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 - Terrorized
Release Date: 2016-09-21A 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.
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Episode 2 - Making a Rapist
Release Date: 2016-09-28Newly 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.
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Episode 3 - Imposter
Release Date: 2016-10-05When a man uses a false identity to lure a vulnerable married woman to bed, Barba thinks the evidence amounts to rape.
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Episode 4 - Heightened Emotions
Release Date: 2016-10-12A 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.
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Episode 5 - Rape Interrupted
Release Date: 2016-10-26A sergeant makes Benson choose between loyalty and duty when his son is accused of rape.
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Episode 6 - Broken Rhymes
Release Date: 2016-11-09A record label CEO and his protégé are questioned for their involvement in the assault of a transgender student.
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Episode 7 - Next Chapter
Release Date: 2017-01-04The 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.
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Episode 8 - Chasing Theo
Release Date: 2017-01-11A 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.
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Episode 9 - Decline and Fall
Release Date: 2017-01-18The powerful family of a retail empire closes ranks when a bartender accuses one of their own of rape.
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Episode 10 - Motherly Love
Release Date: 2017-02-08A teenaged boy uses a rifle to stop an assault on his mother, but soon learns the target was someone he knows.
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Episode 11 - Great Expectations
Release Date: 2017-02-15The SVU investigates the players of a top youth hockey team after a vicious locker room hazing.
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Episode 12 - No Surrender
Release Date: 2017-02-22Fin revisits his military roots when a fellow Army Ranger struggles to recover from a sexual assault.
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Episode 13 - Genes
Release Date: 2017-03-22An investigation hits a nerve with Benson when a suspect claims his genetics causes him to commit rape.
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Episode 14 - Net Worth
Release Date: 2017-03-29A top-level investment banker accuses her billionaire client of rape.
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Episode 15 - Know It All
Release Date: 2017-04-05A man under investigation for rape and murder threatens to expose the secrets of those working the case.
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Episode 16 - The Newsroom
Release Date: 2017-04-26Benson 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.
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Episode 17 - Real Fake News
Release Date: 2017-05-03A fake news story leads the squad to a real child sex trafficking ring.
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Episode 18 - Spellbound
Release Date: 2017-05-10A popular spiritual guru with a dark past is accused of rape.
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Episode 19 - Conversion
Release Date: 2017-05-17A young woman visiting NYC with her church group is raped by a friend.
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Episode 20 - American Dream (1)
Release Date: 2017-05-24A 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.
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Episode 21 - Sanctuary (2)
Release Date: 2017-05-24In 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.