Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
"Hope in the darkness."
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.
Season 18 Episodes
E1
A young boy is found wandering alone in Central Park and the search for his parents leads to startling evidence of a pla…
E2
Newly tested DNA evidence leads to the exoneration of a prisoner who served 16 years for a rape conviction. However, he…
E3
When a man uses a false identity to lure a vulnerable married woman to bed, Barba thinks the evidence amounts to rape.
E4
A sexually assaulted athlete's double life could destroy her Olympic career and ruin the case against her attacker; Roll…
E5
A sergeant makes Benson choose between loyalty and duty when his son is accused of rape.
E6
A record label CEO and his protégé are questioned for their involvement in the assault of a transgender student.
E7
The SVU team investigates a woman has been sexually assaulted by a masked man, but she believes the rapist is the same m…
E8
A 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 …
E9
The powerful family of a retail empire closes ranks when a bartender accuses one of their own of rape.
E10
A teenaged boy uses a rifle to stop an assault on his mother, but soon learns the target was someone he knows.
E11
The SVU investigates the players of a top youth hockey team after a vicious locker room hazing.
E12
Fin revisits his military roots when a fellow Army Ranger struggles to recover from a sexual assault.
E13
An investigation hits a nerve with Benson when a suspect claims his genetics causes him to commit rape.
E14
A top-level investment banker accuses her billionaire client of rape.
E15
A man under investigation for rape and murder threatens to expose the secrets of those working the case.
E16
Benson and Barba ask witnesses to put their jobs on the line after a news anchor makes an on-air disclosure of rape agai…
E17
A fake news story leads the squad to a real child sex trafficking ring.
E18
A popular spiritual guru with a dark past is accused of rape.
E19
A young woman visiting NYC with her church group is raped by a friend.
E20
A hate crime is committed against a Muslim family, resulting in the death of their daughter. Things get complicated when…
E21
In the 18th-season finale, two families seek justice for their loved ones in the wake of a suspect's unexpected release.…
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