Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 13

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 13
First Air Date: September 21, 2011
First Aired on | : | 2011 |
Episodes | : | 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

13x23 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.

13x22 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.

13x21 Learning Curve (May 09, 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.

13x20 Father Dearest (May 02, 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.

13x19 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.

13x18 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.

13x17 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.

13x16 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.

13x15 Hunting Ground (February 22, 2012)
Detectives Benson and Amaro lead the search for a serial killer who is targeting young prostitutes.

13x14 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.

13x13 Father's Shadow (February 08, 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.

13x12 Official Story (January 18, 2012)
Benson and Amaro must work around a resistant victim when the CEO of a military contractor is assaulted.

13x11 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.

13x10 Spiraling Down (December 07, 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.

13x09 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.

13x08 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.

13x07 Russian Brides (November 09, 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.

13x06 True Believers (November 02, 2011)
The SVU team works together to investigate the case of a promising music student who was brutally raped at gunpoint.

13x05 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.

13x04 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.

13x03 Blood Brothers (October 05, 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.

13x02 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.

13x01 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.