The BEST episodes written by Julie Martin
#1 - End Game
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20 - Episode 24
When a teenager is found dead in the Hudson River, Lt. Benson suspects Rob Miller is behind the mysterious death but can’t prove it. Despite having only circumstantial evidence, ADA Stone takes the case to court before Miller can destroy more lives.
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#2 - Man Up
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20 - Episode 1
Teenager Sam Conway shows evidence of rape but refuses to name his attacker. Meanwhile, Benson and Rollins confess to some major life changes.
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#3 - Sanctuary (2)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 18 - Episode 21
In the conclusion of the season finale, the unexpected release of a suspect in a hate crime case leaves Benson and Barba caught between two families seeking justice for their loved ones. As public protests escalate to violence, Benson goes to desperate lengths to make an arrest.
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#4 - Accredo
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20 - Episode 5
A member of a women’s empowerment group is found murdered, leading the cops to the group’s charismatic male leader. Meanwhile, Rollins keeps her pregnancy under wraps to avoid going on desk duty.
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#5 - Dear Ben
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20 - Episode 12
A serial rapist strikes again after two decades of silence, and SVU is determined to uncover the elusive criminal and bring justice to his many victims. Stone discovers that his father worked on the case before it went cold.
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#7 - Heightened Emotions
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 18 - Episode 4
A sexually assaulted athlete's double life could destroy her Olympic career and ruin the case against her attacker; Rollins sister is released from prison on parole.
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#8 - Mea Culpa
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20 - Episode 9
Stone takes his own case to trial when a woman from his past accuses him of sexual assault.
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#9 - The Darkest Journey Home
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 21 - Episode 2
Benson works with a young woman to help her remember the details and suspects in her rape. In order to learn a new witness interview technique, Rollins and Fin have to experience it for themselves.
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#10 - Criminal Pathology (2)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 2
The SVU is called to a familiar crime scene – the beach where serial killer Gregory Yates buried his many victims. When another body washes ashore, Detective Rollins tries to coax him into confessing, but the surprising information he provides sends shockwaves through the police department. As the case goes to court, Barba faces off against two hotshot defense attorneys in a trial that leads to blackmail, an incriminating confession, a new victim and a fugitive suspect.
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#11 - Intersecting Lives (1)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 22
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.
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#12 - Unholiest Alliance (2)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 18
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.
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#13 - Manhattan Transfer (1)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 17
A sexual exploitation case involving Catholic schoolgirls results in surprising charges against people in esteemed leadership positions, including judges, lawmakers, lawyers and cops.
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#14 - Devil's Dissections (1)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 1
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.
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#15 - A Story of More Woe
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20 - Episode 13
Benson tries to help two teenaged sisters after their father is killed. Meanwhile, Rollins goes into labor.
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#16 - Brothel
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20 - Episode 15
Fin teams up with an old colleague to track down the proprietor of a pop-up brothel.
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#17 - Rape Interrupted
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 18 - Episode 5
A sergeant makes Benson choose between loyalty and duty when his son is accused of rape.
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#18 - The Burden of Our Choices
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 21 - Episode 4
Rollins clashes with the parents of a teenaged runaway. The squad comes together for a special event.
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#20 - Motherly Love
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 18 - Episode 10
In the series 400th episode, a teenaged boy uses a rifle to stop an assault on his mother, but soon learns the target was someone he knows.
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#21 - Melancholy Pursuit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 8
The hunt for a missing teenage girl takes an emotional toll on Sgt. Dodds, and DNA evidence becomes a crucial lead in finding the girl's abductor.
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#22 - Institutional Fail
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 4
A starving toddler found wandering the streets alone leads detectives to the home of Manuela Ozuna and another child in grave condition. The police question Department of Child Services caseworker Keith Musio, whose vague and backdated reports on the family suggest he hadn't checked on the children in months. When the overworked Keith accuses his supervisor, Janette Grayson, of orchestrating the false reports, Chief Dodds promises to conduct an internal investigation. But when neglect leads to death, Barba takes matters into his own hands and arrests them for manslaughter. Meanwhile, Dodds indicates some changes coming to Benson's squad.
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#23 - Assumptions
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20 - Episode 23
The SVU searches for two suspects spotted fleeing the scene after a Muslim woman is assaulted inside a synagogue. Benson is dismayed to find Rob Miller out on bail.
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#24 - Chasing Theo
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 18 - Episode 8
A 6 year-old boy disappears from his bed in the midst of a wild, drug-fueled party thrown by his mother. With a child's life on the line, the case causes Benson to scrutinize her own role as a mother.
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#25 - Send in the Clowns
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 19 - Episode 17
A student disappears on a school trip to New York City, leading cops to race to find a masked man. Fin and Stone get visits from family.
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#26 - Down Low in Hell's Kitchen
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 21 - Episode 3
A serial predator targeting men in gay bars proves difficult to catch, until a celebrity comes forward with his story.
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#27 - Transgender Bridge
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 3
15 year-old Avery Parker walks home from school through Fort Tryon Park when she's surrounded by a group of rowdy boys. Taunts and jokes intensify to pushing and shoving, leaving Avery in the hospital and three assailants under arrest. When the DA's office decides to try one of the culprits, 15 year-old Darius McCrae, as an adult, the SVU squad agonizes over whether the punishment fits the crime, and must deal with the pain of both families involved.
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#28 - No Good Reason
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 19 - Episode 4
A teenager disappears after schoolmates make her the subject of a vicious cyberbullying attack.
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#29 - Heartfelt Passages (2)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 23
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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#30 - Girl Dishonored
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 14 - Episode 20
As the SVU detectives investigate the alleged rape of a sorority pledge, drunken students, and conflicting accounts complicate matters.
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#31 - Maternal Instincts
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 6
Rollins' mother Beth throws her a baby shower while the SVU reports to a four-star hotel where a famous violinist was raped by her colleague, Anton Krasnikov. With no memory of the crime, Anton claims a hired escort drugged and robbed him, and evidence leads to the shocking return of Rollins' fugitive sister Kim. Meanwhile, Sgt. Mike Dodds arrives for his first day at SVU.
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L.A. Law - Season 8 - Episode 17
Becker and Mullaney suspect, but cannot prove, that Flannigan committed a felony in settling a civil damages suit in a child molestation case; Rollins successfully pleads with an over-controlling father to drop a law suit against his fashion model daughter; Flannigan wins the undying gratitude of the Brackmans when he uses his influence to get their son accepted into a prestigious prep school.
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#33 - Betrayal
Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 5 - Episode 12
Frank and Tim investigate the death of a young girl whose abused body was found by the side of the interstate. Brodie goes to an interview with a new potential roommate. Kellerman finally gets his day in court, where he is supposed to take the 5th amendment. Frank and Tim disagree with their pursuit of the investigation. Frank tries a different approach with the mother and she tells him the story-- only they won't be able to get a murder one conviction. Julianna comes down to the courthouse to offer Mike some moral support. He sees Connelly come out of the courtroom and thinks things are going bad, so he prepares to give it all up. However, his appearance before the grand jury doesn't go quite as he expected. Brodie walks out of the building with his new roommate. The detectives try to celebrate Kellerman's freedom, though he has different thoughts about the situation. Tim tries to come to grips with the child abuse he experienced in his past and also tells Frank he doesn't want to be
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#34 - The City That Bleeds
Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 3 - Episode 12
Bolander, Munch, Howard and Felton all meet to serve a warrant, but Bolander, Howard and Felton are shot in an ambush. Pembleton becomes the primary in the investigation and is partnered with a detective who specializes in the psychology of their prime suspect: a pedophile. Stan's ex-partner Mitch Drummond offers his help. Kay's father and Beau's wife and the kids come to the hospital. A clerical error is discovered to be the cause of why the detectives went to the door marked 201, instead of 210.
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#35 - Dead End
Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 3 - Episode 13
The detectives continue chasing their only lead, the child molester. Munch is teamed with Stan's old partner. Beau has no feeling in his foot, but feels guilt about Kay's condition. Stan's ex-wife arrives in town, but has a hard time going to see him at the hospital. Barnfather and Granger want Russert to review Gee and see if he was negligent in his duties regarding the paperwork that led to the shooting. The pedophile is located and it is discovered he was responsible for the strangulation of a young boy, but not the shooting of the three detectives.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 15 - Episode 11
When a suspect is gravely injured and the case becomes a public spectacle, Amaro's badge is on the line; Cragen surprises everyone with an announcement.
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#37 - Perverted Justice
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 16 - Episode 21
A woman who accused her father of raping her when she was six now says the accusations were false. With the help of attorney Bayard Ellis and retired captain Cragen, SVU tries to get to the truth and make sure justice is served.
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#38 - Nationwide Manhunt (1)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 14
Chicago P.D. detectives Lindsay (guest star Sophia Bush) and Dawson (guest star Jon Seda) join the SVU in the hunt for two escaped murderers (returning guest stars Dallas Roberts and Jefferson Mays) they helped to convict. (Part 1 of a 2-part Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Chicago P.D. crossover on 2-10.)
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#39 - Above Suspicion
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 14 - Episode 2
Delia continues cleaning house, leaving a wake of accusations, frame-ups, and murders for SVU to work through as they continue their search for evidence to prove Donald Crages is being framed. Tension is high; everyone is on edge and defensive, even paranoid, and wondering who's next?
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#40 - Hostage (2)
Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 5 - Episode 2
Night has fallen and the crisis is no closer to being resolved. Gee demands that Barnfather make a decision. Frank continues to trying to adjust. Frank insists on going to the hostage scene. The identity of the hostage-taker is made when he demands that his pig be brought to the school. When the pig doesn't arrive in time, he sets a fire and seriously wounds a hostage (who later dies) and then becomes badly burned. Brodie takes issue with Munch's treatment of Pembleton. The paperwork gets completed and the hostage-taker is formally charged. Frank makes a decision regarding his recovery.
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#41 - Undercover Mother
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 16 - Episode 15
Working undercover to bust a sex trafficking ring, Det. Carisi stumbles upon Martha Thornhill, a mother who has embedded herself as a Madame in the organization for three years in hopes of finding and saving her daughter, Ariel. Martha joins forces with the SVU and they work together to bust the pimp and his cohorts, but Ariel is still missing. Meanwhile, Sgt. Benson is confronted with a harsh revelation that will change her life forever.
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#42 - Fire (1)
Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 4 - Episode 1
Bolander and Felton are suspended for 22 weeks without pay for incidents related to activities at a police convention in Washington, DC. Howard plans to take the sergeant's exam. Pembleton and Bayliss are assigned to investigate the death of a body found at an arson. At the scene they meet an arson detective that clashes with Frank's working style. Frank hesitates chasing a suspect, and later we learn that his wife is pregnant. Munch also decides to take the exam, and when the wagering begins on who is going to pass, everyone favors Howard. While the detectives are debating whether the fire was set to cover the murder, another fire is started.
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#45 - Requiem for Adena
Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 4 - Episode 16
A young girl is murdered, in a style similar to Adena Watson's murder. Frank demands to work the case alone as Bayliss begins to think that the two crimes might be related. Bayliss' obsession with trying to get this case solved and linked to Adena's murder causes the two of them to clash. Howard learns that Brodie has a crush on her and tells him she doesn't like the joke that's being pulled-- only problem there is that it's the truth.
#46 - Patrimonial Burden
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 7
A reality TV family secrets begin to spill when their young teenage daughter learns she's pregnant.
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#47 - Kaddish
Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 5 - Episode 17
A woman that Munch had a crush on in high school is found murdered. He struggles with his faith as he works with Kellerman on the case. Meanwhile, Frank also struggles with his faith and the fact that Mary has left him.
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#48 - Bad Medicine
Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 5 - Episode 4
More drug-related homicides are occurring. Pembleton is still relegated to desk duty and now so is Kellerman. A federal grand jury investigation is being conducted that goes back to the time when Mike was in the arson unit. Frank is still not taking his medicine and getting ready for the range test. Brodie moves out of Munch's place and into Bayliss'. Lewis finds out that the witness to his drug homicide has been brought downtown. He goes after him and meets Stivers, a female detective in narcotics. Lewis's witness points toward Luther Mahoney as the initiator of the contract. They go to find the executor, who's been executed. Stivers pages Mahoney and he comes in for questioning, but they can't make a case that Danvers thinks will stick. Frank misses a passing grade on his test by four points.
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#49 - Sins of the Father
Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 6 - Episode 10
A white man is found lynched in a historic black section of the city; Falsone and Lewis investigate. The day after Tim's dinner date with the male restaurant owner that Tim was positive about, Frank is perplexed by Tim's interest in Laura Ballard. The autopsy reveals that the hanged man was also whipped. Gharty worries about Ballard getting involved with "switch-hitter" Bayliss. Lewis is convinced the lynching is related back to the victim's Civil War ancestor, infamous runaway-slave catcher and free-blacks abductress. Tim and Laura attend an art show.
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#50 - All is Bright
Homicide: Life on the Street - Season 6 - Episode 8
Ballard and Gharty investigate the death of a man at a laundromat. The Waterfront Bar gets ready for the Christmas holiday. Munch's ex-wife, Gwen, shows up; her mother (a literary critic and author) has died. Tim goes Christmas shopping and runs into Julianna; he invites her to come to the Waterfront's Christmas celebration. Ballard and Gharty interview the victim's girlfriend (as listed in his address book). Cox informs Ballard and Gharty that the victim was HIV positive and she also convinces Kellerman to tell Lewis and Stivers about the Mahoney videotape. Munch gets his brother to give Gwen a deal on her mother's funeral arrangements. The victim's mother knew about his HIV status and about a girlfriend he didn't use protection with, whose name didn't appear in the address book. Ballard and Gharty find this woman and find that she has full-blown, terminal AIDS, and they bring her in for questioning. Ballard feels the woman has suffered enough so she is reluctant to a get her confessi
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