Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 1

What Season 1 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Season 1 Episodes

1. 

   1x01 Payback

   Sep 20, 1999 · 44 min · ★ 6.6

   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.

   Directed by Jean de Segonzac · Written by Dick Wolf · Starring Michelle Hurd, Mili Avital, Leslie Hendrix, Daniel Bess

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   1x02 A Single Life

   Sep 27, 1999 · 43 min · ★ 6.7

   Benson and Stabler run into multiple dead ends while investigating the case of a woman who plummeted six stories to her death clad only in a slip.

   Directing: Lesli Linka Glatter · Writing: Miriam Kazdin · Starring: Michelle Hurd, Matthew Arkin, Leslie Hendrix, Laila Robins

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   1x03 ...Or Just Look Like One

   Oct 4, 1999 · 43 min · ★ 7.6

   When a teen model is murdered and another is left for dead at a hospital emergency room, the team uncovers an insidious drug and sex conspiracy in the world of high fashion. Benson and Stabler enter into a modeling underworld of thoughtless parents, drug-dealing doctors and a trendy agency executive.

   Directed by: Rick Rosenthal · Written by: Michael R. Perry · Starring: Michelle Hurd, Todd Stashwick, Catherine Dent, Ritchie Coster

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   1x04 Hysteria

   Oct 11, 1999 · 43 min · ★ 7.7

   When a young African-American woman is found dead, she is initially believed to be a prostitute and the latest in a long line of victims, but when looking into her home life Benson and Stabler realize that she does not fit the pattern, and may not be connected to the other deaths after all, but the other deaths have a connection no one anticipated.

   Directed by Richard Dobbs · Written by Lisa Marie Petersen, Dawn DeNoon · Starring Michelle Hurd, Leslie Hendrix, Joe Lisi, Brad Beyer

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   1x05 Wanderlust

   Oct 18, 1999 · 44 min · ★ 7.4

   When a world-traveling author is found dead in a room he rented from an alcoholic woman and her precocious 14-year-old daughter, the detectives are shocked to discover who the murderer is.

   Directing: David Hugh Jones · Writing: Wendy West · Starring: Michelle Hurd, Lynn Collins, Patricia Richardson, Dean Winters

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   1x06 Sophomore Jinx

   Oct 25, 1999 · 43 min · ★ 6.5

   A female student at an upper-class university is raped and murdered, and two of the college's basketball stars are suspected. However, the college blocks their investigation at every turn because they are not willing to risk the negative publicity that the investigation could bring to the school and the upcoming championship.

   Directing: Clark Johnson · Writing: John Chambers · Starring: Michelle Hurd, Leslie Hendrix, Lothaire Bluteau, Al Sharpton

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   1x07 Uncivilized

   Nov 15, 1999 · 44 min · ★ 7.9

   When a young boy is found raped and murdered in a field, suspicion leads detectives to a recently paroled child molester who lives in the neighborhood.. Although they both hate what the man has done in the past, it is soon obvious to the detectives that the teenagers who initially steered them in the man's direction are hiding secrets of their own.

   Directed by Michael Fields · Written by Robert Palm, Wendy West · Starring Michelle Hurd, Stephen Bogardus, Dean Winters, Torquil Campbell

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   1x08 Stalked

   Nov 22, 1999 · 44 min · ★ 7.8

   When an assistant district attorney is found raped and murdered in Central Park, the Special Victims Unit learn that she'd been stalked by a real estate agent whom she'd convicted of date rape. Benson lets her emotions get the best of her as she takes it upon herself to bring the suspected rapist to justice. Stabler tries to get the man's business partner to help him, but Benson may be the one who ends up needing help.

   Directing: Peter Medak · Writing: Roger Garrett · Starring: Michelle Hurd, Bruno Gunn, Dean Winters, Jack Hallett

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   1x09 Stocks & Bondage

   Nov 29, 1999 · 44 min · ★ 6.5

   An investment analyst is found hanged in her bedroom, and the Special Victims Unit explores her sordid sexual past to uncover her murderer's identity. The team uncovers the world of bondage and sado-masochism where they first investigate the woman's colleagues but are soon on the trail of a host of individuals involved in the world of whips and chains.

   Directed by: Constantine Makris · Written by: Michael R. Perry · Starring: Michelle Hurd, Leslie Hendrix, Lourdes Benedicto, Maria Tucci

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    1x10 Closure

    Jan 7, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 7.8

    When a woman is raped, she turns to the Special Victims Unit for help, but lack of evidence prevents them from apprehending the criminal. When the detectives revisit the case a few months later, they find the woman even less willing to talk about what happened, as she claims she has moved on. Things turn sticky when Benson and Cassidy spend the night together.

    Directing: Stephen Wertimer · Writing: Wendy West · Starring: Michelle Hurd, Tracy Pollan, Angie Harmon, Dean Winters

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    1x11 Bad Blood

    Jan 14, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 8.2

    A moral coalition leader's gay son is found murdered on the roof of his apartment building. Initially, Benson and Stabler investigate his father, a Conservative well-known for his homophobic viewpoints, but once they start looking into the young man's living arrangements they realize the person they're looking for may be closer than they think. Munch tries to help Benson find the man who raped her mother, and could potentially be her father.

    Directing: Michael Fields · Writing: Lisa Marie Petersen, Dawn DeNoon · Starring: Michelle Hurd, Leslie Hendrix, Amy Ryan, Angie Harmon

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    1x12 Russian Love Poem

    Jan 21, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 6.8

    When a multi-millionaire is found strangled in his home, Benson and Stabler turn their suspicion to his long list of lovers, which includes both men and women. Detectives discover he was involved with a group of beautiful Russian women that came to the U.S. to take advantage of wealthy Americans.

    Directed by: Rick Rosenthal · Written by: Eva Nagorski · Starring: Michelle Hurd, Deborah Rush, Allison Munn, Olek Krupa

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    1x13 Disrobed

    Feb 4, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 6.6

    A judge who fought for the rights of abused women is found shot in his car under sordid circumstances, and the detectives uncover a case of corruption that leads to the state parole board. The team soon turns their eye to a battered wife with a secret.

    Directed by David Platt · Written by Janet Tamaro · Starring Michelle Hurd, Leslie Hendrix, Angie Everhart, Ken Garito

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    1x14 Limitations

    Feb 11, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 7.5

    At the request of a victim, the police commissioner comes to Cragen with a special request -- close the five-year-old case of a serial rapist before the statute of limitations expires. The detectives finally get a lead but the investigation is hindered by one of the victims.

    Directed by Constantine Makris · Written by Michael R. Perry · Starring Michelle Hurd, Michael Ornstein, Jenna Stern, Seana Kofoed

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    1x15 Entitled (I)

    Feb 18, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 6.5

    After a salesman is murdered, the detectives turn their attention to the youngest daughter of a well-known family with some deep connections. But as they join forces with the officers from the two-seven, they realize that their case is connected with a long-unsolved case that Briscoe once handled years ago with his former partner Mike Logan.The crossover continues in Law & Order S10E14 Entitled (II).

    Directed by Edwin Sherin · Written by Robert Palm, Wendy West · Starring Michelle Hurd, Steve Richard Harris, Jane Alexander, Leslie Hendrix

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    1x16 The Third Guy

    Feb 25, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 7.6

    An elderly woman is found tied up and sexually assaulted in her apartment, and suspicion is initially on the young men that had broken into her home and robbed her, but once the detectives are surprised to learn that the rape was committed after the robbery – by someone else.

    Directing: Jud Taylor · Writing: Lisa Marie Petersen, Dawn DeNoon · Starring: Michelle Hurd, Rick Gonzalez, Eugene Byrd, Peggy Pope

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    1x17 Misleader

    Mar 31, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 7.0

    The pregnant daughter-in-law of a Christian College president is murdered in her hotel room, and the detectives discover that the man had been involved in some very unholy activities.

    Directed by Richard Dobbs · Written by Nick Kendrick · Starring Michelle Hurd, Norbert Leo Butz, Leslie Hendrix, Anne Twomey

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    1x18 Chat Room

    Apr 14, 2000 · 43 min · ★ 8.3

    When a teenage girl comes into the squad room to tell the detectives that she was raped by a man she met on the Internet, the investigation leads the Special Victims Unit to a network of pedophiles and child pornographers.

    Directed by Richard Dobbs · Written by Roger Garrett · Starring Michelle Hurd, Jenna Stern, Ellen Muth, Paz de la Huerta

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    1x19 Contact

    Apr 28, 2000 · 42 min · ★ 8.2

    After seven young women in a six month time span are raped by a flash and dash assailant on the city subways, the brass calls in a psychiatrist to help the team get into the head of the perp. When he is caught, he possesses the driver's license of a new victim who could put him away.

    Directed by Michael Zinberg · Written by Wendy West, Robert Palm · Starring Michelle Hurd, Sal Viscuso, Reiko Aylesworth, Audra McDonald

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    1x20 Remorse

    May 5, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 8.2

    A female television news reporter decides to go public with her story when she attacked and raped by two men, but the decision proves to be fatal.

    Directing: Alexander Cassini · Writing: Michael R. Perry · Starring: Michelle Hurd, Jennifer Esposito, Reiko Aylesworth, Patrick Fitzgerald

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    1x21 Nocturne

    May 12, 2000 · 43 min · ★ 8.1

    After a pharmacy turns over some disturbing photos of a young boy, a beloved neighborhood piano teacher is suspected of being a sexual predator who takes advantage of his innocent young students.

    Directing: Jean de Segonzac · Writing: Wendy West · Starring: Michelle Hurd, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Kent Broadhurst, Peter Francis James

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    1x22 Slaves Season Finale

    May 21, 2000 · 44 min · ★ 7.9

    A Romanian immigrant is being held as a psychological prisoner by her abusive employer and his wife, who is also traumatized by years of abuse and is willing to commit murder to protect her husband. A forensic psychologist analyzes the team, and presents disturbing findings to Cragen, suggesting that one of the detectives be removed from the team.

    Directing: Ted Kotcheff · Writing: Lisa Marie Petersen, Dawn DeNoon · Starring: Michelle Hurd, Reiko Aylesworth, Susan Floyd, Audra McDonald

Season 1 Cast

Mariska HargitayOlivia Benson22 episodes

Christopher MeloniElliot Stabler22 episodes

Richard BelzerJohn Munch22 episodes

Dann FlorekDonald Cragen22 episodes

Michelle HurdMonique Jeffries22 episodes

Frank AnelloNYPD Officer (uncredited)20 episodes

Dean WintersBrian Cassidy13 episodes

Chris OrbachKen Briscoe11 episodes

Leslie HendrixElizabeth Rodgers9 episodes

Isabel GilliesKathy Stabler9 episodes

Patricia CookElizabeth Stabler7 episodes

Jeffrey ScaperrottaDickie Stabler7 episodes

Erin BroderickMaureen Stabler7 episodes

Angie HarmonAbbie Carmichael6 episodes

Holiday SegalKathleen Stabler6 episodes

Welly YangMedical Examiner's Assistant5 episodes

Peter Francis JamesJudge Kevin Beck4 episodes

Reiko AylesworthA.D.A. Erica Alden3 episodes

Jerry OrbachDetective Lennie Briscoe3 episodes

Lisa B. TharpsA.D.A.3 episodes

P.J. BrownCorelli3 episodes

Jenna SternKathleen Eastman2 episodes

Audra McDonaldAudrey Jackson2 episodes

Jesse L. MartinDetective Ed Green2 episodes

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