The BEST episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 21
Every episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 21, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 21!
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 - The Darkest Journey Home
Season 21 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2019
Benson works with a young woman to help her remember the details and suspects in her rape. In order to learn a new witness interview technique, Rollins and Fin have to experience it for themselves.
#2 - I'm Going to Make You a Star
Season 21 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2019
When an actress accuses a high-powered media mogul of attempted rape, Benson finds herself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. Changes in the squad room put Carisi between a rock and a hard place.
#3 - Down Low in Hell's Kitchen
Season 21 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2019
A serial predator targeting men in gay bars proves difficult to catch, until a celebrity comes forward with his story.
#4 - The Burden of Our Choices
Season 21 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2019
Rollins clashes with the parents of a teenaged runaway. The squad comes together for a special event.
#5 - At Midnight in Manhattan
Season 21 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2019
The detectives are spread thin when three major cases come in at midnight. Rollins and Carisi argue over an arrest.
#6 - The Things We Have to Lose
Season 21 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/2020
As Carisi begins the long-anticipated trial of Sir Toby Moore, the SVU faces setbacks in several other cases.
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#7 - Solving for the Unknowns
Season 21 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/16/2020
The SVU struggles to find a serial predator who uses a date rape drug that leaves no evidence behind. Rollins receives some good news.
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#8 - Dance, Lies and Videotape
Season 21 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/26/2020
An ingénue ballerina discovers she's been secretly videotaped for a pornographic website.
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#9 - Eternal Relief from Pain
Season 21 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/2020
Rollins' sister stirs up trouble and a possible SVU investigation when she reports a doctor who trades prescription painkillers for sex.
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#10 - Swimming with the Sharks
Season 21 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/20/2020
The female CEO of a popular wellness company says she was raped, but her business partner claims the accusation is part of an embezzlement cover-up.
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#11 - Garland's Baptism by Fire
Season 21 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/2/2020
Chief Garland must put friendship aside when a pastor at his church is arrested.
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#12 - I Deserve Some Loving Too
Season 21 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/13/2020
Rollins goes undercover to root out a government worker withholding green cards in exchange for sex.
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#13 - Redemption in Her Corner
Season 21 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/2020
Kat steps over the line when she suspects a trainer at her boxing gym is taking advantage of his students.
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#14 - The Longest Night of Rain
Season 21 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/30/2020
Benson investigates a police officer's accusations of sexual assault. Captain Tucker's retirement party ends in tragedy.
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#15 - She Paints for Vengeance
Season 21 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/2020
After a sexual assault investigation is stalled for months, a woman puts her accusations against a popular athlete on a billboard.
#16 - Must Be Held Accountable (2)
Season 21 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/2020
A desperate father takes matters into his own hands in the case against his daughter's rapist.
#17 - Can't Be Held Accountable (1)
Season 21 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/2019
A fellow detective asks the SVU for help when he suspects his two daughters are being groomed by a serial predator. Kat disobeys the Captain's orders.
#18 - We Dream of Machine Elves
Season 21 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2019
Rollins goes undercover to find a suspect who is drugging and assaulting tourists, while Benson helps the victims sort out their memories from their hallucinations.
#19 - Counselor, It's Chinatown
Season 21 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2019
The SVU joins an undercover task force in busting a human trafficking ring.
#20 - Murdered at a Bad Address
Season 21 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2019
The case of a teenage girl assaulted in the projects leads to a startling discovery; Benson puts her trust in someone from her past.