1. Repression
Air date: 2001-09-28 · 60 min
An 18-year-old (Kelly Hutchinson) in therapy recalls being sexually abused by her father (Brian Kerwin) and presses charges against him.
Open episode 1 ↗Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Season 3.
23 episodes in the catalogue. Explore the stories and air dates, then choose an episode to open FRAME’s player.
2. Wrath
Air date: 2001-10-05 · 60 min
After three murder victims are connected to Benson's past cases, it's believed that the killer is seeking revenge on the detective.
Open episode 2 ↗3. Stolen
Air date: 2001-10-12 · 60 min
A kidnapping investigation links a past case with which Cragen was involved to a 12-year-old (Ian Cronin) whose adoption is deemed illegal.
Open episode 3 ↗4. Rooftop
Air date: 2001-10-19 · 60 min
Stabler tries to build a case against an ex-con who's HIV-positive and preys on young girls.
Open episode 4 ↗5. Tangled
Air date: 2001-10-26 · 60 min
When guests arrive for a party, they find the hosts have been assaulted, one of them fatally.
Open episode 5 ↗6. Redemption
Air date: 2001-11-02 · 60 min
A brash, intense detective (David Keith) is assigned to help Stabler catch a serial rapist-killer.
Open episode 6 ↗7. Sacrifice
Air date: 2001-11-09 · 60 min
The investigation of a shooting near a gay bar leads to a couple's involvement with porn movies.
Open episode 7 ↗8. Inheritance
Air date: 2001-11-16 · 60 min
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.
Open episode 8 ↗9. Care
Air date: 2001-11-23 · 60 min
A computer game provides clues in the death of a physically abused little girl in foster care.
Open episode 9 ↗10. Ridicule
Air date: 2001-12-14 · 60 min
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.
Open episode 10 ↗11. Monogamy
Air date: 2002-01-04 · 60 min
A woman who's seven months pregnant is found assaulted, with her fetus removed.
Open episode 11 ↗12. Protection
Air date: 2002-01-11 · 60 min
The detectives seek a woman who is on the run from her drug-dealing lover, whom she saw murder a rival.
Open episode 12 ↗13. Prodigy
Air date: 2002-01-18 · 60 min
The detectives investigate a double slaying in which the female victim was dismembered.
Open episode 13 ↗14. Counterfeit
Air date: 2002-01-25 · 60 min
Benson teams up with Fin to investigate the murder of a woman found under a highway.
Open episode 14 ↗15. Execution
Air date: 2002-02-01 · 60 min
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.
Open episode 15 ↗16. Popular
Air date: 2002-03-01 · 60 min
Stabler breaks the rules to uncover the facts when a student (Brittany Slattery) claims that she was assaulted by a teacher.
Open episode 16 ↗17. Surveillance
Air date: 2002-03-08 · 60 min
The detectives investigate the sexual assault of a cellist (Emily Deschanel) and discover surveillance equipment hidden in her apartment.
Open episode 17 ↗18. Guilt
Air date: 2002-03-29 · 60 min
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).
Open episode 18 ↗19. Justice
Air date: 2002-04-05 · 60 min
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).
Open episode 19 ↗20. Greed
Air date: 2002-04-26 · 60 min
Henry Winkler plays a restaurateur whose wife is assaulted during a robbery at their plush Manhattan residence.
Open episode 20 ↗21. Denial
Air date: 2002-05-03 · 60 min
A dark family secret surfaces after a young woman (Martha Plimpton) is raped at a party.
Open episode 21 ↗22. Competence
Air date: 2002-05-10 · 60 min
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.
Open episode 22 ↗23. Silence
Air date: 2002-05-17 · 60 min
Cases include a killing at a church and an investigation that involves sexual-abuse charges against a priest.
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