Law & Order: Year 3
Universal Studios (1992)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Collection
#7592
0*
Seen ItYes
025192777622
IMDB   7.6
22 hr 0 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Jerry Orbach Detective Lennie Briscoe
Sam Waterston D.A. Jack McCoy
Chris Noth Detective Mike Logan
Paul Sorvino Det. Sgt. Philip Cerreta
Michael Imperioli Det. Nick Falco
Dianne Wiest D.A. Nora Lewin
George Dzundza Sgt. Max Greevey
Jeremy Sisto Det. Cyrus Lupo
Benjamin Bratt Det. Rey Curtis
Angie Harmon A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael
Anthony Anderson Det. Kevin Bernard
Michael Moriarty Exec. A.D.A. Ben Stone
Dennis Farina Det. Joe Fontana
Michelle Trachtenberg Dinah Driscoll
Director
Arthur W. Forney
Producer Simon Banner
Jeffrey Hayes
Dick Wolf
Robert Nathan
Writer Douglas Start
Dick Wolf
Cinematography Constantine Makris
Musician Mike Post

Law & Order, the longest running crime series and is tied for longest running drama series in the history of American broadcast television, will start its 21st season on NBC in the autumn of 2010. The brainchild of creator Dick Wolf, Law & Order is the most successful brand in the history of primetime television; the winner of the 1997 Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series; ties Cheers and M*A*S*H for the most consecutive best series nominations (eleven) and the longest-running drama series currently on American television. The series has also turned into one of entertainment's preeminent brands using a distinct ripped from the headlines format, and has spawned the successful spinoffs Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Crime & Punishment and Law & Order: Trial by Jury.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    9/23/1992  1.  Skin Deep
When a sleazy photographer is murdered, his models appear to be the most likely suspects.
Director:  Daniel Sackheim  Writer:  Robert Nathan  / Gordon Rayfield 
Guest starring:  Gina TorresAlberta Watson, Scotty Bloch,  Murphy GuyerClaire Danes, Fia Porter,  Maeve McGuireJohn Rothman, David Bailey,  Yul Vazquez, Glenn Kubota, Michael Barbary,  Lauren Ambrose, Alexandra Becker, Catherine Featherston
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    9/30/1992  2.  Conspiracy
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.
Director:  Ed Sherin  Writer:  Rene Balcer  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Joe MortonGloria FosterCynthia Martells, Jeff Gendelman,  Eric BogosianDavid S. Howard, Ruth Vool, Harold Miller, Bill Cohen, Count Stovall, Michael Genet, Kirk Taylor, Walter T. Reade, Herb Downer, James DuMont
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    10/7/1992  3.  Forgiveness
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.
Director:  Bill D'Elia  / Ed Zuckerman  Writer:  Ed Zuckerman 
Guest starring:  Laurence Luckinbill, Luis Antonio Ramos, Luke Reilly, David Leary, Cynthia Hayden, Laura Sametz,  Janet Sarno, Richard Holmes, Frederikke Borge,  Chris Bauer, Herbert Rubens, Chelsea Altman, Suzanne Cryer,  Mara Hobel, Sarah Litzsinger
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    10/14/1992  4.  The Corporate Veil
A teenager's fatal heart attack is traced to fraud and greed on the part of the manufacturer of his pacemaker and their supplier.
Director:  Don Scardino  Writer:  Joe Morgenstern  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Robert Milli,  Bruce NorrisDennis Boutsikaris, Carla Pinza, Elizabeth Hubbard,  Michael LombardHarriet Sansom Harris, George Murdock, Maryann Arbano, Brooks Rogers, John Procaccino, Wendy Barrie-Wilson, Michael Mislove, Justine Miceli, Kevin Eshelman
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    10/21/1992  5.  Wedded Bliss
The discovery of a young woman's body in the river leads to an investigation of illegal sweatshops and the enslavement of young immigrants.
Director:  Vern Gillum  Writer:  Robert Nathan  / Edward Pomerantz 
Guest starring:  Patti D'ArbanvilleJohn Pankow, Bill Raymond, Jose Zuniga, Larry Keith, Lisa Vidal, Walter Bobbie, Lee Shepherd, Iraida Polanco, Victor Sierra,  Leslie Lyles, Carol Harris, Bill Fiore, Bill Nelson, John C. Vennema
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    11/4/1992  6.  Helpless
Dr. Olivet accuses her gynecologist of rape, but Stone finds his case in trouble when he discovers that Olivet tape-recorded the crime.
Director:  James Frawley  Writer:  Christine Roum  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Paul HechtFelicity Huffman, Tracey Ellis, Howard Witt, Michele Pawk,  Adam LeFevre, Michael Levin, Maggie Burke, Mark Shannon,  Ethan Phillips, Beth Dixon, Janet Ward, Lisa Beth Miller, Elizabeth Benedict, Paul Hebron
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    11/11/1992  7.  Self Defense
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.
Director:  Ed Sherin  Writer:  Rene Balcer  / Hall Powell 
Guest starring:  Adam ArkinRon Rifkin, Marissa Chibas, Paul Butler, Jon Manfrellotti, Frank Savino, Robert Hirschfeld, Johnnie Mae,  Ron Brice, Peter Yoshida, Florence Anglin, Mick O'Rourke, Andrew Spikes,  Wai Ching HoPaul Schulze
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    11/18/1992  8.  Prince Of Darkness
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.
Director:  Gilbert M. Shilton  Writer:  Robert Nathan  / William N. Fordes 
Guest starring:  Rosanna DeSoto, Joe Lisi,  Saundra SantiagoMark MargolisShawn Elliott, Jaime Sanchez,  Lonny Price, Rosemary DeAngelis,  Lizan MitchellCarlos Sanz, Debra Reissen, Ivan Kronenfeld, Michael Hammond, Gary Perez, Carrell Myers
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    11/25/1992  9.  Point Of View
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.
Director:  Gilbert Moses  Writer:  Walon Green  / Rene Balcer 
Guest starring:  Elaine Stritch, Lisa Eichhorn,  Gary BasarabaCaroline AaronAlan North, Michael Ingram, Delphi Harrington,  Samaria Graham, Cara Duff-MacCormick, Maria Cellario,  Peter McRobbieMichael Crider, Frank Girardeau, Edward Seamon, Tony Lip
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    12/9/1992  10.  Consultation
An engineer and a tribal chief become the chief suspects in the death of a Nigerian woman who died while smuggling heroin internally.
Director:  James Hayman  Writer:  Matt Kiene  / Joseph Reinkemeyer 
Guest starring:  Roscoe Lee BrowneAndrew RobinsonWendell PierceKeith SzarabajkaTalia BalsamSeth GilliamRobert KatimsBeatrice WindeAfemo Omilami, James DeMarse, Beverly Johnson, Paul Eckstein, Reggie Montgomery, Seth Sibunda, Kwaku Sintim-Misa
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/6/1993  11.  Extended Family
The apparent abduction of a little girl by her natural mother becomes complicated by charges of sexual molestation.
Director:  Charlie Correll  / Wendell Rawls  Writer:  Robert Nathan  / Wendell Rawls 
Guest starring:  Barry Primus, Michael Maguire,  Brian Markinson, Anna Kathryn Holbrook,  James MurtaughJoyce Van PattenMatthew Sussman, Lucille Rivin, Robert Emmett,  Madeline Zima, Bruce Kirkpatrick, Melinda Wade,  Olga Merediz, Carol Woods, Clebert Ford
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    1/13/1993  12.  Right To Counsel
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.
Director:  James Frawley  Writer:  Barry M. Schkolnick  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Mary Mara, Bill Moor,  Darrell Larson, Mady Kaplan,  Alice Hirson, Carol Rossen, Bill Buell, Thomas Hill, Ted Sorel, David Green, Shareen J. Mitchell,  Donna Murphy, David Breitbarth, Jerry Jarrett, Anita Keal
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    2/3/1993  13.  Night And Fog
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.
Director:  Ed Sherin  Writer:  Rene Balcer  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Eric BogosianNehemiah Persoff, Reizl Bozyk, Chip Zien,  Diane Venora, Don T. Maseng, John Driver,  Bahni Turpin, Paula Laurence, Joe Bacino, Cookie Rufino, Beryl Bernay,  Paul Schulze, George Rafferty, Joe Perce
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    2/10/1993  14.  Promises To Keep
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.
Director:  Walon Green  / Ed Sherin  Writer:  Robert Nathan  / Joshua Stern 
Guest starring:  Lindsay CrouseFritz WeaverGail StricklandJenny O'Hara, Dennis Creaghan,  Frederick Weller, Rob Sedgwick, Jesse Moore, Nicole Orth-Pallavicini, James Georgiades, Rosemary McNamara, Bob Greenberg, Theresa Della Valle, Ralph Buckley, James Reno
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    2/24/1993  15.  Mother Love
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.
Director:  Daniel Sackheim  / Walon Green  Writer:  Robert Nathan 
Guest starring:  Mary Alice, Douglas Turner Ward, Kelly Neal,  Edie Falco, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney,  Nancy Ticotin, Leland Gantt, Brenda Thomas Denmark, Fatima Faloye, Dan Moran, Frances Foster, Rafael Baez, John Quinn,  Peggy Gormley, William Charlton
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    3/3/1993  16.  Jurisdiction
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.
Director:  Bruce Seth Green  Writer:  Walon Green  / Rene Balcer 
Guest starring:  Dan HedayaMark BlumPaul McCraneMichael Badalucco, Monique Cintron, James Lewis DeLorenzo, Rosemary DeAngelis, Paul Bates, Leslie Ayvazian, David Fonteno, Philip Hoffman,  Tibor Feldman, Paul D'Amato, Bill Alton, Nancy Franklin
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    3/10/1993  17.  Conduct Unbecoming
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.
Director:  Walon Green  /  Arthur W. Forney  Writer:  Rene Balcer  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Len CariouBoyd GainesGeorge Coe, Michael Dolan,  Julianna MarguliesDick Latessa, Richard Hamilton,  Joe Chrest, Barbara Blackburn, Mark Zimmerman,  Josh Pais, Mick Weber, Richard Duva, Jack O'Connell, Larry Fleischman
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    3/17/1993  18.  Animal Instinct
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.
Director:  Ed Sherin  Writer:  Sibyl Gardner  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Frances Fisher, John Cunningham, Charles Brown,  Allan Arbus, George Murdock, Peter Maloney,  Lawrence Pressman, David Schechter, Mary Joy, Edmond Genest, William Andrews, Martina Degnan, Robert Trumbull, Frank Biancamano, Peter Birkenhead
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    4/21/1993  19.  Virus
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.
Director:  Steve Robman  Writer:  Rene Balcer  / Michael S. Chernuchin 
Guest starring:  Stephen Elliott, Steven Keats,  Dana ElcarJoanna Merlin, Paul Calderone,  Stivi Paskoski, Tanya Berezin, Beth Fowler,  Harold Perrineau Jr., David Kener, John Dossett, Gary Cookson,  Jim Fyfe, Patricia Kilgarriff,  Irving Metzman
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    5/5/1993  20.  Securitate
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.
Director:  James Hayman  Writer:  Matt Kiene  / Joe Reinkemeyer 
Guest starring:  Morgan Weisser, Iren Bordan,  David Margulies, Richard Council,  Alan King, Richard Ziman,  Sidney Armus, Anthony Cummings,  Diane Kagan, Jerry Grayson, Patrick Garner, Michael Louis Wells, Joe Taylor, Stan Lachow,  Jorja Fox
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    5/12/1993  21.  Manhood
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.
Director:  Walon Green  / Robert Nathan  Writer:  Robert Nathan 
Guest starring:  Charles HallahanAdam TreseSam RockwellPhilip Bosco, Robert Moresco, Ron Ryan, Lazaro Perez,  Dan Grimaldi, Michael Egan, Michael Hirsch, René Rivera, Ralph Byers, Tino Juarez, Steven Rodriguez, Spartan McClure
    Seen it: Yes   1 hr 0 mins    5/19/1993  22.  Benevolence
Logan and Briscoe begin their investigation into the death of a hearing-impaired young woman by questioning her two most recent boyfriends.
Director:  Doug Palau  / Ed Sherin  Writer:  Rene Balcer  / Doug Palau 
Guest starring:  Leon Russom, Sam Gray,  Meredith Scott Lynn, Camille L. Jeter, John Cleary, Eliza Rubin, Martin Priest, Ann Sachs, George Bamford,  James Villemaire, John Maucere,  Helen Lloyd Breed, Isha Manna Beck, Sofia Landon Geier,  Camryn Manheim
Edition Details
Edition Collector's Edition
Series Law & Order
Distributor Universal Studios
Release Date 5/24/2005
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Layers Dual Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 3

Features
Disc 01 Includes Deleted ScenesForgiveness - Helpless