Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Season 13
Season 13 dealt with the departure of Detective Elliot Stabler from the Special Victims Unit after a shooting in the squad room.
Episodes
E01
Scorched Earth
September 21, 2011
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.
E02
Personal Fouls
September 28, 2011
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.
E03
Blood Brothers
October 5, 2011
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.
E04
Double Strands
October 12, 2011
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.
E05
Missing Pieces
October 19, 2011
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.
E06
True Believers
November 2, 2011
The SVU team works together to investigate the case of a promising music student who was brutally raped at gunpoint.
E07
Russian Brides
November 9, 2011
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.
E08
Educated Guess
November 16, 2011
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.
E09
Lost Traveller
November 30, 2011
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.
E10
Spiraling Down
December 7, 2011
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.
E11
Theatre Tricks
January 11, 2012
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.
E12
Official Story
January 18, 2012
Benson and Amaro must work around a resistant victim when the CEO of a military contractor is assaulted.
E13
Father's Shadow
February 8, 2012
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.
E14
Home Invasions
February 15, 2012
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.
E15
Hunting Ground
February 22, 2012
Detectives Benson and Amaro lead the search for a serial killer who is targeting young prostitutes.
E16
Child's Welfare
February 29, 2012
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.
E17
Justice Denied
April 21, 2012
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.
E18
Valentine's Day
April 18, 2012
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.
E19
Street Revenge
April 25, 2012
The task of find a serial rapist becomes more difficult when a team of neighborhood vigilante "superheroes" starts trying to avenge the crimes.
E20
Father Dearest
May 2, 2012
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.
E21
Learning Curve
May 9, 2012
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.
E22
Strange Beauty
May 16, 2012
The investigation of the homicide of a young woman who recently had her leg amputated sends SVU into the strange culture of body modification.
E23
Rhodium Nights
May 23, 2012
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.