Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Season 3

2003 · 21 episodes · ★ 7.8

What Season 3 of Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The season follows the Major Case Squad, a unit of the New York City Police Department based at One Police Plaza in Manhattan that handles crimes involving politicians, business executives and artists. Leading the team is Detective Robert Goren, a former psychology student with a remarkable instinct for the toughest cases. His partner, Detective Alexandra Eames, comes from a family of cops and is initially suspicious of his unconventional style. The cases include a young architect hoping to design the new World Trade Center, a journalist who copies other people's stories and a wealthy widow who dreams of becoming an artist. Each episode explores what drives suspects to commit murder.

21episodes

Sep 28, 2003premiered

May 23, 2004latest episode

15.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Undaunted Mettle
Sep 28, 2003 · 44 min
A very pregnant Eames reveals that she has offered to be a surrogate mother and carry her sister's child; a famous architect's promiscuity becomes the key to solving the murder of a promising young designer who was his closest competitor for a prestigious commission.
Directed by: Steve Shill · Written by: Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta · Starring: Olek Krupa, David Costabile, Laura Interval, Jessica Hecht
3x02 Gemini
Oct 5, 2003 · 44 min
When a schizophrenic obsessed with Marilyn Monroe and the cult of the blond and the blue-eyed commits a series of murders to eradicate those he feels are responsible for promoting the homogenization of appearance rampant in society, Goren and Eames suspect that a person close to the man may have taken advantage of his illness and his crimes to commit extortion.
Directed by: Frank Prinzi · Written by: Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Jim Sterling · Starring: Barry Del Sherman, Anne Bobby, Michel Gill, Ann Marie Lee
3x03 The Gift
Oct 12, 2003 · 44 min
Santeria cultists kill the son of a women that believed from them she had psychic powers.
Directed by: Alex Zakrzewski · Written by: Dick Wolf, Marlene Meyer, Stephanie Sengupta · Starring: Jane Adams, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Nouri, Fran Brill
3x04 But not Forgotten
Oct 19, 2003 · 44 min
When a bookkeeper goes missing, Goren and Eames are led back to the death of her brother, a hitman, two years earlier. An imprisoned mobster seems to be their best bet, but when another body turns up it takes the case to a whole new level.
Directed by: Constantine Makris · Written by: Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Gerry Conway · Starring: Alicia Coppola, Liz Larsen, Don Amendolia, Terry Serpico
3x05 Pravda
Oct 26, 2003 · 44 min · ★ 5.7
Goren gets an interim partner when Eames goes on maternity leave, and focuses his investigation of a murder on a star reporter whose past contains a history of plagarism.
Directed by Alex Zakrzewski · Written by Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Warren Leight · Starring Glynn Turman, Anthony Mackie, Judd Hirsch, Samantha Buck
3x06 Stray
Nov 2, 2003 · 44 min · ★ 6.2
Tracking a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde, Goren deduces that one of his suspects has an injured foot. It isn't long before Goren and Bishop realise that the pair, who have already killed nine people including two undercover cops, are not the typical Bonnie and Clyde -- the female partner is obviously the one in control.
Directed by: Frank Prinzi · Written by: Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Elizabeth Benjamin · Starring: Alysia Reiner, Gene Gabriel, Yusuf Gatewood, Rodney Hicks
3x07 A Murderer Among Us
Nov 9, 2003 · 44 min
The detectives try to link the suicide of an Argentine immigrant to her husband who has a history of violence. While the subsequent investigation is not successful, they discover his hatred might be linked to a string of unsolved murders with the same MO.
Directed by: Steve Shill · Written by: Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Diana Son · Starring: Maria Thayer, Salem Ludwig, Thomas G. Waites, Brenda Denmark
3x08 Sound Bodies
Nov 16, 2003 · 44 min
Goren and Bishop pursue a teenage Svengali who convinces three impressionable young girls to commit multiple homicides in the cause of a twisted philosophy.
Directed by Frank Prinzi, Jean de Segonzac · Written by Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Stephanie Sengupta · Starring Billy Lush, Nathalie Paulding, Jennifer Smith, Victor Slezak
3x09 Happy Family
Nov 23, 2003 · 44 min
The bludgeoning of a rich family patriarch has the detectives investigating several suspects, each with their own motives: his estranged wife whom he was about to divorce, a male friend of hers who was a parolee, their childrens' nanny, the victim's brother in law who is a doctor, even the oldest son. Goren and Carver call the family of suspects together to sort it all out... in family court.
Directed by Frank Prinzi · Written by Dick Wolf, Marlane Meyer · Starring Camilla Scott, Angelica Page, Anna Katarina, Josh Pais
3x10 F.P.S.
Jan 4, 2004 · 44 min
Goren reaches into his own experience working with a partner to solve the murder of a gamer who appears to be connected to a network of thieves using spyware to commit fraud. Eames gives birth.
Directed by Darnell Martin · Written by Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Gerry Conway · Starring T. R. Knight, David Ayers, Jordan Bridges, Ching Valdes-Aran
3x11 Mad Hops
Jan 11, 2004 · 44 min
The murder of a private investigator, who was tracking down the whereabouts of a prominent high school basketball player, has the detectives searching the local courts to discover a link to gamblers and college recruiters until they learn that several other prominent players were transferred to the same school - one with a championship tradition.
Directed by: Christopher Swartout · Written by: Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Jim Sterling · Starring: John Krasinski, Suzzanne Douglas, Daryl Mitchell, Thea Vidale
3x12 Unrequited
Jan 18, 2004 · 44 min
Goren and Eames uncover how a rich woman's unrequited lust for fame and a professional fundraiser's desperation to pay off a loan shark may have contributed to the murders of the woman's husband and the fundraiser's mother.
Directed by: Jean de Segonzac · Written by: Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta · Starring: Joel Fabiani, Claire Bloom, Casey Siemaszko, Freddie Roman
3x13 Pas de Deux
Feb 15, 2004 · 44 min
A terminally ill bank robber angered by the ravages of his illness exerts what little control he has left in life by manipulating the unwitting accomplices he enlists to assist him with committing his final robberies, forcing Goren and Eames into a race against time to foil his plan for a suicide-by-cop that will take both his life and that of his latest accomplice.
Directed by Frank Prinzi · Written by Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Warren Leight · Starring Emilio Delgado, Delaney Williams, Tony Campisi, Charles Rocket
3x14 Mis-Labeled
Feb 22, 2004 · 44 min
Goren and Eames stumble upon a web of corporate corruption involving fraud, bribery, identity theft, and a conspiracy to sell lethally-contaminated blood products as they investigate the murder of a pharmaceutical salesman.
Directed by Joyce Chopra · Written by Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Elizabeth Benjamin · Starring Stephen Bogardus, Terry O'Quinn, Darren Goldstein, Leslie Hendrix
3x15 Shrink-Wrapped
Mar 7, 2004 · 44 min
The daughter of narcissistic psychotherapists takes desperate measures to exact her revenge for years of their abuse and neglect, leading to tragedy for a young man caught in the web of her parents' promiscuity, mind games and competitiveness.
Directed by Jean de Segonzac · Written by Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Diana Son · Starring Margaret Colin, Brent Spiner, Taylor Roberts, Patrick Boll
3x16 The Saint
Mar 14, 2004 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
A man commits fraud, forgery, and murder to discredit the organization that took advantage of his mentally ill mother, impoverished his family, and ruined his childhood.
Directed by: Frank Prinzi · Written by: Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Marlane Meyer · Starring: Phyllis Somerville, Lois Smith, Brian Murray, Stephen Colbert
3x17 Conscience
Mar 28, 2004 · 44 min
A neurologist who believes that she can communicate with a woman in a persistent vegetative state is murdered by a family member who fears that the doctor will uncover the multi-million dollar motive which led to the woman's disability.
Directed by Alex Chapple · Written by Dick Wolf, Gerry Conway · Starring Guy Boyd, John Gallagher Jr., Geoffrey Arend, Judy Kuhn
3x18 Ill-Bred
Apr 18, 2004 · 44 min · ★ 6.4
A stable worker resorts to heroin smuggling, deception, extortion, and murder to finance the purchase of the farm and foundation stallion that will provide a leg up on the horse set social ladder.
Directed by: Steve Shill · Written by: Dick Wolf, Jim Sterling · Starring: Dana Eskelson, Frederick Weller, Mark Pinter, Rufus Collins
3x19 Fico Di Capo
May 9, 2004 · 44 min
After a protected witness is shot dead in a restaurant, Goren and Eames find themselves on the trail of a trio of young mobsters. They finally figure out that a young man named Chops is the key, but can't find anyone willing to turn on him. Goren seeks the help of a fig-loving don dying of cancer to trap Chops.
Directed by: Alex Zakrzewski · Written by: Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta · Starring: Geeta Citygirl, Fulvio Cecere, Irma St. Paule, Austin Basis
3x20 D.A.W.
May 16, 2004 · 44 min
The investigation into the death of a woman searching for the whereabouts of her late mother's antique ring leads Goren and Eames to a physician serial killer who has cleverly concealed the murder of over two hundred of his patients.
Directed by Frank Prinzi · Written by Dick Wolf, Marlane Meyer, Stephanie Sengupta · Starring Karen Ziemba, Gary Cowling, Gretha Boston, Kevin Tighe
3x21 Consumed Season Finale
May 23, 2004 · 44 min
A police officer is framed for a triple homicide by a greedy woman who takes advantage of his sleepwalking and is enmeshed in a bitter divorce settlement and out for revenge.
Directed by: Steve Shill · Written by: Dick Wolf, Warren Leight · Starring: Karen Sillas, Larry Pine, Bill Sage, Christine Farrell