Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season Average Ratings
1999-Current
Season 1 Average Ratings - 9.00
Season 2 Average Ratings - 8.81
Season 3 Average Ratings - 8.81
Season 4 Average Ratings - 8.90
Season 5 Average Ratings - 8.83
Season 6 Average Ratings - 8.80
Season 7 Average Ratings - 8.86
Season 8 Average Ratings - 9.02
Season 9 Average Ratings - 8.83
Season 10 Average Ratings - 8.90
Season 11 Average Ratings - 8.73
Season 12 Average Ratings - 8.79
Season 13 Average Ratings - 8.42
Season 14 Average Ratings - 8.57
Season 15 Average Ratings - 8.37
Season 16 Average Ratings - 7.96
Season 17 Average Ratings - 8.52
Season 18 Average Ratings - 7.84
Season 19 Average Ratings - 8.46
Season 20 Average Ratings - 8.30
Season 21 Average Ratings - 8.43
Season 22 Average Ratings - 8.41
Season 23 Average Ratings - 8.47
Season 24 Average Ratings - 8.20
Season 25 Average Ratings -
Season 1 Average Ratings - 9.00
Season 2 Average Ratings - 8.81
Season 3 Average Ratings - 8.81
Season 4 Average Ratings - 8.90
Season 5 Average Ratings - 8.83
Season 6 Average Ratings - 8.80
Season 7 Average Ratings - 8.86
Season 8 Average Ratings - 9.02
Season 9 Average Ratings - 8.83
Season 10 Average Ratings - 8.90
Season 11 Average Ratings - 8.73
Season 12 Average Ratings - 8.79
Season 13 Average Ratings - 8.42
Season 14 Average Ratings - 8.57
Season 15 Average Ratings - 8.37
Season 16 Average Ratings - 7.96
Season 17 Average Ratings - 8.52
Season 18 Average Ratings - 7.84
Season 19 Average Ratings - 8.46
Season 20 Average Ratings - 8.30
Season 21 Average Ratings - 8.43
Season 22 Average Ratings - 8.41
Season 23 Average Ratings - 8.47
Season 24 Average Ratings - 8.20
Season 25 Average Ratings -
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- DirectorJean de SegonzacStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerStabler 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.Season 1 Episode 1
Ratings: 10/10 - DirectorLesli Linka GlatterStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA 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.Season 1 Episode 2
Rating: 9.5/10 - 1999– 43mTV-147.7 (1.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorRick RosenthalStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerTwo underage models are attacked, raped, and killed. The detectives identify the background details of the modeling business.Season 1 Episode 3
Rating: 8.6/10 - DirectorRichard DobbsStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerBenson 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.Season 1 Episode 4
Rating: 8.9/10 - DirectorDavid Hugh JonesStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerWhen 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.Season 1 Episode 5
Rating: 8.7/10 - DirectorClark JohnsonStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerBenson 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.Season 1 Episode 6
Rating: 8.4/10 - DirectorMichael FieldsStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAfter 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.Season 1 Episode 7
Rating: 8.9/10 - DirectorPeter MedakStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAn ADA who had worked on sex crimes is raped and murdered. The detectives suspect it may have been someone whom she had prosecuted.Season 1 Episode 8
Rating: 9.3/10 - DirectorConstantine MakrisStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerBenson and Stabler look into the murder of a respected derivatives trader. Their investigation takes them into the world of bondage and sadomasochism.Season 1 Episode 9
Rating: 8.0/10 - DirectorStephen WertimerStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerStabler 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.Season 1 Episode 10
Rating: 10/10 - DirectorMichael FieldsStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerBenson 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.Season 1 Episode 11
Rating: 9.0/10 - 1999– 44mTV-147.3 (1.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorRick RosenthalStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerBenson 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.Season 1 Episode 12
Rating: 8.4/10 - DirectorDavid PlattStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerBenson 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.Season 1 Episode 13
Rating: 8.6/10 - DirectorConstantine MakrisStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAt 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.Season 1 Episode 14
Rating: 8.6/10 - DirectorEdwin SherinStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAfter 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.Season 1 Episode 15
Rating: 8.8/10 - DirectorJud TaylorStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerTwo 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.Season 1 Episode 16
Rating: 9.4/10 - DirectorRichard DobbsStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerBenson 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.Season 1 Episode 17
Rating: 8.5/10 - DirectorRichard DobbsStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA 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.Season 1 Episode 18
Rating: 10/10 - DirectorMichael ZinbergStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe squad investigates a serial rapist targeting women on subways. Meanwhile, Benson begins dating an ambitious crime reporter.Season 1 Episode 19
Rating: 8.1/10 - DirectorAlexander CassiniStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAn 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.Season 1 Episode 20
Rating: 8.9/10 - DirectorJean de SegonzacStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe trial of an accused child molester is jeopardized when the prime witness has difficulty dealing with his past.Season 1 Episode 21
Rating: 9.6/10 - DirectorTed KotcheffStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAn attorney (guest star Andrew McCarthy) suspected of keeping a Romanian immigrant as a sex slave is linked to a woman's murder.Season 1 Episode 22
Rating: 10/10 - 1999– 44mTV-148.1 (1.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorTed KotcheffStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerDetective Stabler's daughter witnesses a gory crime scene involving a murdered man who had a secret life. Meanwhile, a new ADA is assigned to the unit while Stabler and Jeffries come under review by the department.Season 2 Episode 1
Rating: 8.8/10 - DirectorAlan MetzgerStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe assault of an Afghan diplomat's daughter uncovers clues that may suggest ancient traditions justify "honor killings" when a child goes against time-honored values.Season 2 Episode 2
Rating: 8.0/10 - 1999– 43mTV-148.5 (989)TV EpisodeDirectorJean de SegonzacStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerStabler and Benson investigate a sexual assault very similar to one they worked a year and a half ago, whose first-known victim now follows her alleged attacker and reports his activities anonymously to the police, and the rapist's wife.Season 2 Episode 3
Rating: 10/10 - DirectorJud TaylorStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA 7-year-old girl lapses into a coma and the detectives investigate the members of her family to determine who's responsible for the abuse.Season 2 Episode 4
Rating: 8.7/10 - DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe tragic shooting death of a young girl leads investigators to a little boy. They soon realize that the gun used has been used in another crime scene.Season 2 Episode 5
Rating: 9.1/10 - DirectorElodie KeeneStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA patient rights controversy come to light when a schizophrenic man refuses to take his medication and becomes a suspect in the stabbing death of a psychiatric doctoral student.Season 2 Episode 6
Rating: 8.2/10 - DirectorDavid PlattStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA woman accuses her husband, a cop, of raping her. When Benson and Stabler arrest him, he denies his wife's claims and claims she's unbalanced.Season 2 Episode 7
Rating: 8.4/10 - DirectorMichael FieldsStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerWhen a young female reports a brutal rape during a hotel's grand opening, the police investigates the details of the attack to pin down their suspect, who has a prior conviction for statutory rape.Season 2 Episode 8
Rating: 8.3/10 - DirectorJean de SegonzacStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerWhen a young gymnast is found murdered, Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate both her demanding coach and a wealthy benefactor.Season 2 Episode 9
Rating: 9.5/10 - DirectorJames QuinnStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerBenson and Stabler investigate the case of a college girl who is raped during a fraternity party, but who can't remember what happened. The medical investigation reveals a date rape drug in her system, which leaves the detectives with several suspects and accomplices.Season 2 Episode 10
Rating: 8.0/10 - DirectorRichard DobbsStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerBenson and Stabler suspect parental neglect in the death of the son of two famous singers, The detectives fear for their surviving daughter, who has a history of serious injuries, and Benson grows attached to her. Her parents resent Benson attention to their daughter, and they take out a restraining order, which puts Benson's job in jeopardy.Season 2 Episode 11
Rating: 8.2/10 - DirectorArthur W. ForneyStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA dedicated inner-city schoolteacher is murdered. Initial indications that the victim lived a quiet and simple life take a turn when pictures of her posing nude are found.Season 2 Episode 12
Rating: 8.9/10 - DirectorConstantine MakrisStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerElliot faces personal demons when Cragen asks him to investigate the murder of a convicted rapist that Elliot himself helped to put away.Season 2 Episode 13
Rating: 8.4/10 - DirectorRichard DobbsStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerSVU investigates the rape and choking of a police sergeant investigating a silent alarm on a warehouse. When the victim recants, and internal affairs ends the investigation, the detectives look at the officers working with the victim.Season 2 Episode 14
Rating: 8.9/10 - DirectorSteve ShillStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe Team at SVU has 72 hours to locate a man who has kidnapped, raped, and murdered four young girls. Can they find him before time runs out?Season 2 Episode 15
Rating: 9.3/10 - DirectorRichard DobbsStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA police officer's daughter runs away and the squad uses the help of a internet journalist to track her down.Season 2 Episode 16
Rating: 8.5/10 - DirectorJud TaylorStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAfter several male escorts are assaulted and one murdered the team finds a link to a couple whose sexual fantasy may have turned violent.Season 2 Episode 17
Rating: 8.5/10 - DirectorStephen WertimerStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerDetectives Munch and Tutuola become increasingly frustrated as they follow a brutal pair of kidnappers who rape and murder their victims; and even when they get their men, they end up in a legal dispute with the Canadian authorities.Season 2 Episode 18
Rating: 10/10 - DirectorDavid PlattStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAfter the remains of a woman who was murdered three years earlier are found in a backyard, a composite sketch leads detectives to her identical twin sister.Season 2 Episode 19
Rating: 8.9/10 - DirectorSteve ShillStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA brutal rape and murder are connected to a man who through a weird relationship with his mother has a sexual fetishSeason 2 Episode 20
Rating: 8.9/10 - DirectorAlex ZakrzewskiStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA disturbed man is arrested after a murder spree. Alexandra Cabot comes under fire for seeking the death penalty.Season 2 Episode 21
Rating: 9.6/10 - DirectorHenry BronchteinStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe false memories of a girl's childhood molestation by her father lead to a tragedy.Season 3 Episode 1
Rating: 8.7/10 - DirectorJean de SegonzacStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThree people are found murdered, all unconnected to each other, except to that of cases that Detective Benson has investigated.Season 3 Episode 2
Rating: 8.8/10 - DirectorJames QuinnStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe kidnapping of an infant at a grocery store leads to a scheme of snatching and selling babies for adoption which brings back a case from 12 years ago that involved Captain Cragen and his partner, the late Max Greevey.Season 3 Episode 3
Rating: 8.3/10 - DirectorSteve ShillStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerDetective Tutuola becomes personally involved in a case when a friend's daughter becomes a fatal victim of sexual assault.Season 3 Episode 4
Rating: 8.6/10 - DirectorJean de SegonzacStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerWhen arriving party guests find a prominent doctor murdered and his wife raped, the investigation starts with his estranged son and a former patient, then moves to his mistress and her neighbor.Season 3 Episode 5
Rating: 10/10 - DirectorTed KotcheffStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerDetectives Stabler and Hawk work together to capture a serial rapist and murderer, but as the investigation leads to fresh evidence, Hawk begins to suspect that he may have convicted the wrong man.Season 3 Episode 6
Rating: 8.4/10 - DirectorLesli Linka GlatterStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe squad is called in to investigate when a detective discovers a man shot and sodomized in an alley behind a gay bar.Season 3 Episode 7
Rating: 9.0/10 - DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe 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.Season 3 Episode 8
Rating: 8.8/10 - DirectorGloria MuzioStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerWhen a girl in foster care is found dead, the squad's investigation leads close to home.Season 3 Episode 9
Rating: 8.4/10 - DirectorConstantine MakrisStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerDetectives Benson and Stabler investigate the death of a young wife who was recently accused of assaulting a male stripper with a group of her girlfriends.Season 3 Episode 10
Rating: 8.8/10 - DirectorConstantine MakrisStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe case involves the beating of a seven-months-pregnant woman, whose unborn child has been torn from her body via a primitive cesarean section. Among the many witnesses questioned is the woman's husband, a psychiatrist with several devastating secrets and knows more about his wife's beating than he's willing to admit.Season 3 Episode 11
Rating: 9.5/10 - DirectorAlex ZakrzewskiStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA 6-year-old boy is shot and then abandoned in an emergency room by his fearful mother, sending detectives in search of his missing family and the gunman before his mother becomes a victim too.Season 3 Episode 12
Rating: 8.0/10 - DirectorSteve ShillStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerBenson and Stabler have the gruesome task of identifying the remains of a man and a woman who were stabbed in a park.Season 3 Episode 13
Rating: 8.9/10 - DirectorArthur W. ForneyStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA woman is found by her car, where she had been raped and killed. Benson and Tutuola try to figure out why there were drugs in the victim's trunk but then find that a similar rape was committed. This victim says that a police officer raped her after pulling her over for a supposed driving violation. The DA now has to zero in on the corrupt cop.Season 3 Episode 14
Rating: 8.1/10 - DirectorAlex ZakrzewskiStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerWhen the parents of a teenage murder victim approach Stabler, he goes with Dr. Huang to interview their prime suspect, a serial killer soon to be executed in a New Jersey prison.Season 3 Episode 15
Rating: 8.7/10 - DirectorJean de SegonzacStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerWhen Stabler hears from a family friend about a teenage girl who was raped, but refuses to report it to police, he begins a covert investigation, and the case progresses to uncover a web of sexual activity among teenagers.Season 3 Episode 16
Rating: 8.8/10 - DirectorSteve ShillStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerCellist Cassie Germaine is attacked in her apartment. Benson & Stabler's investigation leads to discovery of hidden cameras streaming Cassie's home activities to a web site with only one discovered visitor, and a shrine.Season 3 Episode 17
Rating: 8.4/10 - DirectorDavid PlattStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerWhen one difficulty after another hinder the prosecution of serial pedophile, Roy Barnett, desperate A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot oversteps the bounds of the law, risking both her job, and that of Benson and Stabler, to put this dangerous man behind bars.Season 3 Episode 18
Rating: 8.5/10 - DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA teen with no ID found beaten and apparently raped dies in ER. Benson & Stabler spend all day trying to identify the victim, who turns out to be the stepdaughter of a local judge. Further investigation reveals the victim to have become a mother four years ago, and be a pen pal of inmates sent to prison by her stepfather.Season 3 Episode 19
Rating: 8.2/10 - DirectorConstantine MakrisStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerStabler and Benson investigate two rapes that seem to have been committed by the same man, but clues that originally lead them in one direction soon point towards another perpetrator.Season 3 Episode 20
Rating: 9.5/10 - DirectorSteve ShillStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA woman is raped at a party and the attacker is quickly caught but the detectives must still determine why the victim was carrying a finger from a long dead infant.Season 3 Episode 21
Rating: 9.6/10 - DirectorJud TaylorStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe detectives investigate to determine whether a 22-year-old woman with Down syndrome is pregnant as a result of rape, as her mother contends.Season 3 Episode 22
Rating: 8.7/10 - DirectorSteve ShillStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA murder in a church leads Benson and Stabler to an alleged cover-up involving sexual abuse by a priest.Season 3 Episode 23
Rating: 10/10 - DirectorJean de SegonzacStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerBenson and Stabler investigate the death of a prostitute but then find their main suspect has in turn been killed. Is the woman who shot him acting in self-defense or is she a murderer?Season 4 Episode 1
Rating: 9.4/10 - DirectorConstantine MakrisStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA child's drawing leads detectives to investigate a mother for possible abuse of her teenage stepson.Season 4 Episode 2
Rating: 8.6/10 - DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA senile elderly lady is found wandering inside in a home that she was familiar with as a child. Detectives realize that she has been suffering abuse, when cigarette burns are discovered all over her frail body. Following the trail from her greedy, neglectful son, to the expensive nursing home he pulled her out of, they discover the man they believe was abusing her. During the course of their investigation, however, Benson and Stabler stumble across an even more sinister criminal committing even more heinous, previously undetected crimes against the elderly.Season 4 Episode 3
Rating: 8.4/10 - DirectorMichael FieldsStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe detectives launch a search for a serial killer who raped and murdered two women in Central Park.Season 4 Episode 4
Rating: 8.0/10 - 1999– 1hTV-147.9 (761)TV EpisodeDirectorAlex ZakrzewskiStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerBenson and Stabler clash with an assistant U.S. attorney (Pam Grier) when their rape victim and their prime suspect disappear into witness protection.Season 4 Episode 5
Rating: 8.1/10 - DirectorArthur W. ForneyStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerWhile investigating the death of a young Hispanic boy found in a bus at an airport, the detectives find another boy hiding there, and it soon becomes apparent that the two boys are victims of the same child sex ring.Season 4 Episode 6
Rating: 10/10 - DirectorDarnell MartinStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerDetectives Benson and Stabler begin hunting for a serial pedophile after a 5-year-old girl's decomposed body is found in the trash.Season 4 Episode 7
Rating: 9.3/10 - DirectorDonna DeitchStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe SVU team is put on the case of a woman who has been in a coma for 14 months and is found to be 7 weeks pregnant. After going though many suspects, they focus on the patient's doctor. They discover that he is impregnating comatose female patients with a rich donor's sperm in order to get embryonic stem cells that are biologically compatible. The problem for the ADA is that laws are not on her side in prosecuting such crimes.Season 4 Episode 8
Rating: 9.6/10 - DirectorConstantine MakrisStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerTwo young middle school boys are accused of the rape of a woman.Season 4 Episode 9
Rating: 8.7/10 - DirectorJoyce ChopraStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe attempted suicide of a 15-year-old girl leads to her family, promiscuity, and her regression to a child.Season 4 Episode 10
Rating: 8.9/10 - DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA 6-year-old girl who was a victim of a video store shooting tests positive for a sexually transmitted disease.Season 4 Episode 11
Rating: 10/10 - DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerWhen cans of baby formula are found to be filled with cocaine, Detective Elliot Stabler, with the help of Detective Olivia Benson and the rest of SVU, goes undercover to bust open the world of corporate drug trafficking.Season 4 Episode 12
Rating: 8.8/10 - DirectorConstantine MakrisStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA prison inmate is found dead shortly after he arrives in his cell, and the SVU team investigates because the death was caused by sodomy. Benson and Tutuola uncover a lot more as they explore the case.Season 4 Episode 13
Rating: 8.0/10 - DirectorDavid PlattStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerWhen the body of a baby girl is found inside a cooler, the detectives need to investigate just who she is and how she got there. They soon learn that the little girl had a genetic disorder known as Tay-Sachs disease, and that her name is Sarah Brown, and she is the only daughter of Andrea and Daniel Brown. When Andrea admits to having killed her daughter, Alex has to put aside her own feelings of sympathy to prosecute Andrea Brown for the murder of her daughter.Season 4 Episode 14
Rating: 8.4/10 - DirectorAlex ZakrzewskiStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe brutal rape and subsequent death of a female motorist turns out to be an informant for the FBI acting as a cyber vigilante for catching on-line pedophiles to capture the predators. Stabler, along with the homicide detective who found the victim's husband murdered, follow the trail of evidence for the latest victim she had been tracking, leading them to the US Attorney's Office and a trip to Prague for Stabler to assist the Czech authorities when they find the kidnapped girl.Season 4 Episode 15
Rating: 8.5/10 - DirectorSteve ShillStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA Tibetan woman who was tortured in her home country is found murdered, with her foot missing, and after an exhaustive search of potential suspects, the killer is a victim of torture himself.Season 4 Episode 16
Rating: 8.3/10 - DirectorJean de SegonzacStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerDetectives Benson and Stabler are called to a crime scene--a young woman dressed in a maid's uniform has apparently committed suicide. But there's lots of sexually-related bruising so they question whether she was pushed and if she was raped.Season 4 Episode 17
Rating: 8.9/10 - DirectorDavid PlattStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAfter a young boy witnesses the brutal sexual assault and murder of his stepmother, his father blocks the efforts of the detectives to question him.Season 4 Episode 18
Rating: 8.9/10 - DirectorAlex ZakrzewskiStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA nine-year-old child's asphyxiated body is found in a suitcase on a bus, with evidence of having been in the Everglades. The coroner found she had had a quality nose job, and been raped. Benson and Stabler find she was a regular beauty pageant contestant. A suspect's computer is found with a juvenile kidnap, rape, and murder how-to, apparently perfectly legal, because it was created using legal-age models whose images were manipulated by software to make them look much younger.Season 4 Episode 19
Rating: 9.1/10 - DirectorSteve ShillStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA quadruple homicide with sexual overtones is just the start of an intense rampage of killings that brings a homicide detective into the mix. As the entire squad races against time to prevent further victims, the evidence leads Tutuola and Deuthorn to a building superintendent, his two sons, and a cross to bear.Season 4 Episode 20
Rating: 10/10 - DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAt 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?Season 4 Episode 21
Rating: 10/10 - DirectorAlex ZakrzewskiStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAfter arresting a man accused of raping several neighborhood women, Detectives Benson and Stabler attempt to obtain an indictment for their suspect with the help of a key eyewitness--his last victim. However, the suspect's decision to handle his own defense casts some doubt over the trial's outcome as he proves to be a formidable opponent for ADA Cabot.Season 4 Episode 22
Rating: 8.9/10 - DirectorConstantine MakrisStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe death of a waitress is ruled as a suicide. However, the girl's disturbed father takes justice into his own hands when the investigation reveals that his daughter suffered from depression, due to her boss sexually abusing her.Season 4 Episode 23
Rating: 8.7/10 - DirectorRick WallaceStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe investigation into a missing girl leads the detectives to a doctor of reproductive therapy, who runs shelters for troubled girls. When she is found at shelter, the doctor's sinister agenda is revealed.Season 4 Episode 24
Rating: 8.6/10 - DirectorChad LoweStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerDetectives suspect bored young socialites of raping a girl at a popular Manhattan nightclub, kidnapping her from a hospital, and then killing her.Season 4 Episode 25
Rating: 8.5/10 - DirectorDavid PlattStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerWhen a pregnant woman is kidnapped and carjacked, the squad thinks, at first, that she's the latest victim of a serial rapist, only to realize that she's the victim of an intricate ransom plot.Season 5 Episode 1
Rating: 8.6/10 - DirectorGuy Norman BeeStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerWhile investigating a school shooting that claimed the lives of two students, the squad realizes that the surviving victim is actually the shooter and the side effects of a medication may have caused his actions.Season 5 Episode 2
Rating: 8.9/10 - DirectorTed KotcheffStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerPolice find a female forensic psychiatrist unconscious and bound in a basement, along with would-be rapists. She turns out to be the author of a book about rehabilitating convicted sex offenders. The detectives identify one of her patients as a suspect, and ask the doctor for his records, but they disappeared when her office was vandalized shortly after she left the hospital. A tape that disappeared during the break-in is brought to police by another suspect's sister, which leads the investigation to focus on victimology.Season 5 Episode 3
Rating: 8.8/10 - DirectorConstantine MakrisStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerInvestigating the brutal rape and murder of an undercover federal agent and forced to use discretion in order to protect the identities of those agents in the field, the detectives arrest a suspect highly connected with a Colombian drug cartel. As the case proceeds towards trial, Cabot is faced with death threats on herself and her family along with pressure to yield the case to federal authorities.Season 5 Episode 4
Rating: 9.4/10 - DirectorConstantine MakrisStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe discovery of the bodies of a newborn and her mother leads to a dermatologist coming under suspicion of the rapes of young girls.Season 5 Episode 5
Rating: 8.5/10 - DirectorJean de SegonzacStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerIn resolving the kidnapping case of a little boy by a schizophrenic, Stabler uncovers further crimes at an adult group home with Huang's help.Season 5 Episode 6
Rating: 8.6/10 - DirectorDavid PlattStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAfter a man is arrested for attacking his pregnant wife and then seeks to have her charged with neglect for drinking during her pregnancy, Benson learns that this is not the first time a child has been exposed to the devastating repercussions of the woman's uncontrolled alcoholism.Season 5 Episode 7
Rating: 8.2/10 - DirectorAlex ZakrzewskiStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA gay man who had a brief stint in a Fundamentalist Christian-sponsored sexual re-education course is found murdered, and suspects range from the conversion program itself, a bigoted church group who kept sending him threatening letters, a group of psychologists studying the nature of homosexuality, and two of his ex-lovers, one of whom is the son of one of the professors.Season 5 Episode 8
Rating: 8.4/10 - DirectorTed KotcheffStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe Detectives find themselves hunting for a person who cut off a man's genitals and left him to die.Season 5 Episode 9
Rating: 10/10