Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Episode 1

Scorched Earth

An African immigrant working as a maid accuses an Italian diplomat of rape, but is she really in it just for the money? Meanwhile, Stabler's return remains in doubt after his latest shooting.

8.2 Sep 21, 2011

Episode 2

Personal Fouls

SVU investigates an accusation that a revered high school basketball coach sexually abused his players, but they ultimately may need the cooperation of a reluctant pro superstar to make the case.

7.4 Sep 28, 2011

Episode 3

Blood Brothers

A pregnant thirteen-year-old girl from Washington Heights claims that the son of an ambassador raped her, but the accused goes missing before SVU can question him.

5.9 Oct 05, 2011

Episode 4

Double Strands

Detective Rollins believes that SVU has caught a serial rapist from one of her earlier cases in Georgia, but a passioned request after a suicide attempt leads Amaro to suspect that they may have the wrong person.

8.0 Oct 12, 2011

Episode 5

Missing Pieces

Detectives search for a missing baby on Halloween after a young mother from Buffalo tells them her car was stolen while her baby was still in it.

8.8 Oct 19, 2011

Episode 6

True Believers

The SVU team works together to investigate the case of a promising music student who was brutally raped at gunpoint.

5.0 Nov 02, 2011

Episode 7

Russian Brides

In order to bring down a Russian mobster running an international prostitution/kidnapping ring disguised as a Russian bride website, Cragen steps from behind the desk to go undercover.

8.2 Nov 09, 2011

Episode 8

Educated Guess

A patient in a mental hospital claims to have witnessed a sexual assault. However, the supposed victim is a fellow patient who has a history of making rape allegations, but she denies being assaulted this time.

7.4 Nov 16, 2011

Episode 9

Lost Traveller

When a Romani boy vanishes on his way home from school, the Special Victims Unit must penetrate his insular community to find the unlikely abductors.

7.7 Nov 30, 2011

Episode 10

Spiraling Down

A retired pro quarterback is busted for having sex with a fourteen-year-old prostitute, but he may be suffering from diminished capacity because of all the concussions he had on the field.

7.4 Dec 07, 2011

Episode 11

Theatre Tricks

SVU tries to figure out who was responsible for the real-life rape of an actress during an interactive theater performance that everybody just assumed was part of the show.

8.0 Jan 11, 2012

Episode 12

Official Story

Benson and Amaro must work around a resistant victim when the CEO of a military contractor is assaulted.

8.4 Jan 18, 2012

Episode 13

Father's Shadow

A nineteen-year-old creates a hostage situation after his father is accused of sexual assault, and Olivia uses her personal experience to help defuse the situation.

7.9 Feb 08, 2012

Episode 14

Home Invasions

After a couple is murdered in their home and their daughter is critically injured, SVU uncovers a number of twisted family secrets, as well as Detective Rollins' gambling addiction.

7.8 Feb 15, 2012

Episode 15

Hunting Ground

Detectives Benson and Amaro lead the search for a serial killer who is targeting young prostitutes.

5.8 Feb 22, 2012

Episode 16

Child's Welfare

Detective Benson calls on Bayard Ellis for legal help when her estranged brother gets caught in a child custody battle. Also, Detectives Tutuola and Rollins investigate why a newborn baby is abandoned near a hospital.

7.2 Feb 29, 2012

Episode 17

Justice Denied

A closed rape case of Benson's is reopened because of it's similarities to a new case, and the possibility of wrongful imprisonment surfaces. As Benson's work is questioned, tension develops between her, ADA Haden, and Bayard Ellis.

7.6 Apr 21, 2012

Episode 18

Valentine's Day

A man witnesses his wife's rape and kidnapping while video chatting with her on his way home from a business trip. The abductors seek a ransom, and the case grows more complex as detectives probe deeper.

7.6 Apr 18, 2012

Episode 19

Street Revenge

The task of find a serial rapist becomes more difficult when a team of neighborhood vigilante "superheroes" starts trying to avenge the crimes.

6.6 Apr 25, 2012

Episode 20

Father Dearest

Detectives search for a missing teenage girl who vanished while looking for her biological father, an anonymous sperm donor. A puzzling prime suspect who's targeted several young women soon emerges.

7.4 May 02, 2012

Episode 21

Learning Curve

As Fin tries to get justice after his gay son's fiancé is brutally beaten in a hate crime, SVU uncovers a scandal involving a teacher sexually abusing a student at a prep school.

8.2 May 09, 2012

Episode 22

Strange Beauty

The investigation of the homicide of a young woman who recently had her leg amputated sends SVU into the strange culture of body modification.

5.5 May 16, 2012

Episode 23

Rhodium Nights

The murder of a prostitute at a bachelor party sends SVU on a dangerous investigation that could lead all the way into the highest reaches of New York power and influence.

6.2 May 23, 2012