Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Hope in the darkness.
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.
- Created by
- Dick Wolf
- Status
- Returning Series
- Original language
- EN
- Seasons
- 28
- Released
- September 20, 1999
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Top cast
Mariska Hargitay
Olivia Benson
Ice-T
Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
Kelli Giddish
Amanda Rollins
Peter Scanavino
Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi Jr.
Aimé Donna Kelly
Renee Curry
Kevin Kane
Terry Bruno
Corey Cott
Jake Griffin
Seasons
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Season 1
22 episodes, first aired 1999
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Season 2
21 episodes, first aired 2000
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Season 3
23 episodes, first aired 2001
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Season 4
25 episodes, first aired 2002
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Season 5
25 episodes, first aired 2003
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Season 6
23 episodes, first aired 2004
Detectives Benson, Stabler, Fin and Munch face serial killers, self-proclaimed psychics and cult leaders as they investigate crime in New York City.
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Season 7
22 episodes, first aired 2005
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.
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Season 8
22 episodes, first aired 2006
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Season 9
19 episodes, first aired 2007
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Season 10
22 episodes, first aired 2008
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.
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Season 11
24 episodes, first aired 2009
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.
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Season 12
24 episodes, first aired 2010
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Season 13
23 episodes, first aired 2011
Season 13 dealt with the departure of Detective Elliot Stabler from the Special Victims Unit after a shooting in the squad room.
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Season 14
24 episodes, first aired 2012
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Season 15
24 episodes, first aired 2013
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Season 16
23 episodes, first aired 2014
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Season 17
23 episodes, first aired 2015
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Season 18
21 episodes, first aired 2016
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Season 19
24 episodes, first aired 2017
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Season 20
24 episodes, first aired 2018
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Season 21
20 episodes, first aired 2019
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Season 22
16 episodes, first aired 2020
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Season 23
22 episodes, first aired 2021
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Season 24
22 episodes, first aired 2022
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Season 25
13 episodes, first aired 2024
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Season 26
22 episodes, first aired 2024
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Season 27
21 episodes, first aired 2025
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Season 28
4 episodes, first aired 2026
