The best episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 3
Season 3 only — ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
An 18-year-old (Kelly Hutchinson) in therapy recalls being sexually abused by her father (Brian Kerwin) and presses charges against him.
- 02
After three murder victims are connected to Benson's past cases, it's believed that the killer is seeking revenge on the detective.
- 03
A kidnapping investigation links a past case with which Cragen was involved to a 12-year-old (Ian Cronin) whose adoption is deemed illegal.
- 04
A woman who's seven months pregnant is found assaulted, with her fetus removed.
- 05
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).
- 06
Cases include a killing at a church and an investigation that involves sexual-abuse charges against a priest.
- 07
The detectives investigate a double slaying in which the female victim was dismembered.
- 08
Henry Winkler plays a restaurateur whose wife is assaulted during a robbery at their plush Manhattan residence.
- 09
Stabler tries to build a case against an ex-con who's HIV-positive and preys on young girls.
- 10
When guests arrive for a party, they find the hosts have been assaulted, one of them fatally.
- 11
A brash, intense detective (David Keith) is assigned to help Stabler catch a serial rapist-killer.
- 12
The investigation of a shooting near a gay bar leads to a couple's involvement with porn movies.
- 13
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.
- 14
A computer game provides clues in the death of a physically abused little girl in foster care.
- 15
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.
- 16
The detectives seek a woman who is on the run from her drug-dealing lover, whom she saw murder a rival.
- 17
Benson teams up with Fin to investigate the murder of a woman found under a highway.
- 18
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.
- 19
Stabler breaks the rules to uncover the facts when a student (Brittany Slattery) claims that she was assaulted by a teacher.
- 20
The detectives investigate the sexual assault of a cellist (Emily Deschanel) and discover surveillance equipment hidden in her apartment.
- 21
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).
- 22
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.
- 23
A dark family secret surfaces after a young woman (Martha Plimpton) is raped at a party.
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