Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Seasons
Specials
6 episodes
Season 1
1999
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22 episodes
Season 2
2000
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21 episodes
Season 3
2001
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23 episodes
Season 4
2002
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25 episodes
Season 5
2003
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25 episodes
Season 6
2004
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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
2005
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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
2006
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22 episodes
Season 9
2007
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19 episodes
Guest stars, including Cynthia Nixon, Robin Williams, Method Man, Jared Harris and Melissa Joan Hart, are season highlights.
Season 10
2008
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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
2009
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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
2010
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24 episodes
Season 13
2011
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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
2012
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24 episodes
Season 15
2013
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24 episodes
Season 16
2014
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23 episodes
Season 17
2015
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23 episodes
Season 18
2016
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21 episodes
Season 19
2017
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24 episodes
Season 20
2018
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24 episodes
Season 21
2019
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20 episodes
Season 22
2020
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16 episodes
Season 23
2021
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22 episodes
Season 24
2022
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22 episodes
Season 25
2024
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13 episodes
Season 26
2024
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22 episodes
Season 27
2025
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9 episodes