Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Season 2
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001- 2011) is a criminal drama television series, part of the popular Law & Order franchise created by Dick Wolf. The show focuses on the Major Case Squad, an elite group of detectives specializing in cases of politica… more »
[Teaching a university class.]
Wallace:
In American literature, the descent into madness is usually preceded by obsession. A consuming obsession. Example, anyone?
[The class is unresponsive.]
Wallace:
Alright, I'll get you started. Moby Dick. What characterizes Ahab's obsession?
[Goren raises his hand in the back of the room.]
Wallace:
Yes. In the back.
[Wallace realizes that it is Goren.]
Goren:
The dogged, unrelenting pursuit of evil.
Wallace:
Interesting. Evil. I always fancied it was man's unrelenting pursuit of his own potency.
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