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Cast & Crew
Mariska Hargitay Capt. Olivia Benson
Ice-T Sgt. Odafin Tutuola
Kelli Giddish Detective Amanda Rollins
Peter Scanavino ADA Sonny Carisi
Kevin Kane Detective Terry Bruno
Dick Wolf Creator
Dick Wolf Executive Producer
Warren Leight Executive Producer
Julie Martin Executive Producer
Mariska Hargitay Executive Producer
Norberto Barba Executive Producer
Arthur Forney Executive Producer
Peter Jankowski Executive Producer
Michael Ciliento Producer
Allison Intieri Producer
Brianna Yellen Producer
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Thursday, January 1
Deadly Ambition
Season 14 • Episode 15
The SVU squad tries to keep Detective Rollins' sister safe when she turns up beaten and pregnant.
Thursday, January 1
Girls Disappeared
Season 16 • Episode 1
Benson adjusts to motherhood; Amaro arrests a young prostitute with connections to Noah's mother.
Thursday, January 1
American Disgrace
Season 16 • Episode 2
A series of allegations are made against a superstar basketball player.
Thursday, January 1
Spousal Privilege
Season 16 • Episode 8
A man is found to be abusive toward his girlfriend, but the victim is reluctant to fight back.
Thursday, January 1
Pattern Seventeen
Season 16 • Episode 9
The media spotlight shines on Sgt. Benson when she investigates a string of rapes.
Friday, January 2
Rape Interrupted
Season 18 • Episode 5
Benson is forced to choose between loyalty and duty after a sergeant's son is accused of rape.
Friday, January 2
In the Year We All Fell Down
Season 22 • Episode 12
Benson walks into a hostage situation at a neighborhood restaurant.
Friday, January 2
Video Killed the Radio Star
Season 23 • Episode 14
Benson investigates allegations against a popular radio personality; Rollins goes under cover.
Friday, January 2
Savant
Season 9 • Episode 4
The only witness to the beating of a woman is her daughter, who has Williams syndrome.
Friday, January 2
Trials
Season 10 • Episode 1
An abused foster child leads detectives to re-examine a case involving a rape victim.
Friday, January 2
Smut
Season 10 • Episode 10
A woman is found in Riverside Park, beaten and raped with no memory of what happened.
Saturday, January 3
Lessons Learned
Season 14 • Episode 8
The detectives investigate reports of sexual abuse at an elite private school.
Saturday, January 3
Tangled Strands of Justice
Season 23 • Episode 19
Garland asks Benson to reopen a missing persons case he worked as a rookie officer.
Saturday, January 3
Did You Believe in Miracles?
Season 23 • Episode 20
When a student goes missing, the squad must track down a trusted family friend for answers.
Saturday, January 3
Confess Your Sins to Be Free
Season 23 • Episode 21
Carisi is challenged when the only evidence in a crime is a church confession.
Saturday, January 3
A Final Call at Forlini's Bar
Season 23 • Episode 22
The SVU helps a longtime domestic violence victim; Carisi faces a formidable opponent at trial.
Saturday, January 3
Gimme Shelter -- Part 2
Season 24 • Episode 1
A girl is shot and Cosgrove teams with Benson and Stabler to track down her killer; part 2 of 3.
Saturday, January 3
The One You Feed
Season 24 • Episode 2
A group of teens terrorizing tourists has the SVU squad working overtime.
Saturday, January 3
Mirror Effect
Season 24 • Episode 3
Benson helps a pop star in a volatile relationship; Rollins takes the stress of work home with her.
Saturday, January 3
The Steps We Cannot Take
Season 24 • Episode 4
A home invasion and kidnapping lead the SVU to a shocking discovery.
Saturday, January 3
Breakwater
Season 24 • Episode 5
A man suspects his boss is preying on his sister; Velasco tries to convince a witness to testify.
Saturday, January 3
Controlled Burn
Season 24 • Episode 6
Rollins investigates an assault by a masked man at an underground party.
Saturday, January 3
Dead Ball
Season 24 • Episode 7
When the case against a popular sports star falls through, Benson digs into the suspect's past.
Saturday, January 3
A Better Person
Season 24 • Episode 8
The SVU hunts for a violent suspect who killed a detective's child.
Saturday, January 3
And a Trauma in a Pear Tree
Season 24 • Episode 9
Benson tries to make Noah's Christmas wish come true when a case falls in her lap.
Saturday, January 3
Jumped In
Season 24 • Episode 10
When Benson becomes the target of a ruthless gang leader, Capt. Duarte takes the case.
Sunday, January 4
Soldier Up
Season 24 • Episode 11
Benson tries to help the gang member who attacked her; Duarte reveals a shocking piece of evidence.
Sunday, January 4
Blood Out
Season 24 • Episode 12
Benson and Carisi put a vengeful crime boss on trial; Velasco takes drastic action.
Sunday, January 4
Stranger
Season 10 • Episode 11
Benson and Stabler begin to question the story of a missing teenager who returns after four years.
Sunday, January 4
Hell
Season 10 • Episode 17
A mute girl is raped and beaten, and her drawing of her attacker resembles a local priest.
Sunday, January 4
Baggage
Season 10 • Episode 18
An artist's shocking death leads detectives to uncover a long string of murders.
Sunday, January 4
Home Invasions
Season 13 • Episode 14
The investigation into a home invasion leads to a shocking revelation about Detective Rollins.
Sunday, January 4
Users
Season 11 • Episode 7
A crime scene photo of a murdered teenage girl quickly becomes an Internet phenomenon.
Sunday, January 4
Padre Sandunguero
Season 16 • Episode 12
When Amaro's estranged father is arrested at his own wedding, Amaro becomes a witness.
Sunday, January 4
Great Expectations
Season 18 • Episode 11
The SVU investigates members of a top youth hockey team after a savage hazing takes place.
Sunday, January 4
Intent
Season 19 • Episode 8
The cops get tangled in an elaborate online hoax that leads to the rape of a social media star.
Monday, January 5
Gone Baby Gone
Season 19 • Episode 9
Emotions run high as the squad embarks on a frantic search for Benson's missing son.
Monday, January 5
Pornstar's Requiem
Season 16 • Episode 5
A college student becomes a target after her work as a porn star is discovered by her classmates.
Monday, January 5
Spousal Privilege
Season 16 • Episode 8
A man is found to be abusive toward his girlfriend, but the victim is reluctant to fight back.
Monday, January 5
Pattern Seventeen
Season 16 • Episode 9
The media spotlight shines on Sgt. Benson when she investigates a string of rapes.
Monday, January 5
Great Expectations
Season 18 • Episode 11
The SVU investigates members of a top youth hockey team after a savage hazing takes place.
Monday, January 5
In the Year We All Fell Down
Season 22 • Episode 12
Benson walks into a hostage situation at a neighborhood restaurant.
Monday, January 5
Fault
Season 7 • Episode 19
A serial pedophile murders members of a family and kidnaps the two younger children.
Monday, January 5
Informed
Season 8 • Episode 1
Detective Benson goes under cover to combat terrorist activities; a victim refuses a rape kit.
Monday, January 5
Choreographed
Season 8 • Episode 9
A woman is found dead in Central Park, with no apparent cause of death.
Monday, January 5
Scheherezade
Season 8 • Episode 10
A cancer patient makes a deathbed confession involving a number of crimes from decades earlier.
Monday, January 5
Burned
Season 8 • Episode 11
A bitter separation pits a husband and wife against each other.
Monday, January 5
Outsider
Season 8 • Episode 12
Fin is asked to look into a case of rape at his son's college,.
Monday, January 5
Loophole
Season 8 • Episode 13
A picture leads the detectives to the trail of a child pornographer.
Monday, January 5
Dependent
Season 8 • Episode 14
When a mob lawyer and his wife are attacked, their young son is the only witness.
Monday, January 5
Philadelphia
Season 8 • Episode 16
A local police captain questions Benson when she investigates a rape case outside her jurisdiction.
Monday, January 5
Annihilated
Season 8 • Episode 20
Detectives believe the death of a CIA-agent's girlfriend to be a professional hit.
Monday, January 5
Impulsive
Season 9 • Episode 3
A 15-year-old with an STD says he caught it from his teacher; Benson and Stabler investigate.
Monday, January 5
Harm
Season 9 • Episode 5
Detectives link the murder of a teacher to her volunteer job at a victims rehabilitation center.
Monday, January 5
Fight
Season 9 • Episode 8
The death of a girl appears to link to ultimate fighting; two brothers are charged with the crime.
Monday, January 5
Paternity
Season 9 • Episode 9
Murdered nanny's boyfriend is the obvious suspect, but her employers have skeletons in their closet.
Monday, January 5
Signature
Season 9 • Episode 12
A woman's body is found in a park alongside a man with a bullet in his head.
Tuesday, January 6
Undercover
Season 9 • Episode 15
A crooked prison guard is a suspect when a girl is found raped and beaten.
Tuesday, January 6
Fault
Season 7 • Episode 19
A serial pedophile murders members of a family and kidnaps the two younger children.
Tuesday, January 6
Informed
Season 8 • Episode 1
Detective Benson goes under cover to combat terrorist activities; a victim refuses a rape kit.
Tuesday, January 6
Choreographed
Season 8 • Episode 9
A woman is found dead in Central Park, with no apparent cause of death.
Tuesday, January 6
Paternity
Season 9 • Episode 9
Murdered nanny's boyfriend is the obvious suspect, but her employers have skeletons in their closet.
Tuesday, January 6
Signature
Season 9 • Episode 12
A woman's body is found in a park alongside a man with a bullet in his head.
Tuesday, January 6
Undercover
Season 9 • Episode 15
A crooked prison guard is a suspect when a girl is found raped and beaten.
Tuesday, January 6
Confrontation
Season 8 • Episode 5
When an assailant rapes his victim twice, Stabler and Beck link the case to other victims.
Tuesday, January 6
Cage
Season 8 • Episode 8
A car accident involving foster children leads Beck and Stabler to questionable medical practices.
Tuesday, January 6
Svengali
Season 9 • Episode 6
Cecilia goes missing and comic books are the key to finding her.
Tuesday, January 6
Closet
Season 9 • Episode 16
A troubled teen is the first suspect when a money manager is found murdered in his loft.
Tuesday, January 6
Confession
Season 10 • Episode 2
A teenager admits to looking at a Web site to curb his pedophilic urge.
Tuesday, January 6
Babes
Season 10 • Episode 6
Detectives discover a group of teenage girls in a pregnancy pact.
Tuesday, January 6
Persona
Season 10 • Episode 8
Detective Benson goes into hiding to find justice for an abused housewife.
Tuesday, January 6
PTSD
Season 10 • Episode 9
A female Marine goes missing as she is about to give birth to her rapist's child.
Tuesday, January 6
Snatched
Season 10 • Episode 13
When a girl is kidnapped, Elliot Stabler must work with a recently paroled convict to get her back.
Tuesday, January 6
Transitions
Season 10 • Episode 14
A man is found badly beaten in a parking lot, with no memory of what happened.
Tuesday, January 6
Liberties
Season 10 • Episode 21
A judge asks Benson and Stabler to question a convicted serial killer.
Wednesday, January 7
Unstable
Season 11 • Episode 1
When evidence connects multiple cases, the team realizes there may be a serial rapist.
Wednesday, January 7
Sugar
Season 11 • Episode 2
Stabler and Benson suspect a sugar daddy when a young woman's body is found inside a suitcase.
Wednesday, January 7
Confrontation
Season 8 • Episode 5
When an assailant rapes his victim twice, Stabler and Beck link the case to other victims.
Wednesday, January 7
Cage
Season 8 • Episode 8
A car accident involving foster children leads Beck and Stabler to questionable medical practices.
Wednesday, January 7
Babes
Season 10 • Episode 6
Detectives discover a group of teenage girls in a pregnancy pact.
Wednesday, January 7
Snatched
Season 10 • Episode 13
When a girl is kidnapped, Elliot Stabler must work with a recently paroled convict to get her back.
Thursday, January 8
Beautiful Frame
Season 14 • Episode 11
When a rape victim is arrested for murder in Suffolk County, Detective Benson questions the case.
Thursday, January 8
Spooked
Season 11 • Episode 6
A young couple is found dead in the back of a padlocked truck.
Thursday, January 8
Quickie
Season 11 • Episode 11
Detectives Benson and Stabler search for a man who is knowingly spreading HIV.
Thursday, January 8
P.C.
Season 11 • Episode 13
A lesbian-rights activist claims a woman's death was the result of police neglect.
Thursday, January 8
Savior
Season 11 • Episode 14
Several young prostitutes are found dead with homemade prayer cards attached to their bodies.
Thursday, January 8
Confidential
Season 11 • Episode 15
A murder leads detectives to reopen an investigation into a similar crime committed decades earlier.
Thursday, January 8
Witness
Season 11 • Episode 16
A young girl claims she was raped in the stairwell of her apartment building.
Thursday, January 8
Bedtime
Season 11 • Episode 18
When a journalist is murdered, Cragen recognizes tactics from a similar case 30 years earlier.
Thursday, January 8
Conned
Season 11 • Episode 19
Benson and Stabler must determine a victim's identity when the presumed victim turns up alive.
Thursday, January 8
Torch
Season 11 • Episode 21
Detective Stabler's former partner is put on the case when two young sisters are killed in a fire.
Thursday, January 8
Purity New
Season 27 • Episode 9
The hunt for a murder suspect uncovers a crime with shocking legal and ethical implications.
Friday, January 9
Criminal Hatred
Season 14 • Episode 12
The detectives go under cover to arrest a man who brutally attacks other men.
Friday, January 9
Spooked
Season 11 • Episode 6
A young couple is found dead in the back of a padlocked truck.
Friday, January 9
Quickie
Season 11 • Episode 11
Detectives Benson and Stabler search for a man who is knowingly spreading HIV.
Friday, January 9
P.C.
Season 11 • Episode 13
A lesbian-rights activist claims a woman's death was the result of police neglect.
Friday, January 9
Savior
Season 11 • Episode 14
Several young prostitutes are found dead with homemade prayer cards attached to their bodies.
Saturday, January 10
Monster's Legacy
Season 14 • Episode 13
When a janitor attacks a coach, the team connects his behavior to a history of sexual abuse.
Saturday, January 10
Confidential
Season 11 • Episode 15
A murder leads detectives to reopen an investigation into a similar crime committed decades earlier.
Saturday, January 10
Witness
Season 11 • Episode 16
A young girl claims she was raped in the stairwell of her apartment building.
Saturday, January 10
Bedtime
Season 11 • Episode 18
When a journalist is murdered, Cragen recognizes tactics from a similar case 30 years earlier.
Saturday, January 10
Intersection
Season 24 • Episode 13
A car accident leads the detectives on a search for an ambulance driver assaulting his charges.
Saturday, January 10
Dutch Tears
Season 24 • Episode 14
A recently released convict goes looking for his arresting officer, Fin Tutuola.
Saturday, January 10
King of the Moon
Season 24 • Episode 15
A man with dementia confesses to murder, but Benson and Carisi believe there's more to the case.
Saturday, January 10
The Presence of Absence
Season 24 • Episode 16
An internet dating site becomes the source of terror for a young widow.
Saturday, January 10
Lime Chaser
Season 24 • Episode 17
The search for a suspect who drugs women's drinks in crowded bars leads the SVU to Muncy's brother.
Saturday, January 10
Bubble Wrap
Season 24 • Episode 18
A construction tycoon interferes with an SVU investigation into her family.
Saturday, January 10
Bend the Law
Season 24 • Episode 19
Carisi must tread carefully when Maxwell's husband becomes a person of interest in an investigation.
Saturday, January 10
Debatable
Season 24 • Episode 20
Benson tries to help a student after she's assaulted on a field trip.
Saturday, January 10
Bad Things
Season 24 • Episode 21
The SVU works a series of assaults that have the same M.O. but different DNA at each crime scene.
Saturday, January 10
All Pain Is One Malady
Season 24 • Episode 22
Benson and Stabler combine forces on a revenge-for-hire case that has now spread globally.
Saturday, January 10
Scorched Earth
Season 13 • Episode 1
The detectives investigate when a hotel maid reports being assaulted by an Italian diplomat.
Saturday, January 10
Personal Fouls
Season 13 • Episode 2
Detectives Benson and Tutuola investigate sexual abuse charges against a basketball coach.
Saturday, January 10
Blood Brothers
Season 13 • Episode 3
When a 13-year-old won't reveal who impregnated her, Benson must determine if she was raped.
Saturday, January 10
Double Strands
Season 13 • Episode 4
When a dancer is raped by a man with a unique tattoo, Rollins notices similarities to other cases.
Sunday, January 11
Missing Pieces
Season 13 • Episode 5
A woman visiting from Buffalo, N.Y., claims her car was stolen with her baby in the backseat.
Sunday, January 11
True Believers
Season 13 • Episode 6
The squad makes a quick arrest when a student is raped at gunpoint in her apartment.
Sunday, January 11
Svengali
Season 9 • Episode 6
Cecilia goes missing and comic books are the key to finding her.
Sunday, January 11
Closet
Season 9 • Episode 16
A troubled teen is the first suspect when a money manager is found murdered in his loft.
Sunday, January 11
Conned
Season 11 • Episode 19
Benson and Stabler must determine a victim's identity when the presumed victim turns up alive.
Sunday, January 11
Torch
Season 11 • Episode 21
Detective Stabler's former partner is put on the case when two young sisters are killed in a fire.
Sunday, January 11
Chasing Demons
Season 19 • Episode 14
A doctor arrested for sexually abusing his patients is set free after a mistrial.
Sunday, January 11
Sunk Cost Fallacy
Season 19 • Episode 19
The search for an abducted woman and her daughter leads Benson to cross paths with an old friend.
Sunday, January 11
Zero Tolerance
Season 20 • Episode 3
A girl taken from her mother at the border ends up in a sex-trafficking ring in New York.
Sunday, January 11
Accredo
Season 20 • Episode 5
SVU investigates the assault, murder and mutilation of a member of a women's empowerment group.
Sunday, January 11
Exile
Season 20 • Episode 6
SVU must unravel the mystery of a sexually assaulted homeless woman who has a dual personality.
Sunday, January 11
Caretaker
Season 20 • Episode 7
SVU investigates when a father and his two young children are stabbed to death in their home.
Sunday, January 11
Hell's Kitchen
Season 20 • Episode 8
When a waitress is sexually assaulted, SVU looks at the celebrity chef who employs her.
Sunday, January 11
Mea Culpa
Season 20 • Episode 9
Stone asks Benson to investigate a sexual encounter from his past.
Sunday, January 11
Alta Kockers
Season 20 • Episode 10
SVU investigates the murder of an elusive, shy teenage author living a double life.
Sunday, January 11
Plastic
Season 20 • Episode 11
A young woman accuses a celebrity plastic surgeon and his girlfriend of sexual assault.
Sunday, January 11
Dear Ben
Season 20 • Episode 12
A serial rapist strikes again, and Stone discovers his dad's connection to the decades-old case.
Sunday, January 11
Part 33
Season 20 • Episode 14
The SVU team debates the best course of action while waiting to testify at a murder trial.
Sunday, January 11
Brothel
Season 20 • Episode 15
Benson and the team investigate the death of a prostitute at a brothel.
Sunday, January 11
Facing Demons
Season 20 • Episode 16
SVU investigates the death of a suspected pedophile, but things are not what they seem.
Monday, January 12
Missing
Season 20 • Episode 17
The SVU pursues a suspect when a child is discovered in the trunk of an abandoned car.
Monday, January 12
Chasing Demons
Season 19 • Episode 14
A doctor arrested for sexually abusing his patients is set free after a mistrial.
Monday, January 12
Sunk Cost Fallacy
Season 19 • Episode 19
The search for an abducted woman and her daughter leads Benson to cross paths with an old friend.
Monday, January 12
Zero Tolerance
Season 20 • Episode 3
A girl taken from her mother at the border ends up in a sex-trafficking ring in New York.
Monday, January 12
Accredo
Season 20 • Episode 5
SVU investigates the assault, murder and mutilation of a member of a women's empowerment group.
Monday, January 12
Part 33
Season 20 • Episode 14
The SVU team debates the best course of action while waiting to testify at a murder trial.
Monday, January 12
Ace
Season 11 • Episode 22
Benson and Stabler track a pregnant rape victim disappears from the hospital.
Monday, January 12
Wannabe
Season 11 • Episode 23
Capt. Cragen begins a movement to catch a man who has raped three girls.
Monday, January 12
Shattered
Season 11 • Episode 24
An 8-year-old boy is kidnapped; members of the SVU team are in a dangerous standoff.
Monday, January 12
Locum
Season 12 • Episode 1
Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate when a 10-year-old girl goes missing.
Monday, January 12
Behave
Season 12 • Episode 3
Benson and Stabler help a rape victim stand up to her attacker.
Monday, January 12
Merchandise
Season 12 • Episode 4
A teenager's death in a hit-and-run accident leads Benson and Stabler to a human trafficking ring.
Monday, January 12
Wet
Season 12 • Episode 5
A woman with a seemingly squeaky-clean image is found dead in a fountain.
Monday, January 12
Trophy
Season 12 • Episode 7
When Benson and Stabler investigate a woman's murder, the case puts them in the line of fire.
Monday, January 12
Gray
Season 12 • Episode 9
A girl at Detective Stabler's daughter's school accuses another student of rape.
Monday, January 12
Pop
Season 12 • Episode 11
Investigation into the death of a young boy leads to a gambling ring.
Monday, January 12
Mask
Season 12 • Episode 13
A rape victim's father refuses to help the detectives get details they need to solve a case.
Monday, January 12
Dirty
Season 12 • Episode 14
Detective Qadri's involvement in the case of a district attorney who fell to her death.
Monday, January 12
Flight
Season 12 • Episode 15
The investigation into an abuse case goes awry when the wealthy suspect involves his lawyer.
Monday, January 12
Spectacle
Season 12 • Episode 16
Detectives investigate a video of a sexual assault featured on a college campus Intranet feed.
Monday, January 12
Bully
Season 12 • Episode 18
After a woman is found dead, detectives investigate her personal contacts, including an employer.
Monday, January 12
Totem
Season 12 • Episode 20
Detectives Benson and Stabler work with Capt. Jackson when a girl is murdered.
Monday, January 12
Delinquent
Season 12 • Episode 23
When a woman finds a teenage boy sleeping in her room, the detectives must figure out what happened.
Monday, January 12
Russian Brides
Season 13 • Episode 7
When a young mail-order bride is found dead, the investigation leads to the Russian mafia.
Tuesday, January 13
Ace
Season 11 • Episode 22
Benson and Stabler track a pregnant rape victim disappears from the hospital.
Tuesday, January 13
Wannabe
Season 11 • Episode 23
Capt. Cragen begins a movement to catch a man who has raped three girls.
Tuesday, January 13
Shattered
Season 11 • Episode 24
An 8-year-old boy is kidnapped; members of the SVU team are in a dangerous standoff.
Tuesday, January 13
Locum
Season 12 • Episode 1
Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate when a 10-year-old girl goes missing.
Tuesday, January 13
Nocturne
Season 1 • Episode 21
The detectives seek evidence to stop a piano instructor who molests his students.
Tuesday, January 13
Manhunt
Season 2 • Episode 18
An abduction points to a serial killer who has eluded the detectives in the past.
Tuesday, January 13
Infiltrated
Season 8 • Episode 6
ADA Novak calls upon detective Benson to present evidence against a rapist.
Tuesday, January 13
Streetwise
Season 9 • Episode 11
A wealthy teen is found murdered, and the clues lead to a gang of homeless children.
Tuesday, January 13
Unorthodox
Season 9 • Episode 13
A young Jewish boy is brutally attacked, and the clues lead to a disturbed classmate.
Tuesday, January 13
Retro
Season 10 • Episode 5
A doctor is suspected of prescribing ineffective treatment to AIDS patients.
Tuesday, January 13
Crush
Season 10 • Episode 20
A teenager is beaten after nude pictures of her are spread throughout her high school.
Tuesday, January 13
Hammered
Season 11 • Episode 4
After a night of drinking, a man wakes up with a head injury and a dead woman in his bed.
Tuesday, January 13
Hardwired
Season 11 • Episode 5
After a young boy is raped, detectives find out their suspect is the leader of a civil rights group.
Tuesday, January 13
Branded
Season 12 • Episode 6
Stabler and Benson seek a connection between two men who are beaten and branded with a wire hanger.
Tuesday, January 13
Penetration
Season 12 • Episode 8
When a stranger assaults an FBI agent, she asks Benson to have her rape kit tested.
Tuesday, January 13
Manhattan Vigil
Season 14 • Episode 5
A kidnapping reminds Cragen, Munch and Benson of an unsolved case from 13 years earlier.
Tuesday, January 13
Criminal Hatred
Season 14 • Episode 12
The detectives go under cover to arrest a man who brutally attacks other men.
Tuesday, January 13
Dare
Season 19 • Episode 16
A girl's death becomes a criminal case when her organs are harvested without parental consent.
Tuesday, January 13
Fast Times @DIGGYSPENTHOUSE
Season 23 • Episode 5
The SVU faces the fury of social media fans when they arrest two popular influencer brothers.
Wednesday, January 14
Sorry If It Got Weird for You
Season 23 • Episode 16
The creator of a dating app is accused of using it to rape women; Velasco is put on trial.
Wednesday, January 14
Truth Embargo
Season 25 • Episode 2
The team investigates a flash mob robbery that led to a sexual assault.
Wednesday, January 14
Manhunt
Season 2 • Episode 18
An abduction points to a serial killer who has eluded the detectives in the past.
Wednesday, January 14
Infiltrated
Season 8 • Episode 6
ADA Novak calls upon detective Benson to present evidence against a rapist.
Wednesday, January 14
Retro
Season 10 • Episode 5
A doctor is suspected of prescribing ineffective treatment to AIDS patients.
Wednesday, January 14
Crush
Season 10 • Episode 20
A teenager is beaten after nude pictures of her are spread throughout her high school.
Wednesday, January 14
Russian Brides
Season 13 • Episode 7
When a young mail-order bride is found dead, the investigation leads to the Russian mafia.
Wednesday, January 14
Educated Guess
Season 13 • Episode 8
Detectives Benson and Rollins investigate when a mental patient says he witnessed a rape.
Wednesday, January 14
Lost Traveler
Season 13 • Episode 9
When a boy disappears, Benson and Amaro interview the parents, who don't trust the police.
Wednesday, January 14
Spiraling Down
Season 13 • Episode 10
The detectives find a missing 14-year-old girl working as a prostitute.
Wednesday, January 14
Theatre Tricks
Season 13 • Episode 11
The detectives investigate a rape of an actress during a theater production.
Wednesday, January 14
Official Story
Season 13 • Episode 12
The detectives investigate the sexual assault of the head of a private military-contract company.
Wednesday, January 14
Father's Shadow
Season 13 • Episode 13
An aspiring actress is found unconscious, with drugs in her system and evidence of sexual assault.
Wednesday, January 14
Home Invasions
Season 13 • Episode 14
The investigation into a home invasion leads to a shocking revelation about Detective Rollins.
Wednesday, January 14
Hunting Ground
Season 13 • Episode 15
Benson and Haden cut their romantic weekend short to investigate the disappearance of a prostitute.
Wednesday, January 14
Child's Welfare
Season 13 • Episode 16
Olivia's half-brother shows up looking for help when child services threatens to take his kids away.
Wednesday, January 14
Justice Denied
Season 13 • Episode 17
When one of Benson's old cases is reopened, her relationship with David Haden is put in jeopardy.
Wednesday, January 14
Valentine's Day
Season 13 • Episode 18
Benson finds that a kidnapping victim tried to retrieve the ransom herself.
Wednesday, January 14
Street Revenge
Season 13 • Episode 19
A vigilante group forms in response to a string of rapes; Amaro worries about his wife's fidelity.
Thursday, January 15
Father Dearest
Season 13 • Episode 20
Dr. Huang helps the squad investigate when a teenage girl disappears.
Thursday, January 15
Learning Curve
Season 13 • Episode 21
Tutuola's future son-in-law becomes the latest victim in a series of hate crimes against gay men.
Thursday, January 15
Strange Beauty
Season 13 • Episode 22
The investigation into a missing teen leads the detectives to a severed leg.
Thursday, January 15
Pursuit
Season 12 • Episode 17
ADA Sonya Paxton tries to help an old friend who starts receiving personal threats.
Thursday, January 15
Bombshell
Season 12 • Episode 19
The investigation into the stabbing death of a family man suggests he had an illicit hobby.
Thursday, January 15
Twenty-Five Acts
Season 14 • Episode 3
A famous TV host forces himself on the young author of an erotic novel.
Thursday, January 15
Acceptable Loss
Season 14 • Episode 4
The special victims squad tries to take down a sex-trafficking operation that enslaves young women.
Thursday, January 15
Friending Emily
Season 14 • Episode 6
The investigation into a girl's disappearance leads to a high-tech kidnapper.
Thursday, January 15
Dreams Deferred
Season 14 • Episode 9
The FBI contacts the SVU about a prostitute linked to a spree killer terrorizing the city.
Thursday, January 15
Rapist Anonymous
Season 15 • Episode 9
When Rollins tries to help a friend press charges, she ends up thrust into the middle of the case.
Thursday, January 15
Broken Rhymes
Season 18 • Episode 6
Detectives question a recording company CEO and a protégé after an assault on a transgender student.
Thursday, January 15
Next Chapter
Season 18 • Episode 7
A woman is assaulted and believes her attacker is the same man who was jailed for stalking her.
Thursday, January 15
Chasing Theo
Season 18 • Episode 8
A young boy disappears from his bed in the midst of his mother's wild, drug-fueled party.
Thursday, January 15
Corrosive New
Season 27 • Episode 10
An attempt on a judge's life is connected to an anonymous video posted to the SVU tip line.
Friday, January 16
Undercover Blue
Season 14 • Episode 17
A woman claims that Brian Cassidy raped her while he was working undercover.
Friday, January 16
Pursuit
Season 12 • Episode 17
ADA Sonya Paxton tries to help an old friend who starts receiving personal threats.
Friday, January 16
Bombshell
Season 12 • Episode 19
The investigation into the stabbing death of a family man suggests he had an illicit hobby.
Friday, January 16
Friending Emily
Season 14 • Episode 6
The investigation into a girl's disappearance leads to a high-tech kidnapper.
Friday, January 16
Dreams Deferred
Season 14 • Episode 9
The FBI contacts the SVU about a prostitute linked to a spree killer terrorizing the city.
Saturday, January 17
Legitimate Rape
Season 14 • Episode 18
A popular sports reporter accuses a cameraman of rape and stalking.
Saturday, January 17
Twenty-Five Acts
Season 14 • Episode 3
A famous TV host forces himself on the young author of an erotic novel.
Saturday, January 17
Rapist Anonymous
Season 15 • Episode 9
When Rollins tries to help a friend press charges, she ends up thrust into the middle of the case.
Saturday, January 17
Broken Rhymes
Season 18 • Episode 6
Detectives question a recording company CEO and a protégé after an assault on a transgender student.
Sunday, January 18
Unorthodox
Season 9 • Episode 13
A young Jewish boy is brutally attacked, and the clues lead to a disturbed classmate.
Sunday, January 18
Hammered
Season 11 • Episode 4
After a night of drinking, a man wakes up with a head injury and a dead woman in his bed.
Sunday, January 18
Hardwired
Season 11 • Episode 5
After a young boy is raped, detectives find out their suspect is the leader of a civil rights group.
Sunday, January 18
Acceptable Loss
Season 14 • Episode 4
The special victims squad tries to take down a sex-trafficking operation that enslaves young women.
Sunday, January 18
Silence
Season 3 • Episode 23
A priest is the prime suspect in the murder of a transsexual.
Sunday, January 18
Deception
Season 4 • Episode 2
An arrogant actress is accused of seducing her teenage stepson.
Sunday, January 18
Uncle
Season 8 • Episode 4
A homeless man is a suspect in the rape and murder of a mother and daughter.
Sunday, January 18
Rescue
Season 12 • Episode 10
Stabler notices that Benson is bonding with Calvin, the young boy left in her care.
Sunday, January 18
Scorched Earth
Season 13 • Episode 1
The detectives investigate when a hotel maid reports being assaulted by an Italian diplomat.
Sunday, January 18
Blood Brothers
Season 13 • Episode 3
When a 13-year-old won't reveal who impregnated her, Benson must determine if she was raped.
Sunday, January 18
Vanity's Bonfire
Season 14 • Episode 7
A woman claims that the baby she kidnapped is hers and the father is a respected legal expert.
Sunday, January 18
Lessons Learned
Season 14 • Episode 8
The detectives investigate reports of sexual abuse at an elite private school.
Sunday, January 18
Holden's Manifesto
Season 16 • Episode 4
The team tries to find a bike messenger who has kept a video diary of his troubles with women.
Sunday, January 18
Devil's Dissections
Season 17 • Episode 1
Rollins hopes to elicit a confession from killer Gregory Yates when a body washes up on the beach.
Monday, January 19
Criminal Pathology
Season 17 • Episode 2
Detectives continue to investigate a woman's gruesome murder by following a serial killer's lead.
Monday, January 19
The Undiscovered Country
Season 19 • Episode 13
An infant goes missing; members of the SVU take sides in a family's right-to-die court case.
Monday, January 19
Silence
Season 3 • Episode 23
A priest is the prime suspect in the murder of a transsexual.
Monday, January 19
Rescue
Season 12 • Episode 10
Stabler notices that Benson is bonding with Calvin, the young boy left in her care.
Monday, January 19
Scorched Earth
Season 13 • Episode 1
The detectives investigate when a hotel maid reports being assaulted by an Italian diplomat.
Monday, January 19
Vanity's Bonfire
Season 14 • Episode 7
A woman claims that the baby she kidnapped is hers and the father is a respected legal expert.
Monday, January 19
Secrets Exhumed
Season 14 • Episode 14
FBI Agent Dana Lewis partners with SVU to investigate multiple unsolved cases that may be connected.
Monday, January 19
Funny Valentine
Season 14 • Episode 16
A singer is beaten by her boyfriend, a hip-hop star, but she refuses to help build the case.
Monday, January 19
Legitimate Rape
Season 14 • Episode 18
A popular sports reporter accuses a cameraman of rape and stalking.
Monday, January 19
Brief Interlude
Season 14 • Episode 23
The detectives investigate how a comatose woman ended up in a river near the mayor's home.
Monday, January 19
Imprisoned Lives
Season 15 • Episode 2
When a young boy is abandoned, the squad discovers more victims waiting to be rescued.
Monday, January 19
Internal Affairs
Season 15 • Episode 4
The team investigates accusations made by Officer Michael Groves against the 12th Precinct.
Monday, January 19
Wonderland Story
Season 15 • Episode 5
The investigation into the suspected rape of a woman Benson helped earlier leads to a cybermogul.
Monday, January 19
October Surprise
Season 15 • Episode 6
Barba finds that a friend with a connection to a mayoral candidate is accused of rape.
Monday, January 19
Military Justice
Season 15 • Episode 8
A military officer who was gang raped refuses to cooperate with the SVU.
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