Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

"Hope in the darkness."

7.9/10 1999 27 Seasons 590 Episodes Returning Series

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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Season 2 Episodes

S2E1
E1
Wrong Is Right
44 min 2000

Stabler's daughter bears witness to a horrific crime scene: a rocket scientist found dead with his crotch on fire. The s…

S2E2
E2
Honor
44 min 2000

The vicious sexual assault and brutal beating of an Afghan diplomat's daughter uncovers clues that may suggest Taliban t…

S2E3
E3
Closure (2)
43 min 2000

Stabler and Benson investigate a sexual assault very similar to one they worked six months ago whose victim follows her …

S2E4
E4
Legacy
44 min 2000

An abused 7-year-old girl lays comatose as the detectives investigate members of her dysfunctional family to determine t…

S2E5
E5
Baby Killer
43 min 2000

The tragic shooting death of a young girl leads investigators to a little boy, and they soon realize that the gun used h…

S2E6
E6
Noncompliance
44 min 2000

The question of patients' rights surfaces when a schizophrenic man refusing to take his medication is suspected in the r…

S2E7
E7
Asunder
44 min 2000

It’s a classic case of “he said, she said” when a cop’s wife charges him with rape. The truth behind the alleged rape co…

S2E8
E8
Taken
44 min 2000

The case of a seventeen-year-old rape victim during a gala for the opening of a luxury hotel takes a strange turn when h…

S2E9
E9
Pixies
44 min 2001

The investigation of a young gymnast's murder involves her strict trainer, a wealthy benefactor and a competitor. Detect…

S2E10
E10
Consent
44 min 2001

A college co-ed is found raped and dazed after a frat party, but can't remember anything that happened. The detectives t…

S2E11
E11
Abuse
44 min 2001

Parental neglect may have led to the tragic death of the son of two famous singers, leading them to fear for his sister.…

S2E12
E12
Secrets
44 min 2001

An exceptional teacher, who helped inner city kids get into college, led a dangerous double life as a sex addict. When s…

S2E13
E13
Victims
44 min 2001

A former police officer, now a community activist, is a suspect in the murders of known sex offenders, all of whom share…

S2E14
E14
Paranoia
44 min 2001

The mysterious rape of a veteran police officer, who trained Benson, is first linked to her ex-husband's gambling debts,…

S2E15
E15
Countdown
44 min 2001

The detectives become a little edgy after working around the clock to find an abducted girl when clues point to a serial…

S2E16
E16
Runaway
43 min 2001

The search for an out-of-state police officer's runaway daughter leads the detectives through an underground rave cultur…

S2E17
E17
Folly
44 min 2001

Male escorts are assaulted and one is murdered, and the police have a tough time finding the bizarre couple whose sexual…

S2E18
E18
Manhunt
44 min 2001

The details of a kidnapping are similar to a series of rapes and murders that may link the crime to a serial killer.

S2E19
E19
Parasites
44 min 2001

The remains of a Romanian woman are found three years after her death, buried in an apartment courtyard with a collar an…

S2E20
E20
Pique
44 min 2001

Observed by an FBI psychiatrist, the detectives uncover a horrifying motive for the slaying of a software company employ…

S2E21
E21
Scourge
44 min 2001

A "Jack the Ripper" type murderer, who justifies his crimes with paranoid religious motivation set on by a rapidly deter…

Cast

Mariska Hargitay
Mariska Hargitay
Olivia Benson
Ice-T
Ice-T
Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
Kelli Giddish
Kelli Giddish
Amanda Rollins
Peter Scanavino
Peter Scanavino
Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi Jr.
Aimé Donna Kelly
Aimé Donna Kelly
Renee Curry
Kevin Kane
Kevin Kane
Terry Bruno
Corey Cott
Corey Cott
Det. Jake Griffin

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