S3·E22 Benevolence

Episode recap

The episode “Benevolence,” the twenty‑second installment of the third season of Law & Order, opens with Detectives Mike Logan and Lennie Briscoe assigned to a homicide that has drawn the attention of the precinct because the victim was a young woman who was hearing‑impaired. The case is presented in the series’ customary format, beginning with the police investigation that seeks to establish the circumstances of the death before any legal proceedings are considered.

Logan and Briscoe move directly to the first stage of their inquiry by locating the two men who had most recently been in a romantic relationship with the victim. The detectives