NYPD detectives of the Major Case Squad use unconventional methods to solve crimes. Like its predecessor, the original `Law & Order', its storylines are often based on real-life headlines, and it features a cadre of quirky cops whose mission it is to find the criminals and make them pay.
Goren and Eames investigate the murder of a young architect. (S3, ep 1)
A string of murder victims that include an optician, plastic surgeon and hair stylist seems to have racial overtones. (S3, ep 2)
A reporter is murdered, and the suspects include his father's mistress and a couple who practice Santeria. (S3, ep 3)
An accountant disappears and it seems to have something to do with the death of her brother several years ago. (S3, ep 4)
A young African-American reporter's girlfriend is murdered at his apartment, and focus turns towards his editor. (S3, ep 5)
Goren and Bishop investigate the brutal, execution-style slaying of two undercover cops and the trail leads them to a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde. (S3, ep 6)
A suicide prompts detectives to look at the victim's husband as a possible suspect in a series of racially motivated murders. (S3, ep 7)
Mean punch delivers body blow to church and town as multiple murders probed. (S3, ep 8)
Detectives unearth family tree when rich patriarch is bludgeoned to death. (S3, ep 9)
The detectives probe the case of a woman thrown from her balcony, and end up immersing themselves in the world of gaming. (S3, ep 10)
The murder of a private investigator leads back to basketball and the cutthroat competition for court time. (S3, ep 11)
An aging actress is suspected of murdering her husband in order to pursue her dream. (S3, ep 12)
When a bank robber is killed by a bomb strapped to his chest, Goren and Eames have to find his accomplice before he does the same to his next partner. (S3, ep 13)
The cut up body of a pharmaceutical rep is found in his suitcases bound for Thailand and the detectives must solve the case. (S3, ep 14)
A musician is found brutally murdered in his recording studio. The detectives soon find a trail leading to a bizarre family of shrinks. (S3, ep 15)
The detectives try to determine why a social worker was killed with a lye bomb, and whether it has anything to do with a Catholic saint. (S3, ep 16)
A doctor is murdered, and Goren and Eames delve into the history of one of her patients in an extreme vegetative state. (S3, ep 17)
A veterinarian's murder leads to a complex case involving drugs and stud services. (S3, ep 18)
The murder of a mob witness and attempted murder of an undercover officer lead the detectives into a chess game being played by a fading mob don. (S3, ep 19)
Goren and Eames take on a doctor whose belief in his own superiority is exceeded only by his brazen murders of his patients. (S3, ep 20)
A cop is accused of racially motivated killings, but the detectives delve a little deeper and find a complex plot of revenge. (S3, ep 21)