The BEST episodes of Law & Order season 3

Every episode of Law & Order season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Law & Order season 3!

A blended police procedural and courtroom drama which employs a two-part approach: The first half of each episode focuses on NYPD homicide detectives investigating a crime—often derived from a real-life headline—and apprehending a suspect. The second half takes place in the courtroom, with the district attorney prosecuting the defendant.

Last Updated: 11/17/2024Network: NBCStatus: Continuing
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Helpless
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7.67
281 votes

#1 - Helpless

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1992

Dr. Olivet accuses her gynecologist of rape, but Stone finds his case in trouble when he discovers that Olivet tape-recorded the crime.

Directors: James Frawley
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Prince of Darkness
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7.51
283 votes

#2 - Prince of Darkness

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1992

Cerreta poses as a weapons dealer to help Stone build a case against a Columbian hit man, but the deal takes an unexpected turn, resulting in bloodshed.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Benevolence
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7.48
239 votes

#3 - Benevolence

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/1993

Logan and Briscoe begin their investigation into the death of a hearing-impaired young woman by questioning her two most recent boyfriends.

Directors: Ed Sherin
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Conduct Unbecoming
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7.48
235 votes

#4 - Conduct Unbecoming

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/10/1993

Stone and the police battle the closed ranks of the Navy to investigate the death of a female Naval officer during a party in a Manhattan hotel.

Directors: Arthur W. Forney
Watch Now:Apple TV
Manhood
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7.46
328 votes

#5 - Manhood

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/12/1993

The statement of a drug dealer who survived a shoot-out that killed a cop leads Logan and Briscoe to suspect that the cop died because he was gay and his fellow officers were reluctant to back him up.

Directors: Ed Sherin
Watch Now:Apple TV
Consultation
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7.40
265 votes

#6 - Consultation

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/1992

An engineer and a tribal chief become the chief suspects in the death of a Nigerian woman who died while smuggling heroin internally.

Directors: James Hayman
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Extended Family
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7.38
241 votes

#7 - Extended Family

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/1993

The apparent abduction of a little girl by her natural mother becomes complicated by charges of sexual molestation.

Directors: Charlie Correll
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Skin Deep
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7.38
307 votes

#8 - Skin Deep

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1992

When a sleazy photographer is murdered, his models appear to be the most likely suspects.

Directors: Daniel Sackheim
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Right to Counsel
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7.33
248 votes

#9 - Right to Counsel

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/1993

After Stone accepts a plea bargain from the much younger and poorer lover of a wealthy older woman found murdered in her apartment, he begins to have doubts that he has sent the right man to prison, especially as he learns more about the attorney who handled the woman's estate.

Directors: James Frawley
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Jurisdiction
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7.28
298 votes

#10 - Jurisdiction

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/1993

Stone battles the Brooklyn DA's office over prosecutorial jurisdiction in the case of a mentally handicapped man who confesses to the stabbing deaths of two women.

Directors: Bruce Seth Green
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Animal Instinct
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7.24
236 votes

#11 - Animal Instinct

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/17/1993

The initial investigation into the death of a research scientist leads to an animal-rights group until evidence surfaces that her husband's affair with a coworker may point to a possible motive for the murder.

Directors: Ed Sherin
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Forgiveness
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7.24
282 votes

#12 - Forgiveness

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1992

A priest-turned-lawyer uses race and class as the basis for his defense of a young Mexican man who murdered his wealthy girlfriend after she broke up with him.

Directors: Bill D'Elia
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Promises to Keep
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7.24
270 votes

#13 - Promises to Keep

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/1993

The investigation into the murder of a young physician leads to the discovery of an unorthodox and illegal relationship between her fiance and his psychiatrist.

Directors: Ed Sherin
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Self-Defense
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7.24
272 votes

#14 - Self-Defense

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1992

Cerreta and Stone find themselves on opposite sides of the fence when a storeowner kills two robbers and then claims self-defense as a justification.

Directors: Ed Sherin
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Night and Fog
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7.21
299 votes

#15 - Night and Fog

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/1993

The confession of an elderly man that he assisted his wife in committing suicide doesn't fully satisfy Stone when rumors surface that the man was once a Nazi collaborator.

Directors: Ed Sherin
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Securitate
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7.17
321 votes

#16 - Securitate

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/5/1993

When a Romanian immigrant kills, his lawyer announces he will plead his client "not guilty due to cultural insanity" claiming the man had been conditioned to violence in his homeland.

Directors: James Hayman
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Point of View
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7.14
292 votes

#17 - Point of View

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1992

Logan gets a new partner and Stone faces an old friend from law school as they investigate a woman's claim of self-defense in the shooting death of a small time hood.

Directors: Gilbert Moses
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Virus
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7.10
332 votes

#18 - Virus

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/21/1993

While investigating several deaths at a diabetes clinic, Briscoe and Logan discover that teenage computer hackers may have tampered with the clinic's medical database.

Directors: Steve Robman
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Wedded Bliss
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7.08
280 votes

#19 - Wedded Bliss

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1992

The discovery of a young woman's body in the river leads to an investigation of illegal sweatshops and the enslavement of young immigrants.

Directors: Vern Gillum
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Conspiracy
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6.99
305 votes

#20 - Conspiracy

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1992

The assassination of an African-American leader leads to the arrest of a man whose ex-wife was suspected of having an affair with the victim.

Directors: Ed Sherin
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Mother Love
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6.78
293 votes

#21 - Mother Love

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/1993

The absence of a murder weapon complicates the investigation into the murder of a drug addict who stole from her family to support her habit.

Directors: Daniel Sackheim
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The Corporate Veil
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6.72
305 votes

#22 - The Corporate Veil

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1992

A teenager's fatal heart attack is traced to fraud and greed on the part of the manufacturer of his pacemaker and their supplier.

Directors: Don Scardino
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