Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Season 1, Episodes
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e01). Season 1, Episode 1 - Air Date: 09/20/1999
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e02). Season 1, Episode 2 - Air Date: 09/27/1999
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e03). Season 1, Episode 3 - Air Date: 10/04/1999
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e04). Season 1, Episode 4 - Air Date: 10/11/1999
Benson and Stabler investigate the murder of a young woman, presumed a prostitute, that seems to be the next in a long line of prostitute victims. But the detectives realize that her death does not fit the pattern, but the other deaths do have a connection that no one anticipated.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e05). Season 1, Episode 5 - Air Date: 10/18/1999
Benson and Stabler investigate the murder of a travel writer, tied up with woman undergarments that are cutting off his air supply, and the main suspect is the landlord's boyfriend, but clues then turn to the landlord and her daughter. And then learning that the daughter had a sexual relationship with the tenant, things get even stranger for the detectives of the SVU.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e06). Season 1, Episode 6 - Air Date: 10/25/1999
Benson and Stabler investigate the murder of a female student at a college and they turn their attention to the basketball team. The college intervenes because they do not want negative publicity that could stir up during the investigation that might hurt them from the upcoming basketball championship.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e07). Season 1, Episode 7 - Air Date: 11/15/1999
Detectives Benson and Stabler have the unsavory task of investigating the sensationalized murder and sexual assault of a young boy, and their prime suspect is a convicted child molester whose only obsession seems to be collecting stamps. However, even with mounting evidence, one key piece doesn't fit -- but either way, the state is still prepared to cite civil detention as a test case to imprison him again as a likely repeat offender.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e08). Season 1, Episode 8 - Air Date: 11/22/1999
When an assistant district attorney is found murdered and sexually assaulted in Central Park, Detectives Benson and Stabler narrow their probe to a realtor with a history of date-rape and a need to humiliate powerful women -- and Stabler worries that a combative Benson may be his next victim. The key to the case rests with the suspect's business partner who can validate his alibi, but in the meantime, a seething Benson hopes to best him in an intense game of one-on-one in the interrogation room.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e09). Season 1, Episode 9 - Air Date: 11/29/1999
A female financial analyst with a fetish for sexual bondage is found hanging dead, but while Detectives Benson and Stabler debate if her death was a suicide or homicide, they discover that the victim recently tried to purchase $10 million of diamonds -- all of which leads to a Wall Street financier with a mean streak. During their hunt they cross paths with a Tennessee insurance investigator, a crooked charity organizer and other low-lifes from the sado-bondage scene.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e10). Season 1, Episode 10 - Air Date: 01/07/2000
The devastating results of a sexual assault begin to weigh heavily on the victim after Detectives Benson and Stabler's prime suspect -- who matches the assailant's description and is found to have used her credit card -- cannot be identified by the shaken woman. Benson finally gets a real break in the case six months later but finds the victim to be more defensive and less cooperative. In addition, Benson's romantic interlude with a fellow detective is revealed.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e11). Season 1, Episode 11 - Air Date: 01/14/2000
Detectives Benson and Stabler search for the killer of a young gay man whose father heads a conservative watchdog group, but when they suspect a violent ex-convict who lives in the same building, they are in for a shock. In addition, Benson resents Munch's attempts to help her find her father -- a stranger who raped her mother decades ago.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e12). Season 1, Episode 12 - Air Date: 01/21/2000
When a multimillionaire with a sordid sex life is found bound and slain, Detectives Benson and Stabler try to penetrate a suspicious ring of soulless Russian immigrants whose fatalism and enigmatic cooperation leave them going in circles. As Detectives Munch and Cassidy run down other leads, one possible culprit is Katya, a beautiful, cunning and likely illegal Russian who included the victim among her many boyfriends -- that is, until one of her male admirers issues a curiously bogus confession.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e13). Season 1, Episode 13 - Air Date: 02/04/2000
Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate the unusual circumstances behind the shooting murder of an admired judge with a reputation of protecting abused women and putting away sex offenders, but they soon learn that the victim took sordid advantage of the criminal justice system. Meanwhile, Cassidy has his own secret to hide, and yet has to endure Detective Munch's derisive comments about his professional ability to cope with parts of his job in the special victims unit.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e14). Season 1, Episode 14 - Air Date: 02/11/2000
The special victims unit is on the hot seat when a five-year-old sexual assault case is reopened just days before the statute of limitations ends, so Detectives Benson and Stabler scramble to interview the three distinctly different victims, but are crushed when their legal maneuver to file an arrest warrant is denied. They and other SVU detectives are even more exasperated when they learn that one of the women admits that she knows who the assailant is -- but won't tell because he now is a member of her church.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e15). Season 1, Episode 15 - Air Date: 02/18/2000
The detectives from the Special Victims Unit and the 27th Precinct probe the gunshot murder of a man believed to be a sexual aggressor but the evidence points to the trouble-prone daughter of a wealthy family whose protective and haughty female clan leader could make trouble for investigators and prosecutors alike. But when another duplicate murder occurs, the cops re-think their primary suspect while Detective Briscoe believes they might have stumbled upon new evidence about a serial killer who eluded him five years earlier.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e16). Season 1, Episode 16 - Air Date: 02/25/2000
Detectives Benson and Stabler lead the investigation into the sexual assault and possible murder of an elderly woman, and their scanty leads point to two neighborhood toughs who will only admit that they broke into the victim's apartment as thieves. When the lack of evidence forces them to grudgingly cut a deal between the two, the detectives only then learn that their most likely suspect for the rape has been right in front of them all along.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e17). Season 1, Episode 17 - Air Date: 03/31/2000
When the daughter-in-law of a prominent religious educator is found murdered in her hotel room, Detectives Benson and Stabler suspect an at-large burglar who recently has been breaking and entering several Manhattan hotel rooms. However, their attention later turns towards someone close to the pregnant victim where they learn that she was probably conducting an affair at the time of her slaying.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e18). Season 1, Episode 18 - Air Date: 04/14/2000
When a 16-year-old girl claims that she was sexually assaulted by a man, Detectives Benson and Stabler delve into the nether world of Internet porn in search of the suspect known as "The Yachtsman" but they soon discover how difficult it is to prosecute cyberspace pedophiles. However, while investigating an illicit online service, the cops seize upon an opportunity to coax a sex offender into setting up a sting operation designed to lure in more deviants.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e19). Season 1, Episode 19 - Air Date: 04/28/2000
Detectives Benson and Stabler wonder where to start their investigation of a series of anonymous sexual attacks on helpless women who are trapped standing in crowds on subway cars at rush hour, but when one suspect finally is arrested, none of the victims can identify him. The cops try a new ploy by arranging an interview between their new police psychologist and their prime suspect. Meanwhile, a tentative Benson begins dating a crime reporter.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e20). Season 1, Episode 20 - Air Date: 05/05/2000
Detective Munch forms an unlikely close bond with a television news reporter who was sexually assaulted by two men months earlier but it's Detectives Benson and Stabler who stumble into making the first arrest as the cops try to use their prime suspect as a link to his accomplice. However, their case is jeopardized -- and the list of assailants widens -- when a bomb blast eliminates a vital link to their prosecution and ongoing investigation.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e21). Season 1, Episode 21 - Air Date: 05/12/2000
A sharp-eyed photo developer puts Detectives Benson and Stabler on the tail of a seemingly harmless piano instructor who molests his students -- all boys -- but their prime witness is an unstable young man who recoils when he sees the suspect's videotape of his shame from years before. Even more disturbing for the detectives are more scenes from other tapes that could compromise their case and cause more heartache.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (s01e22). Season 1, Episode 22 - Air Date: 05/21/2000
Detectives Benson and Stabler check out a witness' report of a desperate woman's cry for help, and after a related murder, their investigation points to a controlling attorney suspected of making a female sex slave out of a newly arrived Romanian immigrant woman. Back in the squad room, the detectives of the special victims unit squirm a bit when they are assigned to be interviewed by a police psychologist who targets their insecurities and holds the key to their job security.
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