The Best Episodes Written By Judith Mccreary

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.9/10(5 votes)

   #1 - Burned

   S8:E111/9/2007

   Stabler and Benson find themselves on opposite sides when Valerie Sennet accuses her estranged husband, Miles Sennet, of breaking into her home and raping her. Because Miles has no history of violence and Valerie refuses to allow detectives to use her daughter Tessa as a witness, he is soon released, and Stabler and Benson continue to clash as Benson remains convinced that Miles raped Valerie and is a danger, and Stabler believes it may be a case of a wife crying foul to punish her soon-to-be ex-husband.

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   8.8/10(10 votes)

   #2 - Signature

   S9:E121/8/2008

   A woman's body is found murdered in a park alongside a man with a bullet in his head - Benson and Special Agent Cooper join forces and suspect "The Woodsman", a serial killer Cooper has tried to catch for years. Lake and Benson begin to question Cooper's true motives when the male victim is later identified as "The Woodsman".

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   8.6/10(6 votes)

   #3 - Screwed

   S8:E225/22/2007

   Darius Parker, goes on trial for the rape and murder of a woman and her 14-month old child. The case brings Fin under fire from the media and even has Munch and Stabler at odds. Novak prosecutes the trial that brings Stabler and Tutuola, among others, to the stand. Many previous stories are brought into the trial.

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4. 

   8.5/10(11 votes)

   #4 - Noncompliance

   S2:E611/24/2000

   The question of patients' rights surfaces when a schizophrenic man refusing to take his medication is suspected in the rape and stabbing death of an aspiring psychologist, whose body is found in a convenience store.

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   8.5/10(6 votes)

   #5 - Venom

   S7:E183/28/2006

   Ken Randall calls Benson for help after he's picked up in an alley late at night. He claims that he was looking for a body after overhearing a man talk about murdering a woman and dumping her body while he was at the bar that night. Tutuola is upset that no one informed him, and determined to clear his son's name even though Ken immediately gets his own lawyer. Tutuola turns his eye on Ken's cousin, Darius Parker, who was with Ken that night and has been in and out of trouble for years, and after Ken voluntarily submits his DNA to clear his name, a shocking family connection between Darius and Ken is revealed. Darius confesses to having murdered the woman and her baby, but his confession is out because no one had contacted his lawyer.

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   8.4/10(7 votes)

   #6 - Cold

   S9:E195/13/2008

   The squad is left at ends when Lake is caught in a gunfight and later takes a witness hostage.

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   8.4/10(5 votes)

   #7 - PTSD

   S10:E912/2/2008

   The death of a marine who was pregnant by a rapist puts the unit at odds with the Pentagon when they fight to keep the case, and Benson's flashbacks of her own assault may further impede the investigation.

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   8.2/10(10 votes)

   #8 - Ridicule

   S3:E1012/14/2001

   What appears as a bizarre accidental death leads to a case involving a male stripper who claims that the deceased was one of three powerful women who raped him at a bachelorette party.

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   8.2/10(8 votes)

   #9 - Unstable

   S11:E19/23/2009

   Officer Nate Kendall aids a woman in trouble and becomes roped into solving a rape case. While Detectives Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson believe that Kendall is not right for the case due to his unstable personality, Executive ADA Sonya Paxton joins the team, bringing evidence of a common thread among three other rape cases. With Paxton’s help, the team might expose a serial rapist.

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10. 

    8.0/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Pique

    S2:E205/4/2001

    Observed by an FBI psychiatrist, the detectives uncover a horrifying motive for the slaying of a software company employee by a fired colleague when they learn of the suspect's bizarre relationship with his overbearing mother and a strange sexual fetish called piquerism.

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    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #11 - No More Bets

    S4:E225/13/2004

    Two men are found murdered after scamming Sam Braun's casinos. Grissom and Warrick investigate after Catherine is thrown off the case. One of the suspects is the son of a man Braun caught cheating. Nick gets the promotion that Sara coveted.

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12. 

    7.9/10(13 votes)

    #12 - Harvest

    S5:E310/14/2004

    A child is abducted. As the Amber Alert goes out, the entire team investigates in a race against time. Lindsay Willows is found hitchiking to the alarm of Catherine.

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13. 

    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Turmoil

    S11:E811/11/2009

    Stabler is torn between a troubling rape case which victim has had pictures posted on the net and his son, whose friend's actions may endanger a life and both of their futures.

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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #14 - Merchandise

    S12:E410/6/2010

    A teenage girl’s death exposes a human trafficking ring and leads detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler to team up with an old friend at the U.S. Attorney’s office.

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15. 

    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Doomsday

    S1:E510/23/2018

    Special Agents Maggie Bell and OA Zidan investigate the death of a safety inspector and its possible connection to a leak at a nuclear power plant.

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    7.7/10(10 votes)

    #16 - Asunder

    S2:E712/1/2000

    It’s a classic case of “he said, she said” when a cop’s wife charges him with rape. The truth behind the alleged rape comes to light when a history of domestic abuse is uncovered.

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17. 

    7.7/10(31 votes)

    #17 - Broken Mirror

    S1:E510/19/2005

    The BAU investigates the kidnapping of a U.S. District Attorney's daughter and determines the kidnapper isn't seeking money -- he's after her twin sister.

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    7.7/10(20 votes)

    #18 - What Fresh Hell?

    S1:E121/11/2006

    When a young girl is abducted in broad daylight from a playground in a seemingly safe neighborhood, the BAU team initially believes her father is responsible. When he is able to provide an alibi, the team is forced to look for clues where the girl lives to determine who is really responsible.

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    7.7/10(8 votes)

    #19 - Disappearing Acts

    S4:E510/25/2002

    A high-powered executive is raped, but the situation is complicated by her involvement with the Feds and the Russian mob - as well as a father-son duo who are in the federal witness protection program and an agent who appears bound and determined to protect them, regardless of consequence.

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20. 

    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Wrath

    S3:E210/5/2001

    The detectives investigate three murders that seemingly have no connection to each other, but each murder has ties to Benson's previous cases. As they join with the FBI to investigate, the detectives worry that Benson is the intended target.

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21. 

    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #21 - Rotten

    S4:E131/24/2003

    In their investigation of a prisoner's death, Benson and Tutuola learn that he was sexually assaulted before being incarcerated and since it happened while in custody, the police are suspected.

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22. 

    7.5/10(6 votes)

    #22 - Dirty

    S12:E141/19/2011

    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.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - The Husband

    S2:E210/2/2016

    Eric’s shocking past transgression leads Detective Cornell to interrogate him, revealing the first of Kate’s many secrets. Desperate to prove that his life with Kate wasn’t just one big lie, Amanda helps him search for answers. Despite her strong objections, Eric wants to bring his new findings to Detective Cornell. However, once he sees an ex-girlfriend – one of his worst nightmares – with Cornell at the police station, his hopes of redirecting her investigation quickly fade.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #24 - The Truth

    S2:E1012/4/2016

    Patrick grapples with his new reality, as Detective Cornell closes in on Kate’s killer, and the murderer is finally exposed. Meanwhile, Danny frantically continues his search for his daughter, hoping to get one more chance to be a real dad.

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25. 

    7.4/10(6 votes)

    #25 - Baggage

    S10:E184/7/2009

    A turf war ensues when Stabler and Tutuola link an artist's murder to a serial killer, and the detective assigned to that case focuses more on their involvement in an investigation he believes belongs solely to him than on identifying the killer.

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