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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Season 3

About the series

Elite detectives in New York City pursue cases of sexual assault and abuse in this long-running crime drama.

Season premiere
September 28, 2001
Episodes in the season
23
Whole season
16 h 36 min
September 28, 2001 Season fully aired May 17, 2002

Episodes

23 episodes · 16 h 36 min

  1. 28 Sep 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 1 — a still from the episode E01

    Repression

    43 min

    An 18-year-old girl is aided by her therapist in recalling repressed memories of childhood molestation by her father and reports the incest to Benson and Stabler in hopes of sparing her younger sisters the same fate. She brings charges of rape against her father who winds up murdered when those charges are dismissed.

  2. 5 Oct 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 2 — a still from the episode E02

    Wrath

    43 min

    The detectives investigate three murders that seemingly have no connection to each other, but each murder has ties to Benson's previous cases. As they join with the FBI to investigate, the detectives worry that Benson is the intended target.

  3. 12 Oct 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 3 — a still from the episode E03

    Stolen

    43 min

    The kidnapping of an infant at a grocery store leads to an illegal adoption ring and the long lost closure of a case from 12 years prior of a murdered mother and missing baby which involved Capt. Cragen and his partner, the late Max Greevey.

  4. 19 Oct 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 4 — a still from the episode E04

    Rooftop

    44 min

    When an HIV-positive male, with a record of assaulting underage girls, is discovered in a sexual clincher with a young woman on a rooftop, the detectives are determined to put him back inside. After a series of rapes and murders of young African-American women cannot be traced to him though, they begin to wonder if they've been looking at the wrong suspect.

  5. 26 Oct 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 5 — a still from the episode E05

    Tangled

    44 min

    When arriving party guests find a prominent doctor beaten to death and his wife raped, the detectives have a parade of suspects and the realization that the wife was the intended victim.

  6. 2 Nov 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 6 — a still from the episode E06

    Redemption

    44 min

    A string of murders leads detectives to question an initial suspect, the Soho Strangler, but they realize he might have been the wrong person all along.

  7. 9 Nov 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 7 — a still from the episode E07

    Sacrifice

    42 min

    A man, who is shot and raped outside a gay bar, initially doesn't want to cooperate to find his shooter. When he finally does, the investigation leads to his family and turns his life upside down.

  8. 16 Nov 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 8 — a still from the episode E08

    Inheritance

    43 min

    A series of brutal rapes and attacks on Asian women lead the police to a suspect who was himself a product of rape - his father being a rapist who was convicted. The question is brought to court of whether his genetic make-up was responsible for the crimes.

  9. 23 Nov 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 9 — a still from the episode E09

    Care

    43 min

    The battered body of a five-year-old girl in foster care is discovered and suspicion soon turns to members of the girl's foster family as well as to the girl's biological mother; who is the real guilty party and who is only a red herring?

  10. 14 Dec 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 10 — a still from the episode E10

    Ridicule

    43 min

    What appears as a bizarre accidental death leads to a case involving a male stripper who claims that the deceased was one of three powerful women who raped him at a bachelorette party.

  11. 4 Jan 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 11 — a still from the episode E11

    Monogamy

    44 min

    The pregnant wife of a psychiatrist is found in a parking garage, unconscious and bleeding from a gaping abdominal wound with her fetus missing. The investigation leads to infedility and uncertainty as to the paternity, adding fuel to the fire of an already agitated Stabler.

  12. 11 Jan 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 12 — a still from the episode E12

    Protection

    44 min

    A 6-year-old boy wounded in a shooting is brought to the ER but abandoned by his brother, who reported it, and their mother, who fears for her own life. The case leads the detectives to a woman who is on the run from an abusive drug-dealer boyfriend.

  13. 18 Jan 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 13 — a still from the episode E13

    Prodigy

    43 min

    Two people are found murdered in the park, including an animal rights activist who has been raped and then decapitated. Benson and Stabler must determine which of their two main suspects -- a sociopathic teenager and a recently paroled rapist -- is responsible for the murder.

  14. 25 Jan 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 14 — a still from the episode E14

    Counterfeit

    44 min

    A woman is found raped and killed by her car. Then, a similar rape is committed and the victim says that a police officer raped her after pulling her over for a supposed driving violation. This leads police to look at one of their own, until they realize the suspect is not who they think he is.

  15. 1 Feb 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 15 — a still from the episode E15

    Execution

    42 min

    Detective Stabler and Dr. Huang question a convicted serial killer on death row, hours before his execution, with the hope of solving an old murder case for the sake of the victim's parents. The investigation goes haywire with mixed results.

  16. 1 Mar 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 16 — a still from the episode E16

    Popular

    43 min

    Stabler's wife tells him that her friend, a high school nurse, treated a young girl for rape. Despite being advised not to find out further details, Stabler, with help from Benson, crack open the case to disturbing details.

  17. 8 Mar 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 17 — a still from the episode E17

    Surveillance

    43 min

    An accomplished cellist is raped in her own apartment and the detectives are lead to a stalker who uses surveillance equipment and has been watching her every move.

  18. 29 Mar 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 18 — a still from the episode E18

    Guilt

    44 min

    When A.D.A. Cabot is faced with a reluctant teenage witness in a child molestation case, she goes above and beyond the normal scope of duty in her search for evidence to convict the serial abuser. But her passion supercedes her compliance with the law, jeopardizing not only her case, but the careers of all involved.

  19. 5 Apr 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 19 — a still from the episode E19

    Justice

    43 min

    A rebellious 16-year-old teenager is raped and murdered; the case becomes complex when they learn that her stepfather is a judge with whom she has had major problems.

  20. 26 Apr 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 20 — a still from the episode E20

    Greed

    44 min

    Investigating the rape of the wife of a restaurateur during a robbery, leads the detectives to a similar assault, and to a locksmith.

  21. 3 May 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 21 — a still from the episode E21

    Denial

    44 min

    When a heroin junkie is found raped, Tutuola takes an interest in her, but he's not the only one. The case turns into a bizarre murder investigation when the finger of a small child is found in the victim's purse opening a can of worms that spans back thirteen years.

  22. 10 May 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 22 — a still from the episode E22

    Competence

    42 min

    A mentally challenged girl with Down's Syndrome is pregnant, and the question is, was she raped or did she consent and is she competent enough to keep her child?

  23. 17 May 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3, episode 23 — a still from the episode E23

    Silence

    44 min

    A murder in a church of a young cross-dresser leads Benson and Stabler to an alleged cover-up involving sexual child abuse by a priest.