The BEST episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 20

Every episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 20, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 20!

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.

Last Updated: 12/9/2024Network: NBCStatus: Continuing
End Game
star
7.98
522 votes

#1 - End Game

Season 20 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/16/2019

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.

Directors: Alex Chapple
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Man Down
star
7.86
300 votes

#2 - Man Down

Season 20 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2018

ADA Stone blames himself for the shocking verdict in Sam’s case, and before Benson can offer help, Sam makes a tragic decision.

Directors: Alex Chapple
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Plastic
star
7.85
508 votes

#3 - Plastic

Season 20 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/10/2019

A woman accuses a celebrity plastic surgeon and his girlfriend of rape.

Directors: Fred Berner
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Caretaker
star
7.85
548 votes

#4 - Caretaker

Season 20 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/2018

The cops wrestle with an unthinkable crime when a family is murdered in their sleep.

Directors: Jono Oliver
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Zero Tolerance
star
7.85
601 votes

#5 - Zero Tolerance

Season 20 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2018

After the rescue of a young girl from a sex trafficker, Benson and Stone must take drastic measures to reunite her with her mother. Meanwhile, Rollins decides to give her rocky relationship another chance.

Directors: Michael Pressman
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Alta Kockers
star
7.83
524 votes

#6 - Alta Kockers

Season 20 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/2018

The investigation into a promising new author’s death leads to a decades-old secret kept between two reclusive brothers.

Directors: Alex Chapple
Watch Now:Apple TV
Dear Ben
star
7.83
505 votes

#7 - Dear Ben

Season 20 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/17/2019

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.

Directors: Jean de Segonzac
Watch Now:Apple TV
Mea Culpa
star
7.81
542 votes

#8 - Mea Culpa

Season 20 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/2018

Stone takes his own case to trial when a woman from his past accuses him of sexual assault.

Directors: Mariska Hargitay
Watch Now:Apple TV
Missing
star
7.78
513 votes

#9 - Missing

Season 20 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/14/2019

The SVU pursues a suspect when a child is discovered in the trunk of an abandoned car.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Revenge
star
7.77
572 votes

#10 - Revenge

Season 20 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/2018

As a string of break-in assaults grows more violent, the cops investigate an online incel group to identify a suspect.

Directors: Martha Mitchell
Watch Now:Apple TV
Blackout
star
7.77
488 votes

#11 - Blackout

Season 20 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/21/2019

When defense attorney Nikki Staines is raped after a police charity event, Benson reluctantly looks to her own for a suspect.

Directors: Chris Misiano
Watch Now:Apple TV
Facing Demons
star
7.76
493 votes

#12 - Facing Demons

Season 20 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/21/2019

A young man’s suicide sparks a child molestation investigation, and Benson turns to Cassidy when the case hits a dead end.

Directors: Timothy Busfield
Watch Now:Apple TV
A Story of More Woe
star
7.75
499 votes

#13 - A Story of More Woe

Season 20 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/31/2019

Benson tries to help two teenaged sisters after their father is killed. Meanwhile, Rollins goes into labor.

Directors: Ray McKinnon
Watch Now:Apple TV
Hell's Kitchen
star
7.75
544 votes

#14 - Hell's Kitchen

Season 20 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/2018

A waitress from a trendy New York restaurant is sexually assaulted at an after-hours VIP party.

Directors: Monica Raymund
Watch Now:Apple TV
Dearly Beloved
star
7.75
511 votes

#15 - Dearly Beloved

Season 20 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/4/2019

The SVU investigates a he-said, she-said case when a woman crashes a wedding to accuse her therapist of sexual assault.

Directors: Lucy Liu
Watch Now:Apple TV
Exchange
star
7.74
453 votes

#16 - Exchange

Season 20 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/25/2019

Benson helps a teenaged exchange student after she’s assaulted by a cab driver.

Directors: Michael Pressman
Watch Now:Apple TV
Brothel
star
7.74
490 votes

#17 - Brothel

Season 20 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/14/2019

Fin teams up with an old colleague to track down the proprietor of a pop-up brothel.

Directors: Michael Pressman
Watch Now:Apple TV
Man Up
star
7.73
606 votes

#18 - Man Up

Season 20 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2018

Teenager Sam Conway shows evidence of rape but refuses to name his attacker. Meanwhile, Benson and Rollins confess to some major life changes.

Directors: Alex Chapple
Watch Now:Apple TV
Accredo
star
7.73
522 votes

#19 - Accredo

Season 20 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/2018

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.

Directors: Jean de Segonzac
Watch Now:Apple TV
Exile
star
7.72
530 votes

#20 - Exile

Season 20 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/2018

A young woman wakes up in the hospital with no memory of her assault, and Carisi’s investigation stalls when she disappears.

Watch Now:Apple TV
Assumptions
star
7.62
472 votes

#21 - Assumptions

Season 20 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/9/2019

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.

Directors: Fred Berner
Watch Now:Apple TV
Diss
star
7.61
514 votes

#22 - Diss

Season 20 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/2/2019

When a pop star is assaulted in her home, the SVU investigates the public feud between her rapper husband and a competing recording artist. Fin’s family ties to a suspect take him off the case.

Directors: Alex Chapple
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Good Girl
star
7.57
513 votes

#23 - The Good Girl

Season 20 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/11/2019

Benson works to uncover a pregnant teenager’s secret when she refuses to name the baby’s father.

Directors: Jean de Segonzac
Watch Now:Apple TV
Part 33
star
7.36
495 votes

#24 - Part 33

Season 20 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/7/2019

As Stone prosecutes the case of a woman who killed her abusive husband, Benson and her squad wrestle with the duty of testifying against her.

Directors: Alex Chapple
Watch Now:Apple TV