Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

Season 13

September 21, 2011 23 Episodes

Season 13 dealt with the departure of Detective Elliot Stabler from the Special Victims Unit after a shooting in the squad room.

Episodes

Scorched Earth
Episode 1
8.2

Scorched Earth

Sep 21, 2011

44 minutes

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.

Personal Fouls
Episode 2
7.4

Personal Fouls

Sep 28, 2011

43 minutes

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.

Blood Brothers
Episode 3
5.9

Blood Brothers

Oct 5, 2011

44 minutes

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.

Double Strands
Episode 4
8.0

Double Strands

Oct 12, 2011

44 minutes

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.

Missing Pieces
Episode 5
8.8

Missing Pieces

Oct 19, 2011

43 minutes

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.

True Believers
Episode 6
5.0

True Believers

Nov 2, 2011

44 minutes

The SVU team works together to investigate the case of a promising music student who was brutally raped at gunpoint.

Russian Brides
Episode 7
8.2

Russian Brides

Nov 9, 2011

44 minutes

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.

Educated Guess
Episode 8
7.4

Educated Guess

Nov 16, 2011

44 minutes

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.

Lost Traveller
Episode 9
7.7

Lost Traveller

Nov 30, 2011

44 minutes

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.

Spiraling Down
Episode 10
7.4

Spiraling Down

Dec 7, 2011

44 minutes

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.

Theatre Tricks
Episode 11
8.0

Theatre Tricks

Jan 11, 2012

42 minutes

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.

Official Story
Episode 12
8.4

Official Story

Jan 18, 2012

44 minutes

Benson and Amaro must work around a resistant victim when the CEO of a military contractor is assaulted.

Father's Shadow
Episode 13
7.9

Father's Shadow

Feb 8, 2012

44 minutes

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.

Home Invasions
Episode 14
7.8

Home Invasions

Feb 15, 2012

43 minutes

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.

Hunting Ground
Episode 15
5.8

Hunting Ground

Feb 22, 2012

43 minutes

Detectives Benson and Amaro lead the search for a serial killer who is targeting young prostitutes.

Child's Welfare
Episode 16
7.2

Child's Welfare

Feb 29, 2012

44 minutes

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.

Justice Denied
Episode 17
7.6

Justice Denied

Apr 21, 2012

44 minutes

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.

Valentine's Day
Episode 18
7.6

Valentine's Day

Apr 18, 2012

43 minutes

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.

Street Revenge
Episode 19
6.6

Street Revenge

Apr 25, 2012

43 minutes

The task of find a serial rapist becomes more difficult when a team of neighborhood vigilante "superheroes" starts trying to avenge the crimes.

Father Dearest
Episode 20
7.4

Father Dearest

May 2, 2012

44 minutes

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.

Learning Curve
Episode 21
8.2

Learning Curve

May 9, 2012

44 minutes

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.

Strange Beauty
Episode 22
5.5

Strange Beauty

May 16, 2012

44 minutes

The investigation of the homicide of a young woman who recently had her leg amputated sends SVU into the strange culture of body modification.

Rhodium Nights
Episode 23
6.2

Rhodium Nights

May 23, 2012

44 minutes

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.