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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 2001 - 2002
The third season of this crime drama features dramatic turns from two actors who had previously found great success on sitcoms: John Ritter portrays the husband of a pregnant woman who was attacked and whose fetus was removed from her womb; and Mark-Paul Gosselaar plays a young father who prostitutes himself to help pay for his ill little girl's medical bills. Other episodes this season feature a man who was gang raped by a group of women; and a case in which Benson (Mariska Hargitay) identifies with serial rapist because it turns out that, like her, he was the product of a rape.
Episode 1
Repression
Fri, Sep 28, 2001 60 mins
In the Season 3 premiere, an 18-year-old in therapy recalls being sexually abused by her father and presses charges against him.
Episode 2
Wrath
Fri, Oct 5, 2001 60 mins
After three murder victims are connected to Benson's past cases, it's believed that the killer is seeking revenge on the detective.
Episode 3
Stolen
Fri, Oct 12, 2001 60 mins
A kidnapping investigation links a past case with which Cragen was involved to a 12-year-old whose adoption is deemed illegal.
Episode 4
Rooftop
Fri, Oct 19, 2001 60 mins
Stabler tries to build a case against an ex-con who's HIV-positive and preys on young girls.
Episode 5
Tangled
Fri, Oct 26, 2001 60 mins
When guests arrive for a party, they find the hosts have been assaulted, one of them fatally.
Episode 6
Redemption
Fri, Nov 2, 2001 60 mins
A brash, intense detective is assigned to help Stabler catch a serial rapist-killer.
Episode 7
Sacrifice
Fri, Nov 9, 2001 60 mins
The investigation of a shooting near a gay bar leads to a couple's involvement with porn movies.
Episode 8
Inheritance
Fri, Nov 16, 2001 60 mins
The search for a serial rapist leads to a case in which the defence attorney tries to blame the suspect's actions on his genes.
Episode 9
Care
Fri, Nov 23, 2001 60 mins
A computer game provides clues in the death of a physically abused little girl in foster care.
Episode 10
Ridicule
Fri, Dec 14, 2001 60 mins
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.
Episode 11
Monogamy
Fri, Jan 4, 2002 60 mins
A woman who's seven months pregnant is found assaulted, with her fetus removed.
Episode 12
Protection
Fri, Jan 11, 2002 60 mins
The detectives seek a woman who is on the run from her drug-dealing lover, whom she saw murder a rival.
Episode 13
Prodigy
Fri, Jan 18, 2002 60 mins
The detectives investigate a double slaying in which the female victim was dismembered.
Episode 14
Counterfeit
Fri, Jan 25, 2002 60 mins
Benson teams up with Fin to investigate the murder of a woman found under a highway
Episode 15
Execution
Fri, Feb 1, 2002 60 mins
At the request of a murdered teenager's parents, Stabler tries to get a serial killer who's about to be executed to admit that the teen was one of his victims.
Episode 16
Popular
Fri, Mar 1, 2002 60 mins
Stabler breaks the rules to uncover the facts when a student claims that she was assaulted by a teacher.
Episode 17
Surveillance
Fri, Mar 8, 2002 60 mins
The detectives investigate the sexual assault of a cellist and discover surveillance equipment hidden in her apartment.
Episode 18
Guilt
Fri, Mar 29, 2002 60 mins
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 paedophile.
Episode 19
Justice
Fri, Apr 5, 2002 60 mins
In investigating the sexual assault of a 16-year-old, it's discovered that the victim is the rebellious stepdaughter of a judge.
Episode 20
Greed
Fri, Apr 26, 2002 60 mins
Henry Winkler plays a restaurateur whose wife is assaulted during a robbery at their plush Manhattan residence.
Episode 21
Denial
Fri, May 3, 2002 60 mins
A dark family secret surfaces after a young woman (Martha Plimpton) is raped at a party. Grace: Mary Steenburgen. Rose: Estelle Parsons. Arthur Felton: Michael Knowles. Gary Barbour: Sam Guncler. Fin: Ice-T. Benson: Mariska Hargitay. Stabler: Christopher Meloni.
Episode 22
Competence
Fri, May 10, 2002 60 mins
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. Danny Jordan: Badge Dale. Abe Cheney: Matt DeCaro. Scott Lucas: C.J. Wilson. Joe Parker: Darren Pettie. Munch: Richard Belzer. Benson: Mariska Hargitay. Stabler: Christopher Meloni.
Episode 23
Silence
Fri, May 17, 2002 60 mins
Cases include a killing at a church and an investigation that involves sexual-abuse charges against a priest (Eric Stoltz). Bobby Douglas: Sean Dugan. Bishop Mallinson: Patrick Collins. Gus Yoder: Kris Eivers. Huang: B. D. Wong. Benson: Mariska Hargitay. Stabler: Christopher Meloni.
