‘Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent’ Season 4 Episode 8 Release Date, Time, Where to Watch and Preview
The Citytv crime drama ‘Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent’ is moving into the back half of its latest run, and the next installment arrives this week. The episode is titled Family Tree and is listed to air on November 12. It follows a storyline that pulls the squad into a very different corner of the city’s criminal underworld.
For viewers planning their Thursday night, the details are fairly simple, though a few listings disagree on timing. Here is what is known about when the new episode arrives, how to watch it, and what the case involves.
Release Date and Weekly Schedule
The fourth season of the series premiered on October 1. That night delivered two episodes, titled Diplomatico and The Scorpion and the Tortoise, before the show settled into a weekly Thursday rhythm.
The run has moved steadily since then. Wind Phone aired on October 29, followed by Fireworks on November 5. Family Tree lands on November 12, with Canary scheduled for November 19.
The season is made up of ten episodes, which is the standard length for the series. The tenth installment is titled Red Flags. Finale dates differ from one listing to the next, so it is worth checking the Citytv schedule closer to the end of the run.
Air Time on Citytv
The series began airing on Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET, and the network’s promotion for the current run pointed to the same slot. That has been the anchor time for the show since its debut. Other listings offer different figures, which is common when schedules are converted across time zones.
One Canadian listing places the episode at 10:00 p.m. A calendar service shows it at 5:00 PM. Viewers will want to confirm the local airing time with their own provider, since regional broadcasts can vary.
Streaming listings put each episode at about 44 minutes, and the broadcast fills a standard one hour slot that includes commercial breaks. That leaves plenty of room for the procedural structure the series has relied on from the start.
Where to Watch and Stream Online
Viewers in Canada can watch on Citytv or stream through Citytv+, and episodes can also be downloaded through the app for offline viewing. That makes the platform the simplest option for anyone who misses the live broadcast. Listings also show the season available through an Amazon Channel version of Citytv+.
Audiences outside Canada have a longer wait. In Australia, the first three seasons are available on Binge and Foxtel Now, and the fourth season is expected to arrive there after it wraps up on Citytv. Availability in other regions is less clear, so local streaming guides are the safest place to check.
The show has built a solid foundation at home. It became the top prime time drama of its year in Canada after drawing 1.1 million views for its first episode. That early success helped secure the multiseason run now unfolding.
Episode Preview and the Fertility Clinic Case
The official description says Darcy and Bateman are called to investigate the death of a man who had been looking into mysteries around his birth, which leads the detectives into the secretive world of fertility clinics. The setup suggests a case built around family secrets and the question of who benefits from keeping them buried. It also fits the franchise tradition of drawing stories from real public concerns.
The investigation falls to the central pairing of the season. Luke Kirby plays Detective Sergeant John Darcy and Kathleen Munroe plays Detective Sergeant Frankie Bateman, with Karen Robinson as Inspector Vivienne Holness and K.C. Collins as Deputy Crown Attorney Theo Forrester. Kirby is new this season, replacing Aden Young after Young announced his exit following three seasons.
The preceding episodes show the range the writers are working with. Wind Phone centered on the killing of an ethics chief at an artificial intelligence company before he could become a whistleblower, while Fireworks followed a firefighter’s wife found dead in her fire damaged home. Moving from corporate wrongdoing to domestic tragedy and now to the world of fertility clinics, the season keeps shifting its focus from week to week. With Darcy and Bateman stepping into such a private and sensitive world, how far do you think the fertility clinic case will push them before the truth about this man’s birth comes out?
