Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Returning Series
1999 – 2026
590 Episodes
325
Popularity
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Popularity is a TMDB metric that combines page views, search traffic, votes, and trending activity. It’s dynamic and updates daily. The higher the number is, the more popular the show is
7.9
/10TMDB Rating
7.88
/10AER
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AER stands for “Average Episode Rating” and is calculated by averaging all rated episodes.
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| Ep 1 | Ep 2 | Ep 3 | Ep 4 | Ep 5 | Ep 6 | Ep 7 | Ep 8 | Ep 9 | Ep 10 | Ep 11 | Ep 12 | Ep 13 | Ep 14 | Ep 15 | Ep 16 | Ep 17 | Ep 18 | Ep 19 | Ep 20 | Ep 21 | Ep 22 | Ep 23 | Ep 24 | Ep 25 | |
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| S1 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 7.9 | |||
| S2 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.1 | ||||
| S3 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 8.3 | ||
| S4 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.9 |
| S5 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 6.4 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 5.8 |
| S6 | 8.2 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 | ||
| S7 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 6.0 | |||
| S8 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 8.8 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.6 | |||
| S9 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 | ||||||
| S10 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | |||
| S11 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 6.1 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.7 | |
| S12 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 8.2 | |
| S13 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 5.0 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 5.5 | 6.2 | ||
| S14 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 8.8 | |
| S15 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.4 | |
| S16 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.8 | ||
| S17 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 9.0 | ||
| S18 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.0 | ||||
| S19 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | |
| S20 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | |
| S21 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | |||||
| S22 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 8.2 | 8.2 | |||||||||
| S23 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 6.7 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 9.0 | |||
| S24 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.6 | |||
| S25 | 8.1 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 7.2 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 5.7 | ||||||||||||
| S26 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 9.0 | |||
| S27 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 7.8 |
Highlights
Best Episode
S21E14 - I Deserve Some Loving Too(10.0/10)
2020-02-13
Worst Episode
S20E15 - Brothel(3.0/10)
2019-02-14
Best Season
Season 26(8.75/10)
2024–2025
Worst Season
Season 13(7.31/10)
2011–2012
Top 5
S21E14
I Deserve Some Loving Too
2020-02-13
10.0
S24E1
Gimme Shelter (II)
2022-09-22
10.0
S20E10
Alta Kockers
2018-11-22
9.7
S25E9
Children of Wolves
2024-04-11
9.7
S19E9
Gone Baby Gone
2018-01-03
9.6
Best Run
S27E11
Career Psychopath
2026-01-22
9.2
S27E12
Hubris
2026-01-29
9.2
S27E13
Corrosive
2026-02-26
9.5
Worst Run
S20E13
A Story of More Woe
2019-01-31
8.0
S20E14
Part 33
2019-02-07
4.0
S20E15
Brothel
2019-02-14
3.0
Created by
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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.