Jeff Goldblum joins the cast of the long-running procedural drama as Detective Zach Nichols, who partners with Detective Megan Wheeler (Julianne Nicholson) in the eighth season of high-profile investigations conducted by the NYPD's Major Case Squad. Goldblum and Nicholson are featured in half of the season's episodes, while the other half star original cast members Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe as ace sleuths Goren and Eames.