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.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - Plastic
Season 20 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/10/2019
A woman accuses a celebrity plastic surgeon and his girlfriend of rape.
#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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - Caretaker
Season 20 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/2018
The cops wrestle with an unthinkable crime when a family is murdered in their sleep.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - Exchange
Season 20 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/25/2019
Benson helps a teenaged exchange student after she’s assaulted by a cab driver.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.