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The Best Episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 3

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The Best Episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 3

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the...

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  1. 8.4/10(400 votes)

    #1 - But not Forgotten

    S3:E4

    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.

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  2. 8.2/10(416 votes)

    #2 - Sound Bodies

    S3:E8

    Goren and Bishop pursue a teenage Svengali who convinces three impressionable young girls to commit multiple homicides in the cause of a twisted philosophy.

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  3. 8.2/10(358 votes)

    #3 - D.A.W.

    S3:E20

    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.

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  4. 8.2/10(342 votes)

    #4 - Consumed

    S3:E21

    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.

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  5. 8.1/10(397 votes)

    #5 - Stray

    S3:E6

    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.

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  6. 8.1/10(398 votes)

    #6 - A Murderer Among Us

    S3:E7

    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.

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  8. 8.1/10(401 votes)

    #7 - Shrink-Wrapped

    S3:E15

    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.

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  9. 8.1/10(402 votes)

    #8 - The Saint

    S3:E16

    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.

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  10. 8.0/10(392 votes)

    #9 - Undaunted Mettle

    S3:E1

    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.

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  11. 8.0/10(370 votes)

    #10 - Mis-Labeled

    S3:E14

    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.

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  12. 8.0/10(340 votes)

    #11 - Conscience

    S3:E17

    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.

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  13. 7.9/10(376 votes)

    #12 - Happy Family

    S3:E9

    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.

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  14. 7.9/10(364 votes)

    #13 - Pas de Deux

    S3:E13

    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.

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  15. 7.9/10(326 votes)

    #14 - Fico Di Capo

    S3:E19

    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.

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  16. 7.8/10(371 votes)

    #15 - Pravda

    S3:E5

    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.

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  17. 7.7/10(357 votes)

    #16 - Unrequited

    S3:E12

    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.

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  18. 7.6/10(340 votes)

    #17 - Gemini

    S3:E2

    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.

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  19. 7.6/10(340 votes)

    #18 - The Gift

    S3:E3

    Santeria cultists kill the son of a women that believed from them she had psychic powers.

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  20. 7.6/10(344 votes)

    #19 - F.P.S.

    S3:E10

    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.

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  21. 7.6/10(327 votes)

    #20 - Ill-Bred

    S3:E18

    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.

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  22. 7.5/10(347 votes)

    #21 - Mad Hops

    S3:E11

    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.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"But not Forgotten" is the best rated episode of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" season 3. It scored 8.4/10 based on 400 votes. Directed by Constantine Makris and written by Gerry Conway, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, René Balcer, it aired on 10/19/2003. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Sound Bodies".