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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Season 3

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 3 episode 4: Rooftop

Aired 19 October 200144 minRated TV-14

8.6TMDB · 10 votesMark watched

Where to watch Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 3 in Australia

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 3 is streaming in Australia on Prime Video (subscription) and Disney+ (subscription, listed for the whole show), and free on 7plus. You can also buy it on Apple TV from $17.99 and Prime Video Store from $19.99.

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What happens in “Rooftop”

When an HIV-positive male, with a record of assaulting underage girls, is discovered in a sexual clincher with a young woman on a rooftop, the detectives are determined to put him back inside. After a series of rapes and murders of young African-American women cannot be traced to him though, they begin to wonder if they've been looking at the wrong suspect.

Episode summary: TMDB.

Before you watch

  • It is episode 4 of 23 of season 3, so watch episodes 1 to 3 first.
  • It runs about 44 minutes.
  • Directed by Steve Shill, written by Neal Baer, Robert F. Campbell and Jonathan Greene.
  • TMDB users rate it 8.6 out of 10 (10 votes).

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit trailer

The official trailer for the series (no preview of this episode has been published).

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Cast and crew of this episode

Director
Steve Shill
Writers
Neal BaerRobert F. CampbellJonathan Greene
Guest stars
Tamara Tunie as Melinda WarnerBD Wong as George HuangRon Leibman as Stan VillaniDorian Missick as Leon TateReggi Wyns as BennyTracee Beazer as MelissaBrenda Denmark as Judge ElmoreLiz Larsen as Defense Attorney Regal

Credits: TMDB.

More from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 3

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Episode names, air dates, runtimes, stills and ratings: TMDB. Air dates are the first broadcast anywhere; where it streams is our daily Australian check.