Citytv’s “Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent” returns with a case that proves, yet again, that appearances can be deceiving. In “Tango Romeo,” Detectives Graff and Bateman find themselves staring into the abyss of a seemingly ordinary life turned deadly. Their investigation begins with the discovery of a middle-aged travel agent’s body outside his Mimico home. Straightforward, right? Not in the world of “Criminal Intent.”
What initially looks like an open-and-shut case quickly spirals into something far more twisted. As Graff and Bateman dig deeper, they begin to suspect that the travel agent’s life was anything but mundane. Was he involved in something shady? Did he cross the wrong person? Or was this a random act of violence?
“Law & Order Toronto,” now in its second season, takes the franchise’s familiar formula and injects it with a distinctly Canadian sensibility, or at least what passes for it south of the 49th parallel. The focus on the psychology of the perpetrators – and the toll these investigations take on the detectives – gives the show an added dimension, elevating it beyond the typical procedural.
“Tango Romeo” airs Thursday, May 15 at 8:00 PM ET on Citytv.
