The BEST episodes written by Brianna Yellen

Townhouse Incident
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8.11
595 votes

#1 - Townhouse Incident

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 11

Benson is taken hostage when she tries to stop a home invasion.

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Intersecting Lives (1)
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8.10
696 votes

#2 - Intersecting Lives (1)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 22

A corrections officer is arrested for sexually assaulting female inmates in and out of prison, and the union that supports him targets Barba and the SVU.

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Unholiest Alliance (2)
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8.03
583 votes

#3 - Unholiest Alliance (2)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 18

When one of their own is implicated in a cover-up, the SVU struggles to unravel a sex trafficking operation deeply-rooted in government offices, the police department, and the Catholic Church.

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Transgender Bridge
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8.02
527 votes

#4 - Transgender Bridge

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 3

15 year-old Avery Parker walks home from school through Fort Tryon Park when she's surrounded by a group of rowdy boys. Taunts and jokes intensify to pushing and shoving, leaving Avery in the hospital and three assailants under arrest. When the DA's office decides to try one of the culprits, 15 year-old Darius McCrae, as an adult, the SVU squad agonizes over whether the punishment fits the crime, and must deal with the pain of both families involved.

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Devil's Dissections (1)
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7.96
630 votes

#5 - Devil's Dissections (1)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 1

The squad revisit a crime scene where bodies were buried by a serial killer. Rollins tries to get a confession, but the killer reveals shocking new info instead.

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Institutional Fail
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7.88
533 votes

#6 - Institutional Fail

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 4

A starving toddler found wandering the streets alone leads detectives to the home of Manuela Ozuna and another child in grave condition. The police question Department of Child Services caseworker Keith Musio, whose vague and backdated reports on the family suggest he hadn't checked on the children in months. When the overworked Keith accuses his supervisor, Janette Grayson, of orchestrating the false reports, Chief Dodds promises to conduct an internal investigation. But when neglect leads to death, Barba takes matters into his own hands and arrests them for manslaughter. Meanwhile, Dodds indicates some changes coming to Benson's squad.

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Can't Be Held Accountable (1)
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7.87
461 votes

#7 - Can't Be Held Accountable (1)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 21 - Episode 9

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.

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Post-Graduate Psychopath
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7.87
298 votes

#8 - Post-Graduate Psychopath

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 22 - Episode 14

Rollins must revisit an old case when a child sent to juvenile detention is released after his 18th birthday.

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Plastic
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7.85
507 votes

#9 - Plastic

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20 - Episode 11

A woman accuses a celebrity plastic surgeon and his girlfriend of rape.

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Decaying Morality
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7.85
347 votes

#10 - Decaying Morality

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 16 - Episode 13

Two families are left to pick up the pieces of their lives when a rape case goes terribly wrong.

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Must Be Held Accountable (2)
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7.84
425 votes

#11 - Must Be Held Accountable (2)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 21 - Episode 10

A desperate father takes matters into his own hands in the case against his daughter's rapist.

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Melancholy Pursuit
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7.84
533 votes

#12 - Melancholy Pursuit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 8

The hunt for a missing teenage girl takes an emotional toll on Sgt. Dodds, and DNA evidence becomes a crucial lead in finding the girl's abductor.

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Maternal Instincts
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7.80
549 votes

#13 - Maternal Instincts

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 6

Rollins' mother Beth throws her a baby shower while the SVU reports to a four-star hotel where a famous violinist was raped by her colleague, Anton Krasnikov. With no memory of the crime, Anton claims a hired escort drugged and robbed him, and evidence leads to the shocking return of Rollins' fugitive sister Kim. Meanwhile, Sgt. Mike Dodds arrives for his first day at SVU.

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Send in the Clowns
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7.79
597 votes

#14 - Send in the Clowns

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 19 - Episode 17

A student disappears on a school trip to New York City, leading cops to race to find a masked man. Fin and Stone get visits from family.

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Community Policing
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7.78
516 votes

#15 - Community Policing

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 5

An unarmed black man is shot during the pursuit of a suspect, raising racial tensions. Barba must indict the three officers involved – who claim they followed procedure.

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Girls Disappeared
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7.77
457 votes

#16 - Girls Disappeared

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 16 - Episode 1

Benson struggles to balance work and her new role of foster mother; when Amaro arrests a young prostitute with connections to Noah's mother, his undercover work sets off a dangerous chain of events.

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Glasgowman's Wrath
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7.77
426 votes

#17 - Glasgowman's Wrath

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 16 - Episode 6

Three young girls' search for a mythical character leads to one of them becoming injured and the other two disappearing.

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No Good Reason
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7.77
886 votes

#18 - No Good Reason

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 19 - Episode 4

A teenager disappears after schoolmates make her the subject of a vicious cyberbullying attack.

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Producer's Backend
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7.76
431 votes

#19 - Producer's Backend

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 16 - Episode 3

Amaro's by-the-book handling of a starlet's arrest gets him back on the SVU squad in time to investigate the actress's latest offense, statutory rape.

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Accredo
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7.73
521 votes

#20 - Accredo

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20 - Episode 5

A member of a women’s empowerment group is found murdered, leading the cops to the group’s charismatic male leader. Meanwhile, Rollins keeps her pregnancy under wraps to avoid going on desk duty.

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The Newsroom
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7.72
938 votes

#21 - The Newsroom

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 18 - Episode 16

Benson and Barba ask witnesses to put their jobs on the line after a news anchor makes an on-air disclosure of rape against her boss.

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At Midnight in Manhattan
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7.71
491 votes

#22 - At Midnight in Manhattan

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 21 - Episode 5

The detectives are spread thin when three major cases come in at midnight. Rollins and Carisi argue over an arrest.

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Trick-Rolled at the Moulin (1)
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7.68
336 votes

#23 - Trick-Rolled at the Moulin (1)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 22 - Episode 13

The SVU search for three women suspected of drugging and robbing wealthy men. The case leads to personal connections for both Benson and Kat.

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Rape Interrupted
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7.68
973 votes

#24 - Rape Interrupted

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 18 - Episode 5

A sergeant makes Benson choose between loyalty and duty when his son is accused of rape.

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Assaulting Reality
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7.68
660 votes

#25 - Assaulting Reality

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 17 - Episode 21

The producers of a reality TV dating series make Benson and the SVU team part of the show when they investigate a contestant's claim that she was raped.

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American Disgrace
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7.64
441 votes

#26 - American Disgrace

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 16 - Episode 2

When a series of allegations are made against a superstar basketball player, Sgt. Benson and Detective Carisi do not agree on the authenticity of each woman's story; the investigation takes Rollins back to her former precinct.

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Pathological
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7.62
655 votes

#27 - Pathological

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 19 - Episode 10

The SVU investigates a case involving two students in special needs school and Rollins discovers that one child’s medical issues stem from a surprising source.

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Granting Immunity
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7.57
320 votes

#28 - Granting Immunity

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 16 - Episode 19

Pornographic photos from 15 year-old Savannah Biel's house party quickly circulate around her Tribeca high school and go viral. Barba's efforts to arrest the student responsible for posting the images is stalled when several suspects fall victim to a fast-moving measles outbreak. When Benson's foster son also catches the illness, she investigates a group of mothers who may have falsified their children's medical records. Meanwhile, Amaro receives some distressing news about his son.

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The Good Girl
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7.57
512 votes

#29 - The Good Girl

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 20 - Episode 20

Benson works to uncover a pregnant teenager’s secret when she refuses to name the baby’s father.

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The Only Way Out is Through
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7.45
328 votes

#30 - The Only Way Out is Through

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 22 - Episode 8

Benson helps two sisters get closure from a harrowing childhood assault. Kat's cousin reaches out for help.

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