Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Summary (2006)

The critically acclaimed series continues to reveal the dirty underworld of New York's sexually oriented crimes. Special Victims Unit detectives Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Emmy winner Mariska Hargitay) use their knowledge of psychology to bring criminals to justice while trying to manage the impact the disturbing work has on their personal lives. Richard Belzer and Ice-T round out the cast with humor and cynicism.

• 1Informed
  Season 8 : Episode 1 42 minutes

  Informed

  When a rape victim refuses help, Det. Benson takes matters into her own hands. Later, a former acquaintance turns up during the investigation.
• 2Clock
  Season 8 : Episode 2 42 minutes

  Clock

  The detectives investigate the disappearance of a girl with Turner's syndrome, a genetic disorder that contributed to her being bullied at school.
• 3Recall
  Season 8 : Episode 3 42 minutes

  Recall

  Stabler and Beck go after a possible serial rapist but have trouble making their case until a victim from 30 years earlier comes forward.
• 4Uncle
  Season 8 : Episode 4 42 minutes

  Uncle

  A mentally ill homeless man is suspected of committing a brutal rape and murder, and as the case unfolds, so do Det. Munch's family secrets.
• 5Confrontation
  Season 8 : Episode 5 42 minutes

  Confrontation

  Detectives Stabler and Beck track down a rapist who repeatedly attacks his victims based on their ovulation cycles so that he can impregnate them.
• 6Infiltrated
  Season 8 : Episode 6 42 minutes

  Infiltrated

  The environmental group that Det. Benson is infiltrating for the FBI is accused of murdering a pharmaceutical company CEO.
• 7Underbelly
  Season 8 : Episode 7 41 minutes

  Underbelly

  A 14-year-old girl who was viciously beaten, raped and killed bears the same tattoo as two other young female homicide victims.
• 8Cage
  Season 8 : Episode 8 42 minutes

  Cage

  The squad investigates a shady private adoption agency after two foster children are found abandoned near an automobile accident.
• 9Choreographed
  Season 8 : Episode 9 41 minutes

  Choreographed

  The poisoning death of a model may be connected to a love triangle involving her manipulative husband, his mistress and her jealous spouse.
• 10Scherezade
  Season 8 : Episode 10 42 minutes

  Scherezade

  A dying man's confession brings to light a secret about his estranged daughter's true identity. Meanwhile, the wrong man is in jail for murder.
• 11Burned
  Season 8 : Episode 11 42 minutes

  Burned

  Stabler doesn't believe the allegations of a woman who says her soon-to-be ex-husband raped her. But Benson sides with the wife.
• 12Outsider
  Season 8 : Episode 12 42 minutes

  Outsider

  Fin reluctantly works with a Brooklyn detective who believes that his unsolved murder cases are connected to Fin's rape case.
• 13Loophole
  Season 8 : Episode 13 42 minutes

  Loophole

  An investigation into an apparent child pornography case uncovers evidence that a chemical company is testing potentially toxic pesticides on people.
• 14Dependent
  Season 8 : Episode 14 41 minutes

  Dependent

  A suspect in the killing of a mob attorney's wife dies during a violent apprehension by Stabler, who maintains that he did nothing illegal.
• 15Haystack
  Season 8 : Episode 15 42 minutes

  Haystack

  When a television reporter accuses a woman of killing her missing baby, she commits suicide. It later turns out that the infant was kidnapped.
• 16Philadelphia
  Season 8 : Episode 16 42 minutes

  Philadelphia

  Benson finds her biological brother in New Jersey, only to discover that he's under investigation for sexual crimes.
• 17Sin
  Season 8 : Episode 17 42 minutes

  Sin

  When a gay male prostitute is murdered, the investigation leads to an intolerant pastor who may have had a relationship with the victim.
• 18Responsible
  Season 8 : Episode 18 42 minutes

  Responsible

  A mother is caught having a sexual relationship with her daughter's classmates, and may have supplied the alcohol for a party where a student died.
• 19Florida
  Season 8 : Episode 19 42 minutes

  Florida

  Benson hears from her half-brother, who's charged with sexual assault. Benson reluctantly agrees to help with the investigation.
• 20Annihilated
  Season 8 : Episode 20 42 minutes

  Annihilated

  The squad's investigation of a bride-to-be's murder uncovers her fiancé's double life. A shocking twist in the case rattles Det. Stabler.
• 21Pretend
  Season 8 : Episode 21 41 minutes

  Pretend

  The detectives' investigation into a teenage boy's death during a wrestling match leads to the discovery of a woman posing as a high school student.
• 22Screwed
  Season 8 : Episode 22 42 minutes

  Screwed

  Fin's nephew Darius is put on trial for rape and murder -- and he seems determined to take his uncle's unit down with him.