The Best Episodes Directed By Mariska Hargitay

A teenager found unconscious in the park leads to a missing persons investigation. Benson must help Noah come to terms with the past when he questions the origins of his birth.

A man with dementia confesses to murder, but Benson and Carisi believe there's more to the case; when rumors swirl around the squad room, Fin presses Velasco for the truth.

A murky he-said, she-said date rape case ruins the futures of two high school students.

Stone asks Benson to investigate a sexual encounter from his past that he feels guilt and uncertainty about; Rollins considers a proposal from Doctor Al.

Detective Carisi lives undercover at a homeless shelter to determine if one of its sex offender residents is the suspect in a string of neighborhood rapes.

After a sexual assault investigation is stalled for months, a woman puts her accusations against a popular athlete on a billboard.

A columnist who has been given access to the squad for a story declares a hate crime case a hoax, leaving the victim under media scrutiny and Benson fighting to get the case back on solid ground.

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

A teenaged boy uses a rifle to stop an assault on his mother, but soon learns the target was someone he knows.