The Best Episodes Written By Dawn Denoon

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.8/10(10 votes)

   #1 - Prodigy

   S3:E131/18/2002

   Two people are found murdered in the park, including an animal rights activist who has been raped and then decapitated. Benson and Stabler must determine which of their two main suspects -- a sociopathic teenager and a recently paroled rapist -- is responsible for the murder.

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   8.8/10(4 votes)

   #2 - Infiltrated

   S8:E610/31/2006

   Novak tries to find Benson when the case for a previous rape victim, Chelsea Arndale, hinges on her testimony. Benson, meanwhile, is still living as Persephone James and has been arrested in Oregon after the ecologist's group she has infiltrated is involved in a fracas with the local police. After the local sheriff advises her that her group is being looked at in connection with a recent murder, Benson decides to do a little investigating on her own and learns that the man was a pedophile. When she finally finds his private hideaway, it leads to a shocking conclusion.

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   8.8/10(10 votes)

   #3 - Alternate

   S9:E19/25/2007

   Benson and Stabler investigate a suspected child abuse case only to learn that the woman who reported it is the real case.

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4. 

   8.6/10(12 votes)

   #4 - Countdown

   S2:E152/23/2001

   The detectives become a little edgy after working around the clock to find an abducted girl when clues point to a serial murderer and rapist who kills his victims on the third day. After trapping the killer, they are prepared to give him the death penalty until they find out that one of his victims was never found and he offers her location as a plea bargain.

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   8.6/10(10 votes)

   #5 - Serendipity

   S5:E510/21/2003

   A newborn baby is found dead in a gutter, sending the detectives on a hunt for the mother. She too turns up murdered, and the clues point to a serial child molester.

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   8.5/10(7 votes)

   #6 - Scavenger

   S6:E410/19/2004

   The entire squad races against the clock to solve the puzzles and uncover the clues scattered throughout the city by a serial killer who is taunting them to find him and the next victims on his list.

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   8.5/10(8 votes)

   #7 - Pretend

   S8:E215/15/2007

   The team investigates the death of a partially clothed teenage boy wearing a leather mask. The detectives discover that the victim's best friend is the killer and has a video, showing that the boy's death was the result of a backyard wrestling match gone wrong.

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8. 

   8.5/10(13 votes)

   #8 - Abuse

   S2:E111/26/2001

   Parental neglect may have led to the tragic death of the son of two famous singers, leading them to fear for his sister. Benson develops a strong attachment to the girl who has a history of serious injuries.

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9. 

   8.4/10(11 votes)

   #9 - Justice

   S3:E194/5/2002

   A rebellious 16-year-old teenager is raped and murdered; the case becomes complex when they learn that her stepfather is a judge with whom she has had major problems.

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10. 

    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #10 - Inconceivable

    S9:E141/22/2008

    The robbery of fertilized embryos from a sperm bank call for Benson and Stabler to track down the thief. Clues from the clinic's security tape lead them to a long list of suspects including two publicity-hungry extremists. The detectives race against the clock to find the missing embryos, but that isn't the only clock that's ticking - Olivia considers her own fertility and the possibility of motherhood.

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11. 

    8.2/10(21 votes)

    #11 - Bad Blood

    S1:E111/14/2000

    A moral coalition leader's gay son is found murdered on the roof of his apartment building. Initially, Benson and Stabler investigate his father, a Conservative well-known for his homophobic viewpoints, but once they start looking into the young man's living arrangements they realize the person they're looking for may be closer than they think. Munch tries to help Benson find the man who raped her mother, and could potentially be her father.

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12. 

    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Raw

    S7:E611/1/2005

    After a six-year-old boy dies in a school shooting, detectives trace the gun used back to a white supremacist's gun shop. Munch and Tutuola both face hatred and prejudice from the major suspects in the case, but their investigation soon takes them from the man who pulled the trigger back to the gun shop owner, who makes no bones about his hatred of anyone who isn't white.

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13. 

    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #13 - Protest Too Much

    S3:E173/8/2013

    When an off-duty cop tries to stop a bank robbery, he is disarmed by the "Bonnie and Clyde" robbers who take his gun and wound an innocent bystander. Meanwhile, Frank considers getting romantically involved with a woman from the ACLU who happens to be Erin's acquaintance.

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14. 

    8.1/10(9 votes)

    #14 - Delinquent

    S12:E235/11/2011

    When a young woman finds a teenage boy asleep and naked in her bedroom, his mother, Bree Walsh, is quick to defend him. While Detective Benson and Detective Stabler try to figure out what truly happened, they also have to manage the sneaky teenager and his naive mother. As the detectives dig deeper, they discover how deceptive appearances can be.

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15. 

    8.1/10(11 votes)

    #15 - Care

    S3:E911/23/2001

    The battered body of a five-year-old girl in foster care is discovered and suspicion soon turns to members of the girl's foster family as well as to the girl's biological mother; who is the real guilty party and who is only a red herring?

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    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #16 - Identity

    S6:E121/18/2005

    Complications ensue in the investigation of a Stone Cold Assassins gangbanger who fell off a building after the victim that he tried to rape bit him in self-defense when the vic's twin sister cops to the crime, seemingly impossible due to the evidence until the secrets regarding the sister's true genetic identity are revealed.

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    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Pure

    S6:E183/8/2005

    After an 18-year-old girl is kidnapped, psychic Sebastian Ballentine comes forward claiming to have information on the killings. Stabler refuses to believe that Ballentine is a real psychic, and is convinced that the hints he is dropping about the case indicate he is somehow involved.

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    8.1/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Liberties

    S10:E215/19/2009

    A favor for a judge who is hearing a harassment case sends Stabler and Benson to interview a death-row serial killer in order to determine the fate of his son.

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    8.1/10(6 votes)

    #19 - Witness

    S11:E163/17/2010

    Soon after a young girl, Laine McAlister, is raped in her apartment building's stairwell, Detectives Olivia Benson and Eliot Stabler meet Laine in the hospital and find her extremely shaken with a large cut on her hand. After an unpleasant exchange with a man she claims is her boyfriend, the detectives become suspicious that she may have fabricated her rape to get attention. Their suspicions grow when she waits to reveal that there was an eyewitness. As the gravity of the situation intensifies, Benson and Stabler find themselves in a race to track down the witness and get a testimony before it is too late.

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    8.0/10(11 votes)

    #20 - Mother

    S5:E310/7/2003

    A psychiatrist with unconventional methods is found sexually assaulted, unconscious and near death in a crack house. It's easier said than done to get her to cooperate with the investigation as they are hampered by doctor-patient confidentiality as she may have been attacked by one of her patients.

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    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #21 - Taken

    S2:E812/15/2000

    The case of a seventeen-year-old rape victim during a gala for the opening of a luxury hotel takes a strange turn when her immediate family tries to keep the scandal quiet. Detectives soon discover that the girl isn't the innocent that she pretends to be. Benson struggles to deal with her mother's death and she learns about her past.

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    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #22 - Informed

    S8:E19/19/2006

    Benson is called in after a young woman shows up at the hospital, raped and beaten with her head shaved. Haley Kerns refuses to submit to a rape kit, but Benson steals her underwear before leaving the apartment and gives it to Warner to check out. When Benson returns to her apartment she encounters Star Morrison, who admits that Haley is a federal informant working with them on eco-terrorism. After Stabler is wounded while out on a search with Morrison, Benson and she work to get information from Haley before the eco-terrorists can strike.

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    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #23 - Front Page News

    S3:E111/11/2013

    Jamie must deal with the emotional consequences of his actions on the job. Meanwhile, Erin questions Mayor Poole on the witness stand.

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    7.9/10(38 votes)

    #24 - Arioch Cain

    S3:E510/29/2015

    Red and the FBI come together to protect Liz when a huge reward for her capture attracts attention from assassins.

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    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Soulless

    S4:E255/16/2003

    After a rape victim is abducted from the hospital and later found dead, the detectives suspect several young socialites of her rape, at a Manhattan nightclub, and subsequent murder.

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