Law & Order Season 3 Episode Guide
Plot summaries for the third season of Law & Order, which aired on NBC from September 1992 to May 1993, featuring Det. Mike Logan, Sgt. Phil Cerreta, Det. Lennie Briscoe, Capt. Donald Cragen, Executive ADA Ben Stone, ADA Paul Robinette and DA Adam Schiff.
- 1
Skin Deep
A fashion photographer is found stabbed in his loft, and his secret business pimping out models past their prime points detectives toward one of his women.
- 2
Conspiracy
A Black nationalist leader is gunned down after a Harlem rally, and the only suspect is a white man whose ex-wife was having an affair with the victim.
- 3
Forgiveness
A college student is bludgeoned the night before she leaves for Italy, and her boyfriend confesses but says he cannot remember the attack.
- 4
The Corporate Veil
A teenager dies when his pacemaker fails, and the investigation moves from a dealer in recycled devices to the family that runs the manufacturer.
- 5
Wedded Bliss
Two Mexican teenagers found in the city’s rivers in handcuffs lead detectives to a sweatshop where immigrant workers were chained to their beds.
- 6
Helpless
The squad’s own psychiatrist accuses a prominent gynecologist of sexual assault, and her decision to gather evidence herself puts the case at risk.
- 7
Self-Defense
A Greek immigrant jeweler shoots two armed robbers, and Stone must decide whether chasing one into the street turned self-defense into murder.
- 8
Prince of Darkness
A cartel assassin guns down a couple in a crowded restaurant, and the hunt for the murder weapon costs Cerreta dearly.
- 9
Point of View
A woman claims she killed a man in self-defense against rape, but the evidence suggests a contract killing for a mob boss.
- 10
Consultation
A young Nigerian woman dies carrying heroin in her stomach, and the people who sent her include a tribal chief with diplomatic protection.
- 11
Extended Family
A 7-year-old’s disappearance turns out to be her mother’s doing, and it leaves Stone with an abuse case built on shaky evidence.
- 12
Right to Counsel
A widow’s much younger boyfriend pleads guilty to her murder, but a detail in his confession sends Robinette after the lawyer who sent him his defense attorney.
- 13
Night and Fog
An apparent assisted suicide by a devoted husband turns into a murder case tied to wartime collaboration in a Nazi ghetto.
- 14
Promises to Keep
A surgical resident’s murder reveals that her fiancé was sleeping with his psychiatrist, and Stone tries to hold the doctor criminally responsible.
- 15
Mother Love
A former honor student turned crack addict is shot in her apartment, and the trail leads from her dealer back to her own family.
- 16
Jurisdiction
A mentally disabled man confesses to stabbing two nurses, and Stone must cross borough lines to prove a Brooklyn detective steered him.
- 17
Conduct Unbecoming
A female Navy officer dies after a raucous party at a Manhattan hotel, and Stone takes on the Navy to charge her commanding officer.
- 18
Animal Instinct
A university scientist is shot in her lab, and Stone’s case against her husband collapses when his supposed mistress turns out to be living a fantasy.
- 19
Virus
Patients at a diabetes clinic die of insulin overdoses after someone tampers with its computer, and the trail leads to a teenage hacker with a grudge.
- 20
Securitate
A Romanian immigrant’s murder exposes his brother, a former secret police officer, and the brother’s own killing brings a novel insanity defense.
- 21
Manhood
A patrolman dies in a shootout while backup units take their time, and detectives learn his fellow officers knew he was gay.
- 22
Benevolence
A young deaf woman is murdered, and the suspects include a possessive former boyfriend and the mentor who expected her to stay.