Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 18
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.
Episodes
E1A 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…
E2Newly 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.
E3When a man uses a false identity to lure a vulnerable married woman to bed, Barba thinks the evidence amounts to rape.
E4A 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.
E5A sergeant makes Benson choose between loyalty and duty when his son is accused of rape.
E6A record label CEO and his protégé are questioned for their involvement in the assault of a transgender student.
E7The 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…
E8A 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.
E9The powerful family of a retail empire closes ranks when a bartender accuses one of their own of rape.
E10A teenaged boy uses a rifle to stop an assault on his mother, but soon learns the target was someone he knows.
E11The SVU investigates the players of a top youth hockey team after a vicious locker room hazing.
E12Fin revisits his military roots when a fellow Army Ranger struggles to recover from a sexual assault.
E13An investigation hits a nerve with Benson when a suspect claims his genetics causes him to commit rape.
E14A top-level investment banker accuses her billionaire client of rape.
E15A man under investigation for rape and murder threatens to expose the secrets of those working the case.
E16Benson 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.
E17A fake news story leads the squad to a real child sex trafficking ring.
E18A popular spiritual guru with a dark past is accused of rape.
E19A young woman visiting NYC with her church group is raped by a friend.
E20A 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.
E21In 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…