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.
#1 - Calculated
Season 26 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/13/2025
When a high school principal busts a student for sexting, the SVU uncovers a sinister case of distribution concerning hundreds of underage students. Silva pleads for leniency for a suspect she believes is innocent.
#2 - The Accuser
Season 26 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/10/2025
When a man is ruthlessly assaulted and burned, the SVU's investigation uncovers a decades-old secret. Bruno helps a young witness find the courage to come forward.
#3 - Undertow
Season 26 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/13/2025
A complicated case of sex and drug use divides the squad. Carisi must convince a jury to focus on the law and not the defendant's accusations.
#4 - Let Me Bring Pardon
Season 26 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/20/2025
The doctor of a comatose woman calls SVU when he discovers his patient is pregnant. Benson must convince the family to reject magical thinking and look at the facts.
#5 - Accomplice Liability
Season 26 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/3/2025
Carisi attempts to put aside his role as prosecutor to serve as a witness in a trial. Benson tries to help a rape survivor struggling with her recovery.
#6 - The Grid Plan
Season 26 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/27/2025
A Midwestern tourist is viciously attacked in Times Square. As the squad scours the area for clues, the victim takes the investigation into her own hands. A secret motive threatens to derail Carisi's case.
#7 - Deductible
Season 26 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/30/2025
A young boy seeks help when his sister doesn't come home from work. Benson and Carisi suspect a woman's assault was prearranged by a third party.
#8 - Master Key
Season 26 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/23/2025
When a teen from a group home goes missing, the squad has only minutes to determine if he ran away or was abducted. Velasco suspects the system at large is to blame for letting children slip through the cracks.
#9 - Extinguished
Season 26 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/20/2025
Velasco teams up with a community security guard eager to prove his mettle to find a suspect in the assault of two teens.
#10 - 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.
#11 - First Light
Season 26 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/16/2025
An abhorrent web of lies and betrayal is uncovered when a woman is confronted with video of a night she can't remember. Carisi struggles to move on from his ordeal when the suspect changes his plea.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.