Season 3

2001

Episode 1 Repression September 28, 2001, 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…
Episode 2 Wrath October 5, 2001, 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,…
Episode 3 Stolen October 12, 2001, 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…
Episode 4 Rooftop October 19, 2001, 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…
Episode 5 Tangled October 26, 2001, 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…
Episode 6 Redemption November 2, 2001, 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.
Episode 7 Sacrifice November 9, 2001, 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…
Episode 8 Inheritance November 16, 2001, 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…
Episode 9 Care November 23, 2001, 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…
Episode 10 Ridicule December 14, 2001, 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…
Episode 11 Monogamy January 4, 2002, 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…
Episode 12 Protection January 11, 2002, 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…
Episode 13 Prodigy January 18, 2002, 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…
Episode 14 Counterfeit January 25, 2002, 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…
Episode 15 Execution February 1, 2002, 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…
Episode 16 Popular March 1, 2002, 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…
Episode 17 Surveillance March 8, 2002, 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.
Episode 18 Guilt March 29, 2002, 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…
Episode 19 Justice April 5, 2002, 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.
Episode 20 Greed April 26, 2002, 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.
Episode 21 Denial May 3, 2002, 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…
Episode 22 Competence May 10, 2002, 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?
Episode 23 Silence May 17, 2002, 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.