4.3/10891 votesLoading...#1 - Truth Embargo
Season 25 Episode 2 - Aired 1/25/2024
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.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: N/A
4.6/102,148 votesLoading...#2 - Intimidation Game
Season 16 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2015
A female videogame developer is harassed and threatened by a group of misogynistic cyber terrorists.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: N/A
5.9/10941 votesLoading...#3 - Guardians and Gladiators
Season 22 Episode 1 - Aired 11/12/2020
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.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: N/A
6.1/101,087 votesLoading...#4 - Part 33
Season 20 Episode 14 - Aired 2/7/2019
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.
Director: Alex Chapple
Writer: Michael S. Chernuchin
6.2/101,261 votesLoading...#5 - Info Wars
Season 19 Episode 12 - Aired 1/31/2018
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.
Director: Michael Slovis
Writer: Robert Brooks Cohen, Richard Sweren
6.7/10957 votesLoading...#6 - Devastating Story
Season 16 Episode 18 - Aired 4/1/2015
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.
Director: Michael Slovis
Writer: Samantha Corbin-Miller
6.7/101,138 votesLoading...#7 - Imposter
Season 18 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2016
When a man uses a false identity to lure a vulnerable married woman to bed, Barba thinks the evidence amounts to rape.
Director: Jean de Segonzac
Writer: N/A
6.7/10567 votesLoading...#8 - Our Words Will Not Be Heard
Season 22 Episode 11 - Aired 4/15/2021
A high-profile activist suspects her sister has been kidnapped by a hate group.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/101,012 votesLoading...#9 - December Solstice
Season 16 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2015
When Walter’s daughters accuse their stepmother of sexually abusing their ailing father, a furious legal battle ends in tragedy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/101,013 votesLoading...#10 - Heightened Emotions
Season 18 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2016
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.
Director: Alex Chapple
Writer: Julie Martin, Céline C. Robinson
7.0/10973 votesLoading...#11 - Granting Immunity
Season 16 Episode 19 - Aired 4/8/2015
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.
Director: Holly Dale
Writer: N/A
7.0/10973 votesLoading...#12 - No Surrender
Season 18 Episode 12 - Aired 2/22/2017
Fin revisits his military roots when a fellow Army Ranger struggles to recover from a sexual assault.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/10648 votesLoading...#13 - Assumptions
Season 20 Episode 23 - Aired 5/9/2019
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.
Director: Fred Berner
Writer: N/A
7.1/10986 votesLoading...#14 - In Loco Parentis
Season 19 Episode 15 - Aired 3/7/2018
Carisi opens a police investigation when his niece reports a classmate for sexual assault, and Stone learns there are no perfect witnesses when it comes to sex crimes.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Julie Martin, Michael S. Chernuchin
7.1/10448 votesLoading...#15 - The Only Way Out Is Through
Season 22 Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/2021
Benson helps two sisters get closure from a harrowing childhood assault. Kat's cousin reaches out for help.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/10393 votesLoading...#16 - Mirror Effect
Season 24 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2022
Benson tries to help a pop star in a volatile relationship; Rollins struggles with taking the stress of work home with her; Fin teaches a rookie a lesson in respecting fellow officers.
Director: Michael Smith
Writer: Julie Martin, David Graziano, Margaret Rose Lester
7.1/10364 votesLoading...#17 - The Presence of Absence
Season 24 Episode 16 - Aired 3/23/2023
An internet dating site becomes the source of terror for a young widow. Muncy struggles with Velasco's absence.
Director: Norberto Barba
Writer: Brianna Yellen, Brendan Feeney
7.2/101,232 votesLoading...#18 - Russian Love Poem
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/2000
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.
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Writer: Eva Nagorski
7.2/10909 votesLoading...#19 - Spousal Privilege
Season 16 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2014
Sergeant Benson tries to help a domestic violence victim who stands by her man.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10900 votesLoading...#20 - Perverted Justice
Season 16 Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/2015
A woman who accused her father of raping her when she was six now says the accusations were false. With the help of attorney Bayard Ellis and retired captain Kragen, SVU tries to get to the truth and make sure justice is served.
Director: Alex Chapple
Writer: N/A
7.2/10970 votesLoading...#21 - Depravity Standard
Season 17 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/2015
Lt. Benson seeks justice in the trial of child abductor Lewis Hodda, but when a plea deal is rejected, Barba must rely on decades-old evidence to make his case and faces off against former SVU colleague Dr. Huang.
Director: Martha Mitchell
Writer: Ed Zuckerman
7.2/10646 votesLoading...#22 - Diss
Season 20 Episode 22 - Aired 5/2/2019
When a pop star is assaulted in her home, the SVU investigates the public feud between her rapper husband and a competing recording artist; Fin's family ties to a suspect take him off the case.
Director: Alex Chapple
Writer: Michael S. Chernuchin, Allison Intrieri
7.3/10923 votesLoading...#23 - Beef
Season 11 Episode 20 - Aired 4/21/2010
After a young woman is sexually assaulted and murdered, Detectives Olivia Benson and Eliot Stabler track down the woman's boyfriend - their first suspect - but learn that he is a devout vegan who wouldn't hurt a fly. They soon find that the victim had been deeply involved in the fight to expose questionable practices in the meat-packing industry, even going undercover at a large company to find out the truth. Benson goes undercover herself to retrace the woman's footsteps and to identify who the victim might have angered along the way.
Director: Peter Leto
Writer: N/A
7.3/101,008 votesLoading...#24 - Dirty
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/2011
Detective Saliyah "Sunny" Qadri goes in search of Brooklyn District Attorney Page Ferguson, who she fears may be in danger. Qadri finds Ferguson just in time to witness her fall from the top of a parking garage. When Benson arrives, she discovers that the crime scene has been tampered with. Benson turns to an old friend, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Danielson for help. As the investigation progresses, Benson begins to question Ferguson’s suspicious past and Qadri’s involvement in the case.
Director: Helen Shaver
Writer: Judith McCreary
7.3/10789 votesLoading...#25 - Street Revenge
Season 13 Episode 19 - Aired 4/25/2012
The task of find a serial rapist becomes more difficult when a team of neighborhood vigilante "superheroes" starts trying to avenge the crimes.
Director: Arthur W. Forney
Writer: Julie Martin
The Worst Episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:NBC
Worst Episodes Summary
"Truth Embargo" is the worst rated episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". It scored 4.3/10 based on 891 votes. Directed by Jean de Segonzac and written by N/A, it aired on 1/25/2024. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Intimidation Game".