It’s still summer-vacation time on the jaunty third-season opener, which finds Malcolm and his rowdy clan cruising on a lake in a houseboat with Stevie and his straitlaced parents, Abe…

Juliet asks Shawn and Gus for assistance on her undercover assignment. They’re only too glad to help, since it involves sorority sisters. Unfortunately, what’s supposed to be an easy case…

Carter finds himself struggling with County’s new technology and procedures. After becoming frustrated with the in vitro-fertilization, Banfield and her husband discuss adoption as an option. Sam’s mother arrives in…

Morris and Gates treat an older man who was assaulted on the street; Sam gets a surprise visit from her sister; Dr. Morgenstern visits County General when he discovers an…

Benson comes under fire from fans of a convicted serial killer after a body turns up that greatly resembles his work.

The team pursues a copycat serial killer who is recreating the techniques used by past famous murderers.