Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Created by Emmy Award-winning Producer Dick Wolf, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," now in its 21st season, makes television history as the longest-running primetime live-action series of all time.
- Metascore66
- 1999-2026
- 28 seasons
- NBC
- Suspense, Drama
- TV-14
Created by Emmy Award-winning Producer Dick Wolf, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," now in its 21st season, makes television history as the longest-running primetime live-action series of all time.
Season 2 Episode Guide
21 Episodes 2000 - 2001
Episode 1
Wrong Is Right
Fri, Oct 20, 2000 44 mins
Elliot Stabler picks up his daughter Maureen from the beach. Having noticed that she was talking to a handsome boy, he repeatedly asks her whether the boy is her new boyfriend. On the drive back home, Elliot notices uniformed cops trying to put out a fire and stops to help them. Maureen gets a close look at the burning body of a murder victim, later identified as missile expert Andrew Croft. Maureen continues to have nightmares about the body over the following days, and she soon suffers from insomnia. The detectives of the SVU find out that Croft was working for the secretive weapons manufacturing company Radio Velocity, and that he had personally designed guiding systems for weapons used during the Gulf War in 1991. He had assumed the identity of Croft at that time, but his true identity and past is a matter of secrecy. John Munch uses his contacts in the spook community to learn that Croft was the same person as the convicted child molester named George Kazinsky, who had abused 11 different boys across the United States and Canada. He had been offered immunity in exchange for his work for national security. Croft was living with a legal ward for nearly a decade, an orphaned Belgian boy called Michael Goren. Goren confesses to the murder of Croft, and a number of his friends tell the police that Croft was physically abusing Goren. The police suspect that Croft was sexually abusing his ward, but they can't find anyone willing to testify on the matter. Meanwhile, the new A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot tries to get the confidence of the SVU team by demonstrating her ruthlessness in investigating Croft's contacts within Radio Velocity. Monique Jeffries is punished for her supposedly promiscuous behavior in recent months (after surviving a potentially lethal incident at work), and she is introduced to her replacement Fin Tutuola.
Episode 2
Honor
Fri, Oct 27, 2000 44 mins
The assault of an Afghan diplomat's daughter uncovers clues that may suggest ancient traditions justify "honor killings" when a child goes against time-honored values.
Episode 3
Closure: Part 2
Fri, Nov 3, 2000 43 mins
Stabler and Benson investigate a sexual assault very similar to one they worked a year and a half ago, whose first-known victim now follows her alleged attacker and reports his activities anonymously to the police, and the rapist's wife.
Episode 4
Legacy
Fri, Nov 10, 2000 44 mins
A 7-year-old girl lapses into a coma and the detectives investigate the members of her family to determine who's responsible for the abuse.
Episode 5
Baby Killer
Fri, Nov 17, 2000 43 mins
The tragic shooting death of a young girl leads investigators to a little boy. They soon realize that the gun used has been used in another crime scene.
Episode 6
Noncompliance
Fri, Nov 24, 2000 44 mins
A patient rights controversy come to light when a schizophrenic man refuses to take his medication and becomes a suspect in the stabbing death of a psychiatric doctoral student.
Episode 7
Asunder
Fri, Dec 1, 2000 43 mins
A woman accuses her husband, a cop, of raping her. When Benson and Stabler arrest him, he denies his wife's claims and claims she's unbalanced.
Episode 8
Taken
Fri, Dec 15, 2000 43 mins
When a young female reports a brutal rape during a hotel's grand opening, the police investigates the details of the attack to pin down their suspect, who has a prior conviction for statutory rape.
Episode 9
Pixies
Fri, Jan 12, 2001 43 mins
When an unidentified sixteen-year-old girl is found dead with signs of sexual assault, bruises, healed fractures, and hard callouses on her hands, but wearing expensive jewelry and running shoes, SVU detectives suspect long-term abuse on many levels. However, they soon discover that the murdered girl, Kristy, was a star gymnast in-training with a harsh coach, secretly receiving special attention from an older man who was a major benefactor at her gym, and they realize that this was most likely not the work of a stranger. Further investigation into her life, and death, reveal that this young woman had more than a few astonishing secrets.
Episode 10
Consent
Fri, Jan 19, 2001 43 mins
Benson and Stabler investigate the case of a college girl who is raped during a fraternity party, but who can't remember what happened. The medical investigation reveals a date rape drug in her system, which leaves the detectives with several suspects and accomplices.
Episode 11
Abuse
Fri, Jan 26, 2001 43 mins
Benson and Stabler suspect parental neglect in the death of the son of two famous singers, The detectives fear for their surviving daughter, who has a history of serious injuries, and Benson grows attached to her. Her parents resent Benson attention to their daughter, and they take out a restraining order, which puts Benson's job in jeopardy.
Episode 12
Secrets
Fri, Feb 2, 2001 44 mins
A dedicated inner-city schoolteacher is murdered. Initial indications that the victim lived a quiet and simple life take a turn when pictures of her posing nude are found.
Episode 13
Victims
Fri, Feb 9, 2001 44 mins
Elliot faces personal demons when Cragen asks him to investigate the murder of a convicted rapist that Elliot himself helped to put away.
Episode 14
Paranoia
Fri, Feb 16, 2001 43 mins
SVU investigates the rape and choking of a police sergeant investigating a silent alarm on a warehouse. When the victim recants, and internal affairs ends the investigation, the detectives look at the officers working with the victim.
Episode 15
Countdown
Fri, Feb 23, 2001 43 mins
The Team at SVU has 72 hours to locate a man who has kidnapped, raped, and murdered four young girls. Can they find him before time runs out?
Episode 16
Runaway
Fri, Mar 2, 2001 42 mins
A police officer's daughter runs away and the squad uses the help of a internet journalist to track her down.
Episode 17
Folly
Fri, Mar 23, 2001 43 mins
After several male escorts are assaulted and one murdered the team finds a link to a couple whose sexual fantasy may have turned violent.
Episode 18
Manhunt
Fri, Apr 20, 2001 43 mins
Detectives Munch and Tutuola become increasingly frustrated as they follow a brutal pair of kidnappers who rape and murder their victims; and even when they get their men, they end up in a legal dispute with the Canadian authorities.
Episode 19
Parasites
Fri, Apr 27, 2001 43 mins
After the remains of a woman who was murdered three years earlier are found in a backyard, a composite sketch leads detectives to her identical twin sister.
Episode 20
Pique
Fri, May 4, 2001 44 mins
A brutal rape and murder are connected to a man who through a weird relationship with his mother has a sexual fetish
Episode 21
Scourge
Fri, May 11, 2001 43 mins
When several people including a child are killed, the team tries to find the killer. They catch the man who did it. Cabot wants to throw the book at him despite his erratic behavior. But Huang wants to examine him and he says that the man is sick. And they eventually learn that the insurance company he applied to knew of his condition and that they didn't tell him which would have allowed him the opportunity to be cured.
