Julia Ormond in Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Vincent D’Onofrio’s Detective Goren has always been a bit on the odd side but he got progressively weirder and more troubled as time went by, eventually getting canned for insubordination, but TVLine brings word that Goren is finally getting some much-needed help in the 10th and final season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Julia Ormond (Nurse Jackie, CSI: NY) is joining the team for the final eight episodes of the farewell season as Dr. Paula Severin, a police psychologist that will have her hands full with unraveling Goren’s tortured past during mandatory therapy sessions.

It’s the final season and Goren never seems to catch a break in his personal life, so I’m wondering if the producers might throw the poor guy a bone and create a possible romance between doctor and patient. Sure, it’s totally unethical but it is Law & Order, after all, and Goren has never been one to follow the rules.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent’s final season starts on Sunday, May 1st on the USA Network, and it wouldn’t be right to end things without a familiar face so keep an eye out for the return of Goren’s former partner, Detective Eames (Kathryn Erbe), too.

As one show within the Law & Order franchise ends, another one still tries to find its footing, and the newly rebooted Law & Order: Los Angeles is bringing in new faces too.