Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 3 The 3rd season of the television series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered Friday, September 28, 2001 and ended Friday, May 17, 2002 on NBC. It occupied the Friday 10:00 p.m. timeselot once again. Details Casts Season Lists Episode Lists of Season 3 Title Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 3 Subtitle Genres Crime Drama Air Date 2001-09-28 Episode Runtime 00 Hours 43 Minutes Season Number 3 Episode Count On Season 3 23 Production Companies Wolf Films, Universal Television, USA Network Christopher Meloni... Elliot Stabler... Stephanie March... Alexandra Cabot... Dann Florek... Donald Cragen... Ice-T... Fin Tutuola... Richard Belzer... John Munch... Mariska Hargitay... Olivia Benson... Season 1 22 Episode(s) 1999-09-20 Season 2 21 Episode(s) 2000-10-20 Season 3 23 Episode(s) 2001-09-28 Season 4 25 Episode(s) 2002-09-27 Season 5 25 Episode(s) 2003-09-23 Season 6 23 Episode(s) 2004-09-21 Season 7 22 Episode(s) 2005-09-20 Season 8 22 Episode(s) 2006-09-19 Season 9 19 Episode(s) 2007-09-25 Season 10 22 Episode(s) 2008-09-23 Season 11 24 Episode(s) 2009-09-23 Season 12 24 Episode(s) 2010-09-22 Season 13 23 Episode(s) 2011-09-21 Season 14 24 Episode(s) 2012-09-26 Season 15 24 Episode(s) 2013-09-25 Season 16 23 Episode(s) 2014-09-24 Season 17 23 Episode(s) 2015-09-23 Season 18 21 Episode(s) 2016-09-21 Season 19 19 Episode(s) 2017-09-27 Episode 1 2001-09-28 Repression... Episode 2 2001-10-05 Wrath... Episode 3 2001-10-12 Stolen... Episode 4 2001-10-19 Rooftop... Episode 5 2001-10-26 Tangled... Episode 6 2001-11-02 Redemption... Episode 7 2001-11-09 Sacrifice... Episode 8 2001-11-16 Inheritance... Episode 9 2001-11-23 Care... Episode 10 2001-12-14 Ridicule... Episode 11 2002-01-04 Monogamy... Episode 12 2002-01-11 Protection... Episode 13 2002-01-18 Prodigy... Episode 14 2002-01-25 Counterfeit... Episode 15 2002-02-01 Execution... Episode 16 2002-03-01 Popular... Episode 17 2002-03-08 Surveillance... Episode 18 2002-03-29 Guilt... Episode 19 2002-04-05 Justice... Episode 20 2002-04-26 Greed... Episode 21 2002-05-03 Denial... Episode 22 2002-05-10 Competence... Episode 23 2002-05-17 Silence...