The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Goren and Eames are called in when a jewelry heist leaves behind three bodies. After ruling out mafia involvement, they realise that the thefts are directly connected to recent credit card thefts and stolen identities. They're led to an extremely charismatic thief, and their only hope is convincing one of his partners to turn on him.
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Directed by Jean de SegonzacWritten by René Balcer, Dick WolfGuest stars Dianne Wiest, Jake Weber, Michele Hicks, Lenny Venito, Gene Canfield, Jayce Bartok, Louis Vanaria, David Ross
When a museum curator and an art authenticator are found dead in what was set up to look like a murder-suicide, Goren and Eames follow the clues and realise that the deaths are linked to the sale of numerous art forgeries. Their investigation hits a dead end when they're unable to locate the forger until Goren seeks the help of another forger.
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Directed by David PlattWritten by Dick Wolf, Elizabeth M. Cosin, René BalcerGuest stars Tracy Howe, Elizabeth Marvel, Tomas Arana, Linda Gehringer, Sam Freed, Tom Bloom, Toby Poser, Richard Thompson
After the body of Lois Romney is found in a hotel room, Goren and Eames link her to Dale Van Acker, a junkie and the son of wealthy scion Priscilla Van Acker. Van Acker strongly disapproved of her son's pregnant fiancée, which leads Goren and Eames to suspect she may have wanted to get rid of the girl on a permanent basis.
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Directed by Michael FieldsWritten by Dick Wolf, Marlane Meyer, René BalcerGuest stars Tracy Howe, Kathleen Chalfant, Geoffrey Nauffts, Will Lyman, Susan Misner, James Hanlon, Funda Duval, Jerry Lanning
Goren and Eames investigate the death of church sexton Morris Abernathy but soon find their chief suspect, Kevin Donovan, dead in his apartment. After realising that someone performed last rites over Donovan's body, the police realise that a priest was involved in the murder, and are led to a priest who has been desperately trying to keep a twenty-year-old secret hidden. Goren risks the prosecution's case by protecting an innocent third party who could lose everything if their own secret comes out.
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Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Stephanie SenguptaGuest stars Leslie Hendrix, Tracy Howe, Michael O'Keefe, Peter McRobbie, Alex Feldman, Renoly Santiago, Dana Reeve, David Leary
The detectives become suspicious when an abusive lawyer's girlfriends keep turning up dead, but his wife stonewalls the investigation.
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Directed by Frank PrinziWritten by Dick Wolf, Geoffrey Neigher, Geoffrey Neigher, René BalcerGuest stars Griffin Dunne, Leslie Hendrix, Karen Young, Thomas G. Waites, Jennifer Dundas, Daniella Alonso, Matthew Rauch, Etya Dudko
When a European con man is found beaten to death, the detectives look for the investors he swindled, learning quickly that the man also had relations with their wives.
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Directed by Jean de SegonzacWritten by Dick Wolf, Marlane Meyer, René BalcerGuest stars Leslie Hendrix, Gene Canfield, Tracy Howe, Robert Levine, Eric Thal, Haviland Morris, John Doman, Patricia Charbonneau
The detectives investigate a murderer who poisons hospital victims with cyanide. They suspect a nurse whose profile is typical, but when they discover more murders away from the hospital they have to widen their search.
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Directed by Gloria MuzioWritten by Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Stephanie SenguptaGuest stars Jesse L. Martin, Jerry Orbach, J. Smith-Cameron, Anita Gillette, Susan Bruce, Robert Levine, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Marc Damon Johnson
The deaths of a reporter and his fiancée, gunned down on orders, leads the detectives to investigate political bribery involving the governor's office, which Deakins isn't pleased with.
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Directed by Steve ShillWritten by Dick Wolf, Theresa Rebeck, René BalcerGuest stars Kevin Breznahan, Kate Burton, Joseph Siravo, Walt MacPherson, William Hill, Delores Mitchell, Mark Zimmerman, Matt Servitto
A plastic surgeon reports his drug-abusing wife missing, and ends up being the prime suspect after detectives learn he had good reason to want her out of his life.
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Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Geoffrey NeigherGuest stars Robert Knepper, Barbara Garrick, Penny Balfour, Judie Aronson, Robert Hogan, Donna Hanover, Stephen Rowe, Cullen O. Johnson
The death of an eccentric banker in his nintieth floor apartment leads the detectives to investigate his professional contacts and family members.
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Directed by John David ColesWritten by Dick Wolf, David Black, René BalcerGuest stars Lothaire Bluteau, Tom Aldredge, Sean Gullette, Don Creech, Caprice Benedetti, Laila Robins, David Aaron Baker, Marilyn Matarrese
The killing of an abortion doctor who was shot in his own apartment sends the detectives on a search for the sniper before someone else becomes the next victim. Carver worries that the case will end up being all about abortion rights.
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Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by Dick Wolf, René BalcerGuest stars Ernest Mingione, Leo Burmester, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Earl Hindman, Robert Stanton, Marsha Dietlein, Michael Countryman, Phyllis Somerville
A psychiatrist who provides expert testimony at criminal trials lays down an insanity defense to hide his obsession for his younger girlfriend after revealing to her that he hired a corrupt detective to murder her brother-in-law at his son's Bar Mitzvah after alleged reports that her niece had been abused by him.
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Directed by Steve ShillWritten by Dick Wolf, René BalcerGuest stars J.K. Simmons, Michael Gross, Dashiell Eaves, Sally Mayes, Stephanie Seymour, Raviv Ullman, Jenna Stern, Julie Halston
When the father of a young woman who has been out all night clubbing is found dead in his boat house, Goren and Eames investigate the mysterious club owner only to realise that he is an undercover FBI agent and that the Bureau will not risk their undercover operation even to stop a killer.
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Directed by Jan EglesonWritten by Dick Wolf, Elizabeth M. Cosin, René BalcerGuest stars Elizabeth Reaser, Jonathan Hadary, Tom Stechschulte, Andre Royo, Robert Funaro, Eric Millegan, Aleksa Palladino, Marty Grabstein
When an business executive's wife and two daughters are kidnapped for a loanshark because the loan hasn't been paid off, Goren and Eames are frustrated by the man's lack of cooperation, which stymies them further when the man's released daughter proves to have been sexually assaulted.
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Directed by David PlattWritten by Dick Wolf, René BalcerGuest stars Jordan Charney, Marianne Hagan, Jordan Gelber, Ritchie Coster, Frank Pellegrino, James Colby, Stephi Lineburg, Andrew Pang
The detectives investigate the murder of a judge's clerk, with their attention initially going to the judge himself, who had been having an affair with the young woman.
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Directed by Gloria MuzioWritten by Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Stephanie Sengupta, Stephanie SenguptaGuest stars Michael Murphy, Sharon Angela, George DiCenzo, Tony Hendra, Chance Kelly, Dan Frazer, Tanya Berezin, Jacqueline Murphy
The detectives investigate a slain bank robber and check out his sister, who is involved with a bogus United Nations economist. As the detectives close in on the suspect, Goren learns the suspect wants his children's approval and must stop him before any more murders.
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Directed by Juan José CampanellaWritten by Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Marlane Meyer, Marlane MeyerGuest stars Michael Emerson, Cara Buono, Brooke Smith, Jason Butler Harner, Ronobir Lahiri, Andrew Fiscella, Joseph Ragno, Lindsay Andretta
When the body of a bisexual young woman is found slain, Goren and Eames note the similarities between her death and a number of murders committed by a convicted serial killer, turning their attention to a human-behavior researcher.
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Directed by Michael FieldsWritten by Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, René Balcer, Hall Powell, Hall PowellGuest stars Katheryn Winnick, Marcus Chong, Alison Bartlett, James Naughton, Melanie Nicholls-King, Jade Wu, Victor Colicchio, Jenny Bacon
When the well-preserved body of a woman tortured and murdered twenty years earlier appears on the banks of the Bronx River, chemical residue on the body leads Goren and Eames to the basement of the house in which the body had originally been buried and to the junkie whose parents owned the home. When the junkie ends up murdered as well, their investigation focuses on his college classmate, a man with a history of drugging and sexually assaulting women.
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Directed by Jean de SegonzacWritten by Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Theresa Rebeck, Theresa RebeckGuest stars Jim True-Frost, Helen Hanft, Danton Stone, Kevin Mambo, Frank Medrano, Ed Vassallo, Johanna Day, Mary Diveny
Goren and Eames investigate the murder of a Russian mob princess, initially believing she may have been slain in a revenge act against her father, but their attention later turns to a classmate who could be destroyed by the woman's upcoming tell-all book.
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Directed by Frank PrinziWritten by Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Stephanie Sengupta, Stephanie SenguptaGuest stars David Thornton, Wendy Spero, Antonia Rey, Veanne Cox, Damian Young, Alla Kliouka, Worth Howe, George Bartenieff
When the murder of a city auditor and his family seems too perfect, Goren and Eames turn their attention towards law enforcement personnel after learning that the auditor was investigating a number of former cops upon suspicion of double-dipping.
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Directed by Constantine MakrisWritten by Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Marlane Meyer, Marlane MeyerGuest stars Susie Essman, Robert Clohessy, Viola Davis, Beulah Quo, Mark Casella, S. Epatha Merkerson, Tracy Howe, Jack Koenig
When a wealthy publisher is murdered to prevent him from exposing an elaborate confidence game that enveloped him, his company and one of his editors, Goren and Eames run their own con to extract a confession from the killer.
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Directed by Edwin SherinWritten by Dick Wolf, René Balcer, Theresa Rebeck, Theresa RebeckGuest stars Adam LeFevre, Dariush Kashani, Remak Ramsay, Bill Raymond, Polly Draper, Mia Dillon, Matthew Sussman, Philip LeStrange
When Goren and Eames investigate the murder of a man linked to a corporate finance officer, they uncover a stock manipulation scheme which enriched the corporate executives by defrauding investors.
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Directed by Steve ShillWritten by Dick Wolf, René BalcerGuest stars Bruce Altman, Amy Hargreaves, Mark Schulte, Ali Reza, Jim Fyfe, Tracy Howe, Cindy Katz, Charles Musumeci
