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First Aired: September 20th, 1999
Status: Continuing
Network: NBC
Summary: In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Season 17
Episode 1: Devil's Dissections (1)
Air Date: September 23rd, 2015
Summary: The squad revisit a crime scene where bodies were buried by a serial killer. Rollins tries to get a confession, but the killer reveals shocking new info instead.
Episode 2: Criminal Pathology (2)
Air Date: September 23rd, 2015
Summary: A serial killer reveals shocking new info and problems in the case mount as Barba faces slick lawyers in court.
Episode 3: Transgender Bridge
Air Date: September 30th, 2015
Summary: When a transgender teen is assaulted by high school bullies, the case quickly escalates to tragedy, and the squad agonizes over whether the punishment fits the crime.
Episode 4: Institutional Fail
Air Date: October 7th, 2015
Summary: A malnourished toddler is found wandering and leads police to another ill child from the same home. The investigation eventually lands the Department of Child Services in hot water. Meanwhile, Chief Dodds tells Benson to expect some changes at her squad.
Episode 5: Community Policing
Air Date: October 14th, 2015
Summary: An unarmed black man is shot by three police officers who claim they were following proper procedure while pursuing a rape suspect. As racial tensions mount throughout the city, Barba indicts the three cops.
Episode 6: Maternal Instincts
Air Date: October 21st, 2015
Summary: A violinist is raped by her colleague, but he doesn't remember committing the crime and claims he was drugged and robbed by a hired escort. Meanwhile, Rollins' mother throws a baby shower for her; and Sgt. Mike Dodds reports to work at the SVU squad.
Episode 7: Patrimonial Burden
Air Date: November 4th, 2015
Summary: When a pious TV family's reputation is shattered by a teen pregnancy scandal, SVU uncovers the reality behind the reality show.
Episode 8: Melancholy Pursuit
Air Date: November 11st, 2015
Summary: The search for a missing teenager takes an emotional toll on Dodd, DNA could lead to the teen's abductor.
Episode 9: Depravity Standard
Air Date: November 18th, 2015
Summary: 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.
Episode 10: Catfishing Teacher
Air Date: January 6th, 2016
Summary: A high school student plans a clandestine hookup with his female teacher but ends up in a far more sinister situation.
Episode 11: Townhouse Incident
Air Date: January 13rd, 2016
Summary: Benson is taken hostage when she tries to stop a home invasion.
Episode 12: A Misunderstanding
Air Date: January 20th, 2016
Summary: A murky he-said, she-said date rape case ruins the futures of two high school students.
Episode 13: Forty-One Witnesses
Air Date: February 3rd, 2016
Summary: A woman is followed home and raped outside her building, where several neighbors witness the crime but fail to call for help.
Episode 14: Nationwide Manhunt (I)
Air Date: February 10th, 2016
Summary: Chicago P.D. detectives Lindsay and Dawson join the SVU in the hunt for two escaped murderers they helped to convict. The crossover continues on Chicago P.D. S03E14 The Song of Gregory Williams Yates (II).
Episode 15: Collateral Damages
Air Date: February 17th, 2016
Summary: Two high-profile suspects are arrested in the takedown of an online pedophile ring following a sting operation.
Episode 16: Star-Struck Victims
Air Date: February 24th, 2016
Summary: When a lack of evidence leads Barba to drop rape charges against a popular actor; Rollins takes matters into her own hands.
Episode 17: Manhattan Transfer
Air Date: March 2nd, 2016
Summary: A sexual exploitation case involving Catholic schoolgirls results in surprising charges against people in esteemed leadership positions, including judges, lawmakers, lawyers and cops.
Episode 18: Unholiest Alliance
Air Date: March 23rd, 2016
Summary: When one of their own is implicated in a cover-up, the SVU struggles to unravel a sex trafficking operation deeply-rooted in government offices, the police department, and the Catholic Church.
Episode 19: Sheltered Outcasts
Air Date: March 30th, 2016
Summary: 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.
Episode 20: Fashionable Crimes
Air Date: May 4th, 2016
Summary: A young model is raped by a renowned fashion house photographer, who looks to his successful brother to make the charges disappear.
Episode 21: Assaulting Reality
Air Date: May 11st, 2016
Summary: The producers of a reality TV dating series make Benson and the SVU team part of the show when they investigate a contestant's claim that she was raped.
Episode 22: Intersecting Lives (1)
Air Date: May 18th, 2016
Summary: A corrections officer is arrested for sexually assaulting female inmates in and out of prison, and the union that supports him targets Barba and the SVU.
Episode 23: Heartfelt Passages (2)
Air Date: May 25th, 2016
Summary: When the investigation of Corrections Officer Gary Munson deepens, he and his union take drastic actions that threaten the lives of ADA Barba and the SVU squad.
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