The BEST episodes directed by Mariska Hargitay

Motherly Love
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7.88
1044 votes

#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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Mea Culpa
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7.81
542 votes

#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.

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Sheltered Outcasts
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7.80
666 votes

#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.

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Padre Sandunguero
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7.79
314 votes

#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.

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She Paints for Vengeance
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7.78
438 votes

#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.

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King of the Moon
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7.70
276 votes

#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.

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A Misunderstanding
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7.65
557 votes

#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.

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Criminal Stories
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7.55
381 votes

#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.

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