23 episodes · first aired 2011-09-21
| Still | # | Title | Overview | Air date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 01 | Scorched Earth 2011-09-21 | An African immigrant working as a maid accuses an Italian diplomat of rape, but is she really in it just for the money? Meanwhile, Stabler's return remains in doubt after his latest shooting. | 2011-09-21 | 8.2 |
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| 02 |
Personal Fouls 2011-09-28 |
SVU investigates an accusation that a revered high school basketball coach sexually abused his players, but they ultimately may need the cooperation of a reluctant pro superstar to make the case. |
| 2011-09-28 |
| 7.4 |
 | 03 | Blood Brothers 2011-10-05 | A pregnant thirteen-year-old girl from Washington Heights claims that the son of an ambassador raped her, but the accused goes missing before SVU can question him. | 2011-10-05 | 5.9 |
 | 04 | Double Strands 2011-10-12 | Detective Rollins believes that SVU has caught a serial rapist from one of her earlier cases in Georgia, but a passioned request after a suicide attempt leads Amaro to suspect that they may have the wrong person. | 2011-10-12 | 8.0 |
 | 05 | Missing Pieces 2011-10-19 | Detectives search for a missing baby on Halloween after a young mother from Buffalo tells them her car was stolen while her baby was still in it. | 2011-10-19 | 8.8 |
 | 06 | True Believers 2011-11-02 | The SVU team works together to investigate the case of a promising music student who was brutally raped at gunpoint. | 2011-11-02 | 5.0 |
 | 07 | Russian Brides 2011-11-09 | In order to bring down a Russian mobster running an international prostitution/kidnapping ring disguised as a Russian bride website, Cragen steps from behind the desk to go undercover. | 2011-11-09 | 8.2 |
 | 08 | Educated Guess 2011-11-16 | A patient in a mental hospital claims to have witnessed a sexual assault. However, the supposed victim is a fellow patient who has a history of making rape allegations, but she denies being assaulted this time. | 2011-11-16 | 7.4 |
 | 09 | Lost Traveller 2011-11-30 | When a Romani boy vanishes on his way home from school, the Special Victims Unit must penetrate his insular community to find the unlikely abductors. | 2011-11-30 | 7.7 |
 | 10 | Spiraling Down 2011-12-07 | A retired pro quarterback is busted for having sex with a fourteen-year-old prostitute, but he may be suffering from diminished capacity because of all the concussions he had on the field. | 2011-12-07 | 7.4 |
 | 11 | Theatre Tricks 2012-01-11 | SVU tries to figure out who was responsible for the real-life rape of an actress during an interactive theater performance that everybody just assumed was part of the show. | 2012-01-11 | 8.0 |
 | 12 | Official Story 2012-01-18 | Benson and Amaro must work around a resistant victim when the CEO of a military contractor is assaulted. | 2012-01-18 | 8.4 |
 | 13 | Father's Shadow 2012-02-08 | A nineteen-year-old creates a hostage situation after his father is accused of sexual assault, and Olivia uses her personal experience to help defuse the situation. | 2012-02-08 | 7.9 |
 | 14 | Home Invasions 2012-02-15 | After a couple is murdered in their home and their daughter is critically injured, SVU uncovers a number of twisted family secrets, as well as Detective Rollins' gambling addiction. | 2012-02-15 | 7.8 |
 | 15 | Hunting Ground 2012-02-22 | Detectives Benson and Amaro lead the search for a serial killer who is targeting young prostitutes. | 2012-02-22 | 5.8 |
 | 16 | Child's Welfare 2012-02-29 | Detective Benson calls on Bayard Ellis for legal help when her estranged brother gets caught in a child custody battle. Also, Detectives Tutuola and Rollins investigate why a newborn baby is abandoned near a hospital. | 2012-02-29 | 7.2 |
 | 17 | Justice Denied 2012-04-21 | A closed rape case of Benson's is reopened because of it's similarities to a new case, and the possibility of wrongful imprisonment surfaces. As Benson's work is questioned, tension develops between her, ADA Haden, and Bayard Ellis. | 2012-04-21 | 7.6 |
 | 18 | Valentine's Day 2012-04-18 | A man witnesses his wife's rape and kidnapping while video chatting with her on his way home from a business trip. The abductors seek a ransom, and the case grows more complex as detectives probe deeper. | 2012-04-18 | 7.6 |
 | 19 | Street Revenge 2012-04-25 | The task of find a serial rapist becomes more difficult when a team of neighborhood vigilante "superheroes" starts trying to avenge the crimes. | 2012-04-25 | 6.6 |
 | 20 | Father Dearest 2012-05-02 | Detectives search for a missing teenage girl who vanished while looking for her biological father, an anonymous sperm donor. A puzzling prime suspect who's targeted several young women soon emerges. | 2012-05-02 | 7.4 |
 | 21 | Learning Curve 2012-05-09 | As Fin tries to get justice after his gay son's fiancé is brutally beaten in a hate crime, SVU uncovers a scandal involving a teacher sexually abusing a student at a prep school. | 2012-05-09 | 8.2 |
 | 22 | Strange Beauty 2012-05-16 | The investigation of the homicide of a young woman who recently had her leg amputated sends SVU into the strange culture of body modification. | 2012-05-16 | 5.5 |
 | 23 | Rhodium Nights 2012-05-23 | The murder of a prostitute at a bachelor party sends SVU on a dangerous investigation that could lead all the way into the highest reaches of New York power and influence. | 2012-05-23 | 6.2 |
