The BEST episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 26

Every episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 26, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 26!

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: 12/26/2024Network: NBCStatus: Continuing
Cornered
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8.05
153 votes

#1 - Cornered

Season 26 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2024

Carisi tries to protect two women taken hostage in a tense standoff between police and a violent thief. Benson and Rollins devise a risky plan to get everyone to safety.

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Excavation
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7.80
190 votes

#2 - Excavation

Season 26 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2024

Devastating repressed memories come back to a woman when she finds an old notebook in her family home. Bringing charges in a decades-old crime proves even more difficult for Carisi when a powerful judge stalls the case.

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Divide and Conquer
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7.76
185 votes

#3 - Divide and Conquer

Season 26 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2024

A couple's dinner party ends with a violent home invasion and assault by masked men. Rollins suspects the crime is linked to her Intelligence investigation of an international gang of thieves.

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Economics of Shame
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7.76
188 votes

#4 - Economics of Shame

Season 26 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2024

When a TV reporter becomes the victim of sextortion that could ruin her career, Benson helps her take back control while Velasco goes undercover as a potential rich target.

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Fractured
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7.71
225 votes

#5 - Fractured

Season 26 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2024

The SVU investigates a brutal attack on a group of law students. Benson hopes the discovery of a hidden camera will crack the case open. Carisi's best chance at conviction is catching the defendant in a lie.

Directors: Norberto Barba
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Rorschach
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7.68
180 votes

#6 - Rorschach

Season 26 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2024

Agent Clay consults with Benson when a woman is found gravely injured at a remote campground and the suspect could be anywhere along the Eastern Seaboard. Bruno and Silva take a chance on an odd hunch to see if it becomes a lead.

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Tenfold
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7.61
166 votes

#7 - Tenfold

Season 26 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2024

Bruno must get to the center of a victim's incomplete story to track down a serial rapist. Carisi is helpless to stop a crime he suspects is about to be committed.

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Constricted
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7.56
182 votes

#8 - Constricted

Season 26 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2024

A romantic date ends with a teenager fighting for her life in the hospital. Carisi can't help bringing the case home with him as he envisions the dangers ahead for his growing daughters.

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