Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 10

What Season 10 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Season 10 Episodes

1. 

   10x01 Trials

   Sep 22, 2008 · 43 min · ★ 7.5

   After a young boy, Christopher Ryan, is caught driving a runaway van, Detective Elliot Stabler and Detective Benson take the seven year-old into questioning. When Christopher claims his foster parents, Gwen and Noah Sibert, bribe him in exchange for abusive medical testing, the detectives investigate his allegations.

   Directed by: David Platt · Written by: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Dawn DeNoon · Starring: Luke Perry, Mary Beth Evans, Sara Gilbert, Julie Bowen

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   10x02 Confession

   Sep 30, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 6.7

   Teenage boy Eric Byers admits himself into the squad room, and warns the team about an unnatural desire towards his younger stepbrother, Cory Kelly. Detective Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson's suspicions arise, and Eric admits to also looking at a website to try to curb his pedophilic urge. With no crime committed, the detectives decide to investigate this "self-help" website for pedophiles leading them to it's creator, Jake Berlin. Eric's rage induced stepfather is also questioned, and shortly after Eric is found missing. The detectives must race to place the clues together to find and stop Eric before any crime is committed.

   Directing: Arthur W. Forney · Writing: Judith McCreary · Starring: Marshall Allman, Tom Noonan, Josh Charles, Teri Polo

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   10x03 Swing

   Oct 14, 2008 · 43 min · ★ 8.6

   Stabler is shocked when his daughter, Kathleen, becomes the suspect in an investigation to catch a trespasser. He seeks his estranged mother's help in dealing with his daughter's case.

   Directing: David Platt · Writing: Amanda Green · Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Lizette Carrión, Fiona Dourif, Allison Siko

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   10x04 Lunacy

   Oct 21, 2008 · 43 min · ★ 6.6

   The investigation of a famous dead astronaut found in Battery Park has hit a dead end, causing Stabler to ask for assistance from his old mentor, Dick Finley, a former colleague of the victim and an astronaut himself.

   Directing: Peter Leto · Writing: Daniel Truly · Starring: Kristina Klebe, Betty Buckley, James Brolin, Chris Elliott

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   10x05 Retro

   Oct 28, 2008 · 42 min · ★ 8.1

   A baby with AIDS has Benson and Stabler asking for assistance from Warner as they investigate the case. They are pointed in the direction of a homeopathic doctor who has an questionable ethical past and who had prescribed the baby ineffective vitamins.

   Directed by: Peter Leto · Written by: Jonathan Greene · Starring: Aidan Mitchell, Martin Mull, Peter McRobbie, Paula Malcomson

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   10x06 Babes

   Nov 11, 2008 · 43 min · ★ 8.0

   Stabler and Munch uncover a chastity club and a group of girls with a pregnancy pact at a high school where they came to investigate the death of a student.

   Directed by: David Platt · Written by: Daniel Truly · Starring: Michael Badalucco, John Cullum, Britt Robertson, Debi Mazar

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   10x07 Wildlife

   Nov 18, 2008 · 41 min · ★ 7.6

   Stabler goes undercover to infiltrate a rare animal smuggling operation.

   Directing: Peter Leto · Writing: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Mick Betancourt · Starring: Big Boi, Andrew Divoff, Vanessa Aspillaga, Reg E. Cathey

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   10x08 Persona

   Nov 25, 2008 · 42 min · ★ 8.4

   Benson finds herself going the extra mile to protect a woman abused by her spouse. The investigation turns up information regarding a long-forgotten case of 2nd degree murder and escape.

   Directed by: Helen Shaver · Written by: Amanda Green · Starring: Didi Conn, Nathaniel Marston, Brenda Blethyn, Mike Farrell

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   10x09 PTSD

   Dec 2, 2008 · 42 min · ★ 8.4

   The death of a marine who was pregnant by a rapist puts the unit at odds with the Pentagon when they fight to keep the case, and Benson's flashbacks of her own assault may further impede the investigation.

   Directing: Eriq La Salle · Writing: Judith McCreary · Starring: Ryan Kwanten, Amy Spanger, Brooke Adams, Frank Whaley

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    10x10 Smut

    Dec 9, 2008 · 42 min · ★ 7.7

    A beaten and raped woman who has no memory of what happened to her puts Benson and Stabler on the trail of a serial rapist, but when women refuse to testify Olivia will have to face how her assault has affected her job performance.

    Directed by: Chris Eyre · Written by: Kam Miller · Starring: Kelly Hu, John Cullum, Michael Trucco, Christine Ebersole

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    10x11 Stranger

    Jan 6, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 7.5

    When a girl who vanished four years ago reappears, she claims to have been imprisoned and sexually abused. Benson and Stabler look into the case and find themselves having to sort through what was fact and what the girl made up.

    Directed by: David Platt · Written by: Dawn DeNoon · Starring: Amir Arison, Nathanael Albright, Lindsay Crouse, Erica Bradshaw

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    10x12 Hothouse

    Jan 13, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 8.3

    When a teenager's body is uncovered in the Hudson River, the detectives search for the victim's identity which leads Benson to go undercover as a madam.

    Directing: Peter Leto · Writing: Charley Davis · Starring: Sarah Hyland, Sean Bennett Geoghan, George Tasudis, Gretchen Egolf

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    10x13 Snatched

    Feb 3, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 7.5

    The mother of a kidnapped young girl points the detectives towards her father, an ex-con, but it is soon discovered that the grandfather is a master thief and has many enemies. However, because of Alzheimer's, the grandfather can't remember much of his past.

    Directed by: David Platt · Written by: Mick Betancourt · Starring: Dabney Coleman, Michelle Ray Smith, Ron Eldard, Daisy Tahan

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    10x14 Transitions

    Feb 17, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 8.0

    The detectives have very little to work with after a man is found badly-beaten in a strip club's parking lot. Their questioning begins with the dancers until the victim's ex-wife and 13-year old transgender daughter become suspects.

    Directed by: Peter Leto · Written by: Warren Leight, René Balcer, Ken Storer · Starring: Wendy Makkena, Frank Grillo, Daniel Sea, Lea DeLaria

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    10x15 Lead

    Mar 10, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 7.9

    When a pediatrician convicted of abusing patients is found dead, Stabler and Benson investigate and soon find ADA Cabot has a reason for becoming involved in the case.

    Directing: David Platt · Writing: Jonathan Greene · Starring: Stephanie March, John Cullum, John Gallagher Jr., Ann Dowd

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    10x16 Ballerina

    Mar 17, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 8.0

    A single murder suddenly turns into a scene with three bodies, leaving Benson and Stabler to work with a strip club owner to find a murderer whose motive may be more about righteousness than perversity.

    Directed by: Peter Leto · Written by: Daniel Truly · Starring: Stephanie March, Matthew Lillard, Carol Burnett, Robert Klein

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    10x17 Hell

    Mar 31, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 7.6

    Detective Munch investigates the brutal rape and beating of a young mute girl, but things become tricky when her drawing of the devil who attacked her resembles a local priest who may not be practicing his beliefs according to Canon.

    Directing: David Platt · Writing: Amanda Green · Starring: Stephanie March, Robert Wisdom, Cicely Tyson, Gbenga Akinnagbe

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    10x18 Baggage

    Apr 7, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 7.4

    A turf war ensues when Stabler and Tutuola link an artist's murder to a serial killer, and the detective assigned to that case focuses more on their involvement in an investigation he believes belongs solely to him than on identifying the killer.

    Directing: Christopher Zalla · Writing: Judith McCreary · Starring: Stephanie March, Delroy Lindo, John Ashton, Jeri Ryan

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    10x19 Selfish

    Apr 28, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 7.9

    A grandmother reports that her 2 year old granddaughter has disappeared, but the Amber Alert fails to yield progress. The detectives then move their attention over to her young irresponsible mother as their prime suspect.

    Directed by: David Platt · Written by: Mick Betancourt · Starring: Stephanie March, Miriam Colon, Hilary Duff, Gail O'Grady

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    10x20 Crush

    May 5, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 8.0

    A teenage girl who sent text messages containing nude pictures of herself is found beaten up. She next faces a harsh sentence from a judge after being arrested for producing and distributing child pornography.

    Directed by: Peter Leto · Written by: Jonathan Greene · Starring: Swoosie Kurtz, Carly Schroeder, Melinda McGraw, Scott Bryce

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    10x21 Liberties

    May 19, 2009 · 43 min

    A favor for a judge who is hearing a harassment case sends Stabler and Benson to interview a death-row serial killer in order to determine the fate of his son.

    Directing: Juan José Campanella · Writing: Dawn DeNoon · Starring: Stephanie March, Linda Park, Sprague Grayden, Alan Dale

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    10x22 Zebras Season Finale

    Jun 2, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 8.1

    A murder in Central Park that involves a tourist puts the SVU on high alert, but when the suspect they've brought in for questioning escapes, Munch has to reach out to an ex-wife in an effort to prevent another killing that's closer to home.

    Directed by: Peter Leto · Written by: Daniel Truly, Amanda Green · Starring: Kevin Carolan, Nick Stahl, Lizette Carrión, Kelly Bishop

Season 10 Cast

Mariska HargitayOlivia Benson22 episodes

Ice-TOdafin 'Fin' Tutuola22 episodes

Christopher MeloniElliot Stabler22 episodes

Richard BelzerJohn Munch22 episodes

Dann FlorekDonald Cragen22 episodes

Tamara TunieMelinda Warner22 episodes

BD WongGeorge Huang22 episodes

Michaela McManusKim Greylek22 episodes

Mike DoyleRyan O'Halloran7 episodes

Stephanie MarchAlexandra Cabot6 episodes

Erica BradshawCourt Clerk6 episodes

Edelen McWilliamsCSU Tech Martin5 episodes

Noel FisherDale Stuckey4 episodes

John CullumBarry Moredock3 episodes

Amir ArisonDr. Manning3 episodes

Allison SikoKathleen Stabler3 episodes

Joanna MerlinLena Petrovsky3 episodes

Joel de la FuenteRuben Morales3 episodes

Lizette CarriónKristen Torres2 episodes

Kelly BishopJulia Zimmer2 episodes

Stephen GregoryKyle Beresford2 episodes

Fiona DourifNikki Breslin2 episodes

Alex KingstonMiranda Pond2 episodes

Audrie NeenanLois Preston2 episodes

Where to Watch Season 10 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit