

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Hope in the darkness.
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.
Seasons

Season 1
22 episodes
Episodes

Season 2
21 episodes

Season 3
23 episodes

Season 4
25 episodes

Season 5
25 episodes

Season 6
23 episodes
Detectives Benson, Stabler, Fin and Munch face serial killers, self-proclaimed psychics and cult leaders as they investigate crime in New York City.

Season 7
22 episodes
The unit's gut-wrenching cases include a schoolyard shooting of a child, a shady dating service and a shocking revelation regarding Tutuola's son.

Season 8
22 episodes

Season 9
19 episodes
Guest stars, including Cynthia Nixon, Robin Williams, Method Man, Jared Harris and Melissa Joan Hart, are season highlights.

Season 10
22 episodes
Stabler confronts his own demons when his daughter is caught with drugs, and Benson follows connections between an abused child and an attack on a woman.

Season 11
24 episodes
A new ADA joins the team, a crime scene photo of a murdered teen goes viral and Stabler tries to prove Benson did not murder a biker.

Season 12
24 episodes

Season 13
23 episodes
Season 13 dealt with the departure of Detective Elliot Stabler from the Special Victims Unit after a shooting in the squad room.

Season 14
24 episodes

Season 15
24 episodes

Season 16
23 episodes

Season 17
23 episodes

Season 18
21 episodes

Season 19
24 episodes

Season 20
24 episodes

Season 21
20 episodes

Season 22
16 episodes

Season 23
22 episodes

Season 24
22 episodes

Season 25
13 episodes

Season 26
22 episodes

Season 27
1 episodes
Cast

Mariska Hargitay
Olivia Benson

Kelli Giddish
Amanda Rollins

Ice-T
Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola

Kevin Kane
Terry Bruno

Aimé Donna Kelly
Captain Curry