The BEST episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 9
Every episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 9, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 9!
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 - Paternity
Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/2007
When the paternity of a missing young boy is placed into question, Stabler wonders if he really is the father of Kathy's child. Later, Stabler faces the possibility of losing not only his partner but also Kathy and the baby when she and Benson are in an accident.
#2 - Signature
Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/2008
A woman's body is found murdered in a park alongside a man with a bullet in his head - Benson and Special Agent Cooper join forces and suspect "The Woodsman", a serial killer Cooper has tried to catch for years. Lake and Benson begin to question Cooper's true motives when the male victim is later identified as "The Woodsman".
#3 - Inconceivable
Season 9 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/22/2008
The robbery of fertilized embryos from a sperm bank call for Benson and Stabler to track down the thief. Clues from the clinic's security tape lead them to a long list of suspects including two publicity-hungry extremists. The detectives race against the clock to find the missing embryos, but that isn't the only clock that's ticking - Olivia considers her own fertility and the possibility of motherhood.
#4 - Undercover
Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/15/2008
After a woman was found raped in a garden, Benson and Stabler realize that the case goes much deeper because of the victim's mother, drugs, and the realization that a corrections officer is involved. Benson decides to go undercover at the same prison where the mother is, putting herself on the other side of the fence.
#5 - Authority
Season 9 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/29/2008
An engineer plays a series of mind games with Benson and Stabler.
#6 - Closet
Season 9 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/22/2008
After investment banker Jeremy Haynes is found dead, suspicions turns to his boyfriend Lincoln Haver, a professional football player who could lose everything if the truth of his sexuality became public. When news of Haver's sexual preference comes out, Benson comes under fire for her relationship with a reporter.
#7 - Cold
Season 9 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/13/2008
The squad is left at ends when Lake is caught in a gunfight and later takes a witness hostage.
#8 - Harm
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2007
Benson and Stabler investigate the connection between the New York murder of college counselor Kate Simes and her volunteer work at a refugee center working with soldiers tortured in Iraq.
#9 - Svengali
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2007
Benson comes under fire from fans of a convicted serial killer after a body turns up that greatly resembles his work.
#10 - Blinded
Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2007
Novak confronts ghosts from her past while handling the trial of a schizophrenic serial rapist, who seriously injured Stabler.
#11 - Impulsive
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2007
A teacher claims that a student pursued her after she's charged with raping him.
#12 - Savant
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2007
The only witness to a young woman's horrific beating is her mentally challenged daughter.
#13 - Alternate
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2007
Benson and Stabler investigate a suspected child abuse case only to learn that the woman who reported it is the real case.
#14 - Avatar
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2007
Detectives are troubled to learn that someone has taken an online game too far when a girl goes missing.
#15 - Unorthodox
Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/2008
Benson and Stabler investigate a tutor after a student is beaten and sexually assaulted, but their investigation soon leads them to another student.
#16 - Fight
Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/2007
Detectives find themselves embroiled in the world of ultimate fighting after a young girl's death.
#17 - Snitch
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/2007
When a polygamist's wife is murdered, he believes it's related to a recent criminal case he was testifying in, but detectives believe it may be connected to his culture.
#18 - Streetwise
Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/1/2008
A Park Avenue socialite's body is found in NYC'S Central Park, and Detectives Benson and Stabler initially suspect her wealthy boyfriend.
#19 - Trade
Season 9 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/6/2008
When a pregnant woman's body is discovered in a burned-out brownstone, the investigation turns to a family of coffee importers.