fictional character featured in the NBC-USA Network police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, portrayed by Vincent D'Onofrio....
(Vincent D'Onofrio
Vincent D'Onofrio
Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio is an American actor, director, film producer, writer, and singer. Often referred to as an actor's actor, his work as a character actor has earned him the nickname of "Human Chameleon"...
) and Alexandra Eames
Alexandra Eames
Det. Alexandra "Alex" Eames is a fictional police detective with the NYPD Major Case Squad featured in the NBC-USA Network Law & Order: Criminal Intent, portrayed by Kathryn Erbe...
(Kathryn Erbe
Kathryn Erbe
Kathryn Elsbeth Erbe is an American actress known for her role as Det. Alexandra Eames in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a spin-off of Law & Order, and death row inmate Shirley Bellinger in the HBO series Oz.-Personal life:...
), as well as partners Mike Logan
Mike Logan (Law & Order)
Michael "Mike" Logan is a fictional character in the police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order franchise, played by Chris Noth.-History in the franchise:...
(Chris Noth
Chris Noth
Christopher David "Chris" Noth is an American actor. He is known for long-running television roles as Det. Mike Logan on the police procedural and legal drama television series, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and as Big on Sex and the City. For the latter role, he has been...
) and Carolyn Barek
Carolyn Barek
Det. Carolyn Barek is a fictional character on the NBC-USA Network series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, played by Annabella Sciorra.Barek is partnered with Det. Mike Logan , on the Major Case Squad of the New York City Police Department . Her badge number is 6141.A criminal profiler from...
(Annabella Sciorra
Annabella Sciorra
Annabella Sciorra is an American film, television, and stage actress. Sciorra received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead for the 1989 film True Love, and came to widespread attention in her co-lead role in Spike Lee's 1991 film Jungle Fever...
).
Although Deakins' first priority is the success of criminal investigations, he is often forced to rein in his more unpredictable detectives, especially Goren and Logan, to manage the bad publicity they occasionally attract. While this has created some friction between Deakins and his detectives, for the most part they respect his professional judgment and authority.
Deakins and his wife, Angie, have three daughters. He had a bout with Bell's palsy
Bell's palsy
Bell's palsy is a form of facial paralysis resulting from a dysfunction of the cranial nerve VII that results in the inability to control facial muscles on the affected side. Several conditions can cause facial paralysis, e.g., brain tumor, stroke, and Lyme disease. However, if no specific cause...
at the end of Season 4. While in recovery, he took to wearing an eye patch over his affected eye. He is now more reliant on eyeglasses. (Sheridan actually had Bell's palsy himself when those episodes were filmed.)
Deakins quit his post at the end of Season 5 rather than battle a conspiracy to frame him instigated by former police officer Frank Adair, whom Major Case detectives had arrested for killing his girlfriend and her husband. The trouble began when Logan was forced to shoot a man in self-defense. Later, Logan learned that the man he shot was an undercover cop. A uniformed policeman, Officer Martinez, had been the first to arrive on the scene and backed up Logan's self-defense claim, but Adair planted an e-mail implicating Deakins in a false corruption charge. Adair's plan was to claim that Deakins had 'bought' Martinez's testimony for Logan. Then, Goren and Eames uncovered the forged e-mail, but Adair continued fighting Deakins.
Unwilling to subject the NYPD, and his MCS department in particular, to further embarrassment, Deakins decided to retire from service. He was replaced by Capt. Danny Ross (Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian is an American actor, playwright, monologist, and novelist of Armenian descent.-Personal life:Bogosian, an Armenian-American, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, the son of Edwina, a hairdresser and instructor, and Henry Bogosian, an accountant. After graduating from Oberlin College,...
), who joined the cast in the Season 6 premiere episode.
Blind Spot (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"Blind Spot" is a sixth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary :In the season premiere episode, Detectives Goren and Eames investigate the death of a former ambassador's daughter, who is found brutally murdered in her uptown home...