Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 4

What Season 4 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Season 4 Episodes

1. 

   4x01 Chameleon

   Sep 27, 2002 · 43 min · ★ 7.0

   The detectives are on the trail of a recently paroled rapist responsible for the murder of a prostitute during a raid at a men's club and are called to the scene where he was shot in self defense by his own gun. However, the murder weapon was also used in another crime while he was still in prison, leading the detectives to investigate the victim through a trail of previously unsolved cases, a spending spree and another victim. They uncover a more serious criminal in the process.

   Directing: Jean de Segonzac · Writing: Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Sharon Lawrence, Dianne Wiest, Lonette McKee

2. 

   4x02 Deception

   Oct 4, 2002 · 44 min · ★ 8.0

   A family portrait painted by a kindergartner leads the detectives to investigate her mother for child sexual abuse of her teenage stepson. When the boy's father is found murdered, the focus of the investigation shifts to the boy -- and his stepmother goes to great lengths to protect him and prevent the detectives from learning the truth.

   Directing: Constantine Makris · Writing: Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters · Starring: Jonathan Bennett, Sherilyn Fenn, Daniel Sunjata, Bill Kocis

3. 

   4x03 Vulnerable

   Oct 11, 2002 · 43 min · ★ 7.7

   When an elderly woman with Alzheimer's breaks into an apartment, the detectives discover she had been abused, triggering memories of similar crimes from her childhood. They discover that she had been released from a nursing home to the custody of her financially scheming son who becomes the prime suspect. However, they go back to the nursing home to find a pair of suspects; the real crime is what's being done to the elderly.

   Directing: Juan José Campanella · Writing: Lisa Marie Petersen, Dawn DeNoon · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Mary Kay Place, Jane Powell, Jay Thomas

4. 

   4x04 Lust

   Oct 18, 2002 · 44 min · ★ 5.2

   A public health doctor, the wife of a retired attorney, who tracked HIV cases is found murdered and raped in Central Park. Her work involved contacting sexual partners of HIV patients which gives the detectives a long list of suspects and the detectives try to link threatening phone calls to the crime. The discovery of a second body in Central Park with the same signature shifts the focus to a possible serial killer.

   Directed by: Michael Fields · Written by: Amanda Green · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Kate Levering, Maeve McGuire, Michael Gross

5. 

   4x05 Disappearing Acts

   Oct 25, 2002 · 43 min · ★ 7.8

   A high-powered executive is raped, but the situation is complicated by her involvement with the Feds and the Russian mob - as well as a father-son duo who are in the federal witness protection program and an agent who appears bound and determined to protect them, regardless of consequence.

   Directing: Alex Zakrzewski · Writing: Judith McCreary · Starring: John Heard, Pam Grier, Caprice Benedetti, Michael Kelly

6. 

   4x06 Angels

   Nov 1, 2002 · 44 min · ★ 8.3

   A battered young boy suffocates while hiding in the luggage compartment of an airport shuttle bus and it leads the detectives to his guardian and into the investigation of a perverted child molestation ring.

   Directing: Arthur W. Forney · Writing: Jonathan Greene, Robert F. Campbell · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Michael Hayden, Pablo Santos, Will Arnett

7. 

   4x07 Dolls

   Nov 8, 2002 · 43 min · ★ 7.5

   Detectives try and solve the gruesome murder of a sexually molested five-year-old girl whose killer, a serial pedophile, has an obsession with dolls. They race to save the life of his latest victim.

   Directing: Darnell Martin · Writing: Amanda Green · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Teala Dunn, Susan Misner, Ileen Getz

8. 

   4x08 Waste

   Nov 15, 2002 · 44 min · ★ 7.0

   The Detectives investigate the rape of a woman who's been in a coma for a year, and after eliminating a huge pool of suspects, they make a startling discovery.

   Directing: Donna Deitch · Writing: Lisa Marie Petersen, Dawn DeNoon · Starring: Lisa Pelikan, JoBeth Williams, Judy Gold, Bruce Davison

9. 

   4x09 Juvenile

   Nov 22, 2002 · 42 min · ★ 7.5

   A cancer patient, who was growing marijuana in her apartment and selling it, is found raped and murdered, sending the detectives on a hunt for two middle school students, each blaming the other.

   Directing: Constantine Makris · Writing: Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Alysia Reiner, Shane Lyons, Illeana Douglas

10. 

    4x10 Resilience

    Dec 6, 2002 · 43 min · ★ 7.7

    A 14-year-old girl tries to commit suicide by jumping in front of a train after she is raped. She falsely accuses an ex-boyfriend but when the search turns to her dysfunctional family, surprise discoveries are made and SVU discovers that the family is even worse off than they thought.

    Directed by: Joyce Chopra · Written by: Patrick Harbinson · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Billy Lush, Rachael Bella, Illeana Douglas

11. 

    4x11 Damaged

    Jan 10, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 8.0

    A six-year-old girl is critically injured in an apparent robbery-gone-bad and later dies. The investigation gets complicated when it is discovered that the murders were designed to silence the young girl, who was sexually abused.

    Directing: Juan José Campanella · Writing: Barbie Kligman · Starring: Glynnis O'Connor, Ari Graynor, Erik Palladino, Daniel Sunjata

12. 

    4x12 Risk

    Jan 17, 2003 · 41 min · ★ 7.4

    An infant ingests pure cocaine disguised in baby formula, uncovering a complicated narcotics ring with unlikely participants and the entire squad goes undercover to flush them out.

    Directing: Juan José Campanella · Writing: Jonathan Greene, Robert F. Campbell · Starring: Matt Mulhern, Paul Diomede, Daniel Sunjata, Bryan Callen

13. 

    4x13 Rotten

    Jan 24, 2003 · 42 min · ★ 7.7

    In their investigation of a prisoner's death, Benson and Tutuola learn that he was sexually assaulted before being incarcerated and since it happened while in custody, the police are suspected.

    Directing: Constantine Makris · Writing: Judith McCreary · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Joie Lee, William Mapother

14. 

    4x14 Mercy

    Jan 31, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 7.0

    When the body of a 1-month-old baby girl is found stuffed inside a cooler, the detectives are horrified. But they soon learn that the baby had a genetic disorder known as Tay-Sachs disease, and it may have been a mercy killing.

    Directing: David Platt · Writing: Christos N. Gage, Ruth Fletcher · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Heather Goldenhersh, Nathalie Paulding, Elizabeth Mitchell

15. 

    4x15 Pandora

    Feb 7, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 7.3

    The brutal rape, and subsequent death, of a female motorist turns out to be an undercover FBI informant acting as a cyber vigilante for catching online pedophiles to capture the predator trafficking internet porn. The detectives find the victim's husband murdered and follow the trail of evidence for the latest victim she had been tracking, which ​turns into an international case of teenage prostitution, with ties to the Czech Republic.

    Directing: Alex Zakrzewski · Writing: Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters · Starring: William McNamara, Zena Grey, Dagmara Dominczyk, Pam Grier

16. 

    4x16 Tortured

    Feb 14, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 7.9

    A Tibetan woman who was tortured in her home country is found murdered, with her foot missing, and after an exhaustive search of potential suspects, the killer is a victim of torture himself.

    Directed by: Steve Shill · Written by: Lisa Marie Petersen, Dawn DeNoon · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Frederick Weller, Illeana Douglas, Margaret Colin

17. 

    4x17 Privilege

    Feb 21, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 7.4

    A young female film student dressed in a maid's uniform has apparently committed suicide but it's very suspicious. The detectives learn that she just broke up with her very rich and powerful boyfriend.

    Directed by: Jean de Segonzac · Written by: Patrick Harbinson · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Sarah Wayne Callies, Erik von Detten, Michael Learned

18. 

    4x18 Desperate

    Mar 14, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 6.2

    After a young boy witnesses the brutal sexual assault and murder of his stepmother, he is too terrified to tell the detectives who attacked her.

    Directed by: David Platt · Written by: Amanda Green · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Haviland Morris, Signy Coleman, Rob Estes

19. 

    4x19 Appearances

    Mar 28, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 8.3

    The body of a nine-year-old beauty pageant contestant is found raped and murdered on a bus, but the case goes beyond the killer when it leads detectives to a virtual-pornography website.

    Directing: Alex Zakrzewski · Writing: Stephen Belber · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Carolee Carmello, John Cullum, Eric Thal

20. 

    4x20 Dominance

    Apr 4, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 8.0

    A quadruple homicide with sexual overtones is just the start of an intense rampage of a serial killer that brings a homicide detective into the mix. As the entire squad races against time to prevent further victims, the evidence uncovers a horrible situation of incest and abuse.

    Directing: Steve Shill · Writing: Jonathan Greene, Robert F. Campbell · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Frank Langella, Jason Ritter, Richard Bekins

21. 

    4x21 Fallacy

    Apr 18, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 7.2

    A female party-goer and rape victim claims self-defense after killing her attacker. Events take an unusual turn when they find out that the victim is a pre-operative transgender.

    Directing: Juan José Campanella · Writing: Barbie Kligman · Starring: Kate Moennig, Fred Thompson, Chad Lindberg, Daniel Sunjata

22. 

    4x22 Futility

    Apr 25, 2003 · 42 min · ★ 8.0

    A man accused of raping several neighborhood women denies everything and represents himself in court.

    Directed by: Alex Zakrzewski · Written by: Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Scott Holroyd, Fred Savage, Tyra Ferrell

23. 

    4x23 Grief

    May 2, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 7.8

    A dead girl is found outside a bar. The death, however, is ruled a suicide, because the victim's boyfriend continually raped her. The victim's father vows revenge against his daughter's rapist.

    Directing: Constantine Makris · Writing: Adisa Iwa · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Michele Hicks, Theo Kogan, Joe Morton

24. 

    4x24 Perfect

    May 9, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 8.1

    A murdered 14-year-old girl leads the detectives to a prominent physician who specializes in reproduction therapy and exposes a dangerous "foundation" where disenfranchised young women are brainwashed.

    Directing: Rick Wallace · Writing: Jonathan Greene, Robert F. Campbell · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Kimberly J. Brown, Barbara Barrie, Laura Harring

25. 

    4x25 Soulless Season Finale

    May 16, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 7.9

    After a rape victim is abducted from the hospital and later found dead, the detectives suspect several young socialites of her rape, at a Manhattan nightclub, and subsequent murder.

    Directing: Chad Lowe · Writing: Lisa Marie Petersen, Dawn DeNoon · Starring: Tamara Tunie, Danny Hoch, Ashton Holmes, Logan Marshall-Green

Season 4 Cast

Mariska HargitayOlivia Benson25 episodes

Ice-TOdafin 'Fin' Tutuola25 episodes

Christopher MeloniElliot Stabler25 episodes

Richard BelzerJohn Munch25 episodes

Dann FlorekDonald Cragen25 episodes

Stephanie MarchAlexandra Cabot25 episodes

BD WongGeorge Huang25 episodes

Frank AnelloNYPD Officer (uncredited)22 episodes

Tamara TunieMelinda Warner18 episodes

Jordan GelberDavid Layton8 episodes

Peter HermannTrevor Langan7 episodes

Daniel SunjataBurt Trevor6 episodes

Sheila TouseyDanielle Larsen6 episodes

Caren BrowningSheila Queen5 episodes

Joel de la FuenteRuben Morales5 episodes

Welly YangGeorgie4 episodes

Judith LightElizabeth Donnelly4 episodes

Tom O'RourkeMark Seligman4 episodes

William H. BurnsUniform Officer4 episodes

Rick JohnsonCourt Officer4 episodes

Illeana DouglasDefense Attorney Gina Bernardo3 episodes

Joanna MerlinLena Petrovsky3 episodes

Robert John BurkeEd Tucker3 episodes

Jill Marie LawrenceCleo Conrad3 episodes

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