Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
NBC · 1999– · Airing now · Drama · Crime · Legal · ★ 7.9/10
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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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode guide
Season 1 · 22 episodes · Sep 20, 1999 – May 19, 2000
Season 2 · 21 episodes · Oct 20, 2000 – May 11, 2001
Season 3 · 23 episodes · Sep 28, 2001 – May 17, 2002
Season 4 · 25 episodes · Sep 27, 2002 – May 16, 2003
Season 5 · 25 episodes · Sep 23, 2003 – May 18, 2004
Season 6 · 23 episodes · Sep 21, 2004 – May 24, 2005
Season 7 · 22 episodes · Sep 20, 2005 – May 16, 2006
Season 8 · 22 episodes · Sep 19, 2006 – May 22, 2007
Season 9 · 19 episodes · Sep 25, 2007 – May 13, 2008
Season 10 · 22 episodes · Sep 23, 2008 – Jun 2, 2009
Season 11 · 24 episodes · Sep 23, 2009 – May 19, 2010
Season 12 · 24 episodes · Sep 22, 2010 – May 18, 2011
Season 13 · 23 episodes · Sep 21, 2011 – May 23, 2012
- Scorched Earth
- Personal Fouls
- Blood Brothers
- Double Strands
- Missing Pieces
- True Believers
- Russian Brides
- Educated Guess
- Lost Traveler
- Spiraling Down
- Theatre Tricks
- Official Story
- Father's Shadow
- Home Invasions
- Hunting Ground
- Child's Welfare
- Justice Denied
- Valentine's Day
- Street Revenge
- Father Dearest
- Learning Curve
- Strange Beauty
- Rhodium Nights
Season 14 · 24 episodes · Sep 26, 2012 – May 22, 2013
- Lost Reputation
- Above Suspicion
- Twenty-Five Acts
- Acceptable Loss
- Manhattan Vigil
- Friending Emily
- Vanity's Bonfire
- Lessons Learned
- Dreams Deferred
- Presumed Guilty
- Beautiful Frame
- Criminal Hatred
- Monster's Legacy
- Secrets Exhumed
- Deadly Ambition
- Funny Valentine
- Undercover Blue
- Legitimate Rape
- Born Psychopath
- Girl Dishonored
- Traumatic Wound
- Poisoned Motive
- Brief Interlude
- Her Negotiation
Season 15 · 24 episodes · Sep 25, 2013 – May 21, 2014
- Surrender Benson
- Imprisoned Lives
- American Tragedy
- Internal Affairs
- Wonderland Story
- October Surprise
- Dissonant Voices
- Military Justice
- Rapist Anonymous
- Psycho/Therapist
- Amaro's One-Eighty
- Jersey Breakdown
- Betrayal's Climax
- Wednesday's Child
- Comic Perversion
- Gridiron Soldier
- Gambler's Fallacy
- Criminal Stories
- Downloaded Child
- Beast's Obsession
- Post-Mortem Blues
- Reasonable Doubt
- Thought Criminal
- Spring Awakening
Season 16 · 23 episodes · Sep 24, 2014 – May 20, 2015
- Girls Disappeared
- American Disgrace
- Producer's Backend
- Holden's Manifesto
- Pornstar's Requiem
- Glasgowman's Wrath
- Chicago Crossover
- Spousal Privilege
- Pattern Seventeen
- Forgiving Rollins
- Agent Provocateur
- Padre Sandunguero
- Decaying Morality
- Intimidation Game
- Undercover Mother
- December Solstice
- Parole Violations
- Devastating Story
- Granting Immunity
- Daydream Believer
- Perverted Justice
- Parent's Nightmare
- Surrendering Noah
Season 17 · 23 episodes · Sep 23, 2015 – May 25, 2016
- Devil's Dissections
- Criminal Pathology
- Transgender Bridge
- Institutional Fail
- Community Policing
- Maternal Instincts
- Patrimonial Burden
- Melancholy Pursuit
- Depravity Standard
- Catfishing Teacher
- Townhouse Incident
- A Misunderstanding
- Forty-One Witnesses
- Nationwide Manhunt
- Collateral Damages
- Star-Struck Victims
- Manhattan Transfer
- Unholiest Alliance
- Sheltered Outcasts
- Fashionable Crimes
- Assaulting Reality
- Intersecting Lives
- Heartfelt Passages
Season 18 · 21 episodes · Sep 21, 2016 – May 24, 2017
Season 19 · 24 episodes · Sep 27, 2017 – May 23, 2018
- Gone Fishin'
- Mood
- Contrapasso
- No Good Reason
- Complicated
- Unintended Consequences
- Something Happened
- Intent
- Gone Baby Gone
- Pathological
- Flight Risk
- Info Wars
- The Undiscovered Country
- Chasing Demons
- In Loco Parentis
- Dare
- Send in the Clowns
- Service
- Sunk Cost Fallacy
- The Book of Esther
- Guardian
- Mama
- Remember Me
- Remember Me Too
Season 20 · 24 episodes · Sep 27, 2018 – May 16, 2019
Season 21 · 20 episodes · Sep 26, 2019 – Apr 23, 2020
- I'm Going to Make You a Star
- The Darkest Journey Home
- Down Low in Hell's Kitchen
- The Burden of Our Choices
- At Midnight in Manhattan
- Murdered at a Bad Address
- Counselor, It's Chinatown
- We Dream of Machine Elves
- Can't Be Held Accountable
- Must Be Held Accountable
- She Paints for Vengeance
- The Longest Night of Rain
- Redemption in Her Corner
- I Deserve Some Loving Too
- Swimming with the Sharks
- Eternal Relief From Pain
- Dance, Lies and Videotape
- Garland's Baptism by Fire
- Solving for the Unknowns
- The Things We Have to Lose
Season 22 · 16 episodes · Nov 12, 2020 – Jun 3, 2021
- Guardians and Gladiators
- The Ballad of Dwight and Irena
- Remember Me in Quarantine
- Sightless in a Savage Land
- Turn Me On Take Me Private
- The Long Arm of the Witness
- Hunt, Trap, Rape and Release
- The Only Way Out Is Through
- Return of the Prodigal Son
- Welcome to the Pedo Motel
- Our Words Will Not Be Heard
- In the Year We All Fell Down
- Trick-Rolled at the Moulin'
- Post-Graduate Psychopath
- What Can Happen in the Dark
- Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
Season 23 · 22 episodes · Sep 23, 2021 – May 19, 2022
- And the Empire Strikes Back
- Never Turn Your Back on Them
- I Thought You Were on My Side
- One More Tale of Two Victims
- Fast Times @TheWheelhouse
- The Five Hundredth Episode
- They'd Already Disappeared
- Nightmares in Drill City
- People vs Richard Wheatley
- Silent Night, Hateful Night
- Burning With Rage Forever
- Tommy Baker's Hardest Fight
- If I Knew Then What I Know Now
- Video Killed the Radio Star
- Promising Young Gentlemen
- Sorry If It Got Weird for You
- Once Upon a Time in El Barrio
- Eighteen Wheels a Predator
- Tangled Strands of Justice
- Did You Believe in Miracles?
- Confess Your Sins to Be Free
- A Final Call At Forlini's Bar
Season 24 · 22 episodes · Sep 22, 2022 – May 18, 2023
- Gimme Shelter, Part II
- The One You Feed
- Mirror Effect
- The Steps We Cannot Take
- Breakwater
- Controlled Burn
- Dead Ball
- A Better Person
- And a Trauma in a Pear Tree
- Jumped In
- Soldier Up
- Blood Out
- Intersection
- Dutch Tears
- King of the Moon
- The Presence of Absence
- Lime Chaser
- Bubble Wrap
- Bend the Law
- Debatable
- Bad Things
- All Pain Is One Malady
Season 25 · 13 episodes · Jan 18, 2024 – May 16, 2024
Season 26 · 22 episodes · Oct 3, 2024 – May 15, 2025
Season 27 · 21 episodes · Sep 25, 2025 – May 14, 2026
Season 28 · 8 episodes · Oct 8, 2026 – Jan 7, 2027
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