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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 16 Episode 20 - Daydream Believer (III)
    9.3/10(12 votes)

    #1 - Daydream Believer (III)

    S16:E20

    A Chicago crime resembles a decade-old New York City case, so police from Chicago arrive and team up with the squad to track down a suspect they had to release earlier. The crossover starts on Chicago Fire S03E21 We Called Her Jellybean (I) and Chicago P.D. S02E20 The Number of Rats (II).

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  2. undefined Season 16 Episode 7 - Chicago Crossover (II)
    8.9/10(14 votes)

    #2 - Chicago Crossover (II)

    S16:E7

    SVU and Chicago PD officer Erin Lindsay try to track down Lindsay's half-brother, who may be able to help take down a child pornography ring. The crossover starts on Chicago Fire S03E07 Nobody Touches Anything (I). It continues on Chicago P.D. S02E07 They'll Have to Go Through Me (III).

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  3. undefined Season 18 Episode 9 - Decline and Fall
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #3 - Decline and Fall

    S18:E9

    The powerful family of a retail empire closes ranks when a bartender accuses one of their own of rape.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  4. undefined Season 18 Episode 15 - Know It All
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Know It All

    S18:E15

    A man under investigation for rape and murder threatens to expose the secrets of those working the case.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  5. undefined Season 6 Episode 12 - Trophy
    8.4/10(8 votes)

    #5 - Trophy

    S6:E12

    McCoy finds that his career is on the line when his former female assistant and ex lover accuses him of forging evidence that helped put an innocent man in prison.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  6. undefined Season 15 Episode 5 - Wonderland Story
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #6 - Wonderland Story

    S15:E5

    Investigation into the suspected rape of a woman Benson helped earlier leads to a cybermogul. The team bids farewell to Munch.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  7. undefined Season 14 Episode 4 - Acceptable Loss
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #7 - Acceptable Loss

    S14:E4

    The special victims squad tries to take down a sex-trafficking operation that enslaves young women; when the investigation is halted by Lt. Alexandra Eames, Detective Benson has to get creative.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  8. undefined Season 17 Episode 19 - Sheltered Outcasts
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #8 - Sheltered Outcasts

    S17:E19

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  9. undefined Season 7 Episode 17 - Showtime
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Showtime

    S7:E17

    The trial of Eddie Newman begins but the prosecution's chances of conviction are hampered by a "dream team" of defense attorneys, Gorton's personal pressures on Ross, the public questioning of the relationship between Curtis and Lisa Lundquist, and a surprise accusation.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  10. undefined Season 6 Episode 15 - Encore
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Encore

    S6:E15

    A jogger killed in Central Park turns out to be the second wife of a former comedy club owner, who was acquitted of killing his first wife. And convicting him this time may hinge on tracing the path of a Columbian coin used as a subway token slug.

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    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  11. undefined Season 14 Episode 8 - Lessons Learned
    8.1/10(6 votes)

    #11 - Lessons Learned

    S14:E8

    As the detectives investigate reports of sexual abuse at an elite private school, decades of secrets are exposed.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  12. undefined Season 4 Episode 4 - Profile
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #12 - Profile

    S4:E4

    Stone finds himself up against an ambitious black lawyer defending a white, racist serial killer.

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    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  13. undefined Season 5 Episode 14 - Performance
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #13 - Performance

    S5:E14

    Briscoe and Logan set out to identify the apparent victim in a snuff film, but find her alive and really the victim of a points-for-sex club at her prestigious high school.

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    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  14. undefined Season 17 Episode 9 - Depravity Standard
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #14 - Depravity Standard

    S17:E9

    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:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  15. undefined Season 7 Episode 10 - Legacy
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Legacy

    S7:E10

    The sidewalk shooting of a young husband uncovers the fact that his wife's first husband died in a inadequately investigated accident, and that they may have been having an affair before it happened.

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    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  16. undefined Season 19 Episode 7 - Zero
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    #16 - Zero

    S19:E7

    Cutter is determined to expose misconduct when he realizes an old friend working in the system is obstructing justice in the murder of an environmentalist.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  17. undefined Season 7 Episode 19 - Double Down
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #17 - Double Down

    S7:E19

    The cops' best hope of finding a kidnapped hired car driver alive is one of the armed robbers who grabbed him after a job, but the immunity deal he demands in return would effectively preclude his prosecution for the shooting death of an off-duty cop, placing McCoy in a difficult position as he seeks to placate the cops, who want the guy prosecuted, and the kidnapped man's wife, who wants every avenue of saving her husband explored.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  18. undefined Season 4 Episode 16 - Big Bang
    7.9/10(10 votes)

    #18 - Big Bang

    S4:E16

    A scientist becomes the chief suspect when his estranged wife, who's been delaying divorce proceedings, is the victim of a letter bomb.

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    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  19. undefined Season 5 Episode 2 - Coma
    7.9/10(9 votes)

    #19 - Coma

    S5:E2

    A comedy-club owner comes under suspicion for having shot his wife, now comatose with a bullet in her head, after it's discovered he was abusive and she was about to divorce him.

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    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  20. undefined Season 6 Episode 5 - Hot Pursuit
    7.9/10(9 votes)

    #20 - Hot Pursuit

    S6:E5

    When the detectives solve a series of murders committed by a holdup team in ski masks, McCoy must determine whether a young woman found with them is an unwilling hostage, or an active participant in the crimes.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  21. undefined Season 5 Episode 12 - Progeny
    7.9/10(9 votes)

    #21 - Progeny

    S5:E12

    The investigation into the killing of an abortion clinic doctor leads to an activist group led by a former priest.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  22. undefined Season 7 Episode 23 - Terminal
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #22 - Terminal

    S7:E23

    The cops uncover a man with a secret second life as they try to learn who opened fire on a group of people disembarking from a party cruise, but his guilt or innocence becomes almost a second thought as Schiff goes toe to toe with the governor and the States Attorney General over the decision to seek the death penalty.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  23. undefined Season 7 Episode 2 - I.D.
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    #23 - I.D.

    S7:E2

    The cops tackle identifying a corpse left in an elevator, and McCoy finds his prosecution of the suspect later hampered by a vindictive judge who resents Ross's in-court rebuke for sexual harassment.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  24. undefined Season 20 Episode 20 - The Taxman Cometh
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #24 - The Taxman Cometh

    S20:E20

    Lupo and Bernard uncover a possible conspiracy to kill off wealthy cancer patients, so their inheritors don't have to pay an estate tax. However, legal roadblocks make the case difficult to prosecute.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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  25. undefined Season 18 Episode 17 - Real Fake News
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #25 - Real Fake News

    S18:E17

    A fake news story leads the squad to a real child sex trafficking ring.

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    Writer:Ed Zuckerman

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Ed Zuckerman Ratings Summary

"Daydream Believer (III)" is the best rated episode written by Ed Zuckerman. It scored 9.3/10 based on 12 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 4/29/2015 and is rated 0.4 points higher than their second-best episode, "Chicago Crossover (II)".