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.
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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.
Season 10 episodes
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After a young boy, Christopher Ryan, is caught driving a runaway van, Detective Elliot Stabler and Detective Benson take the seven year-old into questioning. When Christopher claims his foster parents, Gwen and Noah Sibert, bribe him in exchange for abusive medical testing, the detectives investigate his allegations.
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Directed by David PlattWritten by Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dawn DeNoonGuest stars Luke Perry, Mary Beth Evans, Sara Gilbert, Julie Bowen, Allison Siko, Edelen McWilliams, Lisa Strum, Jae Head
Teenage boy Eric Byers admits himself into the squad room, and warns the team about an unnatural desire towards his younger stepbrother, Cory Kelly. Detective Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson's suspicions arise, and Eric admits to also looking at a website to try to curb his pedophilic urge. With no crime committed, the detectives decide to investigate this "self-help" website for pedophiles leading them to it's creator, Jake Berlin. Eric's rage induced stepfather is also questioned, and shortly after Eric is found missing. The detectives must race to place the clues together to find and stop Eric before any crime is committed.
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Directed by Arthur W. ForneyWritten by Judith McCrearyGuest stars Marshall Allman, Tom Noonan, Josh Charles, Teri Polo, Aaron Mayer, Ned Eisenberg, Caren Browning, Stephen Schnetzer
Stabler is shocked when his daughter, Kathleen, becomes the suspect in an investigation to catch a trespasser. He seeks his estranged mother's help in dealing with his daughter's case.
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Directed by David PlattWritten by Amanda GreenGuest stars Ellen Burstyn, Lizette Carrión, Fiona Dourif, Allison Siko, Edelen McWilliams, CCH Pounder, Isabel Gillies, Harvey Atkin
The investigation of a famous dead astronaut found in Battery Park has hit a dead end, causing Stabler to ask for assistance from his old mentor, Dick Finley, a former colleague of the victim and an astronaut himself.
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Directed by Peter LetoWritten by Daniel TrulyGuest stars Kristina Klebe, Betty Buckley, James Brolin, Chris Elliott, Fiona Dourif, Jeffrey Scaperrotta, Danny Mastrogiorgio, Dane DeHaan
A baby with AIDS has Benson and Stabler asking for assistance from Warner as they investigate the case. They are pointed in the direction of a homeopathic doctor who has an questionable ethical past and who had prescribed the baby ineffective vitamins.
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Directed by Peter LetoWritten by Jonathan Greene, Jonathan Greene, Joshua KotcheffGuest stars Aidan Mitchell, Martin Mull, Peter McRobbie, Paula Malcomson, Babs Olusanmokun, Donna Murphy, Bill Kocis, Viola Davis
Stabler and Munch uncover a chastity club and a group of girls with a pregnancy pact at a high school where they came to investigate the death of a student.
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Directed by David PlattWritten by Daniel TrulyGuest stars Michael Badalucco, John Cullum, Britt Robertson, Debi Mazar, Jesse McCartney, Ray Abruzzo, Geoffrey Wigdor, Philip Ettinger
Stabler goes undercover to infiltrate a rare animal smuggling operation.
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Directed by Peter LetoWritten by Warren Leight, René Balcer, Mick BetancourtGuest stars Big Boi, Andrew Divoff, Vanessa Aspillaga, Reg E. Cathey, Carlos Leon, Isabel Gillies, Deep Katdare, Eric Morace
Benson finds herself going the extra mile to protect a woman abused by her spouse. The investigation turns up information regarding a long-forgotten case of 2nd degree murder and escape.
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Directed by Helen ShaverWritten by Amanda GreenGuest stars Didi Conn, Nathaniel Marston, Brenda Blethyn, Mike Farrell, Kelly Bishop, Clea DuVall, Audrie Neenan, Peter Hermann
The death of a marine who was pregnant by a rapist puts the unit at odds with the Pentagon when they fight to keep the case, and Benson's flashbacks of her own assault may further impede the investigation.
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Directed by Eriq La SalleWritten by Judith McCrearyGuest stars Ryan Kwanten, Amy Spanger, Brooke Adams, Frank Whaley, Joanna Merlin, Dominic Fumusa, Rosa Arredondo, Karen Mason
A beaten and raped woman who has no memory of what happened to her puts Benson and Stabler on the trail of a serial rapist, but when women refuse to testify Olivia will have to face how her assault has affected her job performance.
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Directed by Chris EyreWritten by Kam MillerGuest stars Kelly Hu, John Cullum, Michael Trucco, Christine Ebersole, Asa Somers, Stephen Gregory, Skylar Gaertner, Joel de la Fuente
When a girl who vanished four years ago reappears, she claims to have been imprisoned and sexually abused. Benson and Stabler look into the case and find themselves having to sort through what was fact and what the girl made up.
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Directed by David PlattWritten by Dawn DeNoonGuest stars Amir Arison, Nathanael Albright, Lindsay Crouse, Erica Bradshaw, Margaret Reed, Ellen Woglom, Kate Baldwin, Patrick Collins
When a teenager's body is uncovered in the Hudson River, the detectives search for the victim's identity which leads Benson to go undercover as a madam.
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Directed by Peter LetoWritten by Charley DavisGuest stars Sarah Hyland, Sean Bennett Geoghan, George Tasudis, Gretchen Egolf, Misha Kuznetsov, Funda Duval, Aya Cash, Neal Matarazzo
The mother of a kidnapped young girl points the detectives towards her father, an ex-con, but it is soon discovered that the grandfather is a master thief and has many enemies. However, because of Alzheimer's, the grandfather can't remember much of his past.
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Directed by David PlattWritten by Mick BetancourtGuest stars Dabney Coleman, Michelle Ray Smith, Ron Eldard, Daisy Tahan, Burt Young, Edelen McWilliams, Joseph A. Halsey, Joe Lisi
The detectives have very little to work with after a man is found badly-beaten in a strip club's parking lot. Their questioning begins with the dancers until the victim's ex-wife and 13-year old transgender daughter become suspects.
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Directed by Peter LetoWritten by Warren Leight, René Balcer, Ken StorerGuest stars Wendy Makkena, Frank Grillo, Daniel Sea, Lea DeLaria, Alex Kingston, Audrie Neenan, Amir Arison, J. Paul Nicholas
When a pediatrician convicted of abusing patients is found dead, Stabler and Benson investigate and soon find ADA Cabot has a reason for becoming involved in the case.
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Directed by David PlattWritten by Jonathan GreeneGuest stars Stephanie March, John Cullum, John Gallagher Jr., Ann Dowd, Fredric Lehne, Mariette Hartley, Laura Leigh Hughes, Tim Ransom
A single murder suddenly turns into a scene with three bodies, leaving Benson and Stabler to work with a strip club owner to find a murderer whose motive may be more about righteousness than perversity.
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Directed by Peter LetoWritten by Daniel TrulyGuest stars Stephanie March, Matthew Lillard, Carol Burnett, Robert Klein, Vincent Curatola, Noel Fisher, Yuval Boim, Raquel Almazan
Detective Munch investigates the brutal rape and beating of a young mute girl, but things become tricky when her drawing of the devil who attacked her resembles a local priest who may not be practicing his beliefs according to Canon.
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Directed by David PlattWritten by Amanda GreenGuest stars Stephanie March, Robert Wisdom, Cicely Tyson, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Stephen Gregory, Gordon Joseph Weiss, Sean Cullen, Mike Colter
A turf war ensues when Stabler and Tutuola link an artist's murder to a serial killer, and the detective assigned to that case focuses more on their involvement in an investigation he believes belongs solely to him than on identifying the killer.
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Directed by Christopher ZallaWritten by Judith McCrearyGuest stars Stephanie March, Delroy Lindo, John Ashton, Jeri Ryan, Lisa London, Caren Browning, Joanna Merlin, Andrea Weston
A grandmother reports that her 2 year old granddaughter has disappeared, but the Amber Alert fails to yield progress. The detectives then move their attention over to her young irresponsible mother as their prime suspect.
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Directed by David PlattWritten by Mick BetancourtGuest stars Stephanie March, Miriam Colon, Hilary Duff, Gail O'Grady, Mike Pniewski, Annie Potts, Tracy Griswold, Noel Fisher
A teenage girl who sent text messages containing nude pictures of herself is found beaten up. She next faces a harsh sentence from a judge after being arrested for producing and distributing child pornography.
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Directed by Peter LetoWritten by Jonathan GreeneGuest stars Swoosie Kurtz, Carly Schroeder, Melinda McGraw, Scott Bryce, Nicholas J. Giangiulio, Alex Kingston, Alexander Nifong, Ezra Miller
A favor for a judge who is hearing a harassment case sends Stabler and Benson to interview a death-row serial killer in order to determine the fate of his son.
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Directed by Juan José CampanellaWritten by Dawn DeNoonGuest stars Stephanie March, Linda Park, Sprague Grayden, Alan Dale, Silas Weir Mitchell, Joe Grifasi, Jon Patrick Walker, Victor Arnold
A murder in Central Park that involves a tourist puts the SVU on high alert, but when the suspect they've brought in for questioning escapes, Munch has to reach out to an ex-wife in an effort to prevent another killing that's closer to home.
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Directed by Peter LetoWritten by Daniel Truly, Amanda GreenGuest stars Kevin Carolan, Nick Stahl, Lizette Carrión, Kelly Bishop, Tim Bohn, Noel Fisher, Carol Kane, Judith Light
