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Brent Anderson is the main antagonist of the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Gemini". Brent is a schizophrenic spree killer targeting cosmetic specialists out of paranoid delusions of them "destroying" natural beauty.
He's portrayed by Barry Del Sherman.
Biography[]
Brent and his brother Spencer were treated radically different by their parents. Brent suffered schizophrenia since he was a child, eventually descending into drug addiction and vandalism, so his parents constantly looked down on him. Spencer, however, was the doted on son whose future was invested in; this was in part because Spencer hid well enough that he was a closet psychopath. When they were kids, Spencer decided to challenge Brent to a more daring experience by hitting a store clerk with a tire iron and robbing the store of beer and cigarettes. Spencer put Brent in juvie for years by placing all the blame on him. After Brent was released and the Anderson parents died, Spencer supported him with regular payments, in the hopes Brent would have no association with Spencer's wife and children.
Brent's paranoid delusions focused specifically on cosmetic industries, believing "conspiracies" were changing people's appearances. He shot two opticians and a rhinoplasty surgeon, as well as sent a letter to VisionStyle, a company making colored contacts, to voice his paranoia. Spencer found out what Brent was doing and, instead of immediately turning Brent in, he believed he could make some money off the spree and frame Brent again. Spencer sent a letter threatening the hairdresser Brent wanted to shoot next, who narrowly lived because she wasn't at the office. It was only then Spencer assisted Detectives Robert Goren and Alexandra Eames of the NYPD's Major Case Squad in tracking Brent. Once Brent was arrested, Spencer hired an attorney to represent him.
But shortly after, Spencer sent a letter demanding a hefty extorted payment in millions from VisionStyle, killing another optician with Brent's gun to send his warning. Goren and Eames knew Spencer was the killer, so they encouraged Brent to turn on him. They told him the truth about how Spencer lied to him for years, that he used Brent as a patsy and made it seem like Spencer protected Brent him from the world. Brent, in addition to giving a confession to his crimes, gave up where he hid his gun. Spencer furious shouted at Brent he blamed him for his problems and wished he were dead, but Brent said he still loved him.
With the evidence to convict Spencer, they arrested him before he could withdrawal the ransom from accounts in the Caribbean. As Brent cooperated with police, he was institutionalized in lieu of prison.
Trivia[]
- Brent is inspired by white nationalist killer Jonathan Preston Haynes, a.k.a. "The Aryan Beauty Killer", and schizophrenic spree killer Richard Baumhammers.
- Brent and Spencer are inspired by Robert and Stephen Spahalski, two twins with schizophrenia convicted of murder in New York City, one of them of serial murder. Their M.O.s were recognized as being uncanny.
External links[]
- Brent Anderson on the Law & Order Wiki
