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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Season 3

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 3 episode 9: Care

Aired 23 November 200143 minRated TV-14

8.2TMDB · 12 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 “Care”

The battered body of a five-year-old girl in foster care is discovered and suspicion soon turns to members of the girl's foster family as well as to the girl's biological mother; who is the real guilty party and who is only a red herring?

Episode summary: TMDB.

Before you watch

  • It is episode 9 of 23 of season 3, so watch episodes 1 to 8 first.
  • It runs about 43 minutes.
  • Directed by Gloria Muzio, written by Lisa Marie Petersen and Dawn DeNoon.
  • TMDB users rate it 8.2 out of 10 (12 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
Gloria Muzio
Writers
Lisa Marie PetersenDawn DeNoon
Guest stars
Tamara Tunie as Melinda WarnerBD Wong as George HuangPiper Laurie as Dorothy RuddKathleen Wilhoite as Jane RuddColin Fickes as Glenn RuddConn Horgan as CarpenterTom Ligon as Bluebell Agency ExecutiveJamie Goodwin as Danny Marston

Credits: TMDB.

More from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 3

Previous · S03E08Inheritance16 November 2001Next · S03E10Ridicule14 December 2001
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Every episode of Season 3Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode guide

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