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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

S1 · E1

IMDB:

7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Released

9/20/1999

Duration

0h 43m

Genre

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country

United States of America

Cast

Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Kelli Giddish

Overview

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.

Episodes

PaybackEP 1Available

Payback

44m6.5

Detectives Stabler and Benson investigate the murder and dismemberment of a taxi driver; the team discovers that he may have been a vicious Serbian war criminal living in the United States under a false identity.

A Single LifeEP 2Available

A Single Life

43m6.8

Benson and Stabler run into multiple dead ends while investigating the case of a woman who plummeted six stories to her death clad only in a slip.

...Or Just Look Like OneEP 3Available

...Or Just Look Like One

43m7.8

When a teen model is murdered and another is left for dead at a hospital emergency room, the team uncovers an insidious drug and sex conspiracy in the world of high fashion. Benson and Stabler enter into a modeling underworld of thoughtless parents, drug-dealing doctors and a trendy agency executive.

HysteriaEP 4Available

Hysteria

43m7.9

When a young African-American woman is found dead, she is initially believed to be a prostitute and the latest in a long line of victims, but when looking into her home life Benson and Stabler realize that she does not fit the pattern, and may not be connected to the other deaths after all, but the other deaths have a connection no one anticipated.

WanderlustEP 5Available

Wanderlust

44m7.7

When a world-traveling author is found dead in a room he rented from an alcoholic woman and her precocious 14-year-old daughter, the detectives are shocked to discover who the murderer is.

Sophomore JinxEP 6Available

Sophomore Jinx

43m6.5

A female student at an upper-class university is raped and murdered, and two of the college’s basketball stars are suspected. However, the college blocks their investigation at every turn because they are not willing to risk the negative publicity that the investigation could bring to the school and the upcoming championship.

UncivilizedEP 7Available

Uncivilized

44m8.1

When a young boy is found raped and murdered in a field, suspicion leads detectives to a recently paroled child molester who lives in the neighborhood.. Although they both hate what the man has done in the past, it is soon obvious to the detectives that the teenagers who initially steered them in the man's direction are hiding secrets of their own.

StalkedEP 8Available

Stalked

44m7.9

When an assistant district attorney is found raped and murdered in Central Park, the Special Victims Unit learn that she’d been stalked by a real estate agent whom she’d convicted of date rape. Benson lets her emotions get the best of her as she takes it upon herself to bring the suspected rapist to justice. Stabler tries to get the man's business partner to help him, but Benson may be the one who ends up needing help.

Stocks & BondageEP 9Available

Stocks & Bondage

44m6.7

An investment analyst is found hanged in her bedroom, and the Special Victims Unit explores her sordid sexual past to uncover her murderer’s identity. The team uncovers the world of bondage and sado-masochism where they first investigate the woman's colleagues but are soon on the trail of a host of individuals involved in the world of whips and chains.

ClosureEP 10Available

Closure

44m7.9

When a woman is raped, she turns to the Special Victims Unit for help, but lack of evidence prevents them from apprehending the criminal. When the detectives revisit the case a few months later, they find the woman even less willing to talk about what happened, as she claims she has moved on. Things turn sticky when Benson and Cassidy spend the night together.

Bad BloodEP 11Available

Bad Blood

44m8.6

A moral coalition leader’s gay son is found murdered on the roof of his apartment building. Initially, Benson and Stabler investigate his father, a Conservative well-known for his homophobic viewpoints, but once they start looking into the young man's living arrangements they realize the person they're looking for may be closer than they think. Munch tries to help Benson find the man who raped her mother, and could potentially be her father.

Russian Love PoemEP 12Available

Russian Love Poem

44m7.1

When a multi-millionaire is found strangled in his home, Benson and Stabler turn their suspicion to his long list of lovers, which includes both men and women. Detectives discover he was involved with a group of beautiful Russian women that came to the U.S. to take advantage of wealthy Americans.

DisrobedEP 13Available

Disrobed

44m6.6

A judge who fought for the rights of abused women is found shot in his car under sordid circumstances, and the detectives uncover a case of corruption that leads to the state parole board. The team soon turns their eye to a battered wife with a secret.

LimitationsEP 14Available

Limitations

44m7.4

At the request of a victim, the police commissioner comes to Cragen with a special request -- close the five-year-old case of a serial rapist before the statute of limitations expires. The detectives finally get a lead but the investigation is hindered by one of the victims.

Entitled (I)EP 15Available

Entitled (I)

44m6.6

After a salesman is murdered, the detectives turn their attention to the youngest daughter of a well-known family with some deep connections. But as they join forces with the officers from the two-seven, they realize that their case is connected with a long-unsolved case that Briscoe once handled years ago with his former partner Mike Logan. The crossover continues in Law & Order S10E14 Entitled (II).

The Third GuyEP 16Available

The Third Guy

44m8.0

An elderly woman is found tied up and sexually assaulted in her apartment, and suspicion is initially on the young men that had broken into her home and robbed her, but once the detectives are surprised to learn that the rape was committed after the robbery – by someone else.

MisleaderEP 17Available

Misleader

44m6.9

The pregnant daughter-in-law of a Christian College president is murdered in her hotel room, and the detectives discover that the man had been involved in some very unholy activities.

Chat RoomEP 18Available

Chat Room

43m8.1

When a teenage girl comes into the squad room to tell the detectives that she was raped by a man she met on the Internet, the investigation leads the Special Victims Unit to a network of pedophiles and child pornographers.

ContactEP 19Available

Contact

42m8.2

After seven young women in a six month time span are raped by a flash and dash assailant on the city subways, the brass calls in a psychiatrist to help the team get into the head of the perp. When he is caught, he possesses the driver's license of a new victim who could put him away.

RemorseEP 20Available

Remorse

44m8.2

A female television news reporter decides to go public with her story when she attacked and raped by two men, but the decision proves to be fatal.

NocturneEP 21Available

Nocturne

43m8.6

After a pharmacy turns over some disturbing photos of a young boy, a beloved neighborhood piano teacher is suspected of being a sexual predator who takes advantage of his innocent young students.

SlavesEP 22Available

Slaves

44m7.9

A Romanian immigrant is being held as a psychological prisoner by her abusive employer and his wife, who is also traumatized by years of abuse and is willing to commit murder to protect her husband. A forensic psychologist analyzes the team, and presents disturbing findings to Cragen, suggesting that one of the detectives be removed from the team.

Cast

Mariska Hargitay

Olivia Benson

Mariska Hargitay

Ice-T

Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola

Ice-T

Kelli Giddish

Amanda Rollins

Kelli Giddish

Peter Scanavino

Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi Jr.

Peter Scanavino

Aimé Donna Kelly

Renee Curry

Aimé Donna Kelly

Kevin Kane

Terry Bruno

Kevin Kane

Corey Cott

Det. Jake Griffin

Corey Cott

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