Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
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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Episode 1 - Lost Reputation (1)
Release Date: 2012-09-26The squad reels from the fallout of Capt. Cragen being arrested for the murder of an escort.
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Episode 2 - Above Suspicion (2)
Release Date: 2012-09-26Delia continues cleaning house, leaving a wake of accusations, frame-ups, and murders for SVU to work through as they continue their search for evidence to prove Donald Cragen is being framed.
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Episode 3 - Twenty-Five Acts
Release Date: 2012-10-10A famous TV host forces himself on the young author of an erotic novel; Detective Amaro uncovers a secret that could damage the author's career and her case.
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Episode 4 - Acceptable Loss
Release Date: 2012-10-17The special victims squad tries to take down a sex-trafficking operation that enslaves young women; when the investigation is halted by Lt. Alexandra Eames, Detective Benson has to get creative.
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Episode 5 - Manhattan Vigil
Release Date: 2012-10-24The kidnapping of a young boy reminds Cragen, Munch and Benson of a unsolved case from thirteen years ago.
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Episode 6 - Friending Emily
Release Date: 2012-10-31The investigation into a girl's disappearance leads to a high-tech kidnapper who uses the Internet to cover his tracks; Rollins reconnects with her sister.
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Episode 7 - Vanity's Bonfire
Release Date: 2012-11-14When a woman claims that the baby she kidnapped is hers with a respected legal expert, the investigation changes the lives of two families.
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Episode 8 - Lessons Learned
Release Date: 2012-11-21As the detectives investigate reports of sexual abuse at an elite private school, decades of secrets are exposed.
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Episode 9 - Dreams Deferred
Release Date: 2012-12-05A man goes on a killing spree, but he has links to a prostitute that Benson encountered in an earlier investigation, so the FBI contacts SVU for information.
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Episode 10 - Presumed Guilty
Release Date: 2013-01-02Holiday celebrations are interrupted when Detective Tutuola's ex-brother-in-law is arrested for attacking a priest; during the investigation, a church scandal is uncovered.
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Episode 11 - Beautiful Frame
Release Date: 2013-01-09When a rape victim is arrested for murder in Suffolk County, Detective Benson questions the case and finds enough evidence for District Attorney Barba to charge a different suspect in Manhattan.
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Episode 12 - Criminal Hatred
Release Date: 2013-01-30The detectives go under cover to arrest a man who brutally attacks other men; a deceptively tough defense attorney complicates ADA Barba's case.
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Episode 13 - Monster's Legacy
Release Date: 2013-02-06When a janitor violently attacks a coach, the SVU team connects the janitor's behavior to a history of sexual abuse; the detectives find more victims of the same predator.
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Episode 14 - Secrets Exhumed
Release Date: 2013-02-13FBI Agent Dana Lewis partners with SVU when she thinks a 25-year-old rape-murder case in New York is connected to multiple unsolved cases across the country; as Lewis doggedly pursues her suspect, Benson and Amaro question his guilt.
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Episode 15 - Deadly Ambition
Release Date: 2013-02-20The SVU squad tries to keep Detective Rollins' sister safe from her abusive boyfriend when she turns up beaten and pregnant; when Rollins is forced to take drastic action, an internal affairs investigation begins.
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Episode 16 - Funny Valentine
Release Date: 2013-02-27A promising singer is beaten by her boyfriend, a famous hip-hop star, but she refuses to help ADA Barba build his case; the defendant and his attorney turn the case into a media circus.
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Episode 17 - Undercover Blue
Release Date: 2013-03-20A woman claims that Brian Cassidy raped her while he was working under cover; when Cassidy and his lawyer utilize surprising defense methods, Detective Amaro is affected.
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Episode 18 - Legitimate Rape
Release Date: 2013-03-27A popular sports reporter accuses a cameraman of rape and stalking; when the victim learns she is pregnant as a result of the rape, the defense employs controversial tactics in hope of gaining favor with the jury.
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Episode 19 - Born Psychopath
Release Date: 2013-04-03The SVU detectives investigate after a school nurse notices multiple injuries on a young girl; Detective Amaro tries to bond with his recently discovered son.
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Episode 20 - Girl Dishonored
Release Date: 2013-04-24As the SVU detectives investigate the alleged rape of a sorority pledge, drunken students, and conflicting accounts complicate matters.
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Episode 21 - Traumatic Wound
Release Date: 2013-05-01When a concert turns into a mob scene, a teenager is brutally assaulted; Detective Amaro ends up defending the prime suspect's reputation.
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Episode 22 - Poisoned Motive
Release Date: 2013-05-08When two sniper attacks on the NYPD link to Detective Tutuola's past as a narcotics officer, he reconnects with his former partner in hope of finding a motive.
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Episode 23 - Brief Interlude
Release Date: 2013-05-15The investigation into how a comatose woman ended up in a river near the mayor's home reveals the victim's unexpected wild side.
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Episode 24 - Her Negotiation
Release Date: 2013-05-22The detectives uncover a shocking theory as they work to learn the identity of a man Rollins arrested for exposing himself in the park.