Top 20 BEST Law & Order: SVU Episodes

[@MsMojo]

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[@lkb-il8iy]

Selfish Screwed Manic Retro Hate Game

[@lisamac2403]

You’ll have to do another list post Stabler.

[@jcj268]

Can you do a Top 10 Satisfying Deaths in Law and Order SVU?

[@marlenemendez7063]

😅

[@louisacoote2337]

Swing always makes me cry! Cage is also really upsetting, but so tense. Any ep where Stabler spends time with/bonds with his kids is a good one for me. I love Lunacy for that reason ( Stabler says Dickie became his hero when he was born, aww)

[@colleenobrien1234]

What’s great too is that a later episode (s25 ep 7)has Benson reunites with Maria & finds out Maria is trying to become a cop like Benson

[@cantduckinbelieveit7426]

0:24 “Sick” Season 5, Episode 19 1:27 “Identity” Season 6, Episode 12 2:29 “Undercover” Season 9, Episode 15 3:32 “Hothouse” Season 10, Episode 12 4:40 “Alternate” Season 9, Episode 1 5:50 “Authority” Season 9, Episode 17 6:59 Scavenger Season 6, Episode 4 7:57 “Demons” Season 7, Episode 1 8:54 “Slaves” Season 1, Episode 22 9:49 “Fault” Season 7, Episode 19 10:49 “Behave” Season 12, Episode 3 12:02 “Raw” Season 7, Episode 6 13:07 “Zebras” Season 10, Episode 22 14:05 “Nocturne” Season 1, Episode 21 15:18 “Venom” Season 7, Episode 18 16:37 “Pixies” Season 2, Episode 9 17:40 “Charisma” Season 6, Episode 7 18:47 “Conscience” Season 6, Episode 6 19:38 “Mean” Season 5, Episode 17 21:05 “911” Season 7, Episode 3

[@roselineadiele3992]

Thank you 😊😊😊

[@tnttv24]

You’re a real one.

[@gregwicks1062]

I love you

[@kyliekylie5478]

🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@Jenifer_R_]

One I still remember is Staebler experiencing solitary confinement in prison to gain empathy for a man who threw him off a roof!

[@LucyLioness100]

That was an interesting episode, but that climax with Elliot in solitary was pretty haunting

[@Jenifer_R_]

@@LucyLioness100 Making friends with a cockroach for pure entertainment stuck with me.

[@jediclonekag13]

I'm glad "911" got a spot on this list, especially since flashbacks of this episode were featured in the Season 25 episode "Probability of Doom".

[@lukerosales5879]

It was so inspiring watching that little girl become a police officer because Olivia was the one who rescued her.

[@joshuaneal8501]

And Maria grew up and joined the NYPD

[@amandaduberry2216]

911 is my favorite episode. I was so happy to see that Maria grew up to become a police officer. I wasn’t expecting it, but damn am I glad they gave Maria a good future. She deserves it.

[@KingdomofEvania100]

Maria and Olivia hugged and I almost cried. Season 25 was a bit disappointing (the Maddie Flynn Arc was meh), but it was nice to see a flashback.

[@Alyssa-oj3zh]

The Robin Williams episode is my favorite! Seeing Robin being a villain gave me chills.

[@patrickorourke41]

That’s what you call range! When Robin Williams gets you to hate him…

[@samisass6759]

Before this episode, my husband only knew robin williams as the genie. He honest-to-God thought I was messing with him. When I described this episode and robin's role in it

[@mikeshaffer4912]

One Hour Photo and Insomnia are great movies showcasing just how well Robin Williams played mentally unhinged.

[@bennywark3103]

He would've been an awesome Riddler

[@MrGabeanator]

he was still sympathetic villain if I ever saw one

[@GreatQuestionFran]

The one that got me was Pornstar's Requiem. The victim gets blamed for everything, the perps are let go despite a guilty verdict, and in the end they have to let her go because she's an adult and it's her decision to run away and get into worse conditions because she has nothing left.

[@lillyvaughn5398]

Agreed, that one did a number on me

[@KLK2468]

I can’t watch it anymore because of that

[@nicholasrope6067]

Agreed, why the judge allowed it to go to trail when he was going to vacate the verdict if it was Guilty

[@samanthakennedy9514]

The john Ritter one where is a shrink. just makes you sad because he didn't want the baby and broke down when Alex asked him if he heard a heart beat

[@LucyLioness100]

John Ritter was great. May he rest in peace

[@dawnpowers7626]

"He only cried a little."

[@DdKk-uc4ek]

Limitations is one of my favorite episodes, it deals with the statue of limitations and also has that adrenaline rush of wanting to see if the team is able to solve the cases before time runs out.

[@teztheis3654]

Was a tiny bit surprised to not see "Surrender Benson" on this list but honestly, I can't really proclaim that episode to be one of the "best" given how hard it is to watch. Also wish we had seen some more recent episodes. But a show this long, I'm amazed this video ever aired because how could you find just 20?

[@ToniWellons]

Yes

[@tudorjason]

The episode titled Selfish stars Hillary Duff as a teen mom whose baby girl dies from Measles. But for some of the episode, we are made to think it was from abuse. The episode was contemporary and Duffs's acting is nothing like I've seen in anything else she's done.

[@LucyLioness100]

I was surprised to see her in that one and to see her in such a dark role. Course I knew her as Lizzie McGuire growing up, but Hilary was as great

[@KatieorKJ]

The robin Williams episode was so intense that I had to rewatch twice when I first saw it !!!

[@LucyLioness100]

He just owned that episode like the master he was. The world is a sadder place without Robin

[@sympa_is_misanthropic]

SVU is all time content fr

[@MultiNotAnti]

My personal favourites are a couple listed here and a couple that aren’t. Scavenger (Doug Hutchinson is such an underrated actor!), Venom (Ludacris, as always, does an amazing job), Pure (Martin Short is freaking terrifying in this 6th season episode) and my favourite episode is the season 4 episode Dominance. It’s an unforgettable and disturbing storyline and the cast lives up to the written material in every way. Disturbing and heartbreaking all in one package, it makes for one hell of an episode of television!

[@chynne33]

I watched SVU for several years (starting the 2nd or 3rd season). Haven't watched it recently because I just lost interest. But one of the episodes I remember the most was Undercover. I remember that what happened to Olivia in that episode affected her for YEARS afterwards

[@lukerosales5879]

Am I the only one angry that Stabler never checked up on Benson after her ordeal with William Lewis, yet expected help when Kathy died?

[@LucyLioness100]

Elliot has never been perfect, but yeah I can agree with your feelings

[@kaylinanne9315]

That always bothered and now that he’s back no one has mentioned it.

[@DoubleOhTheG]

Stabler has made a bunch of questionable decisions with Benson ever since he's been back

[@robertocazzaniga5548]

​@@LucyLioness100 Elliot was no longer in the squad when this happened. Liv probably didn't want to tell him

[@williamsummerson1204]

Robin Williams acting was done masterfully.🙏

[@islamakinen4240]

The one that always gets me is "Raw"

[@kimberlybutler3977]

Omg .. that episode and “dolls” that episode actually got me hooked to watching SVU

[@bookishkateasmr4918]

"Coerced" should have been on this list. Leland Orser's performance was amazing.

[@SpartanBlueJay2]

Been watching since the beginning, and I don’t think any episode will ever beat “Fault” for me. An episode not mentioned here that I thought was beautifully acted by Chris Meloni was “Rage.” Should’ve won the Emmy for that one.

[@hpfan2007]

Man Undercover messed me up so bad I always skip the part when she was getting assaulted

[@StormMatt448]

There are some great episodes on this list, but I have to agree that 9-1-1 is the best episode. It’s really intense, well written, and well acted. I believe it’s also one of the first if not the first SVU episode I’ve ever watched. Although, I think they should’ve mentioned that seasons later, we find out that Maria became a cop after Benson saved her. I think another great episode, which I believe is the first episode of one of the seasons and is when Stabler’s daughter sees a burning body, is the one where a guy (high school or college student) that is a SA victim kills his perpetrator at the beginning, confesses to it, gets arrested, and we find out that the slimy scumbag that works for the government is another perpetrator and faces justice at the end. I don’t remember the whole episode, but I hope the student was found innocent.

[@louisacoote2337]

That’s the Season 2 premiere, it is an excellent one.

[@joeb.evrythngEclectic5571]

Jake O'Hara got what he deserved in the episode Conscience.

[@lukerosales5879]

Good thing too. His sl*t of a mother would've enabled his behaviour as it got worse.

[@rexjdk]

Pixes. God if the public only knew about Nasser sooner.

[@PHSDM104]

Inconceivable, Shattered and Smoked were the episodes that almost broke me.

[@zayvalentine6601]

And those are both the seasons 11 and 12 finales

[@tudorjason]

6:10 - One Hour Photo is another dark thriller starring Williams from the time period.

[@taylorbiniarz]

I cannot believe Robin wasn’t in the top 5 who wrote thing 😭

[@reapersgirl6407]

Number 1 was the right choice. That episode had me barely breathing through the entire episode and hearing that little girl say “Olivia” when she is saved is the first moment in that entire episode that I could breathe. That episode was so intense.

[@raheisharoberson6205]

Same!!! Hearing her little voice muster up her name when they find her in that ditch brings me to tears every time

[@otakuryoga]

the "no you don't" line was the one i remember so well

[@sunshineholmes3487]

Damaged is the episode I remember most. Ari Graynor was brutal in that one. Her final line was just wow!

[@Panwere36]

The show also delved HEAVILY into false allegations. Three episodes listed touched on that from various angles, but there are many more that hit real close to several real cases on that ground.

[@anneclough7064]

None of the episodes I liked the best appeared on this list. I have three and as I have no idea of the episode names I will describe them. 1) A father has two families and the son of the secret family is dating the daughter of the official family. The girl becomes pregnant and when her father finds out they get into a fight and he loses his temper and kills her. The father is later murdered by one of his "wives". 2) The detectives learn that a young sociopath has been mistreating his sister (she calls him "The Monster") He drowns their neighbor's dog in the bath and takes a gun, holding children in a play area hostage before shooting Amara. 3) Dana, the FBI agent, is "helping" them investigate a serial killer, focusing on one particular crime which the killer denies. It turns out that Dana killed that woman because she was the one Dana's boyfriend dumped Dana for. He had made Dana have an abortion just a couple of months before announcing that his new girlfriend was pregnant and they were getting married. While I love this episode I was pretty sure it broke continuity because I thought in her first episode Dana mentions going home to her husband and children.

[@elvisp116]

This list deserves to be on the regular watchmojo

[@lillyvaughn5398]

Downloaded Child is one that is truly disturbing but also has some hope for the victim at the end

[@ObeseCaligula]

When i was locked in psych ward my roommate loved this show. I loved him but haven't been able to ever watch the show again.

[@bexief31]

Season 16's Daydream Believer. The courtroom scene. So disturbing.

[@angelaholmes8888]

Nocturne episode is so hard for me to watch but it's very important episode

[@Mackid59807]

911 is definitely the best and my most favorite SVU episode of all time. Highly agree with number 1.

[@cececierra5294]

Okay this must be a sign I never saw a law and order and I've been dying to start binging it at night.... And I heard about some episodes which were great now I'm really excited to finally 😊watch it

[@orbitaldragon]

I am surprised you did not have any of the episodes with William Lewis in them, he was literally the best Villain that has ever been on SVU.

[@michaelwallace2487]

This top 20 list is insanely ridiculous. How could you not have any of the Lewis arc episodes? You lost me with not including any of those.

[@manweknowandlove]

Man, you had me worried that you were going to ignore that ludacris episode. It's one of my favorites. Robin Will doesn't get enough praise for the character he plays in this show.

[@marymitchell8625]

Ludacris was so good I had trouble watching him and the show for a time.

[@conwaystern4371]

That lil kid had to go idgaf 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Stolenbysandw908]

I love 911, it shows how scary Benson can be when pissed off

[@joeb.evrythngEclectic5571]

no mention of william lewis's reign of terror? Why?

[@LucyLioness100]

That one was terrifying

[@jillb3072]

I love Law and Order SVU with mostly the original cast.

[@courtnocase]

Undercover was one of the best episodes from Olivia at that time my god so many moments I thought they was gonna get my girl ❤ But so far this list has had some of my favorite episodes

[@tudorjason]

The episode titled Selish stars Hillary Duff as a teen mom whose baby girl dies from Measles. But for some of the episode, we are made to think it was from abuse. The episode was contemporary and Duffs's acting is nothing like I've seen in anything else she's done.

[@PHSDM104]

I remember that. It was the episode inspired by Casey Anthony.

[@RhaegarTargaryen1st]

My favorites in no particular order: Mean Sick Russian Love Poem Inheritance Intoxicated Serendipity Loss Identity Screwed Alternate Paternity Bully Authority Scavenger Soulless Bound Brotherhood Abomination Shaken Families

[@uniquelybeautiful5633]

I love your list. I love almost all of the ones u mentioned.

[@RhaegarTargaryen1st]

@@uniquelybeautiful5633 Thank You!

[@paulao776]

This show is incredible.

[@melissaroszkowski8911]

Sociopaths are made. Psychopaths are born. Though nowadays I believe the term or terms have changed

[@LucyLioness100]

Unfortunately that is a rough debate especially when some of the cases on the show involve kids committing crimes. By law children aren’t allowed to diagnosed as either a sociopath or psychopath; that is dictated in the DSM also

[@melissaroszkowski8911]

@@LucyLioness100 exactly!!! It can be speculated but not confirmed. Until 18 I believe?

[@iamjenantoinette]

I love Law & Order: SVU so much. Like, we go together real bad lol. But the Identity episode was the first time my jaw literally dropped on a storyline. I actually hate to love this show because of the subject matter. But it makes you think beyond what you think you know.

[@27newyorker]

How do not include the episode shadow on this list?? That is one of the best episodes ever.

[@lukerosales5879]

I always find myself channelling Olivia when she goes dominatrix on Nigel Prestwick to coerce a testimony out of him 😂

[@dannysimion]

SVU has a lot of great episodes in the earlier seasons of the series. Seems like they need to revisit some of these formulas in today's seasons. All are classic especially that top spot. There should be more than a top 20 because theres a lot of other great episodes. Another one that had me teary eyed in the end was Season 12 Episode 1's Locum episode. Joan Cusack and Bailee Maddison played their roles wonderful here alongside Mariska Hargitay. Season 14's seasoning ending and Season 15's season opening episodes are really nail biting and should definitely up here. It's one of the most harrowing experiences for Detective Benson.

[@tudorjason]

11:57 - Jennifer Love Hewitt's acting in this episode left me feeling very uncomfortable. And that is when you know someone is a good actor.

[@LucyLioness100]

She did a great job

[@tiffsupremacy]

This show is really such a treasure. It teaches so much.

[@COMPFUNK2]

SVU is about to begin its 26th season, so why are no episodes on this list after season 12?

[@daniellaawani9901]

I love how all 20 top episodes are with Stabler. Nothing beats the Stabler/Benson dynamic

[@michaelbradley5603]

Thanks

[@MsMojo]

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[@kirstywallace30]

Wonder if MsMojo has realised that there are more episodes than ones containing Stabler - how is there no mention of the Lewis episodes for example

[@arrowix98]

My Top 10 {Favorite} __________ 10° - Father's Shadow [Season 13] 9° - Dominance [Season 4] 8° - Intoxicated [Season 6] 7° - Authority [Season 9] 6° - Scavenger [Season 6] 5° - Spiraling Down [Season 13] 4° - Behave [Season 12] 3° - Identity [Season 6] 2° - Lost Traveler [Season 13] 1° - Raw [Season 7] 《Honorable Mentions》 5° - Dolls [Season 4] 4° - Pretend [Season 8] 3° - Disabled [Season 10] 2° - 911 [Season 7] 1° - Dreams Deferred [Season 14]

[@mikechicago6200]

5:49 the best episode of the whole series! Miss ya Robin Williams!

[@zayvalentine6601]

Undercover was Olivia's first worst trauma experience before the Lewis situation

[@kittylover62]

The episode Scavenger was obviously based off of BTK's crimes. When Dennis Rader was arrested, NBC aired the episode in Wichita a second time in celebration.

[@charlenevarada--Stargazer]

I've ALWAYS loved this series--especially the one titled "The Torch" where 2 little girls perished in a fire caused by a faulty space heater which was why I got rid of an old one that I had once.😮

[@ROCKONplaceboforever]

Some amazing episodes but my favorite was with Robin Williams he was incredible acting as the villain truly a master at work miss him 🙏❤️ good job Msmojo 👏👏👏 really enjoyed

[@angelaholmes8888]

Demons is truly scary episode to watch

[@PreshaaGee]

The episode where the guy gets locked up for statuary rape then is beaten, raped and killed only to find the girl was an adult pretending to be a minor. That episode haunts me because the guy was begging for help from the cops.

[@SusanHukel-rm4lg]

Elliot was gone by the timeLewis showed up.He never knew about it.He was never told about it.

[@tremas3329]

I always wanted to see Robin Williams come back as Rook. His 'death' at the end of the episode was left ambiguous since a body was never found. Him faking his death would be right in line with his mind games and intelligence on display in the episode.

[@Bigp352]

The one with Whoopi Goldberg gets me Everytime when she's testifying.

[@CreepyBlueAnimals84]

Where is the episode Rage with Matthew Modine?! That ending was intense!!

[@inegozamora168]

7:56-7:57 He was in The Terminator 2 and DC's Peacemaker series/season 1(a HBO Max/Max Original series)

[@rmblake8465]

I agree with this entire list. Now I want to see all these

[@cordellpulluaim8376]

Might have to watch all of these

[@TornSparrow1974]

I remember reading about one episode that saved a girl's life from a kidnapper.

[@reyfan011]

I don’t remember the episode name but it opened with a black guy attacking and raping a young white girl in her apartment, she files rape charges, the episode goes through the motions and the story gets spun as a white woman falsely accusing a black man of rape. I don’t remember if she got detail mixed up or if she didn’t get his identity 100% right, but in the end the guy was found not guilty. And he looked so smug about it. The girl was attacked but got branded a liar. What’s even worse if I remember right, she appeared again in a later episode and got attacked again by someone else. Poor girl couldn’t catch a break

[@SpartanBlueJay2]

13x6 “True Believers” and the character returns in 15x5 “Wonderland Story”

[@atyiab1]

Authority episode, is ine I cited in several of Psychology Papers 😊

[@Julia-ir1fy]

Conscience will always be my most favorite episode. I’ve watched it for at least five times. I’ve shown that particular episode to my friends, boyfriend and family. 😅

[@southernjay3383]

Law and Order SVU will always be my favorite

[@COMPFUNK2]

I don’t know about having Zebras on this list. The only thing I really liked about that episode is that they got rid of Stuckey (a show like SVU doesn’t _need_ a comic relief character).

[@emmacrooke807]

The banter between Munch and Finn was funny enough

[@lukerosales5879]

@@COMPFUNK2 I liked how Donnelly got some punishment for censuring Casey and hypocritically trying to railroad an abuse victim into jail after the fact. I mean the lethal injection was a bit excessive, but it always irked me how she accused Casey of getting too personal with a case and pushing for her suspension, then going after a genuine victim of abuse because she turned her into a laughing stock among ADAs.

[@raheisharoberson6205]

RIP MUNCH!!!!💔💔

[@alexzabawa-evelmirill4069]

Anyone else notice that there are no episodes list after Stabler leaves lol.

[@silverloony1170]

Victims Denial Dominance Haunted Scheherazade Liberties Bang There's more, but I don't want to clutter this comment too much.

[@ckametria]

I just started watching SVU this morning. Yeah. I’m 25 years too late but thanks to Hulu I can catch up. Decided to watch this to see if I should continue. The “Sick” segment reminds me of Michael Jackson.

[@LERONMORTON-fz8em]

All Good Episodes but Where is Fat Episode and Branded Episode's Are my Two Favorite 👍👍 Fantastic Writing and Wonderful actors 🤗🤗

[@thegrimreaper990]

I absolutly loved "Authority" for the same reason I loved "Pure". In my mind it takes a great effort for a comedian to play a deranged villain a both Robin Williams and Martin Short did deliver.

[@cincinycat14]

Please include newer episodes!

[@samuelcollantes1175]

Happy monday night, Rebecca, take care and God bless you. Greetings from Colombia to you as well

[@joeb.evrythngEclectic5571]

Carisi is the Man

[@JennNofficial]

I luv this show so much

[@MrGabeanator]

so many great episodes

[@zayvalentine6601]

I didn't know Noal Fisher from Shameless was also on Law and Order SVU

[@francostevo9939]

The SVU episodes that are mostly on repeat on my radar are the episodes that loss me off due to the squad’s incompetence. Episodes, “contagious” “Justice denied” “Dissonant voices” “Unstable” Those episodes are exactly the reasons why I prefer to keep an open mind about everything. Unfortunately wanting to keep an open mind makes you an abuse enabler, a rapist, and a pedophile.

[@serenitymoon825]

So "Identity" is clearly based off the case of David Reimer, which is one of the saddest things I've ever read.

[@nicolelylewis]

look at that, all of them were in the Elliot years, aka the best years! lol my favs are "Zebras", "Wildlife", "Demons", "Raw", and "Fault"

[@DravenGal]

How is "Pure" not on here?

[@Ritapita73]

*Identity* is based on a true story. If you haven't seen the documentary about the Reimer twins, it's a must see.

[@nicholasrope6067]

The one with Will Arnett where is a Dentist is really good as is the one with Martin Short as is the one with Tom Skeritt as tge Judge who favors rich defendents over the poor ones

[@roglacken]

my favorite episode is the one with Joan Cusack.

[@danamoore8555]

How is neither of the episodes with William Lewis on this list?? Olivia still brings that up present day they were some of the best episodes of the whole series

[@profoundlycan]

While I agree with several on this list, there are some episodes in seasons 13 onward that have definitely left its mark on me. "Legitimate Rape" (S14, E18), "Born Psychopath" (S14, E19, - Another Psychopath Kid), "Girl Dishonored" (S14, E20), "Pornstar's Requiem" (S16, E5), "Downloaded Child" (S15, E19).