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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
595 episodes · 28 seasons · NBC · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: 595 TV episodes in this catalogue. The Continuing Story follows a specific thread in 27 episodes. It is not a replacement for the whole series.
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Season 122 episodes · 1 in The Continuing Story
01×01Payback
01×02A Single Life
01×03...Or Just Look Like One
01×04Hysteria
01×05Wanderlust
01×06Sophomore Jinx
01×07Uncivilized
01×08Stalked
01×09Stocks & Bondage
01×10Closure
01×11Bad Blood
01×12Russian Love Poem
01×13Disrobed
01×14Limitations
01×15Entitled, Part 1
01×16The Third Guy
01×17Misleader
01×18Chat Room
01×19Contact
01×20Remorse
01×21Nocturne
01×22Slaves
Season 221 episodes · 0 in The Continuing Story
02×01Wrong is Right
02×02Honor
02×03Closure, Part 2
02×04Legacy
02×05Baby Killer
02×06Noncompliance
02×07Asunder
02×08Taken
02×09Pixies
02×10Consent
02×11Abuse
02×12Secrets
02×13Victims
02×14Paranoia
02×15Countdown
02×16Runaway
02×17Folly
02×18Manhunt
02×19Parasites
02×20Pique
02×21Scourge
Season 323 episodes · 0 in The Continuing Story
03×01Repression
03×02Wrath
03×03Stolen
03×04Rooftop
03×05Tangled
03×06Redemption
03×07Sacrifice
03×08Inheritance
03×09Care
03×10Ridicule
03×11Monogamy
03×12Protection
03×13Prodigy
03×14Counterfeit
03×15Execution
03×16Popular
03×17Surveillance
03×18Guilt
03×19Justice
03×20Greed
03×21Denial
03×22Competence
03×23Silence
Season 425 episodes · 0 in The Continuing Story
04×01Chameleon
04×02Deception
04×03Vulnerable
04×04Lust
04×05Disappearing Acts
04×06Angels
04×07Dolls
04×08Waste
04×09Juvenile
04×10Resilience
04×11Damaged
04×12Risk
04×13Rotten
04×14Mercy
04×15Pandora
04×16Tortured
04×17Privilege
04×18Desperate
04×19Appearances
04×20Dominance
04×21Fallacy
04×22Futility
04×23Grief
04×24Perfect
04×25Soulless
Season 525 episodes · 1 in The Continuing Story
05×01Tragedy
05×02Manic
05×03Mother
05×04Loss
05×05Serendipity
05×06Coerced
05×07Choice
05×08Abomination
05×09Control
05×10Shaken
05×11Escape
05×12Brotherhood
05×13Hate
05×14Ritual
05×15Families
05×16Home
05×17Mean
05×18Careless
05×19Sick
05×20Lowdown
05×21Criminal
05×22Painless
05×23Bound
05×24Poison
05×25Head
Season 623 episodes · 0 in The Continuing Story
06×01Birthright
06×02Debt
06×03Obscene
06×04Scavenger
06×05Outcry
06×06Conscience
06×07Charisma
06×08Doubt
06×09Weak
06×10Haunted
06×11Contagious
06×12Identity
06×13Quarry
06×14Game
06×15Hooked
06×16Ghost
06×17Rage
06×18Pure
06×19Intoxicated
06×20Night
06×21Blood
06×22Parts
06×23Goliath
Season 722 episodes · 1 in The Continuing Story
07×01Demons
07×02Design
07×03911
07×04Ripped
07×05Strain
07×06Raw
07×07Name
07×08Starved
07×09Rockabye
07×10Storm
07×11Alien
07×12Infected
07×13Blast
07×14Taboo
07×15Manipulated
07×16Gone
07×17Class
07×18Venom
07×19Fault
07×20Fat
07×21Web
07×22Influence
Season 822 episodes · 1 in The Continuing Story
08×01Informed
08×02Clock
08×03Recall
08×04Uncle
08×05Confrontation
08×06Infiltrated
08×07Underbelly
08×08Cage
08×09Choreographed
08×10Scheherezade
08×11Burned
08×12Outsider
08×13Loophole
08×14Dependent
08×15Haystack
08×16Philadelphia
08×17Sin
08×18Responsible
08×19Florida
08×20Annihilated
08×21Pretend
08×22Screwed
Season 919 episodes · 2 in The Continuing Story
09×01Alternate
09×02Avatar
09×03Impulsive
09×04Savant
09×05Harm
09×06Svengali
09×07Blinded
09×08Fight
09×09Paternity
09×10Snitch
09×11Streetwise
09×12Signature
09×13Unorthodox
09×14Inconceivable
09×15Undercover
09×16Closet
09×17Authority
09×18Trade
09×19Cold
Season 1022 episodes · 1 in The Continuing Story
10×01Trials
10×02Confession
10×03Swing
10×04Lunacy
10×05Retro
10×06Babes
10×07Wildlife
10×08Persona
10×09PTSD
10×10Smut
10×11Stranger
10×12Hothouse
10×13Snatched
10×14Transitions
10×15Lead
10×16Ballerina
10×17Hell
10×18Baggage
10×19Selfish
10×20Crush
10×21Liberties
10×22Zebras
Season 1124 episodes · 0 in The Continuing Story
11×01Unstable
11×02Sugar
11×03Solitary
11×04Hammered
11×05Hardwired
11×06Spooked
11×07Users
11×08Turmoil
11×09Perverted
11×10Anchor
11×11Quickie
11×12Shadow
11×13P.C.
11×14Savior
11×15Confidential
11×16Witness
11×17Disabled
11×18Bedtime
11×19Conned
11×20Beef
11×21Torch
11×22Ace
11×23Wannabe
11×24Shattered
Season 1224 episodes · 1 in The Continuing Story
12×01Locum
12×02Bullseye
12×03Behave
12×04Merchandise
12×05Wet
12×06Branded
12×07Trophy
12×08Penetration
12×09Gray
12×10Rescue
12×11Pop
12×12Possessed
12×13Mask
12×14Dirty
12×15Flight
12×16Spectacle
12×17Pursuit
12×18Bully
12×19Bombshell
12×20Totem
12×21Reparations
12×22Bang
12×23Delinquent
12×24Smoked
Season 1323 episodes · 1 in The Continuing Story
13×01Scorched Earth
13×02Personal Fouls
13×03Blood Brothers
13×04Double Strands
13×05Missing Pieces
13×06True Believers
13×07Russian Brides
13×08Educated Guess
13×09Lost Traveler
13×10Spiraling Down
13×11Theatre Tricks
13×12Official Story
13×13Father's Shadow
13×14Home Invasions
13×15Hunting Ground
13×16Child's Welfare
13×17Justice Denied
13×18Valentine's Day
13×19Street Revenge
13×20Father Dearest
13×21Learning Curve
13×22Strange Beauty
13×23Rhodium Nights
Season 1424 episodes · 3 in The Continuing Story
14×01Lost Reputation
14×02Above Suspicion
14×03Twenty-Five Acts
14×04Acceptable Loss
14×05Manhattan Vigil
14×06Friending Emily
14×07Vanity's Bonfire
14×08Lessons Learned
14×09Dreams Deferred
14×10Presumed Guilty
14×11Beautiful Frame
14×12Criminal Hatred
14×13Monster's Legacy
14×14Secrets Exhumed
14×15Deadly Ambition
14×16Funny Valentine
14×17Undercover Blue
14×18Legitimate Rape
14×19Born Psychopath
14×20Girl Dishonored
14×21Traumatic Wound
14×22Poisoned Motive
14×23Brief Interlude
14×24Her Negotiation
Season 1524 episodes · 6 in The Continuing Story
15×01Surrender Benson
15×02Imprisoned Lives
15×03American Tragedy
15×04Internal Affairs
15×05Wonderland Story
15×06October Surprise
15×07Dissonant Voices
15×08Military Justice
15×09Rapist Anonymous
15×10Psycho/Therapist
15×11Amaro's One-Eighty
15×12Jersey Breakdown
15×13Betrayal's Climax
15×14Wednesday's Child
15×15Comic Perversion
15×16Gridiron Soldier
15×17Gambler's Fallacy
15×18Criminal Stories
15×19Downloaded Child
15×20Beast's Obsession
15×21Post-Mortem Blues
15×22Reasonable Doubt
15×23Thought Criminal
15×24Spring Awakening
Season 1623 episodes · 2 in The Continuing Story
16×01Girls Disappeared
16×02American Disgrace
16×03Producer's Backend
16×04Holden's Manifesto
16×05Pornstar's Requiem
16×06Glasgowman's Wrath
16×07Chicago Crossover
16×08Spousal Privilege
16×09Pattern Seventeen
16×10Forgiving Rollins
16×11Agent Provocateur
16×12Padre Sandunguero
16×13Decaying Morality
16×14Intimidation Game
16×15Undercover Mother
16×16December Solstice
16×17Parole Violations
16×18Devastating Story
16×19Granting Immunity
16×20Daydream Believer
16×21Perverted Justice
16×22Parent's Nightmare
16×23Surrendering Noah
Season 1723 episodes · 3 in The Continuing Story
17×01Devil's Dissections
17×02Criminal Pathology
17×03Transgender Bridge
17×04Institutional Fail
17×05Community Policing
17×06Maternal Instincts
17×07Patrimonial Burden
17×08Melancholy Pursuit
17×09Depravity Standard
17×10Catfishing Teacher
17×11Townhouse Incident
17×12A Misunderstanding
17×13Forty-One Witnesses
17×14Nationwide Manhunt
17×15Collateral Damages
17×16Star-Struck Victims
17×17Manhattan Transfer
17×18Unholiest Alliance
17×19Sheltered Outcasts
17×20Fashionable Crimes
17×21Assaulting Reality
17×22Intersecting Lives
17×23Heartfelt Passages
Season 1821 episodes · 0 in The Continuing Story
18×01Terrorized
18×02Making a Rapist
18×03Imposter
18×04Heightened Emotions
18×05Rape Interrupted
18×06Broken Rhymes
18×07Next Chapter
18×08Chasing Theo
18×09Decline and Fall
18×10Motherly Love
18×11Great Expectations
18×12No Surrender
18×13Genes
18×14Net Worth
18×15Know It All
18×16The Newsroom
18×17Real Fake News
18×18Spellbound
18×19Conversion
18×20American Dream
18×21Sanctuary
Season 1924 episodes · 1 in The Continuing Story
19×01Gone Fishin'
19×02Mood
19×03Contrapasso
19×04No Good Reason
19×05Complicated
19×06Unintended Consequences
19×07Something Happened
19×08Intent
19×09Gone Baby Gone
19×10Pathological
19×11Flight Risk
19×12Info Wars
19×13The Undiscovered Country
19×14Chasing Demons
19×15In Loco Parentis
19×16Dare
19×17Send in the Clowns
19×18Service
19×19Sunk Cost Fallacy
19×20The Book of Esther
19×21Guardian
19×22Mama
19×23Remember Me
19×24Remember Me Too
Season 2024 episodes · 0 in The Continuing Story
20×01Man Up
20×02Man Down
20×03Zero Tolerance
20×04Revenge
20×05Accredo
20×06Exile
20×07Caretaker
20×08Hell's Kitchen
20×09Mea Culpa
20×10Alta Kockers
20×11Plastic
20×12Dear Ben
20×13A Story of More Woe
20×14Part 33
20×15Brothel
20×16Facing Demons
20×17Missing
20×18Blackout
20×19Dearly Beloved
20×20The Good Girl
20×21Exchange
20×22Diss
20×23Assumptions
20×24End Game
Season 2120 episodes · 1 in The Continuing Story
21×01I'm Going to Make You a Star
21×02The Darkest Journey Home
21×03Down Low in Hell's Kitchen
21×04The Burden of Our Choices
21×05At Midnight in Manhattan
21×06Murdered at a Bad Address
21×07Counselor, It's Chinatown
21×08We Dream of Machine Elves
21×09Can't Be Held Accountable
21×10Must Be Held Accountable
21×11She Paints for Vengeance
21×12The Longest Night of Rain
21×13Redemption in Her Corner
21×14I Deserve Some Loving Too
21×15Swimming with the Sharks
21×16Eternal Relief From Pain
21×17Dance, Lies and Videotape
21×18Garland's Baptism by Fire
21×19Solving for the Unknowns
21×20The Things We Have to Lose
Season 2216 episodes · 1 in The Continuing Story
22×01Guardians and Gladiators
22×02The Ballad of Dwight and Irena
22×03Remember Me in Quarantine
22×04Sightless in a Savage Land
22×05Turn Me On Take Me Private
22×06The Long Arm of the Witness
22×07Hunt, Trap, Rape and Release
22×08The Only Way Out Is Through
22×09Return of the Prodigal Son
22×10Welcome to the Pedo Motel
22×11Our Words Will Not Be Heard
22×12In the Year We All Fell Down
22×13Trick-Rolled at the Moulin'
22×14Post-Graduate Psychopath
22×15What Can Happen in the Dark
22×16Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
Season 2322 episodes · 1 in The Continuing Story
23×01And the Empire Strikes Back
23×02Never Turn Your Back on Them
23×03I Thought You Were on My Side
23×04One More Tale of Two Victims
23×05Fast Times @TheWheelhouse
23×06The Five Hundredth Episode
23×07They'd Already Disappeared
23×08Nightmares in Drill City
23×09People vs Richard Wheatley
23×10Silent Night, Hateful Night
23×11Burning With Rage Forever
23×12Tommy Baker's Hardest Fight
23×13If I Knew Then What I Know Now
23×14Video Killed the Radio Star
23×15Promising Young Gentlemen
23×16Sorry If It Got Weird for You
23×17Once Upon a Time in El Barrio
23×18Eighteen Wheels a Predator
23×19Tangled Strands of Justice
23×20Did You Believe in Miracles?
23×21Confess Your Sins to Be Free
23×22A Final Call At Forlini's Bar
Season 2422 episodes · 0 in The Continuing Story
24×01Gimme Shelter, Part II
24×02The One You Feed
24×03Mirror Effect
24×04The Steps We Cannot Take
24×05Breakwater
24×06Controlled Burn
24×07Dead Ball
24×08A Better Person
24×09And a Trauma in a Pear Tree
24×10Jumped In
24×11Soldier Up
24×12Blood Out
24×13Intersection
24×14Dutch Tears
24×15King of the Moon
24×16The Presence of Absence
24×17Lime Chaser
24×18Bubble Wrap
24×19Bend the Law
24×20Debatable
24×21Bad Things
24×22All Pain Is One Malady
Season 2513 episodes · 0 in The Continuing Story
25×01Tunnel Blind
25×02Truth Embargo
25×03The Punch List
25×04Duty to Report
25×05Zone Rouge
25×06Carousel
25×07Probability of Doom
25×08Third Man Syndrome
25×09Children of Wolves
25×10Combat Fatigue
25×11Prima Nocta
25×12Marauder
25×13Duty To Hope
Season 2622 episodes · 0 in The Continuing Story
26×01Fractured
26×02Excavation
26×03Divide & Conquer
26×04Constricted
26×05Economics of Shame
26×06Rorschach
26×07Tenfold
26×08Cornered
26×09First Light
26×10Master Key
26×11Deductible
26×12Calculated
26×13Extinguished
26×14The Grid Plan
26×15Undertow
26×16Let Me Bring Pardon
26×17Accomplice Liability
26×18The Accuser
26×19Play With Fire Part 2
26×20Shock Collar
26×21Aperture
26×22Post-Rage
Season 2721 episodes · 0 in The Continuing Story
27×01In The Wind
27×02A Waiver of Consent
27×03A Vicious Circle
27×04Clickbait
27×05Feed the Craving
27×06Under the Influence
27×07False Idols
27×08Showdown
27×09Purity
27×10Fidelis Ad Mortem
27×11Career Psychopath
27×12Hubris
27×13Corrosive
27×14Frequency
27×15Thirsty
27×16Vivid
27×17Deep Under
27×18Gimmick
27×19Impropriety
27×20Old Friends
27×21Monster
Season 281 episodes · 0 in The Continuing Story
28×01TBA
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Common questions
How many episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit are there?
Our stored catalogue lists 595 TV episodes across 28 seasons. For ongoing shows, this is not a live count of aired episodes.
Which episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit can I skip?
The Continuing Story follows a specific thread in 27 episodes. It is not a replacement for the whole series. Seasons 2–4 and 24 onward are not mapped in this path.
How long does it take to watch Law & Order: Special Victims Unit?
At two episodes per viewing day, our 595-episode catalogue takes 298 viewing days. Episode lengths vary, and days off extend the calendar time. The shorter path follows one thread, not the whole show.
Does Law & Order: Special Victims Unit have filler?
A character or themed selection cannot tell you how much of the whole show is filler. The Continuing Story follows a specific thread in 27 episodes. It is not a replacement for the whole series. Seasons 2–4 and 24 onward are not mapped in this path.
