Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Episodes

Season 16 · 23 episodes

• E1 Girls Disappeared
  Sep 24, 2014 45 min

  Benson struggles to balance work and her new role of foster mother; when Amaro arrests a young prostitute with connections to Noah's mother, his undercover work sets off a dangerous chain of events.

• E2 American Disgrace
  Oct 1, 2014 45 min

  When a series of allegations are made against a superstar basketball player, Sgt. Benson and Detective Carisi do not agree on the authenticity of each woman's story; the investigation takes Rollins back to her former precinct.

• E3 Producer's Backend
  Oct 8, 2014 45 min

  Amaro's by-the-book handling of a starlet's arrest gets him back on the SVU squad in time to investigate the actress's latest offense, statutory rape.

• E4 Holden's Manifesto
  Oct 15, 2014 45 min

  The team tries to find a bike messenger – who has kept a video diary of his troubles with women – before he can commit another violent act; the new deputy chief calls Benson’s leadership into question.

• E5 Pornstar's Requiem
  Oct 22, 2014 45 min

  A college student becomes a target after her work as an online porn star is discovered by her classmates.

• E6 Glasgowman's Wrath
  Nov 5, 2014 45 min

  Three young girls' search for a mythical character leads to one of them becoming injured and the other two disappearing.

• E7 Chicago Crossover (2)
  Nov 12, 2014 45 min

  Sergeant Hank Voight and Detectives Erin Lindsay and Jay Halstead track a child pornography victim to his last-known whereabouts in New York City, where Sergeant Benson and the SVU squad get a new lead – evidence of a livestreamed pornography “club” that caters to its subscriber’s shocking requests. When Lindsay discovers someone from her past is involved, she hopes it will help lead them to the site’s ringleader, but tensions between Voight and Benson could threaten the case. (Nobody Touches Anything (1) aired on Chicago Fire, season 3, episode 7. They’ll Have to Go Through Me (3) aired on Chicago P.D., season 2, episode 7.)

• E8 Spousal Privilege
  Nov 19, 2014 45 min

  A domestic-violence dispute involving a sportscaster and his girlfriend is uncovered on security-camera footage from a parking garage, but the girlfriend is reluctant to seek legal help because she doesn't want her family to break apart.

• E9 Pattern Seventeen
  Dec 10, 2014 45 min

  Rollins connects a series of assaults to several rapes she worked in Atlanta. Meanwhile, a family court judge threatens to remove Noah from Benson's care.

• E10 Forgiving Rollins
  Jan 7, 2015 45 min

  Atlanta's Deputy Chief Charles Patton and his newest detective, Reese Taymor visit New York for a law enforcement conference. When Reese is found unconscious in her hotel bathroom, she cries rape at the scene but changes her story when Sgt. Benson arrives. When Rollins uncovers a personal connection to the suspect, ADA Barba seeks her help in the courtroom and she’s forced to confront the demons of her past to stop a dangerous predator.

• E11 Agent Provocateur
  Jan 14, 2015 45 min

  A teenager is sexually assaulted and left for dead in an alley after attending a movie star's party; Benson is suspicious when security footage from the party goes missing.

• E12 Padre Sandunguero
  Jan 21, 2015 45 min

  When his father is arrested, Amaro must choose between his badge and his family’s honor.

• E13 Decaying Morality
  Feb 4, 2015 45 min

  Two families are left to pick up the pieces of their lives when a rape case goes terribly wrong.

• E14 Intimidation Game
  Feb 11, 2015 45 min

  Video game developer Raina Punjabi solidifies the launch of her first game amid a stream of online insults, intimidation and death threats from the male-dominated gaming community. When a female employee is assaulted at a gamer convention, Detective Tutuola investigates the crime but Raina refuses to delay the launch, and the cops must “level up” to protect her.

• E15 Undercover Mother
  Feb 18, 2015 45 min

  Working undercover to bust a sex trafficking ring, Det. Carisi stumbles upon Martha Thornhill, a mother who has embedded herself as a Madame in the organization for three years in hopes of finding and saving her daughter, Ariel. Martha joins forces with the SVU and they work together to bust the pimp and his cohorts, but Ariel is still missing. Meanwhile, Sgt. Benson is confronted with a harsh revelation that will change her life forever.

• E16 December Solstice
  Feb 25, 2015 45 min

  The two daughters of an elderly writer suffering from dementia accuse his current wife of abusing him by giving erectile dysfunction pills to produce a new heir.

• E17 Parole Violations
  Mar 25, 2015 45 min

  Detective Carisi's sister Bella prepares for her wedding to fiancé Tommy Sullivan and the upcoming birth of their child. But when Tommy falls back into bad habits and accuses his parole officer of rape, Carisi must investigate whether the claim is real or just another one of Tommy's excuses.

• E18 Devastating Story
  Apr 1, 2015 45 min

  Popular television host Skip Peterson airs an interview with college student Heather Manning, who claims she was gang raped in a fraternity house. While the tragic account of Heather's story brings national attention to the epidemic of rape on campus, the sensational details of the she-said, they-said case leaves Sgt. Benson and ADA Barba with several suspects and a rocky trial.

• E19 Granting Immunity
  Apr 8, 2015 45 min

  Pornographic photos from 15 year-old Savannah Biel's house party quickly circulate around her Tribeca high school and go viral. Barba's efforts to arrest the student responsible for posting the images is stalled when several suspects fall victim to a fast-moving measles outbreak. When Benson's foster son also catches the illness, she investigates a group of mothers who may have falsified their children's medical records. Meanwhile, Amaro receives some distressing news about his son.

• E20 Daydream Believer (3)
  Apr 29, 2015 45 min

  Benson and Voight lead their teams in the investigation of a rape/murder case that is frighteningly similar to a case from New York a decade ago. When forced to release their main suspect, the Chicago PD joins the SV Unit in New York in pursuit of Yates. (We Called Her Jellybean (1) aired on Chicago Fire, season 3, episode 21. The Number of Rats (2) aired on Chicago P.D., season 2, episode 20.)

• E21 Perverted Justice
  May 6, 2015 45 min

  A woman who accused her father of raping her when she was six now says the accusations were false. With the help of attorney Bayard Ellis and retired captain Cragen, SVU tries to get to the truth and make sure justice is served.

• E22 Parents' Nightmare
  May 13, 2015 45 min

  8 year-old Owen Farhidi disappears from school and his mother Dana receives a ransom request. Detectives soon uncover that the boy knew his abductor, but friction between his parents impedes the investigation. Meanwhile, Benson must take an exam to formalize her promotion.

• E23 Surrendering Noah
  May 20, 2015 45 min

  Sgt. Benson and ADA Barba take Johnny D to trial for sex trafficking, rape, assault and kidnapping. But when Baby Noah's adoption becomes entangled in the case, Benson fears for Noah's future and his safety. In an intense courtroom showdown, the SVU will face a threat that could change the squad forever.