A co-ed on financial aid, is found murdered but flush with cash--A Hudson University co-ed, Caroline Pereira (guest star Tess Saltau), dependent on financial aid, is found murdered with an unexplained influx of cash. Caroline's wealthy roommate, Gloria Kulhane (guest star Trieste Dunn), is found with one of Caroline's rings, making her a suspect as the two were not friends. Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay), Fin (Ice-T) and Stabler (Chris Meloni), have several theories about her murderer and their motive and investigate the various suspects; the roommate, her childhood friend (Will Estes), and someone connected to a heavily trafficked website where Caroline was selling term papers for cash. Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal, B.D Wong and Tamara Tunie also star.

A co-ed on financial aid, is found murdered but flush with cash--A Hudson University co-ed, Caroline Pereira (guest star Tess Saltau), dependent on financial aid, is found murdered with an unexplained influx of cash. Caroline's wealthy roommate, Gloria Kulhane (guest star Trieste Dunn), is found with one of Caroline's rings, making her a suspect as the two were not friends. Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay), Fin (Ice-T) and Stabler (Chris Meloni), have several theories about her murderer and their motive and investigate the various suspects; the roommate, her childhood friend (Will Estes), and someone connected to a heavily trafficked website where Caroline was selling term papers for cash. Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal, B.D Wong and Tamara Tunie also star.

Season three of Silk Stalkings finds the series missing from its familiar late night berth on the CBS detective anthology Crimetime After Primetime. However, the series will continue to air on the USA cable network, turning out first-run episodes for the next six years. Back to solve more crimes of passion amongst the rich and well-connected citizens of Palm Beach, FL, are undercover detectives Chris Lorenzo (Rob Estes) and Rita Lee Sam Lance (Mitzi Kapture). This season, Chris and Rita take their marching orders from a new superior officer: Captain Harry Lipschitz, a bombastic but likeable hypochondriac played by comedian Charlie Brill. Also added to the cast is Brill's wife and comedy partner Mitzi McCall as Harry's overbearing wife Fran. Highlights during the third season include the episode The Party's Over, which boasts a plot transparently lifted from the 1944 film noir Laura: a grieving Chris investigates the brutal murder of his partner Rita -- only to be shocked and surprised when Rita turns up alive