Going out with a bang

Only one rule applies when planning TV series finales: Think big. Late May brings better weather and the gearing-down of the television season, which in turn means big-ticket season finales. It's always smart to go out on a high note.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC, CTV, Wednesday, May 25 at 10 p.m.) Viewers can expect more tics than usual in the season finale as detectives Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio) and Eames (Katherine Erbe) investigate the shooting of several judges, which lead them first to a white supremacist in prison, and then to a disgruntled single father who may be carrying out the crimes with help from his teenaged son.