Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 5
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 5: 25 listed episodes, with episode titles, original air dates and optional synopses.
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Season 5 · Episode 1
Tragedy
· 60 min
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The search is on for an abducted woman who's about to give birth.
Season 5 · Episode 2
Manic
· 60 min
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Misuse of a prescription drug is involved in the killing of two students.
Season 5 · Episode 3
Mother
· 60 min
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After a psychiatrist (Susanna Thompson) has been raped in a crack house, she's very uncooperative with the investigation.
Season 5 · Episode 4
Loss
· 60 min
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While constructing a murder case, ADA Alexandra Cabot becomes the target of a Colombian drug cartel.
Season 5 · Episode 5
Serendipity
· 60 min
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The discovery of the bodies of a newborn and her mother leads to a doctor (Martin Donovan) coming under suspicion. Diane Neal joins the cast as ADA Casey Novak.
Season 5 · Episode 6
Coerced
· 60 min
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A homeless schizophrenic (Leland Orser) kidnaps a 5-year-old boy in this harrowing episode in which Beverly D'Angelo begins a recurring role as public defender Rebecca Balthus.
Season 5 · Episode 7
Choice
· 60 min
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A rape leads to the case of a woman (Josie Bissett), her abusive husband and the rights of their unborn child.
Season 5 · Episode 8
Abomination
· 60 min
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A young man is found dead in the Village. Evidence lead Benson and Stabler to the guy's boyfriend and the boyfriend's father (George Segal) - an anti-gay.
Season 5 · Episode 9
Control
· 60 min
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A man is running through a subway station bleeding to death because his penis was cut off.
Season 5 · Episode 10
Shaken
· 60 min
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Lucy Prichard, 20 months old, is taken while playing at the park.
Season 5 · Episode 11
Escape
· 60 min
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Michael Baxter escapes from prison years after being convicted for raping his girlfriend's son Lee.
Season 5 · Episode 12
Brotherhood
· 60 min
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A fraternity boy is found murdered.
Season 5 · Episode 13
Hate
· 60 min
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A Muslim woman is raped then burned to death. Benson and Stabler fear it could be a hate crime.
Season 5 · Episode 14
Ritual
· 60 min
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A seven year old is found dismembered in Central Park, and it appears it was some kind of ritual killing.
Season 5 · Episode 15
Families
· 60 min
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Shannon Coyle, a sixteen year old student, is found dead in an alley.
Season 5 · Episode 16
Home
· 60 min
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Jacob Nesbit, a nine year old boy, is found eating food out of a trash can.
Season 5 · Episode 17
Mean
· 60 min
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Emily Sullivan, a sixteen year old student, is found murdered in the trunk of her father's car.
Season 5 · Episode 18
Careless
· 60 min
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A six year old boy has been suffocated to death.
Season 5 · Episode 19
Sick
· 60 min
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An internet chat room tracks down a 12 year old boy named Jeremy, who is threatening to kill a 5 year old girl.
Season 5 · Episode 20
Lowdown
· 60 min
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Jeff York, an assistant DA is found murdered.
Season 5 · Episode 21
Criminal
· 60 min
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Rebecca Wheeler, a criminology student is found murdered in Central Park.
Season 5 · Episode 22
Painless
· 60 min
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A woman dies and initial evidence lead Benson and Stabler to believe she has been murdered.
Season 5 · Episode 23
Bound
· 60 min
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An elderly woman is found strangled to death at her home.
Season 5 · Episode 24
Poison
· 60 min
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The poisoning of a couple's adopted daughter prompts Stabler and Benson to suspect the child's mother based on testimony from her other 7-year-old daughter.
Season 5 · Episode 25
Head
· 60 min
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A spy camera is found in a Central Park public restroom.
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