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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit- Episode Guide |
RSS Now Available| Season 01 | ||
 | 1x01 Payback (Aired: Sep. 20, 1999) Victor Spicer, a cab driver, is found stabbed with his genitals cut off. Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate the murder and find out he was a rapist, which causes Benson to almost cross over the line and do something to jeopardize the case and her job. | |
| 1x02 A Single Life (Aired: Sep. 27, 1999) Detectives Stabler and Benson investigate the murder of Gretchen Quinn, who really isn't a real person at all. The investigation leads to her psychiatrist and a television reporter who both slept with her, which finally led back to when Gretchen changed her name and identity after she graduated high ... | |
| 1x03 ...Or Just Look Like One (Aired: Oct. 04, 1999) Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate the rape and beating to death of a teen model. The investigation leads to find out she was on lots of drugs, and was dumped from her photographer because she was 'too heavy'. This starts to disgust Stabler when his daughter has been refusing to eat, and thinks ... | |
| 1x04 Hysteria (Aired: Oct. 11, 1999) Benson and Stabler investigate the murder of a young woman, presumed a prostitute, that seems to be the next in a long line of prostitute victims. But the detectives realize that her death does not fit the pattern, but the other deaths do have a connection that no one anticipated. | |
| 1x05 Wanderlust (Aired: Oct. 18, 1999) Benson and Stabler investigate the murder of a travel writer, tied up with woman undergarments that are cutting off his air supply, and the main suspect is the landlord's boyfriend, but clues then turn to the landlord and her daughter. And then learning that the daughter had a sexual relationship with ... | |
| 1x06 Sophomore Jinx (Aired: Oct. 25, 1999) Benson and Stabler investigate the murder of a female student at a college and they turn their attention to the basketball team. The college intervenes because they do not want negative publicity that could stir up during the investigation that might hurt them from the upcoming basketball championsh ... | |
| 1x07 Uncivilized (Aired: Nov. 15, 1999) Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) have the unsavory task of investigating the sensationalized murder and sexual assault of a young boy, and their prime suspect (guest star Stephen Bogardus) is a convicted child molester whose only obsession seems to be collecting stamps. ... | |
| 1x08 Stalked (Aired: Nov. 22, 1999) When an assistant district attorney is found murdered and sexually assaulted in Central Park, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) narrow their probe to a realtor (guest star Bruce Kirkpatrick) with a history of date-rape and a need to humiliate powerful women -- and ... | |
| 1x09 Stocks & Bondage (Aired: Nov. 29, 1999) A female financial analyst with a fetish for sexual bondage is found hanging dead, but while Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) debate if her death was a suicide or homicide, they discover that the victim recently tried to purchase $10 million of diamonds -- all of ... | |
| 1x10 Closure (1) (Aired: Jan. 07, 2000) The devastating results of a sexual assault begin to weigh heavily on the victim (guest star Tracy Pollan, "Family Ties") after Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler's (Christopher Meloni) prime suspect (guest star Terry Serpico) -- who matches the assailant's description and is found to have ... | |
| 1x11 Bad Blood (Aired: Jan. 14, 2000) Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) search for the killer of a young gay man whose father (guest star Jerry Lanning) heads a conservative watchdog group, but when they suspect a violent ex-convict (guest star Stephen Beach) who lives in the same building, they are in ... | |
| 1x12 Russian Love Poem (Aired: Jan. 21, 2000) When a multimillionaire with a sordid sex life is found bound and slain, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) try to penetrate a suspicious ring of soulless Russian immigrants whose fatalism and enigmatic cooperation leave them going in circles. As Detectives Munch (Richard ... | |
| 1x13 Disrobed (Aired: Feb. 04, 2000) Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) investigate the unusual circumstances behind the shooting murder of an admired judge with a reputation of protecting abused women and putting away sex offenders, but they soon learn that the victim took sordid advantage of the criminal ... | |
| 1x14 Limitations (Aired: Feb. 11, 2000) The special victims unit is on the hot seat when a five-year-old sexual assault case is reopened just days before the statute of limitations ends, so Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) scramble to interview the three distinctly different victims, but are crushed when ... | |
| 1x15 Entitled (1) (Aired: Feb. 18, 2000) The police teams from "Law & Order" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" probe the gunshot murder of a man believed to be a sexual aggressor but the evidence points to the trouble-prone daughter (guest star Noelle Beck) of a wealthy family whose protective and haughty female clan leader (Emmy and ... | |
| 1x16 The Third Guy (Aired: Feb. 25, 2000) Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) lead the investigation into the sexual assault and possible murder of an elderly woman, and their scanty leads point to two neighborhood toughs (Eugene Byrd and Rick Gonzalez) who will only admit that they broke into the victim's apartment ... | |
| 1x17 Misleader (Aired: Mar. 31, 2000) When the daughter-in-law of a prominent religious educator (guest star Robert Foxworth, "Lateline") is found murdered in her hotel room, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) suspect an at-large burglar who recently has been breaking and entering several Manhattan hotel ... | |
| 1x18 Chat Room (Aired: Apr. 14, 2000) When a 16-year-old girl (guest star Paz De La Huerta) claims that she was sexually assaulted by a man, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) delve into the nether world of Internet porn in search of the suspect known as "The Yachtsman" (guest star Reed Birney) but they ... | |
| 1x19 Contact (Aired: Apr. 28, 2000) Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) wonder where to start their investigation of a series of anonymous sexual attacks on helpless women (one is played by Nicole Sullivan, "Mad TV") who are trapped standing in crowds on subway cars at rush hour, but when one suspect (guest ... | |
| 1x20 Remorse (Aired: May. 05, 2000) Detective Munch (Richard Belzer) forms an unlikely close bond with a television news reporter (guest star Jennifer Esposito, "Spin City" ) who was sexually assaulted by two men months earlier but it's Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) who stumble into making the first ... | |
| 1x21 Nocturne (Aired: May. 12, 2000) A sharp-eyed photo developer puts Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) on the tail of a seemingly harmless piano instructor (guest star Kent Broadhurst) who molests his students -- all boys -- but their prime witness is an unstable young man (guest star Wilson Jermaine ... | |
| 1x22 Slaves (Aired: May. 21, 2000) In the season finale, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) check out a witness' report of a desperate woman's (guest star Layla Alexander) cry for help, and after a related murder, their investigation points to a controlling attorney (guest star Andrew McCarthy, "Weekend ... | |
| Season 02 | ||
| 2x01 Wrong Is Right (Aired: Oct. 20, 2000) In a continuation of the internal investigation into the psyches of the Special Victims Unit staff, the focus turns to two detectives -- one who wants to seduce and one who wants to destroy some of the shady characters they encounter on the job. Meanwhile, Detective Stabler's (Christopher Meloni) home ... | |
| 2x02 Honor (Aired: Oct. 27, 2000) When the daughter of an Afghan diplomat is found brutally beaten with evidence of sexual assault, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) find that her family had already disowned her for attempting to assimilate into Western society. As the detectives learn of the ancient ... | |
| 2x03 Closure (2) (Aired: Nov. 03, 2000) When Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) learn of a rape with a familiar M.O., they are convinced that Kenneth Cleary (guest star Neil Maffin), the unconvicted rape suspect from the Harper Anderson case, is back in action. As they investigate, the detectives find that ... | |
| 2x04 Legacy (Aired: Nov. 10, 2000) As mother blames father and father blames step-father for the abuse of a seven-year-old girl, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) have to consider that any member of her embattled extended family -- including her step-brother, mother, and grandmother -- could be responsible ... | |
| 2x05 Baby Killer (Aired: Nov. 17, 2000) Racial tensions mount when a Hispanic seven-year-old boy shoots to death a young African-American schoolmate and while the frightened child is kept in custody as a flight risk, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) discover a new twist in their investigation -- the murder ... | |
| 2x06 Noncompliance (Aired: Nov. 24, 2000) When a female psychiatric doctoral student is found raped and murdered and an unidentified man stabbed in a neighborhood market, several of her counseling patients are pursued as suspects. One patient had been stalking the murder victim, and another had her support in refusing to take medications that ... | |
| 2x07 Asunder (Aired: Dec. 01, 2000) When Detectives Benson and Stabler (Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni) are called to a domestic violence scene, they are surprised to find that the accused is a fellow police officer (guest star Nestor Serrano), whose wife (guest star Amy Carlson, "Falcone," "Another World") is charging him with ... | |
| 2x08 Taken (Aired: Dec. 15, 2000) When a 17-year-old woman (guest star Jenna Miller) is raped during the gala opening of a high profile hotel, her brother and sister-in-law are eager to help the hoteliers keep the scandal hush-hush as they prepare to sue them for millions. Though a former sex offender is arrested for the crime, Detectives ... | |
| 2x09 Pixies (Aired: Jan. 12, 2001) When a young gymnast is found dead, her world-renowned coach (guest star Philip Casnoff, "Sinatra") becomes a prime suspect as the rigorous demands he makes of his students are discovered. Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) soon find that the girls also vie for the ... | |
| 2x10 Consent (Aired: Jan. 19, 2001) When a college student, Kelly D'Leah (guest star Tammy Blanchard), is found on campus unconscious, with evidence of sexual assault and no memory of the night before, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) must determine what events led to the young woman's apparent rape. ... | |
| 2x11 Abuse (Aired: Jan. 26, 2001) After the son of two popular singers dies by running into oncoming traffic, his mother Ricki Austin (guest star Christine Andreas) claims that her son was fleeing from a child molester. But when forensics uncovers signs of emotional and not physical trauma in the boy, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) ... | |
| 2x12 Secrets (Aired: Feb. 02, 2001) When a highly respected teacher is found raped and murdered, her high school students and fellow teachers mourn the loss of a gifted educator. But when Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) find a nude picture of the woman in one of her student's homes, they have to question ... | |
| 2x13 Victims (Aired: Feb. 09, 2001) When former sex-crimes cop-turned-community activist Sam Winfield (guest star Eric Roberts, Oscar nominee for "Runaway Train") becomes a suspect in the murders of recently paroled rapists whom he has warned neighborhoods about, Detective Stabler (Christopher Meloni) is torn between upholding the law ... | |
| 2x14 Paranoia (Aired: Feb. 16, 2001) When veteran police sergeant Karen Smythe (guest star Khandi Alexander, NBC's "ER," "The Corner") is raped while responding to a crime in progress, Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) is quick to come to the aid of the woman who was her mentor during her rookie days in the Special Victims Unit. Benson ... | |
| 2x15 Countdown (Aired: Feb. 23, 2001) When a 7-year-old girl escapes her kidnapper and rapist, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) begin an ardent search for the suspect. But when another girl is abducted under similar circumstances, the details of the two kidnappings indicate that both are the work of a ... | |
| 2x16 Runaway (Aired: Mar. 02, 2001) A Brooklyn police officer holds hostage an internet reporter (guest star Sean Nelson), who may have information regarding the whereabouts of his runaway daughter Jill (guest star Kelly Kerbacz). Though the officer is arrested for the siege, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher ... | |
| 2x17 Folly (Aired: Mar. 23, 2001) When a young man, Tommy Dowd (guest star Eddie Cahill, "Friends," "Felicity"), is beaten during a rendezvous with an older woman at a hotel, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) soon find that this incident is just one of a string of such beatings, some of them fatal. ... | |
| 2x18 Manhunt (Aired: Apr. 20, 2001) When a young woman, Annie Tassler (guest star Meg Hartig), is abducted, Detective Munch (Richard Belzer) finds the details of the crime to be similar to those of a series of brutal rapes and murders he unsuccessfully investigated the previous year. He and Detective Tutuola (Ice-T) are tipped off by two ... | |
| 2x19 Parasites (Aired: Apr. 27, 2001) When the remains of a young woman are found buried in an apartment courtyard with a collar and leash, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) determine that the dead woman is Ava Parulis, a Romanian immigrant who was brought to the United States for an arranged marriage. ... | |
| 2x20 Pique (Aired: May. 04, 2001) When the head of personnel at a software company is found raped and stabbed to death, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) suspect that a fired employee may have sought a violent revenge. With the aid of FBI psychiatrist George Huang (guest star B. D. Wong, "Oz"), they ... | |
| 2x21 Scourge (Aired: May. 11, 2001) When a serial killer commits four brutal murders in 24 hours, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay), Munch (Richard Belzer) and Fin (Ice-T) canvass the streets searching for signs of a madman who exclaims paranoid and twisted religious rhetoric while committing his crimes. Once suspect Daniel Varney (guest ... | |
| Season 03 | ||
| 3x01 Repression (Aired: Sep. 28, 2001) When 18-year-old Meghan Ramsey (guest star Kelly Hutchinson) is aided by her therapist (guest star Shirley Knight, "NYPD Blue") in recalling childhood molestation by her father (guest star Brian Kerwin), she reports the incest to Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) in ... | |
| 3x02 Wrath (Aired: Oct. 05, 2001) When three unrelated people connected to cases that were handled by Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) are found ritualistically murdered, all the evidence points to Benson as the true target of the violence. As she struggles with guilt over the murders, Benson continues to pursue the assailant despite ... | |
| 3x03 Stolen (Aired: Oct. 12, 2001) When a baby is stolen from her mother in a grocery store, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) soon discover that the kidnapping is only the tip of the iceberg in a baby snatching and selling scheme. The detectives are led to private adoption lawyer Mark Sanford (guest ... | |
| 3x04 Rooftop (Aired: Oct. 19, 2001) When a series of increasingly violent rapes occurs in an African-American community, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) are quick to suspect a known sex-offender recently released from prison. But as their leads grow cold, the case becomes personal for Detective Tutuola ... | |
| 3x05 Tangled (Aired: Oct. 26, 2001) When a prominent doctor is murdered and his wife (guest star Lisa Eichhorn) is raped, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) look to the dead man's estranged and troubled son from a previous marriage and a disgruntled former patient as likely suspects. But when the same ... | |
| 3x06 Redemption (Aired: Nov. 02, 2001) Detective Stabler (Christopher Meloni) finds himself paired with a brusque and opinionated cop, John "Hawk" Hawkins (guest star David Keith, "An Officer and a Gentleman"), who has become embittered with his job and personal life. The two work to capture a serial rapist/murderer whom Hawk originally nabbed ... | |
| 3x07 Sacrifice (Aired: Nov. 09, 2001) When an unidentified man is found shot and sexually abused in the alley outside of a gay bar, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) search for possible motives and suspects, tracing the victim's (guest star Mark-Paul Gosselaar, "NYPD Blue") history back to a small town ... | |
| 3x08 Inheritance (Aired: Nov. 16, 2001) The vicious beating and rape of a young Asian woman at a burglary site leads Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) to suspect members of two rival Asian gangs caught in the middle of a sibling dispute over the girlÓs loyalties. However, the discovery of a second Asian ... | |
| 3x09 Care (Aired: Nov. 23, 2001) When the battered body of a murdered 5-year-old girl in foster care is discovered, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) must explore a complex array of family connections in their search for a motive and murderer. The child's biological mother (guest star Erika Lavonne) ... | |
| 3x10 Ridicule (Aired: Dec. 14, 2001) When a young wife is found dead after what appears to have been an auto-erotic encounter, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) find that the deceased and a group of her girlfriends had recently been accused of raping a male stripper (guest star Pete Starrett). A.D.A. ... | |
| 3x11 Monogamy (Aired: Jan. 04, 2002) When a pregnant woman's unborn child is ripped from her abdomen in an horrific attack, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) go on a frantic search for the child, in the hopes that it could have survived. The woman's husband (guest star John Ritter, "Three's Company," ... | |
| 3x12 Protection (Aired: Jan. 11, 2002) When a 6-year-old boy with a troubled past is shot and abandoned in an emergency room by his frantic mother (guest star Elpidia Carrillo), Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) attempt to track down the child's missing family in hope of finding the shooter. However, when ... | |
| 3x13 Prodigy (Aired: Jan. 18, 2002) The discovery of a man and woman stabbed during a seemingly romantic park rendezvous leaves Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) with the gruesome job of identifying the victims -- a difficult task as the woman's head and hands are missing. However, when further analysis ... | |
| 3x14 Counterfeit (Aired: Jan. 25, 2002) The discovery of a raped and murdered woman near her car forces Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and "Fin" (Ice-T) to become partners to determine both the motive for the crime -- and why the victim was in possession of a trunk full of counterfeit narcotics. When a similar crime is committed, the ... | |
| 3x15 Execution (Aired: Feb. 01, 2002) As serial killer Matthew Brodus (guest star Nick Chinlund) awaits his imminent execution in three days, Detective Stabler (Christopher Meloni) races against time to determine if the convicted man also murdered and raped another victim whose assailant was never identified -- thus giving the slain woman's ... | |
| 3x16 Popular (Aired: Mar. 01, 2002) Detective Stabler (Christopher Meloni) learns from his wife (guest star Isabel Gillies) that her friend (guest star Laura Duncan), a nurse at a local hospital, treated a young rape victim who refused to report the crime to the authorities or her family. Though ethically bound to keep his wife's confidence ... | |
| 3x17 Surveillance (Aired: Mar. 08, 2002) The brutal attack of a young cellist, Cassie Germaine (guest star Emily Deschanel) in her apartment leads Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) to investigate her orchestra conductor Robert Prescott (guest star Michael Nader, "All My Children"). The relationship between ... | |
| 3x18 Guilt (Aired: Mar. 29, 2002) When ADA Cabot (Stephanie March) is faced with a reluctant witness (guest star Bret Harrison) in a child molestation case, she goes above and beyond the normal scope of duty in her search for evidence to convict the serial abuser (guest star Beau Gravitte). But her passion supercedes her compliance with ... | |
| 3x19 Justice (Aired: Apr. 05, 2002) Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) investigate the rape and murder of the stepdaughter of a judge (guest star Keir Dullea, "2001: A Space Odyssey") known for his harsh sentencing of sex-offenders. But the young woman's troubled past reveals shocking relationships both ... | |
| 3x20 Greed (Aired: Apr. 26, 2002) When the wife (guest star Mary Beth Hurt, "The World According to Garp") of an entrepreneur (guest star Henry Winkler, "Happy Days") is found bludgeoned and brutally raped on her kitchen floor, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) believe the attack to be the work of ... | |
| 3x21 Denial (Aired: May. 03, 2002) The sexual assault of a heroin addict (guest star Martha Plimpton, "Beautiful Girls") leads Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) to the gruesome discovery of a decomposing baby's finger in the victim's purse. As they search for both the rapist and the identity of the ... | |
| 3x22 Competence (Aired: May. 10, 2002) When Rebecca Tolliver (guest star Lois Smith, "All My Children") reports that her daughter Katie (guest star Andrea Fay Friedman, "Life Goes On"), a 22-year-old woman with Down Syndrome, has been raped and as a result is now pregnant, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) ... | |
| 3x23 Silence (Aired: May. 17, 2002) When Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) are called to the scene of a murder in a church, they find that Bobby Douglas (guest star Sean Dugan), the young man responsible for the crime, had been receiving payoffs from the church to cover up his sexual abuse by a priest. ... | |
| Season 04 | ||
| 4x01 Chameleon (Aired: Sep. 27, 2002) No Summary | |
| 4x02 Deception (Aired: Oct. 04, 2002) No Summary | |
| 4x03 Vulnerable (Aired: Oct. 11, 2002) No Summary | |
| 4x04 Lust (Aired: Oct. 18, 2002) No Summary | |
| 4x05 Disappearing Acts (Aired: Oct. 25, 2002) No Summary | |
| 4x06 Angels (Aired: Nov. 01, 2002) No Summary | |
| 4x07 Dolls (Aired: Nov. 08, 2002) No Summary | |
| 4x08 Waste (Aired: Nov. 15, 2002) No Summary | |
| 4x09 Juvenile (Aired: Nov. 22, 2002) Two kids blame eachother for the death and rape of a marijuna-growing drug dealer. | |
| 4x10 Resilience (Aired: Dec. 06, 2002) No Summary | |
| 4x11 Damaged (Aired: Jan. 10, 2003) No Summary | |
| 4x12 Risk (Aired: Jan. 17, 2003) No Summary | |
| 4x13 Rotten (Aired: Jan. 24, 2003) No Summary | |
| 4x14 Mercy (Aired: Jan. 31, 2003) No Summary | |
| 4x15 Pandora (Aired: Feb. 07, 2003) No Summary | |
| 4x16 Tortured (Aired: Feb. 14, 2003) No Summary | |
| 4x17 Privilege (Aired: Feb. 21, 2003) No Summary | |
| 4x18 Desperate (Aired: Mar. 14, 2003) No Summary | |
| 4x19 Appearances (Aired: Mar. 28, 2003) No Summary | |
| 4x20 Dominance (Aired: Apr. 04, 2003) No Summary | |
| 4x21 Fallacy (Aired: Apr. 18, 2003) No Summary | |
| 4x22 Futility (Aired: Apr. 25, 2003) No Summary | |
| 4x23 Grief (Aired: May. 02, 2003) No Summary | |
| 4x24 Perfect (Aired: May. 09, 2003) No Summary | |
| 4x25 Soulless (Aired: May. 16, 2003) No Summary | |
| Season 05 | ||
| 5x01 Tragedy (Aired: Sep. 23, 2003) No Summary | |
| 5x02 Manic (Aired: Sep. 30, 2003) No Summary | |
| 5x03 Mother (Aired: Oct. 07, 2003) No Summary | |
| 5x04 Loss (Aired: Oct. 14, 2003) No Summary | |
| 5x05 Serendipity (Aired: Oct. 21, 2003) No Summary | |
| 5x06 Coerced (Aired: Oct. 28, 2003) No Summary | |
| 5x07 Choice (Aired: Nov. 04, 2003) No Summary | |
| 5x08 Abomination (Aired: Nov. 11, 2003) No Summary | |
| 5x09 Control (Aired: Nov. 18, 2003) No Summary | |
| 5x10 Shaken (Aired: Nov. 25, 2003) No Summary | |
| 5x11 Escape (Aired: Dec. 02, 2003) No Summary | |
| 5x12 Brotherhood (Aired: Jan. 06, 2004) No Summary | |
| 5x13 Hate (Aired: Jan. 13, 2004) No Summary | |
| 5x14 Ritual (Aired: Feb. 03, 2004) No Summary | |
| 5x15 Families (Aired: Feb. 10, 2004) No Summary | |
| 5x16 Home (Aired: Feb. 17, 2004) No Summary | |
| 5x17 Mean (Aired: Feb. 24, 2004) No Summary | |
| 5x18 Careless (Aired: Mar. 02, 2004) No Summary | |
| 5x19 Sick (Aired: Mar. 30, 2004) No Summary | |
| 5x20 Lowdown (Aired: Apr. 06, 2004) No Summary | |
| 5x21 Criminal (Aired: Apr. 20, 2004) No Summary | |
| 5x22 Painless (Aired: Apr. 27, 2004) No Summary | |
| 5x23 Bound (Aired: May. 04, 2004) No Summary | |
| 5x24 Poison (Aired: May. 11, 2004) No Summary | |
| 5x25 Head (Aired: May. 18, 2004) A boy is accused of being molested after his soccer game, but he doesn't admit to it. His pricipal, and his soccer coach are the prime suspects. | |
| Season 06 | ||
| 6x01 Birthright (Aired: Sep. 21, 2004) No Summary | |
| 6x02 Debt (Aired: Sep. 28, 2004) No Summary | |
| 6x03 Obscene (Aired: Oct. 12, 2004) No Summary | |
| 6x04 Scavenger (Aired: Oct. 19, 2004) No Summary | |
| 6x05 Outcry (Aired: Oct. 26, 2004) No Summary | |
| 6x06 Conscience (Aired: Nov. 09, 2004) After the death of a little boy is discovered, Benson and Stabler believe it was a former child rapist. When they find out it was the little boy next door, Dr. Morton doesn't want him prosecuted as an adult. What he does not know is the boy played him, and when he figures out, Dr. Morton kills him, and ... | |
 | 6x07 Charisma (Aired: Nov. 16, 2004) Abraham Ofinian/Eugene Hoff is a con artist and pedophile using religion as a front to scam innocent victims among his followers. He has fathered an unborn child with twelve year old Melanie in order to steal her inheritance and is on the run with her from the authorities. He is also wanted in connection ... | |
| 6x08 Doubt (Aired: Nov. 23, 2004) No Summary | |
| 6x09 Weak (Aired: Nov. 30, 2004) No Summary | |
| 6x10 Haunted (Aired: Dec. 07, 2004) No Summary | |
| 6x11 Contagious (Aired: Jan. 11, 2005) No Summary | |
| 6x12 Identity (Aired: Jan. 18, 2005) Two twins are suspects in a crime. One of the twin is more than meets the eye. | |
| 6x13 Quarry (Aired: Jan. 25, 2005) No Summary | |
| 6x14 Game (Aired: Feb. 08, 2005) No Summary | |
| 6x15 Hooked (Aired: Feb. 15, 2005) No Summary | |
| 6x16 Ghost (Aired: Feb. 22, 2005) No Summary | |
| 6x17 Rage (Aired: Mar. 01, 2005) No Summary | |
| 6x18 Pure (Aired: Mar. 08, 2005) No Summary | |
| 6x19 Intoxicated (Aired: Mar. 29, 2005) No Summary | |
| 6x20 Night (1) (Aired: May. 03, 2005) No Summary | |
| 6x21 Blood (Aired: May. 10, 2005) No Summary | |
| 6x22 Parts (Aired: May. 17, 2005) No Summary | |
| 6x23 Goliath (Aired: May. 24, 2005) No Summary | |
| Season 07 | ||
| 7x01 Demons (Aired: Sep. 20, 2005) After receiving a tip from a retired svu detective, Detective Elliot Stabler goes undercover as a pedophile to try to catch who he thinks has committed a crime. How far will Stabler go to get a confession from this man? | |
| 7x02 Design (1) (Aired: Sep. 27, 2005) Benson gets to April Troost before she commits suicide, but when she dies during the trial against the man that rapped her, Benson feels somewhat responsible. But when the detectives learn that April had picked up more men than just Barclay Pallister, all of which don't remember sleeping with her, they ... | |
| 7x03 911 (Aired: Oct. 04, 2005) A disturbing 911 call from nine-year-old Maria Recinos is forwarded to Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay). Recinos is calling for help from a room she claims to have been locked in for days. The detectives put a trace on the cell phone she is using, however it turns up multiple phony leads due ... | |
| 7x04 Ripped (Aired: Oct. 11, 2005) When the son of Detective Stabler's former partner is suspected of attacking a classmate at school, Stabler's emotions toward the case get him suspended from the squad. | |
| 7x05 Strain (Aired: Oct. 18, 2005) A man is found murdered execution style in the window of his workplace, and above him the word Killer is written. A stamp on his hand leads Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Fin (Ice-T) to a gay circuit club, also a methamphetamine hangout. Detectives Benson and Fin scan the ID's of the guests ... | |
| 7x06 Raw (Aired: Nov. 01, 2005) Oscar Winner Marcia Gay Harden and Cody Kasch guest-star-Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Chris Meloni) investigate a school shooting, where three children are shot. When one African-American child dies, detectives follow critical clues and are lead to believe the crime was racially ... | |
| 7x07 Name (Aired: Nov. 08, 2005) A recovering Detective Stabler teams up with Anna Gable after the discovery of a boy's remains from 30 years after he disappeared. This sets off a search for the rest of the five boys who went missing that same year that were never found. | |
| 7x08 Starved (Aired: Nov. 15, 2005) When a series of rapes is linked to a speed-dating service, Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) goes undercover and discovers Mike Jergens (guest star Dean Cain) is the assailant. As the case progresses, Jergens' insecure girlfriend Cora Kennison (guest star Tina Holmes) - an alcoholic and bulimic - ... | |
| 7x09 Rockabye (Aired: Nov. 22, 2005) When Lauren Westley (guest-star Keri Lynn Pratt) is found badly beaten and taken to a New York hospital, it is discovered she's a runaway from Virginia whose father Philip Westley (guest-star Skipp Sudduth) has been in the city searching for her. Detectives discover that Westley was 24 weeks pregnant ... | |
| 7x10 Storm (Aired: Nov. 29, 2005) Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Chris Meloni) aggressively pursue a child molester who kidnapped three young sisters from New Orleans after their parents were killed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina -- but their efforts to secretly locate the third child are compromised by an ambitious ... | |
| 7x11 Alien (Aired: Dec. 06, 2005) When a bruised, bloodied and severely injured 12-year-old boy is dumped outside a hospital, Detectives Benson and Stabler are led to Charlie Monaghan (guest star Sasha Neulinger), a teenager seen beating the boy a week earlier at St. Victor's school. But the suspect's alibi proves unlikely when his 8-year-old ... | |
 | 7x12 Infected (Aired: Jan. 03, 2006) When a woman is found shot to death in her apartment, Detectives Benson and Stabler discover 14-year-old Nathan Phelps (guest star Malcolm David Kelley), traumatized and hiding in the closet. The investigation leads the detectives to Ted Carthage (guest star Clapp), the head of a charity organization, ... | |
| 7x13 Blast (Aired: Jan. 10, 2006) When an eight-year-old girl is kidnapped on her way home from school and DNA tests on the blood found in the abductor's abandoned van reveal she has leukemia, M.E. Warner visits the girl's family to inform them of her findings. No sooner does Warner deliver the diagnosis than she's drawn into the kidnapper's ... | |
| 7x14 Taboo (Aired: Jan. 17, 2006) When a newborn baby boy is discovered in the trash, Detectives Benson and Stabler use a bar t-shirt found at the scene to trace the crime back to a well-to-do college co-ed. At the precinct, the girl collapses and is treated for a potentially lethal post-conception complication, where she then admits ... | |
| 7x15 Manipulated (Aired: Feb. 07, 2006) When the body of a young woman is found murdered in her apartment, detectives Benson and Stabler discover she's a successful attorney - and stripper, which is apparently unknown to her fiancé and boss, Tessa McKellen.Later, tape from a student crew filming the night of the murder reveals the victim ... | |
| 7x16 Gone (Aired: Feb. 28, 2006) When a highschool student from Montreal vanishes on a school trip to New York city, three cocky prep school teens who met up with her earlier are the prime suspects. The three teens had been partying with the victim, Jennifer Durning. Nick and Doug have very rich parents. Jason is supposedly a "good ... | |
| 7x17 Class (Aired: Mar. 21, 2006) A Hudson University co-ed, Caroline Pereira, dependent on financial aid, is found murdered with an unexplained influx of cash. Caroline's wealthy roommate, Gloria Kulhane, is found with one of Caroline's rings, making her a suspect as the two were not friends. Detectives Benson, Fin and Stabler have ... | |
| 7x18 Venom (Aired: Mar. 28, 2006) Detective "Fin" Tutuola is torn between his family and "the system" when his son Ken Randall is roughed up and arrested for digging in a vacant lot late at night. Detectives Stabler and Benson question Randall who claims he was drawn to the site after overhearing a stranger's murder confession while ... | |
| 7x19 Fault (Aired: Apr. 04, 2006) The detectives attempt to track down an extremely dangerous sex offender who has kidnapped two children after brutally murdering their mother, stepfather and older sister. | |
| 7x20 Fat (Aired: May. 02, 2006) A band of teenage siblings attack and sodomize a teenage girl, Jessica Delay, who is a gifted piano student at a prestigious high school in Harlem. Through help from Medical Examiner Warner who identifies the attackers as overweight, Det. Stabler and his one-time partner Det. Lucius Blaine track down ... | |
| 7x21 Web (Aired: May. 09, 2006) A mother is devastated by the revelation that her 8-year-old son has been sexually abused years after her ex-husband was sent to prison for molesting her older child, whose DNA now implicates him in his brother's case. | |
| 7x22 Influence (Aired: May. 16, 2006) Former rock star Derek Lord goes on a national talk show and lectures about the abuse of psychiatric drugs. Meanwhile, an unstable young woman Jamie Hoskins, who loses her virginity, goes off her prescribed medication, gets behind the wheel of a car, and mows down 10 people. As these events are played ... | |
| Season 08 | ||
| 8x01 Informed (Aired: Sep. 19, 2006) FBI agent Star Morrison reappears on the scene, where alleged rape victim Haley refuses a rape kit. Benson learns that Haley is an FBI informant whose ex-boyfriend is a radical environmental rights advocate. In order to foil the group's terrorist activities, Benson goes undercover to further investi ... | |
 | 8x02 Clock (Aired: Sep. 26, 2006) The detectives investigate the disappearance of a 17-year-old girl with Turner's syndrome, a genetic disorder that contributed to her being teased and bullied by students at her prep school. | |
 | 8x03 Recall (Aired: Oct. 03, 2006) No Summary | |
 | 8x04 Uncle (Aired: Oct. 10, 2006) No Summary | |
| 8x05 Confrontation (Aired: Oct. 17, 2006) A rape victim loses her life while confronting her attacker, who assaulted her two separate times. The case leads Stabler and Dani to discover more victims of the same rapist, whom Huang pegs as an "alpha male." Also, one of the young men who killed Dani's husband dies, and the other murderer tries to ... | |
 | 8x06 Infiltrated (Aired: Oct. 31, 2006) Benson's testimony is needed as ADA Novak tries to convict a brutal rapist. The trouble is that Benson, who's still in Oregon posing undercover as ecoterrorist Persephone James, has her own legal woes to deal with after a cocky deputy assaults her and she's questioned by a sheriff about a pharmaceutical ... | |
 | 8x07 Underbelly (Aired: Nov. 14, 2006) A 14-year-old girl who was brutally beaten, raped and killed shares the same dog-paw tattoo as two other young female homicide victims. Despite warnings from Stabler, Dani becomes overly involved in the case. | |
 | 8x08 Cage (Aired: Nov. 21, 2006) No Summary | |
 | 8x09 Choreographed (Aired: Nov. 28, 2006) Stabler becomes involved in a murder case that leads to revelations of infidelity and obsession among a group of friends, one of whom is the victim's husband. Also, Stabler learns that Benson is back in town and asks for her help in the investigation. | |
| 8x10 Scheherezade (Aired: Jan. 02, 2007) Stabler agrees to hear the dying confession of a cancer patient named Judson Tierney, but first he and Benson do some digging into what possible crime Tierney's guilty of and come up with an unsolved case that goes back 47 years. However, according to Tierney, that is merely the "tip of the iceberg. ... | |
| 8x11 Burned (Aired: Jan. 09, 2007) Stabler and Benson are at odds over whom to believe in a "he said, she said" rape case involving a husband and wife in the middle of an extremely bitter child-custody dispute | |
| 8x12 Outsider (Aired: Jan. 16, 2007) Fin looks into an alleged rape at the college where his son, Ken, works. Fin is joined in his investigation by a Brooklyn SVU detective named Chester Lake, who is working a strikingly similar case | |
| 8x13 Loophole (Aired: Feb. 06, 2007) An anonymous letter leads to a child-pornography case, which puts stress on Olivia, who develops medical symptoms similar to those exhibited by the victim and his mother. | |
| 8x14 Dependent (Aired: Feb. 13, 2007) After a mob lawyer is attacked and his wife brutally murdered, Benson and Stabler question their daughter. But her wild night of drunken partying leaves her unable to recall her actions, even though her father insists she was at the scene of the crime. Also, Stabler is charged with excessive force. | |
| 8x15 Haystack (Aired: Feb. 20, 2007) When a mother commits suicide after her young infant goes missing, Stabler becomes drawn to the case. Meanwhile, as Stabler and Benson work on the case, Benson begins to question her family history. | |
| 8x16 Philadelphia (Aired: Feb. 27, 2007) Det. Benson involvement in a case becomes more than she bargained for when she is linked to the suspect in a way Benson could have never imagined. | |
| 8x17 Sin (Aired: Mar. 27, 2007) No Summary | |
| 8x18 Responsible (Aired: Apr. 03, 2007) When an honor student dies at a party, the blame immediately falls on the supplier of the alcohol. However, when the students who threw the party only get a warning, Stabler must use his daughter's help to navigate the complex teenage world in order to find out where the next party will take place. There, ... | |
| 8x19 Florida (Aired: May. 01, 2007) No Summary | |
 | 8x20 Annihilated (Aired: May. 08, 2007) No Summary | |
| 8x21 Pretend (Aired: May. 15, 2007) No Summary | |
 | 8x22 Screwed (Aired: May. 22, 2007) No Summary | |
| Season 09 | ||
| 9x01 Alternate (Aired: Sep. 25, 2007) The detectives investigate when a woman, Janis Donovan, suffering from multiple personality disorder may have fatally abused her daughter. As Benson and Stabler look into the case, Dr. Carlisle assists as Donovan continues to expose different personalities, which leads to a twist in the case. Now, the ... | |
| 9x02 Avatar (Aired: Oct. 02, 2007) After Kristi McGarrett is raped by her sister's boyfriend, Dan Friedich, her sister, Rachel, disappears. Friedich is the detectives' top suspect and Benson and Stabler must use Rachel's "avatar" to find her before it's too late. | |
| 9x03 Impulsive (Aired: Oct. 09, 2007) A 15-year-old boy, Shane Mills, contracts a sexually transmitted disease and claims he got it from his teacher, Sarah Trent, who seduced him. But when Sarah claims Shane raped her, Benson and Stabler begin an investigation that uncovers dark secrets. | |
| 9x04 Savant (Aired: Oct. 16, 2007) Corrine Nicholson is beaten badly and ends up in a coma. The only witness to the crime is Corrine and her husband Ben's daughter, Katie. However, Katie is mentally challenged and the detectives hesitate in having her testify. Together, Benson, Stabler and Dr. Huang work with Katie to put the pieces ... | |
| 9x05 Harm (Aired: Oct. 23, 2007) A teacher at a private school is found stabbed to death. The detectives link the murder to a victim's center where the teacher was working with an Iraqi man. Could exposed military secrets be the reason the teacher was murdered? | |
| 9x06 Svengali (Aired: Nov. 06, 2007) A college student is murdered in her formal wear, and the detectives find that the murder is a "copycat" of notorious serial killer Robert Morton. The case becomes more complex when the last person to see the girl alive, Cecilia, mysteriously disappears herself. In a race against time to find Cecilia ... | |
| 9x07 Blinded (Aired: Nov. 13, 2007) Novak must confront a past ghost while working on a schizophrenic rapist case. | |
| 9x08 Fight (Aired: Nov. 20, 2007) An ultimate fighter's DNA found at the scene of a teenage girl's murder may make him a prime suspect. Yet more evidence may lean towards two brothers involvement in the crime. | |
| 9x09 Paternity (Aired: Nov. 27, 2007) The case of a murdered nanny leads detectives to her online love interest, but her employers also fall under suspicion when infidelity is uncovered. Meanwhile, Stabler's unborn son is in serious danger after a family tragedy. | |
| 9x10 Snitch (Aired: Dec. 04, 2007) A polygamist's wife is murdered and the man believes that her death is related to a criminal case in which he testified. However, the detectives soon find that it may be due to his lifestyle instead. | |
| 9x11 Streetwise (Aired: Jan. 01, 2008) A charismatic yet violent leader of a homeless group is suspected by the detectives of murdering a wealthy Manhattan teen. But the investigation unearths other evidence that leads them to believe he may be responsible for the deaths of his own children and first wife. | |
| 9x12 Signature (Aired: Jan. 08, 2008) Benson begins working with an FBI agent familiar with a serial killers profile when another body is found in Central Park as its latest victim. The agent has a special interest in the case after her mentor committed suicide when he was unable to solve the case. | |
| 9x13 Unorthodox (Aired: Jan. 15, 2008) The naming of a suspect in the sexual assault case of a young Jewish boy uncovers a disturbing pattern when more victims come forward. But the boy's religious community hampers the case by keeping quiet and protective of their own and by a grandstanding defense lawyer who uses the case to further her ... | |
| 9x14 Inconceivable (Aired: Jan. 22, 2008) A race to recover fertilized embryos before they expire has Benson and Stabler racing around after a sperm bank is robbed. The list of suspects is extensive, but all signs point to a pair of publicity seeking extremists, while Benson realizes she may be waiting to long to become a mother herself. | |
| 9x15 Undercover (Aired: Apr. 15, 2008) Ashley Tyler is found raped and badly beaten at a local garden, Benson and Stabler's first suspect is her well-known drug-dealing uncle, Rick Tyler. After the rape kit with crucial evidence identifying the rapist vanishes, detectives begin to suspect a prison guard may have a role in the investigation. ... | |
| 9x16 Closet (Aired: Apr. 22, 2008) An investment banker's death leads to the agent of a pro football quarterback who seemed to be having an affair with the victim. Meanwhile, Benson's dating of a newspaper editor causes a conflict with her position at the department. | |
| 9x17 Authority (Aired: Apr. 29, 2008) An engineer, Martin Rook, proves to be a dangerous man after posing as a police officer on the telephone, tricking people into committing crimes. Rook cleverly gets himself freed from jail, throwing publicity his way and gaining followers with his anti-authority message. | |
| 9x18 Trade (Aired: May. 06, 2008) An attorney hampers an attempted interview with a wealthy member of a coffee trade family, who's pregnant fiance was found in a house fire raped and beaten. As they dig further into the evidence they discover family secrets, including an affair between the victim and her would be father-in-law. | |
| 9x19 Cold (Aired: May. 13, 2008) Lake is made the prime suspect after opening a cold case and being shot at by the detective who had originally worked up the case, which left him dead and Lake in a hospital. Later, Lake flees from the hospital and takes the only witness as a hostage. | |
| Season 10 | ||
| 10x01 Trials (Aired: Sep. 23, 2008) After a young boy, Christopher Ryan, is caught driving a runaway van, Detective Elliot Stabler and Detective Benson take the seven year-old into questioning. When Christopher claims his foster parents, Gwen and Noah Sibert, bribe him in exchange for abusive medical testing, the detectives investigate ... | |
| 10x02 Confession (Aired: Sep. 30, 2008) Teenage boy Eric Byers admits himself into the squad room, and warns the team about an unnatural desire towards his younger stepbrother, Cory Kelly. Detective Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson’s suspicions arise, and Eric admits to also looking at a website to try to curb his pedophilic urge. With no ... | |
| 10x03 Swing (Aired: Oct. 14, 2008) Stabler is shocked when his daughter, Kathleen, becomes the suspect in an investigation to catch a trespasser. He seeks his estranged mother's help in dealing with his daughter's case. | |
| 10x04 Lunacy (Aired: Oct. 21, 2008) The investigation of a famous dead astronaut found in Battery Park has hit a dead end, causing Stabler to ask for assistance from his old mentor, Dick Finley, a former colleague of the victim and an astronaut himself. | |
| 10x05 Retro (Aired: Oct. 28, 2008) No Summary | |
| 10x06 Babes (Aired: Nov. 11, 2008) No Summary | |
| 10x07 Wildlife (Aired: Nov. 18, 2008) No Summary | |
| 10x08 PTSD (Aired: Nov. 25, 2008) [Last Episode] No Summary | |