Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU) is a groundbreaking American crime drama series and the first spin-off of the iconic Law & Order franchise. Created by Dick Wolf, the series premiered in 1999 and focuses on the elite Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department. This specialized team investigates crimes of a sensitive nature, including sexual assaults, child abuse, and domestic violence. Known for its gripping storytelling, socially relevant themes, and powerful performances, especially by Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson, SVU has become a long-standing staple in television history.The show combines intense criminal investigations with emotionally charged narratives that delve into the personal and professional lives of the detectives, often shedding light on real-world issues.
Stabler and Benson investigate the murder and castration of a New York cab driver. They discover that the victim had assumed the identity of another man because he himself was wanted by police.
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A probable suicide becomes a murder investigation with suspects that include the writer’s psychiatrist, a family member and a local news anchor, but the woman’s sister brings evidence that will turn the case on its head.
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Two underage models are attacked, raped, and killed. The detectives identify the background details of the modeling business.
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Benson and Stabler investigate the murder of a young woman who is initially believed to be a prostitute and the latest in a long line of victims.
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When a travel writer is found dead, gagged by a pair of female underwear, suspicion first falls on his landlady, and then to her rebellious teenage daughter.
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Benson and Stabler investigate a female student’s murder at a local college. When they develop a suspect on the basketball team, they experience resistance from the college, which is trying to preserve its reputation and its chance at an upcoming championship.
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After a young boy is found raped and murdered in Central Park, suspicion obviously falls on a known child molester in the area, but the true offender may be closer than anybody knows.
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An ADA who had worked on sex crimes is raped and murdered. The detectives suspect it may have been someone whom she had prosecuted.
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Benson and Stabler look into the murder of a respected derivatives trader. Their investigation takes them into the world of bondage and sadomasochism.
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Stabler and Benson struggle with a sexual assault case when the shaken victim proves unable to identify the prime suspect. As time moves on, she becomes more reluctant to discuss the crime.
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Benson and Stabler look into the death of a gay man at a party. Their investigation leads them to man who has a dysfunctional relationship with his brother.
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Benson and Stabler investigate the murder of multi-millionaire Andrew Harlin. They begin with Harlin’s long list of male and female lovers and continue to a pair of Russian escorts, one of whom turns up dead, and the other’s boyfriend confesses to the murder.
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Benson and Stabler investigate the murder of a judge who often delivered special verdicts for women in return for sexual favors and was also behind the funding of a local governor’s bid for re-election. The team soon steers their attention to a battered wife with a secret.
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At a victim’s request, the police commissioner tries to convince Cragen to close a rape case whose statute of limitations is about to expire. Benson and Stabler finally realize that one of the victims knows the rapist, but she’s not willing to talk.
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After a salesman is murdered, the detectives turn their attention to Stephanie Mulroney, the youngest daughter of a well-known family with some deep connections. But as they join forces with the officers from the 27th precinct of the Law & Order series, they realize that their case is connected with a long-unsolved case that Lennie Briscoe once handled years ago with his former partner, Mike Logan.
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Two teenagers are arrested in connection with the assault and robbery of an elderly woman, but it soon becomes clear that someone else committed the attack.
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Benson and Stabler investigate the murder of the pregnant daughter-in-law of a prominent religious figure. They initially focus on the victim’s well-connected family and conclude that her infidelity, and the identity of the child’s probable father, likely led to her murder.
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A teenager’s report of being raped by someone she met in a chat room lead the detectives into the middle of a child porn ring.
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The squad investigates a serial rapist targeting women on subways. Meanwhile, Benson begins dating an ambitious crime reporter.
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An investigative reporter bravely airs a piece about her own rape that occurred 2 months earlier. Her description of the men that attacked her results in fresh leads and unexpected turns of events along the way.
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The trial of an accused child molester is jeopardized when the prime witness has difficulty dealing with his past.
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An attorney (guest star Andrew McCarthy) suspected of keeping a Romanian immigrant as a sex slave is linked to a woman’s murder.
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