Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

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Returning Series
Crime
Drama
Mystery

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.

Terrorized

1. Terrorized

43m

A young boy is found wandering alone in Central Park and the search for his parents leads to startling evidence of a planned mass casualty event in the city. As the SVU works with the joint-terrorism task force to find the suspects and the motive, Lt. Benson must also convince Barba to address allegations of rape and torture the boy's mother discloses.

Making a Rapist

2. Making a Rapist

43m

Newly tested DNA evidence leads to the exoneration of a prisoner who served 16 years for a rape conviction. However, he's investigated again one day later in the wake of a shocking new crime.

Imposter

3. Imposter

43m

When a man uses a false identity to lure a vulnerable married woman to bed, Barba thinks the evidence amounts to rape.

Heightened Emotions

4. Heightened Emotions

43m

A sexually assaulted athlete's double life could destroy her Olympic career and ruin the case against her attacker; Rollins sister is released from prison on parole.

Rape Interrupted

5. Rape Interrupted

43m

A sergeant makes Benson choose between loyalty and duty when his son is accused of rape.

Broken Rhymes

6. Broken Rhymes

43m

A record label CEO and his protégé are questioned for their involvement in the assault of a transgender student.

Next Chapter

7. Next Chapter

43m

The SVU team investigates a woman has been sexually assaulted by a masked man, but she believes the rapist is the same man who went to jail for stalking her. Meanwhile, Tucker contemplates retirement and a future with Benson.

Chasing Theo

8. Chasing Theo

43m

A 6 year-old boy disappears from his bed in the midst of a wild, drug-fueled party thrown by his mother. With a child's life on the line, the case causes Benson to scrutinize her own role as a mother.

Decline and Fall

9. Decline and Fall

43m

The powerful family of a retail empire closes ranks when a bartender accuses one of their own of rape.

Motherly Love

10. Motherly Love

43m

A teenaged boy uses a rifle to stop an assault on his mother, but soon learns the target was someone he knows.

Great Expectations

11. Great Expectations

43m

The SVU investigates the players of a top youth hockey team after a vicious locker room hazing.

No Surrender

12. No Surrender

43m

Fin revisits his military roots when a fellow Army Ranger struggles to recover from a sexual assault.

Genes

13. Genes

43m

An investigation hits a nerve with Benson when a suspect claims his genetics causes him to commit rape.

Net Worth

14. Net Worth

43m

A top-level investment banker accuses her billionaire client of rape.

Know It All

15. Know It All

43m

A man under investigation for rape and murder threatens to expose the secrets of those working the case.

The Newsroom

16. The Newsroom

43m

Benson and Barba ask witnesses to put their jobs on the line after a news anchor makes an on-air disclosure of rape against her boss.

Real Fake News

17. Real Fake News

43m

A fake news story leads the squad to a real child sex trafficking ring.

Spellbound

18. Spellbound

43m

A popular spiritual guru with a dark past is accused of rape.

Conversion

19. Conversion

43m

A young woman visiting NYC with her church group is raped by a friend.

American Dream (1)

20. American Dream (1)

43m

A hate crime is committed against a Muslim family, resulting in the death of their daughter. Things get complicated when a crucial witness in the case is deported, forcing Barba to drop the charges against a suspect.

Sanctuary (2)

21. Sanctuary (2)

43m

In the 18th-season finale, two families seek justice for their loved ones in the wake of a suspect's unexpected release. Soon, public protests on the matter escalate to violence, leading Benson to go to desperate lengths to make an arrest.