Law & Order season 3


The third season of Law & Order aired on NBC between September 23, 1992, and May 19, 1993, which remained unchanged. This season marked the introduction of Jerry Orbach as Lennie Briscoe, who replaced Paul Sorvino after "Prince of Darkness." A year prior, Orbach had guest starred as a defense attorney in at least one season two episode: “Wages of Love”. At the end of the season, both Dann Florek and Richard Brooks departed the main cast.

Cast and characters

Season 3 began with an unchanged cast. However, during the third and sixth episodes, Carolyn McCormick was credited, and starting with the ninth episode, she was credited for the rest of the season. This made her the first woman to be part of the cast in the series.
A third of the way through, Lennie Briscoe replaced Phil Cerreta as Mike Logan’s partner. This was the first mid-season replacement of a major character in Law & Order's history; the next would not occur until season 15.
This was also the final season to feature Dann Florek as Capt. Don Cragen, and Richard Brooks as Paul Robinette. Both actors would later return in guest roles, with Florek eventually joining the cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Eric Bogosian, who guest starred as a defense attorney in the episodes "Conspiracy" and "Night and Fog", would later have a starring role in Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Guest

Episodes