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 - 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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#2 - Play with Fire (2)
Season 26 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/17/2025
When the SVU and the 2-7 uncover a pattern of rape and murder targeting marginalized women, Carisi and ADA Price team up to charge the suspect with multiple crimes.
#3 - 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.
#4 - Shock Collar
Season 26 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/1/2025
When a car with a young girl in the backseat is stolen, the SVU investigates whether it was a crime of opportunity or a targeted abduction.
#5 - 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.
#6 - Aperture
Season 26 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/8/2025
When an assault at gunpoint is witnessed through a neighboring window, the squad scrambles to locate the victim to confirm she's safe. A threat to extort the victim's family leads to a shocking suspect.
#7 - 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.
#8 - Post-Rage
Season 26 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/2025
Benson investigates a string of sexual assaults targeting local female psychiatrists. The squad celebrates a promotion.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.