8.1/10384 votes#1 - Undaunted Mettle
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2003
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.
Director: Steve Shill
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta
- 7.6/10332 votes
#2 - Gemini
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2003
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.
Director: Frank Prinzi
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Jim Sterling
- 7.6/10332 votes
#3 - The Gift
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2003
Santeria cultists kill the son of a women that believed from them she had psychic powers.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Marlene Meyer, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Marlane Meyer, Marlane Gomard Meyer, Stephanie Sengupta
- 8.4/10393 votes
#4 - But not Forgotten
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2003
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.
Director: Constantine Makris
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Gerry Conway
- 7.8/10363 votes
#5 - Pravda
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2003
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.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta
- 8.1/10387 votes
#6 - Stray
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2003
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.
Director: Frank Prinzi
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Elizabeth Benjamin
- 8.1/10390 votes
#7 - A Murderer Among Us
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2003
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.
Director: Steve Shill
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Diana Son
- 8.2/10407 votes
#8 - Sound Bodies
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2003
Goren and Bishop pursue a teenage Svengali who convinces three impressionable young girls to commit multiple homicides in the cause of a twisted philosophy.
Director: Frank Prinzi, Jean de Segonzac
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta
- 7.9/10370 votes
#9 - Happy Family
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2003
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.
Director: Frank Prinzi
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Marlane Meyer, Marlane Gomard Meyer
- 7.7/10337 votes
#10 - F.P.S.
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 1/4/2004
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.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Gerry Conway
- 7.5/10341 votes
#11 - Mad Hops
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/2004
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.
Director: Christopher Swartout
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Jim Sterling
- 7.7/10352 votes
#12 - Unrequited
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/2004
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.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta
- 7.9/10357 votes
#13 - Pas de Deux
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/15/2004
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.
Director: Frank Prinzi
Writer: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta
- 8.0/10364 votes
#14 - Mis-Labeled
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/22/2004
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.
Director: Joyce Chopra
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Elizabeth Benjamin
- 8.1/10395 votes
#15 - Shrink-Wrapped
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 3/7/2004
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.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, Diana Son
- 8.1/10396 votes
#16 - The Saint
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/14/2004
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.
Director: Frank Prinzi
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Marlane Meyer, Marlane Gomard Meyer, Stephanie Sengupta
- 8.0/10332 votes
#17 - Conscience
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/28/2004
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.
Director: Alex Chapple
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Gerry Conway
- 7.6/10321 votes
#18 - Ill-Bred
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/18/2004
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.
Director: Steve Shill
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Jim Sterling
- 7.9/10321 votes
#19 - Fico Di Capo
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 5/9/2004
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.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta
- 8.2/10350 votes
#20 - D.A.W.
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/16/2004
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.
Director: Frank Prinzi
Writer: René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Marlane Meyer, Stephanie Sengupta
- 8.3/10337 votes
#21 - Consumed
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/23/2004
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.
Director: Steve Shill
Writer: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dick Wolf
The Best Episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 3
Every episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover 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...
Genre:Drama
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Undaunted Mettle" is the best rated episode of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" season 3. It scored 8.1/10 based on 384 votes. Directed by Steve Shill and written by René Balcer, Dick Wolf, Stephanie Sengupta, it aired on 9/28/2003. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Gemini".