My Favorite SVU Episodes
by BrittanyCat | created - 18 Jan 2016 | updated - 25 Aug 2019 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Hothouse
(2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The death of a teenage mathematics prodigy sheds light on some disturbing and unhealthy practices taking place among a group of competitive students at a prestigious academy.
Director: Peter Leto | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 1,113
2.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Persona
(2008)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While trying to stop a case of domestic abuse, Benson crosses paths with a woman who has been a fugitive for over 30 years and claims that she was also a domestic abuse victim.
Director: Helen Shaver | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 1,236
3.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Scheherazade
(2007)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A dying man's confessions to Benson and Stabler reveal secrets about the true identity of his estranged daughter and other, more disturbing secrets.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 990
4.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Desperate
(2003)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a young boy witnesses the brutal sexual assault and murder of his stepmother, his father blocks the efforts of the detectives to question him.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March
Votes: 974
5.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Babes
(2008)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The grisly murder of a homeless man leads detectives to four high school girls with a pregnancy pact. But after their pact is revealed, somebody drives the girls' ringleader to an apparent suicide.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 1,144
6.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Selfish
(2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An immature, irresponsible young mother is assumed to have killed her child, but it turns out to be part of a measles outbreak. A.D.A. Cabot then goes after the mother of the child who started the outbreak, who refused to immunize him.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 925
7.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Legitimate Rape
(2013)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A sports reporter who became pregnant after a rape goes through torture when she takes the accused rapist to court.
Director: Jonathan Herron | Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Danny Pino, Kelli Giddish, Richard Belzer
Votes: 981
8.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Users
(2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A controversial therapist goes under the microscope after a teenage girl under his care is killed. During the investigation, Dr. Huang risks his medical license to rescue a heroin addict who is also under his care.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 750
9.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Wildlife
(2008)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stabler is shot while working undercover investigating a violent animal smuggling ring believed to be connected to a young woman's murder.
Director: Peter Leto | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 1,086
10.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Clock
(2006)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A 17-year-old with the features of a little girl is kidnapped. Stabler sees parallels with his own daughter, and must deal with a new partner.
Director: James Hayman | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 1,004
11.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Pixies
(2001)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a young gymnast is found murdered, Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate both her demanding coach and a wealthy benefactor.
Director: Jean de Segonzac | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March
Votes: 1,085
12.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Stranger
(2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detectives Stabler and Benson's suspicions arise when a teenage Jane Doe takes on two identities.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 1,038
13.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Authority
(2008)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man accused of impersonating a police officer over a telephone and telling a fast food manager to sexually assault an employee is found not guilty, and as a result becomes a vocal crusader telling other people to defy authority figures.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 1,900
14.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Pretend
(2007)
TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The investigation into an extreme fighting death leads to the discovery of a 28-year-old woman posing as a 16-year-old high school student.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 1,101
15.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Traumatic Wound
(2013)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
SVU has to turn to an Iraq War veteran suffering from PTSD to figure out who was responsible for a teenage girl's assault at a rock concert.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski | Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Danny Pino, Kelli Giddish, Richard Belzer
Votes: 833
16.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
PTSD
(2008)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
SVU clashes with the Marines over jurisdiction in a case involving the murder in New York of a pregnant soldier who claims she was raped in Iraq. During the investigation, Benson has traumatic flashbacks of her sexual assault.
Director: Eriq La Salle | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 849
17.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Fallacy
(2003)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At a party, a young woman is assaulted in the bathroom, and her assailant ends up dead. The girl leaves the ambulance before SVU can talk to her. Is this a case of self-defence, or something far more complex?
Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March
Votes: 1,200
18.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Scheherazade
(2007)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A dying man's confessions to Benson and Stabler reveal secrets about the true identity of his estranged daughter and other, more disturbing secrets.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 990
19.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
A Single Life
(1999)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
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.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek
Votes: 1,383
20.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Inheritance
(2001)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The detectives search for a rapist targeting Asian women. The case becomes particularly significant for Benson when the rapist's defense is that he inherited the "violence gene" from his father, also a rapist.
Director: Juan José Campanella | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Stephanie March
Votes: 977
21.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Pretend
(2007)
TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The investigation into an extreme fighting death leads to the discovery of a 28-year-old woman posing as a 16-year-old high school student.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 1,101
22.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Alternate
(2007)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman's child is missing, but her multiple personalities make finding out what happened to the child more difficult. And the case is further complicated by the appearance of a relative.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 1,446
23.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Savant
(2007)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The only witness to a mother's beating is her mentally disabled daughter who is suffering from Williams Syndrome. The husband is an early suspect, but he is protected from prosecution because of the Patriot Act.
Director: Kate Woods | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 1,187
24.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Signature
(2008)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detectives Benson and Lake get the help of an FBI agent as they search for a serial killer who brutally attacks young women. However, there are signs that the agent may not be able to handle the mental and emotional weight of the case.
Director: Arthur W. Forney | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 1,264
25.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Swing
(2008)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stabler is forced to confront his mother and the ghosts of his childhood when he learns that his daughter is in trouble with the law and in desperate need of psychiatric attention.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 1,306
26.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Babes
(2008)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The grisly murder of a homeless man leads detectives to four high school girls with a pregnancy pact. But after their pact is revealed, somebody drives the girls' ringleader to an apparent suicide.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 1,144
27.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Stranger
(2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detectives Stabler and Benson's suspicions arise when a teenage Jane Doe takes on two identities.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 1,038
28.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Selfish
(2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An immature, irresponsible young mother is assumed to have killed her child, but it turns out to be part of a measles outbreak. A.D.A. Cabot then goes after the mother of the child who started the outbreak, who refused to immunize him.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 925
29.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Crush
(2009)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Over the course of a complex "sexting" case involving an abused teenage girl, the team encounters a corrupt family court judge who hands down unusually harsh sentences for borderline sexual offenses.
Director: Peter Leto | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 820
30.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Hardwired
(2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Benson and Stabler are faced with a dilemma when a child-abuse suspect offers to reveal the identity of the leader of a controversial civil rights group in exchange for amnesty.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 1,102
31.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Quickie
(2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While investigating the death of a sexually-active 17-year-old girl, SVU finds that a suspect in the case is deliberately spreading HIV to his many sexual partners.
Director: David Platt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 993
32.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Locum
(2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While Benson and Stabler investigate the circumstances behind a foster child's disappearance, they discover that her overprotective parents are still struggling to cope with the disappearance of another daughter.
Director: Arthur W. Forney | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 1,277
33.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
911
(2005)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A little girl calls for help, claiming she's being held hostage, but the team has to keep her on the line to track her down.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 2,308
34.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Branded
(2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman sexually assaults and brands two men. But after she is caught, she claims that it is revenge for an assault on her by the targets from when she was a teenager.
Director: Peter Leto | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 1,160
35.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Reparations
(2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Casey Novak returns to the DA's office to prosecute a man accused of rape. However, Los Angeles ADA Jonah Dekker comes to New York City to serve for the defense as a favor to his family .
Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 751
36.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Delinquent
(2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a teenage predator falsely accuses Stabler of sexual assault, Stabler goes on a personal mission to catch him in the act, leading to a shocking discovery about his troubled past.
Director: Holly Dale | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T
Votes: 1,102
37.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Twenty-Five Acts
(2012)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An erotic novelist is sexually assaulted by a popular TV-show host who attempts to bring her book to life. The SVU detectives persuade her to press charges, but the investigation reveals a secret that could ruin the novelist's career and her case.
Director: Jean de Segonzac | Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Danny Pino, Kelli Giddish, Richard Belzer
Votes: 998
38.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Acceptable Loss
(2012)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
SVU is forced to work with Homeland Security--represented by former Major Case detective Eames--when a sex slave ring it is investigating is discovered to have ties to terrorism.
Director: Alex Chapple | Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Danny Pino, Kelli Giddish, Richard Belzer
Votes: 883
39.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Dreams Deferred
(2012)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The SVU needs the help of an abused, over the hill prostitute to catch one of her Johns who is on a killing spree, but can they also help her get out of her chosen life, and save her family?
Director: Michael Smith | Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Danny Pino, Kelli Giddish, Richard Belzer
Votes: 1,194
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