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The Worst Episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members...
  1. Background image for Truth Embargo
    4.4/10(967 votes)

    #1 - Truth Embargo

    S25:E2

    As Benson teams up with the FBI on an unsolved case, Fin and Velasco investigate a flash mob robbery that lead to a sexual assault.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    4.7/10(2.2k votes)

    #2 - Intimidation Game

    S16:E14

    A female videogame developer is harassed and threatened by a group of misogynistic cyber terrorists.

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    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Lust
    5.6/10(8 votes)

    #3 - Lust

    S4:E4

    A public health doctor, the wife of a retired attorney, who tracked HIV cases is found murdered and raped in Central Park. Her work involved contacting sexual partners of HIV patients which gives the detectives a long list of suspects and the detectives try to link threatening phone calls to the crime. The discovery of a second body in Central Park with the same signature shifts the focus to a possible serial killer.

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    5.9/10(989 votes)

    #4 - Guardians and Gladiators

    S22:E1

    When the squad tries to solve an assault in Central Park, they are hampered by their own blind spots and a community that is losing trust in the police.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    6.1/10(1.1k votes)

    #5 - Part 33

    S20:E14

    As Stone prosecutes the case of a woman who killed her abusive husband, Benson and her squad wrestle with the duty of testifying against her.

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    6.3/10(1.3k votes)

    #6 - Info Wars

    S19:E12

    After a female pundit is assaulted during a protest, Benson and Barba struggle to put their political beliefs aside in order to help bring the attacker to justice.

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  8. Background image for Class
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #7 - Class

    S7:E17

    After Carolyn Pereira's body is dumped in an area frequented by prostitutes, Stabler and Tutuola soon realise she had far more money than a student on financial aid should have had, and learn that she was deeply involved in the worlds of online gambling and high stakes poker. Suspects include the Gloria Culhane, the roommate who ended up with the very expensive ring that Caroline stole from a star athlete, Roddy Franklin, the star athlete who had his ring taken by Caroline, and Adam Halder, Caroline's best friend from childhood who turned out to be her backup during her online gambling forays. Stabler makes a special plea for Halder, feeling like he and the young man have something in common because both were boys from the wrong side of the tracks dealing with rich kids who treated them like dirt.

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  9. Background image for Consent
    6.6/10(9 votes)

    #8 - Consent

    S2:E10

    A college co-ed is found raped and dazed after a frat party, but can't remember anything that happened. The detectives then find that she had a date rape drug in her system, leaving them with many suspects and accomplices, tho the victim is reluctant to press charges.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.7/10(10 votes)

    #9 - Desperate

    S4:E18

    After a young boy witnesses the brutal sexual assault and murder of his stepmother, he is too terrified to tell the detectives who attacked her.

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    Director:David Platt
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    6.7/10(982 votes)

    #10 - Devastating Story

    S16:E18

    SVU investigates after a news story reveals that an unidentified Hudson University coed was gang raped by a four fraternity brothers. But once the accuser finally steps forward and tells her story, everything begins to unravel.

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  12. Background image for Imposter
    6.7/10(1.2k votes)

    #11 - Imposter

    S18:E3

    When a man uses a false identity to lure a vulnerable married woman to bed, Barba thinks the evidence amounts to rape.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    6.7/10(601 votes)

    #12 - Our Words Will Not Be Heard

    S22:E11

    A high-profile activist suspects her sister has been kidnapped by a hate group.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Manipulated
    6.8/10(7 votes)

    #13 - Manipulated

    S7:E15

    After the body of Vicky Riggs is found, Benson and Stabler delve into her private life and finally learn that in addition to being a respected lawyer, she was also a stripper. A surveillance photo leads them to Linus McKellen, her boss' husband, who was also having an affair with her. There isn't enough evidence to prove he murdered Vicky, but when Vicky's co-worker at the club, Josie Post, is also found murdered, DNA proves that McKellen's semen was found in her body, despite his disabled wife Tessa's conviction that he would never murder anyone. Suspicion turns on Tessa herself once the detectives interview the only man who seems capable of having committed the murders.

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    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #14 - Influence

    S7:E22

    After Jamie Hoskins falsely accuses two classmates of rape after a consensual act then hits nine pedestrians during an attempted suicide, medical tests reveal she has been taking medication for bipolar disorder and stopped her pills a week earlier. Jamie is charged with murder and released on her own recognizance after she agrees to take her medication, but after rock star Derek Lord, who is well known for his negative views on psychiatry, gets involved and begins spearheading her defense, Jamie again stops taking her medication. Novak is sympathetic to Jamie, but Jamie's insistence on following Derek Lord's advice leaves Novak with no choice but to take the case to trial.

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    6.9/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Risk

    S4:E12

    An infant ingests pure cocaine disguised in baby formula, uncovering a complicated narcotics ring with unlikely participants and the entire squad goes undercover to flush them out.

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    6.9/10(6 votes)

    #16 - Ripped

    S7:E4

    When the teenage son of Stabler's old partner comes under suspicion for attacking a classmate, Stabler's inability to treat this like any other case gets him suspended.

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    Director:Rick Wallace
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Fat
    6.9/10(5 votes)

    #17 - Fat

    S7:E20

    Stabler teams up with an new partner to investigate a sexual attack on Jessica DeLay, a sixteen-year-old girl who worked tobacco stings for the Department of Health and face an overweight young brother and sister who claim it was an act of vengeance for Jessica and her friend, Tommy Strahan, beating up their older brother Rudi for being fat. Stabler and Blaine arrest DeLay and Strahan, but when the two are released due to lack of admissable evidence, Rudi Bixton takes justice into his own hands.

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    6.9/10(1.0k votes)

    #18 - December Solstice

    S16:E16

    When Walter’s daughters accuse their stepmother of sexually abusing their ailing father, a furious legal battle ends in tragedy.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Heightened Emotions
    6.9/10(1.1k votes)

    #19 - Heightened Emotions

    S18:E4

    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.

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    7.0/10(1.0k votes)

    #20 - Granting Immunity

    S16:E19

    A measles outbreak delays arrests in a case involving pornographic photos taken by teens at a party. Meanwhile, Benson discovers that some kids' medical records may have been falsified after Noah gets measles; Amaro leans upsetting news about his son.

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    Director:Holly Dale
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for No Surrender
    7.0/10(1.0k votes)

    #21 - No Surrender

    S18:E12

    Fin revisits his military roots when a fellow Army Ranger struggles to recover from a sexual assault.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Assumptions
    7.0/10(678 votes)

    #22 - Assumptions

    S20:E23

    The SVU searches for two suspects spotted fleeing the scene after a Muslim woman is assaulted inside a synagogue. Meanwhile, Benson is dismayed to find Rob Miller out on bail.

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    Director:Fred Berner
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Russian Love Poem
    7.1/10(1.3k votes)

    #23 - Russian Love Poem

    S1:E12

    When a multi-millionaire is found strangled in his home, Benson and Stabler turn their suspicion to his long list of lovers, which includes both men and women. Detectives discover he was involved with a group of beautiful Russian women that came to the U.S. to take advantage of wealthy Americans.

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    7.1/10(8 votes)

    #24 - Mercy

    S4:E14

    When the body of a 1-month-old baby girl is found stuffed inside a cooler, the detectives are horrified. But they soon learn that the baby had a genetic disorder known as Tay-Sachs disease, and it may have been a mercy killing.

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    7.1/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Pandora

    S4:E15

    The brutal rape, and subsequent death, of a female motorist turns out to be an undercover FBI informant acting as a cyber vigilante for catching online pedophiles to capture the predator trafficking internet porn. The detectives find the victim's husband murdered and follow the trail of evidence for the latest victim she had been tracking, which ​turns into an international case of teenage prostitution, with ties to the Czech Republic.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Truth Embargo" is the worst rated episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". It scored 4.4/10 based on 967 votes. Directed by Jean de Segonzac and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/25/2024. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Intimidation Game".