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.
Air date: 2016-09-21
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A young boy is found wandering alone in Central Park and the search for his parents leads to startling evidence of a planned mass casualty event in the city. As the SVU works with the joint-terrorism task force to find the suspects and the motive, Lt. Benson must also convince Barba to address allegations of rape and torture the boy's mother discloses.
Air date: 2016-09-28
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Newly tested DNA evidence leads to the exoneration of a prisoner who served 16 years for a rape conviction. However, he's investigated again one day later in the wake of a shocking new crime.
Air date: 2016-10-05
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: When a man uses a false identity to lure a vulnerable married woman to bed, Barba thinks the evidence amounts to rape.
Air date: 2016-10-12
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A sexually assaulted athlete's double life could destroy her Olympic career and ruin the case against her attacker; Rollins sister is released from prison on parole.
Air date: 2016-10-26
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A sergeant makes Benson choose between loyalty and duty when his son is accused of rape.
Air date: 2016-11-09
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A record label CEO and his protégé are questioned for their involvement in the assault of a transgender student.
Air date: 2017-01-04
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: The SVU team investigates a woman has been sexually assaulted by a masked man, but she believes the rapist is the same man who went to jail for stalking her. Meanwhile, Tucker contemplates retirement and a future with Benson.
Air date: 2017-01-11
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A 6 year-old boy disappears from his bed in the midst of a wild, drug-fueled party thrown by his mother. With a child's life on the line, the case causes Benson to scrutinize her own role as a mother.
Air date: 2017-01-18
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: The powerful family of a retail empire closes ranks when a bartender accuses one of their own of rape.
Air date: 2017-02-08
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A teenaged boy uses a rifle to stop an assault on his mother, but soon learns the target was someone he knows.
Air date: 2017-02-15
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: The SVU investigates the players of a top youth hockey team after a vicious locker room hazing.
Air date: 2017-02-22
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Fin revisits his military roots when a fellow Army Ranger struggles to recover from a sexual assault.
Air date: 2017-03-22
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: An investigation hits a nerve with Benson when a suspect claims his genetics causes him to commit rape.
Air date: 2017-03-29
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A top-level investment banker accuses her billionaire client of rape.
Air date: 2017-04-05
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A man under investigation for rape and murder threatens to expose the secrets of those working the case.
Air date: 2017-04-26
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Benson and Barba ask witnesses to put their jobs on the line after a news anchor makes an on-air disclosure of rape against her boss.
Air date: 2017-05-03
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A fake news story leads the squad to a real child sex trafficking ring.
Air date: 2017-05-10
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A popular spiritual guru with a dark past is accused of rape.
Air date: 2017-05-17
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A young woman visiting NYC with her church group is raped by a friend.
Air date: 2017-05-24
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: A hate crime is committed against a Muslim family, resulting in the death of their daughter. Things get complicated when a crucial witness in the case is deported, forcing Barba to drop the charges against a suspect.
Air date: 2017-05-24
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: In the 18th-season finale, two families seek justice for their loved ones in the wake of a suspect's unexpected release. Soon, public protests on the matter escalate to violence, leading Benson to go to desperate lengths to make an arrest.
