Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Season 18
01 Terrorized
Sep 21, 201643m★ 6.5
A 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 the suspects and the motive, Lt. Benson must also convince Barba to address allegations of rape and torture the boy's mother discloses.
02 Making a Rapist
Sep 28, 201643m★ 8.5
Newly 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.
03 Imposter
Oct 5, 201643m★ 7.0
When a man uses a false identity to lure a vulnerable married woman to bed, Barba thinks the evidence amounts to rape.
04 Heightened Emotions
Oct 12, 201643m★ 5.9
A 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.
05 Rape Interrupted
Oct 26, 201643m★ 7.2
A sergeant makes Benson choose between loyalty and duty when his son is accused of rape.
06 Broken Rhymes
Nov 9, 201643m★ 8.9
A record label CEO and his protégé are questioned for their involvement in the assault of a transgender student.
07 Next Chapter
Jan 4, 201743m★ 8.6
The 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 Benson.
08 Chasing Theo
Jan 11, 201743m★ 5.7
A 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.
09 Decline and Fall
Jan 18, 201743m★ 8.8
The powerful family of a retail empire closes ranks when a bartender accuses one of their own of rape.
10 Motherly Love
Feb 8, 201743m★ 7.6
A teenaged boy uses a rifle to stop an assault on his mother, but soon learns the target was someone he knows.
11 Great Expectations
Feb 15, 201743m★ 8.2
The SVU investigates the players of a top youth hockey team after a vicious locker room hazing.
12 No Surrender
Feb 22, 201743m★ 7.4
Fin revisits his military roots when a fellow Army Ranger struggles to recover from a sexual assault.
13 Genes
Mar 22, 201743m★ 8.0
An investigation hits a nerve with Benson when a suspect claims his genetics causes him to commit rape.
14 Net Worth
Mar 29, 201743m★ 8.3
A top-level investment banker accuses her billionaire client of rape.
15 Know It All
Apr 5, 201743m★ 8.7
A man under investigation for rape and murder threatens to expose the secrets of those working the case.
16 The Newsroom
Apr 26, 201743m★ 9.2
Benson 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.
17 Real Fake News
May 3, 201743m★ 7.8
A fake news story leads the squad to a real child sex trafficking ring.
18 Spellbound
May 10, 201743m★ 8.8
A popular spiritual guru with a dark past is accused of rape.
19 Conversion
May 17, 201743m★ 8.2
A young woman visiting NYC with her church group is raped by a friend.
20 American Dream (1)
May 24, 201743m★ 8.6
A 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.
21 Sanctuary (2)
May 24, 201743m★ 8.4
In 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 lengths to make an arrest.