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- 13. Duty to Hope May 16, 2024
- The SVU searches for a pattern assailant before his crimes escalate to murder.
- 12. Marauder May 9, 2024
- Agent Sykes struggles to cope on the anniversary of her sister's disappearance.
- 11. Prima Nocta May 2, 2024
- A runaway bride calls the SVU for help on the day of her wedding; Rollins pitches in on her day off.
IMDb page for the TV series that follows the NYPD detectives who investigate sexually related crimes. See cast, crew, episodes, ratings, reviews, trivia, videos, photos and more.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often shortened to Law & Order: SVU or SVU) is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf for NBC.
Law & Order: SVU - Watch episodes on NBC.com and the NBC App. TV's longest-running primetime drama stars Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson.
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Mar 21, 2024 · Find out everything to know about the upcoming season of the longest-running crime drama in TV history. Learn when it will air, who will star, and what to expect from the new cases of Captain Olivia Benson and her squad.
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Based out of the NYPD New York City Police Department's 16th precinct in Manhattan, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit delves into the dark side of the New York underworld as the detectives of a new elite force, the Special Victims Unit(SVU for short), investigate and prosecute various sexually oriented crimes including rape, pedophilia, and domesti...
Development
The idea for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" originated with the 1986 "preppie murder" case of Robert Chambers, who strangled Jennifer Levin, a woman that he dated and later murdered during what he claimed was consensual "rough sex" in Manhattan's Central Park. The crime inspired Dick Wolf to write the story for the Season 1 episode of "Law & Order" titled "Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die". However, even after writing the episode, the case continued to haunt Wolf, who wanted to go deeper...
Executive producers
Executive producer Neal Baer left Law & Order: SVU as showrunner at the end of Season 12, after eleven years (Seasons 2–12) on the show, in order to sign a three-year deal with CBS Studios. Baer was replaced by former "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" showrunner Warren Leight. In March of 2015, it was announced that Warren Leight signed a three-year deal with Sony Pictures Television, that will allow him to work on SVU one more season, its seventeenth. Leight joined the show in Season 13. It was...
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1. For a list of recurring characters, see SVU recurring characters.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit at NBCLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit at WikipediaLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit Episode Guide at WikipediaLaw & Order: SVU at NBC Wiki (Fandom)This hard-hitting and emotional series from NBC's "Law & Order" brand chronicles the life and crimes of the Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, an elite squad of detectives who investigate sexually based crimes.
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Browse the episodes of the 21st and 22nd seasons of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the long-running crime drama series. Find out the plot, rating, cast, and watch options for each episode.