Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Season 1

22 episodes · 1999

Season 2

21 episodes · 2000

Season 3

23 episodes · 2001

Season 4

25 episodes · 2002

Season 5

25 episodes · 2003

Season 6

23 episodes · 2004

Detectives Benson, Stabler, Fin and Munch face serial killers, self-proclaimed psychics and cult leaders as they investigate crime in New York City.

Season 7

22 episodes · 2005

The unit's gut-wrenching cases include a schoolyard shooting of a child, a shady dating service and a shocking revelation regarding Tutuola's son.

Season 8

22 episodes · 2006

Season 9

19 episodes · 2007

Guest stars, including Cynthia Nixon, Robin Williams, Method Man, Jared Harris and Melissa Joan Hart, are season highlights.

Season 10

22 episodes · 2008

Stabler confronts his own demons when his daughter is caught with drugs, and Benson follows connections between an abused child and an attack on a woman.

Season 11

24 episodes · 2009

A new ADA joins the team, a crime scene photo of a murdered teen goes viral and Stabler tries to prove Benson did not murder a biker.

Season 12

24 episodes · 2010

Season 13

23 episodes · 2011

Season 13 dealt with the departure of Detective Elliot Stabler from the Special Victims Unit after a shooting in the squad room.

Season 14

24 episodes · 2012

Season 15

24 episodes · 2013

Season 16

23 episodes · 2014

Season 17

23 episodes · 2015

Season 18

21 episodes · 2016

Season 19

24 episodes · 2017

Season 20

24 episodes · 2018

Season 21

20 episodes · 2019

Season 22

16 episodes · 2020

Season 23

22 episodes · 2021

Season 24

22 episodes · 2022

Season 25

13 episodes · 2024

Season 26

22 episodes · 2024

Season 27

16 episodes · 2025