Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 3
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 3: 23 listed episodes, with episode titles, original air dates and optional synopses.
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Season 3 · Episode 1
Repression
· 60 min
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An 18-year-old (Kelly Hutchinson) in therapy recalls being sexually abused by her father (Brian Kerwin) and presses charges against him.
Season 3 · Episode 2
Wrath
· 60 min
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After three murder victims are connected to Benson's past cases, it's believed that the killer is seeking revenge on the detective.
Season 3 · Episode 3
Stolen
· 60 min
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A kidnapping investigation links a past case with which Cragen was involved to a 12-year-old (Ian Cronin) whose adoption is deemed illegal.
Season 3 · Episode 4
Rooftop
· 60 min
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Stabler tries to build a case against an ex-con who's HIV-positive and preys on young girls.
Season 3 · Episode 5
Tangled
· 60 min
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When guests arrive for a party, they find the hosts have been assaulted, one of them fatally.
Season 3 · Episode 6
Redemption
· 60 min
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A brash, intense detective (David Keith) is assigned to help Stabler catch a serial rapist-killer.
Season 3 · Episode 7
Sacrifice
· 60 min
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The investigation of a shooting near a gay bar leads to a couple's involvement with porn movies.
Season 3 · Episode 8
Inheritance
· 60 min
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The search for a serial rapist leads to a case in which the defense attorney (Diane Baker) tries to blame the suspect's actions on his genes.
Season 3 · Episode 9
Care
· 60 min
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A computer game provides clues in the death of a physically abused little girl in foster care.
Season 3 · Episode 10
Ridicule
· 60 min
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The investigation of an apparently accidental death leads to charges by a male stripper that the deceased was one of three women who sexually assaulted him.
Season 3 · Episode 11
Monogamy
· 60 min
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A woman who's seven months pregnant is found assaulted, with her fetus removed.
Season 3 · Episode 12
Protection
· 60 min
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The detectives seek a woman who is on the run from her drug-dealing lover, whom she saw murder a rival.
Season 3 · Episode 13
Prodigy
· 60 min
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The detectives investigate a double slaying in which the female victim was dismembered.
Season 3 · Episode 14
Counterfeit
· 60 min
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Benson teams up with Fin to investigate the murder of a woman found under a highway.
Season 3 · Episode 15
Execution
· 60 min
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At the request of a murdered teen's parents, Stabler tries to get a serial killer (Nick Chinlund) who's about to be executed to admit that the teen was one of his victims.
Season 3 · Episode 16
Popular
· 60 min
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Stabler breaks the rules to uncover the facts when a student (Brittany Slattery) claims that she was assaulted by a teacher.
Season 3 · Episode 17
Surveillance
· 60 min
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The detectives investigate the sexual assault of a cellist (Emily Deschanel) and discover surveillance equipment hidden in her apartment.
Season 3 · Episode 18
Guilt
· 60 min
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Judith Light joins the series in a recurring role as the unit's tough new chief, as Cabot breaks the rules in an attempt to catch a pedophile (Beau Gravitte).
Season 3 · Episode 19
Justice
· 60 min
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In investigating the sexual assault of a 16-year-old, it's discovered that the victim is the rebellious stepdaughter of a judge (Keir Dullea).
Season 3 · Episode 20
Greed
· 60 min
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Henry Winkler plays a restaurateur whose wife is assaulted during a robbery at their plush Manhattan residence.
Season 3 · Episode 21
Denial
· 60 min
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A dark family secret surfaces after a young woman (Martha Plimpton) is raped at a party.
Season 3 · Episode 22
Competence
· 60 min
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After a mother (Lois Smith) reports that her mentally challenged daughter (Andrea Fay Friedman) is pregnant, the detectives try to find out who fathered the child.
Season 3 · Episode 23
Silence
· 60 min
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Cases include a killing at a church and an investigation that involves sexual-abuse charges against a priest.
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