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 - Alternate
Release Date: 2007-09-25Benson and Stabler investigate a suspected child abuse case only to learn that the woman who reported it is the real case.
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Episode 2 - Avatar
Release Date: 2007-10-02Detectives are troubled to learn that someone has taken an online game too far when a girl goes missing.
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Episode 3 - Impulsive
Release Date: 2007-10-09A teacher claims that a student pursued her after she's charged with raping him.
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Episode 4 - Savant
Release Date: 2007-10-16The only witness to a young woman's horrific beating is her mentally challenged daughter.
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Episode 5 - Harm
Release Date: 2007-10-23Benson and Stabler investigate the connection between the New York murder of college counselor Kate Simes and her volunteer work at a refugee center working with soldiers tortured in Iraq.
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Episode 6 - Svengali
Release Date: 2007-11-06Benson comes under fire from fans of a convicted serial killer after a body turns up that greatly resembles his work.
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Episode 7 - Blinded
Release Date: 2007-11-13Novak confronts ghosts from her past while handling the trial of a schizophrenic serial rapist, who seriously injured Stabler.
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Episode 8 - Fight
Release Date: 2007-11-20Detectives find themselves embroiled in the world of ultimate fighting after a young girl's death.
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Episode 9 - Paternity
Release Date: 2007-11-27When the paternity of a missing young boy is placed into question, Stabler wonders if he really is the father of Kathy's child. Later, Stabler faces the possibility of losing not only his partner but also Kathy and the baby when she and Benson are in an accident.
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Episode 10 - Snitch
Release Date: 2007-12-04When a polygamist's wife is murdered, he believes it's related to a recent criminal case he was testifying in, but detectives believe it may be connected to his culture.
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Episode 11 - Streetwise
Release Date: 2008-01-01A Park Avenue socialite's body is found in NYC'S Central Park, and Detectives Benson and Stabler initially suspect her wealthy boyfriend.
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Episode 12 - Signature
Release Date: 2008-01-08A woman's body is found murdered in a park alongside a man with a bullet in his head - Benson and Special Agent Cooper join forces and suspect "The Woodsman", a serial killer Cooper has tried to catch for years. Lake and Benson begin to question Cooper's true motives when the male victim is later identified as "The Woodsman".
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Episode 13 - Unorthodox
Release Date: 2008-01-15Benson and Stabler investigate a tutor after a student is beaten and sexually assaulted, but their investigation soon leads them to another student.
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Episode 14 - Inconceivable
Release Date: 2008-01-22The robbery of fertilized embryos from a sperm bank call for Benson and Stabler to track down the thief. Clues from the clinic's security tape lead them to a long list of suspects including two publicity-hungry extremists. The detectives race against the clock to find the missing embryos, but that isn't the only clock that's ticking - Olivia considers her own fertility and the possibility of motherhood.
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Episode 15 - Undercover
Release Date: 2008-04-15After a woman was found raped in a garden, Benson and Stabler realize that the case goes much deeper because of the victim's mother, drugs, and the realization that a corrections officer is involved. Benson decides to go undercover at the same prison where the mother is, putting herself on the other side of the fence.
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Episode 16 - Closet
Release Date: 2008-04-22After investment banker Jeremy Haynes is found dead, suspicions turns to his boyfriend Lincoln Haver, a professional football player who could lose everything if the truth of his sexuality became public. When news of Haver's sexual orientation comes out, Benson comes under fire for her relationship with a reporter.
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Episode 17 - Authority
Release Date: 2008-04-29An engineer plays a series of mind games with Benson and Stabler.
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Episode 18 - Trade
Release Date: 2008-05-06When a pregnant woman's body is discovered in a burned-out brownstone, the investigation turns to a family of coffee importers.
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Episode 19 - Cold
Release Date: 2008-05-13The squad is left at ends when Lake is caught in a gunfight and later takes a witness hostage.