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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Season 3 2001 - 2002
TV-14

  • 2001-09-29T01:00:00Z on NBC
  • 43m
  • 16h 42m (23 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama, Crime, Mystery
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

23 episodes

Season Premiere

2001-09-29T01:00:00Z

3x01 Repression

Season Premiere

3x01 Repression

  • 2001-09-29T01:00:00Z44m

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.

2001-10-06T01:00:00Z

3x02 Wrath

3x02 Wrath

  • 2001-10-06T01:00:00Z43m

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.

2001-10-13T01:00:00Z

3x03 Stolen

3x03 Stolen

  • 2001-10-13T01:00:00Z44m

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.

2001-10-20T01:00:00Z

3x04 Rooftop

3x04 Rooftop

  • 2001-10-20T01:00:00Z44m

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.

2001-10-27T01:00:00Z

3x05 Tangled

3x05 Tangled

  • 2001-10-27T01:00:00Z44m

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.

2001-11-03T02:00:00Z

3x06 Redemption

3x06 Redemption

  • 2001-11-03T02:00:00Z44m

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.

2001-11-10T02:00:00Z

3x07 Sacrifice

3x07 Sacrifice

  • 2001-11-10T02:00:00Z43m

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.

2001-11-17T02:00:00Z

3x08 Inheritance

3x08 Inheritance

  • 2001-11-17T02:00:00Z43m

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.

2001-11-24T02:00:00Z

3x09 Care

3x09 Care

  • 2001-11-24T02:00:00Z43m

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?

2001-12-15T02:00:00Z

3x10 Ridicule

3x10 Ridicule

  • 2001-12-15T02:00:00Z44m

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.

2002-01-05T02:00:00Z

3x11 Monogamy

3x11 Monogamy

  • 2002-01-05T02:00:00Z44m

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.

2002-01-12T02:00:00Z

3x12 Protection

3x12 Protection

  • 2002-01-12T02:00:00Z44m

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.

2002-01-19T02:00:00Z

3x13 Prodigy

3x13 Prodigy

  • 2002-01-19T02:00:00Z43m

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.

2002-01-26T02:00:00Z

3x14 Counterfeit

3x14 Counterfeit

  • 2002-01-26T02:00:00Z44m

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.

2002-02-02T02:00:00Z

3x15 Execution

3x15 Execution

  • 2002-02-02T02:00:00Z43m

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.

2002-03-02T02:00:00Z

3x16 Popular

3x16 Popular

  • 2002-03-02T02:00:00Z43m

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.

2002-03-09T02:00:00Z

3x17 Surveillance

3x17 Surveillance

  • 2002-03-09T02:00:00Z43m

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.

2002-03-30T02:00:00Z

3x18 Guilt

3x18 Guilt

  • 2002-03-30T02:00:00Z44m

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.

2002-04-06T02:00:00Z

3x19 Justice

3x19 Justice

  • 2002-04-06T02:00:00Z43m

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.

2002-04-27T01:00:00Z

3x20 Greed

3x20 Greed

  • 2002-04-27T01:00:00Z45m

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

2002-05-04T01:00:00Z

3x21 Denial

3x21 Denial

  • 2002-05-04T01:00:00Z44m

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.

2002-05-11T01:00:00Z

3x22 Competence

3x22 Competence

  • 2002-05-11T01:00:00Z42m

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?

Season Finale

2002-05-18T01:00:00Z

3x23 Silence

Season Finale

3x23 Silence

  • 2002-05-18T01:00:00Z44m

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.

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