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 - Devil's Dissections (1)
Release Date: 2015-09-23The squad revisit a crime scene where bodies were buried by a serial killer. Rollins tries to get a confession, but the killer reveals shocking new info instead.
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Episode 2 - Criminal Pathology (2)
Release Date: 2015-09-23A serial killer reveals shocking new info and problems in the case mount as Barba faces slick lawyers in court.
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Episode 3 - Transgender Bridge
Release Date: 2015-09-30When a transgender teen is assaulted by high school bullies, the case quickly escalates to tragedy, and the squad agonizes over whether the punishment fits the crime.
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Episode 4 - Institutional Fail
Release Date: 2015-10-07A malnourished toddler is found wandering and leads police to another ill child from the same home. The investigation eventually lands the Department of Child Services in hot water. Meanwhile, Chief Dodds tells Benson to expect some changes at her squad.
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Episode 5 - Community Policing
Release Date: 2015-10-14An unarmed black man is shot by three police officers who claim they were following proper procedure while pursuing a rape suspect. As racial tensions mount throughout the city, Barba indicts the three cops.
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Episode 6 - Maternal Instincts
Release Date: 2015-10-21A violinist is raped by her colleague, but he doesn't remember committing the crime and claims he was drugged and robbed by a hired escort. Meanwhile, Rollins' mother throws a baby shower for her; and Sgt. Mike Dodds reports to work at the SVU squad.
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Episode 7 - Patrimonial Burden
Release Date: 2015-11-04When a pious TV family's reputation is shattered by a teen pregnancy scandal, SVU uncovers the reality behind the reality show.
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Episode 8 - Melancholy Pursuit
Release Date: 2015-11-11The search for a missing teenager takes an emotional toll on Dodd, DNA could lead to the teen's abductor.
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Episode 9 - Depravity Standard
Release Date: 2015-11-18Lt. Benson seeks justice in the trial of child abductor Lewis Hodda, but when a plea deal is rejected, Barba must rely on decades-old evidence to make his case and faces off against former SVU colleague Dr. Huang.
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Episode 10 - Catfishing Teacher
Release Date: 2016-01-06A high school student plans a clandestine hookup with his female teacher but ends up in a far more sinister situation.
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Episode 11 - Townhouse Incident
Release Date: 2016-01-13Benson is taken hostage when she tries to stop a home invasion.
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Episode 12 - A Misunderstanding
Release Date: 2016-01-20A murky he-said, she-said date rape case ruins the futures of two high school students.
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Episode 13 - Forty-One Witnesses
Release Date: 2016-02-03A woman is followed home and raped outside her building, where several neighbors witness the crime but fail to call for help.
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Episode 14 - Nationwide Manhunt (I)
Release Date: 2016-02-10Chicago P.D. detectives Lindsay and Dawson join the SVU in the hunt for two escaped murderers they helped to convict. The crossover continues on Chicago P.D. S03E14 The Song of Gregory Williams Yates (II).
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Episode 15 - Collateral Damages
Release Date: 2016-02-17Two high-profile suspects are arrested in the takedown of an online pedophile ring following a sting operation.
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Episode 16 - Star-Struck Victims
Release Date: 2016-02-24When a lack of evidence leads Barba to drop rape charges against a popular actor; Rollins takes matters into her own hands.
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Episode 17 - Manhattan Transfer
Release Date: 2016-03-02A sexual exploitation case involving Catholic schoolgirls results in surprising charges against people in esteemed leadership positions, including judges, lawmakers, lawyers and cops.
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Episode 18 - Unholiest Alliance
Release Date: 2016-03-23When one of their own is implicated in a cover-up, the SVU struggles to unravel a sex trafficking operation deeply-rooted in government offices, the police department, and the Catholic Church.
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Episode 19 - Sheltered Outcasts
Release Date: 2016-03-30Detective Carisi lives undercover at a homeless shelter to determine if one of its sex offender residents is the suspect in a string of neighborhood rapes.
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Episode 20 - Fashionable Crimes
Release Date: 2016-05-04A young model is raped by a renowned fashion house photographer, who looks to his successful brother to make the charges disappear.
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Episode 21 - Assaulting Reality
Release Date: 2016-05-11The producers of a reality TV dating series make Benson and the SVU team part of the show when they investigate a contestant's claim that she was raped.
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Episode 22 - Intersecting Lives (1)
Release Date: 2016-05-18A corrections officer is arrested for sexually assaulting female inmates in and out of prison, and the union that supports him targets Barba and the SVU.
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Episode 23 - Heartfelt Passages (2)
Release Date: 2016-05-25When the investigation of Corrections Officer Gary Munson deepens, he and his union take drastic actions that threaten the lives of ADA Barba and the SVU squad.