The BEST episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 18
Every episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 18, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 18!
Delves into the dark side of the NYC underworld as the detectives investigate and prosecute various sexually oriented crimes, including rape, pedophilia, domestic violence, and the abuses of children, the disabled, and elderly victims of non-sexual crimes who require specialist handling, all while trying to balance the effects of the investigation on their own lives as they try not to let the dark side of these crimes affect them.
#1 - Motherly Love
Season 18 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/8/2017
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.
#2 - Sanctuary (2)
Season 18 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/24/2017
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.
#3 - Next Chapter
Season 18 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/4/2017
The SVU team investigates a woman has been sexually assaulted by a masked man, but she believes the rapist is the same man who went to jail for stalking her. Meanwhile, Tucker contemplates retirement and a future with Benson.
#4 - Know It All
Season 18 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/5/2017
A man under investigation for rape and murder threatens to expose the secrets of those working the case.
#5 - Real Fake News
Season 18 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/3/2017
A congressman falsely accused of soliciting underage girls asks SVU to debunk the rumor, but the investigation leads to a real sex trafficking ring. Meanwhile, Benson and Rollins become the targets of a salacious website.
#6 - Making a Rapist
Season 18 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2016
Newly tested DNA evidence leads to the exoneration of a prisoner who served 16 years for a rape conviction. However, he's investigated again one day later in the wake of a shocking new crime.
#7 - The Newsroom
Season 18 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/26/2017
Benson and Barba ask witnesses to put their jobs on the line after a news anchor makes an on-air disclosure of rape against her boss.
#8 - Broken Rhymes
Season 18 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2016
A record label CEO and his protégé are questioned for their involvement in the assault of a transgender student.
#9 - Great Expectations
Season 18 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/15/2017
The SVU investigates the players of a top youth hockey team after a vicious locker room hazing.
#10 - Chasing Theo
Season 18 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/11/2017
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.
#11 - American Dream (1)
Season 18 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/24/2017
In part one of the season finale, a hate crime against a Muslim family results in the death of their daughter. When a crucial witness in the case is deported, Barba is forced to drop the charges against a suspect, and tensions rise between communities on opposing sides of the case.
#12 - Rape Interrupted
Season 18 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2016
A sergeant makes Benson choose between loyalty and duty when his son is accused of rape.
#13 - Decline and Fall
Season 18 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/18/2017
The powerful family of a retail empire closes ranks when a bartender accuses one of their own of rape.
#14 - Spellbound
Season 18 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/10/2017
The SVU investigates a charismatic spiritual healer when a client claims he incapacitated and assaulted her using hypnosis.
#15 - Heightened Emotions
Season 18 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2016
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.
#16 - Terrorized
Season 18 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2016
A young boy is found wandering alone in Central Park and the search for his parents leads to startling evidence of a planned mass casualty event in the city. As the SVU works with the joint-terrorism task force to find the suspects and the motive, Lt. Benson must also convince Barba to address allegations of rape and torture the boy's mother discloses.
#17 - No Surrender
Season 18 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/22/2017
Fin revisits his military roots when a fellow Army Ranger struggles to recover from a sexual assault.
#18 - Net Worth
Season 18 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/29/2017
A top-level investment banker accuses her billionaire client of rape.
#19 - Imposter
Season 18 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2016
When a man uses a false identity to lure a vulnerable married woman to bed, Barba thinks the evidence amounts to rape.
#20 - Genes
Season 18 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/22/2017
An investigation hits a nerve with Benson when a suspect claims his genetics causes him to commit rape.
#21 - Conversion
Season 18 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/17/2017
When a young woman is raped by a member of her church group, Barba must argue that the First Amendment doesn't entitle a person to break the law.