Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 21
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 21: 20 listed episodes, with episode titles, original air dates and optional synopses.
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Season 21 · Episode 1
I'm Going to Make You a Star
· 60 min
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When an actress accuses a high-powered media mogul of attempted rape, Benson finds herself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. Changes in the squad room put Carisi between a rock and a hard place.
Season 21 · Episode 2
The Darkest Journey Home
· 60 min
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Benson works with a young woman to help her remember the details and suspects in her rape. In order to learn a new witness interview technique, Rollins and Fin have to experience it for themselves.
Season 21 · Episode 3
Down Low in Hell's Kitchen
· 60 min
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A serial predator targeting men in gay bars proves difficult to catch, until a celebrity comes forward with his story.
Season 21 · Episode 4
The Burden of Our Choices
· 60 min
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Rollins clashes with the parents of a teenaged runaway. The squad comes together for a special event.
Season 21 · Episode 5
At Midnight in Manhattan
· 60 min
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The detectives are spread thin when three major cases come in at Midnight. Rollins and Carisi argue over an arrest.
Season 21 · Episode 6
Murdered at a Bad Address
· 60 min
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The case of a teenage girl assaulted in the projects leads to a startling discovery. Benson puts her trust in someone from her past.
Season 21 · Episode 7
Counselor, It's Chinatown
· 60 min
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The SVU joins an undercover task force in busting a human trafficking ring.
Season 21 · Episode 8
We Dream of Machine Elves
· 60 min
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Rollins goes undercover to find a suspect who is drugging and assaulting tourists, while Benson helps the victims sort out their memories from their hallucinations.
Season 21 · Episode 9
Can't Be Held Accountable
· 60 min
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A fellow detective asks the SVU for help when he suspects his two daughters are being groomed by a serial predator. Kat disobeys the Captain's orders.
Season 21 · Episode 10
Must Be Held Accountable
· 60 min
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A desperate father takes matters into his own hands in the case against his daughter's rapist.
Season 21 · Episode 11
She Paints for Vengeance
· 60 min
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After a sexual assault investigation is stalled for months, a woman puts her accusations against a popular athlete on a billboard.
Season 21 · Episode 12
The Longest Night of Rain
· 60 min
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Benson investigates a police officer's accusations of sexual assault. Captain Tucker's retirement party ends in tragedy.
Season 21 · Episode 13
Redemption in Her Corner
· 60 min
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Kat steps over the line when she suspects a trainer at her boxing gym is taking advantage of his students.
Season 21 · Episode 14
I Deserve Some Loving Too
· 60 min
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Rollins goes undercover to root out a government worker withholding green cards in exchange for sex.
Season 21 · Episode 15
Swimming with the Sharks
· 60 min
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The female CEO of a popular wellness company says she was raped, but her business partner claims the accusation is part of an embezzlement coverup.
Season 21 · Episode 16
Eternal Relief From Pain
· 60 min
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Rollins' sister stirs up trouble and a possible SVU investigation when she reports a doctor who trades prescription painkillers for sex.
Season 21 · Episode 17
Dance, Lies and Videotape
· 60 min
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An ingénue ballerina discovers she's been secretly videotaped for a pornographic website.
Season 21 · Episode 18
Garland's Baptism by Fire
· 60 min
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Chief Garland must put friendship aside when a pastor at his church is arrested.
Season 21 · Episode 19
Solving for the Unknowns
· 60 min
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The SVU struggles to find a serial predator who uses a date rape drug that leaves no evidence behind. Rollins receives some good news.
Season 21 · Episode 20
The Things We Have to Lose
· 60 min
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As Carisi begins the long-anticipated trial of Sir Toby Moore, the SVU faces setbacks in several other cases.
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