Storyline

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

First Aired

1999-09-20
Last Aired

2025-01-30
Creator

Dick Wolf
Genre

Crime, Drama, Mystery
Seasons

26
Episodes

565
Status

Returning Series
Language

English
Network

NBC

Keywords:

detective sexual abuse sex scandal domestic abuse sexual violence domestic violence criminal sex trafficking interrogation district attorney courtroom assistant district attorney sex crime sexual assault sex trade sex slavery sex offender suspenseful admiring ambivalent informative

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1. Payback

Detectives Stabler and Benson investigate the murder and dismemberment of a taxi driver; the team disc...More

Detectives Stabler and Benson investigate the murder and dismemberment of a taxi driver; the team discovers that he may have been a vicious Serbian war criminal living in the United States under a false identity.Less

44mins 1999-09-20

2. A Single Life

Benson and Stabler run into multiple dead ends while investigating the case of a woman who plummeted s...More

Benson and Stabler run into multiple dead ends while investigating the case of a woman who plummeted six stories to her death clad only in a slip.Less

43mins 1999-09-27

3. ...Or Just Look Like One

When a teen model is murdered and another is left for dead at a hospital emergency room, the team unco...More

When a teen model is murdered and another is left for dead at a hospital emergency room, the team uncovers an insidious drug and sex conspiracy in the world of high fashion. Benson and Stabler enter into a modeling underworld of thoughtless parents, drug-dealing doctors and a trendy agency executive.Less

43mins 1999-10-04

4. Hysteria

When a young African-American woman is found dead, she is initially believed to be a prostitute and th...More

When a young African-American woman is found dead, she is initially believed to be a prostitute and the latest in a long line of victims, but when looking into her home life Benson and Stabler realize that she does not fit the pattern, and may not be connected to the other deaths after all, but the other deaths have a connection no one anticipated.Less

43mins 1999-10-11

5. Wanderlust

When a world-traveling author is found dead in a room he rented from an alcoholic woman and her precoc...More

When a world-traveling author is found dead in a room he rented from an alcoholic woman and her precocious 14-year-old daughter, the detectives are shocked to discover who the murderer is.Less

45mins 1999-10-18

6. Sophomore Jinx

A female student at an upper-class university is raped and murdered, and two of the college’s basketba...More

A female student at an upper-class university is raped and murdered, and two of the college’s basketball stars are suspected. However, the college blocks their investigation at every turn because they are not willing to risk the negative publicity that the investigation could bring to the school and the upcoming championship.Less

44mins 1999-10-25

7. Uncivilized

When a young boy is found raped and murdered in a field, suspicion leads detectives to a recently paro...More

When a young boy is found raped and murdered in a field, suspicion leads detectives to a recently paroled child molester who lives in the neighborhood.. Although they both hate what the man has done in the past, it is soon obvious to the detectives that the teenagers who initially steered them in the man's direction are hiding secrets of their own.Less

45mins 1999-11-15

8. Stalked

When an assistant district attorney is found raped and murdered in Central Park, the Special Victims U...More

When an assistant district attorney is found raped and murdered in Central Park, the Special Victims Unit learn that she’d been stalked by a real estate agent whom she’d convicted of date rape. Benson lets her emotions get the best of her as she takes it upon herself to bring the suspected rapist to justice. Stabler tries to get the man's business partner to help him, but Benson may be the one who ends up needing help.Less

44mins 1999-11-22

9. Stocks & Bondage

An investment analyst is found hanged in her bedroom, and the Special Victims Unit explores her sordid...More

An investment analyst is found hanged in her bedroom, and the Special Victims Unit explores her sordid sexual past to uncover her murderer’s identity. The team uncovers the world of bondage and sado-masochism where they first investigate the woman's colleagues but are soon on the trail of a host of individuals involved in the world of whips and chains.Less

45mins 1999-11-29

10. Closure

When a woman is raped, she turns to the Special Victims Unit for help, but lack of evidence prevents t...More

When a woman is raped, she turns to the Special Victims Unit for help, but lack of evidence prevents them from apprehending the criminal. When the detectives revisit the case a few months later, they find the woman even less willing to talk about what happened, as she claims she has moved on. Things turn sticky when Benson and Cassidy spend the night together.Less

45mins 2000-01-07

11. Bad Blood

A moral coalition leader’s gay son is found murdered on the roof of his apartment building. Initially,...More

A moral coalition leader’s gay son is found murdered on the roof of his apartment building. Initially, Benson and Stabler investigate his father, a Conservative well-known for his homophobic viewpoints, but once they start looking into the young man's living arrangements they realize the person they're looking for may be closer than they think. Munch tries to help Benson find the man who raped her mother, and could potentially be her father.Less

45mins 2000-01-14

12. Russian Love Poem

When a multi-millionaire is found strangled in his home, Benson and Stabler turn their suspicion to hi...More

When a multi-millionaire is found strangled in his home, Benson and Stabler turn their suspicion to his long list of lovers, which includes both men and women. Detectives discover he was involved with a group of beautiful Russian women that came to the U.S. to take advantage of wealthy Americans.Less

44mins 2000-01-21

13. Disrobed

A judge who fought for the rights of abused women is found shot in his car under sordid circumstances,...More

A judge who fought for the rights of abused women is found shot in his car under sordid circumstances, and the detectives uncover a case of corruption that leads to the state parole board. The team soon turns their eye to a battered wife with a secret.Less

44mins 2000-02-04

14. Limitations

At the request of a victim, the police commissioner comes to Cragen with a special request -- close th...More

At the request of a victim, the police commissioner comes to Cragen with a special request -- close the five-year-old case of a serial rapist before the statute of limitations expires. The detectives finally get a lead but the investigation is hindered by one of the victims.Less

44mins 2000-02-11

15. Entitled (I)

After a salesman is murdered, the detectives turn their attention to the youngest daughter of a well-k...More

After a salesman is murdered, the detectives turn their attention to the youngest daughter of a well-known family with some deep connections. But as they join forces with the officers from the two-seven, they realize that their case is connected with a long-unsolved case that Briscoe once handled years ago with his former partner Mike Logan. The crossover continues in Law & Order S10E14 Entitled (II).Less

44mins 2000-02-18

16. The Third Guy

An elderly woman is found tied up and sexually assaulted in her apartment, and suspicion is initially ...More

An elderly woman is found tied up and sexually assaulted in her apartment, and suspicion is initially on the young men that had broken into her home and robbed her, but once the detectives are surprised to learn that the rape was committed after the robbery – by someone else.Less

45mins 2000-02-25

17. Misleader

The pregnant daughter-in-law of a Christian College president is murdered in her hotel room, and the d...More

The pregnant daughter-in-law of a Christian College president is murdered in her hotel room, and the detectives discover that the man had been involved in some very unholy activities.Less

44mins 2000-03-31

18. Chat Room

When a teenage girl comes into the squad room to tell the detectives that she was raped by a man she m...More

When a teenage girl comes into the squad room to tell the detectives that she was raped by a man she met on the Internet, the investigation leads the Special Victims Unit to a network of pedophiles and child pornographers.Less

44mins 2000-04-14

19. Contact

After seven young women in a six month time span are raped by a flash and dash assailant on the city s...More

After seven young women in a six month time span are raped by a flash and dash assailant on the city subways, the brass calls in a psychiatrist to help the team get into the head of the perp. When he is caught, he possesses the driver's license of a new victim who could put him away.Less

42mins 2000-04-28

20. Remorse

A female television news reporter decides to go public with her story when she attacked and raped by t...More

A female television news reporter decides to go public with her story when she attacked and raped by two men, but the decision proves to be fatal.Less

44mins 2000-05-05

21. Nocturne

After a pharmacy turns over some disturbing photos of a young boy, a beloved neighborhood piano teache...More

After a pharmacy turns over some disturbing photos of a young boy, a beloved neighborhood piano teacher is suspected of being a sexual predator who takes advantage of his innocent young students.Less

43mins 2000-05-12

22. Slaves

A Romanian immigrant is being held as a psychological prisoner by her abusive employer and his wife, w...More

A Romanian immigrant is being held as a psychological prisoner by her abusive employer and his wife, who is also traumatized by years of abuse and is willing to commit murder to protect her husband. A forensic psychologist analyzes the team, and presents disturbing findings to Cragen, suggesting that one of the detectives be removed from the team.Less

44mins 2000-05-21

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Reviews for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

A Review by MovieGuys 3

Written by MovieGuys on 2024-08-17

This series is a poster child for the way the US wants the world, to perceive its justice system. Hard working, earnest police, backed by... read more

A Review by nickicole365 9

Written by nickicole365 on 2024-10-11

**26 SEASONS** there's a reason SVU is the longest-running primetime live-action series on American television. Every year this show is a mu... read more

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A Review by MovieGuys

This series is a poster child for the way the US wants the world, to perceive its justice system. Hard working, earnest police, backed by an imperfect but mostly well meaning, justice system. Of course, if you look behind the veil no...

A Review by MovieGuys 3

Written by MovieGuys on 2024-08-17

This series is a poster child for the way the US wants the world, to perceive its justice system. Hard working, earnest police, backed by an imperfect but mostly well meaning, justice system. O...

A Review by nickicole365 9

Written by nickicole365 on 2024-10-11

**26 SEASONS** there's a reason SVU is the longest-running primetime live-action series on American television. Every year this show is a must watch. The storylines are compelling and the actors are u...