The BEST episodes directed by Mariska Hargitay
#1 - 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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#2 - 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.
#3 - Sheltered Outcasts
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 19
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.
#4 - Padre Sandunguero
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 16 - Episode 12
When his father is arrested, Amaro must choose between his badge and his family’s honor.
#5 - She Paints for Vengeance
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 21 - Episode 11
After a sexual assault investigation is stalled for months, a woman puts her accusations against a popular athlete on a billboard.
#6 - King of the Moon
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 24 - Episode 15
A man with dementia confesses to murder, but Benson and Carisi believe there's more to the case. When rumors swirl around the squad room, Fin presses Velasco for the truth.
#7 - A Misunderstanding
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 12
A murky he-said, she-said date rape case ruins the futures of two high school students.
#8 - Criminal Stories
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 15 - Episode 18
A columnist who has been given access to the squad for a story declares a hate crime case a hoax, leaving the victim under media scrutiny and Benson fighting to get the case back on solid ground.