Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999Crime, Drama, MysteryTV-1427 Seasons590 Episodes

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.

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

22 Episodes • 1999

Season 2

Season 2

21 Episodes • 2000

Season 3

Season 3

23 Episodes • 2001

Season 4

Season 4

25 Episodes • 2002

Season 5

Season 5

25 Episodes • 2003

Season 6

Season 6

23 Episodes • 2004

Season 7

Season 7

22 Episodes • 2005

Season 8

Season 8

22 Episodes • 2006

Season 9

Season 9

19 Episodes • 2007

Season 10

Season 10

22 Episodes • 2008

Season 11

Season 11

24 Episodes • 2009

Season 12

Season 12

24 Episodes • 2010

Season 13

Season 13

23 Episodes • 2011

Season 14

Season 14

24 Episodes • 2012

Season 15

Season 15

24 Episodes • 2013

Season 16

Season 16

23 Episodes • 2014

Season 17

Season 17

23 Episodes • 2015

Season 18

Season 18

21 Episodes • 2016

Season 19

Season 19

24 Episodes • 2017

Season 20

Season 20

24 Episodes • 2018

Season 21

Season 21

20 Episodes • 2019

Season 22

Season 22

16 Episodes • 2020

Season 23

Season 23

22 Episodes • 2021

Season 24

Season 24

22 Episodes • 2022

Season 25

Season 25

13 Episodes • 2024

Season 26

Season 26

22 Episodes • 2024

Season 27

Season 27

21 Episodes • 2025

Episodes - Season 1

Payback

1. Payback

44m

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.

A Single Life

2. A Single Life

43m

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.

...Or Just Look Like One

3. ...Or Just Look Like One

43m

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.

Hysteria

4. Hysteria

43m

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.

Wanderlust

5. Wanderlust

44m

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.

Sophomore Jinx

6. Sophomore Jinx

43m

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.

Uncivilized

7. Uncivilized

44m

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.

Stalked

8. Stalked

44m

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.

Stocks & Bondage

9. Stocks & Bondage

44m

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.

Closure

10. Closure

44m

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.

Created by: Dick Wolf

Top Cast

Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Hargitay

Olivia Benson

Ice-T

Ice-T

Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola

Kelli Giddish

Kelli Giddish

Amanda Rollins

Peter Scanavino

Peter Scanavino

Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi Jr.

Aimé Donna Kelly

Aimé Donna Kelly

Renee Curry

Kevin Kane

Kevin Kane

Terry Bruno

Available on: NBC

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