Weeping Willow (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

rdf:langString Weeping Willow (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

rdf:langString * Michelle Trachtenberg as Lisa Willow Tyler * Michael Goduti as D. Holden Foster * Pedro Pascal as Reggie Luckman * Gary Patent as Ira Whipple * Neal Jones as Chief of Detectives Bradshaw * Julie McNiven as Suzie Waller * Wallace Shawn as Film Professor * Larry King as himself

rdf:langString "Weeping Willow" is the tenth episode of the sixth season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on November 28, 2006. In the episode, a teenage blogger nicknamed WeepingWillow17, played by guest star Michelle Trachtenberg, is apparently kidnapped during the filming of one of her Internet videos. Detectives Mike Logan and Megan Wheeler investigate the so-called "cyber-kidnapping", which they and the public speculate may be an elaborate Internet hoax. The episode and character was written by Stephanie Sengupta and Warren Leight, and directed by Tom DiCillo. The story and the WeepingWillow17 character were inspired by the lonelygirl15 video blogs on YouTube, which were originally believed the works of a real-life 15-year-old blogger, but were eventually discovered to be a professionally filmed hoax. The episode received generally positive reviews and, according to Nielsen ratings, was seen by 9.8 million households the week it aired, the most viewership for a Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode in six weeks.