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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 3 Episode 22 - Competence
    9.3/10(10 votes)

    S3:E22

    A mentally challenged girl with Down's Syndrome is pregnant, and the question is, was she raped or did she consent and is she competent enough to keep her child?

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  2. undefined Season 5 Episode 15 - Families
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    S5:E15

    The investigation into the death of a pregnant high school student exposes a long-held family secret, which precipitates yet another violent death and eventually the destruction of two families.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  3. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Honor
    8.6/10(14 votes)

    S2:E2

    The vicious sexual assault and brutal beating of an Afghan diplomat's daughter uncovers clues that may suggest Taliban traditions justify 'honor killings' when the child defies the wishes of their parents or their culture; the trail leads close to home.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  4. undefined Season 3 Episode 4 - Rooftop
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    S3:E4

    When an HIV-positive male, with a record of assaulting underage girls, is discovered in a sexual clincher with a young woman on a rooftop, the detectives are determined to put him back inside. After a series of rapes and murders of young African-American women cannot be traced to him though, they begin to wonder if they've been looking at the wrong suspect.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  5. undefined Season 12 Episode 3 - Behave
    8.4/10(10 votes)

    S12:E3

    A woman who has been raped multiple times is afraid to leave her house. The issue of unopened rape kits will see Detective Olivia Benson travel from New York City to Los Angeles.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  6. undefined Season 6 Episode 19 - Intoxicated
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    S6:E19

    When Denise Eldridge finds her fifteen-year-old daughter Carrie in bed with twenty-one-year-old Justin, she immediately calls police to have Justin charged with statuatory rape. Benson intercedes on behalf of Carrie, calling a children's rights lawyer to assist her, but when Denise turns up dead, Carrie and Justin both end up on the suspect list. Benson tries to get some help from Simone Bryce, but Bryce is obligated to protect her client.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  7. undefined Season 4 Episode 6 - Angels
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    S4:E6

    A battered young boy suffocates while hiding in the luggage compartment of an airport shuttle bus and it leads the detectives to his guardian and into the investigation of a perverted child molestation ring.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  8. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - Stolen
    8.3/10(11 votes)

    S3:E3

    The kidnapping of an infant at a grocery store leads to an illegal adoption ring and the long lost closure of a case from 12 years prior of a murdered mother and missing baby which involved Capt. Cragen and his partner, the late Max Greevey.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  9. undefined Season 6 Episode 1 - Birthright
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    S6:E1

    The investigation into the attempted kidnapping of a six year old girl uncovers a fertility doctor's scheme to steal embryos, and prompts a custody battle between the child's biological and birth mothers.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  10. undefined Season 9 Episode 18 - Trade
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    S9:E18

    When a pregnant woman's body is discovered in a burned-out brownstone, the investigation turns to a family of coffee importers.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  11. undefined Season 12 Episode 24 - Smoked
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    S12:E24

    When a woman is murdered during an afternoon shopping trip with her daughter, Detectives Benson and Stabler are called in because she was scheduled to testify in their high-profile rape case. As the detectives continue to investigate the correlation between the murder and their case, they discover unlikely friendships that will lead them to the truth.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - Scourge
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    S2:E21

    A "Jack the Ripper" type murderer, who justifies his crimes with paranoid religious motivation set on by a rapidly deteriorating medical condition, is on the loose. After a citywide manhunt, Detectives Benson and Stabler are tasked with finding the killer.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 24 - Perfect
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    S4:E24

    A murdered 14-year-old girl leads the detectives to a prominent physician who specializes in reproduction therapy and exposes a dangerous "foundation" where disenfranchised young women are brainwashed.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  14. undefined Season 3 Episode 20 - Greed
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    S3:E20

    Investigating the rape of the wife of a restaurateur during a robbery, leads the detectives to a similar assault, and to a locksmith.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  15. undefined Season 7 Episode 16 - Gone
    8.1/10(6 votes)

    S7:E16

    Doug Waverly and Nick Pratt are charged with rape and murder in the disappearance of Canadian student Jennifer Durning after Nick's cousin, Jason King, claims that while he had consensual sex with her that night the other two raped her. A stray pubic hair leads Novak to Keith Willis, a drunk who was paid off by the boys to get Jennifer out of the hotel and who later saw the boys kidnap her, but Willis exactly fit to be a witness as his mind has gone after years of alcohol abuse. Jason King disappears. Although they are able to find a bug in Donnelly's office, they are not able to prove that it was placed there by Pratt or Waverly. Judge Donnelly is forced to dismiss the case against the two boys since there is no case without Jason's testimony.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  16. undefined Season 9 Episode 3 - Impulsive
    8.1/10(9 votes)

    S9:E3

    A teacher claims that a student pursued her after she's charged with raping him.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  17. undefined Season 11 Episode 15 - Confidential
    8.1/10(4 votes)

    S11:E15

    Benson and Stabler investigate the abduction of a woman in a building owned by a high-powered and highly protected investment banker, but when Munch's memory of an eerily similar crime proves true the focus turns toward potentially freeing an innocent man, and it may take the DA himself to shake loose the truth.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  18. undefined Season 10 Episode 5 - Retro
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    S10:E5

    A baby with AIDS has Benson and Stabler asking for assistance from Warner as they investigate the case. They are pointed in the direction of a homeopathic doctor who has an questionable ethical past and who had prescribed the baby ineffective vitamins.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  19. undefined Season 10 Episode 20 - Crush
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    S10:E20

    A teenage girl who sent text messages containing nude pictures of herself is found beaten up. She next faces a harsh sentence from a judge after being arrested for producing and distributing child pornography.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  20. undefined Season 4 Episode 20 - Dominance
    8.0/10(11 votes)

    S4:E20

    A quadruple homicide with sexual overtones is just the start of an intense rampage of a serial killer that brings a homicide detective into the mix. As the entire squad races against time to prevent further victims, the evidence uncovers a horrible situation of incest and abuse.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  21. undefined Season 10 Episode 15 - Lead
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    S10:E15

    When a pediatrician convicted of abusing patients is found dead, Stabler and Benson investigate and soon find ADA Cabot has a reason for becoming involved in the case.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  22. undefined Season 9 Episode 7 - Blinded
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    S9:E7

    Novak confronts ghosts from her past while handling the trial of a schizophrenic serial rapist, who seriously injured Stabler.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  23. undefined Season 3 Episode 12 - Protection
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    S3:E12

    A 6-year-old boy wounded in a shooting is brought to the ER but abandoned by his brother, who reported it, and their mother, who fears for her own life. The case leads the detectives to a woman who is on the run from an abusive drug-dealer boyfriend.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  24. undefined Season 8 Episode 13 - Loophole
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    S8:E13

    Stabler ends out being out of commission after a perpetrator high on PCP throws him through a window at the station, so Benson teams up with Munch and Tutuola to investigate a mysterious packet of photos. The photographs lead them to both a suspected child pornographer and a junkie burgler, but after Benson takes ill during the investigation, the team realises that there is more than child pornography at stake as their investigation soon reveals that Seth Millstead wasn't into little boys at all, but had been using the tenants of the apartment building in an experiment for a new pesticide.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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  25. undefined Season 5 Episode 22 - Painless
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    S5:E22

    A woman claiming to have been the victim of rape commits suicide while she is still in the emergency room.

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    Writer:Jonathan Greene

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Jonathan Greene Ratings Summary

"Competence" is the best rated episode written by Jonathan Greene. It scored 9.3/10 based on 10 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 5/10/2002 and is rated 0.6 points higher than their second-best episode, "Families".