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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

“Hope in the darkness.”

1999Crime · Drama · Mystery

First aired

September 20, 1999

8.0

TMDB Score

80% match · 4,387 votes

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S01 · E01

Payback

Season 1 · Sep 20, 1999 · 44m

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Detectives Stabler and Benson investigate the murder and dismemberment of a taxi driver; the team discovers that he may have been a vicious Serbian war criminal living in the United States under a false identity.

About the Series

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

CrimeDramaMystery

Synopsis

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

CreatorDick Wolf

First aired: September 20, 1999
Last aired: October 22, 2026
Seasons: 28 seasons · 602 episodes
Status: Returning Series
Original language: English
Network: NBC

Top Billed Cast

Mariska Hargitay

Olivia Benson

Ice-T

Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola

Kelli Giddish

Amanda Rollins

Peter Scanavino

Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi Jr.

Aimé Donna Kelly

Renee Curry

Kevin Kane

Terry Bruno

Corey Cott

Jake Griffin

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