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=Season 1 (1999–2000)=
{{Main|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 1)}}
- Robert Palm leaves the show as executive producer.
- Michelle Hurd (Monique Jefferies) appears as a recurring character in episodes 1–13. She is then added to the main cast starting with the 14th episode.
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| EpisodeNumber=1
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title=Payback
| DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
| WrittenBy=Dick Wolf
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|09|20}}
| ProdCode=E0901
| ShortSummary=Two detectives from the NYPD's Special Victims Unit, Olivia Benson and Elliott Stabler, investigate the stabbing and castration of a cab driver, only to learn that the victim had purchased a phony hack license from an inmate 'Victor Spicer' (Matt Skollar) at Rikers Island. Further investigation reveals that the dead man was a Serbian soldier named Stefan Tanzic, who had been indicted on charges of ethnic cleansing. Herself a child of rape, Benson has trouble separating herself from the case after realizing that the victim was a rapist. Stabler tries to keep her from crossing the line in her attempts to protect suspects whom she feels were justified in their actions.
- Special appearance by Angie Harmon as ADA Abbie Carmichael.
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| EpisodeNumber=2
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title=A Single Life
| DirectedBy=Lesli Linka Glatter
| WrittenBy=Miriam Kazdin
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|09|27}}
| ProdCode=E0903
| ShortSummary=When the body of Gretchen Quinn is found wearing only a red slip after having been thrown out of a window, Benson and Stabler soon find out that "Gretchen Quinn" was just an alias. While trying to piece together her life, the detectives are led to the victim's psychiatrist (Dennis Boutsikaris) and a well-known television newscaster (Michael Gaston), both of whom were sleeping with her. It soon comes to light she was a young woman who changed her name and identity after graduating high school, to get away from her sexually abusive father (Paul Hecht).
- Special appearance by Angie Harmon as ADA Abbie Carmichael.
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| EpisodeNumber=3
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title=...Or Just Look Like One
| DirectedBy=Rick Rosenthal
| WrittenBy=Michael R. Perry
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|04}}
| ProdCode=E0907
| ShortSummary=After teen model Jazmin Burgess is beaten, raped, and dumped in front of Roosevelt Hospital, Benson and Stabler investigate to find out why a sixteen-year-old girl was out alone after midnight. High levels of drugs in Jazmin's system lead them to take a look at not only the modelling agency with which Jazmin was signed, but also the photographer (Ritchie Coster) who was supervising her last shoot (and had booted her out because she was "too heavy"). Stabler's disgust with the whole issue is aggravated by his concern that his daughter Maureen, who has been refusing to eat, may be anorexic.
- Special appearances by Jerry Orbach as Det. Lennie Briscoe and Jesse L. Martin as Det. Ed Green.
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| EpisodeNumber=4
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title=Hysteria
| DirectedBy=Richard Dobbs
| WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|11}}
| ProdCode=E0908
| ShortSummary=When a young woman is found dead, she is initially believed to be a prostitute and the latest victim of a serial killer. As they look into her home life, however, Benson and Stabler realize that the victim does not fit the pattern, and may not be connected to the other deaths after all. After Munch's instincts lead the team to believe their suspect is a cop (Joe Lisi), Cragen consults his old friend Det. Lennie Briscoe for help.
- Special appearance by Jerry Orbach as Det. Lennie Briscoe.
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| EpisodeNumber=5
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title=Wanderlust
| DirectedBy=David Jones
| WrittenBy=Wendy West
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|18}}
| ProdCode=E0905
| ShortSummary=After a travel writer (Bruce Barney) is found nude, strangled, and beaten to death with lingerie stuffed down his throat and duct tape over his mouth, Benson and Stabler initially suspect his landlady's (Patricia Richardson's) boyfriend (John Dossett), a convicted child molester. But suspicion soon turns to the landlady and her daughter (Lynn Collins), who seemed far too interested in what their tenant was doing with his time. After learning the daughter had a sexual relationship with the tenant, things take an even stranger turn.
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| EpisodeNumber=6
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title=Sophomore Jinx
| DirectedBy=Clark Johnson
| WrittenBy=John Chambers
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|10|25}}
| ProdCode=E0904
| ShortSummary=After a female student is found raped and murdered at a local college, Benson and Stabler turn their attention to two star players (Sean Squire and Kohl Sudduth) on the school's basketball team. However, the college, unwilling to risk the negative publicity that the investigation could bring to the school and the upcoming championship, blocks their investigation at every turn. But the worst secret actually lies with one of her teachers (Lothaire Bluteau).
- Special appearance by Angie Harmon as ADA Abbie Carmichael.
- Special appearance by Reverend Al Sharpton as himself.
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| EpisodeNumber=7
| EpisodeNumber2=7
| Title=Uncivilized
| DirectedBy=Michael Fields
| WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Robert Palm & Wendy West
Story by: Robert Palm
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|11|15}}
| ProdCode=E0902
| ShortSummary=When a young boy is found murdered, suspicion leads Benson and Stabler to a recently paroled child molester (Stephen Bogardus), who soon becomes a test case for a new and broader application of civil commitment. Although they both hate what the man has done in the past, it is soon obvious to the detectives that the teenagers (Austin Lysy and Ian Reed Kesler) who initially steered them in the man's direction are hiding disturbing secrets of their own.
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| EpisodeNumber=8
| EpisodeNumber2=8
| Title=Stalked
| DirectedBy=Peter Medak
| WrittenBy=Roger Garrett
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|11|22}}
| ProdCode=E0911
| ShortSummary=When the body of an assistant district attorney is found raped and beaten in Central Park, Benson lets her emotions get the best of her as she takes it upon herself to bring the suspected rapist, a local realtor (Bruce Kirkpatrick), to justice. Stabler tries to get the man's business partner to help in the investigation, but Benson may be the one who ends up needing help.
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| EpisodeNumber=9
| EpisodeNumber2=9
| Title=Stocks & Bondage
| DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
| WrittenBy=Michael R. Perry
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|11|29}}
| ProdCode=E0914
| ShortSummary=When a financial analyst and devotee of BDSM is found strangled to death in a leather harness in her bedroom, Benson and Stabler at first suspect either suicide or accidental death from autoerotic asphyxiation. However, the discovery of a large quantity of hidden diamonds leads the detectives into a shadowy world of money laundering and securities fraud.
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| EpisodeNumber=10
| EpisodeNumber2=10
| Title=Closure (Part I)
| DirectedBy=Stephen Wertimer
| WrittenBy=Wendy West
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|1|7}}
| ProdCode=E0915
| ShortSummary=Benson does her best to help a rape victim (Tracy Pollan), who is able to describe her attack, but not the attacker (Neil Maffin) in perfect detail. 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 uncomfortable within the squad when Benson and Cassidy, who spent a night together, argue over whether the relationship should be continued.
- Special appearance by Angie Harmon as ADA Abbie Carmichael.
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| EpisodeNumber=11
| EpisodeNumber2=11
| Title=Bad Blood
| DirectedBy=Michael Fields
| WrittenBy=Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn DeNoon
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|1|14}}
| ProdCode=E0916
| ShortSummary=The death of a young gay man initially leads Benson and Stabler to investigate his homophobic father (Jerry Lanning), 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.
- Special appearance by Angie Harmon as ADA Abbie Carmichael.
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| EpisodeNumber=12
| EpisodeNumber2=12
| Title=Russian Love Poem
| DirectedBy=Rick Rosenthal
| WrittenBy=Eva Nagorski
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|1|21}}
| ProdCode=E0913
| ShortSummary=When Andrew Harlin, a bisexual multi-millionaire, is found murdered in his home, Benson and Stabler turn their suspicion to Harlin's long list of lovers. Evidence at the crime scene leads detectives to a pair of Russian escorts, but before they can get the truth from them, one turns up dead, and the boyfriend (Olek Krupa) of the other confesses to murder.
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| EpisodeNumber=13
| EpisodeNumber2=13
| Title=Disrobed
| DirectedBy=David Platt
| WrittenBy=Janet Tamaro
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|2|4}}
| ProdCode=E0910
| ShortSummary=After a judge is found murdered in his car, the detectives begin looking into his background and learn that he often delivered special verdicts for women in return for sexual favors. The team soon turns its eye to a battered wife (Kathryn Meisle) with a secret. Detective Brian Cassidy transfers to Narcotics feeling unable to cope with the SVU cases.
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| EpisodeNumber=14
| EpisodeNumber2=14
| Title=Limitations
| DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
| WrittenBy=Michael R. Perry
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|2|11}}
| ProdCode=E0919
| ShortSummary= At the request of a victim, the police commissioner comes to Cragen with a special request: close the case of the man who raped three women (Jenny Bacon, Judith Hawkins and Seana Kofoed) nearly five years ago before the statute of limitations expires. The detectives finally get a lead when they realize one of the victims knows the rapist, but she's not willing to talk.
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| EpisodeNumber=15
| EpisodeNumber2=15
| Title=Entitled
| DirectedBy=Ed Sherin
| WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Robert Palm & Wendy West
Story by: Dick Wolf & René Balcer & Robert Palm
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|2|18}}
| ProdCode=E0918
| ShortSummary=After a salesman is murdered, the detectives turn their attention to Stephanie Mulroney (Noelle Beck), the youngest daughter of a well-known family with some deep connections (Jane Alexander). But as they join forces with the officers from the 27th Precinct, they realize that their case is connected with a long-unsolved case that Briscoe once handled years ago with his former partner, Detective Mike Logan.
- This is part one of a two-part episode that concludes on Law & Order.
- Special appearances by Jerry Orbach as Det. Lennie Briscoe, Jesse L. Martin as Det. Ed Green, Sam Waterston as EADA Jack McCoy, Steven Hill as DA Adam Schiff, and Angie Harmon as ADA Abbie Carmichael.
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| EpisodeNumber=16
| EpisodeNumber2=16
| Title=The Third Guy
| DirectedBy=Jud Taylor
| WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|2|25}}
| ProdCode=E0920
| ShortSummary=An elderly woman is found tied up and sexually assaulted in her apartment and suspicion is initially on the young men (Eugene Byrd and Rick Gonzalez) that had broken into her home and robbed her. Once the detectives catch the young men, they learn that there was someone else in the apartment. The offered plea bargain initially doesn't go over well, but they finally reach a deal which leaves the detectives with a new case - whether or not the person who sexually assaulted the woman (Denis O'Hare) was mentally handicapped.
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| EpisodeNumber=17
| EpisodeNumber2=17
| Title=Misleader
| DirectedBy=Richard Dobbs
| WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Nick Kendrick
Story by: Nick Harding & Nick Kendrick
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|3|31}}
| ProdCode=E0912
| ShortSummary=After the pregnant daughter-in-law of a prominent Christian right leader (Robert Foxworth) is found murdered in her hotel room, the detectives investigate a rash of hotel burglaries, only to discover that her adultery (and the probable father of her child) was what led to her death.
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| EpisodeNumber=18
| EpisodeNumber2=18
| Title=Chat Room
| DirectedBy=Richard Dobbs
| WrittenBy=Roger Garrett
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|4|14}}
| ProdCode=E0923
| ShortSummary=When a teenage girl (Paz de la Huerta) comes into the squad room to tell the detectives that she was raped by a man she met on the Internet, the detectives set up a special sting operation. They end up stepping on some highly-placed toes as Munch plays the kid to net the big fish.
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| EpisodeNumber=19
| EpisodeNumber2=19
| Title=Contact
| DirectedBy=Michael Zinberg
| WrittenBy=Robert Palm & Wendy West
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|4|28}}
| ProdCode=E0921
| ShortSummary=After seven young women in a six-month time span are raped by a flash-and-dash assailant (Sal Viscuso) on the city subways, the brass calls in a psychiatrist to help the team get into the head of the perpetrator. When he is caught, all seven victims identify him in a police lineup, but the IDs are suppressed. However, the detectives find that he possesses the driver's license of a new victim (Leonora Gershman) who could put him away.
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| EpisodeNumber=20
| EpisodeNumber2=20
| Title=Remorse
| DirectedBy=Alexander Cassini
| WrittenBy=Michael R. Perry
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|5|5}}
| ProdCode=E0924
| ShortSummary= Television reporter Sarah Logan (Jennifer Esposito) refuses to let her recent rape get her down, and talks about her experiences on the air, leading to the arrest of a young man that the team feels is responsible. Over the course of the investigation, Munch and Jefferies become unusually affected by the case, albeit in different ways.
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| EpisodeNumber=21
| EpisodeNumber2=21
| Title=Nocturne
| DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
| WrittenBy=Wendy West
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|5|12}}
| ProdCode=E0922
| ShortSummary=After a pharmacy turns over some disturbing photos of a young boy, Benson and Stabler arrest a piano teacher (Kent Broadhurst) for child molestation. After the boy claims to have seen other pictures of young boys at the teacher's house, the detectives get a warrant and discover a series of videos that document the life of a young boy named Evan (Wilson Jermaine Heredia). Believing he can make or break their case, the team searches for him, only to realize that his testimony may not help at all because Evan is scarred far more deeply than they realized.
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| EpisodeNumber=22
| EpisodeNumber2=22
| Title=Slaves
| DirectedBy=Ted Kotcheff
| WrittenBy=Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn DeNoon
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|5|19}}
| ProdCode=E0926
| ShortSummary=After a shopkeeper brings a note for help to the squad, the detectives begin trying to locate a young Romanian woman named Ilena (Layla Alexander), who hasn't been seen in months. The squad eventually find her working as a nanny at the home of the Morrows (Andrew McCarthy and Susan Floyd), a successful yuppie couple who harbor a terrible secret. A forensic psychologist analyzes the team, and presents disturbing findings to Cragen, suggesting that one of the detectives be removed from the team immediately.
- Robert Palm leaves the show as executive producer.
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=Season 2 (2000–2001)=
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- Stephanie March (Alexandra Cabot) and Ice-T (Fin Tutuola) join the cast.
- Michelle Hurd (Monique Jeffries) leaves the cast after the episode "Runaway".
- Neal Baer begins taking over as executive producer.
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| EpisodeNumber=23
| Title=Wrong Is Right
| DirectedBy=Ted Kotcheff
| WrittenBy=Jeff Eckerle & David J. Burke
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|10|20}}
| ProdCode=E1403
| ShortSummary=Stabler's daughter, Maureen (Erin Broderick), bears witness to a horrific crime scene: the murder of a man who was set on fire. The internal investigation into the psyches of the SVU detectives yields interesting results. Monique Jeffries is removed from active duty and placed on desk duty and is replaced by Fin Tutuola. Cabot joins the SVU squad as a permanent Assistant District Attorney for the sex crimes unit.
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| EpisodeNumber=24
| Title=Honor
| DirectedBy=Alan Metzger
| WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene & Robert F. Campbell
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|10|27}}
| ProdCode=E1407
| ShortSummary=A woman found in the park shows signs of being viciously assaulted. She is identified as Nafeesa Amir, the daughter of Afghan diplomat Saleh Amir (Marshall Manesh). During the investigation, the detectives learn that Nafeesa and her brother Jaleel (Anil Kumar) were raised according to Taliban traditions in which an "honor killing" is the punishment for disobedience. Although her individuality has been suppressed for her entire life, the SVU squad turns to Aziza Amir (Susham Bedi) for help, hoping that the love she feels for her daughter is stronger.
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| EpisodeNumber2=3
| EpisodeNumber=25
| Title=Closure, Part 2
| DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
| WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Wendy West & Judith McCreary & David J. Burke
Story by: Wendy West
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|11|3}}
| ProdCode=E1409
| ShortSummary=Stabler and Benson investigate a sexual assault very similar to one they worked six months ago. They assume that the prime suspect from the previous case (Neil Maffin) is again responsible. Things turn more complicated when they learn that he is being followed and surveilled by his alleged victim (Tracy Pollan) who is desperate to get her life back.
- Special appearance by Doris Belack as Judge Margaret Barry.
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| EpisodeNumber=26
| Title=Legacy
| DirectedBy=Jud Taylor
| WrittenBy=Jeff Eckerle
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|11|10}}
| ProdCode=E1401
| ShortSummary=An abused seven-year-old girl lies in a deep coma as the detectives investigate members of her dysfunctional family to determine the source of the abuse. After her mother (Jennifer Dundas Lowe), father (Paul Michael Valley), and brother (Adam Zolotin) lie to protect each other, Munch gets emotional because of a similar case that has haunted him for years.
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| EpisodeNumber2=5
| EpisodeNumber=27
| Title=Baby Killer
| DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
| WrittenBy=Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn DeNoon
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|11|17}}
| ProdCode=E1411
| ShortSummary=The tragic shooting death of a young girl leads investigators to a little boy Elias (Nicolas Martí Salgado). Elliot and Olivia interview him with his parents (Sara Ramirez and Robert Montano) as he is one of the youngest murder suspects they have ever questioned. Meanwhile, Alex argues with her co-workers over what punishment would be ethical. Ballistic evidence reveals that Elias picked up the gun after a gang related murder which he must have witnessed. In addition to providing a mitigating circumstance for Elias' case, this allows the detectives to apprehend a wanted criminal (Carlos Leon).
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| EpisodeNumber=28
| Title=Noncompliance
| DirectedBy=Elodie Keene
| WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|11|24}}
| ProdCode=E1417
| ShortSummary=The question of patients' rights surfaces when a schizophrenic man (Kevin Breznahan) refusing to take his medication is a suspect in the stabbing death of a psychology doctoral student. Against the wishes of his mother (Kathleen Chalfant), the court eventually has him medicated.
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| EpisodeNumber=29
| Title=Asunder
| DirectedBy=David Platt
| WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|12|1}}
| ProdCode=E1404
| ShortSummary=The truth behind the alleged rape of a woman (Amy Carlson) by her police officer husband (Nestor Serrano) comes to light when a history of domestic abuse is uncovered. Monique Jeffries leaves the squad and files a discrimination suit against the NYPD.
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| EpisodeNumber=30
| Title=Taken
| DirectedBy=Michael Fields
| WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2000|12|15}}
| ProdCode=E1406
| ShortSummary=The case of a seventeen-year-old rape victim (Jenna Lamia) during the opening festivities of a luxury family friendly hotel takes a strange turn when her immediate family tries to keep the scandal quiet by preparing a lawsuit. Detectives soon realize that the girl isn't as innocent as she pretends to be, especially when an innocent man (Derek Cecil) gets caught up in her scheme. Benson struggles to deal with her mother's death.
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| EpisodeNumber=31
| Title=Pixies
| DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
| WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Tracey Stern
Story by: Clifton Campbell & Jeff Eckerle & Tracey Stern
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|1|12}}
| ProdCode=E1416
| ShortSummary=The investigation of a gymnast's murder involves her strict trainer (Philip Casnoff), a wealthy benefactor (Armand Schultz) and a competitor (Kate Mara).
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| EpisodeNumber2=10
| EpisodeNumber=32
| Title=Consent
| DirectedBy=James Quinn
| WrittenBy=Jeff Eckerle
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|1|19}}
| ProdCode=E1419
| ShortSummary=College girl Kelly D'Leah (Tammy Blanchard) is raped during a frat party, but can't remember anything that happened. The detectives find that she had a date rape drug in her system, leaving the squad with many suspects and accomplices. They ultimately discover that the boy who had sex with Kelly (Zak Orth) was unaware that she had been drugged.
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| EpisodeNumber=33
| Title=Abuse
| DirectedBy=Richard Dobbs
| WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen
Story by: Gwendolyn M. Parker & Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn DeNoon
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|1|26}}
| ProdCode=E1415
| ShortSummary=Stabler and Benson suspect parental neglect may have led to the tragic death of the son (Paul Tiesler) of two famous singers (Christine Andreas), leading them to fear for their little girl Ashley (Hayden Panettiere). Benson realizes that the career-obsessed parents are ignoring Ashley and that her desperate cries for attention have led to a pattern of physical injuries. When Benson pushes the case further, the parents' reaction puts her job in jeopardy.
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| EpisodeNumber=34
| Title=Secrets
| DirectedBy= Arthur W. Forney
| WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Robert F. Campbell & Jonathan Greene
Story by: Wendy West & Robert F. Campbell & Jonathan Greene
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|2|2}}
| ProdCode=E1416
| ShortSummary=A case involving the rape and murder of a teacher hits a snag after the woman's taboo sexual history is exposed by one of her students.
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| EpisodeNumber2=13
| EpisodeNumber=35
| Title=Victims
| DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
| WrittenBy=Nick Kendrick
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|2|9}}
| ProdCode=E1420
| ShortSummary=A former police officer (Eric Roberts), now a community activist, is a suspect in the murders of known sex offenders, all of whom share a certain characteristic that scars their victims for life. One of them (Rosemarie DeWitt) attempts suicide, leaving Stabler in a potentially life-threatening situation.
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| EpisodeNumber=36
| Title=Paranoia
| DirectedBy=Richard Dobbs
| WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene & Robert F. Campbell
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|2|16}}
| ProdCode=E1426
| ShortSummary=The rape of a veteran police officer (Khandi Alexander), who trained Benson, is first linked to her ex-husband's gambling debts and then to her fellow officers.
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| EpisodeNumber2=15
| EpisodeNumber=37
| Title=Countdown
| DirectedBy=Steve Shill
| WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|2|23}}
| ProdCode=E1412
| ShortSummary=The detectives work around the clock to find an abducted girl when clues point to a serial killer (Jonathan Fried) who kills his victims after three days, and follows a very specific pattern: during the three days the man has a "Party Day", a "Picture Day", and finally a "Special Day" on which the victims are raped and murdered. The investigation is assisted by the killer's last victim (Andrea Bowen), who escaped.
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| EpisodeNumber2=16
| EpisodeNumber=38
| Title=Runaway
| DirectedBy=Richard Dobbs
| WrittenBy=Nick Kendrick & David J. Burke
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|3|2}}
| ProdCode=E1405
| ShortSummary=The search for a police officer's runaway daughter (Kelly Karbacz), which leads the detectives through an underground rave culture that caters to wayward teens, is seen through the eyes of the squad room personnel and their interviews with the Internal Affairs division. SVU employs the help of informant Tito Frank (Sean Nelson) and Monique Jeffries who returns in her final appearance to help her former colleagues find the missing girl. Darrell Hammond guest stars as shady lawyer, Ted Bolger.
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| EpisodeNumber2=17
| EpisodeNumber=39
| Title=Folly
| DirectedBy=Jud Taylor
| WrittenBy=Todd Robinson
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|3|23}}
| ProdCode=E1428
| ShortSummary=The beating of a young man (Eddie Cahill) uncovers a dangerous male escort service where the boss (Patricia Kalember) may have reasons for sending her staff on potentially deadly dates.
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| EpisodeNumber2=18
| EpisodeNumber=40
| Title=Manhunt
| DirectedBy=Stephen Wertimer
| WrittenBy=Jeff Eckerle
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|4|20}}
| ProdCode=E1431
| ShortSummary=When the details of a kidnapping reveal similarities with a series of previous rapes and murders, Munch and Fin find themselves tracking down a serial killer (R.E. Rodgers). The killer proves exceedingly clever when he takes advantage of the trust that his partner (Paul Sparks) has in him and exploits Canadian extradition law.
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| EpisodeNumber2=19
| EpisodeNumber=41
| Title=Parasites
| DirectedBy=David Platt
| WrittenBy=Martin Weiss
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|4|27}}
| ProdCode=E1427
| ShortSummary=When the remains of a young woman are found buried in an apartment courtyard with a collar and leash, Detectives Benson and Stabler determine that the dead woman is Ava Parulis (Mili Avital), a Romanian immigrant who was brought to the United States for an arranged marriage. They discover from Ava's estranged twin, Irina (Mili Avital), that the dead woman had left her abusive husband, and made a habit of taking advantage of wealthy suitors, but the investigation twists when the dental record of the remains uncover the dead woman's real identity.
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| EpisodeNumber2=20
| EpisodeNumber=42
| Title=Pique
| DirectedBy=Steve Shill
| WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|5|4}}
| ProdCode=E1422
| ShortSummary=Observed by an FBI psychiatrist, George Huang, the detectives uncover a horrifying motive for the murder of a software company employee by a fired colleague when they learn of the disturbed suspect (Chad Lowe) and his true relationship with his overbearing mother (Margot Kidder).
- Special appearance by Doris Belack as Judge Margaret Barry.
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| EpisodeNumber2=21
| EpisodeNumber=43
| Title=Scourge
| DirectedBy=Alex Zakrzewski
| WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Robert F. Campbell & Jonathan Greene
Story by: Neal Baer
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|5|11}}
| ProdCode=E1432
| ShortSummary=The team searches for a serial killer (Richard Thomas) who justifies his crimes with paranoid religious motivation set on by a rapidly deteriorating medical condition. Even though she knows that he has been driven to kill, his wife (Karen Allen) begs the prosecutors to show leniency because of his condition (Neurosyphilis).
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=Season 3 (2001–2002)=
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| EpisodeNumber=44
| Title=Repression
| DirectedBy=Henry J. Bronchtein
| WrittenBy=Marilyn Osborn
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|09|28}}
| ProdCode=E2310
| ShortSummary=When a therapist (Shirley Knight) helps eighteen-year-old Megan Ramsey (Kelly Hutchinson) recall her childhood molestation by her father (Brian Kerwin), she reports the incest to detectives Benson and Stabler hoping it would spare her younger sisters from suffering the same fate. At first her mother (Amy Irving) does not believe her, but eventually her entire family turns on the father, ignoring his protests that are assisted by the discovery of tainted evidence. The whole fragile family later becomes a suspect when the father is murdered. Eventually it is proven Megan is a virgin and the rape was a false memory planted by her therapist. Megan's sister (Blythe Auffarth) confesses to accidentally killing her father and the police arrest the therapist and charge her with reckless endangerment.
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| EpisodeNumber=45
| Title=Wrath
| DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
| WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|10|5}}
| ProdCode=E2314
| ShortSummary=Three unrelated people, who are connected to Detective Benson's past cases, are found ritualistically murdered. It turns out that the murderer (Justin Kirk) is bent on revenge because he was previously arrested by Benson and spent years in prison for a crime he did not commit. When this is revealed, Benson is distraught with grief and feels that she has failed her most important duty. Despite the threat to her life, she obsesses over the case and sets out to make things right.
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| EpisodeNumber=46
| Title=Stolen
| DirectedBy=James Quinn
| WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene & Robert F. Campbell
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|10|12}}
| ProdCode=E2315
| ShortSummary=When a baby is abducted from her mother (Kerri Green) in a grocery store, Detectives Benson and Stabler are led to Mark Sanford (Bruce Altman), a private adoption lawyer with dubious business practices. The investigation of the adoption service opens up a twelve-year-old case originally handled by Sgt. Max Greevey and Don Cragen involving a twelve year old boy (Ian Cronin) who has been missing since he was a baby after his mother was murdered. Captain Cragen teams up with Munch to solve the case.
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| EpisodeNumber=47
| Title=Rooftop
| DirectedBy=Steve Shill
| WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Robert F. Campbell & Jonathan Greene
Story by: Neal Baer & Robert F. Campbell & Jonathan Greene
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|10|19}}
| ProdCode=E2318
| ShortSummary=A series of rapes, each more violent than the previous, takes place in a community of African-Americans. Detectives Benson and Stabler promptly suspect a known HIV-positive sex offender (Dorian Missick) who was recently released from jail (character partly inspired by real-life sex offender Nushawn Williams), however he dies of an overdose and is found on a rooftop. The attacks continue and Detective Tutuola's childhood friends' daughter is killed. As they find nothing, her brother Rodney Thompson (Todd Williams) accuses the police of limiting the budget put on the case. Only when a fifth victim is killed, do her final moments alongside Thompson's persistence give them what they need to find the killer.
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| EpisodeNumber=48
| Title=Tangled
| DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
| WrittenBy=Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn DeNoon
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|10|26}}
| ProdCode=E2312
| ShortSummary=A known doctor is killed and his wife (Lisa Eichhorn) is raped. Detectives Benson and Stabler question the doctor's estranged and troubled son (Geoffrey Wigdor) from the doctor's previous marriage. They also locate a former patient (John-Lule Montias) who holds a grudge against the doctor. When the rapist then attacks the doctor's former mistress (Liza Weil), the squad realizes that both the wife and the mistress know more than they let on.
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| EpisodeNumber2=6
| EpisodeNumber=49
| Title=Redemption
| DirectedBy=Ted Kotcheff
| WrittenBy=Jeff Eckerle
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|11|2}}
| ProdCode=E2319
| ShortSummary=Detective Stabler is paired with John "Hawk" Hawkins (David Keith), an unstable, "cowboy" cop, much to Benson's chagrin. They try to catch a serial rapist and murderer. Their suspect is a recently released prisoner (Kevin Chamberlin), who was put in jail years ago due to Hawk. Alas, they come to deduce that not only is the predator someone else, but that the former prisoner is innocent of the previous murders, which means that Hawk was responsible for putting an innocent man behind bars.
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| EpisodeNumber2=7
| EpisodeNumber=50
| Title=Sacrifice
| DirectedBy=Lesli Linka Glatter
| WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Javier Grillo-Marxuach & Samantha Howard Corbin
Story by: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|11|9}}
| ProdCode=E2309
| ShortSummary=An unidentified man (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) is found shot and sexually assaulted in an alley outside of a gay bar. Detectives Benson and Stabler learn that the victim and his wife (Elizabeth Banks) have a young daughter (Audrey Twitchell) with cystic fibrosis and that they worked in the porn industry to pay for her medical bills. The lead witness (Kevin Geer), who is a recovering drug addict, angers Fin, causing him to re-think his police role.
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| EpisodeNumber2=8
| EpisodeNumber=51
| Title=Inheritance
| DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
| WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Kathy Ebel & Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
Story by: Kathy Ebel
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|11|16}}
| ProdCode=E2311
| ShortSummary=A young Asian woman (Lynn Chen) is severely beaten and raped at a burglary site. Benson and Stabler initially suspect rival Asian gang members, who are in dispute over the victim's loyalty. This theory is disproven when they find another Asian victim and track down serial rapist Darrell Guan (Marcus Chong). Guan was ostracized throughout his childhood and feels that even his own mother (Wai Ching Ho) did not love him. The case hits close to home for Benson because Guan is also the product of a rape. The trial focuses on the impact of genetic predisposition versus environmental upbringing on the nature of violence.
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| EpisodeNumber2=9
| EpisodeNumber=52
| Title=Care
| DirectedBy=Gloria Muzio
| WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|11|23}}
| ProdCode=E2317
| ShortSummary=A five-year-old girl is found viciously beaten to death in foster care. Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate her complicated family ties. They learn the girl's birth mother (Erika LaVonn) always tried to get back her daughter from the foster mother (Kathleen Wilhoite) and foster grandmother (Piper Laurie). They then investigate her introverted foster brother (Colin Fickes). Captain Cragen manages to reach out to him with the help of a video game.
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| EpisodeNumber2=10
| EpisodeNumber=53
| Title=Ridicule
| DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
| WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2001|12|14}}
| ProdCode=E2316
| ShortSummary=A young wife's body is found after what seems to be an erotic asphyxiation accident. Detectives Benson and Stabler follow her link to a male stripper (Pete Starrett). He reveals their link was that he was recently gang raped by her and her two female lawyer friends, Amelia Chase (Diane Neal) and Pam Adler (Paige Turco) after the three women handcuffed him to a bed during a bachelorette party. ADA Cabot follows People v. Liberta (1984) and sues the women for this non statutory female on male rape. The investigation of one of the women, Pam Adler, then reveals the suicide was in fact a murder, as the victim planned to come clean and expose her fellow rapists.
- Special appearance by Dianne Wiest as DA Nora Lewin
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| EpisodeNumber2=11
| EpisodeNumber=54
| Title=Monogamy
| DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
| WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|1|4}}
| ProdCode=E2323
| ShortSummary=A pregnant woman (Tricia Paoluccio) is attacked and has her fetus ripped from her womb. Detectives Benson and Stabler quickly look for the baby hoping he's still alive. The woman's husband (John Ritter) seems shocked, but it is soon discovered she may have had an affair with a construction worker (Bobby Cannavale). The resulting trial has ADA Alex Cabot trying to argue that the fetus had a right to live without treading into the controversial territory of reproductive rights.
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| EpisodeNumber2=12
| EpisodeNumber=55
| Title=Protection
| DirectedBy=Alex Zakrzewski
| WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene & Robert F. Campbell
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|1|11}}
| ProdCode=E2327
| ShortSummary=A six-year-old boy is abandoned by his mother (Elpidia Carrillo) in an emergency room after having been shot. Detectives Benson and Stabler look for his missing family members in order to find his shooter (Louie Leonardo) while Munch attempts to get through to the boy's ten-year-old brother (Jean-Luke Figueroa). Eventually, it becomes clear that the whole family is in danger.
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| EpisodeNumber2=13
| EpisodeNumber=56
| Title=Prodigy
| DirectedBy=Steve Shill
| WrittenBy=Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn DeNoon
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|01|18}}
| ProdCode=E2326
| ShortSummary=A man and a woman are stabbed during a supposedly romantic park encounter. The woman's head as well as her hands are missing, which makes it difficult for detectives Benson and Stabler to identify the victims. They soon learn that the crime scene was staged and that the woman was an officer of the Manhattan Federation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This leads them to various people from her organization, as well as its opposers, and a young sociopath (Michael Pitt) who had a troubled relationship with the woman. However they soon uncover a more violent suspect (Brian Sullivan) much more close.
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| EpisodeNumber2=14
| EpisodeNumber=57
| Title=Counterfeit
| DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney
| WrittenBy=Amanda Green
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|01|25}}
| ProdCode=E2313
| ShortSummary=A woman's body is found near her car after she was raped. With Munch on crutches, Tutuola is paired with Benson to investigate what the motive was, as well as why was her car's trunk was full of forged drugs. When another woman, Francesca Jesner (Khrystyne Haje) is raped, she claims the rapist was a cop (Michael O'Keefe) who captured her by using a routine traffic stop. Their need to catch the cop escalates when Jesner is captured again.
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| EpisodeNumber2=15
| EpisodeNumber=58
| Title=Execution
| DirectedBy=Alex Zakrzewski
| WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|02|1}}
| ProdCode=E2325
| ShortSummary=In three days, serial killer Matthew Brodus (Nick Chinlund) is to be executed at the New Jersey State Prison. Detective Stabler and Dr. Huang race against time to figure out if he also killed and raped another woman, the confirmation of which will provide closure for her parents (William Hill and Laura Hughes).
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| EpisodeNumber2=16
| EpisodeNumber=59
| Title=Popular
| DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
| WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Stephen Belber
Story by: Kathy Ebel & Stephen Belber
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|03|1}}
| ProdCode=E2329
| ShortSummary=Detective Stabler's wife (Isabel Gillies) tells him that her nurse friend (Laura Duncan) at a local hospital treated a fourteen-year-old rape victim (Brittany Slattery), who refused to report the crime to the police or her family. Stabler decides to investigate her unofficially with the help of Detective Benson. They find out she and her classmates were involved with drugs and alcohol, a fact which troubles her family.
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| EpisodeNumber2=17
| EpisodeNumber=60
| Title=Surveillance
| DirectedBy=Steve Shill
| WrittenBy=Jeff Eckerle
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|03|8}}
| ProdCode=E2328
| ShortSummary=A young cellist, Cassie Germaine (Emily Deschanel) is attacked in her apartment. Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate her orchestra conductor, Robert Prescott (Michael Nader). They learn he was involved with amateur erotic filmmaking, and that her apartment is surrounded with hidden cameras installed by a stalker.
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| EpisodeNumber2=18
| EpisodeNumber=61
| Title=Guilt
| DirectedBy=David Platt
| WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|03|29}}
| ProdCode=E2332
| ShortSummary=ADA Cabot works with a reluctant witness (Bret Harrison) and his mother (Kay Lenz) in a case of child molestation. She goes far beyond the line of duty to find evidence against the abuser (Beau Gravitte). She even sends Detectives Benson and Stabler to illegally search the boy's home and almost ruins the case and all of their careers.
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| EpisodeNumber2=19
| EpisodeNumber=62
| Title=Justice
| DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
| WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|04|5}}
| ProdCode=E2331
| ShortSummary=The stepdaughter of a judge (Keir Dullea) is raped and killed. The judge is known for throwing hard sentences on sex offenders. However, family secrets are revealed when the detectives learn that the girl was a pen-pal with many of the inmates put away by her father.
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| EpisodeNumber2=20
| EpisodeNumber=63
| Title=Greed
| DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
| WrittenBy=Robert F. Campbell & Jonathan Greene
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|04|26}}
| ProdCode=E2330
| ShortSummary=The wife (Mary Beth Hurt) of a business man (Henry Winkler) is found raped and bludgeoned on their kitchen floor. With Munch on jury duty, Fin is paired with Cragen while Benson and Stabler head the investigation. Uncovering similarities with a previous attack, the detectives first suspect a serial rapist. Soon, however, the evidence leads to an elaborate and sinister plot.
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| EpisodeNumber2=21
| EpisodeNumber=64
| Title=Denial
| DirectedBy=Steve Shill
| WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|05|3}}
| ProdCode=E2334
| ShortSummary=A drug addict (Martha Plimpton) is sexually assaulted. In her purse, detectives Benson and Stabler find a decomposing baby's finger. When looking for both her attacker and the baby, they suspect she might be withholding information to protect her mother (Mary Steenburgen) or grandmother (Estelle Parsons). Tutuola tries to help by getting her clean.
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| EpisodeNumber2=22
| EpisodeNumber=65
| Title=Competence
| DirectedBy=Jud Taylor
| WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Jonathan Greene & Robert F. Campbell
Story by: Jeff Eckerle & Jonathan Greene & Robert F. Campbell
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|05|10}}
| ProdCode=E2335
| ShortSummary=A woman (Lois Smith) reports her twenty-two-year-old daughter with Down Syndrome (Andrea Fay Friedman) is pregnant because a rapist (Matt DeCaro) took advantage of her innocence about sex. Detectives Benson and Stabler have to make sure that it is not just her mother being overprotective and in denial of her daughter's sex life. The girl's boyfriend (James Badge Dale) who also has Down Syndrome offer to help raise her baby. ADA Cabot then has to interfere and take on her superior, to settle the mother–daughter dispute on whether the daughter should have an abortion or not.
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| EpisodeNumber2=23
| EpisodeNumber=66
| Title=Silence
| DirectedBy=Steve Shill
| WrittenBy=Patrick Harbinson
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|05|17}}
| ProdCode=E3103
| ShortSummary=A murder takes place in a church. Detectives Benson and Stabler learn that the murderer (Sean Dugan) had been paid off by the church to stop him from reporting how he was sexually abused by a priest as a child. He blames the church for taking away his innocence and accuses a priest from his youth, Father Michael (Eric Stoltz) of molesting him.
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=Season 4 (2002–2003)=
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- BD Wong (George Huang) officially joins the cast.
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| EpisodeNumber2=1
| EpisodeNumber=67
| Title=Chameleon
| DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
| WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|09|27}}
| ProdCode=E3151
| ShortSummary=The detectives go on the trail of a recently paroled rapist responsible for the murder of a sex worker 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 (Sharon Lawrence) through a trail of previously unsolved cases, a spending spree and another victim.
- Special appearance by Dianne Wiest as DA Nora Lewin. This was the character's final appearance in the Law & Order franchise.
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| EpisodeNumber2=2
| EpisodeNumber=68
| Title=Deception
| DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
| WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|10|4}}
| ProdCode=E3105
| ShortSummary=A family portrait painted by a kindergartner (Jennifer Michelle Brown) leads the detectives to investigate her mother for child sexual abuse of her teenage stepson (Jonathan Bennett). When the boy's father (Tom Mason) is found murdered, the focus of the investigation shifts to the boy and his stepmother (Sherilyn Fenn) goes to great lengths to protect him and prevent the detectives from learning the truth.
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| EpisodeNumber2=3
| EpisodeNumber=69
| Title=Vulnerable
| DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
| WrittenBy=Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn DeNoon
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|10|11}}
| ProdCode=E3104
| ShortSummary=When an elderly woman (Jane Powell) breaks into an apartment, the detectives discover she had been mistreated but have to investigate with no credible information from the victim because of Alzheimer's disease. They discover that she had been released from a nursing home to the custody of her financially scheming son (Jay Thomas) who becomes the prime suspect. However, they go back to the nursing home to find a pair of suspects, including the director (Mary Kay Place) who details the dangers faced by both patients and staff with her own heroics precariously standing out.
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| EpisodeNumber=70
| Title=Lust
| DirectedBy=Michael Fields
| WrittenBy=Amanda Green
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|10|18}}
| ProdCode=E3102
| ShortSummary=The wife of a retired attorney (Michael Gross), a public health doctor, 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. The discovery of a second body in Central Park with the same signature shifts the focus to a serial killer; however, the trail leads to a man who has no knowledge of the crimes but has a distant connection to the doctor and her husband.
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| EpisodeNumber2=5
| EpisodeNumber=71
| Title=Disappearing Acts
| DirectedBy=Alex Zakrzewski
| WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|10|25}}
| ProdCode=E3101
| ShortSummary=The detectives respond to a brutal rape only to have the victim (Caprice Benedetti) taken into custody by federal agents on racketeering charges. The investigation leads them to a father-son duo (John Heard and Tom Guiry) who are in the Federal Witness Protection Program and an agent (Pam Grier) who appears bound and determined to protect them, regardless of consequence, so they can testify against the Russian mob.
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| EpisodeNumber2=6
| EpisodeNumber=72
| Title=Angels
| DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney
| WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene & Robert F. Campbell
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|11|1}}
| ProdCode=E3106
| ShortSummary=The body of a battered young boy found in a luggage compartment of an airport shuttle bus sends the detectives to his guardian who was discovered to be a pedophile only to find his corpse in bed with his genitals removed. The subsequent investigation leads them to a travel agency specializing in exotic trips for sexual predators. Stabler is disgusted when he discovers that the man responsible for the murder and castration (Michael Hayden) is himself a child molester who killed a member of his own organization for using more coercion.
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| EpisodeNumber2=7
| EpisodeNumber=73
| Title=Dolls
| DirectedBy=Darnell Martin
| WrittenBy=Amanda Green
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|11|8}}
| ProdCode=E3114
| ShortSummary=When the decomposing body of a sexually molested five-year-old girl is discovered, Benson's and Stabler's investigation leads them to the painful reality that they are searching for a serial child rapist (David Harbour) as they race to save the life of his latest victim. As the mother of the missing girl (Gloria Reuben) frantically awaits news of her daughter's whereabouts, she must reconcile the fact that her own recent bout with addiction may have played a part in her daughter's fate.
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| EpisodeNumber2=8
| EpisodeNumber=74
| Title=Waste
| DirectedBy=Donna Deitch
| WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|11|15}}
| ProdCode=E3111
| ShortSummary=The investigation into the rape of a comatose woman leads to a doctor (Bruce Davison) whose stem cell research is funded by a billionaire (Philip Bosco) with Parkinson's disease who is desperate for a cure. The woman's parents (Henry Woronicz and JoBeth Williams) petition for custody of the child who was intended to be harvested for stem cells, while the defense argues that their experimentation on a patient who will probably never wake up serves the greater good.
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| EpisodeNumber2=9
| EpisodeNumber=75
| Title=Juvenile
| DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
| WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|11|22}}
| ProdCode=E3112
| ShortSummary=A cancer patient who was growing marijuana in her apartment is found raped and murdered, sending the detectives on a hunt for two junior-high students (Shane Lyons and Connor Paolo), each blaming the other. The prosecution team is faced with the dilemma of trying the older boy as an adult, despite evidence that he was not mentally capable of being able to carry out the crimes.
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| EpisodeNumber2=10
| EpisodeNumber=76
| Title=Resilience
| DirectedBy=Joyce Chopra
| WrittenBy=Patrick Harbinson
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2002|12|6}}
| ProdCode=E3113
| ShortSummary=When a fifteen-year-old girl (Rachael Bella) is saved from jumping in front of a train, the SVU is called in to help her. She falsely accuses an ex-boyfriend (Billy Lush) of raping her, but when the search turns to her dysfunctional family, surprise discoveries are made. From an overly helpful father (Titus Welliver), mysterious children and a bracelet that belonged to a murder victim, the detectives unravel a plot by the girl's parents to use children as surrogates.
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| EpisodeNumber2=11
| EpisodeNumber=77
| Title=Damaged
| DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
| WrittenBy=Barbie Kligman
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|1|10}}
| ProdCode=E3109
| ShortSummary=When a six-year-old girl who was critically injured in an apparent robbery gone bad later dies and tests positive for a sexually transmitted disease, detectives investigate the family, the store clerk, and the son (Christopher Denham) of a prominent attorney (Michael Gaston) who had appeared to foil the crime. After evidence turns up that the little girl's older sister (Ari Graynor) was dating the alleged sexual predator, ADA Cabot attempts to eradicate the deal that had been made with the older sister for her testimony.
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| EpisodeNumber2=12
| EpisodeNumber=78
| Title=Risk
| DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
| WrittenBy=Robert F. Campbell & Jonathan Greene
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|1|17}}
| ProdCode=E3115
| ShortSummary=When a baby dies after drinking baby formula found to be laced with cocaine, the detectives clash with Sgt Ed Tucker (Robert John Burke), who has been pursuing a drug syndicate smuggling cocaine in baby formula. Tutuola's experience in the Narcotics Division proves useful and Stabler is sent undercover as a potential dealer. The team is led to one of their own, Detective Greg Kendall (Matt Mulhern), a highly-decorated cop who has gone rogue. However, the operation hits a snag and Stabler is faced with a choice to either kill or be killed.
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| EpisodeNumber2=13
| EpisodeNumber=79
| Title=Rotten
| DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
| WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|1|24}}
| ProdCode=E3119
| ShortSummary=In their investigation of a prisoner's death, Benson and Tutuola learn that he was assaulted before being incarcerated. They subsequently discover several killings of drug dealers in the precinct where the man was arrested, and that two cops (William Mapother and Terry Serpico) from this precinct had a connection to every case.
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| EpisodeNumber2=14
| EpisodeNumber=80
| Title=Mercy
| DirectedBy=David Platt
| WrittenBy=Christos N. Gage & Ruth C. Fletcher
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|1|31}}
| ProdCode=E3118
| ShortSummary=When the body of a baby girl is found inside a cooler, the detectives need to investigate just who she is, and how she got there. They soon learn that the little girl had a genetic disorder known as Tay–Sachs disease that would lead to a painful death in childhood. When the parents (Elizabeth Mitchell and Gregg Edelman) admit to having killed their daughter humanely to spare her that fate, Cabot has to prosecute them for murder, despite reservations. Taking an interest in the case, Detective Munch sits in on the trial.
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| EpisodeNumber2=15
| EpisodeNumber=81
| Title=Pandora
| DirectedBy=Alex Zakrzewski
| WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|2|7}}
| ProdCode=E3120
| ShortSummary=Stabler, with the help of a homicide detective (William McNamara), hunts for a missing fourteen-year-old girl (Alexis Dziena) who may have been abducted by a foreign child pornographer (Lothaire Bluteau). The hunt takes him across the Atlantic to where Interpol is investigating the sex trade in Europe. When customers in New York are discovered, Stabler rescues a girl from the home of a child molester (Stephen Gevedon).
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| EpisodeNumber2=16
| EpisodeNumber=82
| Title=Tortured
| DirectedBy=Steve Shill
| WrittenBy=Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn DeNoon
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|2|14}}
| ProdCode=E3121
| ShortSummary=A Tibetan woman who was tortured in her home country is found murdered, with her foot missing. After an exhaustive search of potential suspects, the killer (Charlie Hofheimer) is found to be a victim of torture at the hands of his mother (Margaret Colin) who tried to use violence to cure him of his shoe fetish.
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| EpisodeNumber2=17
| EpisodeNumber=83
| Title=Privilege
| DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
| WrittenBy=Patrick Harbinson
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|2|21}}
| ProdCode=E3122
| ShortSummary=Detectives Benson and Stabler are called to a crime scene – a young woman dressed in a maid's uniform has apparently committed suicide by jumping off a penthouse; however, because of the degree of sex-related bruising, they believe she might have been raped and murdered. The motive for murder is exposed when the detectives investigate a strange relationship between one of the penthouse occupants (Erik von Detten) and his grandmother (Michael Learned).
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| EpisodeNumber2=18
| EpisodeNumber=84
| Title=Desperate
| DirectedBy=David Platt
| WrittenBy=Amanda Green
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|3|14}}
| ProdCode=E3124
| ShortSummary=After a young boy (Max Jansen Weinstein) witnesses the brutal sexual assault, rape, and murder of his stepmother (Amy Dorris), his biological father (Rob Estes) blocks the efforts of the detectives to question him. The boy is unable to speak due to fear and trauma of his father. The boy's father is the prime suspect in his second wife's murder. Although the court order to compel the boy's testimony succeeds, the judge still orders SVU not to talk to the boy. Since there is not much time before the trial begins, a desperate effort is carried out to put the boy back into contact with his biological mother (Signy Coleman) who disappeared 3 years ago with the help of a support network for victims of domestic violence. After the boy talks to his mother, she gives him courage to reveal the identity of his stepmother's killer.
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| EpisodeNumber2=19
| EpisodeNumber=85
| Title=Appearances
| DirectedBy=Alex Zakrzewski
| WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Stephen Belber
Story by: Liz Friedman & Vanessa Place & Stephen Belber
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|3|28}}
| ProdCode=E3110
| ShortSummary=On a field trip, a student tells his teacher about a suit-case he found. The teacher immediately contacts NYPD to call the bomb squad out. The police find the body of a little girl inside the suit-case. The case is then handed over to Detectives Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson. They discover that the girl was on the beauty pageant circuit. One of the suspects tells the detectives how he came across a way to kill the girl. A pornographer (Brian Kerwin) is put on trial for giving instructions on how to kill via an alleged child porn story on his company's website. The material is found to fall outside the letter of child pornography laws since it consists of images of models that have been digitally altered to appear under age. The implications for freedom of expression prompt Cabot's former mentor to aid the defense.
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| EpisodeNumber2=20
| EpisodeNumber=86
| Title=Dominance
| DirectedBy=Steve Shill
| WrittenBy=Robert F. Campbell & Jonathan Greene
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|4|4}}
| ProdCode=E3123
| ShortSummary=A quadruple homicide with sexual overtones is just the start of an intense rampage of killings that brings a homicide detective into the mix. As the entire squad races against time to prevent further murders, the evidence leads Tutuola to a building superintendent (Frank Langella), his two sons (Ian Somerhalder and Jason Ritter) and a cross to bear.
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| EpisodeNumber2=21
| EpisodeNumber=87
| Title=Fallacy
| DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
| WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Barbie Kligman
Story by: Josh Kotcheff & Barbie Kligman
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|4|18}}
| ProdCode=E3117
| ShortSummary=Benson and Stabler try to prove self-defense when a rape victim (Katherine Moennig) kills her attacker. Events take an unusual turn when they learn that the victim is transgender. The victim's boyfriend (Chad Lindberg) is shocked to learn this and commits suicide. When the woman's lifelong anguish is detailed in court, Cabot begins to feel guilty about sending her to prison (which would be a male prison for a pre-op transgender woman).
- Special appearance by Fred Thompson as DA Arthur Branch.
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| EpisodeNumber2=22
| EpisodeNumber=88
| Title=Futility
| DirectedBy=Alex Zakrzewski
| WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|4|25}}
| ProdCode=E3125
| ShortSummary=After arresting a man (Fred Savage) accused of raping several neighborhood women, Detectives Benson and Stabler attempt to obtain an indictment for their suspect with the help of a key eyewitness - his last victim (Myndy Crist). However, the suspect's decision to handle his own defense casts some doubt over the trial's outcome as he proves to be a formidable opponent for ADA Cabot.
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| EpisodeNumber2=23
| EpisodeNumber=89
| Title=Grief
| DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
| WrittenBy=Adisa Iwa
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|5|2}}
| ProdCode=E3116
| ShortSummary=A waitress is found dead outside of a bar. Her death is ruled a suicide because the victim's boss (Paul Leyden) continually raped her and drove her into depression. When the victim's father (Joe Morton) becomes too close to Stabler, the victim's father snaps and vows revenge against his daughter's rapist.
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| EpisodeNumber2=24
| EpisodeNumber=90
| Title=Perfect
| DirectedBy=Rick Wallace
| WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene & Robert F. Campbell
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|5|9}}
| ProdCode=E3126
| ShortSummary=A murdered fourteen-year-old girl leads the detectives to a prominent physician (Gale Harold) who specialises in reproductive therapy. In order to fund his research into human cloning, he has set up shelters around New York for troubled teenage girls. When they discover a missing girl (Kimberly J. Brown) in one of them, the SVU learns that the shelters actually indoctrinate the girls into a cult with the purpose of impregnating them. The doctor's own children are sold to naive couples unable to conceive who think that their own DNA has been used to produce a cloned baby. With many subordinates taking the fall, Cabot is unable to prosecute the doctor until the missing girl's shelter leader (Barbara Barrie) comes forward with the truth.
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| EpisodeNumber2=25
| EpisodeNumber=91
| Title=Soulless
| DirectedBy=Chad Lowe
| WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|5|16}}
| ProdCode=E3127
| ShortSummary=A rape victim, Chloe Dutton (Peyton List), is brought into the hospital one night with a bar stamp on her hand, and when Benson tries to interview her, she insists that she wasn't raped after all and that she was drunk. A short time later, the nurse announces that the rapist snatched Chloe from the hospital. Chloe is later found deceased and one of the suspects involved in her death (Logan Marshall-Green) turns out to be a sociopath with a history of murder.
- Inspired by the Jesse Pomeroy case.
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=Season 5 (2003–2004)=
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- Stephanie March (ADA Alexandra Cabot) leaves the cast after the episode "Loss". Her character is "killed off" and put into the Witness Protection Program. March (Cabot) is replaced by Diane Neal as ADA Casey Novak in the episode "Serendipity".
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|EpisodeNumber=92
|Title=Tragedy
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|9|23}}
|ProdCode=E4403
|ShortSummary=A high-risk pregnant woman (Karen Goberman) is kidnapped when approaching her due date. Multiple suspects are revealed when they learn that the father (Gabriel Olds) is seeing a new girlfriend (Kellie Martin) and that her mother (Shirley Knight) is determined to make sure the relationship lasts.
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|EpisodeNumber=93
|Title=Manic
|DirectedBy=Guy Norman Bee
|WrittenBy=Patrick Harbinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|9|30}}
|ProdCode=E4401
|ShortSummary=Detectives Benson and Stabler learn that an alleged victim (Rory Culkin) of a school shooting that claimed two lives, was in fact the perpetrator. After learning about the boy's psychiatric problems from his mother (Mare Winningham), the squad realizes that a major pharmaceutical company is also responsible.
- Special appearance by Fred Thompson as DA Arthur Branch.
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|EpisodeNumber=94
|Title=Mother
|DirectedBy=Ted Kotcheff
|WrittenBy=Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|7}}
|ProdCode=E4404
|ShortSummary=A psychiatrist (Susanna Thompson) is almost fatally attacked - possibly by her patient, but she refuses to reveal information due to doctor-patient confidentiality. Two patients become suspects. One is a recently released serial rapist who is later cleared. The other is a college student (Jon Abrahams) who suffers from fugue states. His hyper-concerned sister (Sherri Parker Lee) gives clues to his traumatized emotional state. Eventually, Detectives Benson and Stabler find a link between the attack, childhood abuse, and an unsolved fire.
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|EpisodeNumber=95
|Title=Loss
|DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
|WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|14}}
|ProdCode=E4402
|ShortSummary=Alex Cabot gets in over her head while prosecuting the rape and murder of an undercover federal agent. With the help of a confidential informant (Josh Hopkins), the detectives learn that the killer is Rafael Zapata Gaviria (Jacinto Taras Riddick), a powerful drug dealer working for the notorious international drug lord, Cesar Velez. When she refuses to back down, the cartel threatens to kill Cabot and her family, driving her into witness protection.
- Special appearance by Fred Thompson as DA Arthur Branch.
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|EpisodeNumber=96
|Title=Serendipity
|DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|21}}
|ProdCode=E4408
|ShortSummary=A male dermatologist (Martin Donovan) is suspected of murdering a baby and her mother. When he agrees to a paternity test, the detectives are surprised to learn that it matches the DNA of a serial child molester who applied honey to his penis. Detectives Benson and Stabler soon find out about a victim (Jolie Peters) who remembers the abuse. The new ADA, Casey Novak, has difficulty accepting the nature of the crime and asks to be reassigned.
- Special appearance by Fred Thompson as DA Arthur Branch.
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|EpisodeNumber2=6
|EpisodeNumber=97
|Title=Coerced
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|10|28}}
|ProdCode=E4409
|ShortSummary=A homeless and schizophrenic man (Leland Orser), desperate to see his son (Spencer List), kidnaps a different boy (Dylan Bluestone) from his bed at night. After being attacked by the man, Detective Stabler begins to contemplate the factors that caused him to snap. This investigation exposes further crimes at an adult group home.
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|EpisodeNumber2=7
|EpisodeNumber=98
|Title=Choice
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Patrick Harbinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|4}}
|ProdCode=E4411
|ShortSummary=A man (Rick Aiello) is arrested for attacking his pregnant wife (Josie Bissett) in protest of her drinking during pregnancy. Detective Benson finds out that she also overindulged in alcohol while pregnant with an earlier child (Katherine Roberts). The wife is taken to family court by her husband, who accuses her of endangering the fetus by putting it at risk of developing fetal alcohol syndrome.
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|EpisodeNumber2=8
|EpisodeNumber=99
|Title=Abomination
|DirectedBy=Alex Zakrzewski
|WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|11}}
|ProdCode=E4410
|ShortSummary=The homosexual poster-boy of a sexual re-education group is found murdered. After a local fundamentalist is cleared, the detectives turn their attention to the victim's thesis about the failure of sexual re-education groups. An opposing professor (George Segal) is found who has a dysfunctional relationship with his son (Jonathan Tucker).
- Inspired by Fred Phelps and his protests.
- Special appearance by Fred Thompson as DA Arthur Branch.
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|EpisodeNumber2=9
|EpisodeNumber=100
|Title=Control
|DirectedBy=Ted Kotcheff
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Neal Baer
Story by: Dick Wolf
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|18}}
|ProdCode=E4413
|ShortSummary=Detectives Benson and Stabler question a witness (Mickey Hargitay) who saw a mutilated man (Austin Pendleton) stumbling through a subway station. The victim soon becomes a suspect when they learn that he used to abduct women, make them his "brides" and force them to live in his dungeon. However, before the man can be arrested, the mother (Jacqueline Bisset) of one of his former victims (Samantha Mathis) manages to kill him. The victim claims to have reported the crime four years earlier and took the law into her own hands because Detective Benson did not believe her.
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|EpisodeNumber2=10
|EpisodeNumber=101
|Title=Shaken
|DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|11|25}}
|ProdCode=E4414
|ShortSummary=When a missing infant is found showing signs of brain damage, Detective Stabler and Captain Cragen suspect that she was beaten by a pedophile. However, they soon learn the baby suffered from shaken baby syndrome, which leads them to suspect the mother (Cynthia Ettinger), the nannies (Olga Merediz and Nicole Leach), and the mother's boyfriend (Richard Shoberg). When the infant later lapses into a coma, Detective Stabler begs the mother to put aside any fears of the charges she may face and do the right thing.
- Special appearance by Fred Thompson as DA Arthur Branch.
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|EpisodeNumber2=11
|EpisodeNumber=102
|Title=Escape
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Barbie Kligman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2003|12|2}}
|ProdCode=E4415
|ShortSummary=When a convicted sex offender (Stephen Lang) breaks out from a Virginia prison, the detectives fear that he is heading for New York City to seek out his former victim (Milo Ventimiglia). Olivia teams up with a Deputy Marshal (Craig Bierko) from her past to find out the real reason for the convict's visit.
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|EpisodeNumber2=12
|EpisodeNumber=103
|Title=Brotherhood
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=José Molina
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|1|6}}
|ProdCode=E4412
|ShortSummary=A local fraternity pledge master (Michael McDerman) is sodomized and murdered. The detectives link the crime to a pornographic website that features college girls at a local bar. The detectives discover that one of the fraternity brothers was ostracized and allegedly raped and uncover more grisly details of the various hazing rituals. A conflict of interest presents itself in court when the sadistic ring leader (Toby Moore) is represented by the father (Gary Cole) of the deceased. The investigation also hits another hurdle as the brothers refuse to talk.
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|EpisodeNumber2=13
|EpisodeNumber=104
|Title=Hate
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Robert Nathan
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|1|13}}
|ProdCode=E4416
|ShortSummary=The team find themselves threading on a thin line when a man (Reynaldo Rosales) murders two Arabs (plus a third while in custody) and claims his genes and biology enforced the hatred and violence in him. However, Detectives Benson and Stabler discover a different reason for his Islamophobia and are determined to discredit his claims of genetic predisposition to violence.
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|EpisodeNumber2=14
|EpisodeNumber=105
|Title=Ritual
|DirectedBy=Ed Bianchi
|WrittenBy=Ruth Fletcher Gage & Christos N. Gage
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|2|3}}
|ProdCode=E4406
|ShortSummary=A young boy is killed in a ritualistic manner which Fin identifies as that of Santeria and the detectives question the leader (Barry Shabaka Henley) of a local chapter. Their attention turns elsewhere, however when they learn that the victim was one of many slave children smuggled from Nigeria.
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|EpisodeNumber2=15
|EpisodeNumber=106
|Title=Families
|DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|2|10}}
|ProdCode=E4419
|ShortSummary=When a pregnant teenager (Jenna Gavigan) is murdered, detectives learn that she was involved with a boyfriend (Patrick Flueger) whom his parents (Tom Mason and Jane Seymour) forbade her from seeing. When the squad investigates the boyfriend's parents, the victim's mother (Helen Slater), and younger brother (Spencer Treat Clark), they learn about a deep family secret.
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|EpisodeNumber2=16
|EpisodeNumber=107
|Title=Home
|DirectedBy=Rick Wallace
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|2|17}}
|ProdCode=E4420
|ShortSummary=A young boy (Jesse Schwartz) found digging through garbage cans leads to a paranoid, overprotective mother (Diane Venora). The case takes a twist when the boy is later found dead and his older brother (Joseph Cross) confesses to shooting him.
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|EpisodeNumber2=17
|EpisodeNumber=108
|Title=Mean
|DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
|WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|2|24}}
|ProdCode=E4421
|ShortSummary=A sociopathic bully (Kelli Garner) in a private high school tortures and murders her own friend. Her other two closest friends (Arielle Kebbel and Kimberly McConnell) appear to protect her throughout the investigation. However, the detectives learn that they are also accessories to the murder who are protecting themselves. Olivia identifies with an overweight girl (Lindsay Hollister) who has been bullied by the four girls for years.
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|EpisodeNumber2=18
|EpisodeNumber=109
|Title=Careless
|DirectedBy=Steve Shill
|WrittenBy=Patrick Harbinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|3|2}}
|ProdCode=E4422
|ShortSummary=When a young boy (Steven G. Smith II) dies due to a religious ritual gone awry, Fin and Munch unravel a mysterious pattern of violence, abuse and murder within one foster care family (Cress Williams and Malinda Williams). The social worker (Julie Hagerty) faces charges for failing to protect the child, even though it is really the overcrowded system that failed both of them.
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|EpisodeNumber2=19
|EpisodeNumber=110
|Title=Sick
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|3|30}}
|ProdCode=E4423
|Viewers=15.55{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: from 03/29/04 THROUGH 04/04/04
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=040604_07|accessdate=March 7, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=April 7, 2004}}
|ShortSummary=A rewarding non-disclosure agreement causes two parents (James Colby and Jennifer Van Dyck) to refuse to have their child (Shane Haboucha) questioned about a suspected child molester (Will Keenan). It is also revealed that in hopes of getting millions worth of settlement, a grandmother (Cindy Williams) decides to seek out the same man and falsely accuse him of similar crimes against her granddaughter (Madeleine Martin), using clips she found in the paper.
- Based upon the Michael Jackson sex abuse allegations.
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|EpisodeNumber2=20
|EpisodeNumber=111
|Title=Lowdown
|DirectedBy=Jud Taylor
|WrittenBy=Robert Nathan
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|6}}
|ProdCode=E4424
|ShortSummary=A prosecutor (Dean Strange) is found dead with HIV in his system. Suspicion points to another attorney (Michael Beach) who was secretly in a sexual relationship with his co-worker. Casey Novak puts her job on the line and involves the suspect's wife (Bethany Butler) to get a confession.
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|EpisodeNumber2=21
|EpisodeNumber=112
|Title=Criminal
|DirectedBy=Alex Zakrzewski
|WrittenBy=José Molina
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|20}}
|ProdCode=E4425
|Viewers=12.82{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 04/19/04 THROUGH 04/25/04
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=042704_03|accessdate=March 7, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=April 27, 2004}}
|ShortSummary=A criminology professor (James McDaniel), who served a sentence for killing a woman when he was 19, is among the suspects in a graduate student's rape and murder. His daughter (Zoe Saldana) says he is a good man, but Captain Cragen, the arresting officer in the original crime, refuses to believe that he has been rehabilitated. After a false conviction, the SVU realizes that the real perpetrator is another student (Joe Towne) who killed out of jealousy.
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|EpisodeNumber2=22
|EpisodeNumber=113
|Title=Painless
|DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|4|27}}
|ProdCode=E4426
|Viewers=12.78{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 04/26/04 THROUGH 05/02/04
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=050404_0|accessdate=March 7, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=May 4, 2004}}
|ShortSummary=A defense lawyer (John Cullum) challenges the assisted-suicide law in a case involving a hearing-impaired embryologist (Marlee Matlin), whose website encouraged a woman (Karen Young) to kill herself. The suicide survivor claims she was raped, and later commits suicide by medicine. Munch takes a particular interest to the case, which is revealed to be for personal reasons.
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|EpisodeNumber2=23
|EpisodeNumber=114
|Title=Bound
|DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
|WrittenBy=Barbie Kligman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|5|4}}
|ProdCode=E4427
|Viewers=13.04{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 05/03/04 THROUGH 05/09/04|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=051104_04|accessdate=March 7, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=May 11, 2004}}
|ShortSummary=An elderly woman's strangulation leads to a case involving mass murders in a home-nursing company owned by a brother (Anthony Rapp) and nursed by his sister (Jane Krakowski).
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|EpisodeNumber2=24
|EpisodeNumber=115
|Title=Poison
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|5|11}}
|ProdCode=E4428
|Viewers=12.28{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 05/10/04 THROUGH 05/16/04 |url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=051804_09 |accessdate=March 7, 2012 |newspaper=ABC Medianet |date=May 18, 2004 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707093810/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=051804_09 |archivedate=July 7, 2011 }}
|ShortSummary=A four-year-old girl passes out and is hospitalized after having a huge amount of detergent in her stomach. Her seven-year-old sister (Sloane Momsen) reveals that their mother (Cynthia Gibb) forced the child to drink it, but a judge (Tom Skerritt) disqualifies the sister's testimony. Novak and Clark (Marlo Thomas) investigate the judge due to his prior mishandling of an earlier child abuse case, in which he falsely jailed a woman (Lecy Goranson).
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|EpisodeNumber2=25
|EpisodeNumber=116
|Title=Head
|DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
|WrittenBy=Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|5|18}}
|ProdCode=E4418
|Viewers=18.36{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: 05/17/04 THROUGH 05/23/04|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=052504_07|accessdate=March 7, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=May 25, 2004}}
|ShortSummary=A man (James Urbaniak) is investigated for hiding a video camera in a public restroom for sexual pleasure. To escape trial, he reveals an incriminating clip. In the clip, a middle school female principal (Stacy Edwards) commits statutory rape with her male student (Jake Weary) in a public restroom.
- Inspired by a real story about a sex offender male teacher in Virginia, who had an egg-sized tumor in the right lobe of the orbifrontal cortex. Once it was removed, he stopped his harassments. Once it grew back, he became a sex offender until it was removed again.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2345971.stm | work=BBC News | title=Brain tumour 'caused paedophilia' | date=October 21, 2002}}http://www.google.com/search?q=virginia+brain+removed+%22orbifrontal+cortex%22
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=Season 6 (2004–2005)=
{{Main|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 6)}}
- Stephanie March returns to reprise her role as ADA Alexandra Cabot for one episode ("Ghost"). Her character was a regular on SVU for seasons 2–5.
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|EpisodeNumber2=1
|EpisodeNumber=117
|Title=Birthright
|DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|9|21}}
|ProdCode=E5201
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|ShortSummary=The SVU detectives investigate the attempted kidnapping of a six-year-old girl (Abigail Breslin). The man behind the attempt (Ned Bellamy) is revealed to be a private investigator hired by a woman (Lea Thompson) who is convinced that she is the girl's biological mother. This claim uncovers a fertility doctor (David Forsyth) with a scheme to steal embryos and give them to different parents, prompting a custody battle between the egg donor mother and the birthparents (Beau Gravitte and Camilla Scott).
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|EpisodeNumber2=2
|EpisodeNumber=118
|Title=Debt
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|9|28}}
|ProdCode=E5203
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|ShortSummary=A child abandonment incident prompts Benson and Stabler to investigate the disappearance of a mother. They learn from her sister (Ming-Na Wen) that she made a deal with human traffickers to have her teenage daughter (Jenny Wong) smuggled to New York from China. It is revealed that the teenage immigrant has been forced into prostitution and her life is subsequently used as a bargaining chip by the gangsters to avoid prosecution. When the squad captures the gang's leader (Jack Yang), Detective Stabler is able to get help from one of his junior members (Aaron Yoo) by convincing him that the bright future he was promised is a lie. After arresting a corrupt immigration attorney (Loren Dean), the NYPD finally learns where the captive women are being held. Detective Stabler arrives just in time to keep the promise he made.
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|EpisodeNumber2=3
|EpisodeNumber=119
|Title=Obscene
|DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
|WrittenBy=José Molina
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|10|12}}
|ProdCode=E5205
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|accessdate=March 11, 2012
|newspaper=ABC Medianet
|date=October 19, 2004
|url-status=dead
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|ShortSummary=A teenage actress (Maggie Grace) is raped while sleeping in her trailer. The producer (Nestor Serrano) of the show, which features sexually suggestive content, suspects that the rape was orchestrated as part of a media decency campaign led by a protective mother (Dana Delany). The SVU discovers that it was her son (Ricky Ullman) who committed the rape because he thought it would impress a radio shock jock (Lewis Black). This leads to two trials focusing on the influence and power of entertainment media.
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|EpisodeNumber2=4
|EpisodeNumber=120
|Title=Scavenger
|DirectedBy=Daniel Sackheim
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|10|19}}
|ProdCode=E5207
|Aux4=12.62{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 10/18/04 THROUGH 10/24/04
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|ShortSummary=The SVU squad races against the clock to solve the puzzles and uncover the clues scattered throughout the city by a taunting copycat serial killer (Doug Hutchison). With the help of his mother (Anne Meara), the squad is able to save a survivor of the original crimes (Elizabeth Franz).
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|EpisodeNumber2=5
|EpisodeNumber=121
|Title=Outcry
|DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
|WrittenBy=Patrick Harbinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|10|26}}
|ProdCode=E5202
|Aux4=13.01{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 10/25/04 THROUGH 10/31/04
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=110204_05|accessdate=March 11, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=November 2, 2004}}
|ShortSummary=A missing high school student (Amanda Seyfried) is found at a construction site, claiming that she was raped by several men in uniform. In what becomes an increasingly fraught investigation, Benson and Stabler have to deal not only with the media frenzy surrounding the case, but also with the girl's changing account of the events.
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|EpisodeNumber2=6
|EpisodeNumber=122
|Title=Conscience
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Roger Wolfson & Robert Nathan
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|11|9}}
|ProdCode=E5208
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|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 11/08/04 THROUGH 11/14/04
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|newspaper=ABC Medianet
|date=November 16, 2004
|url-status=dead
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|ShortSummary=The five-year-old son (Michael and Max Illes) of a psychiatrist (Kyle MacLachlan) disappears from a birthday party, and is later found dead by the police. As the detectives investigate, the pool of suspects gradually shrinks, until the evidence eventually points in an unexpected direction (Jordan Garrett).
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|EpisodeNumber2=7
|EpisodeNumber=123
|Title=Charisma
|DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney
|WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|11|16}}
|ProdCode=E5206
|Aux4=16.38{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 11/15/04 THROUGH 11/21/04
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=112304_07|accessdate=March 11, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=November 23, 2004}}
|ShortSummary=The investigation of an impregnated twelve-year-old girl (Holliston Coleman) leads to a charismatic cult leader (Jeff Kober), who turns on his own followers and escapes as the detectives attempt to search his premises. Tracking him down proves difficult as the people with strong ties to him, including the girl's mother (Shannon Cochran), have been brainwashed. Due to unusual circumstances in the squadroom, Benson teams up with Munch in the ensuing manhunt.
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|EpisodeNumber2=8
|EpisodeNumber=124
|Title=Doubt
|DirectedBy=Ted Kotcheff
|WrittenBy=Marjorie David
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|11|23}}
|ProdCode=E5209
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|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=113004_10|accessdate=March 11, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=November 30, 2004}}
|ShortSummary=When a college student (Shannyn Sossamon) claims rape and her professor (Billy Campbell) claims it was consensual sex, Stabler and Benson find themselves in the middle of a "he said, she said" battle. The argument indirectly reveals that Stabler has become separated from his wife. Stabler initially believes the professor but changes his mind when he sees him manipulate his daughter (Carolyn Miller). Benson initially believes the student but changes her mind when she stages a suicide attempt to gain sympathy. Unsure of where blame lies, they make their way to the courtroom to hear the jury's verdict.
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|EpisodeNumber2=9
|EpisodeNumber=125
|Title=Weak
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|11|30}}
|ProdCode=E5213
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|ShortSummary=In their investigation of a serial rapist, the detectives enlist the help of a former cop turned psychiatrist (Mary Stuart Masterson) in order to reach out to a paranoid schizophrenic (Amanda Plummer), who remembers being attacked by the perpetrator but is unable to express her account of it.
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|EpisodeNumber2=10
|EpisodeNumber=126
|Title=Haunted
|DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2004|12|7}}
|ProdCode=E5212
|Aux4=13.50{{cite news
|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS REPORT: FROM 12/06/04 THROUGH 12/12/04
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=121404_08
|accessdate=March 11, 2012
|newspaper=ABC Medianet
|date=December 14, 2004
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221204028/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=121404_08
|archivedate=December 21, 2008
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|ShortSummary=In the aftermath of a bodega robbery, Detective Tutuola's past as a narcotics officer catches up with him when a grief-stricken mother (Jeanetta Arnette) blames him for her estranged daughter's spiralling drug abuse. Fin teams up with a young narcotics detective (Nicholas Gonzalez) and sets out to make things right.
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|EpisodeNumber2=11
|EpisodeNumber=127
|Title=Contagious
|DirectedBy=Aaron Lipstadt
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|1|11}}
|ProdCode=E5214
|Aux4=15.94{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 01/10/05 THROUGH 01/16/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=011905_07|accessdate=March 11, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=January 19, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=A medical exam of a nine-year-old girl (Jennette McCurdy) who survived a car accident with her parents reveals that she was a victim of sexual abuse. Out of fear and desperation, she ends up blaming the wrong suspect (Daniel Hugh Kelly), leading to a rash of false accusations against him by other girls. However the SVU finds out she was actually victimized by someone who acted like a witness (Zach Gilford).
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|EpisodeNumber2=12
|EpisodeNumber=128
|Title=Identity
|DirectedBy=Rick Wallace
|WrittenBy=Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|1|18}}
|ProdCode=E5215
|Aux4=15.34{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 01/17/05 THROUGH 01/23/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=012505_07|accessdate=March 11, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=January 25, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=Complications ensue in the investigation of a gangbanger who fell off a building after the victim that he tried to rape bit him in self-defense. When Detectives Benson and Stabler are sure that they have found the victim (Reiley McClendon), his twin sister (Reiley McClendon) admits to biting the gangbanger even though the bite came from someone who was chromosomally male. The twins are shocked at the revelation that their parents (John Bolger and Hillary Bailey Smith) tried to raise one of them as a girl after a botched circumcision. Investigation reveals more regarding the ulterior motive of a doctor (Peter Firth) to prove that nurture supersedes nature.
- Partially inspired by the case of David Reimer.{{cite web|url=http://www.circumstitions.com/TVSitcomsA-M.html|title=Treatment of Circumcision on TV|accessdate=2009-02-01}}
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|EpisodeNumber2=13
|EpisodeNumber=129
|Title=Quarry
|DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
|WrittenBy=José Molina
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|1|25}}
|ProdCode=E5217
|Aux4=14.19{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 01/24/05 THROUGH 01/30/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=020105_07|accessdate=March 11, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=February 1, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=The body of a seven-year-old child reported missing in 1980 is found and Benson and the squad begins to investigate convicted serial killer Lucas Biggs (John Savage) who is on death row in Virginia. While Biggs can detail every child he ever molested, he swears he has no memory of this one. Benson soon learns that the boy was killed by one of Biggs' former victims (Terry Serpico) who, unbeknownst to his wife (Angelica Torn), lives a secret life as a child molester passing on the abusive habits he learned. Someone kills the suspect before he can be picked up. When a man (Michael Shannon) confesses to picking off a rapist, Benson needs to decide whether he committed the crime or whether he confessed out of trauma and shame.
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|EpisodeNumber2=14
|EpisodeNumber=130
|Title=Game
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Patrick Harbinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|2|8}}
|ProdCode=E5216
|Aux4=14.18{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 02/07/05 THROUGH 02/13/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=021505_06|accessdate=March 11, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=February 15, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=A rape / murder preceded by a vehicular assault against the victim is discovered to be a recreation of a violent video game called Intensity. Interviewing the game's creators leads the detectives to a former employee (Matthew Faber), who then leads them to a teenage couple (Seth Gabel and Trisha LaFache) who claim to be unable to distinguish fantasy from reality.
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|EpisodeNumber2=15
|EpisodeNumber=131
|Title=Hooked
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Joshua Kotcheff
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|2|15}}
|ProdCode=E5211
|Aux4=13.76{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 02/14/05 THROUGH 02/20/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=022305_08|accessdate=March 11, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=February 23, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=When the body of a teenager (Janae Kram) is found with an ID belonging to her older cousin (Jessica Dunphy), Benson and Stabler learn that she and her best friend (Hayden Panettiere) were sexually promiscuous. They later learn that she was an HIV-positive prostitute working for a porn director (Matt Malloy), and the object of an older man's obsession.
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|EpisodeNumber2=16
|EpisodeNumber=132
|Title=Ghost
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|2|22}}
|ProdCode=E5218
|Aux4=14.03{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 02/21/05 THROUGH 02/27/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=030105_08|accessdate=March 11, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=March 1, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=A series of drug-related hits leads the detectives back to the notorious drug lord Cesar Velez. The detectives are left with one survivor (Reymond Wittman), a scared child whom the drug lords are trying to finish off. The gun used in the murders is linked to Liam Connors (Brían F. O'Byrne), one of Velez's top agents. Connors has a strong defense which almost gets him acquitted until Benson and Stabler arrest him for trying to kill ADA Alexandra Cabot a year earlier. Alex returns from witness protection to assist with the case.
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|EpisodeNumber2=17
|EpisodeNumber=133
|Title=Rage
|DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
|WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|3|1}}
|ProdCode=E5219
|Aux4=12.29{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 02/28/05 THROUGH 03/06/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=030805_06|accessdate=March 11, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=March 8, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=The discovery of a body leads to a man (Matthew Modine) arrested by Stabler fourteen years ago. Stabler swears that he will not let him get away with rape and murder for a second time. The squad can only hold him for twenty-four hours, but after a visceral interrogation are able to glean enough information during that time period to have a place to start. Cragen and Benson both worry that Stabler will let his hatred for the suspected child molester interfere with his ability to do his job.
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|EpisodeNumber2=18
|EpisodeNumber=134
|Title=Pure
|DirectedBy=Aaron Lipstadt
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|3|8}}
|ProdCode=E5220
|Aux4=14.73{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 03/07/05 THROUGH 03/13/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=031505_04|accessdate=March 11, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=March 15, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=An eighteen-year-old girl (Molly Bea Spears) is abducted by a rapist, causing her family (Marianne Hagan and Taylor Spreitler) to offer a substantial reward for her safe return. A self-proclaimed psychic (Martin Short) comes forward claiming to have information and the girl is found dead shortly thereafter. Stabler refuses to believe that the man in the squadroom is a real psychic. As he drops hints and plays calculating mind games, it becomes increasingly apparent that either he or his wife (Mary Mara) is involved.
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|EpisodeNumber2=19
|EpisodeNumber=135
|Title=Intoxicated
|DirectedBy=Marita Grabiak
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|3|29}}
|ProdCode=E5221
|Aux4=14.56{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 03/28/05 THROUGH 04/03/05|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=040505_07|accessdate=December 1, 2017|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=April 5, 2005|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728184549/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=040505_07|archivedate=July 28, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=A fifteen-year-old girl (Danielle Panabaker) is caught about to have sex with her twenty-one-year-old boyfriend (Jon Foster) by her mother (Cathy Moriarty), who demands that the police charge him with statutory rape, despite her daughter's objections. On their way to the hospital, Benson calls a children's rights lawyer (Glenne Headly) who interrupts the exam. This backfires when the mother is found brutally murdered and the young lovers are the prime suspects. The detectives try to piece together what led to the murder and discover a history of violence and alcohol abuse by the deceased.
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|EpisodeNumber2=20
|EpisodeNumber=136
|Title=Night
|DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney & Juan J. Campanella
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Amanda Green
Story by: Amanda Green & Chris Levinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|5|3}}
|ProdCode=E5224
|Aux4=16.54{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 05/02/05 THROUGH 05/08/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=051005_08|accessdate=March 11, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=May 10, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=Benson and Stabler investigate the rape and murder of a woman found with a wad of money stuffed in her mouth. They trace the money to a lawyer (Bradley Cooper) handling the finances of a wealthy family. The woman (Angela Lansbury) demands that the detectives stay away from her son (Alfred Molina) even though they suspect that he preys on illegal immigrants who do not report the crimes out of fear of getting deported. The people are short on evidence until a Bosnian immigrant has the courage to come forward. Angry about exposing the fact that she was raped, her brother (Stelio Savante), an Islamic fundamentalist, brutally assaults ADA Casey Novak.
- This episode begins a crossover with Law & Order: Trial by Jury that concludes on "Day".
- Special appearances by Bebe Neuwirth as ADA Tracey Kibre, Kirk Acevedo as DA Investigator Hector Salazar and Fred Thompson as DA Arthur Branch.
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|EpisodeNumber2=21
|EpisodeNumber=137
|Title=Blood
|DirectedBy=Félix Alcalá
|WrittenBy=Patrick Harbinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|5|10}}
|ProdCode=E5223
|Aux4=14.50{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 05/09/05 THROUGH 05/15/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=051705_04|accessdate=March 11, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=May 17, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=A young woman (Lauren Hodges) reports that her baby has been tossed out of a car. Benson and Stabler learn that she is addicted to prescription pain killers and this leads them to an elderly woman (Melinda Dillon) who lives with her son (Matt Schulze) and daughter-in-law (Christine Elise). The young woman identifies the daughter-in-law as the one who sold her the drugs, but when the detectives go to confront her, they find the drug dealer dead. Stabler uses his influence as a police officer when his daughter, Kathleen, is arrested for drunk driving.
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|EpisodeNumber2=22
|EpisodeNumber=138
|Title=Parts
|DirectedBy=Matt Earl Beesley
|WrittenBy=David Foster
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|5|17}}
|ProdCode=E5204
|Aux4=16.21{{cite news
|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: 05/16/05 THROUGH 05/22/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=052405_04
|accessdate=March 11, 2012
|newspaper=ABC Medianet
|date=May 24, 2005
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516042311/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=052405_04
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|ShortSummary=After a woman's head is found in a car junkyard, SVU detectives track it down to the black market. This journey exposes them to the tragic lives of people who die waiting for kidney transplants. Through the organ dealer (Marc Grapey), Stabler and Munch learn that the parents (Kevin Carroll and Cherita Armstrong) of a dying boy (Tyler James Williams) broke the law to get him on the fast track to receiving a kidney. The two begin to feel like they cost an innocent person his life until someone close to Munch (Marlee Matlin) makes a sacrifice.
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|EpisodeNumber2=23
|EpisodeNumber=139
|Title=Goliath
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|5|24}}
|ProdCode=E5225
|Aux4=16.38{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: 05/23/05 THROUGH 05/29/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=060105_04|accessdate=March 11, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=June 1, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=After the wife (Amy Landecker) of a police officer (R. E. Rodgers) claims her husband raped her, Benson and Stabler arrest the man and come close to believing his version of events when he attacks his captain (Ronni Lieberman). When another officer (Brian Hutchison) murders his wife and attempts to kill himself that same night, the whole force gets involved and soon realizes that the two men both recently returned home from Afghanistan, where they were given the drug Quinium, an anti-malarial. With the reluctant help of a reporter (Jon Bernthal) and a base doctor with an attack of conscience (John Dossett), Novak takes on the U.S. Army.
- The episode has close resemblances to the story of the anti-malarial drug Mefloquine.{{cite web|last=Benjamin|first=Mark|title=Ripped from my headlines!|work=Salon.com|date=May 25, 2005|url=http://www.salon.com/2005/05/25/lo_svu/|accessdate=November 19, 2015}}
- Special appearance by Fred Thompson as DA Arthur Branch.
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=Season 7 (2005–2006)=
{{Main|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 7)}}
- Tamara Tunie (M.E. Melinda Warner) officially joins the cast.
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|EpisodeNumber2=1
|EpisodeNumber=140
|Title=Demons
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|09|20}}
|ProdCode=0704
|Aux4=16.82{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 09/19/05 THROUGH 09/25/05 |url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=092705_03 |accessdate=March 13, 2012 |newspaper=ABC Medianet |date=September 27, 2005 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601190247/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=092705_03 |archivedate=June 1, 2009 }}
|ShortSummary=Twenty years after being convicted of the rape of a teenage girl, Ray Schenkel (Robert Patrick) is released from prison, much to the dismay of a retired detective (Robert Walden). When a teenage girl (Brittany Underwood) is raped on the route Schenkel would have taken home, Stabler goes undercover as a recently paroled sex offender so that he can get into the group with the same therapist (Jim Moody) as Schenkel, and the same halfway house. Cragen worries that Stabler may be getting in over his head.
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|EpisodeNumber2=2
|EpisodeNumber=141
|Title=Design
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Lisa Marie Petersen
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|9|27}}
|ProdCode=0701
|Aux4=15.32{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 09/26/05 THROUGH 10/02/05|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=100405_07|accessdate=March 13, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=October 4, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=Benson brings a pregnant woman (Estella Warren) down from a rooftop, who claims to be a rape victim who contemplated suicide. When the unit charges her alleged attacker and the father of the baby (Julian Sands), she appears to perish in an explosion. After finding other men (Bobby Flay, Mark McGrath, and Jesse Palmer) who slept with her despite having no recollection of it, the detectives realize that the woman, very much still alive, is an extremely clever con artist and a rapist herself who was following the eugenics plan of her father (Ronny Cox) to produce a baby with successful genes. With the help of her mother (Lynda Carter), she hides the baby until the court agrees not to give her jail time.
This episode begins a story that concludes on Law & Order in "Flaw."
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|EpisodeNumber2=3
|EpisodeNumber=142
|Title=911
|DirectedBy=Ted Kotcheff
|WrittenBy=Patrick Harbinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|10|4}}
|ProdCode=0707
|Aux4=16.24{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 10/03/05 THROUGH 10/09/05|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=101105_07|accessdate=March 13, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=October 11, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=Benson is on her way out for the evening when a call comes in from a little girl named Maria (Jeanine Monterroza and Rachel Diaz-Stand), who says she is all alone in a locked room. While trying to draw the girl out, Benson is drawn deeper into the little girl's life. Although the other officers begin to suspect that the whole thing is some sick joke, Benson is convinced that the little girl is telling the truth. By talking to Maria, Benson is able to ferret enough information to get a place to start, but Maria's captor (Christopher Evan Welch) has an affinity for electronics and has done everything he can to make sure that no one can find the little girl he bought and paid for.
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|EpisodeNumber2=4
|EpisodeNumber=143
|Title=Ripped
|DirectedBy=Rick Wallace
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|10|11}}
|ProdCode=0703
|Aux4=14.88{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 10/10/05 THROUGH 10/16/05|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=101805_06|accessdate=March 13, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=October 18, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=When the teenage son (Paul Wesley) of Stabler's old partner (Noah Emmerich) comes under suspicion for attacking a classmate, Stabler is caught between his boss, who thinks he is cutting the kid too many breaks, and his friend, who thinks he is not doing enough to help. Stabler seeks counselling from another friend (Mary Stuart Masterson) when the case starts to bring out the worst in him.
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|EpisodeNumber2=5
|EpisodeNumber=144
|Title=Strain
|DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
|WrittenBy=Robert Nathan
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|10|18}}
|ProdCode=0705
|Aux4=14.36{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 10/17/05 THROUGH 10/23/05|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=102505_07|accessdate=March 13, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=October 25, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=Police discover the bodies of two young gay men who were both methamphetamine addicts as well as victims of a new strain of HIV that can kill its victims in less than a year. Tutuola learns that his son Ken (Ernest Waddell) is gay, and has difficulty accepting it. Ken helps Benson and Tutuola infiltrate an anti-meth group and they learn that the leader (Brian Bloom) killed people who were spreading the virus. The father (Bill Smitrovich) of one of the victims realizes that this crime saved lives and asks that it be punished with a lenient sentence.
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|EpisodeNumber2=6
|EpisodeNumber=145
|Title=Raw
|DirectedBy=Jonathan Kaplan
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|11|1}}
|ProdCode=0708
|Aux4=15.20{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 10/31/05 THROUGH 11/06/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=110805_04|accessdate=March 13, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=November 8, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=A six-year-old boy who was adopted by parents (Myk Watford and Marin Hinkle) of a different race is killed in a school shooting. When detectives trace the rifle used back to a gun shop, Munch and Tutuola face hatred from a neo-Nazi group using the shop as its headquarters. The group consists of a white supremacist (J.C. MacKenzie), his son (Cody Kasch) and a woman (Marcia Gay Harden) who is not what she appears to be. When detectives arrest the shooter (Joel Marsh Garland) and put him on the witness stand, the group retaliates by starting a shootout in the courtroom that claims the life of a judge (John Rubinstein).
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|EpisodeNumber2=7
|EpisodeNumber=146
|Title=Name
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|11|8}}
|ProdCode=0706
|Aux4=15.76{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 11/07/05 THROUGH 11/13/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=111505_03|accessdate=March 13, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=November 15, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=After the bones of a boy who disappeared in 1978 are found at a playground, Stabler, still visibly recovering from a recent gunshot wound, teams up with a CSU technician (Paula Garcés) who is taking the case personally. When a woman (Lisa Emery) comes forward, claiming that the boy was her brother, they reopen a cold case involving three murdered Puerto Rican boys in which the prime suspect (Richard Bright) worked with an accomplice (Ruben Santiago-Hudson).
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|EpisodeNumber2=8
|EpisodeNumber=147
|Title=Starved
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Lisa Marie Petersen
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|11|15}}
|ProdCode=0709
|Aux4=15.73{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 11/14/05 THROUGH 11/20/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=112205_09|accessdate=March 13, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=November 22, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=After a dating service is linked to the rapes of three women (Kelly Miller, Ivy Omére and Virginia Leung), Olivia goes undercover to ferret out the rapist and meets a surgeon (Dean Cain) who enjoys controlling the women in his life. The detectives are soon led to his girlfriend (Tina Holmes) but she is manipulated into attempting suicide which leaves her in a vegetative state. A legal battle between a convicted rapist and his girlfriend's mother (Veronica Cartwright) ensues over whether the feeding tube should be removed.
- Special appearance by Fred Thompson as DA Arthur Branch.
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|EpisodeNumber2=9
|EpisodeNumber=148
|Title=Rockabye
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Patrick Harbinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|11|22}}
|ProdCode=0710
|Aux4=17.08{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 11/21/05 THROUGH 11/27/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=112905_02|accessdate=March 13, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=November 29, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=A sixteen-year-old (Keri Lynn Pratt) loses her unborn child due to a severe abdominal beating. Her father (Skipp Sudduth) insists that she must have been raped and this leads detectives to the baby's father (John Patrick Amedori). The squad later learns that the girl was an active party in her own beating and that the teens found it necessary to do this after an abortion clinic deliberately stalled for time.
- Special appearance by Fred Thompson as DA Arthur Branch.
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|EpisodeNumber2=10
|EpisodeNumber=149
|Title=Storm
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Neal Baer & Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|11|29}}
|ProdCode=0711
|Aux4=17.54{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 11/28/05 THROUGH 12/04/05
|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=120605_03|accessdate=March 13, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=December 6, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=A teenager (Keke Palmer) and her baby sister end up in the hospital after a day at the park. Detectives learn that both girls were abducted from New Orleans by a pedophile after Hurricane Katrina along with a third sister (Nickayla Tucker) who is still missing. Despite the interference of a local reporter (Matthew Settle), the detectives are able to catch the kidnapper (Russell Hornsby) and recover the girl. However, when he dies unexpectedly, and the lab discovers the cause was anthrax poisoning, it is revealed that he was involved with a man (Leo Marks) who stole anthrax from a laboratory in New Orleans during the hurricane. Benson tries to inform the public about this and puts her job at risk.
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|EpisodeNumber2=11
|EpisodeNumber=150
|Title=Alien
|DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
|WrittenBy=José Molina
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2005|12|6}}
|ProdCode=0702
|Aux4=16.29{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 12/05/05 THROUGH 12/11/05|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=121305_04|accessdate=March 13, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=December 13, 2005}}
|ShortSummary=A school boy (Daniel Manche) becomes paralyzed after being stabbed in the back and detectives learn that the alleged perpetrator (Sasha Neulinger) was trying to protect his half-sister (Raquel Castro). While attending a Catholic school, the girl had been tormented continuously for having two mothers. One of her guardians (Amy Pietz) who never legally adopted her, is accused of sexual molestation by the girl's biological grandparents (Edmund Genest and Mary Beth Peil). While trying to decide if the claims are real or frivolous, Novak begins to suspect that their lawyer (Stephen Bogardus) is committing perjury.
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|EpisodeNumber2=12
|EpisodeNumber=151
|Title=Infected
|DirectedBy=Michelle MacLaren
|WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|1|3}}
|ProdCode=0712
|ShortSummary=A single mother (April Nixon) is found dead in her apartment with her son (Malcolm David Kelley) hiding in the closet behind her body. The squad is able to link the woman's death to a philanthropist (Gordon Clapp) whose organization helps people get off the street. Detective Benson befriends the traumatized boy and tries to have him ID his mother's killer in a lineup. However, he IDs the wrong man and goes out of his way to make up for this by killing the suspect himself. A high profile case develops around charging a child with murder and his defense argues that his exposure to gun violence conditioned him to kill. Afraid of the precedent this could set, a firearms lobby files a civil suit. A clever legal maneuver by Judge Donnelly (Judith Light) gets the orphan acquitted of the murder charge and into foster care.
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|EpisodeNumber2=13
|EpisodeNumber=152
|Title=Blast
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|1|10}}
|ProdCode=0713
|Aux4=14.72{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 01/09/06 THROUGH 01/15/06|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=011806_07|accessdate=March 13, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=January 18, 2006}}
|ShortSummary=The team begins a search when a girl (Gabrielle Brennan) is kidnapped while walking home from school. While processing evidence found at the scene, Warner realizes that the little girl has leukemia and needs treatment as soon as possible. The detectives are able to find her after a botched ransom drop but they learn that the kidnapper (Shawn Reaves), a drug addict desperate for cash, is the girl's brother. Stabler and Warner become hostages when he holds up a bank to strike back at his parents (Tom Verica and Kaitlin Hopkins). Before he gets himself killed by the ESU team being amassed, Warner shoots him in the leg, allowing him to be taken alive.
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|EpisodeNumber2=14
|EpisodeNumber=153
|Title=Taboo
|DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|1|17}}
|ProdCode=0714
|Aux4=16.10{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 01/16/06 THROUGH 01/22/06|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=012406_06|accessdate=March 13, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=January 24, 2006}}
|ShortSummary=A college student (Schuyler Fisk)'s tale of rape and an unknown pregnancy becomes suspicious to the detectives when they learn that she has been linked to not one, but two abandoned newborns. A paternity test later reveals that her abandoned child was the result of incestuous relationship with her father (Željko Ivanek), who is a local politician married to another woman (Alexandra Neil).
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|EpisodeNumber2=15
|EpisodeNumber=154
|Title=Manipulated
|DirectedBy=Matt Earl Beesley
|WrittenBy=José Molina
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|2|7}}
|ProdCode=0715
|Aux4=15.24{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 02/06/06 THROUGH 02/12/06|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=021406_04|accessdate=March 13, 2012|newspaper=ABC Medianet|date=February 14, 2006}}
|ShortSummary=The body of a young woman is found and when Benson and Stabler delve into her private life, they learn that in addition to being a respected lawyer, she was also a stripper. Her co-worker at the club (Faina Vitebsky) is later found murdered as well. Surveillance footage and DNA evidence implicate the lawyer's boss (Chris Potter) who appears to live with a crippled wife (Rebecca De Mornay).
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|EpisodeNumber2=16
|EpisodeNumber=155
|Title=Gone
|DirectedBy=George Pattison
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|2|28}}
|ProdCode=0716
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|ShortSummary=Three students are charged with rape and murder in the disappearance of a teenage Canadian girl (Barbara King) who took a trip to Manhattan. Under questioning, two of them (Teddy Ick and Paul David Story) point the finger at the younger and more gentle suspect (Harry Zittel). Novak discovers that he is being set up and promises to protect him from the other two. Despite this he disappears after the indictment. With no body and only one witness left (Sandor Tecsy) who is in no shape to testify, the boys are released. After following disturbing evidence, which includes a bug in the office of Judge Donnelly (Judith Light) planted by a corrupt court officer (Maggie Siff), the detectives arrest the two predators for the murder of their scapegoat.
- Special appearance by Fred Thompson as DA Arthur Branch. This is his final appearance on the series.
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|EpisodeNumber2=17
|EpisodeNumber=156
|Title=Class
|DirectedBy=Aaron Lipstadt
|WrittenBy=Paul Grellong
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|3|21}}
|ProdCode=0717
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|ShortSummary=When a college girl (Tess Soltau)'s body is dumped in an area frequented by prostitutes, Stabler and Tutuola realize she had far more money than a student on financial aid should, and they learn that she was deeply involved in the world of online gambling and high-stakes poker. Suspects include the victim's roommate (Trieste Kelly Dunn) who is seen wearing an expensive ring, an athlete (Mathew St. Patrick) from whom the ring was stolen and the victim's childhood friend (Will Estes). Stabler makes a special plea for the latter when stories of the young man's childhood are reminiscent of Stabler's own.
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|EpisodeNumber2=18
|EpisodeNumber=157
|Title=Venom
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|3|28}}
|ProdCode=0719
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|ShortSummary=Tutuola's son Ken Randall (Ernest Waddell) calls Benson for help after he is picked up in an alley late at night. He claims that he was looking for a corpse after overhearing a man talk about murdering a woman and dumping her body. Although Tutuola and his ex-wife (Lisa Gay Hamilton) are sure that Ken is not a killer, they are puzzled about why he refuses to take a DNA test. Tutuola suspects that this has something to do with Ken's cousin, Darius Parker (Chris "Ludacris" Bridges) who has a long criminal record. When Ken eventually submits his DNA, it reveals a shocking family connection. Darius confesses to having murdered the woman and her baby but he is clever enough to get this confession thrown out. He vows revenge upon the family that has been humiliating him for his entire life.
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|EpisodeNumber2=19
|EpisodeNumber=158
|Title=Fault
|DirectedBy=Paul McCrane
|WrittenBy=Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|4|4}}
|ProdCode=0718
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|ShortSummary=A manhunt ensues when Victor Paul Gitano (Lou Diamond Phillips), a recently released sex offender, kidnaps two children (Steven Hinkle and Tristen Douglass) after killing the rest of their family. Benson and Stabler pursue Gitano only to find their own relationship challenged as both experience opportunities where they put their personal relationship ahead of their jobs. The partners are able to save one of the children but Benson requests a new partner, feeling that they have become too close.
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|EpisodeNumber2=20
|EpisodeNumber=159
|Title=Fat
|DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
|WrittenBy=Patrick Harbinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|5|2}}
|ProdCode=0721
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|accessdate=March 13, 2012
|newspaper=ABC Medianet
|date=May 9, 2006
|url-status=dead
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|ShortSummary=With Benson transferred to the Computer Crimes Unit, Stabler is temporarily partnered with Detective Lucius Blaine (Anthony Anderson). Blaine is first to arrive on the scene of a girl (Rooney Mara), who was brutally assaulted by two overweight teenage culprits (Wallace Little and Shahidah McIntosh). The suspects are later discovered to be the siblings of an older brother (Omar Benson Miller) who has diabetes and needs a wheelchair. The detectives find out that the victim, along with her friend (Billy Wheelan) were victimizing obese people and had surprising motives for doing so.
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|EpisodeNumber2=21
|EpisodeNumber=160
|Title=Web
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Paul Grellong
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|5|9}}
|ProdCode=0722
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|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 05/08/06 THROUGH 05/14/06
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|accessdate=March 13, 2012
|newspaper=ABC Medianet
|date=May 16, 2006
|url-status=dead
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|ShortSummary=An eight-year-old boy (Jack Vignone) propositions a male classmate. When Stabler and Tutuola are called in, they learn that the boy's older brother (Connor Paolo) was molested by their father (Tim Hopper). DNA tests reveal that a pattern of abuse has infected the family with the older brother running his own pornography site. The webmaster goes missing and Ruben Morales (Joel de la Fuente) joins the detectives in their search. His own guilt about his nephew's rape by an online predator colors his judgment when dealing with one of the suspects.
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|EpisodeNumber2=22
|EpisodeNumber=161
|Title=Influence
|DirectedBy=Norberto Barba
|WrittenBy=Ian Biederman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|5|16}}
|ProdCode=0720
|Aux4=12.97{{cite news|title=WEEKLY PROGRAM RANKINGS: FROM 05/15/06 THROUGH 05/21/06
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|ShortSummary=A teenage girl (Brittany Snow) falsely accuses two classmates (John Sutherland and Brandon Gill) of rape, makes advances on a third (Zachary Booth), and hits nine pedestrians in a car crash, killing one. Medical tests reveal that she recently stopped taking her medication for bipolar disorder. Her parents (Jeff McCarthy and Marsha Dietlein) agree to put her back on medication, but a rock star (Norman Reedus) known for his negative views on psychiatry campaigns for her right to refuse.
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=Season 8 (2006–2007)=
{{Main|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 8)}}
- Connie Nielsen had a six episode arc as Det. Dani Beck from the episode "Clock" to the episode "Cage", not appearing in "Infiltrated".
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|EpisodeNumber2=1
|EpisodeNumber=162
|Title=Informed
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|9|19}}
|ProdCode=0801
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|ShortSummary=A young woman (Kristen Bush) shows up at a hospital emergency room beaten and with her head shaved. Despite signs of sexual assault, she demands only a morning-after pill and refuses a rape kit. Accosted on the street by Benson, she returns to her apartment and locks herself in the bathroom but leaves her underwear behind for Benson to steal as evidence. Benson and Stabler try to find out who assaulted the woman by talking to a friend of hers (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) at the cooperative where she works. When she goes missing, FBI Agent Dana Lewis (Marcia Gay Harden) reveals her vital role in a sting operation against an eco-terrorism group. Posing as a radical (Joanna Adler), Benson goes undercover to help prevent a terrorist bombing.
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|Title=Clock
|DirectedBy=Jim Hayman
|WrittenBy=Allison Intrieri
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|9|26}}
|ProdCode=0803
|Aux4=14.41{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=100306_09 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=October 3, 2006 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314121058/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=100306_09 |archivedate=March 14, 2012 }}
|ShortSummary=Stabler and Tutuola team up to investigate when a teenage boy (Daniel Farcher) and girl (Betsy Hogg) go missing on a school field trip. The case takes a different turn however, when they realize that the girl has Turner's syndrome making her look twelve when she is seventeen. The girl is found with her lover (Jason Butler Harner), an older man who has found a legal way to have sex with a girl who looks twelve. The girl's parents (Gregory Harrison and Deborah Raffin) and grandfather (Robert Vaughn) take the case to family court but there is nothing they can do since both parties are past the age of consent. When the court is adjourned, Stabler meets his new partner; Detective Dani Beck.
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|EpisodeNumber=164
|Title=Recall
|DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|10|3}}
|ProdCode=0805
|Aux4=14.30{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=101006_05 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=October 10, 2006 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217154609/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=101006_05 |archivedate=February 17, 2012 }}
|ShortSummary=Stabler and Cragen have concerns about Beck's reputation as an overzealous investigator. She works with Stabler to help a woman (Lily Rabe) who was raped by a prominent lawyer (Charles Shaughnessy). The squad's credibility is damaged when another woman (Robin Weigert) comes forward, mistakenly claiming that she was raped by the same man. The people are unable to make the charges stick until a surprise witness (Leslie Caron) comes forward.
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|EpisodeNumber2=4
|EpisodeNumber=165
|Title=Uncle
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|10|10}}
|ProdCode=0804
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|ShortSummary=When a mother and daughter are found raped and murdered, Stabler and Beck take in a homeless man who turns out to be Munch's uncle (Jerry Lewis). Although they question his dementia at first, Stabler and Beck find their way to a much more calculating suspect (Timothy Adams).
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|EpisodeNumber2=5
|EpisodeNumber=166
|Title=Confrontation
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|10|17}}
|ProdCode=0806
|Aux4=12.98{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=102406_05 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=October 24, 2006 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314120555/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=102406_05 |archivedate=March 14, 2012 }}
|ShortSummary=Stabler and Beck handle a case in which the attacker (Michael Kelly) seems to be coming back to rape his victims again and again. They disagree on how to help a woman (Marin Ireland) who is living in fear. The detectives soon discover that his plan is to impregnate selected women. In order to put him away, they compel a pregnant woman (Kerry O'Malley) to undergo chorionic villus sampling even though her husband (Matthew Arkin) wishes to remain ignorant to the fact that he is not the father.
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|EpisodeNumber2=6
|EpisodeNumber=167
|Title=Infiltrated
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|10|31}}
|ProdCode=0809
|Aux4=13.36{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=110706_05 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=November 7, 2006 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719183341/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=110706_05 |archivedate=July 19, 2009 }}
|ShortSummary=Casey Novak is forced to get Olivia Benson, still undercover with the FBI, to come back to New York to testify on behalf of a woman who was raped in a bank. While undercover with an Oregon environmental group, she and her group members (Maria Thayer and Chris Bowers) are injured by an overzealous deputy sheriff (Steven Rishard) and charged with assault. She is eventually released but is questioned about her group's involvement with a murder. She then sets out to clear her group's name and investigates the murdered man. Despite the efforts of his widow (Debra Jo Rupp) trying to shield her daughter from the truth, Benson learns that he was a pedophile with a room under his garage that he used for kidnapping. The local sheriff (Charles Martin Smith) finds two sets of prints at the scene, the murdered man's and those of a ten-year-old girl (Molly Camp) who went missing seven years ago. Benson's case agent (Vincent Spano) tells her that she is indeed spending time with harmless activists and that her undercover work is no longer needed. As she is still unaware of the urgency of Novak's case, she decides to stay and help the FBI find the missing girl. In the end, Benson finds the girl, who had developed Stockholm syndrome and makes it back to New York just in time to testify.
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|EpisodeNumber2=7
|EpisodeNumber=168
|Title=Underbelly
|DirectedBy=Jonathan Kaplan
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|11|14}}
|ProdCode=0807
|Aux4=14.76{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=112106_06 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=November 21, 2006 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217155931/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=112106_06 |archivedate=February 17, 2012 }}
|ShortSummary=Three teenaged homicide victims with matching tattoos lead Detectives Stabler and Beck to an underage prostitution ring. With the victims' pimp (Michael K. Williams) as the prime suspect, detectives must rely on one of his young girls (Charlie Ray), to testify against him. Benson shows up at Cragen's office but decides not to go back to detective work just yet after seeing how Stabler and Beck are getting along.
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|EpisodeNumber2=8
|EpisodeNumber=169
|Title=Cage
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Patrick Harbinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|11|21}}
|ProdCode=0808
|Aux4=14.20{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=112806_08 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=November 28, 2006 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229223150/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=112806_08 |archivedate=February 29, 2012 }}
|ShortSummary=Detectives Stabler and Beck investigate a car accident involving two foster children (Elle Fanning and Khaleel Carter) in which the driver (Marlyne Afflack) was fired from being a foster parent. The accident leads the detectives to foster parents (Margo Martindale and Leo Burmester), a doctor (Ken Howard) who advised them over the phone and some questionable medical practices involving controversial "rebirthing" therapy. As the detectives dig deeper into the case, they discover other gruesome secrets; one of the foster children sets a fire in Beck's living room attempting to commit suicide. This is too much for Dani to handle and she says goodbye to Stabler and the Special Victims Unit.
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|EpisodeNumber2=9
|EpisodeNumber=170
|Title=Choreographed
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Paul Grellong
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2006|11|28}}
|ProdCode=0810
|Aux4=14.64{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=120506_08 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=December 5, 2006 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229221915/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=120506_08 |archivedate=February 29, 2012 }}
|ShortSummary=The body of a woman (Kristine Szabo) with a mysterious cause of death is discovered in Central Park. Detective Stabler begins the investigation by talking to the victim's husband (Chris Sarandon) as his friends (Bob Saget and Catherine Bell) pay a condolence visit. Stabler's investigation unravels a case of drugs, infidelity and an elaborate plot that impacts everyone involved in the troupe. Stabler also discovers that Detective Benson is back in town and she is assigned to be his partner once again.
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|EpisodeNumber2=10
|EpisodeNumber=171
|Title=Scheherazade
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|1|2}}
|ProdCode=0802
|Aux4=15.17{{Cite web |url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=010907_03 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=January 9, 2007 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229221933/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=010907_03 |archivedate=February 29, 2012 }}
|ShortSummary=Stabler agrees to hear the dying confession of a cancer patient (Brian Dennehy) but first, he and Benson do some digging into what possible crime he could have committed. This leads them to an unsolved case that goes back 47 years. The man is found to be responsible for 21 armed bank robberies, murder, and kidnapping. His daughter (Paget Brewster) refuses to see him in his last days, but as he lies dying she goes to his bedside.
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|EpisodeNumber2=11
|EpisodeNumber=172
|Title=Burned
|DirectedBy=Eriq La Salle
|WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|1|9}}
|ProdCode=0811
|Aux4=14.41{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=011707_08 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=January 17, 2007 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001448/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=011707_08 |archivedate=December 31, 2013 }}
|ShortSummary=A former drug addict (Blair Underwood) who only gets to see his daughter (Tiffany Evans) during short supervised visits is accused of rape by his wife (Michael Michele). Stabler and Benson are at odds over whom to believe in the ensuing "he said, she said" case because the parties are in the middle of a bitter divorce and child-custody dispute.
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|EpisodeNumber2=12
|EpisodeNumber=173
|Title=Outsider
|DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney
|WrittenBy=Paul Grellong
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|1|16}}
|ProdCode=0816
|Aux4=14.17{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=012307_05|title=Weekly Program Rankings|work=ABC Medianet|date=January 23, 2007|accessdate=March 19, 2012}}
|ShortSummary=Fin looks into a string of similar assaults in which the victims (Tiffany Pao and Kelli Giddish) were raped, choked and beaten. Fin is joined in his investigation by a Brooklyn SVU detective (Adam Beach) working a similar case. This leads them to a successful family (Navid Negahban, Pooja Kumar and Sakina Jaffrey) who disowned their son (Kal Penn) for being an underachiever.
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|EpisodeNumber2=13
|EpisodeNumber=174
|Title=Loophole
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|2|6}}
|ProdCode=0812
|Aux4=13.45{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=021307_05 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=February 13, 2007 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528010254/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=021307_05 |archivedate=May 28, 2010 }}
|ShortSummary=Stabler is injured by a drug-crazed suspect (Bill Goldberg) and Benson follows up on an anonymous letter which leads to an apparent child-pornography case and the testing of pesticides on unwitting apartment tenants. After arresting the landlord (Wayne Duvall), Olivia is exposed to the pesticide and develops medical symptoms similar to those exhibited by the victim (Marquis Rodriguez) and his mother (Karen Olivo). Despite the health risks, an official (Casey Siemaszko) informs the squad that this was done legally. Casey Novak eventually pursues the CEO (Ray Wise) of a pharmaceutical company and his lawyer (James Naughton) in order to challenge a controversial United States Environmental Protection Agency rule that allows intentional dosing of human beings in pesticide experiments.{{cite web| title=Law & Order: Special Victims Unit – "Loophole"|publisher=Pesticide Action Network North America|url=http://www.panna.org/resources/documents/lawAndOrderLoophole.pdf|accessdate=2007-07-08}}{{cite web|last=Argüello|first=Martha Dina|title=Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on organophosphate pesticide|publisher=Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles|date=2007-02-07|url=http://www.sierraclub.ca/pipermail/winnipeg/2007-February/000005.html|accessdate=2007-07-08}}
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|EpisodeNumber2=14
|EpisodeNumber=175
|Title=Dependent
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Ken Storer
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|2|13}}
|ProdCode=0815
|Aux4=12.94{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=022107_05 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=February 21, 2007 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528005900/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=022107_05 |archivedate=May 28, 2010 }}
|ShortSummary=After an intruder attacks a mob lawyer (Cary Elwes), murders his wife, and spares his son (Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick), Benson and Stabler question their daughter (Emily VanCamp). However her wild night of drunken partying leaves her unable to recall her actions, even though her father insists she was at the scene of the crime. Stabler is charged with excessive force when the daughter's boyfriend (Justin Klosky) dies in his custody.
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|EpisodeNumber2=15
|EpisodeNumber=176
|Title=Haystack
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|2|20}}
|ProdCode=0813
|Aux4=11.94{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=022707_06 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=February 27, 2007 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229222106/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=022707_06 |archivedate=February 29, 2012 }}
|ShortSummary=An overzealous reporter (Kali Rocha) accuses a new mother (Ashley Williams) on television of kidnapping and trying to kill her baby. This turns out to be the last straw for the despondent woman, who promptly commits suicide. Although everyone is under suspicion, including the mother and her ex-husband (Pablo Schreiber), the case takes an unusual emotional toll on Detective Stabler who is drawn into the line of fire by the kidnapper (Dana Ashbrook) and his mother (Marian Seldes).
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|EpisodeNumber2=16
|EpisodeNumber=177
|Title=Philadelphia
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Patrick Harbinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|2|27}}
|ProdCode=0817
|Aux4=11.73{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=030607_05 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=March 6, 2007 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229222426/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=030607_05 |archivedate=February 29, 2012 }}
|ShortSummary=Benson finally unravels a part of her past when she finds her brother Simon Marsden (Michael Weston) who is suspected of being a rapist by a New Jersey captain (Kim Delaney). This distraction compromises a chase during which the squad tries to apprehend two male rapists (Michael Carbonaro and Roberto Purvis) who rape other men. Benson must meet with Dr. Rebecca Hendrix (Mary Stuart Masterson) to discuss her recent actions.
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|EpisodeNumber2=17
|EpisodeNumber=178
|Title=Sin
|DirectedBy=George Pattison
|WrittenBy=Patrick Harbinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|3|27}}
|ProdCode=0821
|Aux4=12.86{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=040307_05 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=April 3, 2007 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601185315/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=040307_05 |archivedate=June 1, 2009 }}
|ShortSummary=A successful preacher (Tim Daly) is the prime suspect in the murder of a clandestine sexual partner (Kyle Bares),{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2450440/|title=Kyle Bares|publisher=IMDb}} until his wife (Kathy Baker) provides detectives with a taped conversation.
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|EpisodeNumber2=18
|EpisodeNumber=179
|Title=Responsible
|DirectedBy=Yelena Lanskaya & David Platt
|WrittenBy=Allison Intrieri
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|4|3}}
|ProdCode=0814
|Aux4=11.16{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=041007_06 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=April 10, 2007 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107094513/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=041007_06 |archivedate=January 7, 2009 }}
|ShortSummary=Stabler and Benson are forced to dive into the world of underage drinking when a death leads to high school binge parties and a mother (Laura Leighton) who not only supplies booze to her daughter (Sarah Drew)'s friends but sleeps with one of those friends (Hunter Parrish) as well.
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|EpisodeNumber2=19
|EpisodeNumber=180
|Title=Florida
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|5|1}}
|ProdCode=0818
|Aux4=11.41{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=050807_09 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=May 8, 2007 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730090202/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=050807_09 |archivedate=July 30, 2009 }}
|ShortSummary=When Detective Benson gets into the middle of an investigation of her brother Simon Marsden (Michael Weston), she takes out the stress on a suspect (Josh Casaubon) and gets suspended. Benson talks to Simon's mother (Maggie Burke), his father's coworker (Graham Winton) and a rape victim (Kathryn Hays) and begins to question whether or not she was the product of a rape in the first place. She digs deeper to discover that Simon was the victim of a frame-job by a police officer (Kim Delaney) who is in denial about sexual abuse in her own family.
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|EpisodeNumber2=20
|EpisodeNumber=181
|Title=Annihilated
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|5|8}}
|ProdCode=0819
|Aux4=10.94{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=051507_13 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=May 15, 2007 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229222900/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=051507_13 |archivedate=February 29, 2012 }}
|ShortSummary=A woman's murder appears to be the result of a professional hit, when her fiancé (Dylan Walsh) receives death threats, apparently resulting from his CIA career. Elliot, investigating this, finds that the man may not be all that he seems; the case takes a shocking turn when the man's wife (Kelly Deadmon) and children (Lucas Delvasto, John D'Leo and Shelby Adamowsky) are all found dead. Meanwhile, Elliot continues to rebuild his relationship with his family.
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|EpisodeNumber2=21
|EpisodeNumber=182
|Title=Pretend
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|5|15}}
|ProdCode=0820
|Aux4=12.75{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=052207_06 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=May 22, 2007 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210142950/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=052207_06 |archivedate=February 10, 2012 }}
|ShortSummary=The team investigates the death of a partially clothed teenage boy (Dan Leonard) wearing a leather mask. The detectives discover that the victim's best friend (Michael Welch) is the killer and has a video, showing that the boy's death was the result of a backyard wrestling match gone wrong. The trial ends with the boy's conviction on a lesser charge but then the victim's girlfriend (Misti Traya) fails to show up at the sentencing hearing. When the girlfriend is injured in an attack instigated by the defendant, the case takes a bizarre turn when information surfaces that the girl is far older than she appears and has been defrauding the foster care system for over a decade.
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|EpisodeNumber2=22
|EpisodeNumber=183
|Title=Screwed
|DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney
|WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|5|22}}
|ProdCode=0822
|Aux4=10.28{{Cite web|url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=053007_07 |title=Weekly Program Rankings |work=ABC Medianet |date=May 30, 2007 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011173549/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=053007_07 |archivedate=October 11, 2013 }}
|ShortSummary=Darius Parker (Chris "Ludacris" Bridges), goes on trial for the rape and murder of a woman with any mention of her fourteen-month-old child deemed inadmissible. The case brings Fin under fire from the media and even has Munch and Stabler at odds. Novak prosecutes the trial that brings Stabler and Tutuola, among others, to the stand. Many previous stories are brought into the trial, such as Stabler's daughter Kathleen's DUI, and Benson's illegal money-wiring to her half-brother, Simon Marsden (Michael Weston). It is also revealed that Kathy Stabler, Elliot's wife, is pregnant again.
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=Season 9 (2007–2008)=
{{Main|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 9)}}
- Adam Beach (Det. Chester Lake) joins the cast, then leaves with Diane Neal (ADA Casey Novak) at the end.
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|EpisodeNumber2=1
|EpisodeNumber=184
|Title=Alternate
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Neal Baer & Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|9|25}}
|ProdCode=0903
|ShortSummary=A woman (Cynthia Nixon) who switches between five different personalities is suspected of harming her daughter. The investigation is met with initial resistance from her psychiatrist (Bronson Pinchot). When the woman's sister (Laura Allen) is released from jail, their parents are found murdered the next day and the two of them become the prime suspects.
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|EpisodeNumber2=2
|EpisodeNumber=185
|Title=Avatar
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Paul Grellong
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|10|2}}
|ProdCode=0904
|Aux4=11.66{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/10/03/nielsen-overnight-tv-ratings-tuesday-oct-2/1040|title=Nielsen Overnight TV Ratings, Tuesday Oct 2|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=October 3, 2007|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=A girl who plays virtual world games (Christina Brucato) goes missing. Her boyfriend (Ryan Lynn), a suspect in the case, is discovered to suffer from sexsomnia which caused him to attempt to rape her sister (Liza Joyce). In an effort to locate the girl, Detectives Benson and Stabler use her avatar to track her kidnapper (Kevin Tighe) down.
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|EpisodeNumber2=3
|EpisodeNumber=186
|Title=Impulsive
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|10|9}}
|ProdCode=0901
|Aux4=12.19{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/10/10/fox-wins-the-night-cuban-dances-on/1188|title=Overnight Results for Tuesday Oct 9|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=October 10, 2007|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=A statutory rape case against a high school teacher (Melissa Joan Hart) is filed after gonorrhea is discovered in one of her students (Kyle Gallner). The teacher tries to secretly have an abortion which angers her husband (Quincy Dunn-Baker) and gets her accused of destroying evidence. However, after observing the student more closely, the SVU realizes that he is a sex addict who hires prostitutes, photoshops scantily-clad women and masturbates with high frequency. He confesses to raping his teacher and is sent to a rehabilitation clinic. The situation changes gears when the student is raped by a much older sex offender (David Conley) exposing an ongoing problem at the clinic.
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|EpisodeNumber2=4
|EpisodeNumber=187
|Title=Savant
|DirectedBy=Kate Woods
|WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|10|16}}
|ProdCode=0905
|Aux4=12.54{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/10/17/overnight-results-tuesday-1016-red-sox-on-the-brink/1308|title=Overnight Results Tuesday 10/16: Red Sox on the Brink|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=October 17, 2007|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=A government agent (Aidan Quinn) discovers that his daughter (Paulina Gerzon), who has Williams syndrome, is the only witness to the savage beating of his wife (Judy Kuhn). Even though the investigation is impeded by the man's superiors (Jayne Atkinson), Detectives Benson and Stabler and ADA Novak work with his daughter to reconstruct the night the beating took place. Her testimony is able to clear one suspect (Robert Clohessy), who also has a mentally challenged son and implicate his older son (Josh Barclay Caras).
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|EpisodeNumber2=5
|EpisodeNumber=188
|Title=Harm
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Josh Singer
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|10|23}}
|ProdCode=0902
|Aux4=12.17{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/10/24/overnight-results-1023-fox-wins/1433|title=Overnight Results 10/23: Fox Wins|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=October 24, 2007|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=The detectives investigate the fatal stabbing of a private school teacher (Elizabeth Morton), who had volunteered at a victim's rehabilitation center. The teacher had been working with an Iraqi man (Jarreth J. Merz) whose story helped uncover some military secrets. The investigation leads to a doctor (Elizabeth McGovern) who works for private military contractors focusing on interrogation techniques. Melinda Warner tries to have her medical license revoked for violating the Hippocratic Oath.
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|EpisodeNumber2=6
|EpisodeNumber=189
|Title=Svengali
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Kam Miller
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|11|6}}
|ProdCode=0906
|Aux4=11.75{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/07/overnight-results-116-fox-leads-with-house/1656|title=Overnight Results 11/6: Fox Leads with House|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=November 7, 2007|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=A college student is found murdered in an attack that bears the hallmarks of an infamous serial killer (Jared Harris). Detectives Benson and Stabler question the killer and discover his loyal following, which includes a comic book artist (Gareth Saxe) who glorifies the murders. When the last person (Shannon Marie Woodward) to see the victim alive goes missing, the detectives search for her, thinking that she is about to become the next victim. Benson also finds herself in danger when the fans retaliate against the investigation.
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|EpisodeNumber2=7
|EpisodeNumber=190
|Title=Blinded
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|11|13}}
|ProdCode=0909
|Aux4=12.49{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/14/overnight-results-1113-fox-is-in-the-house/1772|title=Overnight Results 11/13: FOX is in the House|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=November 14, 2007|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=Detective Stabler is attacked and temporarily blinded when arresting a child molester (Arye Gross) who suffers from schizophrenia. Disturbed by what has been done to her partner, Detective Benson tries to sabotage New York's case against the man and have him put on death row in Louisiana instead. Due to her own conflict of interest, ADA Novak tries to bend the rules in the opposite direction and have the man acquitted. The situation is resolved when the District Attorney reminds Novak that executing a mentally ill prisoner is illegal and threatens to pull her license unless she acts as a voice for the prosecution. The schizophrenic is sent to a New York mental hospital and Benson admits that her interference almost caused a miscarriage of justice.
- Special appearance by Sam Waterston as DA Jack McCoy.
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|EpisodeNumber2=8
|EpisodeNumber=191
|Title=Fight
|DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
|WrittenBy=Mick Betancourt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|11|20}}
|ProdCode=0907
|Aux4=11.66{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/21/overnight-results-1119-house-is-a-demo-hit/1872|title=Overnight Results 11/19: House is a Demo Hit|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=November 21, 2007|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=A brutal murder leads the detectives into the dangerous world of mixed martial arts. Detective Lake discovers two troubled brothers (Gaius Charles and Arlen Escarpeta) who have been in and out of the foster care system. The brothers admit that they were told to rape the girl (Whitney Vance) in order to enter a gang. The case gets harder when the leader of the gang and prime suspect (Anwan Glover) is accidentally crushed to death in a trash compactor and one of the brothers lies to protect the other.
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|EpisodeNumber2=9
|EpisodeNumber=192
|Title=Paternity
|DirectedBy=Kate Woods
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|11|27}}
|ProdCode=0910
|Aux4=12.29{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/11/28/overnight-results-1127-huge-dancing-finale/1932|title=Overnight Results 11/27: Huge Dancing Finale|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=November 28, 2007|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=The murder of a young boy (Thomas Langston)'s nanny leads Detectives Benson and Stabler to suspect her Internet love interest, "Casanova" (Steven Bauer). However, the nanny's employers (Mark Valley and Anastasia Griffith) soon get troubles of their own when the father finds out that his son is not his biological son. Stabler's family suffers a tragedy leaving his unborn child in serious danger after Benson and Kathy are hurt in a car accident.
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|EpisodeNumber2=10
|EpisodeNumber=193
|Title=Snitch
|DirectedBy=Jonathan Kaplan
|WrittenBy=Mark Goffman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|12|4}}
|ProdCode=0908
|Aux4=11.72{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2007/12/12/top-nbc-primetime-shows-december-3-9/2107|title=Top NBC Primetime Shows, December 3–9|last=Gorman |first=Bill |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=December 12, 2007|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate when the wife of an informant (Hakeem Kae-Kazim) is found dead. The man is revealed to be a Nigerian polygamist with several wives still living, one of whom (Tracy Middendorf) is not Nigerian. Benson and Stabler suspect that the man's cultural tradition may have been the cause of his wife's murder when they find a website that exposes potential witnesses to the crime for which he was testifying. A new Homicide Bureau Chief ADA (Gloria Reuben) has to try to keep her case from falling apart after the husband refuses to testify against the killer (Method Man) of a young boy.
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|EpisodeNumber2=11
|EpisodeNumber=194
|Title=Streetwise
|DirectedBy=Helen Shaver
|WrittenBy=Paul Grellong
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|1|1}}
|ProdCode=0911
|Aux4=12.35{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/01/08/top-nbc-primetime-shows-dec-31-jan-6/2336|title=Top NBC Primetime Shows, Dec 31 – Jan 6|last=Gorman |first=Bill |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=January 8, 2008|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=The SVU squad members are called in when a wealthy teenager (Natalie Hall) is found murdered in Central Park. Suspicion soon falls on the "parents" (Mae Whitman and Thom Bishops) in a homeless street family. A young girl (Madeline Taylor) agrees to give information about them to Benson and Stabler in exchange for food but it is not long before she is found murdered as well.
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|EpisodeNumber2=12
|EpisodeNumber=195
|Title=Signature
|DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney
|WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|1|8}}
|ProdCode=0912
|Aux4=15.17{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/01/09/overnight-results-for-tuesday-january-8/2344|title=Overnight Results for Tuesday, January 8|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=January 9, 2008|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=Detectives Benson and Lake investigate a double homicide in which a man was shot and a woman was raped and stabbed. They soon team up with Special Agent Cooper (Erika Christensen) who is tracking a serial killer and sexual sadist known as "The Woodsman." Through the Woodsman's aunt (Jane Cronin), they are able to find out the location of his latest victim. Police rescue the tortured woman (Amanda Leigh Cobb) but she succumbs to her injuries during treatment. The tragic ordeal turns into a case against a vigilante when the SVU discovers that the serial killer is already dead and that he was in fact the male victim discovered with the gunshot wound.
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|EpisodeNumber2=13
|EpisodeNumber=196
|Title=Unorthodox
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Josh Singer
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|1|15}}
|ProdCode=0913
|Aux4=12.14{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/01/16/overnight-results-for-tuesday-january-15/2409|title=Overnight Results for Tuesday, January 15|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=January 16, 2008|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=The sexual assault of a Jewish boy (Braeden Lemasters) prompts the attention of Munch and Stabler. Initially an orthodox rabbi (Bob Dishy) is suspected to be the one responsible, but the case turns into a media circus as a flood of young victims are revealed, with all the clues pointing to one of their classmates. It is discovered that a fourteen-year-old boy (Alexander Gould) is the rapist, but he is declared mentally ill as a result of daily exposure to pornography and minimal supervision by his single father (Mike McGlone).
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|EpisodeNumber2=14
|EpisodeNumber=197
|Title=Inconceivable
|DirectedBy=Chris Zalla
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|1|22}}
|ProdCode=0914
|Aux4=12.97{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/01/23/overnight-results-for-tuesday-january-22/2445|title=Overnight Results for Tuesday, January 22|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=January 23, 2008|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=When fertilized embryos disappear from a sperm bank, examination of a security tape points the detectives to two publicity-hungry extremists (Mark Moses and Janine Turner). Meanwhile, Olivia ponders her own decisions about fertility and motherhood.
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|EpisodeNumber2=15
|EpisodeNumber=198
|Title=Undercover
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Mark Goffman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|4|15}}
|ProdCode=0915
|Aux4=13.27{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/04/16/nielsen-ratings-tue-april-8-american-idol-wins-kristy-lee-cook-must-lose/3364|title=Nielsen Ratings Tue, April 15: American Idol Wins / Kristy Lee Cook Must Lose!|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=April 16, 2008|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=After a teenage girl (Shareeka Epps) is found raped in a community garden, Benson and Stabler find out that her mother (Daria Hardeman) is in a female correction facility. After the rape kit on the girl goes missing, the detectives realize that one of the corrections officers (Johnny Messner) at the facility is raping and brutalizing women. In order to find out who it is, Detective Benson goes undercover as a prisoner and is almost raped herself in the basement of the facility.
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|EpisodeNumber2=16
|EpisodeNumber=199
|Title=Closet
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Ken Storer
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|4|22}}
|ProdCode=0916
|Aux4=11.50{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/04/23/nielsen-ratings-tue-april-22-american-idol-and-hells-kitchen-cook-for-fox/3485|title=Nielsen Ratings Tue, April 22: American Idol and Hell's Kitchen Cook for FOX|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=April 23, 2008|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=When an investment banker is found murdered by an intern (Ian Alda), suspicion turns to his boyfriend (Bailey Chase), a professional football player who could lose everything if the truth about his sexuality comes to light. When information about his sexual orientation is leaked to the media, despite the best efforts of his publicity manager (Rick Hoffman), Benson comes under fire by Internal Affairs for her relationship with a reporter (Bill Pullman).
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|EpisodeNumber2=17
|EpisodeNumber=200
|Title=Authority
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Neal Baer & Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|4|29}}
|ProdCode=0917
|Aux4=12.06{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/04/30/nielsen-ratings-apr-29-is-a-drunken-paula-abdul-good-for-ratings/3559|title=Nielsen Ratings Apr 29: Is A Drunken Paula Abdul Good for Ratings?|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=April 30, 2008|accessdate=August 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=A telephone voice impersonating a police officer asks a fast food restaurant manager to strip search and tie up an employee. SVU detectives learn that this plan was orchestrated by an engineer, Merritt Rook (Robin Williams), in order to convince the public to be more discerning and oppose authority. After he is found not guilty, Rook gains much media attention and seizes an opportunity to abduct Olivia Benson. With the help of Rook's co-worker (Ka-Ling Cheung), Elliot is able to learn about the man's tragic past and track him down. In an apparent hostage situation, Rook tries to make Elliot inflict pain on Benson by way of a Milgram experiment.
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|EpisodeNumber2=18
|EpisodeNumber=201
|Title=Trade
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|5|6}}
|ProdCode=0918
|Aux4=10.44{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/07/nielsen-ratings-may-6-fox-and-idol-take-a-hit-but-still-win/3665|title=Nielsen Ratings May 6: FOX and Idol Take a Hit, But Still Win|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=May 7, 2008|accessdate=August 7, 2010 }}
|ShortSummary=When a pregnant woman (Brandi Burkhardt) is found raped and murdered inside her burnt loft the team investigates a family of coffee importers. The suspects are numerous ranging from the woman's fiance (Matthew Davis) to his father (Stephen Collins). Further investigation reveals a twisted love rectangle between the woman, her fiance, the father and even the son's lawyer (Michelle Borth).
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|EpisodeNumber2=19
|EpisodeNumber=202
|Title=Cold
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|5|13}}
|ProdCode=0919
|Aux4=10.83{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/05/14/nielsen-ratings-may-13-2008-american-idol-still-crushes-field/3772|title=Nielsen Ratings May 13, 2008: American Idol Still Crushes Field|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=May 14, 2008|accessdate=August 7, 2010 }}
|ShortSummary=The SVU is shaken when multiple members of the squad are determined to stop a conspiracy of dirty cops. Haunted by a ten-year-old rape-murder case, Detective Lake meets with a contact (Deirdre Lovejoy) to find out about new evidence. On his way back, he gets into a firefight with two police officers and kills one of them. In an injured state, Lake tracks down the surviving rape victim (Victoria Cartagena) and convinces her to testify. While this is happening, the SVU squad discovers that the second shooter (Jack Gwaltney) works for the Fugitive Apprehension Team. Benson and Stabler arrive just in time to stop him from killing Lake and Novak proceeds to put the shooter on trial. However, the case quickly goes downhill in the courtroom and Novak withholds evidence in a last-ditch effort to win a conviction. She is informed by Elizabeth Donnelly (Judith Light) that she faces censure and possible suspension, and that the District Attorney declined the opportunity to refile the charges. This leaves Chester with no choice but to gun down the corrupt cop himself, therefore resulting in his arrest.
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=Season 10 (2008–2009)=
{{Main|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 10)}}
- Michaela McManus (ADA Kim Greylek) joins the cast after replacing Diane Neal (ADA Casey Novak) through the fifteenth episode, "Lead", where she is replaced by Stephanie March (ADA Alexandra Cabot) in a recurring capacity.
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|EpisodeNumber2=1
|EpisodeNumber=203
|Title=Trials
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|9|23}}
|ProdCode=1002
|Aux4=9.52{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/09/24/tuesday-sept-24-second-night-wins-to-cbs-abc-and-fox/5284|title=Tuesday, Sept. 23: Second Night Wins To CBS, ABC and Fox|last=Gorman |first=Bill |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=September 24, 2008|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate allegations of child abuse when a young boy (Jae Head) is caught driving a runaway van. The boy explains how his foster parents (Julie Bowen and Luke Perry) bribe him in exchange for abusive medical testing. As Detective Benson continues to study his accusations, she is led back to a victim of an unsolved rape case (Sara Gilbert). After reviewing both cases, the detectives uncover a connection between them that is complicated and they meet SVU's new ADA, Kim Greylek (Michaela McManus), who quickly butts heads with everyone. Distraught by frightening memories of being sexually assaulted, Benson decides that she needs help and seeks counselling.
- While visiting a bar, Sergeant Munch talks to Detective Tutuola about how he used to own a bar in Baltimore and also mentions several people from his past that have left him. The names mentioned included previous partners on SVU (Monique Jeffries and Brian Cassidy) as well as some from Homicide: Life on the Street (Meldrick Lewis and Stanley Bolander), the series from where Munch's character originates. The history behind the bar is also from that series.
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|EpisodeNumber=204
|Title=Confession
|DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney
|WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|9|30}}
|ProdCode=1003
|Aux4=10.22{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/01/overnight-ratings-cbs-wins-most-viewers-fox-dominates-youth-demos/5416|title=Overnight Ratings: CBS Wins Most Viewers, Fox Dominates Youth Demos|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=October 1, 2008|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=An ashamed pedophile (Marshall Allman) confesses to Benson that he has been fantasizing about his young stepbrother (Aaron Mayer) and says that it is only a matter of time before he does the unthinkable. He also admits to looking at a website to try to curb his pedophilic urge. With no crime committed, the detectives decide to investigate the website for pedophiles leading them to the creator (Tom Noonan). When Stabler discovers his daughter Elizabeth's picture on the website, he lashes out at the man who put it there and gets suspended. When the older stepbrother goes missing this puts his whole family (Teri Polo and Josh Charles) under investigation.
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|EpisodeNumber2=3
|EpisodeNumber=205
|Title=Swing
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|14}}
|ProdCode=1004
|Aux4=9.40{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/15/tuesday-ratings-ncis-and-the-mentalist-have-more-viewers-but-house-and-fringe-rock-demos/6251|title=Tuesday Ratings: NCIS and The Mentalist Get Viewers, House and Fringe Rock Demos|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=October 15, 2008|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=Stabler is called to the scene of a breaking and entering at a home because the trespasser’s wallet belongs to his daughter, Kathleen (Allison Siko). Stabler is shocked to find his daughter abusing drugs and behaving promiscuously and it is determined that Kathleen has bipolar disorder, but she refuses to admit it. Elliot must turn to his estranged mother Bernadette Stabler (Ellen Burstyn), as she is also bipolar, to testify in court that the disorder runs in the family. Bernadette, who is proud of her personality, refuses to equate it with criminal behavior, until Benson steps in to help.
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|EpisodeNumber2=4
|EpisodeNumber=206
|Title=Lunacy
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Daniel Truly
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|21}}
|ProdCode=1001
|Aux4=9.35{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/22/tuesday-ratings-ncis-most-watched-but-house-and-fringe-dominate-demos/6624|title=Tuesday Ratings: NCIS Most Watched, But House and Fringe Dominate Demos|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=October 22, 2008|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=A famous astronaut (Kristina Klebe) is found dead and Stabler's old mentor Dick Finley (James Brolin), after whom Stabler's son is named, helps investigate the case. They first believe the victim is linked to a string of serial rapes, but other suspects closer to the space program present themselves. An obsessed fan (Chris Elliot) is questioned, but is released and soon gets into a gun battle with Dick. Stabler becomes suspicious of Dick after he keeps diverting attention away from himself and finding out about Dick's own aspirations of going into space.
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|EpisodeNumber2=5
|EpisodeNumber=207
|Title=Retro
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Jonathan Greene
Story by: Joshua Kotcheff & Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|28}}
|ProdCode=1005
|Aux4=9.20{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/10/29/tuesday-night-ratings-foxs-power-house-vs-cbs-ncis/7096|title=Tuesday Night Ratings: Fox's Power 'House' vs. CBS' 'NCIS'|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=October 29, 2008|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=When a baby is found with advanced AIDS, Benson and Stabler are called in to investigate why someone would let a baby go untreated for HIV. They are led to a highly unethical doctor (Martin Mull), an AIDS denialist, who believes and teaches that HIV does not cause AIDS and offers alternative treatments to cure HIV. They search for more families that have been influenced by him and are led to a particular family whose younger daughter died of AIDS, which calls the mother (Paula Malcomson) and son (Aidan Mitchell) into question.
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|EpisodeNumber2=6
|EpisodeNumber=208
|Title=Babes
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Daniel Truly
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|11}}
|ProdCode=1006
|Aux4=9.42{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/11/12/tuesday-nielsen-ratings-house-and-fringe-dominate-age-demos-for-fox/7996|title=Tuesday Nielsen Ratings: House and Fringe Dominate Age Demos for Fox|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=November 12, 2008|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=The investigation into the burning death of a homeless teenager leads Stabler and Munch to a Catholic high school where a senior (Philip Ettinger) admits to the crime. He confesses because he thought his sister was raped by the man, when in truth, his sister (Brittany Robertson) and her friends made a pregnancy pact and willingly had sex to become pregnant. One of those friends (Jessica Varley) is later found dead in an apparent suicide after being harassed online by an angry mother (Debi Mazar). Greylek files a case against her which comes dangerously close to violating the first amendment, but it is eventually discovered that the girl was murdered out of jealousy.
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|EpisodeNumber2=7
|EpisodeNumber=209
|Title=Wildlife
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Mick Betancourt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|18}}
|ProdCode=1008
|Aux4=10.18{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/11/19/tuesday-nielsen-ratings-house-and-fringe-power-fox-to-demo-wins/8426|title=Tuesday Nielsen Ratings; 'House' and 'Fringe' Power Fox to Demo Wins|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=November 19, 2008|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=A woman with an endangered species of bird in her purse turns up dead and her wounds are determined to have been inflicted by a tiger. A hip hop artist (Big Boi), whom the detectives track down, helps Stabler infiltrate an animal smuggling ring run by an infamous killer (Andrew Divoff). The abundance of undercover work begins to not only jeopardize Elliot's marriage, but also his life when Benson underestimates the danger he is in and he is shot. Benson avenges her partner by arresting a key member (Reg E. Cathey) of the smuggling ring, who turns out to be an undercover officer.
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|EpisodeNumber2=8
|EpisodeNumber=210
|Title=Persona
|DirectedBy=Helen Shaver
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|11|25}}
|ProdCode=1009
|Aux4=8.55{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/11/26/tuesday-ratings-brooke-burke-wins-dancing-with-the-stars/8843 |title=Tuesday Ratings: Brooke Burke Wins 'Dancing With the Stars' |last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=November 25, 2008 |accessdate=July 11, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703192017/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/11/26/tuesday-ratings-brooke-burke-wins-dancing-with-the-stars/8843 |archivedate=July 3, 2009 }}
|ShortSummary=A woman (Clea Duvall) hides in an alley after claims of being abused and raped by her husband (Nathaniel Marston). Benson gets her to admit the abuse, but she recants before being murdered by her husband. While solving this crime, Benson meets the woman's older neighbor Linnie (Brenda Blethyn) and stumbles upon another case of spousal abuse and murder. It is revealed that Linnie was involved in an abusive relationship until she killed her former husband and escaped custody under the supervision of then-ADA Donnelly (Judith Light). Having been humiliated, Donnelly returns to the DA's Office to seek the maximum sentence. However after Benson stands up for Linnie, Donnelly is touched by the reason for the woman's escape - Linnie was intimidated because Donnelly was the strong woman that she could never be.
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|EpisodeNumber2=9
|EpisodeNumber=211
|Title=PTSD
|DirectedBy=Eriq La Salle
|WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|12|2}}
|ProdCode=1007
|Aux4=10.31{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/12/03/tuesday-ratings-the-mentalist-soars-to-new-highs-for-cbs-but-fox-takes-demos/9070|title=Updated Tuesday Night: The Mentalist soars to new highs, Fox takes demos|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=December 3, 2008|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=Benson and Tutuola get a first-hand look at how women in the military are treated when they respond to the murder of a pregnant marine who was raped by one of her fellow marines in Iraq. The two find a suspect (Ryan Kwanten) and become convinced of his guilt, but Greylek faces difficulties when the Navy Commander (Frank Whaley) threatens to shut down their investigation. Benson discovers new evidence and the real rapist (Dominic Fumusa) is identified along with the person who committed the murder. During the proceedings, Benson's prior sexual assault stirs up painful memories.
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|EpisodeNumber2=10
|EpisodeNumber=212
|Title=Smut
|DirectedBy=Chris Eyre
|WrittenBy=Kam Miller
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|12|9}}
|ProdCode=1010
|Aux4=10.93{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/12/10/tuesday-ratings-ncis-and-the-mentalist-impressive-in-reruns-house-takes-demos/9446|title=Tuesday Ratings – NCIS and The Mentalist impressive in reruns, House takes demos|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=December 10, 2008|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=A woman (Kelly Hu) is found wandering Riverside Park, beaten and raped, and has no memory of what happened. Benson discovers that on the day of her flight out of the country, she instead left the airport with a mysterious man (Michael Trucco). This man is identified and with further probing, the detectives find rape-themed amateur pornographic videos on his computer. Stabler and Benson search for incriminating evidence, but each of his victims from the videos suffers from memory loss from the attack due to the use of date rape drugs. Attempting to trace the other women in the videos, the detectives must re-inform each victim of her attack to get her testimony. Struggling to remind each victim of her rape, Benson must face the fact that she is still thinking like a victim, in order to get the testimony of one victim in particular (Christy Pusz), who can put the rapist away for good.
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|EpisodeNumber2=11
|EpisodeNumber=213
|Title=Stranger
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|1|6}}
|ProdCode=1011
|Aux4=10.64{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/01/07/tuesday-ratings-cbs-tops-viewers-nbcs-biggest-loser-lo-svu-weighty-in-the-demos/10272|title=Tuesday Ratings: CBS Tops Viewers, NBC's Biggest Loser Weighty in the Demos|last=Gorman |first=Bill |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=January 7, 2009|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=A teenage girl (Ellen Woglom) miraculously returns home to her parents (Patrick Collins and Tess Harper) after being reported missing over four years ago. Unrecognizable to her family, she tells Benson and Stabler of the cement cell where she spent the past four years as a sex slave and of her fortunate escape. One of the sisters (Kate Baldwin) is relieved to see her after launching a website asking for search tips, but the other (Natalia Payne) seems annoyed with her return. In search of the mystery kidnapper, Benson and Stabler drive the victim around town to help stir up any memories of her abduction. When the answers they get do not seem to match up, the detectives find revealing evidence that make them question the kidnapping story. When they find the girl's abuser (Peter Lewis), they learn that the truth is no less disturbing.
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|EpisodeNumber2=12
|EpisodeNumber=214
|Title=Hothouse
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Charley Davis
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|1|13}}
|ProdCode=1012
|Aux4=9.66{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/01/14/tuesday-ratings-american-idol-dominates-the-night-but-cbs-stays-strong/10803|title=Tuesday Ratings: American Idol Dominates the Night, But CBS Stays Strong|last=Gorman |first=Bill |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=January 14, 2009|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=When the body of a fourteen-year-old girl (Juliet Brett) is found floating in the Hudson River, Benson and Stabler think she was smuggled into the country by sex traffickers. Tutuola discovers her exceptional academic success and suspects that this had something to do with her murder. The detectives find out that the girl's father (George Tasudis) use violence to coerce their other daughter (Aya Cash) into non-stop studying, and their mother (Funda Duval) is afraid to stop him. The killer turns out to be a high school student (Sarah Hyland) who obsesses over impressing her mother (Enid Graham). Mitigating circumstances come into play when the SVU discovers that she suffered from sleep deprivation and overdosed on drugs used to treat ADD.
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|EpisodeNumber2=13
|EpisodeNumber=215
|Title=Snatched
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Mick Betancourt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|2|3}}
|ProdCode=1013
|Aux4=10.31{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/04/tuesday-ratings-american-idol-fringe-boosted-by-cbs-repeats/12160|title=Tuesday Ratings: American Idol, Fringe Boosted By CBS Repeats|last=Gorman |first=Bill |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=February 4, 2009|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=When a young girl (Daisy Tahan) is kidnapped, the girl's mother (Michelle Ray Smith), immediately points Benson and Stabler in the direction of her ex-husband (Ron Eldard), a recently paroled convict. The ex-con's alibi checks out, but Stabler and Tutuola learn that his wife's father (Dabney Coleman) is a master thief with many enemies. Upon confronting the old man, the detectives learn that he has Alzheimer's disease, and with the help of Dr. Huang, they are able to put clues together that leads them to a questionable ally.
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|EpisodeNumber2=14
|EpisodeNumber=216
|Title=Transitions
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Ken Storer
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|2|17}}
|ProdCode=1014
|Aux4=9.45{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/18/tuesday-ratings-american-idol-wins-again-abc-should-be-ashamed/13014|title=Tuesday Ratings: American Idol wins again, ABC should be ashamed!|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=February 18, 2009|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=When a man (Frank Grillo) is found badly beaten in a strip club parking lot, a fake fingernail leads the detectives to believe that the attacker is female. The victim awakes in the hospital with no memory of what happened, but brings the attention to his ex-wife (Wendy Makkena) and their thirteen-year-old transgender daughter (Bridger Zadina). She makes it no secret that she hated her father for not accepting her as a girl, causing the detectives to suspect her as well as her transgender boyfriend (Daniela Sea). The perpetrator is eventually revealed to be someone who has her own painful memories regarding gender identity.
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|EpisodeNumber2=15
|EpisodeNumber=217
|Title=Lead
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|10}}
|ProdCode=1015
|Aux4=11.03{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/11/tuesday-ratings-american-idol-laps-the-field/14302|title=Tuesday Ratings: American Idol Laps The Field|last=Gorman |first=Bill |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=March 10, 2009|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=A pediatrician (Lawrence Arancio) is found guilty of sexually assaulting four of his male patients. But when Stabler and Benson go to him for questioning regarding a lawsuit, they find him murdered in his apartment. While waiting for Greylek to show up at the scene, the detectives are surprised to find out that she has transferred out and been replaced by ADA Alexandra Cabot, who is no longer in witness protection. Stabler and Benson's investigation leads to the developmentally challenged son (John Gallagher, Jr.) of wealthy parents (Fredric Lehne and Laura Leigh Hughes), who is arrested for the murder. As the Cabot's trial goes on, the detectives discover that his intellectual disability was caused by lead poisoning and his affinity for Chinese-made products.
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|EpisodeNumber2=16
|EpisodeNumber=218
|Title=Ballerina
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Daniel Truly
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|17}}
|ProdCode=1016
|Aux4=10.58{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/03/18/tuesday-ratings-american-idol-crushes-dancing-in-reality-clash/14782|title=Updated:Tuesday Ratings: American Idol Crushes Dancing In Reality Clash|last=Gorman |first=Bill |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=March 18, 2009|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=When Benson and Stabler arrive on the scene of a single murder, they discover two more dead bodies and link one of them to a strip club owned by a former Rockette (Carol Burnett). She and her nephew Chet (Matthew Lillard) try to assist with the investigation, but when the abusive husband and the prime suspect for the three murders, suddenly dies, the detectives suspect that the dancer may be a black widow.
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|EpisodeNumber2=17
|EpisodeNumber=219
|Title=Hell
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|3|31}}
|ProdCode=1017
|Aux4=9.34{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/01/tuesday-ratings-cupid-premieres-weak-idol-crushes-dancing-again-woz-out/15695 |title=Tuesday Ratings: Cupid Premiere Weak; Osbournes Does Better; Woz Off Dancing |last=Gorman |first=Bill |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=April 1, 2009 |accessdate=July 11, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418071142/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/01/tuesday-ratings-cupid-premieres-weak-idol-crushes-dancing-again-woz-out/15695 |archivedate=April 18, 2009 }}
|ShortSummary=A young girl (Julyza Commodore) is found in an alley with her throat cut and evidence of repeated rape and physical abuse. When asked to write who attacked her, she draws a picture of the devil. When Munch investigates, the squad meets a pastor (Robert Wisdom), the girl's adoptive father, who rescued her and her friend (Gbenga Akinnagbe) from the Lord's Resistance Army. One of its infamous members (Mike Colter), known for recruiting child soldiers, is suspected of being the girl's attacker.
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|EpisodeNumber2=18
|EpisodeNumber=220
|Title=Baggage
|DirectedBy=Chris Zalla
|WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|7}}
|ProdCode=1018
|Aux4=9.08{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/08/tuesday-ratings-fringe-returns-even-cupid-misses-badly/16245|title=Tuesday Ratings: Fringe Returns Even, Cupid Misses Badly|last=Gorman |first=Bill |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=April 7, 2009|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=After an up-and-coming artist is brutally murdered in her apartment, Tutuola and Stabler link her death to another unsolved murder case. As they pursue the case further, they realize that these two murders have striking similarities to a string of murders by a mysterious serial killer that Major Case Detective Victor Moran (Delroy Lindo) has been following for months. Moran fights to keep control over the case while Tutuola and Stabler struggle to find the killer.
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|EpisodeNumber2=19
|EpisodeNumber=221
|Title=Selfish
|DirectedBy=David Platt
|WrittenBy=Mick Betancourt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|4|28}}
|ProdCode=1019
|Aux4=10.23{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/29/typical-tuesday-ratings-idol-fringe-dominate-cupids-wings-clipped/17658|title=Typical Tuesday Ratings: Idol, Fringe Dominate, Cupid's Wings Clipped|last=Gorman |first=Bill |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=April 29, 2009|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=When a woman (Gail O'Grady) reports the disappearance of her 11-month-old granddaughter, the detectives suspect the girl's mother (Hilary Duff) of killing her daughter. The detectives however find out that the baby actually died of measles because another mother (Anastasia Barzee) refused to vaccinate her son. After Cabot puts the neglectful mother on trial, she is found not guilty of manslaughter, prompting the baby's grandfather (Mike Pniewski) to take the law into his own hands.
- Partly inspired by the death of Caylee Anthony.
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|EpisodeNumber2=20
|EpisodeNumber=222
|Title=Crush
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|5}}
|ProdCode=1020
|Aux4=9.79{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/07/same-ol-tuesday-ratings-fox-wins-better-off-teds-dead/18273|title=Same Ol' Tuesday Ratings: Fox Wins; Better Off Ted's Dead|last=Gorman |first=Bill |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=May 7, 2009|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=A high school student (Carly Schroeder) falls down a flight of stairs sending her into a coma. The SVU is alerted when the doctor's examination reveals signs of physical abuse. Upon waking, the girl refuses to name her attacker, even though the detectives already have two suspects: the girl's boyfriend and a self-described 'drama-geek' (Ezra Miller) with a crush on her. Frustrated, a family court prosecutor (Melinda McGraw) convinces Benson to use sexting as a pretext for arresting her for distributing child pornography. Faced with this ultimatum and helped by Stabler's daughter Kathleen (Allison Siko), the victim admits to being abused by her boyfriend. Afterwards, the detectives plan a sting operation against a biased judge (Swoosie Kurtz) and her clerk (Geoffrey Cantor) after they are unable to make the child pornography charges disappear.
- Episode partially based on the 2008 Pennsylvania kids for cash scandal.
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|EpisodeNumber2=21
|EpisodeNumber=223
|Title=Liberties
|DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|5|19}}
|ProdCode=1021
|Aux4=6.73{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/20/tuesday-ratings-fox-gleeful-as-idol-glee-top-dancing-ncis-mentalist-finales/19130 |title=Tuesday Ratings: Fox Gleeful As Idol, Glee Top Dancing, NCIS, Mentalist Finales |last=Gorman |first=Bill |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=May 20, 2009 |accessdate=July 11, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528165703/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/20/tuesday-ratings-fox-gleeful-as-idol-glee-top-dancing-ncis-mentalist-finales/19130 |archivedate=May 28, 2010 }}
|ShortSummary=When a woman (Sprague Grayden) seeks to have a restraining order reinstated against her ex-boyfriend (Jon Patrick Walker), the assigned judge has something else on his mind. For peace of mind, Judge Koehler (Alan Dale) asks Stabler to question a convicted serial killer (Victor Arnold) about the whereabouts of his son's body, which adds a new twist to the case.
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|EpisodeNumber2=22
|EpisodeNumber=224
|Title=Zebras
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Amanda Green & Daniel Truly
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|6|2}}
|ProdCode=1022
|Aux4=11.34{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/06/03/tuesday-ratings-nbc-wins-again-lead-by-law-order-svu-finale-obama-special/19940|title=Tuesday Ratings: NBC Wins Again Lead By Law & Order: SVU Finale, Obama Special|last=Gorman |first=Bill |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=June 3, 2009|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}
|ShortSummary=A tourist is found dead in Central Park with the word "guilty" written across her forehead. With the help of CSU technician Dale Stuckey, Benson and Stabler discover that a deranged former artist (Nick Stahl) was at the park during the crime. They arrest him, but are unable to make the charges stick due to a clerical error by Stuckey. Munch and Tutuola attempt to follow the prime suspect to Coney Island and discover another dead body after losing the suspect. At first, they assume that their mark escaped and committed the murder, however subsequent murders and attacks tell them that something much more sinister is going on.
- Carol Kane previously played the part of Gwen Munch in a sixth season episode of Homicide: Life on the Street.
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=Season 11 (2009–2010)=
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- Christine Lahti had a four episode arc as Executive ADA Sonya Paxton; from the season premiere episode "Unstable" to "Hammered". She also returns in the eighth episode, "Turmoil".
- Stephanie March rejoined the cast as ADA Alexandra Cabot starting with the episode "Hardwired" to the episode "Witness".
- Sharon Stone had a four episode arc as ADA Jo Marlowe from the episode "Torch" to the season finale episode "Shattered".
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| EpisodeNumber2=1
| EpisodeNumber=225
| Title=Unstable
| DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney
| WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|09|23}}
| ProdCode=1101
| Aux4= 8.36{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/24/wednesday-broadcast-finals-modern-family-down-a-tenth-cougar-town-up-a-tenth-with-adults-18-49/28330|title=Wednesday broadcast finals: Modern Family down a tenth, Cougar Town up a tenth with adults 18–49|last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=September 24, 2009|accessdate=April 24, 2010 }}
| ShortSummary=Officer Nate Kendall (Wentworth Miller) aids a woman in trouble (Jennifer Ferrin) and becomes roped into solving a rape case. Detectives Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson believe that Kendall is not right for the case due to his unstable personality. Executive ADA Sonya Paxton (Christine Lahti) joins the team, bringing evidence of a common thread among three other rape cases. Detective Stabler, who arrested the prime suspect (Chike Johnson) for the rapes ten years ago, realizes that the victim (Geneva Carr)'s interracial identification was incorrect and that he put an innocent man in prison for twenty-five years. The detectives track down the real rapist (Mahershalalhashbaz Ali) but are unable to get the results that they want after arresting him.
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| EpisodeNumber2=2
| EpisodeNumber=226
| Title=Sugar
| DirectedBy=Peter Leto
| WrittenBy=Daniel Truly
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|09|30}}
| ProdCode=1102
| ShortSummary=A young woman (Julie Craig)'s body is found stuffed inside a suitcase, and police believe that she was a train passenger on her way to Tampa when she was murdered. Detectives Benson and Stabler turn to her financier boyfriend (Matt Burns)'s yacht to investigate. After further searching, the detectives discover that the victim belonged to an online dating website, but when its CEO (Eric McCormack) refuses to comment on the case, they turn to EADA Paxton for help. The CEO is the victim's new boyfriend, and he says that he accidentally killed his girlfriend because she wanted to break up with him. Later, it is revealed that someone close to the CEO (Melissa Farman) is responsible for the victim's death.
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| EpisodeNumber2=3
| EpisodeNumber=227
| Title=Solitary
| DirectedBy=Helen Shaver
| WrittenBy=Amanda Green
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|10|07}}
| ProdCode=1103
| ShortSummary=When a woman (Deborah Ann Woll) is reported missing, her boyfriend (Bobby Campo) points Detectives Benson and Stabler in the direction of her downstairs neighbor (Stephen Rea), a convicted bank robber who spent nineteen years in solitary confinement. A surprising twist to the case exposes more of the ex-con's dark past.
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| EpisodeNumber2=4
| EpisodeNumber=228
| Title=Hammered
| DirectedBy=Peter Leto
| WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|10|14}}
| ProdCode=1104
| ShortSummary=After a night of heavy drinking, an alcoholic (Scott Foley) wakes up to a bloody apartment, a terrible cut on his head and a dead woman in his bed. Unable to recall the night before, he immediately calls the police. Benson and Stabler suspect the crime is the result of a deadly love triangle while Munch and Tutuola discover that the victim was an abortion doctor. After talking to her ex-husband (Chris McKinney), the detectives learn about the numerous death threats that were sent to her. The squad arrests the man who originally called them when they find him beating up his business partner (Chris Bauer) for convincing him to drink again. This leads to a trial which exposes Sonya Paxton's drinking problem.
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| EpisodeNumber2=5
| EpisodeNumber=229
| Title=Hardwired
| DirectedBy=David Platt
| WrittenBy=Mick Betancourt
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|10|21}}
| ProdCode=1105
| ShortSummary=After a woman with a short fuse (Rosie Perez) makes a shocking discovery about her son (Cruz Santiago) and his behavior at school, she takes him to the doctor and finds out that he has been the victim of sexual abuse. Detectives Benson and Stabler come onto the scene and question the victim and his family. From the boy's frightened reaction when his stepfather (Jim True-Frost) silences the investigation, it is clear to everyone in the room who the real perpetrator is. As Benson and Stabler are about to arrest the suspect, he agrees to give up the leader (Garret Dillahunt) of the largest pro child-adult relationship civil rights group in exchange for a plea bargain from ADA Alex Cabot, who returns from Albany.
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| EpisodeNumber2=6
| EpisodeNumber=230
| Title=Spooked
| DirectedBy=Peter Leto
| WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|10|28}}
| ProdCode=1106
| ShortSummary=In the back of a truck, police discover a murdered man and a murdered woman with breast implants cut out of her. Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate the scene and link the male victim to a dangerous Mexican drug cartel. Benson and Stabler follow a lead to an abandoned drug den where they are surprised to see FBI Special Agent Dean Porter (Vincent Spano), who is separately working on the case. When a suspect (Jose Yenque) holds Olivia at gunpoint, Porter arrives and kills the suspect with timing that appears too convenient. Suspicious of his involvement, Olivia makes advances on him and eventually helps the SVU locate the killer (Paola Mendoza). Captain Cragen has no choice but to let her and Porter go free when it is revealed that the killing of the female victim helped preserve national security.
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| EpisodeNumber2=7
| EpisodeNumber=231
| Title=Users
| DirectedBy=David Platt
| WrittenBy=Michael Angeli
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|11|04}}
| ProdCode=1108
| ShortSummary=After a crime scene photo of a murdered teenage girl (iJustine) rapidly becomes an Internet phenomenon, the police initiate an investigation with the victim's father (James Colby). When he points the detectives towards his daughter's suspicious therapist (James Frain), it turns out that the man's alibi is airtight. While Munch and Fin are busy tracking down the girl's stolen credit card, Warner and Stabler discover that one of the other therapy patients (Ryan Kelley) has broken into the morgue. The case takes an unexpected turn when the SVU realizes that their best potential witness is desperate for heroin. Huang puts his medical license on the line to get him an illegal drug with a high effectiveness for treating addiction.
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| EpisodeNumber2=8
| EpisodeNumber=232
| Title=Turmoil
| DirectedBy=Peter Leto
| WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|11|11}}
| ProdCode=1109
| ShortSummary=After risqué photos of a fifteen-year-old rape victim (Shana Dowdeswell) are leaked onto the internet, Detectives Benson and Stabler's case becomes much more complicated. As the detectives' case slowly morphs into an investigation of ADA Cabot by the State Bar, Stabler's son Dickie (Jeffrey Scaperrotta) becomes entangled in a streak of compromising events at the hands of his best friend, a recovering drug addict (Joshua Page). As Benson takes charge of the rape case, Stabler is forced to set his personal opinions aside and deal with the potentially life-threatening situation his son and his friend have gotten themselves into.
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| EpisodeNumber2=9
| EpisodeNumber=233
| Title=Perverted
| DirectedBy=David Platt
| WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|11|18}}
| ProdCode=1110
| Aux4=8.44{{cite news|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/19/wednesday-broadcast-cable-finals-glee-americas-next-top-model-tick-up/34157 |title=Wednesday broadcast & cable finals: Glee, America's Next Top Model tick up |last=Seidman |first=Robert |work=The Nielsen Company |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=November 19, 2009 |accessdate=April 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5u4nhxbFC?url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/19/wednesday-broadcast-cable-finals-glee-americas-next-top-model-tick-up/34157 |archivedate=November 8, 2010 }}
| ShortSummary=While in the park, a family stumbles upon the sexually mutilated body of a biker (Eddie Abele) whose gang is known for prostitution and contract killing. To everyone's surprise, incriminating DNA evidence points to Detective Benson as the prime suspect. Munch and Fin investigate the murder, while Stabler fights to prove his partner's innocence. Benson is confronted by a criminal she arrested years earlier (Patrick Heusinger). Having endured years of sexual abuse in prison, he framed Benson with the help of a questionable doctor (J. Robert Spencer).
- Based on the journal Forensic Science International: Genetics by Israeli-based lead author Dan Frumkin.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/law-order-svu/law-orders-strange-science-3373.html | title= Law & Order's Strange Science | last=Ratledge | first=Ingela |
work=TVGuide Magazine | publisher=Opengate | date=November 30, 2009 | accessdate=February 4, 2010 }}
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| EpisodeNumber2=10
| EpisodeNumber=234
| Title=Anchor
| DirectedBy=Jonathan Kaplan
| WrittenBy=Amanda Green & Daniel Truly
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2009|12|09}}
| ProdCode=1107
| ShortSummary=When two young girls are similarly murdered a little over a month apart, Detective Tutuola decides to investigate the gruesome crimes. Benson puts him in touch with a reporter (Megalyn Echikunwoke) who may have enough connections to get them a lead. After a third killing, Fin discovers that all three children were "anchor babies" of immigrant families and reaches out to the Center of Immigrant Services. After sifting through the Center's hate mail, and witnessing a fight between an immigration lawyer (John Larroquette) and a fanatic (Thomas Sadoski) who follows a conservative talk show host (Bruce McGill), Fin begins to narrow in on the killer.
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| EpisodeNumber2=11
| EpisodeNumber=235
| Title=Quickie
| DirectedBy=David Platt
| WrittenBy=Ken Storer
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|01|06}}
| ProdCode=1111
| ShortSummary=When a seventeen-year-old is found strangled and beaten to death in an alley, her ex-boyfriend (Brady Corbet) leads the cops to a website that she used to meet up with random men. Detective Benson decides to create a user account for the site and finds a womanizer (Brian Geraghty) who met with the victim and had sex with her without a condom. The case is closed when a different suspect is proven guilty of the murder but a new one opens when the original suspect is found to have HIV. To help ADA Cabot prosecute the predator for knowingly spreading HIV, one of his previous partners (Mattie Hawkinson) is brought into court. When this fails to work, the defendant's grandfather (Jack Larson) blames himself for his grandson's misogyny and causes him to have an epiphany.
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| EpisodeNumber2=12
| EpisodeNumber=236
| Title=Shadow
| DirectedBy=Amy Redford
| WrittenBy=Amanda Green
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|01|13}}
| ProdCode=1112
| ShortSummary=When a wealthy couple is found murdered in their bedroom, Benson and Stabler decide to speak to the deceased couple's daughter Anne (Sarah Paulson). After hearing her story of a strange man who has been following her, the detectives soon discover that the supposed stalker is Detective Ash Ramsey (Naveen Andrews) of the Special Frauds division. Convinced that Anne killed her parents for their money, Ramsey becomes suspicious of Anne's business manager (Dennis Boutsikaris) and is led to believe that he helped her steal money from the foundation she runs. With little evidence to go on, the detectives are able to buy some time by blackmailing the foundation's leader (Edward Hibbert) into pressing charges against Anne for embezzlement. Even though hitmen have been sent after them, Benson and Ramsey go out into the open as part of a dangerous sting operation.
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| EpisodeNumber2=13
| EpisodeNumber=237
| Title=P.C.
| DirectedBy=Juan J. Campanella
| WrittenBy=Daniel Truly
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|03|03}}
| ProdCode=1115
| ShortSummary=A patrol cop finds a woman (Ashby Dodge) nearly dead; she dies before Benson and Stabler reach the hospital. Soon a lesbian rights group with a charismatic leader (Kathy Griffin) gets involved, claiming the victim's death was a result of police neglect over the LGBT community. The detectives initially suspect the woman's former lover (Kate Udall) to be responsible but when she is in custody more women from the group are attacked. From security camera footage and their own surveillance of a press conference, the SVU is able to arrest a homophobic man (Chad Donella) and prove he is the killer.
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| EpisodeNumber2=14
| EpisodeNumber=238
| Title=Savior
| DirectedBy=Peter Leto
| WrittenBy=Mick Betancourt
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|03|03}}
| ProdCode=1114
| ShortSummary=A series of young prostitutes is found murdered with homemade prayer cards attached to their bodies leading Detectives Benson and Stabler to a religious zealot (Lee Tergesen). However, they find a prostitute (Mischa Barton) who survived his attacks and count on her testimony to put the killer away. Olivia is left to make a heartbreaking decision after the survivor asks for her help.
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| EpisodeNumber2=15
| EpisodeNumber=239
| Title=Confidential
| DirectedBy=Peter Leto
| WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|03|10}}
| ProdCode=1113
| ShortSummary=Cragen and the SVU squad find a woman dead in a garbage can soon after she is recorded being abducted by security cameras. Munch recalls a similar case from twenty years before, which sends Benson and Stabler to Sing Sing to speak to the supposed culprit (Yul Vazquez). The detectives discover that the building owner (Richard Burgi) actually committed both crimes after their investigation comes under fierce opposition from his lawyer (Lena Olin). The trial that follows focuses on the collateral damage caused by attorney–client privilege.
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| EpisodeNumber2=16
| EpisodeNumber=240
| Title=Witness
| DirectedBy=David Platt
| WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon & Christine M. Torres
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|03|17}}
| ProdCode=1116
| ShortSummary= A woman (Diora Baird) is raped and cut in her apartment building's stairwell and claims a black woman saved her by punching the perpetrator (Eric Lange) in the eye. The lady is identified as Nardalee Ula (Saidah Arrika Ekulona), an illegal immigrant from Democratic Republic of the Congo, who came to America after escaping a life of sexual abuse against women used by the country as a "weapon of war". After the victim dies from MRSA, Nardalee is the only one who can testify against the rapist, but risks being deported. After her successful testimony she is awarded a U-Visa, but declines it, saying she will be going back to the Congo to help save other women from sexual abuse. Meanwhile, ADA Cabot makes a shocking decision of her own.
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| EpisodeNumber2=17
| EpisodeNumber=241
| Title=Disabled
| DirectedBy=Paul Black
| WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|03|24}}
| ProdCode=1117
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| EpisodeNumber2=22
| EpisodeNumber=246
| Title=Ace
| DirectedBy=David Platt
| WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|05|05}}
| ProdCode=1122
| ShortSummary= Detectives Benson and Stabler must track down a pregnant rape victim (Hanna-Liina Võsa) who disappears from the hospital. In the process, they uncover a vast baby-trafficking scam, led by a Bulgarian crime lord (Pasha D. Lychnikoff). When the woman (Gordana Rashovich) who housed the pregnant mothers is discovered murdered, Benson and Stabler go undercover as infertile parents, while ADA Marlowe clashes with Cragen over methods to protect the kidnapped woman and her newborn child. Matters become complicated in the trial when the gynecologist (David Paymer) involved is assigned the same lawyer as the mob that used him for his access to pregnant women. He realizes that if he testifies truthfully he will be killed so a shadow counsel is arranged.
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| EpisodeNumber2=23
| EpisodeNumber=247
| Title=Wannabe
| DirectedBy=David Platt
| WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|05|12}}
| ProdCode=1123
| ShortSummary=The investigation into the rape of three young girls (Antonella Lentini, Danika Yarosh and Madison Cerniglia) reveals some secrets about a supposed rookie cop (Graham Davie). The rookie arrests the rapist (Raphael Sbarge) despite being a high school student. Upon repeated insistence from Marlowe to stay away from the case, he places himself in harm's way by snooping into the investigation, getting arrested twice in the process. One of his personal investigations nearly gets him killed, but it turns the case in Marlowe's favor by implicating the rapist's father (Raymond J. Barry) in the crimes as well.
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| EpisodeNumber2=24
| EpisodeNumber=248
| Title=Shattered
| DirectedBy=Peter Leto
| WrittenBy=Amanda Green & Daniel Truly
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|05|19}}
| ProdCode=1124
| ShortSummary=The detectives search for a young boy (Jake Miller) who has been kidnapped by his mother (Isabelle Huppert) in response to the boy's father (D. W. Moffett) having full custody. The mother is an anthropologist who wants her son to travel the world with her through her anthropological exploits. This orchestrated kidnapping goes wrong, however, and both the boy and the kidnapper (David Shumbris) die in an automobile accident when the kidnapper tries to evade police. This makes the mother hysterical, and she ends up taking her husband, Detective Benson and ADA Marlowe hostage and shooting ME Warner.
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=Season 12 (2010–2011)=
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- Melissa Sagemiller has a continuous episode arc as ADA Gillian Hardwicke starting with the episode "Branded" to the episode "Bombshell".{{cite magazine|url=http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/09/10/law-order-svu-melissa-sagemiller-is-new-ada/|title='Law & Order: SVU' scoop: 'Bar' girl Melissa Sagemiller is new ADA|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 10, 2010|accessdate=September 11, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911202232/http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/09/10/law-order-svu-melissa-sagemiller-is-new-ada/|archivedate=September 11, 2010|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/SVU-Producer-Neal-1022845.aspx|title=SVU Producer Neal Baer Explains ADA Shakeup|last=Rudolph|first=Ileane |work=TV Guide|date=September 10, 2010|accessdate=September 11, 2010}}
- Diane Neal returns to reprise her role as ADA Casey Novak for one episode ("Reparations"). Her character was a regular on SVU from seasons 5–9.{{cite web|author=Michael Ausiello |url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/03/law-order-svu-scoop-diane-neal-returns/#more-196123 |title=Law & Order: SVU Scoop: Diane Neal Returns! – |publisher=TVLine |date=March 1, 2011 |accessdate=October 8, 2013}}
- Neal Baer leaves the show as executive producer at the end of the season.{{cite news | first=Nellie | last=Andreeva | title='Law & Order: SVU' Showrunner Neal Baer Signs Big Overall Deal With CBS TV Studios | date=November 23, 2010 | url=http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/law-order-svu-showrunner-nael-bear-signs-big-overall-deal-with-cbs-tv-studios/ }}{{cite news | first=Kate | last=Stanhope | title=Showrunner Neal Baer Leaving Law & Order: SVU After 11 Years for CBS | date=November 23, 2010 | url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Baer-Leaving-SVU-1026073.aspx }}
- Christopher Meloni (Det. Elliot Stabler), BD Wong (George Huang), and Tamara Tunie (Melinda Warner) leave the cast after the season finale ("Smoked").{{cite news|url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/05/chris-meloni-exits-law-order-svu/|title=Exclusive: Chris Meloni Exits Law & Order: SVU|last1=Webb Mitovich|first1=Matt|last2=Ausiello|first2=|authorlink2=Michael Ausiello|work=TVLine|publisher=Mail.com Media|date=May 24, 2011|accessdate=May 24, 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/07/svu-bd-wong-wont-return-season-13/|title=Fall TV Scoop: B.D. Wong Reveals His SVU Fate|last=Mitovich|first=Matt|work=TVLine|publisher=Mail.com Media|date=July 17, 2011|accessdate=September 29, 2011}}
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|EpisodeNumber=249
|Title=Locum
|DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|9|22}}
|ProdCode=1201
|ShortSummary= Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate the disappearance of the ten-year-old adopted daughter (Bailee Madison) of a foster couple (Joan Cusack and Peter Strauss). They soon discover that she ran away to meet with a man named Erik Weber (Henry Ian Cusick), whom she met on the internet. Benson and Stabler suspect Weber has ulterior motives regarding the girl, but he denies any wrongdoing, and expresses romantic interest in Benson. As the investigation continues, the detectives realize that the girl's foster parents have another child (Amanda Dillard), which changes the entire course of the case.
- Inspired by the Jaycee Dugard case and the film Vertigo.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/SVU-Neal-Baer-1023710.aspx|title=SVU's Neal Baer Says Premiere Was Inspired by Vertigo|last=Ross|first=Robyn|work=TV Guide|date=September 28, 2010|accessdate=September 29, 2010}}
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|Title=Bullseye
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Daniel Truly
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|9|22}}
|ProdCode=1202
|ShortSummary= Benson and Stabler are called to the hospital after a ten-year-old girl (Ruby Jerins) is raped. They arrive to find her so traumatized that she cannot even tell them her name. Detective Tutuola and Sergeant Munch are able to identify the young victim, but they soon realize that her parents (Melissa Rain Anderson and Daniel Stewart) are far from normal. When the detectives find themselves without a lead, Erik Weber, a man they met on their previous case, decides to get involved and leads them to two suspects- a man with Noonan syndrome (Adrian Martinez) and a convicted child molester (Stephen Tobolowsky). After talking to Weber's sister (Emily Dorsch) about a number of suspicious occurrences, Benson is able to find out who the real rapist is.
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|Title=Behave
|DirectedBy=Helen Shaver
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|9|29}}
|ProdCode=1203
|ShortSummary= A rape victim (Jennifer Love Hewitt) is brought into the hospital initially claiming that the same man (James LeGros) has attacked her repeatedly for the past fifteen years. Benson is determined to help her, but she lives in such terror that she refuses to submit to a rape kit out of fear that she will be raped again. As Benson looks for a way to help, she is horrified to learn that there are police precincts and evidence labs across the country that never test their rape kits. The investigation leads her to Detroit, Chicago, and then to Los Angeles, where she finds evidence that could finally help the woman get justice.
- Special appearance by Skeet Ulrich as Det. Rex Winters.
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|EpisodeNumber=252
|Title=Merchandise
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|10|6}}
|ProdCode=1204
|ShortSummary=A fifteen-year-old girl (Michaela Annette) is chased from a farmer's market. When she is hit by a car and killed, Benson and Stabler are surprised when Dr. Warner rules it a homicide, as she found signs that the girl was being starved and had recently given birth. They learn from the girl's father (Paul Schulze) that she and her teenage brother (Devon Gearhart) were kidnapped by an organization that claimed to be hiring farm hands. Tutuola and Dr. Huang arrest one of the conspirators (Amanda Lisa Wong) and find the surviving teenager. Although questioning him proves difficult at first, the boy breaks down upon learning that he got his sister killed, since he was trying to save her from being beaten. With the future of the case uncertain, Benson and Stabler reach out to Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Danielson (Gloria Reuben).
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|EpisodeNumber=253
|Title=Wet
|DirectedBy=Jonathan Kaplan
|WrittenBy=Speed Weed
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|10|13}}
|ProdCode=1205
|ShortSummary=Benson and Stabler arrive on the scene where a woman (Lucy Owen) is found dead in Bethesda Fountain. When her squeaky clean image does not match up with her promiscuous actions, their new ADA, Mikka Von (Paula Patton), encourages the cops to dig deeper into her past. Benson and Stabler find out that the woman worked for a soft drink company that faced recent controversy over trying to privatize water rights in Bolivia. Upon finding out that she was poisoned with toxic mushrooms, the detectives suspect that an activist and professor (David Krumholtz) is responsible. Other suspects present themselves when SVU realizes that his lover (Amanda Fuller) is competing for her wealthy grandmother (Rosemary Harris)'s inheritance and ADA Von's tricks in court cost her more than the case.
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|EpisodeNumber2=6
|EpisodeNumber=254
|Title=Branded
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Chris Brancato
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|10|20}}
|ProdCode=1206
|ShortSummary= When Benson and Stabler investigate a brutal attack on an unassuming, upstanding father (Michael Gladis), they find him branded on his chest with a wire coat hanger. Before long, another victim turns up (Kevin Alejandro), who has suffered the same injuries. A connection is found when the SVU learns that both men work for the same employer (Jason Wiles). When their assailant (Bess Rous) is captured, her story convinces Benson and new Assistant DA Gillian Hardwicke (Melissa Sagemiller) that she endured far greater suffering.
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|EpisodeNumber=255
|Title=Trophy
|DirectedBy=Donna Deitch
|WrittenBy=Ken Storer
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|11|3}}
|ProdCode=1207
|ShortSummary=After a young woman (Tonya Glanz) is raped and murdered, her body turns up in an industrial laundry facility. When the perp fires at Benson and Stabler from inside a house, they find a torture chamber in the basement and arrest the owner of the house (Joseph Sikora). However, further investigation reveals that he is being set up by a serial rapist (R. Lee Ermey) and Benson builds a connection to a victim's daughter (Maria Bello) and her son (Charlie Tahan).
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|EpisodeNumber=256
|Title=Penetration
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Christine M. Torres & Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|11|10}}
|ProdCode=1208
|ShortSummary= FBI Agent Dana Lewis (Marcia Gay Harden) is assaulted by a stranger and asks Benson to have her rape kit tested. Before the cops can help her, Lewis goes back undercover and refuses to talk about the assignment or the rape, for fear that she will be exposed and pulled off the case. With Benson and Stabler in pursuit, Lewis apprehends the rapist (Jeremy Davidson) herself. When Hardwicke questions Lewis on the stand, it is revealed that the mercenary was hired by someone (J. C. MacKenzie) who wanted revenge on Lewis.
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|Title=Gray
|DirectedBy=Helen Shaver
|WrittenBy=George Huang
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|11|17}}
|ProdCode=1209
|ShortSummary=Stabler goes to his daughter Kathleen's (Allison Siko) university to discuss rape prevention at a Take Back the Night rally. When a girl from the crowd (Anna Greenfield) accuses another student (Charlie Barnett) of rape, Stabler and Benson are assigned the case. What emerges are conflicting accounts and fiery accusations without substantial evidence to back them up, but Kathleen finds evidence against the student, although Stabler questions its legality. Executive ADA Sonya Paxton (Christine Lahti) returns to SVU after her suspension and Stabler convinces her not to compel his daughter's testimony. Paxton finds another way of prosecuting the student when they learn that he gave an abortive agent to his girlfriend (Gwynneth Bensen) claiming that it was a lubricant.
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|Title=Rescue
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto & Constantine Makris
|WrittenBy=Daniel Truly
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2010|12|1}}
|ProdCode=1210
|ShortSummary=With young Calvin Arliss (Charlie Tahan) in her care, Benson claims to be searching for his drug-addict mother Vivian (Maria Bello). However, Stabler begins to question this after noticing the bond forming between Olivia and Calvin. After collaring two paramedics (Mike Starr and James Martinez) for violating an intoxicated partygoer (Shea Glaser) on the way to the hospital, the SVU discovers that Vivian was at an open house attended by the paramedics. Captain Cragen assigns Tutuola and Munch to the case, but Benson gets involved against his orders, leading to heartbreak for Olivia.
- Partially inspired by the 2010 Duke University faux sex thesis controversy.{{cite web|last=Davis|first=Glenn|url=http://www.sportsgrid.com/media/law-and-order-duke-list-episode/|title=The Inevitable Law & Order: SVU "Duke F–k List"-Inspired Episode Is On Its Way
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|EpisodeNumber=259
|Title=Pop
|DirectedBy=Norberto Barba
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|1|5}}
|ProdCode=1211
|ShortSummary= A young boy is found dead on a park carousel after being dropped off by his uncle (James Carpinello). Stabler discovers that he was beaten to death and the mother accuses a bully (Sammuel Soifer) at his school. The SVU discovers that the beating did not take place at school, but rather in a park where members of an unsettling gambling ring gather to watch teenagers fight. Stabler and Tutuola suspect that one of the ring leaders (Adam Senn) is beating his wife (Drea de Matteo) and son (Al Calderon). When the abusive man is killed by a family member, Hardwicke must decide whom to prosecute for his murder.
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|EpisodeNumber=260
|Title=Possessed
|DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
|WrittenBy=Brian Fagan
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|1|5}}
|ProdCode=1212
|ShortSummary=A young man (Michelangelo Milano) finds that his girlfriend (Taryn Manning) has been attacked in her apartment with evidence that points to her buried past. Benson and Stabler go in search of her attacker (Devin Ratray) and discover that an elderly author (David Patrick Kelly) used to abuse children. With the statute of limitations coming up, Hardwicke has a hard time prosecuting the man, who acts as his own savvy defense attorney. Detectives reach out to a childhood friend (Brian Justin Crum) of the victim only to find that he never left the world of child pornography.
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|EpisodeNumber=261
|Title=Mask
|DirectedBy=Donna Deitch
|WrittenBy=Speed Weed
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|1|12}}
|ProdCode=1213
|ShortSummary=A man wearing a haunting mask (Chandler Williams) rapes an OBGYN (A. J. Cook) and assaults her partner (Marguerite Stimpson). In trying to identify the rapist, the SVU discovers that the partner's father Cap Jackson (Jeremy Irons) has a sordid past filled with sex and alcohol addiction. Ironically, he now works as a sex therapist who refuses to give detectives the names of his patients that they believe could have attacked his daughter. Stabler infiltrates the therapy group without Jackson's knowledge and is able to find the rapist before he attacks another woman.
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|EpisodeNumber2=14
|EpisodeNumber=262
|Title=Dirty
|DirectedBy=Helen Shaver
|WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|1|19}}
|ProdCode=1214
|ShortSummary=A Brooklyn detective (Shohreh Aghdashloo) goes in search of one of her legal colleagues (Julie Basem), whom she fears may be in danger. She finds the Assistant District Attorney just in time to witness her fall from the top of a parking garage. When Benson arrives, she discovers that the crime scene has been tampered with and turns to AUSA Danielson (Gloria Reuben) for help. The two of them investigate a member (Doug Drucker) of the Latin Kings and discover evidence that could implicate his girlfriend (Samantha Galarza) as a co-conspirator. Benson uses this as leverage to find out who the killer is and realizes that the suspect has been in her sights the entire time.
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|EpisodeNumber2=15
|EpisodeNumber=263
|Title=Flight
|DirectedBy=Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon & Christine M. Torres
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|2|2}}
|ProdCode=1215
|ShortSummary=When a teenage girl (Kristina Alexandra Makarian) on a plane shows symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder due to sexual abuse, all leads point to a wealthy defense contractor (Colm Feore). The billionaire counters that the girl raped him at a party he was throwing and Benson and Stabler find a woman (Kelli Barrett) who appears to seek out young girls for him. Afraid that the squad lacks the evidence to make an arrest, Munch works on making the girl's blog go viral, which entices other rape victims to come forward.
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|EpisodeNumber=264
|Title=Spectacle
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Chris Brancato
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|2|9}}
|ProdCode=1216
|ShortSummary= After the sexual assault of a young woman (Kellyn Lindsey) is videotaped and featured on a college campus-wide intranet feed, Stabler and Tutuola go in search of the victim and her attacker. As they delve into the investigation, it becomes clear that the perpetrator (Spencer Treat Clark) created a spectacle to draw attention to his own issues and force the police to look for his younger sibling (Dylan Reiff) who was abducted off the streets, in plain sight, five years ago.
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|EpisodeNumber=265
|Title=Pursuit
|DirectedBy=Jonathan Kaplan
|WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|2|16}}
|ProdCode=1217
|ShortSummary=Alicia Harding (Debra Messing), host of the Neighborhood Predator television series, gets a bloody scarf in the mail along with death threats. EADA Paxton informs SVU that she worked with the same woman years ago trying to find her sister's abductor before the case went cold. As the stalker escalates, Harding grows increasingly convinced that the same person killed her sister and tries to draw him into the open by presenting new evidence on her show. Benson, Tutuola, and Paxton accompany Harding to a park where they find several dead bodies, but fear that any public announcement that they have made progress on the case will put her life in danger. The squad is able to find the murderer (Christian Hoff), but only after a member of the team is attacked.
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|EpisodeNumber=266
|Title=Bully
|DirectedBy=Helen Shaver
|WrittenBy=Ken Storer
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|2|23}}
|ProdCode=1218
|ShortSummary=When an art patron (LuAnn de Lesseps) discovers a gruesome work of art, it leads gallery visitors to find a woman (Kathryn Barnhardt) dead in her apartment above. Benson and Stabler look into the victim's personal contacts and find someone named Annette Cole (Kate Burton), who appears to be a friend in the wine industry. However, she is later revealed to be an abusive boss with a habit of beating and berating her employees. The troubled Cole kills herself in the middle of a press conference, leaving the detectives to try to fill in the missing gaps.
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|EpisodeNumber2=19
|EpisodeNumber=267
|Title=Bombshell
|DirectedBy=Patrick Creadon
|WrittenBy=Daniel Truly
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|3|23}}
|ProdCode=1219
|ShortSummary=When a man (Tom Irwin) is found stabbed in a parking garage, Benson and Stabler discover that he and his wife are open about having one night stands. When the detectives go undercover at a swingers club, they meet a popular lady (Rose McGowan) and an intruder whom she claims is her jealous boyfriend (Ryan Hurst). However, further investigation reveals that they have a different type of relationship. As tensions grow, the detectives question just how far jealousy can push someone.
- This was the final episode to feature B.D. Wong (Dr. George Huang) as a regular. His departure from the cast was not announced until July 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/07/svu-bd-wong-wont-return-season-13/|title=Fall TV Scoop: B.D. Wong Reveals His SVU Fate|last=Mitovich|first=Matt|work=TVLine|date=July 17, 2011|accessdate=July 17, 2011}}
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|EpisodeNumber=268
|Title=Totem
|DirectedBy=Jonathan Kaplan
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|3|30}}
|ProdCode=1220
|ShortSummary=A young girl is found dead with a doll left as a totem. With Dr. Huang out of town, Benson and Stabler ask a psychiatrist from one of their previous cases, Cap Jackson (Jeremy Irons), for help. Jackson joins the detectives as they retrace the girl's last steps and go to meet with her piano teacher (Elizabeth Mitchell). During the questioning, his skills prove invaluable in deciphering the meaning of the totem, ultimately finding the killer and more victims of abuse.
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|EpisodeNumber2=21
|EpisodeNumber=269
|Title=Reparations
|DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
|WrittenBy=Christine M. Torres
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|4|6}}
|ProdCode=1221
|ShortSummary=A woman (Virginia Kull) is raped in her apartment and her friend (Afton Williamson) suspects that the rapist is one of the students from the inner city school where she teaches. However, the teacher accuses someone else (Vondie Curtis-Hall), who happens to be the cousin of Los Angeles Deputy DA Joe Dekker (Terrence Howard). ADA Casey Novak (Diane Neal) returns to Special Victims after a three year censure and challenges Dekker in court. The detectives discover a history of racism involving the victim's family and the suspect's family and Novak must convince both sides to tell the truth. Novak and Stabler learn that the intruder entered the victim's home intending to commit rape to get revenge for his mother (Irma P. Hall), who was raped by the teacher's grandfather (Robert Hogan).
- Special appearance by Terrence Howard as DDA Joe Dekker.
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|EpisodeNumber=270
|Title=Bang
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Speed Weed
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|5|4}}
|ProdCode=1222
|ShortSummary=After a man (Jordan Dean) abandons a baby in an alley, Benson and Stabler go in search of the child's caregiver. Upon meeting the nanny (Marta Milans) and her boyfriend (John Stamos), they soon realize that he is also engaged to the baby's adoptive mother (Lori Singer). Multiple references to broken condoms convince the detectives that he has a malevolent hobby and they enlist the help of an expert (Noelle Beck).
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|EpisodeNumber2=23
|EpisodeNumber=271
|Title=Delinquent
|DirectedBy=Holly Dale
|WrittenBy=Dawn DeNoon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|5|11}}
|ProdCode=1223
|ShortSummary=When a young woman (Marina Squerciati) finds a teenage boy (Sterling Beaumon) asleep and naked in her bedroom, the boy's mother (Rita Wilson) is quick to defend his actions. During his arraignment, the manipulative teenager accuses Stabler of inappropriate touching, which leads to a restraining order being filed and an IAB investigation. Benson and Stabler learn that the boy has a history of stalking and alcohol abuse and suspect him of being a serial rapist. Stabler puts his career on the line by trying to catch the suspect in the act and learns about someone else who played a role in shaping his sociopathic behavior.
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|EpisodeNumber2=24
|EpisodeNumber=272
|Title=Smoked
|DirectedBy=Helen Shaver
|WrittenBy=Jonathan Greene & Daniel Truly
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|5|18}}
|ProdCode=1224
|ShortSummary=When a woman (Alice Barrett) is murdered during an afternoon shopping trip with her daughter (Hayley McFarland), Benson and Stabler are called in because she was scheduled to testify in their high-profile rape case. Benson and Stabler initially eye the accused rapist (Andrew Howard), but they discover that he might have been framed by someone (Michael Raymond-James). Stabler gets wrapped up in an ATF sting against a cigarette smuggling ring and discovers that the ATF agent running the operation (Pedro Pascal) is dirty, which leads them to arrest three suspects. Just when they are satisfied that the case has been closed, tragedy strikes in the squad room.
- Christopher Meloni (Detective Elliot Stabler) departed the cast after this episode.{{cite news|url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/05/chris-meloni-exits-law-order-svu/|title=Exclusive: Chris Meloni Exits Law & Order: SVU|last1=Webb Mitovich|first1=Matt|last2=Ausiello|first2=|authorlink2=Michael Ausiello|work=TVLine|date=May 24, 2011|accessdate=May 24, 2011}}
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- Warren Leight begins taking over as executive producer.
- Danny Pino (Det. Nick Amaro) and Kelli Giddish (Det. Amanda Rollins) join the cast.
- Stephanie March (ADA Alexandra Cabot) and Diane Neal (ADA Casey Novak) both return as recurring characters.
- Tamara Tunie (M.E. Melinda Warner) is moved from the main cast to a recurring role.
- BD Wong (Dr. George Huang) reprises his role in "Father Dearest" following his departure from the cast in July 2011.
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|Title=Scorched Earth
|DirectedBy=Michael Slovis
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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|9|21}}
|ProdCode=1301
|ShortSummary= The detectives of the Special Victims Unit are called to the scene when a hotel maid (Anika Noni Rose) reports being assaulted by an Italian diplomat (Franco Nero). Bureau Chief ADA Cutter and ADA Cabot prosecute the high-profile case, which quickly grows more complicated as the maid's credibility is publicly questioned. Detective Amanda Rollins joins the Manhattan SVU from Atlanta, while Detective Benson struggles to cope with the fall-out from the shooting in the precinct.
- Inspired by the New York v. Strauss-Kahn case.{{cite news|last=Stanhope|first=Kate|title=Exclusive: International Film Star Takes on Dominique Strauss-Kahn for Law & Order: SVU|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/SVU-DSK-Nero-1036309.aspx|accessdate=August 11, 2011|newspaper=TV Guide|date=August 11, 2011}}
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|EpisodeNumber=274
|Title=Personal Fouls
|DirectedBy=Jim McKay
|WrittenBy=Bryan Goluboff
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|9|28}}
|ProdCode=1302
|ShortSummary= As a long time coach (Dan Lauria) is inducted to the Metro Basketball Hall of Fame by former students, an ex-player (Aaron Tveit) accuses the coach of sexually abusing him as a child. Detective Nick Amaro transfers into the SVU squad from narcotics and is thrown onto the case. The detectives interview former players but no one admits to abuse, forcing Detectives Benson and Tutuola to dig deeper into the coach's most successful player (Mehcad Brooks) and his manager (Heavy D).
- Special appearances by Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh as themselves.
- This episode marked Heavy D's final acting appearance before his death on November 8, 2011.
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|EpisodeNumber=275
|Title=Blood Brothers
|DirectedBy=Tom DiCillo
|WrittenBy=Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|10|5}}
|ProdCode=1303
|ShortSummary= When a pregnant thirteen-year-old girl (Piper Curda) refuses to identify her baby's father (Jacob Kogan), Benson and the SVU squad work to determine if she was raped. Their investigation leads to a high-profile political couple (Kyle MacLachlan and Paige Turco) and the son (Anthony Keyvan) of their housekeeper (Judy Reyes). The detectives uncover much more than they bargained for when a family secret is revealed and a family member goes missing.
- Inspired by the Arnold Schwarzenegger scandal.{{cite news | first=Michael | last=Ausiello | title=Exclusive: Law & Order: SVU Takes on Arnold Schwarzenegger Scandal | date=July 19, 2011 | url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/07/law-order-svu-arnold-schwarzenegger-scandal/}}
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|EpisodeNumber2=4
|EpisodeNumber=276
|Title=Double Strands
|DirectedBy=Fred Berner
|WrittenBy=John P. Roche
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|10|12}}
|ProdCode=1304
|ShortSummary= A dancer is followed home and raped by a man with a distinctive tattoo and the details of the attack reminds Rollins of a serial rapist she was tracking back home. The detectives arrest their prime suspect (T.R. Knight), a family man who maintains his innocence, but his description and DNA match this assault and the string of rapes across multiple states that Rollins had been investigating. Although the evidence supports the arrest and ADA Novak pushes to close the case, Benson and Amaro dig into the man's past and begin to believe his story.
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|EpisodeNumber2=5
|EpisodeNumber=277
|Title=Missing Pieces
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|10|19}}
|ProdCode=1305
|ShortSummary= Amaro is called to a case after spending time with his daughter Zara (Alison Fernandez) when a woman (Lisa Joyce) visiting from Buffalo claims that her car was stolen with her baby still buckled in the backseat. Benson and Amaro get as much information as they can from the anxious mother and her boyfriend (Dennis Flanagan) at the station, while Tutuola and Rollins track their path from Buffalo for clues. When the parents' stories don't add up, the detectives must uncover what really happened to the missing baby, and the truth surprises everyone.
- Detectives investigating the disappearance of Sky Metalwala in the Seattle area two weeks after this episode aired, in which a woman battling over child custody issues with her husband claimed her two-year-old son went missing from a parked car while she left him there to look for gas even though the investigation later found the car had plenty of fuel in the tank, were struck by the similarities. The episode had, in fact, been rerun the night before the alleged disappearance.{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Ken|title=Did a Mom Take Her Missing Child Story from Law & Order?|url=http://people.com/crime/did-a-mom-take-her-missing-child-story-from-law-order/|newspaper=People|date=November 11, 2011|accessdate=October 29, 2016}}
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|EpisodeNumber2=6
|EpisodeNumber=278
|Title=True Believers
|DirectedBy=Courtney Hunt
|WrittenBy=Robin Veith
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|11|2}}
|ProdCode=1306
|ShortSummary=A young music student (Sofia Vassilieva) is raped at gunpoint in her own apartment by a young drug dealer (Cedric Sanders). With her help, the SVU squad makes a quick arrest. Cutter takes over the prosecution when he finds that opposing counsel is high-profile defense attorney Bayard Ellis (Andre Braugher). As Ellis works to undermine their police work and damage the victim's credibility, Cutter makes the detectives take the stand to prove they have more than just a he-said, she-said case.
- When Sergeant Munch introduces himself in the squad room, Andre Braugher's character comments: "Have we met?" This is a reference to the fact that Braugher played opposite Richard Belzer's character Munch for six seasons on Homicide: Life on the Street. "It's kind of funny because Munch has been in both of these worlds, and here I am basically in Munch's world appearing as someone else, so there's a cute little meet and greet," Braugher told TV Guide. "I say 'Have we met?' There's a glimmer before we get down to brass tacks in the show basically to acknowledge we know each other and that we spent a significant amount of time together."{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/SVU-Andre-Braugher-1039235.aspx|title=Andre Braugher on SVU: "He May Be the Enemy, But He's Not a Villain|work=TV Guide|last=Stanhope|first=Kate|date=November 1, 2011|accessdate=November 14, 2011}}
- Sarah Walsh would reappear in the season 15 episode "Wonderland Story".
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|EpisodeNumber2=7
|EpisodeNumber=279
|Title=Russian Brides
|DirectedBy=Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy=Bryan Goluboff
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|11|9}}
|ProdCode=1307
|ShortSummary= When a young woman is found brutally murdered, the SVU detectives use her distinctive tattoos to identify her as a recently engaged Russian mail-order bride. Upon questioning her distraught fiancé (Timothy Busfield), they learn that she was kidnapped and held for ransom the night of their engagement party. While the detectives follow the money to a deadly blackmail scam run by the Russian Mafia, Captain Cragen tracks down another bride (Izabella Miko) and goes undercover as a sad and lonely suitor to lure out a killer.
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|EpisodeNumber2=8
|EpisodeNumber=280
|Title=Educated Guess
|DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney
|WrittenBy=Judith McCreary
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|11|16}}
|ProdCode=1308
|ShortSummary= A man in custody (David Gelles) at a mental hospital claims to have witnessed a rape in a break room. Despite the witness' shaky credibility the SVU begins an investigation, but the alleged victim (Natasha Lyonne) denies being assaulted. Benson and Rollins struggle to piece together what really happened to this young woman, especially when her aunt (Carrie Preston) and mother (J. Smith-Cameron) say she has been repeatedly institutionalized, and has cried rape in the past. The detectives eventually learn that the family is hiding a dark secret.
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|EpisodeNumber2=9
|EpisodeNumber=281
|Title=Lost Traveller
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Julie Martin & David Matthews
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|11|30}}
|ProdCode=1309
|ShortSummary= A Romani child (Cameron Ocasio) disappears on his way home from school. Benson and Amaro interview the distraught parents, who are distrustful of the police. The initial investigation leads Tutuola and Rollins to the powerful leader of the Romani community (Mark Margolis), but he denies any involvement. The family remains hopeful their boy will be found, especially when they discover his cell phone is still active. When Cutter and Cabot threaten to jail a meddling newspaper reporter (Gavin Lee) with a powerful defense attorney (Ron Rifkin), the detectives narrow suspect pool to a mentally challenged neighbor.
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|EpisodeNumber2=10
|EpisodeNumber=282
|Title=Spiraling Down
|DirectedBy=Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy=John P. Roche & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2011|12|7}}
|ProdCode=1310
|ShortSummary= A military colleague (Dominic Fumusa) of Amaro's wife (Laura Benanti) reports his fourteen-year-old daughter (Kay Panabaker) missing. The detectives find the girl working as a prostitute under a possessive pimp. They quickly set up a sting operation to entrap Johns on rape charges with a minor, and arrest an aging pro quarterback (Treat Williams). Cabot seeks to make an example out of the football legend, but Benson calls defense attorney Bayard Ellis to his aid after the man's wife (Beth Chamberlin) tells her about the brain damage resulting from his injuries on the field.
- Inspired by cases of CTE and the death of David Duerson.{{cite news|last=Stanhope|first=Kate|title=Law & Order: SVU Guest Treat Williams Tackles CTE in "Deeply Moving" Episode|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Law-Order-SVU-1040548.aspx|accessdate=December 8, 2011|newspaper=TV Guide|date=December 7, 2011}}
- Special appearances by Warren Sapp and Jerry Rice as themselves.
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|EpisodeNumber2=11
|EpisodeNumber=283
|Title=Theatre Tricks
|DirectedBy=Constantine Makris
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Marygrace O'Shea
Story by: Marygrace O'Shea & Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|1|11}}
|ProdCode=1311
|ShortSummary= An actress (Jenn Proske) in an interactive theater production is raped on stage, while the audience believes it to be part of the show. The SVU detectives hit a dead end in their investigation when they learn the show's passionate director (Fisher Stevens) gave the audience, including the assailant, masks to wear during the performance. Rollins and Tutuola track down an obsessed fan (Adam Driver) of the young actress who recorded the assault while stalking her, which leads Benson and Amaro to a respected divorce court judge (Kevin Pollak). With the judge's reputation on the line and Cabot hesitating to charge him, the SVU squad explores the underbelly of the New York theater world to uncover who really orchestrated the public attack.
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|EpisodeNumber2=12
|EpisodeNumber=284
|Title=Official Story
|DirectedBy=Michael Smith
|WrittenBy=Peter Blauner
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|1|18}}
|ProdCode=1312
|ShortSummary= The CEO (John Doman) of a private military contractor is confronted by Occupy Wall Street protesters and later found drugged and sexually assaulted in a park. Benson and Amaro begin their investigation, but find the victim unwilling to cooperate. A much larger crime and conspiracy in Iraq is unveiled when the SVU squad and the new Executive ADA, David Haden (Harry Connick, Jr.), learn that the attack was retribution by a father (Holt McCallany) for the rape of his daughter (Megan Ketch). Meanwhile, Benson begins to develop feelings for Haden as they work the case.
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|EpisodeNumber2=13
|EpisodeNumber=285
|Title=Father's Shadow
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|2|8}}
|ProdCode=1313
|ShortSummary= An aspiring actress (Charlotte Graham) is found unconscious in Central Park with drugs in her system and evidence of sexual trauma. Benson and Amaro pay a visit to the reality show producer (Michael McKean) for whom she had auditioned just before the attack, and stop him from assaulting another actress (Miranda Lambert) on the casting couch. The detectives arrest the producer and Cutter quickly presses charges, but the situation turns dangerous when his distraught son (Cameron Monaghan) takes drastic action in order to get his father out of jail.
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|EpisodeNumber2=14
|EpisodeNumber=286
|Title=Home Invasions
|DirectedBy=Jim McKay
|WrittenBy=Bryan Goluboff
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|2|15}}
|ProdCode=1314
|ShortSummary= A gunman storms a family's home, killing the parents (Alex Manette and Dawn Evans) and leaving their teenage daughter (Lauren Kelly) in critical condition. When a hate crime investigation turns into a dead end, the SVU detectives struggle to find a motive for such violence. Of the family's acquaintances, the only one having a criminal record is the brother (Esai Morales) of their housekeeper (Elizabeth Rodriguez). The clues lead to a surprising revelation about Rollins, which threatens her future in the Special Victims Unit.
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|EpisodeNumber2=15
|EpisodeNumber=287
|Title=Hunting Ground
|DirectedBy= Jonathan Kaplan
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: David Matthews & John P. Roche
Story by: John P. Roche & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|2|22}}
|ProdCode=1315
|ShortSummary= Benson and Haden's romantic weekend is interrupted by news that an underage prostitute (Emily Kinney) has gone missing. As the SVU detectives dig into her disappearance, they find a pattern of several missing escorts who all posted ads on a popular newspaper's website. From one of the few victims who escaped (Reyna de Courcy), the squad learns that the killer (Fred Arsenault) hunts his victims in a bird sanctuary. The line between Benson and Haden's personal and professional lives starts to blur as the squad races against the clock to find the girl before it's too late.
- Inspired by the crimes believed to be committed by the Long Island serial killer and serial killer Robert Hansen.{{cite news|last=Christ|first=Lindsay|title=Long Island Serial Killer: 'Law & Order SVU' Episode Mirrors Gilgo Beach Case|url=http://www.longislandpress.com/2012/02/22/long-island-serial-killer-law-order-svu-episode-mirrors-gilgo-beach-case/|accessdate=February 22, 2012|newspaper=Long Island Press|date=February 24, 2012}}
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|EpisodeNumber2=16
|EpisodeNumber=288
|Title=Child's Welfare
|DirectedBy=Holly Dale
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Peter Blauner & Julie Martin
Story by: Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|2|29}}
|ProdCode=1316
|ShortSummary= Benson's half-brother Simon Marsden (Michael Weston) turns up in New York after a five-year absence and says that Child Services is threatening to take his children away from him. Benson asks defense attorney Bayard Ellis to represent her brother, but the seemingly simple case turns into a disaster for Ellis and his client. As Olivia tries to balance her personal life, the unit lands a case where a homeless couple finds a newborn baby abandoned near a hospital. Munch, Tutuola, Amaro and Rollins follow the evidence to a shocking discovery- a couple (Danielle Straastkad and Graham Anderson) abducting women and imprisoning them so they can give birth to girls, while abandoning boy babies.
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|EpisodeNumber2=17
|EpisodeNumber=289
|Title=Justice Denied
|DirectedBy=Michael Slovis
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Stuart Feldman
Story by: Stuart Feldman & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|4|11}}
|ProdCode=1318
|ShortSummary=A rape victim (Cynthia LaForte) is brought to the hospital after a harrowing hours-long ordeal, and Benson recognizes the suspect's M.O. from a case she solved eight years ago. The jailed suspect (Guillermo Diaz) confessed to Benson after a tough interrogation in 2004, but has been claiming his innocence ever since his conviction. The SVU is forced to reopen Benson's old case to determine if they are dealing with a copycat or a case of wrongful imprisonment. Re-interviewing a past victim (Samantha Soule) reveals that she may have been raped by someone else, causing Benson's detective work to be challenged and scrutinized. Olivia's personal relationship with Haden is also placed in jeopardy when Bayard Ellis gets involved with the case.
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|EpisodeNumber2=18
|EpisodeNumber=290
|Title=Valentine's Day
|DirectedBy=Peter Leto
|WrittenBy=Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|4|18}}
|ProdCode=1317
|ShortSummary= A rape investigation is set into motion after a husband (Rich Sommer) sees his wife (Chloë Sevigny) being attacked while video chatting. The kidnappers demand ransom, and Benson, Amaro, Rollins and Tutuola are staked out when the missing housewife arrives to pick up the money. She frantically tells the detectives about her ordeal, but Benson grows suspicious of her story and it soon becomes clear that she is a con artist. When the case gets to trial, Novak finds herself prosecuting an unlikely suspect. Meanwhile, Amaro begins to think that his wife is lying to him about her personal life.
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|EpisodeNumber2=19
|EpisodeNumber=291
|Title=Street Revenge
|DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: David Matthews
Story by: Julie Martin & David Matthews
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|4|25}}
|ProdCode=1320
|ShortSummary=A string of rapes in West Soho inspires a group of vigilantes to organize against both neighborhood crime and the NYPD. While a reporter (Gavin Lee) takes every opportunity to publicly criticize police efforts, the squad struggles to find a lead in the case until one of the vigilantes (Hani Furstenberg) is attacked and another (Keir O'Donnell) claims to be in love with her. As Cragen and Benson fight for control over the investigation, Amaro becomes sidetracked with his wife's involvement with a man from her unit in Iraq.
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|EpisodeNumber2=20
|EpisodeNumber=292
|Title=Father Dearest
|DirectedBy=Rosemary Rodriguez
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: John P. Roche
Story by: John P. Roche & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|5|2}}
|ProdCode=1321
|ShortSummary=Benson and Amaro investigate the disappearance of a teenaged girl named Cate Avery (Shannon Maree Walsh) after her young brother (Jake Katzman) calls 9-1-1. While Tutuola and Rollins look into a possible abduction, they discover the girl had been searching for her biological father, an anonymous sperm donor (Eric Close). The investigation takes a startling turn when a suspect (James Van Der Beek) is found to be targeting several young, vulnerable women, all with the same personal connection. The returning Dr. Huang (B.D. Wong) must delve into the suspect's past to save the other women in similar situations.
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|EpisodeNumber2=21
|EpisodeNumber=293
|Title=Learning Curve
|DirectedBy=Jonathan Herron
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Robin Veith
Story by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|5|9}}
|ProdCode=1319
|ShortSummary=As Tutuola's son Ken (Ernest Waddell) seeks out Munch's help to tell his father that he is getting married, his fiancé (Miguel Govea) is brutally assaulted by a local street gang. He becomes the latest in a string of recent hate crimes against gay men, and before SVU can make an arrest, a school teacher (Tony Hale) is similarly brutalized even though he does not fit the pattern. As the detectives search for a connection, they learn that he was dismissed from an elite private school for having an inappropriate relationship with a student (Dylan Minnette). In trying to help Cabot make her case, they quickly realize that the facts do not add up and that another teacher (Jane Adams) may hold the clues to what really happened.
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|EpisodeNumber2=22
|EpisodeNumber=294
|Title=Strange Beauty
|DirectedBy=Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy=Peter Blauner & Robin Veith
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|5|16}}
|ProdCode=1322
|Aux4= 5.56{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/05/17/wednesday-final-ratingsamerican-idol-criminal-minds-off-their-rockers-adjusted-up-dont-trust-the-b-adjusted-down/134655/|title=Wednesday Final Ratings:'American Idol', 'Criminal Minds', 'Off Their Rockers' Adjusted Up; 'Don't Trust the B' Adjusted Down|last=Bibel|first=Sara|date=May 17, 2012|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=May 18, 2012}}
|ShortSummary=While off-duty, Rollins spots a young woman (Morgan Lynch) screaming in the back of a moving taxi. The unit quickly identifies the victim as a rebellious teenager, estranged from her family and experimenting in the world of tattoos and self-mutilation. The case takes an unexpected turn when Dr. Warner presents the detectives with a cleanly severed leg, reminiscent of a similar finding in an old unsolved case. The detectives are drawn into the psychological elements of self-mutilation and ritual amputation as they investigate two brothers (David Eigenberg and Patrick Fischler) and a one-legged acquaintance of theirs (Britt Lower) in order to link the cases and find the missing woman.
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|EpisodeNumber2=23
|EpisodeNumber=295
|Title=Rhodium Nights
|DirectedBy=Norberto Barba
|WrittenBy=Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|5|23}}
|ProdCode=1323
|ShortSummary=An underage escort is found dead at a wild bachelor party, and Cragen cautions his team to investigate with discretion, as there were several high-profile people at the scene. In their efforts to question a well-known leader in the New York escort world, Bart Ganzel (Peter Jacobson), Benson and Amaro encounter former SVU detective Brian Cassidy (Dean Winters), who has been working undercover. With his help, the detectives dig deeper into a vicious power struggle between Ganzel's escort business and that of Delia Wilson (Brooke Smith). Meanwhile, Amaro's already shaky marriage is brought into focus as a hooker (Pippa Black) begins to make advances on him. Before the case filled with systemic corruption is cracked, a shocking event threatens to destroy the life of one SVU squad member.
- Inspired by a rape allegedly committed by NY Fox 5 News reporter, Greg Kelly, who is the son of former NYPD Police Commissioner, Raymond Kelly.{{cite news|last=GARRISON|first=CASSANDRA|title='Law & Order: SVU' evokes scandals of Greg Kelly and 'UES Madam' Anna Gristina|url=http://www.metro.us/newyork/entertainment/article/1143951--law-order-svu-evokes-scandals-of-greg-kelly-and-ues-madam-anna-gristina|accessdate=May 24, 2012|newspaper=Metro|date=May 24, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525202402/http://www.metro.us/newyork/entertainment/article/1143951--law-order-svu-evokes-scandals-of-greg-kelly-and-ues-madam-anna-gristina|archivedate=May 25, 2012}}
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- Raúl Esparza has a continuous arc as ADA Rafael Barba starting with the third episode.
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|EpisodeNumber2=1
|EpisodeNumber=296
|Title=Lost Reputation
|DirectedBy=Michael Slovis
|WrittenBy=Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|9|26}}
|ProdCode=1401
|ShortSummary= The Special Victims Unit is reeling from the fallout after Captain Cragen wakes up with a dead escort - a potential witness in an SVU case - in his bed. Tensions at the precinct are high as the detectives contend with Bureau Chief ADA Paula Foster's (Paget Brewster) investigation of Cragen, as well as the arrival of a tough new captain, Steven Harris (Adam Baldwin). Brian Cassidy (Dean Winters) treads an increasingly narrow line as an undercover cop in Bart Ganzel's (Peter Jacobson) escort organization, as Detective Amaro struggles with the case and his marriage.
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|EpisodeNumber2=2
|EpisodeNumber=297
|Title=Above Suspicion
|DirectedBy=Michael Slovis
|WrittenBy=Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|9|26}}
|ProdCode=1402
|ShortSummary=The murder case against Cragen continues as Amaro ventures off on his own to find answers – while trying to deal with his wife separating from him in the process – and get down to the truth. Meanwhile, a tragic accident happens to one of the detectives, causing Detective Benson to vent her frustration to Captain Harris and IAB. BC-ADA Foster resumes her inquiries, and as she closes the case, Benson and the SVU squad discover a secret of their own.
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|EpisodeNumber2=3
|EpisodeNumber=298
|Title=Twenty-Five Acts
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: John P. Roche
Story by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|10|10}}
|ProdCode=1403
|ShortSummary= With Cragen still on suspension, the young author of a wildly successful S&M romance novel, Jocelyn Paley (Anna Chlumsky) goes home with famous television show host Adam Cain (Roger Bart), who forces himself on her. Detectives Benson and Rollins are paired up by Captain Harris to work to convince the victim to file charges, with the help of new Assistant DA Rafael Barba (Raul Esparza). As the SVU squad digs into her background to uncover potential trial pitfalls and Barba rushes to push forward with the trial, Amaro uncovers a secret that threatens to destroy the young woman's career as well as her case.
- First appearance of Raul Esparza as ADA Rafael Barba
- Inspired by the E.L. James erotic novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.{{cite news|last=Jeffery|first=Morgan|title='Law & Order: SVU' to air '50 Shades of Grey'-inspired episode|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a408592/law--order-svu-to-air-50-shades-of-grey-inspired-episode.html|accessdate=September 28, 2012|newspaper=Digital Spy|date=September 27, 2012}}
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|EpisodeNumber2=4
|EpisodeNumber=299
|Title=Acceptable Loss
|DirectedBy=Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy=Ed Zuckerman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|10|17}}
|ProdCode=1404
|ShortSummary=With Cragen back in the precinct, the Special Victims Unit is in full force and working to expose a sex trafficking operation that enslaves young women. The detectives go undercover and are on the verge of cracking the case when their efforts are halted by Lieutenant Alexandra Eames (Kathryn Erbe), who claims it's a long-running terrorism case. Benson gets creative with their investigation, while trying not to interfere with Eames' case.
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|EpisodeNumber2=5
|EpisodeNumber=300
|Title=Manhattan Vigil
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Peter Blauner
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|10|24}}
|ProdCode=1405
|ShortSummary=In the series' landmark 300th episode, Wyatt Morris (Luke Fava), a young boy from Morningside Heights, is kidnapped while in the care of his father David (Hamish Linklater), and the investigation reminds Cragen, Benson and Sergeant Munch of an unsolved kidnapping that occurred in the same neighborhood thirteen years ago. While the entire squad races against the clock to find the missing boy, Benson vows to learn from past mistakes to set both cases right.
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|EpisodeNumber2=6
|EpisodeNumber=301
|Title=Friending Emily
|DirectedBy=Jim McKay
|WrittenBy=Kevin Fox
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|10|31}}
|ProdCode=1406
|ShortSummary=An underage girl (Catherine Missal) disappears after following her older sister (Taylor Spreitler) to a college party in Manhattan. The detectives mobilize to recover the missing girl but find themselves thwarted by a high-tech kidnapper using the internet to cover his tracks. As the case hits a dead end, Barba returns with some unlikely help. Meanwhile, Rollins is distracted by the sudden appearance of her very troubled sister Kim (Lindsay Pulsipher), who is causing problems for Amanda.
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|EpisodeNumber2=7
|EpisodeNumber=302
|Title=Vanity's Bonfire
|DirectedBy=Michael Slovis
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Gwendolyn Parker
Story by: Gwendolyn Parker & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|11|14}}
|ProdCode=1407
|ShortSummary=The abduction of a baby named Tessa Leddy from a city playground quickly turns into a custody dispute when the kidnapper, Dia Nobile (Bijou Phillips), swears she is the child's biological mother. The Leddys claim their daughter was born by a surrogate mother, whom they never met, but later learn that the girl isn't their daughter at all. Nobile also claims the father is a high-powered legal expert, Kent Webster (Scott Bakula), who is married to a cancer stricken wife (Jessica Hecht), sending the unit on an investigation that forever changes the lives of two unsuspecting families.
- Inspired by scandals surrounding Senator John Edwards.{{cite news|last=Elber|first=Lynn|title='Law & Order' Drama Turns a Few Shades of 'Grey'|url=http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2012/10/10/law-order-drama-turns-a-few-shades-of-grey/|accessdate=November 1, 2012|newspaper=Xfinity|date=October 10, 2012}}
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|EpisodeNumber2=8
|EpisodeNumber=303
|Title=Lessons Learned
|DirectedBy=Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Ed Zuckerman & John P. Roche
Story by: Julie Martin & Ed Zuckerman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|11|21}}
|ProdCode=1408
|ShortSummary=A professor's unusual encounter with Amaro sends the SVU on an investigation into reports of sexual abuse at a prestigious private school. Stonewalled by the school board, Benson and Barba enlist former students and Professor Walter Tompkins (Elliott Gould), a retired teacher, to help reveal a massive cover-up as more victims emerge. As the detectives manage to get their hands on key evidence linked to one of the victims, the school throws up a roadblock in court until another former student comes forward.
- Inspired by the Penn State child sex abuse scandal and the Horace Mann School abuse scandal.{{cite news|last=Dooling|first=Doug|title=Sandusky Scandal to be Featured on Law & Order|url=http://onwardstate.com/2012/11/15/the-sandusky-scandal-meets-nbc-primetime-again/|accessdate=November 16, 2012|newspaper=Onward State|date=November 14, 2012}}
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|EpisodeNumber2=9
|EpisodeNumber=304
|Title=Dreams Deferred
|DirectedBy=Michael Smith
|WrittenBy=Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2012|12|5}}
|ProdCode=1409
|ShortSummary=When a man goes on a killing rampage through New York, FBI Agent Cantwell (Jason Gedrick) calls upon the SVU squad to get information from the man's last known contact, a prostitute named Jeannie Kerns (Patricia Arquette), who was involved in one of Benson's old cases. As the detectives work with her to track down the killer, they find themselves drawn into her world and must fight to save her life.
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|EpisodeNumber2=10
|EpisodeNumber=305
|Title=Presumed Guilty
|DirectedBy=Courtney Hunt
|WrittenBy=Kevin Fox
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|1|2}}
|ProdCode=1410
|ShortSummary=The SVU’s holiday celebrations are disrupted when Detective Tutuola’s ex-brother-in-law (Erik Laray Harvey) is arrested for assaulting a priest (Denis O'Hare). Convinced of his innocence despite his criminal record, Fin asks the detectives to find evidence that exonerates him, and in the process, a buried church scandal begins to unravel.
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|EpisodeNumber2=11
|EpisodeNumber=306
|Title=Beautiful Frame
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Peter Blauner
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|1|9}}
|ProdCode=1411
|ShortSummary=When a rape victim (Yvonne Zima) in an SVU case is arrested for the murder of her ex-boyfriend (Joseph Masi), Suffolk County DA Pam James (Jane Kaczmarek) lands the case and swiftly brings charges against the young woman. Benson questions the circumstances of the arrest and gathers enough evidence for Barba to levy charges in Manhattan against another suspect (Enver Gjokaj). The two ambitious DA's square off in separate trials for the same murder, hoping to get a conviction before the other derails their case.
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|EpisodeNumber2=12
|EpisodeNumber=307
|Title=Criminal Hatred
|DirectedBy=Adam Bernstein
|WrittenBy=Ed Zuckerman
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|1|30}}
|ProdCode=1412
|ShortSummary=When the SVU detectives arrest a man (Max Carpenter) who targets and brutally attacks other men, specifically those who are gay, Barba tries a difficult murder case against an unpredictable defense attorney (Nia Vardalos).
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|EpisodeNumber2=13
|EpisodeNumber=308
|Title=Monster's Legacy
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: John P. Roche
Story by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|2|6}}
|ProdCode=1413
|Aux4= 5.23{{cite web|last=Bibel|first=Sara|date=February 7, 2013|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/02/07/wednesday-final-ratingssupernatural-criminal-minds-modern-family-the-neighbors-suburgatory-adjusted-down/168476/|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Supernatural', 'Criminal Minds' & 'Chicago Fire' Adjusted Up; 'Modern Family', 'The Neighbors' & 'Suburgatory' Adjusted Down|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Zap2it|accessdate=February 7, 2013}}
|ShortSummary=After discovering multiple convicted felons could have been victims of sexual assault, Benson asks Bayard Ellis (Andre Braugher) to reopen the case of a murderer on death row, Reggie Rhodes (Mike Tyson) and secrets about his childhood, as well as his murder trial are revealed.
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|EpisodeNumber2=14
|EpisodeNumber=309
|Title=Secrets Exhumed
|DirectedBy=Laura Belsey
|WrittenBy=Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|2|13}}
|ProdCode=1414
|ShortSummary=After Munch brings in a 1980s cold case, the detectives fly to Miami to apprehend the suspect (Harold Perrineau). When FBI Agent Dana Lewis (Marcia Gay Harden) tells them that the Manhattan case could be connected to several unsolved cases across the country, she returns to New York to partner with SVU to get a confession. When Benson and Amaro begin to have doubts about the legitimacy of the confession, a shocking secret threatens the life of Agent Lewis.
- Episode inspired by the Murder of Sherri Rasmussen by Stephanie Lazarus.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvequals.com/2013/02/14/law-and-order-svu-season-14-review-secrets-exhumed-cold-case/ |title=Law and Order: SVU Season 14 Review "Secrets Exhumed" - Cold Case |publisher=TV Equals |date= |accessdate=2016-09-17}}{{cite web|last=Press |first=Associated |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2101816/Weeping-widower-woman-murdered-26-years-ago-tells-regret-love-triangle-led-lover--LAPD-detective-Stephanie-Lazarus--kill-wife.html |title=Weeping widower of woman murdered 26 years ago tells of regret over love triangle that led his former lover ¿ LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus ¿ to kill his wife | Daily Mail Online |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=2012-02-15 |accessdate=2016-09-17}}{{cite web|url=http://forums.previously.tv/topic/15536-most-frustrating-svu-moments/page-2 |title=Most Frustrating SVU Moments - Law & Order: SVU - Previously.TV Forums |publisher=Forums.previously.tv |date=2014-11-01 |accessdate=2016-09-17}}
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|EpisodeNumber2=15
|EpisodeNumber=310
|Title=Deadly Ambition
|DirectedBy=Jim McKay
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
Story by: Peter Blauner & Kevin Fox
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|2|20}}
|ProdCode=1415
|ShortSummary=Rollins comes home to find her sister (Lindsay Pulsipher) back in New York, beaten and pregnant by her boyfriend (Theis Weckesser). When the boyfriend comes to the apartment unexpectedly, Rollins must take drastic action, which opens an investigation led by IAB Lt. Ed Tucker (Robert John Burke), that soon places Rollins' job in jeopardy.
- Special appearance by Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet
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|EpisodeNumber2=16
|EpisodeNumber=311
|Title=Funny Valentine
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Gwendolyn Parker
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|2|27}}
|ProdCode=1416
|ShortSummary=When promising singer Micha Green (Tiffany Robinson) is attacked by her hip-hop star boyfriend (Roca), the detectives and Barba work to build a case. Despite Benson's efforts, Green refuses to aid in the prosecution and continues to put herself in harm's way. As the case spirals into a media frenzy, Micha and those close to her pay the ultimate price.
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|EpisodeNumber2=17
|EpisodeNumber=312
|Title=Undercover Blue
|DirectedBy=Michael Smith
|WrittenBy=Ed Zuckerman & Aaron Tracy
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|3|20}}
|ProdCode=1417
|ShortSummary=As the trial against pimp Bart Ganzel is set to begin, Detective Cassidy is accused of raping a woman while he was undercover. ADA Derek Strauss (Greg Germann) takes the case and pushes hard for a quick win. Cassidy's lawyer uses unusual tactics to prove Cassidy's innocence, which have life-changing consequences for Amaro.
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|EpisodeNumber2=18
|EpisodeNumber=313
|Title=Legitimate Rape
|DirectedBy=Jonathan Herron
|WrittenBy=Kevin Fox & Peter Blauner
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|3|27}}
|ProdCode=1418
|ShortSummary=A sports reporter (Lauren Cohan) seeks Benson's help to accuse a cameraman (David Marciano) of rape, but only agrees to press charges after she discovers the man is stalking her. But before the trial begins, she learns she is pregnant and Barba must contend with controversial defense tactics as a result.
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|EpisodeNumber2=19
|EpisodeNumber=314
|Title=Born Psychopath
|DirectedBy=Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy=Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|4|3}}
|ProdCode=1419
|ShortSummary=When the detectives are called in to investigate suspicious injuries on a young girl, a closer look at her family reveals a mother (Hope Davis) struggling to control her violent 10-year-old son (Ethan Cutkosky). With help from the visiting Dr. Huang (B.D. Wong), the SVU squad tries to determine the appropriate treatment for the boy, but the situation turns increasingly dangerous for both the family and the detectives.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|EpisodeNumber=315
|Title=Girl Dishonored
|DirectedBy=Holly Dale
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Robert Brooks Cohen
Story by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|4|24}}
|ProdCode=1420
|ShortSummary=When the SVU investigates a rape allegation of a sorority pledge (Colby Minifie) on a college campus, their attempts at piecing together the crime are hindered by fraternity brothers and campus security. A deeper look uncovers more assault victims and school administrators who were willing to look the other way. When more tragedy strikes, Rollins and Barba become determined to put an end to the widespread university culture of protecting their own.
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|EpisodeNumber2=21
|EpisodeNumber=316
|Title=Traumatic Wound
|DirectedBy=Alex Zakrzewski
|WrittenBy=Gwendolyn Parker & John P. Roche
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|5|1}}
|ProdCode=1421
|ShortSummary=A teenage girl (Lola Kirke) is brutally assaulted when a concert turns into a mob scene. After getting mixed accounts of the incident, Amaro zeros in on a security guard, Frank Patterson (Eion Bailey), who is a war veteran seemingly suffering from PTSD. When the case goes to trial, Frank suddenly remembers a key piece of testimony, which helps Barba convict the perpetrators.
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|EpisodeNumber2=22
|EpisodeNumber=317
|Title=Poisoned Motive
|DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Julie Martin & Ed Zuckerman
Story by: Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|5|8}}
|ProdCode=1422
|ShortSummary=When two surprise sniper attacks on the NYPD leave the SVU scrambling for answers, Tutuola recognizes a link between the shootings and his past cases as a narcotics detective. After reconnecting with his former partner to search for a motive, more violence occurs, prompting assistance from Lieutenant Eames (Kathryn Erbe) to track down the killer.
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|EpisodeNumber2=23
|EpisodeNumber=318
|Title=Brief Interlude
|DirectedBy=Kevin Bray
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Peter Blauner & Kevin Fox
Story by: Peter Blauner & Kevin Fox & Pedro Garcia
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|5|15}}
|ProdCode=1423
|ShortSummary=Benson and Amaro are called in when an unconscious woman (Kerry Butler) with physical trauma is found near the Mayor's home. With the woman in a coma, the detectives must piece together her identity and prior whereabouts, and they uncover a wild side to this seemingly normal wife and mother of two young boys.
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|EpisodeNumber2=24
|EpisodeNumber=319
|Title=Her Negotiation
|DirectedBy=Norberto Barba
|WrittenBy=Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|5|22}}
|ProdCode=1424
|ShortSummary=After making a seemingly routine arrest of a man exposing himself in Central Park, Rollins has a bad feeling about the suspect (Pablo Schreiber) and calls upon the entire squad to help. With no way of immediately identifying the man, he outplays the detectives at every turn and becomes wanted for a heinous crime. A shocking theory comes to light and Barba is unable to get his conviction, which puts Benson in harm's way.
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=Season 15 (2013–2014)=
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- Raúl Esparza (ADA Rafael Barba) is promoted to the main cast.
- Richard Belzer (Sergeant John Munch) departs the main cast after the fifth episode.
- Dann Florek (Captain Don Cragen) departs the main cast after the eleventh episode.
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|EpisodeNumber=320
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Surrender Benson
|DirectedBy=Michael Smith
|WrittenBy=Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|9|25}}
|ProdCode=1501
|Viewers= 9.58{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/09/26/wednesday-final-ratings-the-middle-modern-family-and-survivor-adjusted-up-nashville-csi-adjusted-down/205000|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'The Middle', 'Modern Family' and 'Survivor' Adjusted Up; 'Nashville' & 'CSI' Adjusted Down|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=September 26, 2013|accessdate=September 26, 2013}}
|ShortSummary= Hours turn into days, and with no word from Detective Benson, the Special Victims Unit takes drastic measures to find her and her abductor, William Lewis (Pablo Schreiber). As Benson fights for her life, her squad follows a trail of murder and rape victims throughout Long Island, which leads them to fear it may be too late.
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|EpisodeNumber=321
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=Imprisoned Lives
|DirectedBy=Michael Slovis
|WrittenBy=Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|9|25}}
|ProdCode=1502
|ShortSummary=Just as Benson returns from her two month leave, an abandoned child in Times Square leads the SVU to more victims in the basement of a home. As they work to solve the decade old case, Benson tries to prove to herself that she is ready to be back on the job, despite Captain Cragen and her new therapist Dr. Lindstrom's (Bill Irwin) reservations.
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|EpisodeNumber=322
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=American Tragedy
|DirectedBy=Fred Berner
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
Story by: Jill Abbinanti
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|10|2}}
|ProdCode=1503
|Viewers=6.85{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/10/03/wednesday-final-ratings-revolution-survivor-the-middle-ironside-adjusted-down/206637|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Revolution', 'Survivor', 'The Middle', & 'Back In The Game' Adjusted Up; 'Ironside' Adjusted Down|last=Bibel|first=Sara |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=October 3, 2013|accessdate=October 3, 2013}}
|ShortSummary=When a string of rapes puts the SVU squad and the city on high alert, a celebrity chef (Cybill Shepherd) fears she is the next victim and shoots a hooded teenager in a claim of self defense. The case evolves into a murder trial for a racially charged shooting, putting pressure on ADA Barba to get a conviction.
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|EpisodeNumber=323
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title= Internal Affairs
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Kevin Fox
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|10|9}}
|ProdCode=1504
|Viewers= 6.31{{cite web |last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Survivor', 'Back in the Game', 'Modern Family' and 'The Tomorrow People' Adjusted Up; 'Nashville' Adjusted Down|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/10/10/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-back-in-the-game-modern-family-and-the-tomorrow-people-adjusted-up-nashville-adjusted-down/208074/ |publisher=TV by the Numbers |accessdate=October 10, 2013}}
|ShortSummary=When an officer gets placed in a psychiatric ward after accusing his precinct of sexual misconduct, IAB Lt. Tucker (Robert John Burke) asks SVU to lead his investigation. Tucker recruits Brian Cassidy to go undercover in the crooked precinct, offering him the chance to regain his detective's shield. With SVU watching Cassidy's every move, they realize he could be in grave danger.
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|EpisodeNumber=324
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Wonderland Story
|DirectedBy=Jennifer Getzinger
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
Story by: Ed Zuckerman & Lawrence Kaplow
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|10|16}}
|ProdCode=1505
|Viewers=7.48{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/10/17/wednesday-final-ratings-modern-family-law-nashville-ironside-adjusted-down/209795/ |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Modern Family', 'Law & Order:SVU', 'Survivor', 'Toy Story of TERROR!' & 'Back In The Game' Adjusted Up; 'Nashville' & 'Ironside' Adjusted Down |last=Bibel |first=Sara |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=October 17, 2013 |accessdate=November 14, 2013}}
|ShortSummary=After a night of partying, a rape victim (Sofia Vassilieva) seeks help from Benson after she believes she has been raped again. The search for her attacker leads the detectives to a world of underground parties and a cyber mogul who preys on vulnerable girls. Meanwhile, the SVU comes together to celebrate the retirement of Sergeant Munch.
- Special appearances by Clark Johnson as Meldrick Lewis, Carol Kane as Gwen Munch, Ellen McElduff as Billie Lou Hatfield, and David Steinberg as Munch's brother. Kane, McElduff and Johnson reprise their roles from Homicide: Life on the Street.{{cite web|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/10/law-and-order-svu-richard-belzer-on-munchs-retirement-and-why-the-time-is-right.html|title='Law & Order: SVU': Richard Belzer on Munch's retirement and why the time is right|publisher=Zap2It|accessdate=October 11, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010173626/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/10/law-and-order-svu-richard-belzer-on-munchs-retirement-and-why-the-time-is-right.html|archivedate=October 10, 2013|df=mdy-all}} Kane previously played Gwen Munch in the tenth season finale, "Zebras." Munch refers to the Kane and McElduff characters as "two of my ex-wives".
- Richard Belzer (Sergeant John Munch) departed the cast after this episode.
- Sofia Vassilieva previously appeared as Sarah Walsh in the thirteenth season episode "True Believers".
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|EpisodeNumber=325
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=October Surprise
|DirectedBy=Peter Werner
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Peter Blauner
Story by: Warren Leight & Peter Blauner
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|10|23}}
|ProdCode=1506
|Viewers=5.53{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/10/24/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-the-middle-modern-family-super-fun-night-adjusted-down-final-world-series-numbers/211151|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Survivor', 'The Middle', 'Modern Family' & 'The Tomorrow People' Adjusted Up; 'Super Fun Night' Adjusted Down + Final World Series Numbers |last=Kondolojy |first=Amanda |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=October 24, 2013|accessdate=October 24, 2013}}
|ShortSummary=When Barba’s childhood friend is arrested for attempted rape, his connection to Alex Munoz (Vincent Laresca), a mayoral frontrunner, puts his campaign in jeopardy. When an undercover investigation uncovers further misconduct by Munoz, Detective Amaro and the SVU team wonder if Barba can put aside personal feelings to prosecute the man he used to idolize.
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|EpisodeNumber=326
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Dissonant Voices
|DirectedBy=Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy=John P. Roche
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|11|6}}
|ProdCode=1507
|Viewers=5.65{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/11/07/wednesday-final-ratings-csi-adjusted-up-criminal-minds-adjusted-down-no-adjustment-for-the-cma-awards/214095/ |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'CSI' Adjusted Up; 'Criminal Minds' Adjusted Down + No Adjustment for 'The CMA Awards' |last=Kondolojy |first=Amanda |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=November 7, 2013 |accessdate=November 14, 2013}}
|ShortSummary=A popular singing coach and television personality (Billy Porter) is accused of sexual abuse by a four-year-old student at a prestigious private school. While Detective Rollins urges the squad to give the man the benefit of the doubt, Benson's investigation uncovers condemning evidence and more victims come forward.
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|EpisodeNumber=327
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Military Justice
|DirectedBy=Tom DiCillo
|WrittenBy=Lawrence Kaplow
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|11|13}}
|ProdCode=1508
|Viewers=6.16{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/11/14/wednesday-final-ratings-revolution-arrow-the-middle-super-fun-night-adjusted-down/215660/ |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Revolution', 'Arrow', 'The Middle' & 'Survivor'' Adjusted Up; 'Super Fun Night' Adjusted Down |last=Bibel |first=Sara |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=November 14, 2013 |accessdate=November 15, 2013}}
|ShortSummary=A Coast Guard officer (Shiri Appleby) is stopped for a DUI while on leave in New York City, but the arresting officer calls SVU when she appears to have been raped. The detectives home in on a group of officers in her unit as suspects, but her commanding officer (Terry Serpico) hinders the investigation. When Amaro asks his ex-wife to dig up information, he jeopardizes Barba's case.
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|EpisodeNumber=328
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Rapist Anonymous
|DirectedBy=Steve Shill
|WrittenBy=Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2013|11|20}}
|ProdCode=1509
|Viewers=5.97{{Cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/11/21/wednesday-final-ratings-the-x-factor-modern-family-arrow-survivor-the-middle-adjusted-up-super-fun-night-adjusted-down/217237/ |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'The X Factor', 'Modern Family', 'Arrow', 'Survivor' & 'The Middle' Adjusted Up; 'Super Fun Night' Adjusted Down |publisher=TV by the Numbers |last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|date=November 21, 2013|accessdate=November 22, 2013}}
|ShortSummary=Rollins' friend from her Gamblers Anonymous meeting claims she was raped by her lover, but the case is challenging to prove. Things get further complicated when a murder occurs, and Rollins is caught in the middle between her squad and someone who she thought was her friend. When Barba is forced to reveal some of Rollins' personal life on the stand, it proves too much for her to handle. Meanwhile, Benson announces her promotion to sergeant and Cassidy is reinstated as a detective.
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|EpisodeNumber=329
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Psycho/Therapist
|DirectedBy=Michael Slovis
|WrittenBy=Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|1|8}}
|ProdCode=1510
|Viewers=8.81{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/09/wednesday-final-ratings-peoples-choice-awards-adjusted-up-revolution-super-fun-night-adjusted-down/227886|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'People's Choice Awards' Adjusted Up; 'Revolution' & 'Super Fun Night' Adjusted Down|last=Bibel|first=Sara |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=January 9, 2014|accessdate=January 9, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=The trial of serial rapist William Lewis (Pablo Schreiber) once again brings Benson face-to-face with her attacker and the stress of reliving the attacks causes setbacks in her recovery. With Lewis trying every trick in the book, including representing himself at trial, Benson is forced to reveal secrets she has kept about her attack. Four months after the trial, Lewis feigns an injury to escape from prison.
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|EpisodeNumber=330
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Amaro's One-Eighty
|DirectedBy=Nick Gomez
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Kevin Fox
Story by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|1|15}}
|ProdCode=1511
|Viewers=5.44{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/16/wednesday-final-ratings-american-idol-adjusted-up-law-and-order-svu-the-tomorrow-people-super-fun-night-adjusted-down/229786|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'American Idol' Adjusted Up; 'Law and Order: SVU', 'The Tomorrow People' & 'Super Fun Night' Adjusted Down |publisher=TV by the Numbers |last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|date=January 16, 2014|accessdate=January 16, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=After leaving a dinner party at Benson's apartment, Amaro and Rollins witness an officer in the chase of a suspected drug dealer. A standoff leads to gunfire and a teenage boy is gravely wounded. When the evidence leads to a shocking revelation, the SVU squad struggles to keep IAB Lt. Tucker and recently assigned Detective Cassidy from jumping to conclusions. As the case becomes a public spectacle, special prosecutor Derek Strauss (Greg Germann) pushes for a grand jury indictment and Amaro begins to question if fighting for his badge is best for his family. Meanwhile, Cragen announces his retirement from the NYPD.
- Dann Florek (Captain Don Cragen) departed the cast after this episode.
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|EpisodeNumber=331
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Jersey Breakdown
|DirectedBy=Jonathan Herron
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Céline C. Robinson
Story by: Julie Martin & Céline C. Robinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|1|22}}
|ProdCode=1512
|Viewers=6.68{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/23/wednesday-final-ratings-arrow-modern-family-adjusted-down/231482|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Arrow' & 'The Middle' Adjusted Up; 'Modern Family' Adjusted Down|last=Bibel|first=Sara |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=January 23, 2014|accessdate=January 23, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=When an underage runaway (Stefanie Scott) is found beaten and raped, the girl leads SVU to a strip club owner (Chazz Palminteri), who denies any wrongdoing. After New Jersey police arrest the girl, Barba calls on Assistant U.S. Attorney Connie Rubirosa (Alana de la Garza) for help. But when Barba and Rubirosa fail to get the help they need from Jersey law enforcement, SVU begins to suspect a coverup in the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office.
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|EpisodeNumber=332
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Betrayal's Climax
|DirectedBy=Holly Dale
|WrittenBy=Jill Abbinanti
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|1|29}}
|ProdCode=1513
|Viewers=7.59{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/30/wednesday-final-ratings-arrow-law-and-order-svu-the-tomorrow-people-adjusted-up/233167|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Arrow', 'Law and Order: SVU' & 'The Tomorrow People' Adjusted Up|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=January 30, 2014|accessdate=January 30, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=Detectives respond to a suspected kidnapping of a 16-year-old girl and the father points fingers at her boyfriend, who detectives discover is part of a local gang. After the girl is found during a failed suicide attempt, she reveals she was gang-raped while her boyfriend was forced to watch and that she had regrettably experienced multiple orgasms during the assault. With the girl afraid to testify and the boyfriend refusing to aid in the investigation, Amaro finds evidence the gang was responsible for more than just the attack.
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|EpisodeNumber=333
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=Wednesday's Child
|DirectedBy=Laura Belsey
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Peter Blauner
Story by: Peter Blauner & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|2|5}}
|ProdCode=1514
|Viewers=6.24{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/02/06/wednesday-final-ratings-super-fun-night-adjusted-down/235004 |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Super Fun NIght' Adjusted Down|last=Bibel|first=Sara |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=February 6, 2014|accessdate=February 6, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=When a father (John Benjamin Hickey) discovers his son missing from his bed, detectives suspect the boy wandered off alone because of his history of behavioral problems. The search becomes more urgent when the boy's insulin pump runs out and a dangerous criminal couple is spotted with the boy. With the boy still missing, detectives try to turn the wife (Rosanna Arquette) against her husband (Mark Boone Junior).
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|EpisodeNumber=334
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|Title=Comic Perversion
|DirectedBy=Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Brianna Yellen
Story by: Brianna Yellen & Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|2|26}}
|ProdCode=1515
|Viewers=7.78{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/02/27/wednesday-final-ratings-american-idol-survivor-the-middle-mixology-suburgatory-criminal-minds-adjusted-down/240552|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'American Idol' & 'Nashville' Adjusted Up; 'Survivor', 'The Middle', 'Mixology', 'Suburgatory' & 'Criminal Minds' Adjusted Down|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=February 27, 2014|accessdate=February 27, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=When a student is assaulted after protesting a comedian (Jonathan Silverman) who jokes about rape, Barba tells SVU they cannot arrest the comedian just based on his words. After another student accuses the comedian of rape, Benson quickly arrests the man, giving Barba a tough, circumstantial case, which propels him to call out Benson on the arrest. Meanwhile, Chicago police officer Erin Lindsay (Sophia Bush) comes to Manhattan to ask SVU for help.
This episode begins a crossover with Chicago P.D. that concludes on "Conventions".
In the Netflix version, the scene with Bush is cut.
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|EpisodeNumber=335
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|Title=Gridiron Soldier
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: John P. Roche
Story by: John P. Roche & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|3|5}}
|ProdCode=1516
|Viewers=6.01{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/03/06/wednesday-final-ratings-modern-family-mixology-nashville-adjusted-up/242583/ |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Modern Family', 'Mixology' & 'Nashville' Adjusted Up|last=Bibel|first=Sara |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=March 6, 2014|accessdate=March 6, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=After a high school football star goes missing in NYC, his uncle seeks helps from Rollins, who is a hometown friend. When Rollins finds the boy in jail, she begins to suspect that he was a victim of a cruel prank by the Hudson University football team. Although she is initially hesitant to let the investigation proceed, Benson lets Amaro and Rollins look into the team's culture, which uncovers several victims of abuse, prejudice and hazing.
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|EpisodeNumber=336
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|Title=Gambler's Fallacy
|DirectedBy=Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Julie Martin & Warren Leight
Story by: Kevin Fox
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|3|12}}
|ProdCode=1517
|Viewers=6.28{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/03/13/wednesday-final-ratings-the-middle-suburgatory-modern-family-adjusted-up/244322/ |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'The Middle', 'Suburgatory' & 'Modern Family' Adjusted Up|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=March 13, 2014|accessdate=March 13, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=When Rollins' gambling addiction drives her to an illegal club, a waitress tips the club managers off that she is a cop. Rollins strikes a deal with the managers to make her illegal activity disappear, but when her debt is not paid to their liking, she becomes involved in a unthinkable crime, which forces Benson and Detective Tutuola to suspect her guilt.
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|EpisodeNumber=337
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|Title=Criminal Stories
|DirectedBy=Mariska Hargitay
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Peter Blauner
Story by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|3|19}}
|ProdCode=1518
|Viewers=5.82{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/03/20/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-adjusted-up-no-adjustment-for-the-100/246391/ |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Survivor' Adjusted Up; No Adjustment for 'The 100'|last=Bibel|first=Sara |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=March 20, 2014|accessdate=March 25, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=A renowned journalist, Jimmy MacArthur (Alec Baldwin), is given an inside look into the SVU to profile their new commanding officer, Sergeant Benson. When a young Muslim woman is raped, he interferes with the investigation and declares the crime a hoax. With the victim facing public scrutiny, Benson and Barba fight to keep the case on solid ground and get a conviction.
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|EpisodeNumber=338
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|Title=Downloaded Child
|DirectedBy=Adam Bernstein
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Jill Abbinanti
Story by: Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|4|02}}
|ProdCode=1519
|Viewers=5.90{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/04/03/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-the-middle-suburgatory-modern-family-csi-adjusted-down/250714/ |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Survivor', 'The Middle', 'Suburgatory', 'Modern Family' & 'Criminal Minds' Adjusted Up; 'CSI' Adjusted Down|last=Bibel|first=Sara |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=April 3, 2014|accessdate=April 3, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=When a mother refuses to trust anyone to take care of her daughter, she leaves the child home alone for days. The mother's fear of men leads Benson to suspect she may have been a victim herself. With help from Dr. Lindstrom, she recovers repressed childhood memories of violence, rape, and neglect.
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|EpisodeNumber=339
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|Title=Beast's Obsession
|DirectedBy=Steve Shill
|WrittenBy=Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|4|09}}
|ProdCode=1520
|Viewers=7.41{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/04/10/wednesday-final-ratings-law-and-order-svu-no-adjustment-for-the-100/252830/ |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Law and Order: SVU' & 'Mixology' Adjusted Up; No Adjustment for 'The 100'|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=April 10, 2014|accessdate=April 10, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=William Lewis (Pablo Schreiber) escapes from prison and begins another killing rampage. 1PP removes Benson as commanding officer of Manhattan SVU and assigns Lt. Declan Murphy (Donal Logue) to lead the manhunt for the sadistic murderer. Benson is given a 24-hour security detail and instructed to stay at the precinct, but when Lewis kidnaps a young girl Benson is forced to decide how much she is willing to sacrifice in order to save the child's life.
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|EpisodeNumber=340
|EpisodeNumber2=21
|Title=Post-Mortem Blues
|DirectedBy=Michael Slovis
|WrittenBy=Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|4|30}}
|ProdCode=1521
|Viewers=6.20{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/05/01/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-american-idol-revolution-csi-adjusted-down/259395/ |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Survivor', 'American Idol' & 'Suburgatory' Adjusted Up; 'Revolution' & 'CSI' Adjusted Down|last=Bibel|first=Sara |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=May 1, 2014 |accessdate=May 1, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=Benson is rescued by the squad moments after Lewis' final act and IAB Lt. Tucker's investigation is deemed inconclusive into Benson's actions. When the Brooklyn DA's Office, led by ADA Strauss, convenes a grand jury to investigate her actions, Benson's torment continues and she must choose between her badge and her convictions.
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|EpisodeNumber=341
|EpisodeNumber2=22
|Title=Reasonable Doubt
|DirectedBy=Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy=Kevin Fox & Robert Brooks Cohen
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|5|7}}
|ProdCode=1522
|Viewers=5.34{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/05/08/wednesday-final-ratings-the-middle-arrow-american-idol-modern-family-law-order-svu-suburgatory-adjusted-up/261605/ |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'The Middle', 'Arrow', 'American Idol', 'Modern Family', 'Law & Order: SVU' & 'Suburgatory' Adjusted Up|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=May 8, 2014|accessdate=May 8, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=The SVU squad investigates renowned television producer, Frank Maddox (Bradley Whitford), when he is accused of molesting his eight-year-old daughter. His estranged wife (Samantha Mathis) wants to know the truth but when she refuses to cooperate with the authorities, the detectives suspect it was a ploy to win the public's favor. With Maddox engaged to his ex-wife's younger sister (Emma Bell), Benson fights to help the child amid the media circus.
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|EpisodeNumber=342
|EpisodeNumber2=23
|Title=Thought Criminal
|DirectedBy=Adam Bernstein
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Peter Blauner
Story by: Peter Blauner & Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|5|14}}
|ProdCode=1523
|Viewers=5.42{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/05/15/wednesday-final-ratings-revolution-arrow-survivor-suburgatory-modern-family-law-chicago-p-d-adjusted-down/264573/ |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Revolution', 'Arrow', 'Survivor', 'Suburgatory', 'Modern Family' & 'Law & Order: SVU' Adjusted Up; 'Chicago P.D.' Adjusted Down|last=Bibel|first=Sara |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=May 15, 2014|accessdate=May 15, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=Murphy leads the squad in an undercover operation targeting sex offenders and they soon discover a well-regarded photographer, Simon Wilkes (Joshua Malina), whose fantasies may have crossed the line into reality at a child's expense. After a horrific discovery, the detectives push Barba to take the tough case to trial.
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|EpisodeNumber=343
|EpisodeNumber2=24
|Title=Spring Awakening
|DirectedBy=Norberto Barba
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
Story by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin & Kevin Fox
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|5|21}}
|ProdCode=1524
|Viewers=6.39{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/05/22/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-the-middle-survivor-reunion-adjusted-down/266571/ |title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Survivor', 'The Middle' & 'Modern Family' Adjusted Up; 'Survivor' Reunion Adjusted Down|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda |publisher=TV by the Numbers |date=May 22, 2014|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}
|ShortSummary=Amaro is charged by the DA's office after assaulting Simon Wilkes while off duty and Munch returns to provide him with much needed advice. Meanwhile, the squad investigates a string of male tourist rapes and robberies, with Murphy leading another undercover sting. When a couple is arrested as suspects, the woman is found to have a surprising connection to Baby Boy Doe, whose custody hearings continue to distract Benson.
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=Season 16 (2014–2015)=
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- Peter Scanavino joins as a recurring guest for the first 3 episodes, playing Det. Dominick "Sonny" Carisi, Jr.. He is promoted to the main cast in the fifth episode.
- Danny Pino (Det. Nick Amaro) departs the cast after the season finale ("Surrendering Noah").
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16)
|EpisodeNumber=344
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Girls Disappeared
|DirectedBy=Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Robert Brooks Cohen & Kevin Fox
Story by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|9|24}}
|ProdCode=1601
|ShortSummary= Detective Amaro, now working as a beat cop in Queens, arrests an underage prostitute who reveals she was a witness to the murder of Ellie Porter, the mother of Sergeant Benson's foster son Noah. Benson asks Amaro to go undercover, which sets off a series of events that puts everyone involved in danger – including baby Noah. Meanwhile, Benson meets the new addition to the squad, Detective Carisi (Peter Scanavino), who starts off on the wrong foot.
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|EpisodeNumber=345
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=American Disgrace
|DirectedBy=Arthur W. Forney
|WrittenBy=Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|1}}
|ProdCode=1602
|ShortSummary= Orion Bay clothing line press rep Carla Cannon (Kelley Missal) tells reporters she was raped by basketball superstar Shakir "The Shark" Wilkins (Henry Simmons). However, the authenticity of her story and the stories of other women is questioned by Carisi and leaves ADA Barba with a shaky case. As the trial begins, the case starts to fall apart and more than just family secrets of Orion Bay's billionaire owner Orion Bauer (Stacey Keach) and his daughter (Teri Polo) are revealed.
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|EpisodeNumber=346
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Producer's Backend
|DirectedBy=Michael Pressman
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Jill Abbinanti & Brianna Yellen
Story by: Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|8}}
|ProdCode=1603
|ShortSummary= Amaro reports to the scene of a car crash where Hollywood starlet Tensley Evans (Stevie Lynn Jones) tries to flirt her way out of trouble. Amaro's by-the-book handling allows for him to be transferred back to the SVU team, just in time to investigate Evans for the statutory rape of a 15-year-old boy. As Barba pushes forward with her trial for rape, Benson begins to suspect underlying issues that led to Evans' actions, which leads the squad to a producer (Brian d'Arcy James) who has a troubling history.
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|EpisodeNumber=347
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Holden's Manifesto
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Julie Martin & Warren Leight
Story by: Kevin Fox
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|15}}
|ProdCode=1604
|ShortSummary= Holden March (John Karna), a lovelorn, socially awkward young man, begins to exact revenge on the women he believes have wronged him, which soon escalates to murder. When Detectives Amaro and Rollins find Holden with hostages at a local school, they soon find out how dangerous a desperate man can be. Meanwhile, Benson deals with pressure from the newly appointed Deputy Chief William Dodds (Peter Gallagher) while Noah is hospitalized.
- Episode inspired by the Elliot Rodger murders.
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|EpisodeNumber=348
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=Pornstar's Requiem
|DirectedBy=Jennifer Getzinger
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Robert Brooks Cohen & Céline C. Robinson
Story by: Kevin Fox & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|10|22}}
|ProdCode=1605
|ShortSummary= Evie Barnes (Hannah Marks) answers a modeling ad hoping to make money for college tuition, but it quickly turns into pornography. When college students discover her double life, they force themselves on Evie at a party, resulting in their arrest for rape. Although she is not the one on trial, Benson and Barba fight to prove her innocence in the courtroom.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16)
|EpisodeNumber=349
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Glasgowman's Wrath
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Brianna Yellen & Jill Abbinanti
Story by: Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|11|5}}
|ProdCode=1606
|ShortSummary=When a babysitter's ghost stories lead to two girls going missing and another severely injured, Benson and the SVU detectives work to locate a suspect and decipher fact from fiction.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16)
|EpisodeNumber=350
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Chicago Crossover
|DirectedBy=Steve Shill
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Ed Zuckerman
Story by: Dick Wolf & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|11|12}}
|ProdCode=1607
|ShortSummary=Benson and SVU get a new lead on a missing child pornography victim from Sergeant Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) of the Chicago Police Department. When things become personal for CPD Detective Erin Lindsay (Sophia Bush), she and her partner (Jesse Lee Soffer) travel to New York to lend a hand in the investigation.
This episode continues a crossover with Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. that begins on "Nobody Touches Anything" and concludes on "They'll Have to Go Through Me". It is included on the Chicago Fire Season 3 and Chicago P.D. Season 2 DVD sets.
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|EpisodeNumber=351
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=Spousal Privilege
|DirectedBy=Sharat Raju
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Julie Martin & Samantha Corbin-Miller
Story by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|11|19}}
|ProdCode=1608
|ShortSummary=Detective Tutuola discovers security camera footage of a domestic dispute between a famous sportscaster (Chad Coleman) and his girlfriend (Meagan Good). While Fin and Benson dive into the couple's life, Barba tries to convince the woman to press charges.
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|EpisodeNumber=352
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Pattern Seventeen
|DirectedBy=Martha Mitchell
|WrittenBy=Kevin Fox
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2014|12|10}}
|ProdCode=1609
|ShortSummary=When a series of young girls are assaulted, Rollins connects the pattern to cases she worked in Atlanta, but discovers that none of the rape kits were tested. Returning to Atlanta to interview a victim believed to have been assaulted by their suspect, she has an awkward reunion with her former boss, Atlanta Deputy Chief Charles Patton (Harry Hamlin). While the detectives connect the pattern to other cities with untested rape kits, Benson faces scrutiny at CompStat from Deputy Chief Dodds and the NYPD brass.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16)
|EpisodeNumber=353
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Forgiving Rollins
|DirectedBy=Michael Slovis
|WrittenBy=Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|1|7}}
|ProdCode=1610
|ShortSummary= Atlanta Deputy Chief Patton and his new detective, Reese Taymor (Dreama Walker), visit New York for a sex crimes conference. After the conference, Taymor reports being raped in her hotel, leading Benson and SVU to question her fellow visiting Atlanta police officers. When Rollins discovers a personal connection to Taymor, Barba seeks Rollins' help in court, which forces her to disclose a secret she has worked hard to hide.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16)
|EpisodeNumber=354
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Agent Provocateur
|DirectedBy=Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy=Samantha Corbin-Miller
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|1|14}}
|ProdCode=1611
|ShortSummary= A young woman (Madison Grace) sneaks out to attend a party with her celebrity crush, Scott Russo. Things take a turn for the worst when the teenager is found sexually assaulted and left for dead in an alley. Russo and his manager (Patti LuPone) are then suspects when security footage of the party goes missing, only to turn up on a gossip website. When the website's CEO refuses to hand over the footage to the squad, Barba fights to get the truth by having the man arrested for withholding evidence.
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|EpisodeNumber=355
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Padre Sandunguero
|DirectedBy=Mariska Hargitay
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Peter Blauner
Story by: Peter Blauner & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|1|21}}
|ProdCode=1612
|ShortSummary= Amaro's father, Nicolas (Armand Assante), invites his estranged family to his wedding with a 28-year-old woman. When Amaro declines the invitation, a fight ignites at the wedding, causing Nicolas to become arrested for assault. Amaro and the SVU squad become entangled in the investigation, with IAB keeping an eye on Amaro's involvement. Barba takes the case and requires Amaro to stand as a witness, which forces him to reveal family secrets and face the possibility of tearing his family apart.
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|EpisodeNumber=356
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Decaying Morality
|DirectedBy=Michael Pressman
|WrittenBy=Kevin Fox & Brianna Yellen
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|2|4}}
|ProdCode=1613
|ShortSummary= Benson and Rollins treat a rape victim, (Haley Lu Richardson), found with her clothes torn, who claims to have been raped in a pizzeria bathroom. With a criminal record and a pending lawsuit against the NYPD, the precinct is short on evidence and the suspect is released. Enraged, Jenna's father (Jamie McShane) conducts his own investigation, which could change the family's lives and make SVU's job harder.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16)
|EpisodeNumber=357
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=Intimidation Game
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Céline C. Robinson & Robert Brooks Cohen
Story by: Julie Martin & Céline C. Robinson & Robert Brooks Cohen
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|2|11}}
|ProdCode= 1614
|ShortSummary= Video game developer Raina Punjabi (Mouzam Makkar) ignores warnings from online predators as the release date of her game arrives. When a female employee is soon assaulted at a game convention, the detectives ask Punjabi to halt the game's release. When she refuses, Fin and SVU must race to protect her from technically skilled predators that want to see Punjabi out of the gaming business.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16)
|EpisodeNumber=358
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|Title=Undercover Mother
|WrittenBy=Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|DirectedBy=Steve Shill
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|2|18}}
|ProdCode=1615
|ShortSummary= While undercover to destroy a sex trafficking ring, Carisi encounters Martha Thornhill (Lili Taylor). She explains she has been disguising herself as a madame in the organization in order to try to find and save her daughter, Ariel, who had been kidnapped. She eventually gives up working alone and asks SVU to help her. As a team, they try to break down the pimp and his cohorts, while Ariel remains missing, and discover they may have some help on the inside from an old friend. Meanwhile, Dr. Warner discovers that the pimp is Noah's biological father and alerts Benson.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16)
|EpisodeNumber=359
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|Title= December Solstice
|WrittenBy=Ed Zuckerman
|DirectedBy=Sharat Raju
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|2|25}}
|ProdCode=1616
|ShortSummary= Walter Briggs (Robert Vaughn), a celebrity author, is put in the middle of a feud between his sixth wife, Charmaine (Marcia Cross), and his daughters over his welfare, sparked by an accusation that Charmaine has been sexually abusing her husband by giving him erectile dysfunctional medication without his knowledge. When Walter is hospitalized for a heart attack, Charmaine removes him from the hospital against medical advice before any tests can be conducted. A subsequent heart attack causes Walter's death, prompting Barba to pursue manslaughter charges against Charmaine. During the trial, a video tape that Walter recorded prior to his dementia is released, revealing his feelings and wishes for his family. Meanwhile, Barba struggles with his decision to put his grandmother in a retirement home.
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|EpisodeNumber=360
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|Title=Parole Violations
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Jill Abbinanti
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|3|25}}
|ProdCode=1617
|ShortSummary= Carisi's sister is preparing for the birth of her child with her fiancé, Tommy, but events take a turn for the worst when Tommy returns to old habits and accuses his parole officer of rape. With the help of Benson and the detectives, Carisi investigates Tommy's allegation, but Barba faces an uphill battle convincing a jury that a woman can rape a man.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16)
|EpisodeNumber=361
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|Title=Devastating Story
|DirectedBy= Michael Slovis
|WrittenBy= Samantha Corbin-Miller
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|4|1}}
|ProdCode=1618
|ShortSummary= Skip Peterson (Rob Morrow), a television host, broadcasts an interview with Heather Manning, a college student, who claims to have been gang raped in a fraternity house. Manning's story goes viral and the case quickly turns into a she-said, they-said dilemma, with pressure on SVU to open a real investigation. The lack of evidence, the shakiness of the victim and several suspects prove convincing a jury of the crime difficult.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16)
|EpisodeNumber=362
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|Title=Granting Immunity
|DirectedBy= Holly Dale
|WrittenBy= Teleplay By: Brianna Yellen & A. Zell Williams
Story By: Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|4|8}}
|ProdCode=1619
|ShortSummary= Savannah Biel's (Hayden Tweedie) pornographic photos quickly go viral in Tribeca High School after an underage sex party. A measles outbreak stops Barba's attempts to arrest the suspects and Benson is hit with reality when Noah contracts the illness. While dealing with Noah's situation, Benson investigates the group of mothers who have lied about their children's medical records. Meanwhile, Amaro learns some worrisome news about his son.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16)
|EpisodeNumber=363
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|Title=Daydream Believer
|DirectedBy=Martha Mitchell
|WrittenBy=Teleplay By: Julie Martin & Ed Zuckerman
Story By: Warren Leight & Matt Olmstead
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|4|29}}
|ProdCode=1620
|ShortSummary=Benson and CPD Sgt. Voight lead their teams in the investigation of a rape-murder case that is frighteningly similar to a case from New York a decade ago. While searching for the suspect, one of Chicago's own is kidnapped, intensifying SVU's mission to help Voight's team locate the man.
This episode concludes a crossover with Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. that begins on "We Called Her Jellybean" and continues on "The Number of Rats". It is included on the Chicago Fire Season 3 and Chicago P.D. Season 2 DVD sets.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16)
|EpisodeNumber=364
|EpisodeNumber2=21
|Title=Perverted Justice
|DirectedBy=Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy=Teleplay by: Robert Brooks Cohen & Céline C. Robinson
Story by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|5|6}}
|ProdCode=1621
|ShortSummary= Bayard Ellis (Andre Braugher) asks the SVU squad to reopen the investigation of a man who was convicted of incest and rape when the man's daughter (Samira Wiley), a recovering addict, recants her original testimony, claiming it was all a lie that her mother forced her to say in court. When the original motion to vacate the charges is denied, the squad turns to retired Captain Cragen (Dann Florek) for insight in the case and uncover evidence that was never presented during the original trial.
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|EpisodeNumber=365
|EpisodeNumber2=22
|Title=Parents' Nightmare
|DirectedBy=Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy=Kevin Fox & Brendan Feeney
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|5|13}}
|ProdCode=1622
|Aux4= 6.82{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/05/14/wednesday-final-ratings-law-supernatural-black-ish-nashville-adjusted-down/403989/|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Law & Order: SVU', 'Survivor, 'The Middle' & 'American Idol' Adjusted Up; 'Supernatural', 'black-ish' & 'Nashville' Adjusted Down|last=Bibel|first=Sara|work=TV by the Numbers|date=May 14, 2015|accessdate=May 14, 2015}}
|ShortSummary= Owen Farhidi, an 8-year-old boy, is kidnapped at school. After receiving a ransom request, Owen's mother, Dana, contacts SVU for help. Amaro works with the mother and her ex-husband, Sam, when footage proves the victim knew his abductor. The strain between the estranged couple threatens the investigation until Benson and Amaro convince one spouse to turn against the other. Meanwhile, pressure from One Police Plaza for a higher-ranking commanding officer at SVU leads Benson to consider taking the Lieutenant's exam.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16)
|EpisodeNumber=366
|EpisodeNumber2=23
|Title= Surrendering Noah
|DirectedBy=Michael Slovis
|WrittenBy=Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2015|5|20}}
|ProdCode=1623
|Aux4= 6.96{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/05/21/wednesday-final-ratings-survivor-survivor-reunion-modern-family-adjusted-up/406776/|title=Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Survivor', 'Survivor: Reunion' & 'Modern Family' Adjusted Up|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|work=TV by the Numbers|date=May 21, 2015|accessdate=May 21, 2015}}
|ShortSummary= After expressing interest in taking the upcoming Sergeant's exam, Amaro learns from Benson that One Police Plaza does not want to promote him as he is considered "damaged goods" due to his involvement in several past incidents. As Johnny D's (Charles Halford) criminal case finally goes to trial, Benson goes against Barba's advice by disclosing that Johnny is the biological father of Noah, endangering the final stages of the adoption. A disruption during the trial grants Johnny the opportunity to grab an officer's gun; he kills one court officer and wounds Amaro, the judge, and another officer, but Amaro returns fire and kills him. Realizing that he is unlikely to advance within the NYPD and that the department may use his injuries to force him into early retirement, Amaro resigns in order to move to California so he can be closer to his children.
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=Season 17 (2015–2016)=
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- Andy Karl has a continuous arc as Sergeant Mike Dodds starting with "Maternal Instincts" to "Heartfelt Passages".
- BD Wong reprised his role as Dr. George Huang in the episode "Depravity Standard". This was his fourth appearance on the show since his departure at the end of season 12.
- Warren Leight leaves the show as executive producer at the end of the season.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)
|EpisodeNumber = 367
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Devil's Dissections
|DirectedBy = Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
Story by: Kevin Fox
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|9|23}}
|ProdCode = 1701
|ShortSummary = The SVU returns to the beach where serial killer Gregory Yates (Dallas Roberts) had buried his victims when another body is washed ashore. Detective Rollins visits Yates in prison to obtain a confession, but he instead provides information that leads the squad to a different suspect (ME Dr. Carl Rudnick, who had performed the autopsy), causing ADA Barba to deal with the possibility of Yates appealing his conviction in court.
- Episode inspired by Robert Durst and his possible connections to the Long Island serial killer murders from the past two decades.{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fbi-durst-link-cold-cases-20150318-story.html|title=FBI tells law enforcement to search for Durst link in cold cases|author=Los Angeles Times|date=March 18, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=August 29, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2015/04/robert-durst-biographer-jinx-factually-incorrect.html|title=Durst Biographer on What The Jinx Got Wrong – Vulture|author=Dan Reilly|work=Vulture|accessdate=August 29, 2015}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 368
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Criminal Pathology
|DirectedBy = Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Julie Martin & Warren Leight
Story by: Kevin Fox
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|9|23}}
|ProdCode = 1702
|ShortSummary = The SVU team decides to do a secondary investigation into Yates' murders when his fiancée's dismembered body is discovered washed ashore. The clues then lead to the Deputy Chief M.E. Carl Rudnick (Jefferson Mays), who failed to disclose his past association with Yates. After Sergeant Benson places M.E. Rudnick under arrest, Barba pushes the SVU team to gather as much evidence against him as possible to secure a conviction. With a trial looming, Rudnick hires two defense attorneys (Elizabeth Marvel & Delaney Williams) to square off against Barba in court. Meanwhile, Rollins discovers that she is pregnant.
- Episode inspired by Robert Durst and his possible connections to the Long Island serial killer murders from the past two decades.
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|EpisodeNumber = 369
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Transgender Bridge
|DirectedBy = Arthur W. Forney
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Jill Abbinanti & Céline C. Robinson
Story by: Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|09|30}}
|ProdCode = 1703
|ShortSummary = A transgender teen, Avery, is sent to the hospital for injuries inflicted when three boys bullied and then pushed her off a walking bridge. Although Avery shows forgiveness to the boys, ruthless ADA Kenneth O'Dwyer (Robert Sean Leonard) takes the case out of family court and decides to try one of the offenders on adult charges. Detective Tutuola and the SVU squad are conflicted on whether the crime fits the charges, while dealing with the delicacy of the families involved.
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|EpisodeNumber = 370
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Institutional Fail
|DirectedBy = Martha Mitchell
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Julie Martin & Brianna Yellen
Story by: Samantha Corbin-Miller
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|7}}
|ProdCode = 1704
|ShortSummary = When a child is found wandering the streets alone, Benson and SVU search for the neglectful mother, only to find another child in danger in the same home. After Benson questions the social worker (John Magaro), they discovered he has not visited the family's home in months, leading Benson to push Barba to prosecute the social worker's supervisor (Whoopi Goldberg) for falsifying records. When one child dies, Benson and Barba intensify their case against social services, which is met with resistance by Deputy Chief Dodds and 1PP. Meanwhile, Dodds announces Benson's promotion to lieutenant and his choice for her new sergeant-his son Mike.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)
|EpisodeNumber = 371
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Community Policing
|DirectedBy = Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Warren Leight & A. Zell Williams
Story by: Kevin Fox
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|14}}
|ProdCode = 1705
|ShortSummary = While in pursuit of an SVU rape suspect, detectives from the 27th precinct shoot and kill an unarmed black man. Internal Affairs investigates the shooting, but under intense pressure from the Mayor and the DA, Barba takes the case to a grand jury to indict the cops. While Benson believes the detectives were following procedure, Barba disagrees, creating a tense divide between the newly-minted lieutenant and the ADA.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)
|EpisodeNumber = 372
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Maternal Instincts
|DirectedBy = Michael Pressman
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
Story by: Robert Brooks Cohen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|21}}
|ProdCode = 1706
|ShortSummary = While Rollins' mother (Virginia Madsen) throws her a baby shower, the SVU is called to a hotel after a violinist is raped by her flautist colleague, Anton (Zach McGowan). The man has no recollection of his wrongdoings and claims he was drugged and robbed by an escort. When the security tape arrives, Rollins sees that it was her fugitive sister, Kim (Lindsay Pulsipher), who stole Anton's flute, leading her to have to track down her sister before Benson and Tutuola find out her secret. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Dodds introduces his son, Mike (Andy Karl), as SVU's new sergeant.
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|EpisodeNumber = 373
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Patrimonial Burden
|DirectedBy = Martha Mitchell
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Jill Abbinanti & Céline C. Robinson
Story by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|4}}
|ProdCode = 1707
|ShortSummary = The SVU is forced to investigate pregnant 13-year old Lane Baker from a famous reality TV family with 10 children. After initial hesitation by the parents to let the girl talk with detectives, Lane confesses that the family's cameraman had sex with her. However, the cameraman shows footage that Lane is covering for her brother, Graham, who has multiple past accusations of sexual misconduct. When SVU looks into the family tree, Benson and Detective Carisi realize that there is evidence of a cover-up, not only within the famous family but also in the entire small-town community. Meanwhile, Rollins experiences pregnancy health issues and is ordered on bed-rest.
- Episode inspired by the Josh Duggar molestation controversy.{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2015/10/law-order-svu-is-doing-a-duggars-episode.html|title=Law & Order: SVU Is Doing a Duggars Episode That'll Be Even Worse Than the Real-Life Story|publisher=Vulture|last=Lockett|first=Dee|date=October 13, 2015|accessdate=October 14, 2015}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 374
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Melancholy Pursuit
|DirectedBy = Michael Pressman
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
Story by: Brianna Yellen & Samantha Corbin-Miller
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|11}}
|ProdCode = 1708
|ShortSummary = A girl goes missing and SVU is called in to find the 15-year old. When the girl turns up dead, Sgt. Dodds begins to feel overwhelmed by the case. The detectives get a break when Dr. Warner is able to get a partial DNA match, but it soon turns into a headache for Benson, as the match is to a dead man who had many children with different women. As SVU weaves through a complicated family history, Dodds becomes determined to find the man responsible.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)
|EpisodeNumber = 375
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Depravity Standard
|DirectedBy = Martha Mitchell
|WrittenBy = Ed Zuckerman
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|18}}
|ProdCode = 1709
|ShortSummary =Three years after Benson arrested him, Lewis Hoda (Tom Sizemore) refuses a plea deal on kidnapping charges. When the parents of the kidnapped boy refuse to let him testify, Barba must try Hoda on murder charges for a 1999 abduction that Benson also handled. Benson's interrogation tactics come under fire and the savvy defense attorney (Robin Weigert) hires former SVU colleague, Dr. Huang (BD Wong), to challenge Barba's already-shaky case in court. Meanwhile, Rollins goes into labor, but faces extreme difficulties.
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|EpisodeNumber = 376
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Chinese Arithmetic
|DirectedBy = John Perez
|WrittenBy = Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|12|9}}
|ProdCode = 1710
|ShortSummary = A high school teacher has sex with two of her students. Another student, Zack Foster, receives text messages, supposedly from her, to meet her at a train station and bring his passport. However, she does not show up and Zack is, instead, kidnapped by his wrestling coach, who has a history of molesting his athletes. Zack is taken to a cabin in Pennsylvania where he is tracked down by the SVU team. When Zack's parents refuse to allow him to testify in court, SVU turns to another victim, Nat Dennehy, who still resides in New York. Nat also refuses to testify but goes to the coach's house, determined to get a confession from him. Meanwhile, Rollins adjusts to motherhood with her new daughter.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)
|EpisodeNumber = 377
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Catfishing Teacher
|DirectedBy = Michael Slovis
|WrittenBy = Kevin Fox
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|1|6}}
|ProdCode = 1711
|ShortSummary = A high school teacher has sex with two of her students. Another student, Zack Foster, receives text messages, supposedly from her, to meet her at a train station and bring his passport. However, she does not show up and Zack is, instead, kidnapped by his wrestling coach, who has a history of molesting his athletes. Zack is taken to a cabin in Pennsylvania where he is tracked down by the SVU team. When Zack's parents refuse to allow him to testify in court, SVU turns to another victim, Nat Dennehy, who still resides in New York. Nat also refuses to testify but goes to the coach's house, determined to get a confession from him. Meanwhile, Rollins adjusts to motherhood with her new daughter.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)
|EpisodeNumber = 378
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Townhouse Incident
|DirectedBy = Nick Gomez
|WrittenBy = Brianna Yellen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|1|13}}
|ProdCode = 1712
|ShortSummary = When Benson's sitter expresses concern over another mother for whom she babysits, Benson looks into the matter and steps into the middle of a violent home invasion where she becomes a hostage. To protect the family and save her own life, Benson works to get inside the perps' heads while SVU and newly promoted Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) Captain Ed Tucker (Robert John Burke) works the escalating situation from the outside to rescue the lieutenant.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)
|EpisodeNumber = 379
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = A Misunderstanding
|DirectedBy = Mariska Hargitay
|WrittenBy = Céline C. Robinson
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|1|20}}
|ProdCode = 1713
|ShortSummary = A typical he-said she-said rape case lands on Benson's desk after Rita Calhoun (Elizabeth Marvel) brings it to her attention. With SVU now entangled in a murky case, the detectives must wade through the emotions of two high school students while the parents try to save their children's futures. When Barba brings the case to trial, lies are exposed that make his prosecution even more difficult.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)
|EpisodeNumber = 380
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Forty-One Witnesses
|DirectedBy = Michael Pressman
|WrittenBy = Robert Brooks Cohen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|2|3}}
|ProdCode = 1714
|ShortSummary = When an intoxicated woman is attacked outside of her apartment building, the SVU team investigates, only to find out that there are multiple witnesses who didn't call for help. While the woman struggles to remember what happened to her, Benson and Barba must deal with the unreliability of those witnesses in making an ID of the attackers. The case catches a break when Carisi is able to convince an unassuming witness to step up and testify in court.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)
|EpisodeNumber = 381
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Nationwide Manhunt
|DirectedBy = Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy = Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|2|10}}
|ProdCode = 1715
|ShortSummary = Benson calls CPD Sgt. Voight (Jason Beghe) after Gregory Yates (Dallas Roberts), whom they jointly arrested last year, claims that some of the unidentified remains from the beach have ties to Chicago. Voight sends Detectives Lindsay and Dawson (Sophia Bush & Jon Seda) to New York to interview Yates. However, when Benson, Barba and Dodds return to Green Haven to meet with Yates again, they learn that he has escaped with fellow convict Dr. Carl Rudnick (Jefferson Mays), triggering a massive manhunt.
- This episode begins a crossover with Chicago P.D. that concludes on "The Song of Gregory Williams Yates". It is included on the Chicago P.D. Season 3 DVD set.
- Episode inspired in part by the 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svu-chicago-pd-862545|title='Law & Order: SVU': How Nixed Four-Show Crossover Led to Greg Yates' Return|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 10, 2016}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 382
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Collateral Damages
|DirectedBy = Rosemary Rodriguez
|WrittenBy = Samantha Corbin-Miller
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|2|17}}
|ProdCode = 1716
|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=February 18, 2016|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=February 18, 2016}}
|ShortSummary = SVU goes undercover to arrest a former boxing champion who had been suspected of having sex with minors. When they make the arrest, the boxer makes a deal with Barba to give up pedophiles active in distributing online child pornography. The detectives track down the address of an online pedophile but, when they discover the man to be a high ranking police official, whose wife is also a Corporation Counsel attorney who has worked with SVU before on previous cases, Benson must delicately handle the now high-profile case. Meanwhile, Dodds is offered a position with the joint terrorism task force by his father but decides to stay with SVU, boldly going against the Deputy Chief's wishes.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)
|EpisodeNumber = 383
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Star-Struck Victims
|DirectedBy = Michael Pressman
|WrittenBy = A. Zell Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|2|24}}
|ProdCode = 1717
|Viewers = 6.47{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/02/25/wednesday-final-ratings-feb-24-2016/|title=Wednesday final ratings: 'Survivor' adjusts down|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=February 25, 2016|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=February 25, 2016}}
|ShortSummary = Kristi Cryer (Vivien Cardone), a vlogger, reports that she was sexually assaulted by a bartender (James Madio). However, during the investigation, it is revealed that she was also assaulted by a famous actor, Bobby D'Amico (Craig Bierko), who has ties to the NYPD. With minimal evidence and little corroboration of the victim's account, Barba decides to drop the charges, prompting Rollins to do an undercover stint. Rollins' undercover job lends credence to Kristi's rape claim, but reasonable doubt comes into play and claims arise that SVU entrapped the actor.
- Episode inspired by the Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations of the previous several decades.{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/742894/is-law-and-order-svu-taking-on-bill-cosby-kelli-giddish-previews-star-struck-victims|title=Is Law and Order: SVU Taking on Bill Cosby? Kelli Giddish Previews Star-Struck Victims – E! Online|date=February 24, 2016|work=E! Online|accessdate=February 26, 2016}}
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)
|EpisodeNumber = 384
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Manhattan Transfer
|DirectedBy = Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy = Story by: Julie Martin & Warren Leight
Teleplay by: Kevin Fox & Brendan Feeney
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|3|2}}
|ProdCode = 1718
|ShortSummary = Carisi is sent into a brothel to complete a sting operation but, when arrests are made, it is discovered that the Vice Unit is running an operation as well. Benson gets pressure from the Vice Unit captain to drop the case, so she turns to Tucker at IAB to look into the police involved. Tucker discovers that his cousin, who is a priest at a local Catholic church, knew the victims, but a friendly family visit soon turns to suspicion. When Barba gets information on the case from the church's monsignor, he reveals to Benson that Tucker could be covering up crimes committed by the Vice cops. Benson hesitantly reveals that she is romantically involved with Tucker, triggering her suspension from SVU.
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|EpisodeNumber = 385
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Unholiest Alliance
|DirectedBy = Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
Story by: Kevin Fox & Brendan Feeney
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|3|23}}
|ProdCode = 1719
|ShortSummary = With Benson transferred out of SVU, the detectives work to reveal a massive cover-up in the Catholic church. When their main witness to the crimes is murdered, Rollins and Carisi must figure out who within the clergy is responsible. As the detectives struggle with leads, Tucker's cousin is discovered to have a dark secret that may help Benson and Tucker keep their jobs, along with arresting the criminals involved.
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|EpisodeNumber = 386
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Sheltered Outcasts
|DirectedBy = Mariska Hargitay
|WrittenBy = Ed Zuckerman
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|3|30}}
|ProdCode = 1720
|ShortSummary = With Carisi undercover at a homeless shelter, another rape in a recent string of attacks occurs nearby. Trying to determine if one of the residents is responsible, Carisi gets himself into hot water with members of the shelter and the community. When a shelter advocate is murdered, Benson debates pulling Carisi out, but they catch a break thanks to some fellow shelter members.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)
|EpisodeNumber = 387
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Fashionable Crimes
|DirectedBy = Martha Mitchell
|WrittenBy = Penelope Koechl & Jill Lorie Hurst
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|5|4}}
|ProdCode = 1721
|ShortSummary = An aspiring model says that she was raped by a famous photographer whose assistant did nothing to stop it. Former SVU Sergeant John Munch (Richard Belzer) helps the SVU squad question previous clients of the photographer, many of whom admit that they were pressured to have sex with him, but refuse to testify against him as it could jeopardize their careers.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)
|EpisodeNumber = 388
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Assaulting Reality
|DirectedBy = Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Julie Martin & Warren Leight & Brianna Yellen & Robert Brooks Cohen
Story by: Brianna Yellen & Robert Brooks Cohen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|5|11}}
|ProdCode = 1722
|ShortSummary = A contestant on Heart's Desire claims she was raped and SVU intervenes. When they question the man who was involved with the victim, they discover he is innocent, that it was another man in the house who committed the crime. All the while, the executive producers of the show hide evidence from the police and put the blame on their producer.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)
|EpisodeNumber = 389
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Intersecting Lives
|DirectedBy = Jonathan Starch
|WrittenBy = Julie Martin & Warren Leight
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|5|18}}
|ProdCode = 1723
|ShortSummary = Tutuola's son, Ken, tells him that a former inmate says she has been raped by Rikers correctional officer Gary Munson (Brad Garrett), who denies the allegation. Barba has SVU quietly investigate the claim by questioning Munson and other officers about a supposed human trafficking ring. After Munson is arrested and Barba gets an indictment, the ADA finds his life threatened when the correctional officer's union intervenes.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)
|EpisodeNumber = 390
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Heartfelt Passages
|DirectedBy = Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy = Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|5|25}}
|ProdCode = 1724
|ShortSummary = Correctional Officer Munson's wife, Lisa, solicits Benson's help as she plans to divorce her husband. Sergeant Dodds volunteers to accompany Benson to the Munson household, where Lisa packs up to leave with her kids. When Benson goes outside to take the kids to the car, Munson brandishes a pistol and takes Dodds and Lisa hostage. A struggle for the gun later ensues, causing a bullet to discharge into Dodds' abdomen. Although he survives the surgery, Dodds suffers a stroke in the Intensive Care Unit and dies after blood clots form in his brain. Meanwhile, Barba seeks SVU's help as the threats he is receiving continue; Tucker reveals to Benson that he plans to transfer out of IAB and into hostage negotiations; and Carisi puts his plans of becoming an ADA on hold.
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=Season 18 (2016–2017)=
{{main|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18)}}
- Rick Eid takes over as executive producer. In May 2017, it was announced that he would depart the series as executive producer at the end of this season.
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|EpisodeNumber = 391
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Terrorized
|DirectedBy = Alik Sakharov
|WrittenBy = Rick Eid & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|9|21}}
|ProdCode = 1801
|ShortSummary = When Lt. Benson finds a boy alone in Central Park, he draws a gun on her. The SVU team finds the boy's parents as they execute a planned terrorist attack at the park. When the father is killed by police in a shootout in Central Park during an event, the boy's mother (Natia Dune) says that she was forced to carry out the attack, as she was raped and beaten for five years by the father and his brother. Benson and Barba are at odds over the mother's claims, with Benson pushing for leniency. Meanwhile, a distraught Deputy Chief Dodds accuses Benson of getting his son killed.
- Episode inspired by the FBI–Apple encryption dispute{{cite news|url=http://www.thegamersdrop.com/2016/09/20/law-order-svu-season-18-supports-police-brutality-episode-1-revealed-9413|title=Law and Order SVU Season 18 Supports Police Brutality? Episode 1 Revealed|first=Francesca|last=Osorio|newspaper=TGD - the Gamer's Drop - Gaming News |date=September 20, 2016|publisher=thegamersdrop.com|accessdate=September 24, 2016}} from the 2015 San Bernardino attack{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/06/law-order-svu-season-18-spoilers|title=New 'SVU' Boss Goes In-depth on Topical Season 18|work=ew.com|accessdate=September 24, 2016}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 392
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Making a Rapist
|DirectedBy = Michael Pressman
|WrittenBy = Kevin Fox
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|9|28}}
|ProdCode = 1802
|ShortSummary = When a DNA rape kit is tested 16 years later, the man originally convicted of the crime, Sean Roberts (Henry Thomas), is released from prison. He befriends the victim and her daughter (Alexis Collins), being invited to the daughter's wedding. One month after Roberts' release, the daughter is found raped and murdered with evidence pointing to him. Meanwhile, Fin Tutuola is accused of framing Roberts as payback for tarnishing his arrest record, having been the original arresting officer.
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|EpisodeNumber = 393
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Imposter
|DirectedBy = Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy = Rick Eid & Gavin Harris
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|5}}
|ProdCode = 1803
|ShortSummary = The SVU team is sent to a fancy hotel when a woman (Paula Marshall) accidentally overdoses on drugs, claiming to have been raped by a man, Tom Metcalf (Wallace Langham), posing as the admissions director for Hudson University. As the investigation unravels, they learn that the man has victimized multiple mothers desperate to send their children to the university. When Metcalf is charged with rape, ADA Barba is forced to make a deal with the judge, who believes the case is not fit for prosecution, in order to get justice for the families, but things end terribly wrong.
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|EpisodeNumber = 394
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Heightened Emotions
|DirectedBy = Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy = Julie Martin & Céline C. Robinson
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|12}}
|ProdCode = 1804
|ShortSummary = A troubled, but determined athlete with a double life (Brit Morgan) claims she was raped after she is found by police officers drunk and bleeding. SVU come to help the woman, but the case eventually becomes very shaky when she starts to show signs of an undiagnosed mental illness. Meanwhile, Rollins' sister Kim is released from prison on parole, claiming to be totally reformed, and she and Amanda try to rekindle their relationship, but Amanda finds it hard to trust her.
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|EpisodeNumber = 395
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Rape Interrupted
|DirectedBy = Michael Pressman
|WrittenBy = Julie Martin & Brianna Yellen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|26}}
|ProdCode = 1805
|ShortSummary = After Ellis Griffin (Corey Cott) the son of Olivia's former partner Patrick Griffin (Anthony Edwards), is accused of rape by a woman who attended a party with him, Olivia is faced with a tough decision to choose between loyalty or duty. Patrick's pressuring her to drop the investigation causes tension, both in the squad room and between Olivia and Patrick. Eventually, Olivia makes her decision and it leaves her saddened about the outcome that follows.
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|EpisodeNumber = 396
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Broken Rhymes
|DirectedBy = Adam Bernstein
|WrittenBy = Rick Eid & Jeffrey Baker
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|9}}
|ProdCode = 1806
|ShortSummary = After a transgender individual (Sabel Gonzales) is assaulted in a public bathroom, SVU questions the CEO of a record label (Wyclef Jean) who may be linked to the assault. The case is initially believed to be a hate crime, but things take a twist when the prime suspect reveals his connection to the victim and several people are found brutally murdered. With the victim's life on the line, things eventually become very intense for both the detectives and the suspects.
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|EpisodeNumber = 397
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Next Chapter
|DirectedBy = Fred Berner
|WrittenBy = Rick Eid & Gavin Harris
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|1|4}}
|ProdCode = 1807
|ShortSummary = A woman is sexually assaulted and she believes the perpetrator is the same man that went to prison for stalking her. The detectives investigate but the case eventually becomes extremely dangerous. Carisi's life is soon put in serious danger when he and Olivia visit the prime suspect's house and shots are fired from the house. Meanwhile, Tucker contemplates retirement and a possible future with Olivia, over which Olivia has mixed feelings about.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18)
|EpisodeNumber = 398
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Chasing Theo
|DirectedBy = Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy = Julie Martin & Robert Brooks Cohen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|1|11}}
|ProdCode = 1808
|ShortSummary = A six-year-old boy is abducted from his bedroom after his mother (Rachelle Lefevre) throws a wild party with drugs involved. The case brings forward several suspects and the detectives are led to multiple locations and tip-offs. The case becomes distressing for Rollins and Benson, both mothers. As hours go by, the squad becomes desperate to find the boy, which makes the mother and her ex-girlfriend fret. Meanwhile, Benson breaks up with Tucker after several days of thinking, breaking both her and Tucker's hearts.
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|EpisodeNumber = 399
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Decline and Fall
|DirectedBy = Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy = Ed Zuckerman & Robert Brooks Cohen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|1|18}}
|ProdCode = 1809
|ShortSummary = A powerful and rich family which owns a major retail empire closes ranks after a bartender (Ariane Rinehart) accuses one of the family members of rape. The bartender remembers nothing of the rape and it is quickly suspected that she may have been drugged or had her drink spiked. Benson treats the case seriously and it quickly becomes complicated. The case exposes the whole family's nasty secrets and several stories are told, frustrating the detectives.
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|EpisodeNumber = 400
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Motherly Love
|DirectedBy = Mariska Hargitay
|WrittenBy = Rick Eid & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|2|8}}
|ProdCode = 1810
|ShortSummary = A teenage boy (Aaron Sanders) murders a person, later revealed to be his best friend, whom he believed was raping his mother (Sarah Wynter) at the time. The mother, a psychologist, claims that her son's best friend had an obsession with her. A seemingly open-and-shut case is revealed to involve layers of deceit and manipulation on the mother's part, who is not as innocent as she seems and may be hiding several secrets.
- This episode was produced and announced as the 400th episode of the series but actually aired as the 399th episode.
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|EpisodeNumber = 401
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Great Expectations
|DirectedBy = Martha Mitchell
|WrittenBy = Kevin Fox & Brendan Feeney
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|2|15}}
|ProdCode = 1811
|ShortSummary = After a thirteen year old boy (Christopher Paul Richards) is sexually assaulted in what appears to be a vicious locker room hazing, the detectives investigate the players of a top youth hockey team and come up with a few suspects. The case eventually brings forward a boy (Lincoln Melcher) who has obviously been physically abused by his father (Brent Sexton) in the same way his brothers had been, but does not want to talk of it out of devotion to his father. Carisi takes the case very personally, which causes some conflict between him and Rollins. The case, however, goes horribly wrong and sacrifices are soon made by the abused brothers and their mother.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18)
|EpisodeNumber = 402
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = No Surrender
|DirectedBy = Stephanie Marquardt
|WrittenBy = Gavin Harris & Kinan Copen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|2|22}}
|ProdCode = 1812
|ShortSummary = Fin revisits his military roots when a fellow Army Ranger (Sarah Booth) is the victim of sexual assault and does not handle it well. SVU is soon called in to assist and it is revealed that the woman was sexually assaulted after a party she threw. The case becomes difficult when the victim refuses to cooperate and Olivia and Fin become convinced that the rapist is someone against her being a Ranger, but the rapist turns out to be someone unexpected after a secret is revealed.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18)
|EpisodeNumber = 403
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Genes
|DirectedBy = Michael Pressman
|WrittenBy = Rick Eid & Céline C. Robinson
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|3|22}}
|ProdCode = 1813
|ShortSummary = A woman comes to SVU saying she was raped. When the detectives go to arrest the assailant (Michael Torphy), he claims that he has a rape gene, that he can't help it having been born that way. The case becomes very controversial and causes extreme tension, both in the squad room and between the detectives and the DA's office. The man's claim causes Benson to think back to both her and Noah's rapist fathers, making her worry, albeit briefly, if Noah has any chance of following in his footsteps.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18)
|EpisodeNumber = 404
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Net Worth
|DirectedBy = Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy = Rick Eid & Jeffrey Baker
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|3|29}}
|ProdCode = 1814
|ShortSummary = An investment banker (Missy Peregrym) accuses one of her billionaire clients (Tate Donovan) of raping her. SVU is called in to handle the delicate case, but they must tread carefully, as the accused is extremely wealthy and one wrong move could ruin everything. The case, however, becomes complicated when several bribes and deals are offered. Meanwhile, Fin is promoted to Sergeant.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18)
|EpisodeNumber = 405
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Know It All
|DirectedBy = Jonathan Herron
|WrittenBy = Ed Zuckerman & Kevin Fox
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|4|5}}
|ProdCode = 1815
|ShortSummary = The detectives arrest a suspect (Chris Diamantopoulos) charged with the rape and murder of a young female coworker. However, the reputations of all the SVU squad members, Barba included, are put on the line when the suspect reveals he knows their intimate secrets and threatens to expose them if the charges against him aren't dropped. The secrets cause major conflicts within the squadroom and Barba reveals a secret that could cost him his entire career.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18)
|EpisodeNumber = 406
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Dead Reckoning
|DirectedBy = John Perez
|WrittenBy = Rick Eid & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|4|12}}
|ProdCode = 1816
|ShortSummary = The detectives arrest a suspect (Chris Diamantopoulos) charged with the rape and murder of a young female coworker. However, the reputations of all the SVU squad members, Barba included, are put on the line when the suspect reveals he knows their intimate secrets and threatens to expose them if the charges against him aren't dropped. The secrets cause major conflicts within the squadroom and Barba reveals a secret that could cost him his entire career.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18)
|EpisodeNumber = 407
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = The Newsroom
|DirectedBy = Jono Oliver
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Julie Martin & Brianna Yellen
Story by: Warren Leight & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|4|26}}
|ProdCode = 1817
|ShortSummary = When a news anchor (Bonnie Somerville) makes a rape allegation against her boss (Christopher McDonald) on live TV, Benson, Barba, and the rest of the SVU squad ask corroborators to put their jobs on the line by confirming the allegations. However, they are very hesitant, afraid of losing their jobs or getting bad reputations. The defense complicates the case by making it seem as though the allegations sprung from the victim losing her job.
- Episode inspired by the sexual assault allegations against Fox News reporter Bill O'Reilly and Fox News founder, chairman, and CEO Roger Ailes.{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2017/04/27/law-and-order-svu-rips-into-fox-news-harassment-headlines/|title=Law And Order: SVU Rips Into Fox News Harassment Headlines|work=Salon|date=27 April 2017 }}
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|EpisodeNumber = 408
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Real Fake News
|DirectedBy = Martha Mitchell
|WrittenBy = Ed Zuckerman
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|5|3}}
|ProdCode = 1818
|ShortSummary = The SVU squad is asked by a US Representative (James Waterston) to debunk sexual assault rumors currently against him, but it takes a surprising twist when they are led to something much more deplorable. Things eventually become extremely personal when Benson and Rollins are targeted by a news website of questionable validity, with pictures of them and their children spreading false rumours about the nature of their families. Both detectives become infuriated and upset, vowing to stop the website and the man running it.
- Episode inspired by the Pizzagate conspiracy theory and the surrounding hysteria following fake news stories claiming that various pizza parlors were fronts for human trafficking rings.[http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/law-and-order-svu-donald-trump-episode-when-will-it-air-ice-t "Law And Order: SVU Donald Trump Episode When Will It Air?"] Vanity Fair
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18)
|EpisodeNumber = 409
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Spellbound
|DirectedBy = Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy = Gavin Harris & Kinan Copen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|5|10}}
|ProdCode = 1819
|ShortSummary = The team investigates the motives and career of a charismatic spiritual healer and hypnotist (Stuart Townsend) when a man comes into the squad room and says that his girlfriend was sexually assaulted by the healer. The detectives and Barba question whether hypnosis skills can be proven as the MO in a sexual assault case.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18)
|EpisodeNumber = 410
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Conversion
|DirectedBy = Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy = Kevin Fox & Brendan Feeney
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|5|17}}
|ProdCode = 1820
|ShortSummary = A church group from Indiana visits New York and reports to the Special Victims Unit that one of their members was sexually assaulted by another member. When the rapist is found, he claims it was curative intercourse to cure the girl of her homosexuality and that he was saving her soul. The detectives investigate and must decide whether the rapist is sincere in his beliefs or if something else happened to cause him to attack the victim. They end up finding out that the rapist is hiding a secret.
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|EpisodeNumber = 411
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = American Dream
|DirectedBy = Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy = Rick Eid & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|5|24}}
|ProdCode = 1821
|ShortSummary = An extremely brutal hate crime is committed against a Muslim family who owns a restaurant, resulting in two deaths. The detectives investigate, but things become extremely complicated when a crucial witness is suddenly and unexpectedly deported back to his own country. This forces Barba to drop the charges, causing extreme tension, anger, and violence between communities on opposing sides of the case.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18)
|EpisodeNumber = 412
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Sanctuary
|DirectedBy = Michael Pressman
|WrittenBy = Rick Eid & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|5|24}}
|ProdCode = 1822
|ShortSummary = The Special Victims Unit continues to investigate the hate crime against the Muslim family who were viciously assaulted in their restaurant. When their main suspect in the crime is released from custody, Benson and Barba become caught between the Muslim family and the suspect's family, both seeking justice for their loved ones. Protests in the streets start to turn extremely violent and Benson is faced with a tough decision that she has never had to make before in her entire career in order to make an arrest and get justice.
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=Season 19 (2017–2018)=
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- Michael Chernuchin takes over as executive producer.
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|EpisodeNumber = 413
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Gone Fishin'
|DirectedBy = Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy = Michael Chernuchin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|9|27}}
|ProdCode = 1901
|ShortSummary = The Special Victims Unit is notified about a fugitive rapist (Will Chase) on the loose in Havana, Cuba. Fin crosses international borders to capture him, which soon causes political controversy when Fin is accused of kidnapping the perp. When all of his victims are reluctant to testify, Benson must count on one victim (Amy Smart) to help put the perp away. Meanwhile, Benson discovers shocking allegations made about her, which eventually leads to her ex-boyfriend and former SVU detective Brian Cassidy returning to her life to investigate her actions and the allegation made against her.
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|EpisodeNumber = 414
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Mood
|DirectedBy = Michael Pressman
|WrittenBy = Allison Intrieri
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|4}}
|ProdCode = 1902
|ShortSummary = A woman (Saxon Sharbino) reports to SVU that she was raped. At first, the detectives believe her but, after several misleading reports, the detectives soon find themselves in a complicated position, with Rollins and Carisi fighting about whether her story is true and whether the case should be taken to trial. Meanwhile, Cassidy continues his investigation into Benson's personal life regarding the shocking allegations made about her and Benson decides to take action, leading to an extremely shocking discovery and the loss of an old friendship in Benson's life.
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|EpisodeNumber = 415
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Contrapasso
|DirectedBy = Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy = Richard Sweren
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|11}}
|ProdCode = 1903
|ShortSummary = A man (Paul Fitzgerald) is brutally castrated and left for dead in a hotel, but survives the ordeal and the Special Victims Unit soon discover there were three witnesses to the scene, who immediately become suspects in the case. However, the case quickly takes a bizarre twist when the three witnesses make a claim that they are victims from something he did in the past and they were getting revenge. Barba must decide whether to prosecute the women or defend them in the complicated case. Meanwhile, Olivia gets shocking news from Trevor Langan regarding Noah's biological family, revealing that Noah's mother Ellie Porter had been lying about something all this time during the past investigation.
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|EpisodeNumber = 416
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = No Good Reason
|DirectedBy = Martha Mitchell
|WrittenBy = Julie Martin & Brianna Yellen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|18}}
|ProdCode = 1904
|ShortSummary = The Special Victims Unit is called in to investigate the sudden disappearance of a high school student (Brighton Sharbino). They soon discover that she was the victim of a nasty cyberbullying attack from her fellow peers and best friend (Madison Pettis). When she is finally found, she claims that she was raped by three boys from her school at a party, one being one of her best friends. The case goes well until the victim becomes reluctant to testify due to hatred and bullying from her peers and Benson must convince her to be brave. Meanwhile, Sheila Porter attempts to challenge Benson's parenting skills as a mother, which infuriates Benson.
- Episode inspired by the events in the Netflix web series 13 Reasons Why.{{cite web|url=https://www.inquisitr.com/4534402/the-walking-dead-alum-to-appear-in-law-order-svu-season-19-see-brighton-sharbino-all-grown-up/|title='The Walking Dead' Alum To Appear In 'Law & Order: SVU' Season 19, See Brighton Sharbino All Grown Up|work=Inquisitr|first=Taylor|last=Rios|date=October 4, 2017|accessdate=October 29, 2017}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 417
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Complicated
|DirectedBy = Tricia Brock
|WrittenBy = Céline C. Robinson
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|25}}
|ProdCode = 1905
|ShortSummary = A young woman (Ili Ray) who has been missing for ten years is suddenly found and the cold case into her disappearance is reopened by the Special Victims Unit. However, the detectives become suspicious of her story when several things don't match up and the detectives soon discover a disturbing secret kept by the family. Meanwhile, Benson and Sheila fight against each other for custody of Noah with Sheila claiming she fears for Noah's safety due to Benson's recent allegations, infuriating Benson and putting them both in an intense and conflict-filled relationship.
- Cameo appearance by Isaiah Thomas.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 418
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Unintended Consequences
|DirectedBy = Jonathan Herron
|WrittenBy = Elizabeth Rinehart
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|8}}
|ProdCode = 1906
|ShortSummary = The Special Victims Unit are called to a high end rehab center to investigate the death of a teenage girl, after she was last seen there. Suspicious of the activity going on and the concerning behaviour and reports from some of the clients, Rollins goes undercover in the rehab center as a worker, joining the manager (Anne Corley) in her duties, hoping to get evidence of criminal activity in order to get justice for the murder victim's family. Meanwhile, Benson tries to overcome her doubts about Sheila, after letting her visit Noah for the first time and befriending her.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 419
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Something Happened
|DirectedBy = Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy = Michael Chernuchin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|29}}
|ProdCode = 1907
|ShortSummary = A rape victim (Melora Walters) who can't remember the details or what happened when she was sexually assaulted visits the Special Victims Unit, distraught and desperate to remember exactly what happened. Benson brings her into an interrogation room to help her remember the details of what happened. However, it quickly becomes intense when the rape victim starts to break down in fear, stress and desperation. In order to help the victim remember what happened, Benson finally decides to tell her a long kept secret from her past that she hasn't told anyone before, in the hopes that the victim will remember what happened and who assaulted her so justice can be served. The case soon takes a shocking twist which reveals a secret long kept from both the victim and her sister (Joanna Going).
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 420
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Intent
|DirectedBy = Adam Bernstein
|WrittenBy = Robert Brooks Cohen & Lawrence Kaplow
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|6}}
|ProdCode = 1908
|ShortSummary = The Special Victims Unit are called in after a popular social media star (Gage Golightly) is raped, following a romantic date gone wrong. The detectives discover she posted a hint of who she was dating online for her followers, but the victim's reputation is soon questioned after a text threat is discovered that was subsequently sent to her suspected rapist which could ruin the case. Meanwhile, Rollins and Carisi get into a bar fight and Benson sets firm ground rules with Sheila about what she can and cannot tell Noah about his past and family background, but eventually, Olivia's worst nightmare comes true when she gets some horrifying news about Noah.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 421
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Gone Baby Gone
|DirectedBy = Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy = Lawrence Kaplow & Elizabeth Rinehart
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|1|3}}
|ProdCode = 1909
|ShortSummary = The Special Victims Unit, along with Deputy Chief William Dodds, start a top priority frantic search for Noah after he is kidnapped while clothes shopping with Sheila at the mall. Benson, frantic, starts to panic, which sends emotions running high amongst the team members. Desperate to have her son safe and back with her, Benson decides to take matters into her own hands and tries to attempt to track down Noah's kidnapper, despite Dodds' orders. However, things eventually become extremely dangerous and Benson's life is soon put in serious danger as things take a shocking twist.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 422
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Pathological
|DirectedBy = Jono Oliver
|WrittenBy = Brianna Yellen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|1|10}}
|ProdCode = 1910
|ShortSummary = The Special Victims Unit are called to investigate a sexual assault case involving two disabled children (Conor Tague & Erin Wilhelmi) who attend a special needs school. Through further investigation, the case takes a surprising twist after Rollins discovers a shocking truth when one of the students' medical exam shows that the child's medical disability stems from a surprising source and the case soon turns into one of child abuse in the hands of her mother (Dendrie Taylor). The case soon goes from bad to worse when the abuse case soon turns to murder. Meanwhile, Benson tries to help Noah cope with nightmares after the previous traumatizing events involving himself, Benson and Sheila Porter.
- Episode inspired by the Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/michelledean/dee-dee-wanted-her-daughter-to-be-sick-gypsy-wanted-her-mom|title=Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom Murdered|website=Buzzfeed.com|date=19 August 2016 |access-date=January 13, 2018}}
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 423
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Flight Risk
|DirectedBy = Michael Pressman
|WrittenBy = Julie Martin & Allison Intrieri
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|1|17}}
|ProdCode = 1911
|ShortSummary = When a Muslim female pilot (Yasmine Al Massri) locks herself in the cockpit and attempts to return the plane to JFK Airport (nearly causing a crash), she finds herself arrested on suspicion of terrorism. However, when she makes a claim that the captain of the plane (Martin Donovan) was sexually assaulting her and she diverted the plane to avoid contact with him, the Special Victims Unit is called to investigate. Barba eventually convenes with a grand jury to determine the suspected rapists complicity in the crime. Meanwhile, Tutuola takes several steps to ensure that Benson is safe at work, after the previous incident with Sheila Porter.
- Episode inspired by the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations.{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/tv/2017/11/22/law-order-svu-harvey-weinstein/amp/|title='Law & Order: SVU' to tackle Harvey Weinstein scandal|date=November 22, 2017|website=EW.com|access-date=January 13, 2018}}
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 424
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Info Wars
|DirectedBy = Michael Slovis
|WrittenBy = Richard Sweren & Robert Brooks Cohen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|1|31}}
|ProdCode = 1912
|ShortSummary = The Special Victims Unit are called to a brutal crime scene after a violent protest in the city results in a controversial, right-wing female pundit (Rhea Seehorn) getting viciously sexually assaulted. However, with many people in the crowd during the protest, the squad has a hard time catching the victim's assailants. When the case is taken to trial, Barba and Benson both fight with each other after struggling to keep their political opinions about the case quiet and both disagreeing with each other, which leaves the squad clashing over sides in the controversial, violent case and sets tensions rising between the detectives and Barba.
- Episode inspired by the Charlottesville riots, as well as episode title inspired by actual website InfoWars, with specific main character reference to InfoWars' reporter Millie Weaver.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/megyn-kelly/video/megyn-kelly-reports-on-alex-jones-and-infowars-970743875859|title=Megyn Kelly Reports on Alex Jones and 'Infowars'|date=June 18, 2017|website=nbcnews.com|access-date=February 2, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.infowars.com/shocking-law-order-episode-portrays-antifa-rape-of-infowars-reporter/|title=Shocking Law & Order Episode Portrays Antifa Rape of Infowars Reporter|date=February 1, 2018|website=infowars.com|access-date=February 2, 2018}}
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 425
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = The Undiscovered Country
|DirectedBy = Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy = Michael Chernuchin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|2|7}}
|ProdCode = 1913
|ShortSummary = The Special Victims Unit are called in to investigate after a father (Joe Tapper) kidnaps his mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome-affected infant. When the father is found, he says he wants his son alive, whereas his wife (Abigail Hawk) wants him put out of his misery, which sends the SVU detectives taking sides in the family's right-to-die case. Barba's interference in the case leads to the entire DA's office being in jeopardy, which results in DA Jack McCoy getting involved and sending Barba to trial for murder. However, Barba is found not guilty. Traumatized by the case, Barba quits his job as an ADA and is replaced by former Chicago ASA Peter Stone, who has recently lost his father Benjamin Stone, a former ADA previously assigned to the NYPD's Homicide Unit.
- Episode inspired by the Charlie Gard case.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svu-season-19-plans-charlottesville-episode-1033727|title='Law & Order: SVU' Season 19 to Tackle Charlottesville Riots, Charlie Gard Case|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2018-02-19|language=en}}
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 426
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Chasing Demons
|DirectedBy = Fred Berner
|WrittenBy = Richard Sweren & Allison Intrieri
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|2|28}}
|ProdCode = 1914
|ShortSummary = The Special Victims Unit take a doctor (Lorenzo Scott) to trial who has been accused of molesting little boys. As the trial is going good, Brian Cassidy testifies but when the doctor’s lawyer (Daryl Edwards) suspects Cassidy of being racist, Cassidy loses it, which causes a mistrial. However, when Cassidy turns up to Benson’s apartment with blood on him and Dr. West is found dead after Cassidy visited him, Benson must decide whether Cassidy is guilty of murder or if Cassidy is innocent which he claims, which complicates Rollins’ and Benson’s relationship and gets Stone and Benson’s relationship off to a rocky start, all while a determined Homicide detective (Kylie Bunbury) investigates Cassidy for murder.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 427
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = In Loco Parentis
|DirectedBy = Norberto Barba
|WrittenBy = Michael Chernuchin & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|3|7}}
|ProdCode = 1915
|ShortSummary = Carisi’s sister visits Carisi saying that her daughter was raped. The Special Victims Unit investigate the case, but Carisi’s niece claims she lied about the rape, and the charges are dropped. However, when Carisi’s niece claims that she was really raped after visiting the suspect, Carisi and SVU must investigate whether she is being truthful after her credibility in the case was damaged. Meanwhile, during the investigation, ADA Stone learns the hard way that there are no perfect witnesses when it comes down to dealing with sex crimes, while the squad warm up to him after the departure of Barba.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 428
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Dare
|DirectedBy = Christopher Misiano
|WrittenBy = Richard Sweren & Céline C. Robinson
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|3|14}}
|ProdCode = 1916
|ShortSummary = The Special Victims Unit are called to a recreation centre after a thirteen year old girl (Nicolette Pierini) disappears while on a school excursion. The detectives soon learn that her two friends left her with a stranger, which makes him the prime suspect. Eventually, the girl is found unconscious in the recreation centre stripped to her underwear. After the girl dies in the hospital due to her injuries, the case takes a shocking twist when it is discovered that the deceased girl’s organs were harvested by a surgeon (Janel Moloney) without the parents’ consent. Stone takes the extremely controversial and complicated case to court, hoping to get justice for the deceased girl and her mourning family.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 429
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Send in the Clowns
|DirectedBy = Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy = Julie Martin & Brianna Yellen
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|3|21}}
|ProdCode = 1917
|ShortSummary = The Special Victims Unit are called in to investigate the disappearance of a teenage prodigy (Mallory Bechtel) during a spring break trip. Through the investigation, they find a prime suspect. It is a butcher (Eric Tabach) who was seen leaving the club with the teenage girl in a clown mask where the teenager was last seen. However, the case becomes extremely difficult to close, when the detectives try and find her body at a dump, but the dump is emptied with what is likely holding the girl’s body as well, and Stone tries to get justice for the girl and lock up the butcher as the chances of the girl being alive become extremely slim. However, towards the end, the case takes a shocking twist and the detectives discover that the real culprit is someone who they least suspected. Stone reveals to Benson that he moved to New York to take care of his sister, who is mentally ill and in a home upstate.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 430
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = False Accusation
|DirectedBy = John Perez
|WrittenBy = Richard Sweren & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|4|4}}
|ProdCode = 1918
|ShortSummary = The Special Victims Unit are called in to investigate the disappearance of a teenage prodigy (Mallory Bechtel) during a spring break trip. Through the investigation, they find a prime suspect. It is a butcher (Eric Tabach) who was seen leaving the club with the teenage girl in a clown mask where the teenager was last seen. However, the case becomes extremely difficult to close, when the detectives try and find her body at a dump, but the dump is emptied with what is likely holding the girl’s body as well, and Stone tries to get justice for the girl and lock up the butcher as the chances of the girl being alive become extremely slim. However, towards the end, the case takes a shocking twist and the detectives discover that the real culprit is someone who they least suspected. Stone reveals to Benson that he moved to New York to take care of his sister, who is mentally ill and in a home upstate.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 431
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Service
|DirectedBy = Fred Berner
|WrittenBy = Lawrence Kaplow & Céline C. Robinson
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|4|11}}
|ProdCode = 1919
|ShortSummary = When a female escort is found sexually assaulted and brutally beaten, the Special Victims Unit are called in to investigate. They soon discover that she was in a sleazy hotel with three soldiers from the military. However, the case becomes complicated when one soldier refuses to talk and another confesses to the crime, even though it is clear that he is lying. Eventually, when the real rapist is found and the DNA comes in, the case takes an extremely shocking twist and a huge sacrifice is made by one of the soldiers who has been hiding a secret from the world for a very long time. Meanwhile, Rollins' unprofessional work in the case and taking it personally leads to her revealing a secret from her recent romantic life.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 432
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Sunk Cost Fallacy
|DirectedBy = Michael Pressman
|WrittenBy = Michael Chernuchin & Allison Intrieri
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|4|18}}
|ProdCode = 1920
|ShortSummary = The Special Victims Unit investigate the disappearance of a mother and her four year old daughter. Through further investigation, they discover that the woman's husband was a violent man, who abused his family. However, it is soon reported that the mother and daughter were killed by her husband and the husband is locked up. The case takes a massive twist when Benson discovers that the mother and daughter are very much alive, but in hiding thanks to former ADA and member of the squad, Alexandra Cabot, who reported the mother and daughter deceased, which puts Benson in a complicated position. A tragic twist occurs in the case and Benson is forced to question the entire system. Meanwhile, Stone's sister, Pamela, develops tardive dyskinesia and he has to make a tough decision about her treatment.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 433
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = The Book of Esther
|DirectedBy = Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy = Richard Sweren & Ryan Causey
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|5|2}}
|ProdCode = 1921
|ShortSummary = Rollins is called in to rescue a girl named Esther who is being held captive by her father, who was known to be a suspicious and strange man. The Special Victims Unit, along with Rollins, soon find out that the father is a vicious child abuser, who is starving and locking his children in a basement by chains. Rollins grows a very close relationship with the girl and promises her that she will get justice for her and keep her safe from her abusive father. Soon enough though, the case becomes extremely dangerous when the father does a stand off and Rollins puts her life and job at very dangerous risk by trying to save the girl, which ends in a tragic accident on Rollins' part and ends up traumatizing her.
- Episode inspied by the Turpin case.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 434
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Guardian
|DirectedBy = Stephanie Marquardt
|WrittenBy = Julie Martin & Matt Klypka
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|5|9}}
|ProdCode = 1922
|ShortSummary = The Special Victims Unit are called to a crime scene after a woman is sexually assaulted and her brother tells her and the detectives that she was raped. The squad soon learn that she was brutally gang raped by three young men. The detectives arrest them, but the case takes a twist when the men claim they paid for sex from the woman and that her brother is her pimp. The squad soon realize that the woman's brother is her guardian while their mother is in prison and it soon becomes clear her brother is abusive towards his sister. Tutuola takes the case personally and gets caught up in it while trying to protect the woman from the brother and the three young men, while Stone takes the case to court.
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 435
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Mama
|DirectedBy = Jean de Segonzac
|WrittenBy = Lawrence Kaplow & Elizabeth Rinehart
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|5|16}}
|ProdCode = 1923
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 436
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Remember Me
|DirectedBy = Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy = Michael Chernuchin & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|5|23}}
|ProdCode = 1924
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{{Episode list/sublist|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)
|EpisodeNumber = 437
|EpisodeNumber2 = 25
|Title = Remember Me Too
|DirectedBy = Alex Chapple
|WrittenBy = Michael Chernuchin & Julie Martin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|5|23}}
|ProdCode = 1925
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=Season 1 (2003–2004)=
{{Main article|NCIS (season 1)}}
- Sean Murray (Timothy McGee) had a continuous arc starting with the seventh episode ("Sub Rosa").
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Yankee White
|DirectedBy = Donald P. Bellisario
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Donald P. Bellisario
Story by: Donald P. Bellisario & Don McGill
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2003|9|23}}
|ProdCode = 101
|ShortSummary = While on Air Force One, a Navy commander, Ray Trapp (Gerald Downey) who was tasked with carrying the "football" dies under mysterious circumstances, forcing an emergency landing in Wichita, Kansas. But while his death is originally thought to be a tragic accident, NCIS eventually uncovers evidence suggesting the commander was in fact murdered and that it might be connected to a possible assassination attempt on the President.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Hung Out to Dry
|DirectedBy = Alan J. Levi
|WrittenBy = Don McGill
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2003|9|30}}
|ProdCode = 102
|ShortSummary = A Marine (Brian Patrick Wade) dies during a night-time training jump. The culprit seems to be a faulty parachute, but the standard investigation reveals that the death might not have been an accident after all. Gibbs begins to believe that the supposed accident which resulted in the Marine's death might actually be murder after all and he and Tony, along with new recruit Kate Todd, set out to find out who tampered with the dead Marine's faulty parachute and eventually sent him to his death.
Note: This is the first crossover with JAG in this series, with the appearance of Lt. Bud Roberts Jr. (Patrick Labyorteaux).
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Seadog
|DirectedBy = Bradford May
|WrittenBy = John C. Kelley & Donald P. Bellisario
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2003|10|7}}
|ProdCode = 103
|Viewers = 11.26http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=5031{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|ShortSummary = When a driver-less boat and several bodies, including that of a Navy commander wash up on the beach, seemingly during a freelance drugs deal gone sour, the media is quick to link him to drug trafficking and the evidence stacks up. Being a former Marine himself, Gibbs refuses to believe that a good officer could be so corrupt, and in his efforts to clear the commander's record and good name, uncovers a turf war between two rival drug gangs, and a terrorist's scheme to knock out the national power grid. The NCIS team is aided in its investigation by a DEA Agent (played by William R. Moses), and FBI Special Agent Tobias Fornell.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = The Immortals
|DirectedBy = Alan J. Levi
|WrittenBy = Darcy Meyers
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2003|10|14}}
|ProdCode = 104
|ShortSummary = The discovery of a drowned sailor in dress whites, with an officer's ceremonial sword and weights chained to his waist, sparks a suicide investigation and eventually sends the team to the USS Foster so that they can dig into the deceased officer's life and find out what his colleagues thought of him. Kate refuses to believe that the deceased sailor committed suicide as, like her, he came from a Catholic family where suicide is considered a mortal sin. Meanwhile Abby discovers a link between the crew of the USS Foster and an MMORPG known as The Immortals, and begins searching the game for clues and evidence in order to assist Gibbs and the team in solving the case and saving the ship from possible destruction.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = The Curse
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Don McGill & Jeff Vlaming & Donald P. Bellisario
Story by: Donald P. Bellisario
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2003|10|28}}
|ProdCode = 105
|ShortSummary = Gibbs and the team are called in when a mummified lieutenant, who was believed to have absconded with 1.2 million dollars of stolen Navy funds nine years previously and later received a dishonorable discharge for allegedly deserting his position, is found in a half-buried cargo pod with Navy markings on it by a deer hunter deep in the woods of St. Mary's River State Park. Two former shipmates who serve with the deceased come under suspicion for both the murder and the theft. Gibbs and Tony work at investigating the murder, while Kate is charged with tracking down the missing funds although she is more devoted to ensuring the dead lieutenant's former wife and young daughter receive his death benefits. Abby uses a computer reconstruction to work a confession out of a possible suspect.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = High Seas
|DirectedBy = Kenneth Fink
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Jeff Vlaming & Larry Moskowitz
Story by: Jeff Vlaming
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2003|11|4}}
|ProdCode = 106
|ShortSummary = One of Gibbs' former team members, NCIS Special Agent Stan Burley who is on board the USS Enterprise (a possible reference to the Federation ship in Star Trek) investigating a case calls for assistance when a sailor suffers a meth overdose while on leave, despite the sailor in question claiming that he's never taken the drug. Gibbs, Tony, and Kate fly out to investigate. Not long after their arrival, another sailor is admitted to sickbay under the same circumstances and later dies. The team also discovers that the crew is unusually efficient and several senior crew members are behaving strangely.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Sub Rosa
|DirectedBy = Michael Zinberg
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2003|11|18}}
|ProdCode = 107
|ShortSummary = NCIS Norfolk Case Agent Timothy McGee works on a case of a partially dissolved corpse found in a barrel of acid at the Norfolk Naval Base, and calls in the Major Case Response Team to help him. As the investigation continues, it soon becomes apparent that the killer took steps to prevent the body from being identified. Gibbs quickly comes to believe that the motive for the brutal murder was identity theft and his suspicions are further confirmed when it's revealed that although a submariner is dead, no one has been reported missing, leading Gibbs to believe that an imposter is on one of the submarines. Tony, Abby, and McGee are tasked with identifying the deceased, while Gibbs and Kate are sent underwater on a submarine to vet five possible suspects, one of whom might have been responsible for the murder and to also prevent a possible sarin attack from taking place.
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|EpisodeNumber = 8
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Minimum Security
|DirectedBy = Ian Toynton
|WrittenBy = Philip DeGuere, Jr. & Donald P. Bellisario
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2003|11|25}}
|ProdCode = 108
|ShortSummary = The team heads for Cuba when Ducky and Gerald discover that a dead translator from Gitmo they have been working on has a stomach full of emeralds. NCIS Special Agent Paula Cassidy turns out to be deceitful to Tony when he is ordered to investigate her involvement, while Gibbs and Kate try to discover where the emeralds came from, how they ended up in their translator's stomach, and prevent the assassination of an important prisoner with links to Osama Bin Laden.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Marine Down
|DirectedBy = Kenneth Fink
|WrittenBy = John C. Kelley
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2003|12|16}}
|ProdCode = 109
|ShortSummary = The team is called to investigate when a dead Marine's wife receives a phone call from her husband who supposedly died under suspicious circumstances. However, the case is complicated when someone impersonates the Marine's CO and Tony. As the investigation continues, the Marine turns up embalmed, having been killed two days after his funeral supposedly took place. Gibbs suspects CIA involvement, and the team soon find themselves tracking a rogue operative who killed the first Marine as a part of a cover-up in regards to a classified mission that ended in disaster and is now attempting to kill off the dead Marine's partner to make sure that the investigation is wrapped up while he flees with the money the CIA previously paid in an attempt to save the two kidnapped Marines. As such, the team find themselves racing against the clock as they attempt to rescue the deceased Marine's partner before another murder takes place and take down the rogue CIA agent once and for all.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Left for Dead
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Don McGill & Donald P. Bellisario
Story by: Don McGill
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|1|6}}
|ProdCode = 110
|ShortSummary = Kate immediately develops a close, personal bond with a young woman (Sherilyn Fenn) suffering from amnesia after she wakes up and crawls from her grave in a national park following a possible murder attempt. Her memory is completely blank but the woman or "Jane Doe" claims to remember that a bomb is present on a Navy ship and that people will die unless it's found, leading Gibbs and the team off on a hunt for the bomb and also to find Jane's true identity. But unknown to Kate and the team, Jane is actually lying to Kate as she is already beginning to secretly remember her past and is probably planning something to strike back against her employers, something that might end in bloodshed not only for her but could affect Gibbs and his team as well...
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Eye Spy
|DirectedBy = Alan J. Levi
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea & Dana Coen
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|1|13}}
|ProdCode = 111
|ShortSummary = NCIS is called in to investigate the murder of a naval officer at Little Creek Naval Base following an anonymous tip-off. McGee manages to track the tip-off to Langley, suggesting that the CIA has been spying on the base. Gibbs and Kate follow the tip-off, coming across a witness who leads the team to several possible suspects. At first the murder seems to be tied in with work the officer was involved with, but Gibbs soon begins to suspect that the motive for the death might not actually be espionage-related and that someone else might be the true killer..
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|EpisodeNumber = 12
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = My Other Left Foot
|DirectedBy = Jeff Woolnough
|WrittenBy = Jack Bernstein
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|2|3}}
|ProdCode = 112
|ShortSummary = When the severed leg of a marine is discovered in a dumpster, Gibbs and the team immediately run into a problem – identifying who the leg belongs to and finding the rest of his body. Kate and Tony are ordered to find the marine's place of burial and exhume the body, only to discover that the marine to whom the leg belongs to was apparently cremated years ago by a very distraught woman claiming to be the deceased marine's sister. Gibbs talks to an old Marine buddy of his and discovers that there is more to this "sister" than meets the eye. The NCIS team decide to investigate closer to home where they uncover a mother and daughter who are both guarding a deep secret...
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 13
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = One Shot, One Kill
|DirectedBy = Peter Ellis
|WrittenBy = Gil Grant
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|2|10}}
|ProdCode = 113
|ShortSummary = When an over-embellishing marine recruiter is killed, the NCIS team quickly discover that a highly intelligent and skilled sniper was behind the attack. Initially, the team believes the sniper had a grudge against the recruiter, but when a second attack occurs the investigation takes on a wider scope and as a result, the FBI are called in, bringing Gibbs into direct conflict with his old friend Fornell. After hitting several dead ends, the team realize that the killer had left a "calling card" in the form of a white feather at each scene and was most likely targeting recruiters in revenge for being rejected by the Corps. Hoping to lure out the killer, Gibbs dons his old Marine uniform and takes over the recruitment office with Kate as his new "commanding officer", while DiNozzo and the FBI team lie in wait.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 14
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = The Good Samaritan
|DirectedBy = Alan J. Levi
|WrittenBy = Jack Bernstein
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|2|17}}
|ProdCode = 114
|ShortSummary = A local county sheriff calls in NCIS upon discovering a murdered lieutenant commander by the roadside, quickly followed by the murder of a civilian contractor two counties over. As the team struggle to find a motive or suspects for either case, another murder occurs; this time a naval aviator. Ducky points out that while the murders appear to follow the same modus operandi and seem to have been carried out by a serial killer, some elements are different, indicating that the murders were not carried out by the same individual which suggests that there is a copycat on the loose. A DNA sample draws suspicion onto the widow of the third victim, but she has an iron-clad alibi, leaving Gibbs and the team with a complex investigation and many loose ends to tie up.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 15
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Enigma
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = John C. Kelley
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|2|24}}
|ProdCode = 115
|ShortSummary = Gibbs puts his career on the line after finding out that a marine colonel, William Ryan (Terry O'Quinn) who also happens to be his former CO has absconded from Iraq with two million dollars, and returned to the States under an assumed name. The FBI, led by Fornell, believe that he staged the ambush and stole the money for himself while Gibbs denies the claim, believing he is innocent. Ryan later contacts Gibbs, and explains that he has discovered a conspiracy to siphon funds out of Iraq for use on black ops while vehement denying any responsibility. Gibbs finds himself a delicate situation as he realizes that Ryan is mentally unstable after the latter kept mentioning a "Lt. Cameron", Gibbs' former company XO who had died in his arms years ago. After being arrested for "pissing off the FBI", Gibbs, along with Fornell, set out to discover the truth behind the Colonel's claims in a tense standoff and discover that Ryan had indeed been framed. With the truth out and the standoff over, Ryan is admitted into a mental hospital so that he can be treated for his paranoid schizophrenia.
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|EpisodeNumber = 16
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Bête Noire
|DirectedBy = Peter Ellis
|WrittenBy = Donald P. Bellisario
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|3|2}}
|ProdCode = 116
|ShortSummary = Ducky responds to an emergency call when the Israeli Embassy sends a Royal Navy officer to NCIS for autopsy, only to find a gunman (revealed in later episodes to be recurring antagonist Ari Haswari) inside the body bag. As Ducky, Gerald and eventually Kate are held hostage in the autopsy lab, the director and Gibbs co-ordinates with an FBI strike team to negotiate their release. Meanwhile, Kate questions herself after she hesitates when presented with an opportunity to kill her captor, while Gibbs and Tony assist with the hostage rescue team. Haswari requests for Gibbs in the autopsy lab and challenges him to try and shoot him.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 17
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = The Truth is Out There
|DirectedBy = Kenneth Fink
|WrittenBy = Jack Bernstein
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|3|16}}
|ProdCode = 117
|ShortSummary = During a rave party, the body of a petty officer falls through the ceiling. Preliminary investigation suggests that the Petty Officer was killed in the nearby parking lot, and was dressed after his death. Upon checking the victim's room, evidence surfaces that he might have been taking financial bribes or someone else may have been blackmailing him. Gibbs suspects the victim's co-workers of involvement in the death when their separate versions of events are too consistent. Forensic evidence links them to the scene, and they eventually confess that their co-worker's death was a result of a prank gone wrong. However, Gibbs believes that the petty officer's death was more than just an accident.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 18
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = UnSEALeD
|DirectedBy = Peter Ellis
|WrittenBy = Thomas L. Moran
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|4|6}}
|ProdCode = 118
|ShortSummary = A former Navy SEAL convicted of double homicide escapes from Leavenworth, resulting in Kate and McGee being assigned to protect the son and in-laws of the escaped prisoner. During the night, the SEAL breaks into the house to see his son before fleeing, leaving Todd tied to a chair and unarmed, her weapon having been taken by the SEAL as a form of protection and to be possibly used in another crime of some sort. Using her profiling skills, Kate theorizes that he may actually be innocent and had discovered the identity of the real killer while in jail. At headquarters, the team has to contend with the antagonistic defense and prosecution attorneys, one of which is Lt. Commander Faith Coleman as they review the evidence in order to find the real murderer before the SEAL delivers his own brand of justice: revenge.
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|EpisodeNumber = 19
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Dead Man Talking
|DirectedBy = Kenneth Fink
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|4|27}}
|ProdCode = 119
|ShortSummary = Special Agent Chris Pacci is brutally murdered while investigating a cold case, prompting a guilt-ridden Gibbs to step in and take over the case while attempting to find Pacci's killer. Picking up from where Pacci left off with McGee's assistance, the team follows the trail of millions of dollars embezzled by Navy Lt. Cmdr. Hamilton Voss (who died before trial), and is led to a mysterious woman named Amanda Reed (Jamie Luner) who seems to appear near wherever Voss has been stationed. The agents take shifts conducting a stake-out on the woman's house, until Tony is caught raiding the mailbox. Forced to improvise, he introduces himself as a resident of the neighborhood and strikes up a conversation based on what he had heard via surveillance. This gives him a chance to get close to the suspect in order to find out more, as he goes on a successful date with her. Meanwhile, Abby makes a shocking discovery which turns the direction of the case and will give Kate something to mock Tony about for time to come.
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|EpisodeNumber = 20
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Missing
|DirectedBy = Jeff Woolnough
|WrittenBy = John C. Kelley
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|5|4}}
|ProdCode = 120
|ShortSummary = The disappearance of a marine from a bar draws NCIS in to investigate, and it's discovered that several marines from the same unit have also vanished under similar circumstances. When skeletal remains of one of the missing men is found chained to a pipe in a small sewer room, Gibbs begins to suspect the unit CO (the only team member not dead or missing) as a serial killer. However, when Tony vanishes while tailing the CO from the unit, the investigation takes on a more frantic pace and McGee is called back in from Norfolk to help as Gibbs and Kate work against the clock to find Tony before it's too late. Unfortunately, their only hope of finding Tony and the missing marine alive is an uncooperative journalist.The team ultimately uncovers a shocking truth about some petty matters of the EOD unit gone wrong over 12 years ago and that the survivor of the fatality was the serial killer. It was further proved when she shot and killed the unit CO in front of Dinozzo's eyes.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 21
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Split Decision
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Bob Gookin
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|5|11}}
|ProdCode = 121
|ShortSummary = As Ducky meets his new assistant, Jimmy Palmer who is replacing the injured Gerald Jackson, Gibbs and the team handle the case of a marine found impaled on a tree stump after being shot with a SMAW. The investigation uncovers the sale of decommissioned military weapons on the black market. Tony goes undercover and meets the buyer, only to stumble into an undercover ATF operation. Working with ATF Special Agent Stone, Gibbs poses as a weapons supplier to complete the deal, and must double cross everyone in order to find the corrupt person at the center of the investigation, and the one responsible for the marine's death.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 1)
|EpisodeNumber = 22
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = A Weak Link
|DirectedBy = Alan J. Levi
|WrittenBy = Jack Bernstein
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|5|18}}
|ProdCode = 122
|ShortSummary = Routine training results in the death of a U.S. Navy SEAL lieutenant just days before he was due to deploy on a classified hostage rescue operation. The death is initially dismissed as an equipment malfunction, but Abby discovers that the link attaching the lieutenant to his rappelling rope was made of a weaker material than factory standard, suggesting sabotage and potentially murder. Pressure is applied by the CIA for the investigation to be wrapped up within 38 hours so the operation can continue or else the entire mission, which is of national security importance, will be scrubbed. As the case goes on, Gibbs discovers that the lieutenant had a secret, and that his wife might be holding back vital information about his death. Meanwhile, Abby deals with her relationship with McGee.
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|EpisodeNumber = 23
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Reveille
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Donald P. Bellisario
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|5|25}}
|ProdCode = 123
|ShortSummary = As Gibbs' obsession with tracking down the infiltrator who held Todd and Ducky hostage in "Bête Noire" begins reaching new heights, the team grow more concerned about him. But when Kate is kidnapped and reunited with the terrorist, Gibbs' anger goes into overdrive as he pushes McGee and Tony to find out more information about the man responsible, not realizing that Kate's life might be in great danger....
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=Season 2 (2004–2005)=
{{Main article|NCIS (season 2)}}
- Sean Murray (Timothy McGee) was promoted to the main cast starting with the episode ("See No Evil").
- Sasha Alexander (Special Agent Caitlin Todd) left the show after the season finale ("Twilight").
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|EpisodeNumber = 24
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = See No Evil
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Chris Crowe
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|9|28}}
|ProdCode = 201
|Viewers = 14.33{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=7912|title=CBS Places First In Viewers For the Second Consecutive Week in the New Season|date=October 5, 2004|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = When the eight-year-old blind daughter Sandy (played by Abigail Breslin) and wife Jill of a Navy Captain (David Keith) are kidnapped by a mysterious hacker to blackmail him into transferring $2 million in government funds, Gibbs and his team are faced with a unique challenge. An unexpected twist is uncovered when Abby and McGee manage to trace the money. After helping them solve the case, Tim McGee who was on a brief transfer from Norfolk gets a surprise from Gibbs: he is promoted to a full-time field agent and as a result is transferred to the Navy Yard, becoming a permanent member of Gibbs' team in the process.
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|EpisodeNumber = 25
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = The Good Wives Club
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Gil Grant
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|10|5}}
|ProdCode = 202
|Viewers = 14.28{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=7980|title=CBS Places First In Viewers For the Third Consecutive Week|date=October 12, 2004|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary =
The mummified remains of a woman wearing a single wedding dress are found in an abandoned Marine home at the Norfolk station that was due to be torn down after being condemned. When Gibbs and his team go to investigate, they discover that the room the victim was in is modeled on the 1950s which leads Kate to suspect that a serial killer, one who she profiles endured horrific abuse as a child is responsible for the crime. In the search for answers, McGee uncovers a missing person's report, this one in Jacksonville regarding a petty officer who had vanished on her way to work and who has been missing for four months. The team then head to the Base and begin working with the NCIS Special Agent there in the hope of finding the missing officer before it is too late and to also stop the killer once and for all.
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|EpisodeNumber = 26
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Vanished
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|10|12}}
|ProdCode = 203
|Viewers = 14.86{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=8040|title=CBS Places First In Viewers For the Fourth Consecutive Week|date=October 19, 2004|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A marine attack helicopter is discovered in the middle of a crop circle on the outskirts of the rural community of Smokey Corners, West Virginia. The team uncovers a decade-long feud that has deeply divided the town as some of the locals are going to great lengths to hide secrets that could help solve the case and that the missing pilot may have some "unfinished business" to take care of. After days of tracking the pilot down to no avail, Gibbs realizes that they must change tactics. Time is running out as the team must find the missing pilot quickly before tragedy strikes.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 27
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Lt. Jane Doe
|DirectedBy = Dan Lerner
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle & Donald P. Bellisario & Gil Grant
Story by: Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|10|19}}
|ProdCode = 204
|Viewers = 14.05{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=8110|title=CBS Places a Strong Second In Viewers, Adults 18–49 and Adults 25–54 Behind Six Nights of Baseball on Fox|date=October 26, 2004|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = While on leave, two sailors discover the body of a young woman dressed in a Navy uniform and due to the fact that she has no ID on her is given the name, Lt. Jane Doe. However, the case becomes very personal for Ducky when he realizes that it bears a striking resemblance to a similar case that he investigated ten years ago. Concurrently, the petty officer who tended the new crime scene is a woman McGee knew in the recent past, but her seeming to help the team takes a twist when the new Jane Doe is identified by way of a surprise source.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 28
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = The Bone Yard
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = John C. Kelley
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|10|26}}
|ProdCode = 205
|Viewers = 13.68{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=8186|title=CBS Places First In Viewers For the Fifth Time In Six Weeks and First In Adults 18–49 For the Third Time This Season|date=November 3, 2004|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = The NCIS team attends a crime scene and end up finding multiple remains among the wreckage despite the Army CID originally insisting that the whole event was nothing more than an accident. When one set of remains is revealed to be an FBI agent who was working undercover and who also received a very savage beating before his death, the team realizes that they've stumbled upon a dumping ground which the mob have been using for the last eighteen years to dispose of their victims. The FBI suspect an agency mole is responsible for the exposure and subsequent death of the murdered agent, and it appears as though Fornell is being set up to take the blame for what's going on while the real mole goes undetected. Unwilling to let Fornell take the fall, Gibbs sets out to find the real mole and clear Fornell's name, using tactics that shock his team.
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|EpisodeNumber = 29
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Terminal Leave
|DirectedBy = Jeff Woolnough
|WrittenBy = Roger Director
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|11|16}}
|ProdCode = 206
|Viewers = 15.27{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=8382|title=CBS Continues To Sweep Up|date=November 23, 2004|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = When an Iraq veteran, Lieutenant Commander Michaela "Micki" Shields, who is also nearing retirement, is threatened and very nearly killed by a group of terrorists seeking revenge against her for accidentally killing civilians while she was serving in the war, the NCIS team steps in to protect her and her family from further danger. While trying to convince an FBI agent to help them, the team is convinced that they've discovered the bomber but unfortunately, the FBI Agent is more interested in nailing the members of the whole terrorist cell rather than making sure that the family are safe. However, things might not be what they seem when another car bomb nearly kills Tony and Kate during their protection duty of the lieutenant commander. The clock is ticking for the team as they only have days to solve the case before the lieutenant commander is discharged and officially becomes a civilian.
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|EpisodeNumber = 30
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Call of Silence
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Roger Director
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|11|23}}
|ProdCode = 207
|Viewers = 14.71{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=8442|title=CBS Wins the Week In Viewers, Adults 18–49 and Adults 25–54|date=November 30, 2004|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A former Marine and Medal of Honor recipient Corporal Ernie Yost (in an Emmy-nominated performance by Charles Durning) who fought in World War II confesses to having murdered his friend during the Battle of Iwo Jima while battling against the Japanese. Drawn by the warmth of the veteran, the team become personally involved and reconstruct the fateful night to find out what really happened while Gibbs enlists the help of a Japanese veteran he befriended.
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|EpisodeNumber = 31
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Heart Break
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|11|30}}
|ProdCode = 208
|Viewers = 15.65{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=8513|title=CBS Places First In Viewers, Adults 18–49 and Adults 25–54 For the Fourth Consecutive Week|date=December 7, 2004|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A Navy commander explodes in his hospital bed after successful surgery, leading McGee to hypothesize that it was spontaneous human combustion. However while researching the dead man's past, the team discovers that he had gained a lot of enemies recently, not least of all a young ensign, who makes himself the prime suspect with some bizarre behavior. Unfortunately they have to find a new suspect when the ensign forces Kate to shoot him and dies as a result. But while analyzing the evidence from the scene of the death, Abby and Tony discover the truth behind the commander's death, and in turn find a new suspect. In the meantime, Ducky develops a soft spot for the doctor who was treating the commander.
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|EpisodeNumber = 32
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Forced Entry
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern & John C. Kelley
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|12|7}}
|ProdCode = 209
|Viewers = 14.59{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=8559|title=CBS Keeps the Streak Going|date=December 14, 2004|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A Marine's wife shoots an intruder in self defense when he enters her home during the night and is about to rape her but things change when Gibbs and the team uncover evidence suggesting that she might have lured her supposed attacker to her home under the guise of a date. When Abby discovers the wife didn't send the messages, the case becomes much stranger than they ever expected.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 33
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Chained
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Frank Military
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2004|12|14}}
|ProdCode = 210
|Viewers = 14.64{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=8629|title=CBS Enters a New Dimension, Going Where It Has Never Gone Before|date=December 21, 2004|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = Tony goes undercover as an escaped prisoner. He is tasked with sticking to a convict who has information about stolen Iraqi antiques. During the investigation, Tony disappears, and the GPS locator that Abby placed on him is no longer working. After some startling discoveries in the case including information that the convict Tony is accompanying may in fact be a murderer with blood on his hands, the team realize that Tony's life may be in danger and race against time to find him before it's too late. Back at the office, McGee has to deal with the intrusions of the Deputy Secretary of State.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 34
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Black Water
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: John C. Kelley & Juan Carlos Coto
Story by: Juan Carlos Coto
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|1|11}}
|ProdCode = 211
|Viewers = 15.40{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=8803|title=CBS Wins the Week In Viewers, Adults 25–54 and Is Just −0.1 Rating Point Behind First In Adults 18–49|date=January 19, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A Navy officer's body is found in a car pulled from a lake by a celebrity private investigator (Mike Starr). The man had been missing for two years, resulting in a considerable bounty coming up for whoever finds out the truth. The PI now wants to claim the reward posted by the family, but the NCIS team must complete the investigation to find the killer before the money is awarded. The case changes from accidental death to suspected murder when McGee discovers a bullet lodged in the car. The team initially suspect that the dead man's brother may be a prime suspect, but forensic evidence suggests an entirely different scenario.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 35
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Doppelgänger
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Jack Bernstein
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|1|18}}
|ProdCode = 212
|Viewers = 14.53{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=8842|title=Football + Numb3rs = Cbs Victory In All Key Ratings Categories|date=January 25, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A telemarketer hears a murder while trying to sell a long distance call package. The team investigates with the help of a team of local homicide detectives whose personalities seem to correspond with that of Gibbs and his team. Each team member discovers different crucial facts about the case, leading to the discovery that the murder may not have been all it seemed to be. When Abby and McGee discover that the dead man was using the Navy computer system for his own financial gain, they consult with the people he worked with to see if they can shed light on who may have wanted him dead. The investigation takes a new turn when the missing Petty Officer is found dead, having been shot at close range.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 36
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = The Meat Puzzle
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Frank Military
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|2|8}}
|ProdCode = 213
|Viewers = 12.74{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=9017|title=CBS Schools the Competition|date=February 15, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = After several months, Ducky and Jimmy finally start identifying the bodies in the meat puzzle they have been working on. It is not long before Ducky realizes that the victims all played a part in a trial in which he himself testified: the court case of a would-be medical examiner named Vincent Hanlon. Hanlon was accused of raping and murdering a young Navy lieutenant, and was eventually jailed for eight years as a result. They soon discover that the dead men were involved in the case, and it dawns on Gibbs that Ducky might be the next target. It appears that whoever has already carried out the gruesome killings is out for revenge against those who were involved in the case. Tony and Kate are assigned to protection detail, which means safeguarding Ducky and his elderly mother, but Kate makes a split-second mistake that leads to Ducky being kidnapped from his home during the night. The team must race against time to find him before he ends up dead like all the other previous victims. Meanwhile, Jimmy and Abby begin working together and uncover a surprising revelation: Vincent Hanlon, who is thought to have died in a car crash, is not actually dead. The corpse's teeth match Hanlon's, while the body belongs to someone else.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 37
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Witness
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|2|15}}
|ProdCode = 214
|Viewers = 13.04{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=9077|title=CBS Places First In Viewers and Adults 25–54|date=February 23, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A beautiful young MIT graduate witnesses a sailor being strangled. Local police doubt her story, but McGee asserts that her account warrants further investigation. When the missing sailor's body is found at another location, the story gains ground. The witness also captivates McGee who, after a sudden twist in the investigation, ends up unknowingly holding the key to solving the case but things turn to tragedy when the young witness is strangled to death, leading Gibbs and the team to find not only who's responsible for the sailor's death but also that of the woman's as well.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 38
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Caught on Tape
|DirectedBy = Jeff Woolnough
|WrittenBy = Chris Crowe & Gil Grant & John C. Kelley
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|2|22}}
|ProdCode = 215
|Viewers = 13.59{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=9132|title="CSI" is the Week's Top Scripted Program In Viewers and Key Demographics|date=March 1, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A Marine falls off a cliff, and his camera records him falling to his death. The prime suspects are his wife and his best friend with whom he was staying in the camp. Gibbs finds out they had an affair behind a dead man's back and he tries to persuade them to blame each other. In the meantime, Abby with McGee's help reconstructs the damaged film footage on the camera and reveals a previously dismissed suspect to have been in the vicinity at the time of the death.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 39
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Pop Life
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Frank Military
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|3|1}}
|ProdCode = 216
|Viewers = 13.68{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=9187|title=Repeat Performance|date=March 8, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A dance club bartender wakes up in bed with a dead female petty officer lying next to him and claims this was not the woman he came home with, despite the fact that he was drunk at the time. DNA tests reveal that he was telling the truth, but the team must still work to figure out whether this means that he did not kill the dead woman. The victim's sister and a local corrupt businessman might know more than what they are telling.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 40
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = An Eye for an Eye
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Steven Kane
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|3|22}}
|ProdCode = 217
|Viewers = 14.86{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=9375|title=It's a Slam Dunk For CBS|date=March 29, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = When a petty officer working in Intelligence receives a pair of cobalt blue eyeballs in the mail, the NCIS team starts investigating the case. The sailor commits suicide during the investigation and after Abby matches the eyes to a South American girl in a photo with the dead man's lecturer, Kate and Tony must travel to the Triple Frontier destination of Paraguay to discover the disturbing truth.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 41
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Bikini Wax
|DirectedBy = Stephen Cragg
|WrittenBy = David J. North
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|3|29}}
|ProdCode = 218
|Viewers = 14.27{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=9433|title=CBS Wins in Viewers, Adults 18–49 and Adults 25–54 For the Second Consecutive Week|date=April 5, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A Virginia Beach bikini contestant drowns in a public bathroom toilet. When the team discover she posed partially naked in a magazine, and was pregnant at the time of her death, clues are revealed that lead to an unlikely suspect. Tony finds a juicy secret from Kate's past.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 42
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Conspiracy Theory
|DirectedBy = Jeff Woolnough
|WrittenBy = Frank Military
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|4|12}}
|ProdCode = 219
|Viewers = 13.89{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=9553|title=CBS Places First in Viewers For the Seventh Consecutive Week and First In Adults 25–54 For the Fifth Straight Week|date=April 19, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = Gibbs and his team are called to investigate a possible crime when a petty officer named Jessica Smith reveals that she was attacked by a man wearing battle fatigues and body armor but there's no such evidence to suggest that it took place. Her therapist Lt. Witten reveals that Smith has paranoid delusions which she believes was triggered by the death of her fiancee in Iraq the month before. Things take a shocking turn when Gibbs and Kate later find Smith dead in her room, having hung herself but Ducky later discovers she was already dead and the hanging was staged. With the help of FBI Special Agent Tobias Fornell, Gibbs and the team find out that she and her colleagues and their CO were embroiled in an ongoing investigation and suspect someone might have tried to silence Jessica. Meanwhile, Tony uses an embarrassing photo of Kate at a sorority spring break party and uses it as leverage against her.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 43
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Red Cell
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Christopher Silber
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|4|26}}
|ProdCode = 220
|Viewers = 13.67{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=9670|title=CBS Places First in Viewers For the Ninth Straight Week|date=May 3, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A marine is found dead at the local college campus, his neck broken and his friend and fellow marine missing. McGee and Abby discover a trace in the e-mails with several photos of the dead marine and his missing friend with their faces circled and Gibbs finds out that the marine and a group of fellow NROTC students were part of a paintball club. Back at the lab, Abby receives anonymous IMs from a hacker with cryptic messages about the two marines. The missing marine is found dead at an unused construction site, leading the team to suspect the deaths may be result of a competitive paintball game gone wrong, or something else none of the team expected.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 44
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Hometown Hero
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|5|3}}
|ProdCode = 221
|Viewers = 13.55{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=9723|title=CBS Winning Streak Hits 10|date=May 10, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = The executor of a Navy petty officer's Will & Testament discovers the skeletal remains of a missing girl in the dead man's rented storage unit. As the Petty Officer who died in Iraq is up for a Silver Star, it is very important that NCIS determines if he was a murderer within 24 hours or else the Silver Star will be cancelled altogether. Soil samples and further forensics lead Abby to discover that if the petty officer was the killer, he could not have acted alone. Tony and McGee find CCTV footage that suggests the petty officer was entirely innocent. Meanwhile, Tony's car was stolen and he later discovers it was used in a robbery miles away in Tennessee and "featured" on the evening news in a high-speed chase.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 45
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = SWAK
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Donald P. Bellisario
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|5|10}}
|ProdCode = 222
|Viewers = 13.58{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=9788|title=CBS Places First in Viewers and Adults 18–49 by Its Largest Margins of the Season|date=May 17, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
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All hell breaks loose at the NCIS office when Tony opens a mysterious letter containing a small puff of white powder which may be a deadly bacteria. The whole office is put into lockdown and quarantined, leaving only the lab and autopsy operational. Kate and Tony are isolated into a bio-hazard isolation room while McGee and Gibbs are left to discover who sent the envelope and their reasons for doing so while searching for a cure to help their friends before it's too late.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 2)
|EpisodeNumber = 46
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Twilight
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = John C. Kelley
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|5|24}}
|ProdCode = 223
|Viewers = 14.74{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=9882|title="CSI: Miami" Is the Top Scripted Program in a Week That Includes the Final Three Days of the 2004–2005 Season|date=June 2, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = With Ari Haswari back in the country again and out to kill Gibbs, the team find themselves attempting to stop Ari from completing the task. In the meantime, they also try to find out who killed two off-duty sailors whose deaths might be linked to an upcoming terrorist attack and the theft of a drone from a company. But in the end, it might not be enough as the NCIS team soon find themselves unknowingly paying a very high price when one of their own is brutally murdered in Gibbs and Ari's battle with each other and due to the tragedy, the team also ends up being changed forever as a result...
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=Season 3 (2005–2006)=
{{Main article|NCIS (season 3)}}
- Cote de Pablo (Ziva David) had a continuous arc starting with the first two episodes ("Kill Ari"), and later promoted to the main cast in the episode "Silver War".
- Lauren Holly (NCIS Director Jenny Shepard) was promoted to the main cast in the ninth episode ("Frame Up").
- This was the first season to have 24 episodes.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 47
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Kill Ari (Part I)
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Donald P. Bellisario
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|9|20}}
|ProdCode = 302
|Viewers = 15.48{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_news/release?id=10877|title=CBS Begins the 2005–2006 Season the Way It Ended Last Year: In First|date=September 27, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = The team struggles to cope with Agent Todd's death while searching for her killer.
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|EpisodeNumber = 48
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Kill Ari (Part II)
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Donald P. Bellisario
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|9|27}}
|ProdCode = 304
|Viewers = 15.09{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=10924|title=CBS Is America's Most Watched Network For the Second Consecutive Week of the New Season|date=October 4, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = Gibbs' determination to kill Ari in revenge for Kate Todd's death increases after he mounts attacks against various members of the team in his sadistic game with Gibbs.
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|EpisodeNumber = 49
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Mind Games
|DirectedBy = William Webb
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Jeffrey A. Kirkpatrick & John C. Kelley
Story by: Jeffrey A. Kirkpatrick
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|10|4}}
|ProdCode = 301
|Viewers = 16.87{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=11003|title=And the Streak Goes On...|date=October 11, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
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Death row prisoner Kyle Boone is a serial killer whom Gibbs arrested ten years ago. Having been placed on Death Row and due to be executed in a few days time for killing several young women, carving a mark on their backs and taking their tongues as his trophies, he insists that he will disclose the location of the missing bodies of his murder victims to Gibbs alone, forcing the reluctant team leader to meet with him due to SECNAV personally ordering him to do so. When Abby and McGee locate the place where the victims had been murdered, the team, assisted by Agent Cassidy, finds that the latest four victims in Boone's scrapbook had been killed in the last three years, meaning Boone has an accomplice who has been carrying on his work. But the investigation turns serious when Agent Cassidy goes missing, having been kidnapped, the team is forced into a desperate race against time to prevent her from becoming victim number five of the copycat killer.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 50
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Silver War
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: John C. Kelley
Story by: Joshua Lurie
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|10|11}}
|ProdCode = 305
|Viewers = 16.78{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=11055|title=CBS Sweeps the Week in All Key Measures Placing First in Adults 18–49, Adults 25–54 and Viewers|date=October 18, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A deceased Marine is found encased in a Civil-War era tomb at the Smithsonian museum and evidence later comes to light suggesting that he was probably buried alive. In the meantime, Ziva David returns to NCIS, having been assigned to Gibbs' team as a liaison officer for Mossad by the new director of NCIS, Jenny Shepard. Gibbs is angry she did so without consulting him, but Jenny insists that the team needs Ziva. She is forced to prove her worth to the team as they track down the people responsible for the Staff Sergeant's death, which is linked to a Civil War treasure and a lone rogue group who are working behind the scenes. When Ducky and Ziva are placed in a difficult position, Ziva shows her value by saving both their lives and as such, is finally accepted into the team, officially replacing Kate Todd.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 51
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Switch
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Gil Grant
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|10|18}}
|ProdCode = 303
|Viewers = 17.69{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=11119|title=CBS Winning Streak Extends To Key Demos|date=October 25, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = The team is called to investigate the murder of a Petty Officer who was gunned down while driving on a freeway. While visiting the sailor's commander to inform him of the death, the team discovers that another man claims to be the Petty Officer and that his identity may have been stolen. Secrets in both men's lives are revealed, but it is Abby's shrewd observations that end up solving the case. Also, McGee discovers his credit card has been stolen and was used to buy porn videos amongst other items while Ziva must quickly learn to adjust to Gibbs' leadership style.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 52
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = The Voyeur's Web
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = David J. North
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|10|25}}
|ProdCode = 306
|Viewers = 18.01{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=11185|title=CBS Streaks On!|date=November 1, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = Jamie Carr, a Marine Sergeant's wife, is thought to have been abducted until Gibbs and his team found evidence to suggest that she may have been murdered live on the internet. Carr and her neighbor, Leanne Roberts, had been making money by running a live internet sex site while their husbands were deployed abroad. Roberts's body is later found but the team is still unable to find any trace of Carr. With the help of her new assistant, Chip Sterling who Director Shepard has hired for her, Abby determines that the video of Jamie might not be all it seems.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 53
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Honor Code
|DirectedBy = Colin Bucksey
|WrittenBy = Christopher Silber
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|11|1}}
|ProdCode = 307
|Viewers = 18.08{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=11252|title=CBS Moves Into First Place (Tie) in Adults 18–49 For the Season While Continuing To Dominate in Viewers and Adults 25–54|date=November 8, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = Gibbs befriends a young boy after his father, a Lt. Commander, is kidnapped. The Lt. Commander had been working on a classified project named Honor and is the only person who knows the code keys to the encryption. The release of the code keys can pose a serious threat to national security. Although the evidence gathered by Gibb's team suggests that the Lt. Commander was a part of the scheme, Gibbs believes otherwise due to the strong bond between the Lt. Commander and his son. While they solve the case, each of the team members take turns babysitting the boy.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 54
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Under Covers
|DirectedBy = Aaron Lipstadt
|WrittenBy = L.D. Zlotoff
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|11|8}}
|ProdCode = 308
|Viewers = 17.79{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=11319|title=CBS Posts an Across-the-Board Victory|date=November 15, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = When it is discovered that two married assassins, who were fatally wounded in a car crash, were planning an assassination at the United States Marine Corps birthday ball, Gibbs sends Ziva and Tony to pose as the married assassins in order to find out who the couple had planned to assassinate and who had hired them. After the team finds out that the couple were expecting a baby and might have been planning to retire, they realize that the assassination plot could have been a set-up and that the married assassins were potentially the real targets. Meanwhile, an attraction between Tony and Ziva surfaces and Gibbs and his team get a surprise when they find out who has been spying on Tony and Ziva.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 55
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Frame Up
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Laurence Walsh
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|11|22}}
|ProdCode = 309
|Viewers = 16.43{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=11422|title=The Season...The November Sweep: CBS is First in Viewers, Adults 18–49 and Adults 25–54|date=November 29, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A pair of legs are found on a Marine base, and the team is dumbfounded and shellshocked when every piece of evidence in a murder points towards Tony as the prime suspect. In an effort to help their colleague, the team compiles a list of people who may have grudges against Tony, providing them with a long list of suspects. Abby is upset that she may have incriminated Tony through the forensic evidence she provided and refuses to give up until she's proved his innocence.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 56
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Probie
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|11|29}}
|ProdCode = 310
|Viewers = 18.17{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=11490|title=In Another Viewer Victory, CBS Spreads the Wealth As 9 Programs Post Series or Season High Ratings|date=December 6, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = While the team is on protective detail for the Chief of Naval Operations, McGee spots an argument taking place in an alleyway. He shoots one of the men, who he believed was aiming a gun at him. The deceased turns out to be a D.C. Metro police detective who was working undercover. When the team is unable to find any weapon or bullets left behind by anyone other than McGee, it appears that McGee may have made a probie mistake. McGee begins to doubt himself but Gibbs is suspicious of the detective's meeting, which took place that night. After speaking to the decedent's partner, the team realizes that McGee's story may be more accurate than any of them thought.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 57
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Model Behavior
|DirectedBy = Stephen Cragg
|WrittenBy = David J. North
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2005|12|13}}
|ProdCode = 311
|Viewers = 17.11{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=11618|title=CBS Makes It a Lucky 13!|date=December 20, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A supermodel is found dead after having overdosed on phencyclidine at a Marine base, where the reality TV show in which she was participating was being filmed. Her ex-boyfriend is also found dead in a motel nearby having overdosed on heroin, leading the team to believe that their deaths may have been related to their relationship. However, when it is discovered that the Marine drill instructor in charge of the TV show was romantically linked to the dead supermodel, the team look closer at the others involved in the show. When the Marine boyfriend begins to overdose on the same thing that killed his girlfriend, it appears that someone may have disapproved of the relationship, even going to extreme lengths to end it.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 58
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Boxed In
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Dana Coen
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|1|10}}
|ProdCode = 313
|Viewers = 17.19{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=11801|title=Sweet 16!|date=January 18, 2006|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = While investigating a naval stockyard for a container with illegal weapons, Tony and Ziva are ambushed and forced to take cover in a container, where they subsequently become locked in. Gibbs, McGee and Abby attempt to search for them with the help of the port security office. Meanwhile, Tony and Ziva discover that the crates of DVD movies inside the container served as a cover for hidden crates, which contain millions of dollars of counterfeit money. But they both find themselves in a gunfight after the container is later taken away to a warehouse guarded by terrorists, forcing Gibbs and McGee into a race against time to find their location before Tony and Ziva end up dead.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 59
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Deception
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = Jack Bernstein
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|1|17}}
|ProdCode = 312
|Viewers = 17.74{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=11849|title=CBS Sports' Coverage of the Afc Championship (Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos) Attracts 39 Million Viewers|date=January 24, 2006|accessdate=November 28, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A Navy Lt. Commander, who was in charge of a shipment of nuclear weapons, is thought to have been abducted leading to Gibbs and his team being called in on a Sunday to investigate. The team discovers that the Lt. Commander had had a meeting earlier in the day at a shopping center and that she did volunteer work at an organization dedicated to combating online pedophilia, meaning that her abductor might not have been a terrorist but a pedophile she was tracking.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 60
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Light Sleeper
|DirectedBy = Colin Bucksey
|WrittenBy = Christopher Silber
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|1|24}}
|ProdCode = 314
|Viewers = 16.97{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=11920|title=CBS Places First in Viewers For the 17th Time in 19 Weeks|date=January 31, 2006|accessdate=November 28, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = Two Marine wives, both originally from Korea are found gunned down in a house. As NCIS searches for the killer, they discover that the one remaining woman and the two victims are part of a sleeper cell with links to North Korea.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 61
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Head Case
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|2|7}}
|ProdCode = 315
|Viewers = 16.05{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=11976|title=CBS Places Second in a Week That Included the First Three Nights of the Winter Olympics|date=February 14, 2006|accessdate=November 28, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = While arresting a group of Navy sailors who were operating an illegal automotive chop shop, Ziva finds a severed head in the trunk of a recently stolen car. Abby later matches the head to a Navy Captain who died four months previously. Things go from bad to worse when Abby discovers that the ashes that the Captain's wife and young daughter have been looking after since the Captain's death are bogus, sending the team on the hunt for a possible "human chop shop" operating illegally and the Captain's remaining body parts.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 62
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Family Secret
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|2|28}}
|ProdCode = 316
|Viewers = 15.14{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=12154|title=CBS Has the Top Four Scripted Programs of the Week|date=March 7, 2006|accessdate=November 15, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = An ambulance carrying the body of a young Marine who died suddenly explodes without warning, destroying the body and also rendering it unrecognizable. But things take a strange turn when Ducky later discovers that the DNA lifted from the body does not match that of the dead Marine.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 63
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Ravenous
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Richard C. Arthur
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|3|7}}
|ProdCode = 317
|Viewers = 17.21{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=12215|title=CBS Places a Solid Second in Viewers, Adults 18–49|date=March 14, 2006|accessdate=November 15, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A Navy Petty Officer is found eaten by a bear after a group of teenagers found his dog tags in bear feces in a national forest. However, an autopsy reveals that the Petty Officer was killed by a blade to the chest before his corpse was eaten. Evidence also shows that he was camping with a woman, who is now missing. Things then take a even more horrifying turn when the team discover that all the accidental deaths might not even be natural or accidental at all, leading Gibbs to suspect that there's a serial killer on the loose in the park, one who's using the deaths to cover up something much worse: murder.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 64
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Bait
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Laurence Walsh
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|3|14}}
|ProdCode = 318
|Viewers = 17.55{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=12240|title=Mid-Season Hits "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and "The Unit," College Hoops Lead CBS To First Place Finish in Viewers and Second in Key Demographics|date=March 21, 2006|accessdate=November 15, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = The teenage son of a Marine Major arrives in school with a bomb strapped to his body and takes his classroom hostage. Gibbs enters the classroom as the negotiator and is taken hostage too, leaving Tony in charge much to the chagrin of Director Shepard. The teenager has one demand: bring his mother to the classroom before sunset. The team soon discover that she's dead, having seemingly drowned in a boating accident the year before. Tony and the rest of the team are put to the test as they try to get everyone out alive while secretly communicating with Gibbs.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 65
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Iced
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Dana Coen
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|4|4}}
|ProdCode = 319
|Viewers = 15.52{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=13015|title=CBS Places First in Viewers For the Fourth Consecutive Week|date=April 11, 2006|accessdate=November 15, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = While exploring a frozen pond, two young boys discover the body of a Marine in the pond. When Gibbs and the team are dispatched to the scene to investigate, they find three more bodies who are high-ranking members of a notorious Central American street gang, "La Vida Mala" or LVM for short. The team must find out who's responsible for the killings while enduring heat from the deceased Marine's unit who are being held in Iraq until the case is closed, fearing the other Marines might seek retribution. Abby and McGee find a trail of text messages which reveal a shocking truth while Ziva, McGee and Tony take turns interrogating their main suspect.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 66
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Untouchable
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|4|18}}
|ProdCode = 320
|Viewers = 15.90{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2006/04/25/cbs-places-first-in-viewers-for-the-sixth-consecutive-week/20060425cbs01/|title=CBS Places First in Viewers For Sixth Consecutive Week|publisher=The Futon Critic|work=CBS|date=April 26, 2006|accessdate=May 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary = A Navy Lieutenant working at the Pentagon's cryptography department is found dead in her home, having seemingly committed suicide by shooting herself in the head. However, Abby later discovers that there was someone else with the Lt. when she died and as such, the team attempt to find her killer while also searching for the mole. When evidence links the Lt. to a Venezuelan diplomat Simon Roca, the team must find a way around the red tape in order to find out what really happened. While they race against time to tie Roca to the Lt., Ducky is held up by his mother, who is suffering from dementia.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 67
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Bloodbath
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|4|25}}
|ProdCode = 321
|Viewers = 15.56{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=12851|title=CBS'S Total Viewer Winning Streak Hits Seven|date=May 2, 2006|accessdate=November 14, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A couple checking in at a motel near Little Creek Naval Base find their room covered with bloodstains and slices of human tissue in what appears to be a drug deal gone horribly wrong. The team realizes that they have been set up after Tony notices discrepancies in the bloodstains, Ducky identifies the slices as discarded tissue from surgical procedures and Abby and McGee barely escape being poisoned after she realizes the drugs she was testing were rigged. They must dig into Abby's past to find out who wants her dead and their search leads them to the main suspect in the embezzlement trial Abby is testifying in, the suspect's lawyer and Abby's ex-boyfriend whose obsession with Abby is a grave cause for concern.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 68
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Jeopardy
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = David J. North
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|5|2}}
|ProdCode = 322
|Viewers = 14.95{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=13026|title=CBS'S Viewer Winning Streak Reaches 8 Weeks|date=May 9, 2006|accessdate=November 14, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A routine drugs bust goes wrong when the suspect dies while in Ziva's custody. The victim's brother then takes Jenny hostage, demanding his brother and the drugs be returned to him in exchange for Jenny. With a deadline of just two hours and the clock racing against them, the team with the help of Cassie Yates (Tamara Taylor) must find Jenny before it's too late.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 69
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Hiatus (Part I)
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Donald P. Bellisario
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|5|9}}
|ProdCode = 323
|Viewers = 15.17{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=13016|title=CBS Streaking to the Season's Finish Line with Its Ninth Consecutive Weekly Win in Viewers|date=May 16, 2006|accessdate=November 14, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary =
A bomb explodes as Gibbs contacts an undercover government agent on a suspicious foreign ship, killing the agent and placing Gibbs in a coma, in which he has flashbacks of the murder of his wife Shannon and daughter Kelly many years earlier, and his wounding in Desert Storm. Meanwhile, Tony becomes the temporary head of the investigation team as the group attempts to track down Pinpin Pula, a missing crew member of the ship, suspected to be an Abu Sayyaf member. The episode ends with Gibbs awakening from his coma with no memory of Ducky, who is in the room with him.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 3)
|EpisodeNumber = 70
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Hiatus (Part II)
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Donald P. Bellisario
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|5|16}}
|ProdCode = 324
|Viewers = 16.49{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2006/05/23/cbs-places-first-in-the-last-full-week-of-the-season-extending-its-winning-streak-to-10/20060523cbs03/|title=CBS places first in the last full week of the season extending its winning streak to 10|publisher=The Futon Critic|work=CBS|date=April 23, 2006|accessdate=May 7, 2010}}
|ShortSummary = Director Shepard contacts Gibbs' NCIS mentor and partner, Mike Franks in hopes of helping an amnesiac Gibbs regain his memory as only he knows the details to an impending terrorist attack. She also delves into Gibbs' past and shares with Ducky about his murdered wife and daughter. Ziva, who had appeared nonchalant about Gibbs' situation, visits Gibbs in a desperate and emotional attempt to revive his memory by telling him about their shared connection with Ari. Meanwhile, Tony and the team discover Pinpin Pula wants to blow up the ship Cape Fear. Gibbs recovers his memory and is taken back to NCIS headquarters. The director in charge of the frigate's shipment refuses to heed warnings from Gibbs, Jenny and other Navy officers leading to disastrous consequences. Finally, Gibbs hands his badge to Tony and resigns before heading to Mexico to stay at Franks's house.
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=Season 4 (2006–2007)=
{{Main article|NCIS (season 4)}}
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 71
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Shalom
|DirectedBy = William Webb
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: John C. Kelley
Story by: Donald P. Bellisario & John C. Kelley
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|9|19}}
|ProdCode = 401
|Viewers = 13.80{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=13975|title="NCIS" and "The Unit" Post Week-To-Week Increases in Viewers and Key Demographics |date=September 27, 2006|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = After witnessing a Mossad agent perform an assassination, which was not authorized by Mossad, Ziva is suspected by the FBI to be a double agent. Now a fugitive and on the run, Ziva is forced to ask for help from Gibbs, who is in Mexico after retiring from NCIS. Tony finds his leadership skills being tested to the limit as he and the rest of the team put their careers on the line, determined to prove her innocence before the FBI can arrest her.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 72
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Escaped
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Steven D. Binder
Story: Christopher Silber & Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|9|26}}
|ProdCode = 402
|Viewers = 14.12{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=13960|title=CBS Makes It Two Straight Wins in Viewers and Adults 25–54|date=October 3, 2006|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = A former petty officer, convicted of murder, escapes from prison and forces F.B.I. Special Agent Fornell to reopen his case in order to find the real culprit whilst claiming his own innocence. Fornell asks Gibbs, who had worked on the case before and is reinstated as an NCIS agent by Director Shepard, for help when his daughter is threatened. To his former team's disappointment, Gibbs insists that the reinstatement is only temporary. The team soon finds discrepancies in the petty officer's case and that he may have been framed.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 73
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Singled Out
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = David J. North
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|10|3}}
|ProdCode = 403
|Viewers = 15.89{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=14071|title=CBS Starts the Season 3 for 3 in Viewers and Adults 25–54|date=October 10, 2006|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = Gibbs returns to NCIS and leads his team to investigate the kidnapping of a Navy Lieutenant, who is a computer specialist. They discover that the Lieutenant had used her military knowledge to profile potential husbands and was attending speed dating events. When they suspect that the kidnapper may continue attending the event in order to avoid suspicion, Ziva goes undercover at a speed-dating event to identify him. In addition, Tony is offered a promotion – and his own team – as a reward for his performance as team leader while Gibbs was retired but declines and remains in Gibbs' team.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 74
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Faking It
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Shane Brennan
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|10|10}}
|ProdCode = 404
|Viewers = 15.86{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=14137|title=CBS Number One for the Week in All Key Measures|date=October 17, 2006|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = Minutes after Metro Police traffic cops apprehend a man with a recently-fired gun, a car crashes behind them with a dead Petty Officer in the driver's seat and "NCIS" written in his blood on the seat, leading the team to suspect the arrested man had shot the Petty Officer. Tony and Gibbs find out that the Petty Officer went undercover in an operation led by Gibbs' former mentor Mike Franks, who informs them that their suspect is a Russian terrorist involved in selling illegal weapons to Chechen rebels and other extremist terrorist groups but the case went cold when the CIA took over and the files "went missing" from the NCIS evidence storeroom. The situation takes a delicate turn when Homeland Security claims the suspect is actually working for them.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 75
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Dead and Unburied
|DirectedBy = Colin Bucksey
|WrittenBy = Nell Scovell
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|10|17}}
|ProdCode = 405
|Viewers = 15.92{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=14204|title=CBS'S Winning Streak in Viewers and Adults 25–54 Hits Five Weeks|date=October 24, 2006|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = When a missing lance corporal is found dead in a vacant house by a real-estate broker giving two potential buyers a tour, the NCIS team discovers that he was buried in the backyard and then exhumed. They also learn about his identity and that he was to be deployed to Iraq, but he never showed up for duty. The investigation leads them to a new clue – he had two fiancées who are aghast at learning that they were both engaged to the same man. Abby runs the DNA samples from the two women to find out if the DNA is a match to the soil found on the dead man's body and later finds out that the team are looking for a third woman who might have been sleeping with the victim.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 76
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Witch Hunt
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Steven Kriozere
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|10|31}}
|ProdCode = 407
|Viewers = 15.94{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=14335|title=CBS Rolls a Lucky 7|date=November 7, 2006|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = It is Halloween, and the NCIS team is busy investigating a ransom case in which a Marine's daughter has been kidnapped after the kidnapper attacked the Marine in his home. The investigation leads them to a fact that the couple has been separated. They decide to focus on the wife's ex-boyfriend, after learning that the woman is the one who destroyed their marriage. Meanwhile, McGee and Tony are stunned by Abby's Halloween costume.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 77
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Sandblast
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Robert Palm
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|11|7}}
|ProdCode = 406
|Viewers = 15.44{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=14375|title=CBS is Now 8 For 8|date=November 14, 2006|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = When a Marine colonel dies in an explosion at a military golf course, the NCIS team must investigate a suspected terrorist attack with the help from the Army Criminal Investigative Division (CID). The CIA gives them a lead to an abandoned warehouse. However, things take a sinister turn when both NCIS and Army CID invade and discover that it is actually a trap – the warehouse is rigged with a bomb set to go off any second. Ziva goes against Gibbs' orders and is successful in defusing the bomb, preserving any evidence for both groups to use, but earns a brief reprimand from Gibbs for doing so. In the meantime, McGee uses his computer skills to break into the secret government files to uncover the terrorist cell while Tony embarks on a personal quest of his own as he attempts to stop the Marine colonel's son from dropping out of college and enlisting in hopes of avenging his father's death.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 78
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Once a Hero
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Shane Brennan
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|11|14}}
|ProdCode = 408
|Viewers = 15.80{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=14447|title=CBS Makes It 9 For 9|date=November 22, 2006|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = A decorated Marine veteran falls from a floor of a hotel during a conference of agency directors (that included Jenny Shepard) while Tony and Ziva were on security detail and the NCIS team must find out what happened to him. Soon they realize that the Marine did not commit suicide and that he was homeless, having lost everything after being injured while serving in Iraq. Having gone through the victim's personal belongings, the team soon find compromising evidence against him but Gibbs is determined to prove the man's innocence by any means necessary.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 79
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Twisted Sister
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|11|21}}
|ProdCode = 409
|Viewers = 17.00{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=14494|title=CBS Gives Thanks For Its 10th Consecutive Weekly Win |date=November 28, 2006|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = When McGee's younger sister Sarah shows up disoriented and bloodied at his door in the middle of the night, and claims that she may have killed someone, McGee takes matters into his own hands, beginning his own independent investigation. Sarah claims that she is innocent, but has no memory of the past several hours and refuses to go with McGee to NCIS. While McGee works on figuring out what happened to his sister, the NCIS team is investigating a case of a Navy sailor, who is somehow connected to McGee's sister. Both Tony and Abby are busy with love problems, while McGee turns out to have another secret.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 80
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Smoked
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = John C. Kelley & Robert Palm
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|11|28}}
|ProdCode = 410
|Viewers = 17.96{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=14509|title="NCIS" Hits a Season High in Viewership For the Second Consecutive Week|date=November 29, 2006|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = A dead man in a chimney chute on a Marine base leads the team to discover a serial killer's burial ground. They believe that the dead man was the serial killer until Abby uncovers something which proves he might actually be a victim while the whole team are in for a shock when the true killer is finally revealed. Meanwhile, Tony helps the director with a special project and makes time for his girlfriend as well while Ducky talks to Gibbs about how he felt betrayed when Gibbs left and after a heart-to-heart the two eventually repair their friendship, and McGee deals with the team's reaction to their portrayal in his best-selling book.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 81
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Driven
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Richard C. Arthur & Nell Scovell & John C. Kelley
Story by: Richard C. Arthur
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2006|12|12}}
|ProdCode = 411
|Viewers = 17.39{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=14709|title=CBS Rolls a Lucky 13|date=December 19, 2006|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = The team is forced to attend a sexual harassment seminar but much to their relief, Gibbs receives a call that a Navy officer is found dead in a classified self-driven robotic vehicle she was working on developing for a potential DoD contractor. Although it initially looks like suicide, when Abby puts the vehicle through some tests, it nearly takes her life as well but thanks to Gibbs' efforts, she is saved from certain death although McGee is left guilt-ridden over what happened. They discover that someone rigged the vehicle to kill the passenger and make it appear to be suicide but the woman who was killed was not the intended target. While Gibbs is questioning the scientists involved in the contract, the vehicle "escapes" from the garage and it is up to Abby and McGee to stop it from killing more people. Meanwhile, Tony visits the hospital to see his girlfriend and continues working on special projects for the Director. Ziva notices Tony getting calls from the hospital and begins worrying about his health.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 82
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Suspicion
|DirectedBy = Colin Bucksey
|WrittenBy = Shane Brennan
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|1|16}}
|ProdCode = 412
|Viewers = 15.95{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=14938|title=CBS Wins the Week with the Best Viewer Delivery by Any Network This Season and Best by Any Network in Nearly a Year|date=January 23, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = When a Marine is murdered in a small town hotel room, NCIS is called in to investigate. However, things take a nosedive when they learn that the local Sheriff's department already cleaned up the crime scene and performed an autopsy. They also have a suspect – an Iraqi national who just moved to the town a few months earlier. But NCIS later receive evidence suggesting that an active terrorist cell might be in play in the town, and the national is not quite the man they believe he is.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 83
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Sharif Returns
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|1|23}}
|ProdCode = 413
|Viewers = 14.83{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=14995|title=CBS Has Five of the Top 10 Shows of the Week|date=January 30, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = When the NCIS team learns that the missing 10 kilograms of highly toxic chemical weapons are now in the hands of Mamoun Sharif (Enzo Cilenti), the wanted terrorist from "Sandblast", they will have to find a way to find the man and stop him before it is too late with the aid from Army Lt. Col. Hollis Mann and constant phone calls from Sharif himself, who claims to have infected Gibbs with the chemical.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 84
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Blowback
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Christopher Silber & David J. North & Shane Brennan
Story by: Christopher Silber
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|2|6}}
|ProdCode = 414
|Viewers = 16.16{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=15135|title=CBS Places First For the Week in Viewers and Adults 25–54 |date=February 13, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = After catching an international arms dealer thanks to a Mossad tip, the NCIS team learns that the Navy's highly classified weapons system will be sold to "La Grenouille," an important arms dealer. To stop the transaction from happening, the team sends Ducky undercover. Meanwhile, another government agency appears to be working on the same case, with different plans.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 85
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Friends & Lovers
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = John C. Kelley
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|2|13}}
|ProdCode = 415
|Viewers = 15.36{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=15221|title=CBS Wins the Week in Viewers|date=February 21, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = A man proposing to his girlfriend finds the body of a sailor. NCIS works with local officers believing that the man died of an unintentional drug overdose. However, Abby discovers a message written in blood on a laminated card found at the crime scene and the team suspect that the sailor might not have been a victim after all. Meanwhile, Jimmy continues his relationship with Agent Michelle Lee and Tony helps Jeanne deal with an obsessive ex-boyfriend as well as a Metro cop dealing with his own ex.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 86
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Dead Man Walking
|DirectedBy = Colin Bucksey
|WrittenBy = Nell Scovell
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|2|20}}
|ProdCode = 416
|Viewers = 15.90{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=15296|title=CBS Wins February Sweep in Viewers and Adults 25–54 |date=March 1, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = A Navy Lieutenant arrives at NCIS with radiation poisoning requesting that the team investigate his murder, prompting them to investigate who is responsible for poisoning him. The Navy Lieutenant is an inspector for the International Atomic Energy Agency, so the team tries to figure out who would want to make sure he didn't make it to the next inspection. However, only his two closest colleagues knew where the next inspection was to take place. Meanwhile, Ziva sympathizes with the Lieutenant, in whom she sees a reflection of her own most strongly held beliefs and develops feelings for him. It is revealed in the next episode that the Lieutenant had died.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 87
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Skeletons
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|2|27}}
|ProdCode = 417
|Viewers = 16.16{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=15337|title=CBS Places Second For the Week in Viewers and Key Demographics|date=March 6, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = An explosion at a military cemetery mausoleum turns up a skeleton. As they investigate, Ducky discovers that they have turned up the skeleton of more than one body. The team talks to the families to try to find some link between the victims. Meanwhile, Abby is having personal problems.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 88
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Iceman
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Shane Brennan
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|3|20}}
|ProdCode = 418
|Viewers = 15.69{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=15514|title=CBS Places First in Viewers; Second in Adults 18–49 and Adults 25–54 |date=March 27, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = When the man on Ducky's table turns out to still be alive the unit must track the young Marine's actions prior to his arrival in the morgue. They discover that the Marine had been on leave and used his time off for a secret trip to Baghdad. The case takes a turn when Mike Franks – Gibbs' old boss shows up revealing that the young Marine is in fact his long-lost son.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 89
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Grace Period
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = John C. Kelley
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|4|3}}
|ProdCode = 419
|Viewers = 13.79{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=15618|title=CBS Slam Dunks Its Way to a Weekly Win in Viewers|date=April 10, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = An NCIS team, led by Paula Cassidy, discovers a tip about terrorist activity but it turns out to be a trap, resulting in the death of two agents and Cassidy, grief-stricken, begins blaming herself for what happened. Gibbs and his team are sent to investigate the deaths with Cassidy joining them during the investigation. But the team are shocked when Ducky reveals that the man who was the suicide bomber that killed Cassidy's team was dead at least a day before his bomb went off.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 90
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Cover Story
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = David J. North
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|4|10}}
|ProdCode = 420
|Viewers = 14.38{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=15674|title=A "King" and a "Shark" Pace CBS To a Weekly Win in Viewers|date=April 17, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = During the murder investigation of a Petty Officer, McGee is unsettled when elements of the crime scene resemble the descriptions in his new novel, which is half-finished. The only person who had access to McGee's book, other than McGee himself, is his publisher. The killer promises two more kills and when the second body is found, McGee is pressured to determine who the killer plans to kill next.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 91
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Brothers in Arms
|DirectedBy = Martha Mitchell
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|4|24}}
|ProdCode = 421
|Viewers = 14.17{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=15802|title=CBS Weekly Rating Highlights|date=May 1, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = Director Shepard meets an informant named Troy Webster who has information on international arms dealer La Grenouille but Webster is killed during a gunfight, prompting Gibbs and his team to take charge of the investigation. Shepard later becomes convinced that La Grenouille, the arms dealer she has been chasing down is the one who ordered the kill but the team are all doubting her judgement, believing she might be on a personal revenge trip which is further increased when she manages to lead the team into a trap, leaving them with no clues to La Grenouille's whereabouts even after days of investigations.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 92
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = In the Dark
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|5|1}}
|ProdCode = 422
|Viewers = 13.83{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=15859|title=CBS Places First in Viewers with 11 of the Week's Top 20 Programs – More Than the Other Networks Combined|date=May 8, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = The assistant of a blind photographer notices a dead Petty Officer in one of the photographs and calls NCIS. Gibbs and his team respond to the case and use the photographer's help to re-construct the crime scene through his heightened senses of hearing and scent to find out who killed the victim. Meanwhile, both Gibbs and Tony are having love troubles.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 93
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Trojan Horse
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Donald P. Bellisario & Shane Brennan
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|5|8}}
|ProdCode = 423
|Viewers = 13.88{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=15919|title=CBS Places First in Viewers and Adults 25–54|date=May 15, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = A man is found dead in a taxi headed to the NCIS headquarters but his body shows no signs of external injuries. Gibbs decides to lead the investigation into the man's death in preference to performing his duties as the Acting Director of NCIS while Jenny is in Paris attending an Interpol conference. When the team discovers that the people whose names were found on a list belonging to the dead man are all dead, Gibbs suspects that the list is a decoy used to distract them. While in Paris, Jenny gets a tip on one of La Grenouille's associates that may lead to a shocking revelation.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 4)
|EpisodeNumber = 94
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Angel of Death
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Donald P. Bellisario
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|5|22}}
|ProdCode = 424
|Viewers = 14.14{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=16035|title=The Season Finale of "NCIS" is the Week's Number One Scripted Program, Delivering More Viewers Than the Finales of "Heroes," "24" and "Lost"|date=May 30, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS Press Express}}
|ShortSummary = Jenny returns from her European trip and discovers that she had an unannounced visitor at her home who she suspects is her supposedly dead father. All NCIS agents are scheduled to take a Homeland Security polygraph test, which Gibbs finds out to have been arranged by the CIA. Gibbs has McGee hack into the CIA to uncover their involvement with La Grenouille and Jenny has Abby run fingerprints from the visitor. An unarmed Tony and Jeanne are held hostage in the hospital morgue by a drug dealer, who is desperate to remove his shipment of drugs from the dead body packer. The episode ends with Tony eventually meeting the man both he and Jenny have been spending months trying to find – René Benoit, also known as La Grenouille, the international arms dealer from France who is revealed to be Jeanne's father.
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=Season 5 (2007–2008)=
{{Main article|NCIS (season 5)}}
- Rocky Carroll (Leon Vance) had a continuous arc starting with episode 14 ("Internal Affairs").
- Lauren Holly (Jenny Shepard) left the show after the season finale ("Judgment Day").
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 95
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Bury Your Dead
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Shane Brennan
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|9|25}}
|ProdCode = 501
|Viewers = 13.89{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=16891|title=The Eighth Season Premiere of "Csi" is the Number One Show of the Week|date=October 2, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = Directly following the events from the previous episode, "Angel of Death", Tony is still undercover as Anthony DiNardo and meets Jeanne's father, La Grenouille, who is aware of Tony's true identity, which Tony later reveals to Jeanne, upsetting her. The team are also led to the assumption that Tony is dead, as while watching the security cameras, Tony's car explodes and Ducky's analysis indicates the body could be that of Tony, but realizes that it is not because of his lungs. Director Shepard reveals to Agent Gibbs and his team that she had given Tony an undercover mission to build a relationship with Jeanne in hopes of capturing La Grenouille after spending nearly ten years searching for him. Around the same time, Tony returns to NCIS Headquarters and is greeted first by Kort, who angrily shoves him against the wall of the elevator for worsening the situation. La Grenouille approaches Director Shepard for protection after deciding to quit the arms smuggling business against the CIA's wishes. However, Shepard refuses his plea for asylum out of pure spite and devotion to her late father. The team tries to track down La Grenouille again and find his boat, but not the man himself. They believe he made his escape and leave, but the camera pans to the water to show La Grenouille's floating corpse while also revealing that he has sustained a single gunshot wound to his forehead.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 96
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Family
|DirectedBy = Martha Mitchell
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|10|2}}
|ProdCode = 502
|Viewers = 16.43{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=16927|title=CBS Wins Week Two In Viewers and Adults 25–54|date=October 9, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = A petty officer is thought to have died in a car accident until inconsistencies at the scene indicate that the Petty Officer was murdered and was not the driver of the crashed car. When the car's driver is later found, Ducky conducts the autopsy and discovers that she had been beaten to death and had given birth not long beforehand, leading the team to believe that the killer has taken her child. Meanwhile, Tony tries to confront his feelings for Jeanne after her departure.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 97
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Ex-File
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Alfonso H. Moreno
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|10|9}}
|ProdCode = 503
|Viewers = 16.36{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=16990|title=CBS Completes a Trifecta in Week Three|date=October 16, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = Two women find a dead Marine Captain on an Army base, one of whom is his wife, the other is Gibbs' third ex-wife. As Special Agent Gibbs and Lt. Colonel Mann conduct a joint investigation between NCIS and the Army into the murder, a DIA agent is sent to overlook Abby's handling of the Captain's laptop, which contains highly classified information. Gibbs becomes uncomfortable when he is forced into a confrontation with his ex-wife, Colonel Mann, and Director Shepard at the same time, much to the amusement of his team.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 98
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Identity Crisis
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|10|16}}
|ProdCode = 504
|Viewers = 17.55{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=17060|title=A Week of Growth For a Dozen CBS Programs|date=October 23, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = Ducky is angered when one of his research cadavers is revealed to have been a murder victim and was mistakenly tagged as a "John Doe" and donated to science. The deceased man is identified by the team as a career felon, who was working with the FBI to track down a man suspected of supplying people with new identities. They discover the man's murderer, an elusive individual known simply as "the Eraser", has ties with major terrorists organizations around Africa, Europe, and the U.S. With no face to ID "the Eraser", NCIS and the FBI join forces to find the suspect and Tony goes undercover with one of Fornell's rookie agents.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 99
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Leap of Faith
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|10|23}}
|ProdCode = 505
|Viewers = 17.26{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=17119|title=CBS's Ratings in a Most Atypical Week That Included Four World Series Games|date=October 30, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = When a Navy lieutenant who worked at the Pentagon as an intelligence officer attempts to commit suicide by jumping off a rooftop, NCIS is called in to consult the officer. After Gibbs is able to persuade the officer to step down from the ledge, the officer is shot dead, falling to his death from the rooftop. Each member of Gibbs' team has a different theory on the murder, one of which includes the officer being a mole. Meanwhile, the team believes Abby is considering a job offer in the private sector.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 100
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Chimera
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Dan E. Fesman
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|10|30}}
|ProdCode = 506
|Viewers = 16.33{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=17173|title=CBS Places First in Viewers and Adults 25–54; Strong Second in Adults 18–49|date=November 6, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = Gibbs' team is sent to investigate a death aboard USNS Chimera, a top-secret naval research ship sailing in the middle of the ocean. After boarding the ship, they find it abandoned except for a dead U.S. Navy scientist, who died from viral hemorrhagic fever. However, they suspect that they are not alone. Their investigation is further complicated by the Navy's reluctance to share information regarding the research which took place on Chimera. However, they quickly discover that the Chimera is not a research ship, but is in fact transporting a salvaged Russian nuclear warhead. A mole in the crew staged a viral outbreak to get the crew to abandon ship in preparation for the Russian strike team. The NCIS team sabotages the Chimera and steals the Russian strike team's boat, taking the warhead with them. As the team leaves, Navy jets destroy the Chimera to cover up any evidence of Navy involvement.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 101
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Requiem
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Shane Brennan
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|11|6}}
|ProdCode = 507
|Viewers = 18.15{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=17247|title="CSI"/"Without a Trace" Crossover Episodes Are Number One and Number Two in Weekly Ratings|date=November 13, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary =
The episode begins with Tony retrieving Gibbs from the water and trying to revive him. It is revealed that Maddie, a childhood friend of Gibbs' deceased daughter Kelly, comes to him for help after being stalked which leads to the events of Gibbs' car driving into water. While unconscious, Gibbs has a vision that he is visited by his dead wife and daughter and is reassured that everything is fine.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 102
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Designated Target
|DirectedBy = Colin Bucksey
|WrittenBy = Reed Steiner
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|11|13}}
|ProdCode = 508
|Viewers = 17.39{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=17299|title=CBS Wins the Week in Viewers With Six of the Top 10 Programs|date=November 20, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = Gibbs and his team investigate the assassination of a Navy admiral and meet a woman whose search for her husband, a political refugee from Africa, is related to the case. It turns out that a death squad by an African dictatorship who fear that the missing husband (who they only have a vague description of) will return to lead the opposition in the country. They discover the identity of the assassin and arrest him before he can finish the job.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 103
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Lost & Found
|DirectedBy = Martha Mitchell
|WrittenBy = David J. North
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|11|20}}
|ProdCode = 509
|Viewers = 17.34{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=17335|title=CBS Gives Thanks For Another Weekly Win in Viewers|date=November 27, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = While a group of boy scouts are on a visit to NCIS, Abby discovers that one of the boys was reported to have been abducted in 1998, leading the team to search for his father who is running from a murder he was accused of committing in 1998. The team launches a manhunt for the father, but are hindered by the son who warns his father in advance. Meanwhile, the team watches over the boy, who all (but Tony) realize that he is a mini-DiNozzo.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 104
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Corporal Punishment
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|11|27}}
|ProdCode = 510
|Viewers = 17.04{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=17384|title="Two and a Half Men" Hits Season High Ratings in Viewers, Matches Best Adult 18–49 Rating and Tops "Samantha Who" in First Head-To-Head First Run Matchup|date=December 4, 2007|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = The NCIS team pays a heavy price when they try to track down a Marine who believes he is still in Iraq. After a violent confrontation in which DiNozzo, McGee, and Ziva are injured, the team realizes the Marine is the subject of an experiment. Things are further complicated when a Senator's aide begins interfering with the investigation, since the Marine was due to be awarded a medal by the Senator and such an incident would be bad for his public image. The team suspects that the Marine was an unknowing subject of a secret super soldier experiment, until they discover that he had been secretly taking steroids in order to qualify for the Marines. Due to drug use, the Marine is bound to be discharged and his medal withheld. Gibbs, sympathetic for the young Marine, gives him one of his own unused medals instead.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 105
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Tribes
|DirectedBy = Colin Bucksey
|WrittenBy = Reed Steiner
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|1|15}}
|ProdCode = 511
|Viewers = 15.82{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=17735|title=CBS Has the Week's Top Four Scripted Programs|date=January 23, 2008|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = The NCIS team investigates when a Muslim Marine is found dead near a mosque that is suspected by the FBI of terrorist recruitment. But the investigation hits a snag when Ducky refuses to autopsy the Marine in deference to the Marine's family's religious beliefs as that the father believes that if Ducky cuts into his body, then his son will never find in peace in Heaven. Meanwhile, the investigation leads the team to Hans Staiger, a terrorist known as "the Recruiter".
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 106
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Stakeout
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|4|8}}
|ProdCode = 512
|Viewers = 14.05{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=18390|title=CBS's Scripted Series Remain Strong in Their First-Run Return|date=April 15, 2008|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = When a high-tech naval radar goes missing but is found again, the team stakes an abandoned warehouse to catch the thief – using the radar as bait. But the plan goes wrong and the radar is stolen – and a man is murdered nearby. In the end, the team manages to connect both cases – and reveal the truth behind the reason of the theft. The true culprit was the designer of the radar, because he knew that the radar was not complete and if the Navy found out, he would lose his contract. Meanwhile, Ducky has Abby and Jimmy run some anonymous blood work, and when Gibbs finds out, he realizes Ducky is holding a secret for Jenny.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 107
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Dog Tags
|DirectedBy = Oz Scott
|WrittenBy = Dan E. Fesman & Alfonso H. Moreno
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|4|15}}
|ProdCode = 513
|Viewers = 15.13{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=18452|title=CBS's Scripted Programs Dominate Series Programming|date=April 22, 2008|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
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When the NCIS team investigates a fatal dog mauling of a suspected drug smuggler within the K-9, Abby risks her career in hopes of proving the victim dog's innocence to save him from being put down. The team struggles with the case, with the director threatening to end their case, when they find a new victim and finally manage to track down the drug trafficker. The trafficker was one of the K-9 trainers, who secretly replaced her drug sniffing dog with an attack dog in order to smuggle drugs. Meanwhile, Abby befriends the "killer" dog, names him "Jethro", and works to keep him from being put down as she attempts to prove the dog is not guilty. However, her landlord doesn't allow pets, so she instead forces McGee to adopt him which he grudgingly agrees to do despite the fact that the dog attacked him at the beginning of the episode.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 108
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Internal Affairs
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern & Reed Steiner
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|4|22}}
|ProdCode = 514
|Viewers = 14.24{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=18509|title=CBS Reclaims Number One Spot Among Viewers|date=April 29, 2008|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = The discovery of the dead body of La Grenouille causes the Washington office of NCIS to be investigated by the FBI, with Jenny as the prime suspect for his murder, the NCIS building being shut down by the Bureau and Assistant Director Vance relieving the Director and taking her place for the time. The team assembles discreetly at Gibbs' house and investigate for themselves and confirm that he was indeed murdered. After evidence comes to light exonerating Jenny, Jeanne Benoit reappears and blames Tony for the murder, at first, but Trent Kort (who has since, with the blessing of the CIA, taken over La Grenouille's business) arrives and claims responsibility. At the conclusion of the episode, Gibbs tells Jenny that the story she told wasn't accurate, and it is inferred that Jenny killed La Grenouille, due to Gibbs having seen the arms dealer putting the gun on the director's home desk although Gibbs does not take any action, simply stating, "Long live the queen".
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 109
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = In the Zone
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Linda Burstyn
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|4|29}}
|ProdCode = 515
|Viewers = 14.76{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=18574|title=CBS is Number One in Viewers For the Second Consecutive Week|date=May 6, 2008|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = When a Marine captain is killed during a mortar attack, it turns out that he was shot. Tony and Intel Analyst Nikki Jardine are sent to Baghdad to investigate, while the rest of the team assists by investigating stateside. The team uncovers that the man he contracted to provide soil testing hired a civilian contractor in Iraq to murder him when the captain discovers the soil sample was faked. While in Baghdad, Nikki tries to make up for a Marine mistake that led to the death of the man who helped her brother when he was wounded.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 110
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Recoil
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: George Schenck & Frank Cardea
Story by: Dan E. Fesman
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|5|6}}
|ProdCode = 516
|Viewers = 14.04{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=18633|title=CBS is Number One Among Viewers For the Third Consecutive Week and the Fourth Time in the Last Six|date=May 13, 2008|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = Ziva is working undercover to find a murderer who killed five women and cut off their fingers after they died. She leaves with the killer, when Tony finds the fifth victim and the killer, having found out about Ziva, directs her to an abandoned warehouse. Before he can kill her, she manages to get into a fight with him and then shoot him with his own gun. The team is happy with the killer dead but some things are still unclear. A partial fingerprint from his weapon finally leads to a Marine who killed his wife copying the killer. Meanwhile Ziva has an affair with one of the men suspected to be the accomplice of the killer.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 111
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = About Face
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Alfonso H. Moreno & Reed Steiner
Story by: Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|5|13}}
|ProdCode = 517
|Viewers = 14.88{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=18719|title=CBS Wins May Sweep|date=May 20, 2008|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = When investigating the death of a man at a building site, Jimmy Palmer follows a suspicious man who is snooping around, only for the man to shoot at him. Left shellshocked, Jimmy struggles to remember the man's face and thus identify him. In the end, the team finds him but the shooter tries to flee but Jimmy manages to stop him in his car.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 112
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Judgment Day (Part I)
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder & David J. North
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|5|20}}
|ProdCode = 518
|Viewers = 16.52{{cite web|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_entertainment/release?id=18778|title=CBS HAS 7 OF THE TOP 10 SCRIPTED PROGRAMS FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT WEEK|date=May 28, 2008|accessdate=November 13, 2009|publisher=CBS PressExpress}}
|ShortSummary = Two boys discover a dead man, which is later identified as former NCIS Special Agent William Decker. Director Shepard attends his funeral in Los Angeles, with Tony and Ziva tagging along as protection. Agent Decker's death was ruled a heart attack, but an encounter at the funeral leads Jenny to suspect it was murder. Jenny sends Tony and Ziva away. The Director secretly brings in Mike Franks to help her investigate, believing the murder is related to a covert mission in Paris nine years ago, involving herself, Decker, and Gibbs. While searching an abandoned diner, four hitmen track Shepard and Franks down and a shootout ensues inside. Jenny and Franks manage to kill all of the men, but Jenny dies from injuries she receives during the gunfight and her body is found by Tony and Ziva.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 5)
|EpisodeNumber = 113
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Judgment Day (Part II)
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: David J. North & Christopher J. Waild
Story by: Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|5|20}}
|ProdCode = 519
|ShortSummary = In the aftermath of Jenny's death, Assistant Director Vance searches for Franks, who escaped the diner after killing the fourth gunman. Meanwhile, Tony and Ziva try to locate the one responsible, while dealing with the fallout of failing in their assignment to protect the Director. The trail points to a former hitman called Natasha, who Jenny failed to assassinate in Paris nine years previously while on an assignment that she and Gibbs were working on together. Since Gibbs killed Natasha's lover, Natasha has returned to the U.S. seeking revenge. Natasha, who never saw it coming, is killed by Franks, after Gibbs set a trap for her at Jenny's house. Gibbs burns down the house to cover up Jenny's death, making the public believe she died of smoke inhalation. In the fallout of Jenny's funeral, newly appointed Director Vance shreds a page from his personnel file in the Director's office and terminates Ziva's liaison status (sending her back to Israel), reassigns McGee to the cyber crime division, and sends Tony to the USS Ronald Reagan. Vance then gives Gibbs personnel files for his new team members.
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=Season 6 (2008–2009)=
{{Main article|NCIS (season 6)}}
- Rocky Carroll (Leon Vance) was promoted to the main cast starting with the episode ("Last Man Standing").
- "Legend" serves as the two-part backdoor pilot for the spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles.
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|EpisodeNumber = 114
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Last Man Standing
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Shane Brennan
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|9|23}}
|ProdCode = 601
|ShortSummary = Gibbs struggles to deal with Vance's disbanding of the team while investigating a murder, only to discover that one of his newest team members may be a mole.
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|EpisodeNumber = 115
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Agent Afloat
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Dan E. Fesman & David J. North
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|9|30}}
|ProdCode = 602
|ShortSummary = Now stationed on the aircraft carrier {{USS|Seahawk}}, Tony finds that a Navy lieutenant has committed suicide by jumping off the boat, leaving only his uniform on deck. When McGee and Ziva go to inform the Lieutenant's wife, they find that she was beaten to death just before he went on leave. Vance tries to convince Gibbs to pick an agent to replace Tony while Tony completes his term on the Seahawk. McGee finds that their victim's credit card was used three days after the Seahawk left port; Gibbs continues to ask Vance why he made Tony go to sea. Tony heads to where the credit card was used, only to find the dead Navy lieutenant where the card was found; Ziva and Gibbs head to Tony's location to help him with the investigation. McGee and Abby find that the killer was planning a biological attack on the Naval Ship; when they find Caplan, the man they have been searching for, he is in a coma, and is not able to tell where the killer is. After finding the killer, Gibbs tells Tony to grab his gear and that he is coming home; at NCIS headquarters, Vance says that it wasn't a punishment and Tony is back for good.
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|EpisodeNumber = 116
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Capitol Offense
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|10|7}}
|ProdCode = 603
|ShortSummary = When two cyclists find a dead woman in a river at Rock Creek Park, the team discovers that the murdered lieutenant commander was having an affair with Senator Patrick Kiley, a former Marine officer who served with Gibbs. Kiley begs Gibbs to leave him out of the investigation, knowing it would ruin his career and marriage. Back at the crime scene, the team battle against an impending storm to collect evidence before it is washed away and are perplexed by Gibbs' strange behavior. Things become even more complicated when director Vance gets a troubling phone call and Gibbs is forced to involve Kiley. After finding out who made the calls to the director, Ziva poses as a petitioner to get his number and email address. Meanwhile Abby is furious when she discovers the cupcake Ziva gave her has been stolen and is determined to use her forensic skills to find the thief.
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|EpisodeNumber = 117
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Heartland
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|10|14}}
|ProdCode = 604
|ShortSummary = A vicious attack on several Marines leaving one dead and another in critical condition leads the team to Gibbs' hometown, where the injured Marine is from. Gibbs, Ziva, and McGee head to Gibbs' hometown, only to find that everyone in town believed their victim was dead; Ziva and McGee meet Gibbs' dad, Jackson Gibbs (Ralph Waite) and discover the estranged relationship between Gibbs and his father. After questioning the suspect, Gibbs' car is blown up along with all the evidence inside but blood DNA left behind at the scene leads to a surprising revelation. Jackson tries to repair his relationship with Gibbs by showing he helped rebuild the car Gibbs wanted as a teenager and father and son finally make amends. In a flashback, it is shown that Gibbs met his future first wife, Shannon, at a train station; Jackson gives Gibbs the car he built for him.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 6)
|EpisodeNumber = 118
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Nine Lives
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Linda Burstyn & Dan E. Fesman & David J. North
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|10|21}}
|ProdCode = 605
|ShortSummary = Ziva is frustrated when she cannot get a ticket on the flight she wants to Israel; the team is called onto the case of a man who was stabbed to death in his garage. Tony and Gibbs go to question a retired marine, Kale, whose finger prints were found at the crime scene, but they find that the former marine is a key witness in a murder trial, and is under the protection of the FBI. McGee finds out that after the trial, Kale is going to be put in the Witness Protection Program by the FBI; Ducky finds that the murderer killed the victim by stabbing him in the thigh, lacerating his femoral artery. Tony begins snooping around Ziva's desk in order to find why she is going back to Tel Aviv; Abby finds inconsistencies in the story that Kale told the FBI. Gibbs and Tobias go after Kale when he seeks revenge against the killer of his team members; Gibbs and Tobias try to talk Kale down. Ziva heads to Tel Aviv, leaving Tony wondering why she is going.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 6)
|EpisodeNumber = 119
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Murder 2.0
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|10|28}}
|ProdCode = 606
|ShortSummary = On the week of Halloween NCIS is assigned to investigate a series of murders by a serial killer who posts videos of the crimes on the internet. Videos of the murders of the first two victims, along with cryptic pictures, are online. After a third video is posted, a live stream from inside NCIS, a suspect is brought in but dies in Interrogation. Video of the death ends up on the web linking the crimes to a female singer. NCIS storms a garage but Gibbs realizes that it was a setup for them to kill the singer and a man who she appears to be holding at gunpoint is actually the real killer. Gibbs is given a Civil Service Award but is, typically, a no-show and Tony stands in to accept the award on his behalf. Meanwhile, Ziva discovers McGee has possession of photos she ordered him to delete.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 6)
|EpisodeNumber = 120
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Collateral Damage
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Alfonso H. Moreno
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|11|11}}
|ProdCode = 607
|ShortSummary = Gibbs and team are assigned a probie to help investigate a bank robbery at Quantico. The security guard is shot and killed in the heist but only $27,000 was stolen and all of it was burned in the getaway vehicle. After sifting through boxes of old case files, they discover several other robberies with the same modus operandi. It leads to the guard's son, a former convict, and his cellmate. Gibbs believe all parties will be at the guard's funeral, and with the probie's help the team captures them both. Meanwhile, Ducky helps restore Gibbs faith in himself and his gut, which he lost after discovering Langer was a mole and he didn't see it. With his confidence renewed, Gibbs starts to believe that Agent Langer wasn't the mole in his unit, placing Langer's old FBI ID at a bar wall dedicated to fallen officers and agents, before turning his attention back to Agent Lee.
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|EpisodeNumber = 121
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Cloak
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|11|18}}
|ProdCode = 608
|ShortSummary = Gibbs sends DiNozzo and Ziva to try to break into a top-secret military facility, telling them that it is a test of the facility's defenses. When they are caught halfway through the break-in, it is revealed that the facility is in fact all a hoax, and that the mole set off the fire alarm and accessed the main computer, which had its keyboard laced with a radioactive substance. After returning from the operation, the director explains to the team that one of them is the mole, and explains about the radioactive trace. He scans the hands of Tony, Ziva, Gibbs, and Ducky, and then goes to scan Abby's hands, which sets off the Geiger counter. Abby is placed into custody. Subsequently, Abby is revealed (though not to Lee) to have been in on the plan to catch the mole from the beginning. The team is monitoring Agent Lee to see if she contacts anyone, believing that the team no longer suspects her. After Lee makes a mark on a newspaper dispenser, she is brought into custody. Lee reveals that she was forced to trade secrets, and kill two people, because her daughter Amanda had been kidnapped, though Vance suspects the 'daughter' is a lie to elicit sympathy specifically from Gibbs. They let her go, and the episode ends with Gibbs concealed in the back of Lee's car saying "Looks like we're working together."
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|EpisodeNumber = 122
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Dagger
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Reed Steiner & Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|11|25}}
|ProdCode = 609
|ShortSummary = Agent Lee becomes a reluctant participant in helping the NCIS team stop a top-secret defense plan from being stolen in hopes of finding her daughter Amanda. Lee is used as bait to capture her contact, Ted Bankston, who also tells of having a family member held captive. During the investigation, Amanda turns out not to be Lee's daughter, but her younger adopted sister, with Lee admitting she lied to win Gibbs' help. Bankston turns out to be the mastermind in the caper and takes Lee hostage, as Gibbs corners them on a bus. Gibbs receives minor wounds in the ensuing exchange. Ziva and Tony find Amanda strapped to a trigger plate connected to a bomb, and barely manage to free her safely. Upon learning that Amanda is safe, Lee gives Gibbs a signal to shoot and is shot and killed along with Bankston. Gibbs takes Lee's badge and gives it to Amanda as the team sorts out Lee's ultimate role in the plot.
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|EpisodeNumber = 123
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Road Kill
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Steven Kriozere
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|12|2}}
|ProdCode = 610
|ShortSummary = The team investigates the death of a petty officer who died in a car accident, but the agents suspect foul play. The petty officer's death was thought to be connected to a fight club. He was killed instead by a man who was blackmailed by a criminal using a female online profile to lure married men. When the man is found dead at the petty officer's home a fight club partner is the prime suspect, but it turns out that the next-door neighbor was behind the scheme. Tony engages in an online air-guitar contest that Ziva finds childish, but she takes to heart Tony's words of having choices and the episode ends with Ziva playing air guitar.
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|EpisodeNumber = 124
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Silent Night
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2008|12|16}}
|ProdCode = 611
|ShortSummary = The fingerprints of a presumed-dead petty officer and Vietnam War veteran, Ned Quinn (Peter Coyote), turn up at the scene of a double homicide. Claiming innocence, Quinn explains he was in the garage working for the victims when they were murdered. While fighting with metro police who want Quinn prosecuted immediately, the team discovers evidence linking a security guard to an emptied safe at the crime scene. Having been exposed, the guard shoots McGee with a taser and unsuccessfully tries to escape. Quinn, explaining that he went "undercover" after his apartment burnt down because he believed his wife and daughter would be better off with the service benefits from his presumed death, is convinced by Gibbs to rejoin his family for Christmas.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 6)
|EpisodeNumber = 125
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Caged
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = Alfonso H. Moreno
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|1|6}}
|ProdCode = 612
|ShortSummary = While investigating the murder of a dead marine whose skeleton was found, McGee heads to a women's prison, hoping to retrieve a written confession from a prisoner convicted of similar crimes, but all hell breaks loose when the inmates riot and take over the prison. A guard is found dead during the riot and the inmates hold McGee and two guards as hostages, wanting only the murderer to be brought to justice. The warden issues a deadline for the inmates to surrender by sundown, forcing Gibbs and his team to race against the clock to not only uncover the true identity of the murderer but to also save McGee's life.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 6)
|EpisodeNumber = 126
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Broken Bird
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|1|13}}
|ProdCode = 613
|ShortSummary = When investigating the death of a sailor, a female bystander attacks Ducky and he is stabbed in the hand with the same murder weapon used to commit the first crime. Gibbs and the team delve into his past to find clues and uncover some disturbing secrets about his time as a doctor while serving in Afghanistan. Meanwhile the woman who attacked Ducky claims that he killed her brother, but is hiding behind diplomacy.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 6)
|EpisodeNumber = 127
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Love & War
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder & David J. North
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|1|27}}
|ProdCode = 614
|ShortSummary = The team investigates the murder of a Navy captain, uncovering possible treasonous acts that may have led to his death. Meanwhile, McGee meets a new love interest named Claire online but, unbeknown to him, it is actually DiNozzo.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 6)
|EpisodeNumber = 128
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Deliverance
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Dan E. Fesman & Reed Steiner
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|2|10}}
|ProdCode = 615
|ShortSummary = While investigating the death of a Marine, the team finds Gibbs' Marine ID number written in blood at the crime scene. It is revealed that he helped a Colombian woman 18 years ago while on a black ops mission in South America and that her son Tomas tried to contact him about a major blackmail scheme involving the theft of several crates of assault rifles from a Marine base. Mike Franks returns to help with the case while Gibbs is forced to relive his past.
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|EpisodeNumber = 129
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Bounce
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = David J. North & Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|2|17}}
|ProdCode = 616
|ShortSummary = A Marine imprisoned for embezzlement because of a case DiNozzo worked on three years ago is released and the Navy lieutenant who was a witness against him is found dead. Tony is put in charge of the team because of Gibbs' rule #38 ("Your case, your lead") and they discover that the Marine was framed for embezzlement and now someone is trying to silence those who really did it. Gibbs' fondness for DiNozzo is shown when he tells him how proud he is of his senior field agent.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 6)
|EpisodeNumber = 130
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = South by Southwest
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|2|24}}
|ProdCode = 617
|ShortSummary = When NCIS agent Jack Patterson is killed in a drive-by, Abby feels responsible because she was supposed to meet with him. Using a painting he sent her and a business card of an NSA operative, the team discovers a woman in the desert who may have answers. Gibbs and Tony follow the local sheriff on horseback to the deserts of Arizona to find the woman. Back at the lab, the team uncovers the NSA agent's real identity and realize Gibbs, Tony and the woman are in danger. Meanwhile, Tony awaits a call that tells him how much he was left in his uncle's will.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 6)
|EpisodeNumber = 131
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Knockout
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|3|17}}
|ProdCode = 618
|ShortSummary = Gibbs digs into Vance's past after finding out that the Director has "borrowed" his team without prior notice for an investigation into the disappearance and murder of a friend, who is also a former Marine. It is revealed that Tony has been in a slump with women since his break-up with Jeanne Benoit.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 6)
|EpisodeNumber = 132
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Hide and Seek
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Dan E. Fesman
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|3|24}}
|ProdCode = 619
|ShortSummary = A revolver is found in the effects of a Navy lieutenant commander's 12-year-old son. Gibbs and the team are dispatched to find out the origin of the weapon. Things get complicated when Abby finds brain matter on the weapon, revealing that it has been used in multiple murders, and the gun is linked back to the family. Meanwhile, McGee tries to replace Ducky's golf clubs.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 6)
|EpisodeNumber = 133
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Dead Reckoning
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Reed Steiner & Christopher J. Waild
Story by: David J. North
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|3|31}}
|ProdCode = 620
|ShortSummary = When shady CIA agent Trent Kort calls in his favor (from "Broken Bird"), Gibbs agrees to meet him at an abandoned warehouse. Upon Gibbs' arrival, he finds Kort with two dead men, claiming the men shot each other before his arrival. Gibbs and the team must work with Kort to put away one of NCIS's most-wanted, and they discover the man on the wall is just a cover for the real brain – the supposed accountant.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 6)
|EpisodeNumber = 134
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Toxic
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|4|7}}
|ProdCode = 621
|ShortSummary = When a government scientist goes missing, Abby is recruited by the head of the project to carry on his work, but the team worries that she may meet the same fate as her predecessor.
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|EpisodeNumber = 135
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Legend (Part I)
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Shane Brennan
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|4|28}}
|ProdCode = 622
|ShortSummary = File:Mark Harmon and Chris ODonnell (8 March 2009) 7.jpg
Gibbs and McGee fly to Los Angeles to work with the NCIS Office of Special Projects — Los Angeles team to solve the murder of a Marine, eventually discovering that the killing is linked to members of a terrorist sleeper cell residing in Los Angeles. The episode ends with OSP agent G. Callen (Chris O'Donnell) confronting a man who is revealed to be Michael Rivkin, Ziva's boyfriend and a fellow officer of the Israeli Mossad.
"Note": The episode introduces the team of the NCIS spin-off titled NCIS: Los Angeles.
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|EpisodeNumber = 136
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Legend (Part II)
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Shane Brennan
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|5|5}}
|ProdCode = 623
|ShortSummary = Having found that Rivkin is in Los Angeles searching for the same terrorist cell, the NCIS team redouble their efforts to stop Rivkin while attempting to arrest a live member of the cell. Unfortunately, Rivkin complicates things by putting the terrorists to sleep (killing them) before NCIS can catch up to them. Back in D.C., Tony is forced to question Ziva's loyalty to NCIS in the aftermath of Rivkin's appearance in LA.
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|EpisodeNumber = 137
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Semper Fidelis
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|5|12}}
|ProdCode = 624
|ShortSummary = After a security breach at the SECNAV's residence leads to the death of an ICE agent, Gibbs and the team are forced to work with ICE and the FBI to find his killer. Meanwhile, Tony finally comes face-to-face with Michael Rivkin and attempts to arrest him for operating on U.S. soil and for killing the cell handler and the ICE agent. The two get into a tough brawl which ends when Rivkin tries to stab Tony with a piece of glass, forcing Tony to shoot Rivkin in self-defense.
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|EpisodeNumber = 138
|EpisodeNumber2 = 25
|Title = Aliyah
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = David J. North
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|5|19}}
|ProdCode = 625
|ShortSummary = Despite Ziva's efforts to help him, Rivkin dies in hospital from his injuries. After Ziva's apartment is destroyed in an explosion, Gibbs, Vance, DiNozzo and Ziva travel to Israel, having been summoned there at the request of Eli David, the enigmatic head of Mossad and also Ziva's father. McGee and Abby are in Washington working on the laptop found in the wreckage of Ziva's home. After Ziva admits that she cannot trust Tony because he killed Rivkin, and with her loyalties torn between Mossad and NCIS, Gibbs decides to leave Ziva in Tel Aviv, where it is later shown that she has once again returned to Mossad and is embarking on a mission to stop a terrorist cell. The episode ends in a cliffhanger when it is shown that Ziva has been captured by the Somalian terrorists that Rivkin had been investigating, and terrorist leader Saleem Ulman is torturing her for information on NCIS.
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=Season 7 (2009–2010)=
{{Main article|NCIS (season 7)}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 139
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Truth or Consequences
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|9|22}}
|ProdCode = 701
|ShortSummary = The team struggles to move on and find a replacement for Ziva while also searching for answers related to her disappearance.
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|EpisodeNumber = 140
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Reunion
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|9|29}}
|ProdCode = 702
|ShortSummary = The team investigates a bachelor party where all three guests are murdered and left in very mysterious circumstances. One of the victims is found hanging, another is found drowned in the toilet, the third suffered from alcohol poisoning and all three are found with their heads shaved, post mortem. After a thorough investigation the team zeros in on a suspect, a police officer that had been bullied by the three victims during high school. The way that all three victims were found corresponds with the way they had tormented the cop, right down to shaving his head. They also discover that the three victims had used their Navy connections to set up the illegal sale of a decommissioned aircraft, and that the bachelor party was actually a front for the deal to go down during. The team figures the police officer had finally taken his revenge and not only killed his tormentors, but also stole their profits from the aircraft heist. However, after the officer turns up dead, the team learns that the real culprit also attended the same high school as the original three victims, and had framed the cop so they could steal the money from the aircraft job. Meanwhile, Ziva makes her peace with the rest of the team, and deals with her feelings towards Tony, as she apologizes for ever doubting him.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 141
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = The Inside Man
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|10|6}}
|ProdCode = 703
|ShortSummary = When political blogger Matt Burns is found dead after being pushed off a bridge while following up on a tip, NCIS takes a special interest in his murder investigation. On his blog, Burns had accused NCIS of covering up the murder of a young Naval officer, Rod Arnett, who Burns suspected of insider trading. NCIS concluded that Arnett’s car accident was just that, an unfortunate car accident. However, unable to oversee jurisdiction over the Burns’ murder, NCIS reopens Arnett’s case. Things become even more complicated when they exhume Arnett’s body only to find that his body had been stolen. The team suspects that Burns stole Arnett’s body so that he could fuel the conspiracy that NCIS was covering up a murder. It’s discovered that Arnett gave insider information to an unassuming sandwich shop owner that he befriended while taking the train everyday. Hoping no one would ever suspect the two of them as conspiring together they agreed to split the $2 million earning. As it turns out, the sandwich shop owner, afraid his scheme with Arnett was about to be exposed, placed the tip to Burns and met him at the bridge to kill him. In the meantime, Ziva resigns from Mossad as she wishes to become a full NCIS Special Agent, but, in order for this to happen, Gibbs needs to sign a consent form. The episode ends without revealing whether Gibbs signs the form.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 142
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Good Cop, Bad Cop
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Jesse Stern
Story by: David J. North
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|10|13}}
|ProdCode = 704
|ShortSummary = Ziva is forced to recount the events leading up to her captivity when the accuracy of her report is called into question.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 143
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Code of Conduct
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Reed Steiner & Christopher J. Waild
Story by: Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|10|20}}
|ProdCode = 705
|ShortSummary = On Halloween night the team investigates what looks to be the unfortunate suicide of Lance Corporal James Korby who is found dead in his car. However, they soon discover that Korby was murdered as his organs were frozen with liquid nitrogen and that when he attempted to breathe, the nitrogen entered his lungs, suffocating him. However it's also discovered that Korby has scar-tissue from a previous poisoning and Gibbs suspect that the entire squad, fed up with Korby's jokes, attempted to kill him. Someone got Korby to drink the nitrogen and staged his death to look like a suicide. Tony can’t shake the hunch that Sara, Korby’s wife and a three-time marine widower, is involved, suspecting her of being a Black Widow. It's soon revealed that Private Singer, who belonged to Korby’s unit, was having an affair with Korby’s wife Sara. Sara also confesses to coming home to confront Korby right around the time of the crime but getting cold feet at the last second. Just as Tony is about to cuff Sara for Korby's murder, Gibbs realizes that Sara had nothing to do with Korby’s death because there was someone else with a real motive: Rachel, Korby and Sara’s teenage stepdaughter. Having been about to cash in on a pretty hefty trust fund and inheritance, Rachel knew the only way she could do it was by murdering Korby and then framing Sara for his death. In the meantime, Ziva attempts to come to terms with her new role as an NCIS Special Agent and the Probie of the team as Tony begins referring to her as Probie, something she begs him not to do for her sanity but Tony continues to do it anyway. Later, in true Halloween style, Ziva gets her own back on Tony by pretending to bow down to him and as a gift gives him a cup of coffee but when Tony drinks it and smiles at her, it's shown that his teeth have turned blue.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 144
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Outlaws and In-Laws
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|11|03}}
|ProdCode = 706
|ShortSummary = When Gibbs' boat mysteriously shows up in the San Diego harbor with two dead men in it, Vance, Gibbs and Ducky travel to San Diego knowing this investigation needs to be handled with extreme sensitivity. It turns out Gibbs dropped his boat off to Franks in Mexico but Franks is nowhere to be found. Franks shows up at Gibbs' house with his daughter in law, Leyla (Franks' deceased son's wife), and granddaughter in tow. It is revealed that the two dead men worked for a private military company that was hired by Leyla’s mother, Shada, a powerful tribal leader in Iraq, to kidnap and bring back her daughter and granddaughter to Iraq. It was her way of trying to re-establish a relationship with her estranged daughter. Franks takes full responsibility for the shooting but further investigation reveals that it was Leyla who shot and killed the men when she saw them approaching Franks. In the end, the private military company, headed by Col. Merton Bell, is also held responsible for bounty hunting in Mexico, and Leyla and her mother come to terms.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 145
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Endgame
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|11|10}}
|ProdCode = 707
|ShortSummary = When a doctor is found murdered, Director Vance shows up at the crime scene, claiming he's seen the type of murder before. The director confirms that the killer was a North Korean assassin, named Lee Wuan Kai (first seen in the NCIS: Los Angeles episode "Killshot"). The team finds that Kai has left her DNA on the victim’s body for them. The director is completely surprised and shocked when Kai calls him at home and is sitting in his driveway. As the investigation continues, the team discovers that Kai is in town to kill a North Korean official. Meanwhile, McGee’s new love interest, Amanda, turns out to be working for the North Korean government, and is shot by Kai before dying in McGee’s arms. They discover that Kai is in D.C. to kill all the men who made her into an assassin as a child. Vance returns to his home to find Kai pointing a gun at his wife. Kai reveals that she is there because she wants Vance to kill her in order to finally end her pain. The director lowers his gun to help her, but his wife finishes the job instead.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 146
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Power Down
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder & David J. North
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|11|17}}
|ProdCode = 708
|ShortSummary = Shortly after an attack on an internet service provider, the power to all of Washington DC is down. When the body of a Navy Armed Forces Entertainment worker is found at the site of the attack, NCIS is called in. However, without power, the team cannot use their modern electronics and must solve the case the old fashioned way. They finally discover that the dead USO worker was in fact an undercover National Security Agency agent, one of the two people who had universal access to every retinal scanner in the United States. They then arrest one of the security guards at the service provider, as he is the true mastermind. He kidnapped the agent to gain access to the server room and cut power to the entire city so that he could secretly steal top secret personal and military data and sell it off the black market. The team then reflects on how much richer life is without electronics, until power is restored and they dive right back into their computers except for Gibbs who is more than happy to take a break from electronics for a change.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 147
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Child's Play
|DirectedBy = William Webb
|WrittenBy = Reed Steiner
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|11|24}}
|ProdCode = 709
|ShortSummary = After the body of a Marine is discovered in a corn field, the team investigates at a military intelligence base that uses genius children to crack military codes. The team discovers that one of the children is making collages that contain codes with important military secrets in them, secrets that are being sold. A second dead body points to the woman running the organization, but when the young girl escapes from the safe house (Ducky's house) and runs home to her mother, the team must race to save her from her would-be murderer. Meanwhile, Ducky attempts to convince Gibbs and the team to spend Thanksgiving at his house, in spite of previously made plans.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 148
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Faith
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2009|12|15}}
|ProdCode = 710
|ShortSummary = The team works to solve the murder of a Reverend's son and they soon figure out he may be involved in a hate crime. Gibbs' father returns for Christmas and Gibbs tries to figure out why he has a sudden change in behavior right before the holidays. An old friend of Abby asks McGee for a favour – her nephew (who is living with her) wants to see his mother for Christmas, who is currently on a Marine ship in the Indian Ocean, but only McGee can make it happen. Gibbs figures out that it was the victim's brother who was the culprit, since he couldn't accept his brother's conversion to Islam. Gibbs also discovers that his father killed a man attempting to rob his store and he came to ask for advice on how to deal with killing another man.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 149
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Ignition
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|01|05}}
|ProdCode = 711
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|ShortSummary = The episode starts with two forest rangers finding a body at the site of a forest fire. The team investigates and finds out that the pilot was flying a jet-pack and crashed. An attorney who dislikes Gibbs tries to keep him from talking to her clients. Ducky discovers that the victim had been poisoned and was already dead long before he put the jetpack on, leading to the team to suspect a third party. They figure out that it was the commanding officer, who stole technology from private companies and the Navy to build his own jet-pack and killed the victim to keep him quiet. Later, Gibbs discovers that the sly attorney was sent by an old enemy. This episode ties in with Episode 7 x 06.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 150
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Flesh and Blood
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|01|12}}
|ProdCode = 712
|ShortSummary = A Saudi prince training with the Navy flight school escapes an assassination attempt when his chauffeur and car were bombed while parked on base. Tasked with both the investigation and protecting the prince, the team and other agencies face a delicate diplomatic situation as the bombing appears to be the work of terrorists. The team also discovers that the prince is a less than popular figure with his flight instructors and is estranged from his older brother, an official at the Saudi Embassy, who believes his brother's "Western ways" was the cause of the attack. Meanwhile, Tony's father appears, much to his discomfort. It turns out that DiNozzo Sr. is a business associate of the prince's father, leading to questions about whether Tony can remain impartial to the case.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 151
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Jet Lag
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|1|26}}
|ProdCode = 713
|ShortSummary =Whilst transporting a government witness back from Paris, Tony and Ziva learn from Gibbs and McGee that there is a hitman on their flight intending to kill the witness. Gibbs and McGee work the case of a special ops commander, found dead by this housekeeper, who was supposed to be the hitman. With the help of the rest of the team on the ground, as well as a botched attempt on the witness's life, Tony and Ziva deduce that the assassin is one of the flight attendants. After successfully apprehending her, they discover that the man who hired her was in fact the witness's fiance, who would be implicated in her testimony. Whilst attempting to arrest him, Gibbs' right arm is broken, forcing him to do everything with his left hand for the time being.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 152
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Masquerade
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|2|2}}
|ProdCode = 714
|ShortSummary = A Marine is found dead in a car which exploded after being chased by police and traces of radioactive substances are found on the wreckage. The team finds themselves in a race against time when a terrorist group threatens to detonate more "dirty bombs" in the D.C. area. As the team tries to track down the bombs, their investigation is hampered when Hart returns to represent one of their suspects. Despite this, they manage to discover that the entire bomb plot was an elaborate hoax set up by a private intelligence agency to scare Congress into approving a bill that would award private defense contractors billions of dollars in funding.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 153
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Jack-Knife
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|2|9}}
|ProdCode = 715
|ShortSummary = Damon Werth, the Marine from the episode "Corporal Punishment", seeks Gibbs' help when his friend is found murdered in a dumpster. Gibbs learns from Fornell that their suspects are part of a syndicate illegally trafficking expensive car parts which the FBI has been investigating for some time. Werth and Ziva go undercover while the rest of the team hit the road to track down the ringleader of the operation and find out who was responsible for the murder of Werth's friend.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 154
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Mother's Day
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg & Reed Steiner
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|3|2}}
|ProdCode = 716
|ShortSummary = Secrets arise when Gibbs' former mother-in-law Joanne Fielding (Gena Rowlands) surfaces as a witness in a murder investigation. At first, the crime appears to be a simple robbery gone awry, but deeper investigation reveals that there's more to the story. The victim, a Navy captain, was involved with the same drug cartel that killed Gibbs' first wife and child. His mother-in-law eventually admits that she killed the captain in revenge for her daughter and granddaughter's death, and Gibbs' tells her he murdered their real killer as well. Despite the confession, Gibbs cannot bring himself to arrest his own mother-in-law. He convinces Allison Hart to defend her, and then purposely makes crucial legal mistakes on arresting her (not reading her her rights, questioning her without legal counsel) so that Hart is forced to prevent the arrest. Vance later informs the team that the case is closed without giving an explanation.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 155
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Double Identity
|DirectedBy = Mark Horowitz
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|3|9}}
|ProdCode = 717
|ShortSummary = Gibbs and the team investigate the shooting of a Marine and uncovers more to his life than anyone would have ever imagined. The Marine had been declared MIA after a reconnaissance mission in Afghanistan, somehow obtained millions of dollars, and married another woman under a false identity. Things get suspicious when the team realize that the other Marines in the mission gave the exact same testimony word for word. It is also shown that Ducky's mother has passed on, sometime in 2010.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 156
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Jurisdiction
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Lee David Zlotoff
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|3|16}}
|ProdCode = 718
|ShortSummary = NCIS and the Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) join forces when a Navy diver seeking sunken treasure is murdered. Both teams suspect a wealthy doctor who was funding the treasure hunting expedition is the culprit, but the evidence just doesn't add up. The similarities between Gibbs and CGIS Special Agent in Charge Abigail Borin amuse the team.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 157
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Guilty Pleasure
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Reed Steiner & Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|4|6}}
|ProdCode = 719
|ShortSummary = Gibbs uses Holly Snow (previously seen in the episode: "Jet Lag") to investigate a murder in the world of call girls, causing tensions within the team. After finding the body of a murdered Navy reporter, the team finds out that he was interviewing a prostitute who used to work for Holly Snow and that there have been a string of similar murders. Holly makes a deal with Gibbs to help his investigation and they track down the prostitute, who reveals that the killer is jealous of her seeing other men. At first the team believes that the killer is one of her clients, but find out it is actually her boyfriend, who is the attorney representing her. The killer kidnaps Holly, blaming her for getting his girlfriend into a life of prostitution and seeing other men. However, he is shot dead by Gibbs before he can harm her. The episode ends with Gibbs and Holly having a simple dinner together as part of their deal. Meanwhile, Tony and McGee have a serious argument. When Tony works together with Det. Philip McCadden, McGee becomes jealous with their friendship.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 158
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Moonlighting
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder & Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|4|27}}
|ProdCode = 720
|ShortSummary = When the NCIS team finds a dead Navy petty officer and FBI informant, they call in Agent Fornell to assist with the investigation. Fornell reveals that a string of similar security leaks have been occurring, and they trace the source to a private security company. They also discover that their NCIS polygraph specialist, Susan Grady, works part time at the same company. After retrieving her, the security company's office is destroyed in an explosion and Susan reveals that she stole some polygraph data for personal use. Abby manages to deduce that the killers inadvertently killed themselves in the explosion, leading Gibbs and Fornell to the real mastermind: a federal judge they both had interviewed during the investigation. She went on a secret crusade to kill informants who would take reduced sentences in return for their testimony, and wanted to destroy the polygraph data as it might implicate her involvement.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 159
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Obsession
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|5|4}}
|ProdCode = 721
|ShortSummary = DiNozzo finds himself captivated by a woman he's never met while investigating the death of her brother. The woman is the world-renowned reporter Dana Hutton, who has disappeared shortly after her brother's death. At first, the team believes that the murder may be connected with the siblings' work on investigating Private Military Contractors, but begin to suspect that the KGB may be involved when they discovered Dana's brother was killed by a Ricin pellet. It soon turns out that the man who brought Dana Hutton and her brother up was a KGB asset codenamed "Yuri" who owned a bank account on which the KGB stashed $10 million for use in their US intelligence operations. DiNozzo manages to contact Dana and gain her trust, and she helps the team recover Yuri's KGB documents and money, but reveals she had been injected with ricin as well. With the documents, the team find the operative who killed the Huttons as being one of the KGB agents who didn't return to Russia after the Cold War ended and who wanted to get her hands on the money that Yuri had stashed away.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 160
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Borderland
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|5|11}}
|ProdCode = 722
|ShortSummary = After finding a dead Marine with his feet cut off, as well as a truck full of dismembered feet, the team begins to believe that a serial killer is loose. Meanwhile, Abby is invited to provide a forensic science lecture in Mexico by Alejandro Rivera, and McGee goes along as an escort. While there, Abby is tasked to solve an old case involving the murder of a drug dealer 20 years ago, and Abby eventually finds out the drug dealer was the one murdered by Gibbs. Back in the United States, the team deduces that the Marine was the killer, acting as a hit man to kill rival drug dealers and kept their feet as proof. One of the drug dealers is apprehended and she admits that she killed him in self defense. Finally, Abby confronts Gibbs about the murder, which Gibbs admits to. They both agree that somebody is trying to dig up Gibbs' past, but Abby is conflicted on whether to drop the case or pursue it and asks Gibbs whether he will love her regardless of what she does.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 161
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Patriot Down
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|5|18}}
|ProdCode = 723
|ShortSummary = The team is shocked when they discover that a charred corpse found on the beach is that of Special Agent Lara Macy, a fellow NCIS agent and a close friend of Gibbs. They find that the last case Macy worked on before her death was a case regarding the rape of a Navy sailor. While they manage to find the rapist, the case is completely unrelated to the murder. Meanwhile, Abby confronts Gibbs about the murder he committed in Mexico, asking him what to do, and Gibbs simply tells her to do her job and file the full report. Gibbs soon becomes convinced that Colonel Bell is responsible and leaves for Mexico. When he finally arrives, he finds Mike Franks' house has been burned to the ground, with the bodies of several of Bell's men on-site; Gibbs had previously suspected that Bell's men were headed there and sent Franks a warning: Rule 44 ("hide the women and children"). Gibbs is then captured by one of Bell's henchmen, disgraced Army Ranger Jason Paul Dean (Dylan Bruno) who is also the one responsible for killing Lara Macy. While there, Dean then reveals that the body that Gibbs thought was Franks is in fact Colonel Bell. Gibbs is then knocked unconscious before he can ask Dean who he's really working for.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 7)
|EpisodeNumber = 162
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Rule Fifty-One
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|5|25}}
|ProdCode = 724
|ShortSummary = Gibbs' captor and Jason Paul Dean's employer is revealed to be Paloma Reynosa, the leader of the Reynosa drug Cartel. Her reason for having Gibbs brought to Mexico is clear: she wants revenge against him for robbing her of her father and threatens to kill everyone Gibbs has ever met, starting with Mike Franks and ending with his father if he does not start working on her behalf. When Alejandro arrives, Gibbs figures out that the two are siblings and also the children of the drug dealer, Pedro Hernandez, whom Gibbs gunned down nearly twenty years previously in revenge for Hernandez ordering the deaths of Gibbs' first wife, Shannon and young daughter, Kelly. Alejandro reopened the case of his father's murder in an attempt to keep Gibbs out of his sister's reach whilst still delivering justice, but things are complicated by the loss of Abby's report from "Patriot Down" – which has been intercepted by Allison Hart to prevent it from reaching Mexico. Meanwhile, Ziva has passed her citizenship test and is expecting Tony and Gibbs to attend her citizenship ceremony. Tony is forced to break his promise to her when the situation escalates, and he is tasked with shadowing Rivera, meeting Mike Franks during the assignment. The episode ends with Paloma traveling to Pennsylvania and entering the store owned by Jackson Gibbs, ending the episode in a cliffhanger and leaving his fate unknown.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 163
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Spider and the Fly
|DirectedBy = Kenneth Fink
|WrittenBy = Andrew Dettmann
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|9|21}}
|ProdCode = 801
|ShortSummary = Following Jackson Gibbs' (guest star Ralph Waite) confrontation with Paloma Reynosa (guest star Jacqueline Obradors), he is placed in NCIS protective custody at his son's house. A few months later, the death of a helicopter pilot embroils the team in the Reynosa Cartel's vendetta with Gibbs, making each team member a target. Paloma Reynosa, head of the cartel, plays a game of cat and mouse with NCIS as she makes a wide trail through the US, expanding her cartel's influence. Tensions erupt when Alejandro Rivera (guest star Marco Sanchez), calls Abby on her bluff to send the report on the Pedro Hernandez murder and threatens her in front of Gibbs. Aware of his involvement in the Reynosa Cartel, NCIS leads Rivera into a trap at a safehouse, tricking him into thinking his sister is dead and those responsible are in protective custody. Rivera takes the bait and intends to exact revenge, but ends up fatally shooting his own sister. Meanwhile, Leon Vance, whilst putting the report implicating Gibbs in a place no one will find it, receives a mysterious text message from Eli David, Director of Mossad claiming "I found him".
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 164
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Worst Nightmare
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|9|28}}
|ProdCode = 802
|ShortSummary = A teenage girl is kidnapped from her middle school on the Quantico marine base, prompting NCIS to investigate. Nicholas Mason, the missing girl's grandfather (William Devane), complicates matters when he arranges a ransom drop without informing NCIS. While the team are working to find out the identity of the kidnapper and motive, Gibbs is worried Mason will take the law into his own hands and potentially cause more damage. Using an elaborate ploy, the team manages to trick the kidnapper into revealing where he was hiding the girl and arrest him. Meanwhile, three interns are assigned to NCIS; Abby is suspicious after her last assistant's (Chip Sterling in Season 3) attempt to kill her, Palmer feels ineffective after Ducky bonds with his intern, and McGee must contend with an intern who shows no interest in law enforcement or field work at all.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 165
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Short Fuse
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|10|5}}
|ProdCode = 803
|ShortSummary = NCIS responds to an emergency phone call after Heather Dempsey, a Marine bomb technician, shoots and kills an intruder in her home. Dempsey initially evades the investigation, but the team quickly find evidence she was not alone at the time. Her lover is revealed to be a senior FBI agent; the intruder a hit man. They learn that Dempsey's brother was shot and paralyzed by a man named Abbott in a gang war, and that the FBI lover recommended protective custody for him after he testified to escape jail time. Dempsey started a relationship with the agent to learn Abbott's new identity and location. When he learned that Dempsey was searching for him, Abbott hired the hitman to kill her before she could kill him. Because hiring the hitman was not part of his immunity deal, Abbott is arrested. Meanwhile, Tony is excited to be chosen as the face of NCIS' new recruitment campaign, but Director Vance decides Gibbs promotes the qualities NCIS is looking for more than Tony does.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 166
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Royals and Loyals
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Reed Steiner
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|10|12}}
|ProdCode = 804
|ShortSummary = The team is involved in an international incident as they investigate the murder of an American petty officer whose case is connected with a Royal Navy ship. Complications ensue when someone tries to get the ship to depart before NCIS can properly investigate. They discover that the murder was over a large amount of stolen CIA money, used to pay off warlords and dictators in Afghanistan. At first, the team suspects that the Royal Navy liaison officer is responsible, but quickly find out that he is actually an MI6 agent who was framed for the theft. With his help, they track down the real culprit, the corrupt CIA handler who was in charge of the money.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 167
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Dead Air
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|10|19}}
|ProdCode = 805
|ShortSummary = The team investigates the death of a radio DJ and a naval officer who were both killed live on air, and their job becomes more difficult by the discovery of various suspects. While searching for the murderer, they inadvertently uncover a large domestic terrorist group composed mostly of wealthy homeowners living in a gated community. The terrorist group feel that America should be spending more money defending itself rather than on foreign wars, and attempted to recruit the DJ to their cause. When the DJ refused, they had him killed to silence him. The NCIS team raids the community and arrests all of the members, only to find out that they have something much more sinister planned.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 168
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Cracked
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Nicole Mirante-Matthews
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|10|26}}
|ProdCode = 806
|ShortSummary = The NCIS team investigate the death of a Navy researcher who was hit by a bus in the middle of a busy street. They are surprised to find that her entire body is covered in elaborate chemical formulae, but begin to suspect her death was nothing more than an accident after finding evidence that she was becoming increasingly paranoid. Recognizing the researcher as a kindred spirit because they share similar thought processes, Abby becomes fixated on solving her equations and vows to finish the work that the victim originally started. Unfortunately her new-found obsession soon begins driving a wedge between her and the rest of the team but thanks to Gibbs and the victim's mother, Abby eventually regains her priorities and resumes working on the case. As the team discover that the researcher was being poisoned, Abby deduces that the formula is a method of converting bacteria into fuel. The trail leads back to a jealous co-worker, who poisoned the researcher in order to take her job.
Meanwhile, Tony's latest fling causes trouble when she suggests role playing, but refuses to tell Tony what she has in mind. Her fantasy is later revealed to be Tony Manero from Saturday Night Fever, evidenced by a very uncomfortable Tony attempting to sneak out of the Navy yard in a white disco suit.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 169
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Broken Arrow
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|9}}
|ProdCode = 807
|ShortSummary = When investigating a murder of a former Navy Commander and friend of Vice Admiral Chase, the team stumbles across a piece of an old nuclear bomb that had been lost during the Cold War. Because the victim had connections to Tony's father, they track him down and question him. Eventually, much to Tony's annoyance, Gibbs recruits DiNozzo Sr. to use his contacts to infiltrate a private party attended by arms dealers. They discover that the CEO of a salvage company stumbled across the nuclear bomb and plans to sell it on the black market. The CEO is arrested, and both DiNozzos finally reconcile their differences with one another.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 170
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Enemies Foreign
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|16}}
|ProdCode = 808
|ShortSummary = The team is designated to protect Eli David (Mossad Director & Ziva's father) during a NCIS conference. They must deal with three Palestinian terrorists trying to kill him. The episode ends on a cliffhanger when, after an attack by the terrorists at the conference apparently fails, Vance and David go to a safe house. Gibbs cannot reach them on the radio and Officer Hadar is shown to be lying dead at the safe house.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 171
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Enemies Domestic
|DirectedBy = Mark Horowitz
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|11|23}}
|ProdCode = 809
|ShortSummary = Gibbs arrives at the scene to find Hadar dead, Vance critically injured, and Eli missing. Eventually, the team tracks down Eli, who had gone into hiding to elude his assassins. They then deduce that the man who planted the bomb is an insider at NCIS. During the episode, Gibbs revisits Operation Trident, Vance's first job with NIS and when he met Eli David. Gibbs originally comes to the conclusion that Eli tried to have Vance killed during the op by tipping off his primary target: a Soviet operative called the Russian. When Eli is found, it is revealed that Vance and Eli had actually worked together during the op to stop the Russian and his hit team which was the career builder for Vance. The insider in NCIS was the same person who mounted the operation in Amsterdam and whose plan was foiled by Vance and Eli. It is revealed that the insider is Riley McAllister, former head of the San Diego field office, and that he mounted the operation so that his area of expertise, Russia, would come back into a post-Cold War play which would have allowed him to become Director. He had hired the Russian, the same man that he later sent Gibbs to assassinate in Paris along with Jenny Shepard, to kill Vance and he had set up the bomb at the safe house to have revenge on Vance and Eli. He then tries to kill Vance in his hospital room but Vance stabs him with a knife that Gibbs had given him to defend himself. Before he returns to Israel, Eli makes peace with Ziva.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 172
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = False Witness
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|12|14}}
|ProdCode = 810
|ShortSummary = The NCIS team investigates the disappearance of a Navy Petty Officer who is the sole witness in an upcoming murder trial. Meanwhile, Ziva and McGee attempt to discover the reason for Tony's strange behavior.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 173
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Ships in the Night
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Reed Steiner & Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|01|11}}
|ProdCode = 811
|ShortSummary = Gibbs and the NCIS team partner with Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) Agent Abigail Borin to investigate the murder of a Marine First Lieutenant on a dinner cruise. The team learns of the victim's wealth, opening up new lines of investigation. The victim was the heir of a multimillion dollar corporation, and was intending to use his ownership to turn the corporation into a charity organization. Piecing together the clues, the team discovers that the victim's death was the result of a conspiracy between his sister, the family lawyer, and the corporation's CFO. Later, one of the victim's squadmates, who is also a lawyer, arrives at NCIS to deliver his last will and testament, which was intended to carry out the victim's wishes to reform his company.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 174
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Recruited
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|01|18}}
|ProdCode = 812
|ShortSummary = A petty officer's recruitment session at a college fair comes to a fatal end, prompting the NCIS team to solve his murder. The team learns of the petty officer's homosexuality, leading Gibbs to classify the murder as a possible hate crime. Ducky's predecessor at NCIS, Dr. Walter Magnus (Bob Newhart), pays a visit. The team tracks down several suspects, but Gibbs eventually figures out that the killer was the father of one of the students the petty officer was advising. The father did not realize the petty officer was trying to help his son deal with his homosexuality, and feared he was attempting to start a relationship with him.
Meanwhile, Magnus reveals the true reason for his visit; he is suffering from Alzheimer's disease and he was hoping that coming back to NCIS would help him regain his memories. To help Magnus, Ducky with McGee aiding him gives Magnus a collection of pictures of all of the people Magnus had helped during his time in NCIS.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 175
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Freedom
|DirectedBy = Craig Ross, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Nicole Mirante-Matthews
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|2|1}}
|ProdCode = 813
|ShortSummary = The team investigates the death of a marine, which reveals that his wife has been abused.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 176
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = A Man Walks Into a Bar...
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|2|8}}
|ProdCode = 814
|ShortSummary = A naval commander is found dead in his rack aboard ship, apparently murdered. The NCIS team investigates while having to deal with mandatory psychological evaluations conducted by Dr. Rachel Cranston, who is eventually revealed to be the older sister of their former colleague and friend, Agent Caitlin Todd. It is discovered that the commander had actually committed suicide due to facing mandatory retirement and having no life other than the Navy. His colleagues had disguised the suicide out of respect for him.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 177
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Defiance
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|2|15}}
|ProdCode = 815
|ShortSummary = A botched assassination attempt in Belgravia forces NCIS to protect the Defense Minister's daughter Adriana, who is studying in the U.S. While the team is busy guarding Adriana, Gibbs attempts to investigate the death of the Marine who was killed protecting the minister. Meanwhile, Adriana begins developing a crush on McGee, but she is suddenly kidnapped by two armed attackers. Furious at their failure, Vance orders the team to solve the case in 48 hours or he will take McGee and Dinozzo's badges. The team discovers that Adriana, who disagreed with her father's policies, arranged her own kidnapping to pressure him. However, one of the conspirators becomes greedy and decides to hold her for ransom. Fortunately, the team is able to rescue her, but are unable to arrest her for her role in the plot due to diplomatic immunity. McGee is left to wonder if Adriana really did have feelings for him or if it was all just an act.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 178
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Kill Screen
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Steven D. Binder
Story by: Steven Kriozere
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|2|22}}
|ProdCode = 816
|ShortSummary = The discovery of some extracted teeth and dismembered digits in a purse results in an NCIS investigation when they are identified as belonging to a Marine. As the team tries to track down the killer, an investigator from an electronic security firm arrives, having traced the source of a number of computer hackings to NCIS. This makes McGee nervous as he had regularly illegally hacked into government computers under Gibbs' orders. The team manages to track down Maxine (guest star Beth Riesgraf), who is the dead Marine's girlfriend and is an avid gamer and computer expert. She begins to take a liking to McGee. However, McGee tries to maintain his distance due to the events in "Defiance". She reveals that she had accidentally uncovered some sort of encrypted code in an MMORPG which turns out to be a program capable of hacking the Pentagon. The team tracks down the programmer responsible and shuts down his program, but he is found dead. Gibbs and McGee deduce that the investigator that arrived earlier was behind the killings, since news of such a threat to American security could ruin his career. Later, DiNozzo manipulates events to get McGee to start dating Maxine.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 179
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = One Last Score
|DirectedBy = Michael Weatherly
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|1}}
|ProdCode = 817
|ShortSummary = NCIS discovers that one of its former investigative assistants found brutally stabbed to death was selling details for how to rob a warehouse full of valuable possessions.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 180
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Out of the Frying Pan
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Reed Steiner & Christopher J. Waild
Story by: Leon Carroll, Jr.
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|22}}
|ProdCode = 818
|ShortSummary = Director Vance has Gibbs and his team assigned to the case of a drug-addicted teenager accused of patricide. Gibbs begins to question Vance's motives when the NCIS team begin to find inconsistencies in the investigation that lead him to believe his suspect is innocent. Tensions between Gibbs and Vance – fuelled by budget cuts and re-assignments in previous episodes – come to a head when Vance admits the victim was a close friend. After a lengthy investigation, NCIS discover that the boy's runaway mother had recently tried to re-enter his life, and killed his father in a rage when he refused to let the two meet.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 181
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Tell-All
|DirectedBy = Kevin Rodney Sullivan
|WrittenBy = Andrew Bartels
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|29}}
|ProdCode = 819
|ShortSummary = A dying message from a naval officer attached to the Defense Intelligence Agency leads Gibbs' team in search of a manuscript containing military information. As the team investigates further, they find the body of a murdered FBI agent, and discover that both victims were involved in the writing of a book exposing secret anti-terrorist operations. However, the team is forced to track down the anonymous author of the book when Navy intelligence officers destroy all copies of the book. With the author's help (who is also a former Marine Lieutenant who was discharged for a failed anti-terrorist operation), they manage to arrest an arms dealer who had stolen a shipment of military weapons, but find out that she wasn't the killer. With this new information, as well as new evidence from Abby, Gibbs deduces that the FBI agent's husband is the killer, since he mistakenly believed that his wife was having an affair. As a minor story, Gibbs gets an invitation to a wedding, and throws it in the bin. Tony spends the entire episode trying to figure out who it is from. It turns out it was from one of his ex-wives (the same wife who married and divorced Fornell).
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 182
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Two-Faced
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Nicole Mirante-Matthews & Reed Steiner
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|5}}
|ProdCode = 820
|ShortSummary = The body of a seaman is found wrapped in plastic and doused with a hospital-grade cleanser, hallmarks of a serial killer known as the "Port-to-Port" killer who kills service personnel when they make landfall. Vance creates a task force to catch the killer, appointing Barrett as lead investigator as she had been tracking the killer since he struck in Rota, Spain. Tensions arise within the MCRT when Gibbs suspects Barret and DiNozzo are sleeping together, compromising the loyalties of the team. Ziva discovers her boyfriend Ray is a secret CIA liaison to NCIS and questions the entire nature of their relationship when she catches him in a lie. After several dead ends and the discovery of another victim (bringing the known total to five), the episode ends with Ziva and DiNozzo in a bar, discovering a human eyeball floating in a glass of gin and tonic sent by an unidentified patron.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 183
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Dead Reflection
|DirectedBy = William Webb
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|12}}
|ProdCode = 821
|ShortSummary = The Major Case Response Team investigates a murder in the Pentagon that was caught on camera. Complications arise when the killer himself is found dead in an apparent car accident, but Ducky claims it was impossible for him to have committed the murder that was caught on tape as he died two days earlier; eventually the team discovers the real killer was using an advanced silicone mask to impersonate the deceased so he could tamper with evidence implicating him in a botched special forces mission. Meanwhile, after trying to figure out the mystery of the eye from "Two-Faced", E.J. and Palmer discover that the eye from the previous episode can open MTAC when scanned, leaving everyone including Gibbs and the team shocked at the revelation.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 184
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Baltimore
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|3}}
|ProdCode = 822
|ShortSummary = Special agent Anthony DiNozzo must dig into his past as a cop at Baltimore Police District when his old partner is murdered.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 185
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Swan Song
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Jesse Stern
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|10}}
|ProdCode = 823
|ShortSummary = While chasing the Port to Port Killer, NCIS is placed on high alert when evidence comes to light that he has infiltrated the Navy Yard. They learn that his latest victim survived because somebody intervened and lost an eye in the process: the team's on-again, off-again enemy, Trent Kort. Kort names the Port to Port Killer as Lt. Jonas Cobb (Kerr Smith), the first member of a CIA assassination team who cracked under inhumane training. Kort was sent to locate Cobb and eliminate him. As the NCIS team close in on Cobb, they suffer a personal tragedy when Mike Franks is killed after attempting to apprehend him. With Cobb injured, armed and unaccounted for, Gibbs confronts Leon Vance over his decisions in recent weeks. Vance admits that the decision to put E.J. Barrett in charge of the case came from higher up. Gibbs realizes that Cobb identifies with him, and is likely targeting E.J. The episode ends with E.J. ignoring Vance's orders and attempting to apprehend Cobb. However, Cobb ambushes E.J. and they both get into a struggle, which E.J. begins to slowly lose.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 8)
|EpisodeNumber = 186
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Pyramid
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|17}}
|ProdCode = 824
|ShortSummary = Having finally learned the identity of the Port-to-Port killer after the death of Mike Franks, Gibbs and his team prepare for the worst when he makes his final strike close to the heart of NCIS, leading Ziva into a trap. When Ziva is found by McGee, DiNozzo, Gibbs and Ray Cruz, she reveals that it was misdirection while the killer, Lt. Jonas Cobb, infiltrates NCIS to target the people he holds responsible for turning him into a killer as a part of "Operation Frankenstein": Leon Vance, Trent Kort and the Secretary of the Navy. Everything he has done since killing his first victim in Spain has been with the sole intention of finding them – but knowing that the Secretary of the Navy is under twenty-four-hour protection, Cobb changes tactics and instead targets E.J. Barrett who is not only the person who has been investigating him from the beginning of his killing spree, but is also the Secretary of the Navy's niece. The NCIS team are able to track Cobb back to the facility where he was put through his training and is seen "training" Trent Kort, Jimmy Palmer and Barrett. He claims he only ever did what he thought was right, but refuses to surrender and is shot and killed by Gibbs and Vance. The Secretary of the Navy resigns over the affair, Trent Kort goes into hiding in Israel and Mike Franks is given a military funeral in a coffin built by Gibbs. The episode ends with the new Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis (Matt Craven) giving DiNozzo a classified assignment to "handle" an unknown person and informing him that an NCIS agent is suspected of selling classified information.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 187
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Nature of the Beast
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|9|20}}
|ProdCode = 901
|ShortSummary = Tony is shot and unable to remember what it was all about. He must work together with Gibbs and Dr. Cranston to identify the attacker.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 188
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Restless
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|9|27}}
|ProdCode = 902
|ShortSummary = A Marine named Thomas Hill collapses at his homecoming party, having been drugged and stabbed before arriving. As the NCIS team start digging through his past, they discover Hill's adopted younger sister is a twenty-seven-year-old serial con-artist who runs away from her foster families shortly before her "eighteenth" birthday and has a dark secret behind her scam. Meanwhile, Tony begins to feel remorse for schoolyard bullying during his time at boarding school and enlists McGee's help in making amends. However, by the end of the episode, it is revealed that Tony was the victim of bullying and not the perpetrator.
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|EpisodeNumber = 189
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = The Penelope Papers
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Nicole Mirante-Matthews
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|10|04}}
|ProdCode = 903
|ShortSummary = NCIS is assigned the case of Paul Booth, a Navy lieutenant who is shot dead in a park after talking to his pregnant wife. During the process, McGee's business card from his days in Norfolk is found in the victim's pocket, leaving McGee confused as he has no knowledge of ever meeting the victim. Booth was a friend of McGee's maternal grandmother, Penelope Langston, who developed a research project for the military known as the ANAX Principle before the outbreak of the Vietnam War. The ANAX Principle was then shut down for four decades before being restarted. It uses specially bred caterpillars as the basis of a genetically engineered/Biomechanical plague. Booth's killer is revealed as Max Ellswood, one of the original researchers of the ANAX Principle, who killed the lieutenant when Booth planned to reveal the program to the press. At the end of the episode, McGee and his grandmother speak of how Gibbs reminds them of McGee's father. McGee ultimately decides to call his dad whom he hasn't spoken to in seven years. Meanwhile, Jimmy Palmer struggles with plans for his upcoming wedding.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 190
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Enemy on the Hill
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|10|11}}
|ProdCode = 904
|ShortSummary = The NCIS team must protect a Navy Lt. Cmdr. when they discover an assassin is trying to kill him. Abby decides to donate her kidney.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 191
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Safe Harbor
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Reed Steiner & Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|10|18}}
|ProdCode = 905
|ShortSummary = Abigail Borin returns to NCIS when a U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer, Cooper, is shot while inspecting an incoming vessel. The NCIS team discover that a Lebanese family seeking asylum has stowed away on the boat. As Ziva begins to bond with the family, evidence emerges that Cooper was shot with ammunition sold to the Lebanese government, and Gibbs begins to suspect a political connection. NCIS discover that Cooper was killed in order to force the vessel to dock at Norfolk, where a bomb on board would be detonated, destroying half the Norfolk naval base. The plot was masterminded by Hakim, one of the asylum seekers, as revenge for the death of his sister during an air strike during the Lebanese Civil War. However, his mother successfully manages to talk him down.
Meanwhile, concerned that he is lonely, the team tries to find the perfect girlfriend for Gibbs, but once they decide on a candidate, Gibbs revealed that he had already dated her, but broke up because "perfect is boring". He also makes clear that he is not lonely, telling Ziva that he sees her as his "kid" and that as a result he could never be lonely.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 192
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Thirst
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|10|25}}
|ProdCode = 906
|ShortSummary = An NCIS case changes from accidental death to murder when evidence reveals that a Navy lieutenant died of forced over-hydration. The team discovered that the victim, Jason Simms, had been drugged with ecstasy, causing severe dehydration; this led him to over-hydrate, causing water toxification. When a second victim, Alcott, is found bound to a tree and also dead by way of water toxification, NCIS realize that both Simms and Alcott had failed marriages, and had been members of outreach programs and targeted by a serial killer.
Meanwhile, Gibbs meets Ducky's new love interest, Mary, a woman he met online. McGee realizes that Mary is connected to the same program as Jason and Alcott, and is responsible for their deaths. Ducky is disturbed by his misplaced judgement of Mary, feeling guilty that he did not see her deception sooner.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 193
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Devil's Triangle
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder & Reed Steiner
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|11|01}}
|ProdCode = 907
|ShortSummary = Gibbs and Fornell are approached by their mutual ex-wife, Diane, when her current husband disappears under suspicious circumstances. The case causes a stir within the NCIS team and they all attempt to find out about Gibbs' past life, much to his irritation.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 194
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Engaged (Part I)
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|11|08}}
|ProdCode = 908
|ShortSummary = A C-130 carrying the bodies of Marines killed in Afghanistan crashes. The team is stretched to the maximum as NCIS is given twenty-four hours to identify the bodies before they are released to their families, but complications arise when one of the bodies cannot be identified, and 1st Lt Gabriella Flores, a Marine who was supposedly killed in an attack on a local school-building project, remains unaccounted for. Accessing satellite footage of the bombing, the team realize that Flores is still alive, having tried to save two young girls – but moments later, she is captured by insurgents. McGee and Abby deduce that some of the teachers in Flores' school-building project are actually female insurgents and Taliban-sympathizers sent undercover by a small but highly organized terrorist cell to infiltrate the school. The episode ends with NCIS preparing a rescue mission to save Flores. The case affects the team on a more personal level, especially Gibbs, who reminisces about his time in the Marine Corps.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 195
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Engaged (Part II)
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|11|15}}
|ProdCode = 909
|ShortSummary = Gibbs and Ziva travel to Afghanistan in search of Gabriella Flores. Flores is successfully rescued, but her commanding officer is killed in the process. Back in Washington, Tony discovers that the woman who held Flores hostage has a brother, a university student based locally, and both are members of the same terrorist group. The team continue interrogating the siblings but to no avail. Gibbs, with some help from Vance, takes matters into his own hands as the team races against time to find out the terrorists' next move. DiNozzo attempts to conquer one of his phobias while Gibbs relives a painful memory from his days as a young recruit.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 196
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Sins of the Father
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|11|22}}
|ProdCode = 910
|ShortSummary = Tony's father awakes to find a dead body in car trunk and has no memory of the previous night. Tony is sidelined during the investigation, much to his annoyance. After clearing DiNozzo Sr., the team must find out who drugged him and why. The episode ends with both DiNozzos spending Thanksgiving at Gibbs' house.
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|EpisodeNumber = 197
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Newborn King
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|13}}
|ProdCode = 911
|ShortSummary = When a Navy captain is killed in a hotel room, NCIS must track down and protect his very pregnant companion from unknown assailants. The team has to contend with terrible weather conditions and having to work on Christmas Eve while back at headquarters, Jimmy is frustrated by his difficult future father-in-law.
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|EpisodeNumber = 198
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Housekeeping
|DirectedBy = Terrence O’Hara
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|1|3}}
|ProdCode = 912
|ShortSummary = The investigation of a Navy Commander's murder leads the team to E.J. Barrett to reopen their investigation into Agent Stratton.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 199
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = A Desperate Man
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = Nicole Mirante-Matthews
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|1|10}}
|ProdCode = 913
|ShortSummary = NCIS investigates the death of a Navy lieutenant whose body was found at a construction site.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 200
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Life Before His Eyes
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|02|07}}
|ProdCode = 914
|ShortSummary = During a routine stop in a diner for his morning coffee, Gibbs finds himself shot. He then suddenly finds himself inside a spectral version of the diner where he sees various characters from the past and present, both living and dead.
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|EpisodeNumber = 201
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Secrets
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|02|14}}
|ProdCode = 915
|ShortSummary = When a Navy Captain is found dead with an unusual costume under his uniform, Tony must work with his ex-fiancée to find the killer.
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|EpisodeNumber = 202
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Psych Out
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Reed Steiner
Story by: Gary Glasberg & Reed Steiner
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|02|21}}
|ProdCode = 916
|ShortSummary = Dr. Robert Banks, a prominent Navy psychologist, is found dead from an apparent suicide. Gibbs and his team look into the world of psychological warfare when Dr. Samantha Ryan, the head of PsyOps, refuses to answer questions or release information to aid the case.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 203
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Need to Know
|DirectedBy = Michelle MacLaren
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|2|28}}
|ProdCode = 917
|ShortSummary = When Chief Petty Officer Wiley is murdered before he can divulge information about infamous arms dealer Agah Bayar, Gibbs is immediately on the case.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 204
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = The Tell
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|3|20}}
|ProdCode = 918
|ShortSummary = When a shooting occurs at a seminar on Gibbs' and Tony's watch, Gibbs must work together with both Secretary of the Navy (Matt Craven) and Dr. Samantha Ryan (Jamie Lee Curtis) to find out who leaked top secret information and McGee must pit his wits against an elusive and cunning hacker.
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|EpisodeNumber = 205
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = The Good Son
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Nicole Mirante-Matthews & Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|3|27}}
|ProdCode = 919
|ShortSummary = During the investigation into a petty Officer's death, the team is led to Director Vance's Brother-in-law.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 206
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = The Missionary Position
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Allison Abner
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|4|10}}
|ProdCode = 920
|ShortSummary = After the corpse of a Marine lieutenant falls out of the sky, Tony helps Ziva and her mentor, Monique, look for a missing Navy Chaplain in Colombia. Jimmy Palmer chooses his best man for the wedding.
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|EpisodeNumber = 207
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Rekindled
|DirectedBy = Mark Horowitz
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild & Reed Steiner
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|4|17}}
|ProdCode = 921
|ShortSummary = NCIS is called in when the Baltimore Fire Department discovers a stack of classified Navy documents next to a skeleton after putting out a warehouse fire. Tony, a former Baltimore PD detective, returns to his former stomping ground and unexpectedly reunites with someone from his past.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 208
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Playing with Fire
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|5|1}}
|ProdCode = 922
|ShortSummary = In the aftermath of the arson attack aboard the USS Brewer, the NCIS team discovers evidence of it being caused by the same arson explosive from earlier.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 209
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Up in Smoke
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|5|8}}
|ProdCode = 923
|ShortSummary = When a bug is found in Probationary Agent Ned Dorneget's tooth, the team goes full force in the effort to arrest Harper Dearing.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 9)
|EpisodeNumber = 210
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Till Death Do Us Part
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|5|15}}
|ProdCode = 924
|ShortSummary = Jimmy Palmer's wedding plans are derailed when he and his co-workers at NCIS are threatened by terrorism.
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=Season 10 (2012–2013)=
{{Main article|NCIS (season 10)}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 211
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Extreme Prejudice
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|9|25}}
|ProdCode = 1001
|ShortSummary = NCIS and the FBI hunt down Harper Dearing after being ordered by the President to "terminate him with extreme prejudice" while the team struggle to come to terms with the aftermath of the Navy Yard bombing.
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|EpisodeNumber = 212
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Recovery
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|10|2}}
|ProdCode = 1002
|ShortSummary = When the body of an NCIS worker is found months after the bombing, the team tries to determine her role in the attack.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 213
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Phoenix
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|10|9}}
|ProdCode = 1003
|ShortSummary = Whilst on medical leave Ducky begins to have doubts about a case he worked on twelve years previously. After exhuming the body, a link is found with the current case the team are working on, leading Gibbs to place Ducky on point.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 214
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Lost at Sea
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|10|23}}
|ProdCode = 1004
|ShortSummary = When the crew of a helicopter that crashed at sea washes ashore four days after it went down, NCIS are given the task of investigating what happened and, more importantly, why. CGIS agent Abigail Borin is also investigating the crash.
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|EpisodeNumber = 215
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = The Namesake
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|10|30}}
|ProdCode = 1005
|ShortSummary = The violent shooting of a petty officer leads the team to a Medal of Honor recipient who is also the best friend of Gibbs' father.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 216
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Shell Shock (Part I)
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = Nicole Mirante-Matthews
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|11|13}}
|ProdCode = 1006
|ShortSummary = In the first part of a two-part story, a Marine is murdered in a brutal gang bashing and Gibbs must reach out to the only witness, a soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 217
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Shell Shock (Part II)
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|11|20}}
|ProdCode = 1007
|ShortSummary = Concluding the two-part story, Gibbs makes it his personal mission to help a Marine suffering post-traumatic stress disorder to catch a domestic terrorist while the rest of the team race against the clock to find out who the target is.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 218
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Gone
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Scott Williams
Story by: Reed Steiner
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|11|27}}
|ProdCode = 1008
|ShortSummary = The team works to find a missing girl, after a Naval officer is murdered with his daughter, the friend of the missing teenager, as a witness; Ziva takes in the young girl as her mother is overseas.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 219
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Devil's Trifecta
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|12|11}}
|ProdCode = 1009
|ShortSummary = Diane, the ex-wife of Gibbs and Fornell, returns in the middle of an NCIS investigation.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 220
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = You Better Watch Out
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|12|18}}
|ProdCode = 1010
|ShortSummary = The NCIS team investigates the murder of a man found dead by his wife, with evidence leading them towards a cache of uncirculated money. Meanwhile, Tony's father comes to spend Christmas with him.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 221
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Shabbat Shalom
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|1|8}}
|ProdCode = 1011
|ShortSummary = In the first half of a two-part story, a man dressed in a petty officer's uniform is found dead in a lake while Ziva's father Eli is in Washington on a risky mission to bring peace to the Middle East.
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|EpisodeNumber = 222
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Shiva
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Scott Williams
Story by: Christopher J. Waild & Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|1|15}}
|ProdCode = 1012
|ShortSummary = In the conclusion to this two-part story, MCRT search for answers to the killing of Eli David and Jackie Vance by a rogue Mossad operative.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 223
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Hit and Run
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Gina Lucita Monreal
Story by: Gary Glasberg & Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|1|29}}
|ProdCode = 1013
|ShortSummary = The team investigates a car crash where a Marine and a woman are found dead, which makes Abby remember her "first case".
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 224
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Canary
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|2|5}}
|ProdCode = 1014
|ShortSummary = When NCIS capture one of the nation's most-wanted cyberterrorists, they find he is involved in a plot on a much greater scale than they had anticipated.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 225
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Hereafter
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Nicole Mirante-Matthews
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|2|19}}
|ProdCode = 1015
|ShortSummary = A Marine is found dead at a navy base, and the investigation leads Gibbs and his team to an illegal fight club.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 226
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Detour
|DirectedBy = Mario Van Peebles
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|2|26}}
|ProdCode = 1016
|ShortSummary = The team launches a search and rescue operation when Ducky and Palmer are kidnapped on the way back to NCIS headquarters.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 227
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Prime Suspect
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|3|5}}
|ProdCode = 1017
|ShortSummary = Gibbs tries to help clear his barber's son's name after the barber suspects his son may be a murderer. Meanwhile, Tony takes Probationary Agent Ned Dorneget on his first undercover assignment.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 228
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Seek
|RTitle =
|DirectedBy = Michael Weatherly
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|3|19}}
|ProdCode = 1018
|ShortSummary = A widowed Marine wife, whose husband was seemingly killed by a Taliban sniper, asks Gibbs' help to find out the truth. Meanwhile, Vance conducts interviews for a nanny.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 229
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Squall
|RTitle =
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Bill Nuss
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|3|26}}
|ProdCode = 1019
|ShortSummary = The team investigates the death of a navy medical officer aboard a ship that went through a storm. The prime suspect turns out to be a four-star admiral, who is also McGee's estranged father.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 230
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Chasing Ghosts
|RTitle =
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Nicole Mirante-Matthews
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|4|9}}
|ProdCode = 1020
|ShortSummary = While the team takes a missing persons case, Tony is disturbed by Ziva's way of coping with her father's death.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 231
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Berlin
|RTitle =
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams & Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|4|23}}
|ProdCode = 1021
|ShortSummary = Tony puts Ziva before his duties as an agent as she pursues Ilan Bodnar to Germany. However, upon returning to the U.S, Tony and Ziva are left injured in a car accident.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 232
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Revenge
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|4|30}}
|ProdCode = 1022
|ShortSummary = Gibbs defies a direct order from the Department of Defense as the entire NCIS team joins in the search for Bodnar. Ziva, hurt from the car accident, finally has the opportunity to confront Bodnar, and takes revenge for her father's death by killing him.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 233
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Double Blind
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Walid & Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|5|7}}
|ProdCode = 1023
|ShortSummary = NCIS is subject to an investigation from the Department of Defense, questioning their response to the deaths of Eli David and Jackie Vance. Gibbs is accused of concealing evidence and the obstruction of justice.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 10)
|EpisodeNumber = 234
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Damned If You Do
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|5|14}}
|ProdCode = 1024
|ShortSummary = In the aftermath of Gibbs' arrest, the Department of Defense broadens its investigation into NCIS, placing the future of the entire agency in jeopardy.
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=Season 11 (2013–2014)=
{{Main article|NCIS (season 11)}}
- Cote de Pablo as Special Agent (Ziva David) departed the show after the episode "Past, Present, and Future".
- Emily Wickersham as Probationary Special Agent (Eleanor Bishop) is introduced in the episode "Gut Check", and was later promoted to the main cast in the episode "Kill Chain".
- "Crescent City" serves as the two-part pilot for NCIS: New Orleans.
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|EpisodeNumber = 235
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|9|24}}
|ProdCode = 1101
|ShortSummary = A hotel bomb explodes killing Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis and injuring Tom Morrow, with the NCIS team discovering that someone is trying to take them down one by one. Gibbs heads to Tehran to meet with an informant, while Tony books a flight to Tel Aviv to be with Ziva. He is ready to leave when attacked by a sniper. McGee tries to solve the mystery of the bomb's origins.
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|EpisodeNumber = 236
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Past, Present, and Future
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Scott Williams & Gina Lucita Monreal
Story by: Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|10|1}}
|ProdCode = 1102
|ShortSummary = Gibbs and the team continue the hunt for Benham Parsa and his growing terrorist ring while Tony heads to Israel to track down Ziva.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 237
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Under the Radar
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|10|8}}
|ProdCode = 1103
|ShortSummary = The team must seek assistance from Twitter in help to find a missing Navy lieutenant.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 238
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Anonymous Was a Woman
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|10|15}}
|ProdCode = 1104
|ShortSummary = Upon discovering a connection to an Afghan women's shelter that deceased Agent Mike Franks has supported for years, Gibbs and McGee travel to Afghanistan to investigate.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 239
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Once a Crook
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Christopher Silber
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|10|22}}
|ProdCode = 1105
|ShortSummary = DiNozzo returns to his Baltimore Police Department days when he sees a felony suspect from a 15-year-old case at the NCIS crime scene of a murdered petty officer.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 240
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Oil & Water
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|10|29}}
|ProdCode = 1106
|ShortSummary =A suspicious explosion on board an oil rig has NCIS partnering up with the Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS), most notably CGIS Agent Abigail "Abby" Borin. Meanwhile, a mysterious prankster is targeting the NCIS team and no-one is safe from them.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 241
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Better Angels
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|5}}
|ProdCode = 1107
|ShortSummary = The team comes to investigate the death of a Marine sergeant who was apparently killed trying to stop a robbery attempt.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 242
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Alibi
|DirectedBy = Holly Dale
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|12}}
|ProdCode = 1108
|ShortSummary = The team goes out to investigate a fatal hit and run near Quantico.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 243
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Gut Check
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|11|19}}
|ProdCode = 1109
|ShortSummary = The Secretary of the Navy was discovered to have been bugged during a confidential meeting, and the team works with NSA Analyst Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop (Emily Wickersham) to find the person responsible.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 244
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Devil's Triad
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|10}}
|ProdCode = 1110
|ShortSummary = The team investigate the death of a Marine and discover a link between the current boyfriend of Diane Sterling, Gibbs and Tobias Fornell's ex-wife; NSA agent Ellie Bishop struggles to adjust to being a member of the NCIS team.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 245
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Homesick
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|12|17}}
|ProdCode = 1111
|ShortSummary =The holiday mood is ruined when the team is called up by the Naval Medical Research Center and CDC to investigate a potential bioterrorist threat after eight children from Navy and Marine families are hospitalized in the ICU with similar symptoms. The team finds out the outbreak is not a deliberate attack: a returning serviceman accidentally acted as a carrier for a rare African disease, which can be easily treated. Vance finds himself receiving a visit from his estranged father-in-law, who he bears a grudge against for abandoning Jackie when she was young. However, Vance eventually has a change of heart and allows his father-in-law to make amends.
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|EpisodeNumber = 246
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Kill Chain
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Christopher Silber
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|1|7}}
|ProdCode = 1112
|ShortSummary = A stolen drone is later revealed to be linked to the elusive terrorist, Benham Parsa, forcing the NCIS team to join forces with the Department of Defense which brings the team back into contact with retired Lt. Colonel Hollis Mann who is also Gibbs' ex-girlfriend. As such, both teams must track down and recover the device before it is used for a large scale attack. As this happens, McGee is struggling with the possibility of asking for time off as he wants to attend a black-tie gala honoring his girlfriend.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 247
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Double Back
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|1|14}}
|ProdCode = 1113
|ShortSummary = In an attempt to find the terrorist Parsa, Gibbs and the team track down one of Parsa's minions using evidence from the drone attack in "Kill Chain" while McGee is left struggling to come to terms with what happened at the black-tie gala evening. While the team fails to catch Parsa, they do get a clue on where he might have gone.
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|EpisodeNumber = 248
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Monsters and Men
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|2|4}}
|ProdCode = 1114
|ShortSummary = The murder of a port authority officer reveals Parsa's possible whereabouts, as the team continues their tireless hunt. Meanwhile, Bishop reveals her past association with the elusive terrorist.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 249
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Bulletproof
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|2|25}}
|ProdCode = 1115
|ShortSummary = The team examine a crash and soon discover bulletproof vests associated with the United States Marine Corps but the investigation takes a turn after Abby's tests determine that the supposedly safe vests are actually faulty
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 250
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Dressed to Kill
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|04}}
|ProdCode = 1116
|ShortSummary = After meeting his father, DiNozzo confronts a man dressed as a Navy commander. The man runs and is followed by DiNozzo who ultimately shoots and kills him. The only witness is DiNozzo's father.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 251
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Rock and a Hard Place
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|18}}
|ProdCode = 1117
|ShortSummary = The speakers explode in the dressing room of a military charity event but the team realize someone else was targeted deliberately after finding shrapnel from a World War II-era Mark 24 warhead and that it was accidentally triggered earlier than the intended time of detonation. Meanwhile, Jimmy Palmer prepares to become a father and Tony received an unwanted task from his father.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 252
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Crescent City (Part I)
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|3|25}}
|ProdCode = 1118
|ShortSummary = A Congressman is found murdered in New Orleans, Gibbs and his team join forces with Fornell's FBI team and the local NCIS field office. Gibbs reunites with long-time compatriot and friend NCIS Special Agent Dwayne "King" Pride (Scott Bakula). With that, Gibbs and Eleanor Bishop head to New Orleans while DiNozzo and McGee stay in D.C. to work the case with Fornell. Things soon become personal as the Congressman was a former NCIS agent and their contemporary and his murder could possibly be linked to one of their old cases. The episode ends with Gibbs, Pride and Agents Meredith Brody (Zoe McLellan) and Christopher LaSalle (Lucas Black) standing in a square while from a hotel room, the unrevealed killer begins taking surveillance photographs of the NCIS team as Gibbs and Pride look on. This episode is the first part of the NCIS: New Orleans pilot.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 253
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Crescent City (Part II)
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|1}}
|ProdCode = 1119
|ShortSummary = Another victim is found in the wetlands, dead at least two weeks. His throat had been cut with a steel blade and jet fuel is found in tire tracks near his body. Abby calls Gibbs to say the jet fuel matched the fuel found on the car mats belonging to victim Agent Doyle. A suspect, believed to have been obsessed with Congressman McLane and the Privileged Killer case, is also found dead. Gibbs and Pride track the killer, the son of a McClane contributor, Spencer Hanlon (Drew Waters) to a military bar and a nearby cemetery, after Gibbs recalls marble dust also being found in Doyle's car. Gibbs and Pride later kill Hanlon who is in the process of attempting to murder Petty Officer Carla Meade. After solving this case, Pride and his team receive another one while Gibbs waits for Bishop in order to return home while Meredith Brody eventually becomes a permanent member of the NCIS: New Orleans team. This episode is the second part of the NCIS: New Orleans pilot.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 254
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Page Not Found
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|8}}
|ProdCode = 1120
|ShortSummary = When Delilah finds an encrypted email relating to the murder of a Navy lieutenant in Budapest, she is ordered to ignore it but instead she goes to Gibbs and NCIS opens an investigation. The team realizes that there may be more to the case when they run into a CIA agent tailing them. McGee wants to take his relationship with Delilah further and asks her to move in with him.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 255
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Alleged
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|15}}
|ProdCode = 1121
|ShortSummary = A female Navy officer's rape is brought to light when one of her colleagues is accidentally killed in a bar. It turns out her executive officer was responsible for hers and several other rapes.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 256
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Shooter
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|4|29}}
|ProdCode = 1122
|ShortSummary = A Marine photographer who disappeared prior to his testifying at a court martial is later found dead of an apparent drug overdose. The team is confronted with the situation of homeless veterans in the DC area whom the photographer was documenting. Abby decides to help a homeless woman reconnect with her family.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 257
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = The Admiral's Daughter
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Christopher Silber & Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|5|6}}
|ProdCode = 1123
|ShortSummary = Tony is assigned to escort Amanda, the daughter of the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Marseille due to her extravagant partying ways but when he reaches the local NCIS office he finds all the employees and agents dead but he and Amanda find themselves on the run from a rogue French policewoman. The team back home work on a supposedly separate case involving a corpse found in a septic tank at Norfolk with a link to Amanda's father. Things become complicated when Tony discovers that Amanda's party-girl persona was a mere cover for her work with the Defense Clandestine Service.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 11)
|EpisodeNumber = 258
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Honor Thy Father
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg & Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|5|13}}
|ProdCode = 1124
|ShortSummary = The team hunts escapees from Navy vessel which served as a classified detention site for indicted terrorists. Special Agent Gibbs learns of his father Jackson's death as a result of a stroke.
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=Season 12 (2014–2015)=
{{Main article|NCIS (season 12)}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 259
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Twenty Klicks
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg & Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|9|23}}
|ProdCode = 1201
|ShortSummary = Gibbs and McGee escort an NCIS computer engineer with classified information back to the U.S. from Russia. Things go awry when their transport helicopter is shot down over the wilderness of the Kola Peninsula near the Finnish border. The team back at the NCIS field office in Washington, D.C. find themselves having to navigate a diplomatic minefield when the Russian Embassy keeps mum on search and rescue efforts and Abby discovers that the helicopter had been shot down with a Russian missile reportedly stolen by a dangerous group of mercenaries with a personal score to settle.
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|EpisodeNumber = 260
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Kill the Messenger
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|9|30}}
|ProdCode = 1202
|ShortSummary = A lieutenant commander in the United States Navy is murdered before his private meeting with the President of the United States. The team investigates to see if he was another unfortunate victim of a criminal streak or intentionally targeted for valuable information. Director Vance receives some devastating news.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 261
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = So It Goes
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|10|7}}
|ProdCode = 1203
|ShortSummary = Ducky returns to London after a case reveals a connection to his estranged childhood best friend. He is accompanied by Agent Bishop, who helps him interview his friend's family and coworkers. Meanwhile, Ducky recalls the choices he made in the past and the impact they've had on his adult life.
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|EpisodeNumber = 262
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Choke Hold
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|10|14}}
|ProdCode = 1204
|ShortSummary = SECNAV Porter places the NCIS team in a counter-terrorism task force after a Russian scientist attempting to defect to the U.S. is found dead.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 263
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = The San Dominick
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Christopher Silber
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|10|21}}
|ProdCode = 1205
|ShortSummary = Special Agent Gibbs and CGIS Agent Borin discover the body of a man who is a missing crew member from a ship that is 60 nautical miles away. Once aboard the ship, Gibbs realizes that it has been commandeered by pirates, but all is not what it seems.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 264
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Parental Guidance Suggested
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|10|28}}
|ProdCode = 1206
|ShortSummary = A woman whose Navy SEAL husband's name is on a jihadist hit list has been murdered, and the team must figure out if her death was the result of a terrorist attack or something much more sinister. One of Tony's old friends, ATF Special Agent Zoe Keates, is introduced.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 265
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = The Searchers
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|11|11}}
|ProdCode = 1207
|ShortSummary = After the murder of a retired Master Sergeant, NCIS uncovers a fraudulent charity that preys on those searching for missing military personnel. Meanwhile, Bishop agonizes over her probationary exam results.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 266
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Semper Fortis
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Matthew R. Jarrett & Scott J. Jarrett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|11|18}}
|ProdCode = 1208
|Viewers = 18.10{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/11/19/tuesday-final-ratings-the-voice-the-flash-marry-me-adjusted-down/329480/|title=Tuesday Final Ratings: 'The Voice', 'The Flash', & 'Chicago Fire' Adjusted Up; 'Marry Me' Adjusted Down|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|publisher=TV by the Numbers|date=November 19, 2014|accessdate=November 19, 2014}}
|ShortSummary = Gibbs looks for a way to clear a Navy Hospital Corpsman of charges after she has illegally helped the victims of a hit and run. Abby's relationship with Burt hits the 2-month mark.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 267
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Grounded
|DirectedBy = Bethany Rooney
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|11|25}}
|ProdCode = 1209
|ShortSummary = While weather worsens outdoors, DiNozzo, Bishop, and her husband, Jake (Jamie Bamber), are stuck at Dulles Airport working on a case involving a terrorist threat.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 268
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = House Rules
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|12|16}}
|ProdCode = 1210
|ShortSummary = When a DDoS attack crashes the Internet in Washington, D.C., NCIS asks for help from three hackers they had previously encountered: Ajay Khan ("Canary"), Kevin Hussein ("Twenty Klicks"), and Heidi Partridge ("Page Not Found"). The case makes McGee think about Gibbs' rules and his strained relationship with his dying father.
Note: Cote de Pablo, Sasha Alexander, Liza Lapira, Muse Watson, Troian Bellisario and Lauren Holly appear in archive footage.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 269
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Check
|DirectedBy = Alrick Riley
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|1|6}}
|ProdCode = 1211
|ShortSummary =The NCIS team investigate a series of crime scenes that appear to be copycats of previous cases. Surprisingly, two of Gibbs' ex-wives (Diane (Melinda McGraw) and Rebecca (Jeri Ryan)) show up at one of the crime scenes to discuss something important with him. Dire consequences follow.
Note: Lauren Holly and Muse Watson appear in archive footage.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 270
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = The Enemy Within
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|1|13}}
|ProdCode = 1212
|ShortSummary = NCIS hunts down a homegrown terrorist after a rescue mission in Syria reveals that an American was involved in the kidnapping of a social worker. McGee and Bishop question Tony's recent habits as ATF Special Agent Zoe Keates returns to work the case and turns out to be his girlfriend. Meanwhile, Tobias Fornell is struggling with the loss of Diane and raising Emily alone.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 271
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = We Build, We Fight
|DirectedBy = Rocky Carroll
|WrittenBy = Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|2|3}}
|ProdCode = 1213
|ShortSummary = The team's investigation into an Officer's death leads to the discovery that he was gay, and the investigation gets Hollis Mann involved when the victim was being considered for the Medal of Honor. Meanwhile, Breena goes into labor and gives birth to a daughter: Victoria Elizabeth Palmer.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 272
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Cadence
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Christopher Silber
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|2|10}}
|ProdCode = 1214
|ShortSummary = When a Marine private is found dead, the investigation leads Tony and Bishop to the private's former school (and also Tony's), where they discover some dark secrets lurking in the academy. Bishop and Jake ask Gibbs, Tony, and McGee to dinner.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 273
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Cabin Fever
|DirectedBy = Bethany Rooney
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|2|17}}
|ProdCode = 1215
|ShortSummary = When an explosion at a summit for global terror results in the death of a Navy Petty Officer, the NCIS team investigates. Gibbs later opts to sit out for the duration of the case to help Fornell, who is on the verge of self-destruction following the death of his wife. Eventually, the NCIS team discovers that Sergei Mishnev is the half-brother of deceased terrorist, Ari Haswari. Sergei's regime of terror eventually comes to an end when he is shot dead, this time at Fornell's hands.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 274
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Blast from the Past
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = David J. North
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|2|24}}
|ProdCode = 1216
|ShortSummary = When a murder victim is discovered to have an ID that Gibbs used for undercover operations 20 years earlier, the investigation leads to the discovery that several former undercover IDs have been leaked for use by Serbian intelligence.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 275
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = The Artful Dodger
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|3|10}}
|ProdCode = 1217
|ShortSummary = Following the murder of a lieutenant in an Admiral's office, the team's investigation leads them to tracking down a painting that contains a listening device planted by terrorists. Tony's father returns after his fiancee left him and soon joins the case.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 276
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Status Update
|DirectedBy = Holly Dale
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|3|24}}
|ProdCode = 1218
|ShortSummary = After a thief is murdered in a Marine's home, the team's investigation leads them to a joint effort with the DOD and Delilah to hunt down a terrorist.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 277
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Patience
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|3|31}}
|ProdCode = 1219
|ShortSummary = When a supposed petty officer and a woman he is transporting are murdered, the team's investigation leads Gibbs and Tony to bring in McGee and Bishop on a cold case they have been working years on – an unsolved bombing from 1979, and the current case may help them not only prove who was responsible, but where the bomber is.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 278
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = No Good Deed
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|4|7}}
|ProdCode = 1220
|ShortSummary = When a Marine is discovered to have been shot with a weapon gone missing from an ATF sting, NCIS discovers the victim had been pursuing a woman abducted by a rogue ATF informant. Meanwhile, things get complicated with Tony when his father comes back down to meet Zoe.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 279
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Lost in Translation
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|4|14}}
|ProdCode = 1221
|ShortSummary = After a Marine captain is found tortured and killed, the team's investigation leads them to an Afghani citizen who worked as a translator for the deceased, and his brother who is a ruthless Taliban operative. Bishop's past comes to light when she and Gibbs travel to Afghanistan.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 280
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Troll
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|4|28}}
|ProdCode = 1222
|ShortSummary = When a Navy computer tech officer working for ONI is found dead, her throat having been cut, the team reunites with Ned Dorneget to investigate her computer activity and their investigation soon leads them to a rough intersection with NSA and then to something even bigger – a terrorist organization recruiting youths. Gibbs later attempts to convince one young teenager to surrender, but the teenager later ends up committing suicide by setting off a bomb that causes a huge fiery explosion, ending the episode in a cliffhanger.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 281
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = The Lost Boys
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|5|5}}
|ProdCode = 1223
|ShortSummary = NCIS search for a terrorist organization known as "The Calling", a group that recruits young children and teenagers through the Internet, while the agency itself suffers a tragedy when Agent Ned Dorneget is killed in an explosion at a hotel in Cairo, Egypt.
Note: Lauren Holly and Sasha Alexander appear in CGI footage; Jessica Steen, Tim Kelleher and Muse Watson make cameo appearances.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 12)
|EpisodeNumber = 282
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Neverland
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|5|12}}
|ProdCode = 1224
|ShortSummary = In the aftermath of the terrorist attack that killed Agent Ned Dorneget, NCIS continue searching for members of the Calling, a terrorist organization that recruits teenagers through the Internet. The episode ends in a cliffhanger when teenager Luke Harris shoots Gibbs in the chest, which leaves Gibbs' fate unknown.
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=Season 13 (2015–2016)=
{{Main article|NCIS (season 13)}}
- Michael Weatherly (Anthony DiNozzo) departed the series after the season finale "Family First".
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|EpisodeNumber = 283
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Stop the Bleeding
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg & Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|9|22}}
|ProdCode = 1301
|Viewers = 18.19{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/09/23/tuesday-final-ratings-the-voice-ncis-limitless-best-time-ever-adjusted-down/470718/|title=Tuesday Final Ratings: 'The Voice', 'NCIS', 'Limitless' and 'The Muppets' Adjusted Up; 'Best Time Ever' Adjusted Down |last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=September 23, 2015|accessdate=September 23, 2015}}
|ShortSummary = In the aftermath of Gibbs being shot, he is brought to the U.S.S. Daniel Webster, where he is treated by Navy Doctor Cyril Taft (Jon Cryer). As the team waits for news on Gibbs' current condition, DiNozzo and CIA officer Joanna Teague travel to China to dismantle the Calling. Gibbs eventually survives his surgery and subsequently returns to active duty while forming a strong friendship with Dr. Taft while Tony personally tracks down and kills the leader of the Calling, Daniel Budd (Giles Matthey).
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|EpisodeNumber = 284
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Personal Day
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|9|29}}
|ProdCode = 1302
|Viewers = 16.53{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/09/30/tuesday-final-ratings-the-voice-ncis-adjusted-up-best-time-ever-adjusted-down/474416/|title=Tuesday Final Ratings: 'The Voice', + 'NCIS', Adjusted Up; 'Best Time Ever' Adjusted Down |last=Dixon|first=Dani|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=September 30, 2015|accessdate=September 30, 2015}}
|ShortSummary =Gibbs assigns the team to assist DEA agent Luis Mitchell tackle a cold case involving a drug dealer while DiNozzo discovers Mitchell and Gibbs share a tragic past.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 285
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Incognito
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|6}}
|ProdCode = 1303
|Viewers = 16.87{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/10/07/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-6-2015/477169/|title=Tuesday Final Ratings: 'The Muppets', 'NCIS' and 'Scream Queens' Adjusted Up; 'Flash' and 'iZombie' Hold |last=Porter|first=Rick|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=October 7, 2015|accessdate=October 7, 2015}}
|ShortSummary = When a Marine who had information concerning a case is found dead, the NCIS team investigates, prompting McGee and Bishop to go undercover as a military couple.
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|EpisodeNumber = 286
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Double Trouble
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|13}}
|ProdCode = 1304
|Viewers = 16.04{{cite news|last1=Porter|first1=Rick|title=Tuesday final ratings: 'The Flash' and 'NCIS' adjusted up, 'Chicago Fire' holds|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/10/14/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-13-2015/478601/|accessdate=October 14, 2015|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=October 14, 2015}}
|ShortSummary = When a murder case is connected to a former NCIS agent who Director Vance locked up for stealing evidence years ago, he partners with Gibbs and returns to field duty only to realize why he decided to give it up.
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|EpisodeNumber = 287
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Lockdown
|RTitle =
|DirectedBy = Bethany Rooney
|WrittenBy = Stephen D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|20}}
|ProdCode = 1305
|Viewers = 17.21{{cite web|last=Porter|first=Rick|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/10/14/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-13-2015/478601|title=Tuesday final ratings: 'NCIS' and 'Limitless' adjusted up, 'Chicago Fire' adjusted down|accessdate=October 21, 2015|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=October 21, 2015}}
|ShortSummary = Abby is trapped with little to no communication to the outside world while visiting a pharmaceutical lab during a murder investigation after armed men take over the building and hold everyone hostage.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 288
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Viral
|DirectedBy = Rocky Carroll
|WrittenBy = Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|27}}
|ProdCode = 1306
|Viewers = 16.81{{cite news|last1=Porter |first1=Rick |title=Tuesday final ratings: 'Fresh Off the Boat,' 'The Flash' and 'NCIS' adjust up, 'Wicked City' stays under 1.0 |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/10/28/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-27-2015/480890/ |accessdate=October 28, 2015 |work=TV by the Numbers |publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures |date=October 28, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6ccrupIOs?url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/10/28/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-27-2015/480890/ |archivedate=October 28, 2015 }}
|ShortSummary = The NCIS team must determine if a murder of a petty officer is the murderer's latest victim or the work of a copycat when the murder matches the M.O. of a local serial killer while McGee and Delilah must learn to compromise before moving in together.
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|EpisodeNumber = 289
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = 16 Years
|DirectedBy = Mark Horowitz
|WrittenBy = Brendan Fehily
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|03}}
|ProdCode = 1307
|Viewers = 17.97{{cite news|last1=Porter|first1=Rick|title=Tuesday final ratings: 'Fresh Off the Boat' and 'Best Time Ever' adjust up|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/11/04/tuesday-final-ratings-fresh-off-the-boat-and-best-time-ever-adjust-up/|accessdate=November 4, 2015|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=November 4, 2015}}
|ShortSummary = The NCIS team investigates a murder case of a retired Navy Lieutenant Commander which opens up a convicted murderer's case. Ducky is forced to reveal his participation in a secret society that solves cold cases and related to the murder.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 290
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Saviors
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|10}}
|ProdCode = 1308
|Viewers = 16.68{{cite news|last1=Porter|first1=Rick|title=Tuesday final ratings: 'Chicago Fire' adjusts down, 'NCIS' adjusts up|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/11/11/tuesday-final-ratings-nov-10-2015/|accessdate=November 11, 2015|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=November 11, 2015}}
|ShortSummary = When insurgents in South Sudan attack a group of volunteer doctors, Special Agent Stan Burley asks the team for help and DiNozzo is reunited with his ex-girlfriend Jeanne Benoit. DiNozzo and McGee travel to the crime scene for the joint murder and kidnapping case then join the search for the missing doctors. When Gibbs faints, Dr. Cyril Taft does tests on him to see what is wrong. Gibbs wonders if he should talk about what happened to him.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 291
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Day In Court
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|17}}
|ProdCode = 1309
|Viewers = 16.59{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/11/18/tuesday-final-ratings-nov-17-2015/|title=Tuesday final ratings: 'Flash' and 'NCIS' adjust up, 'Chicago Med' premiere holds|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=November 18, 2015|accessdate=November 18, 2015|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures}}
|ShortSummary = A petty officer volunteers to be court-martialed in order to clear his own name if the NCIS team agrees to conduct its own investigation after his murder case is dismissed due to a mishandled warrant. Bishop and Jake discuss their marital problems before she finds out he has been cheating on her.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 292
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Blood Brothers
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Jennifer Corbett
Story by: Gary Glasberg & Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|24}}
|ProdCode = 1310
|Viewers = 16.19{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/11/25/tuesday-final-ratings-nov-24-2015/|title=Tuesday final ratings: 'NCIS' adjusts up, everything else steady|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=November 25, 2015|accessdate=November 25, 2015}}
|ShortSummary = When the two siblings of a leukemia-stricken sailor are killed in action, the NCIS team works with Fornell to find the sailor's only remaining sibling (who is currently undercover in a counterfeiting ring) and a potential donor. Meanwhile, Bishop goes back to Oklahoma for Thanksgiving after learning of Jake's infidelity.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 293
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Spinning Wheel
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|12|15}}
|ProdCode = 1311
|Viewers = 15.53{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/12/16/tuesday-final-ratings-dec-15-2015/|title=Tuesday final ratings: 'NCIS: New Orleans' adjusts up, 'Voice' finale holds|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=December 16, 2015|accessdate=December 17, 2015}}
|ShortSummary = When Ducky is attacked by a man who claims he has information on Ducky's half-brother (who allegedly died many years ago), the NCIS team jumps into action to find the man responsible. Bishop and Jake meet to discuss their future.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 294
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Sister City (Part I)
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|1|5}}
|ProdCode = 1312
|Viewers = 18.97{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/01/06/tuesday-final-ratings-jan-5-2016/|title=Tuesday final ratings: 'NCIS' and 'NCIS: New Orleans' adjust up|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=January 6, 2015|accessdate=January 6, 2016}}
|ShortSummary = After five people are found dead on a civilian passenger jet in flight, the team investigates how they died. However, the case takes a spin when Dwayne Pride calls and reveals that one of the passengers was Luca Sciuto, Abby's brother, leaving the team trying to figure out not only where Luca is, but if he was involved in the attack. Meanwhile Tony confirms that he and Zoe have broken up. This episode concludes on NCIS: New Orleans in "Sister City, Part II".
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 295
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Déjà Vu
|DirectedBy = Rocky Carroll
|WrittenBy = Matthew R. Jarrett & Scott J. Jarrett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|1|19}}
|ProdCode = 1313
|Viewers = 17.51{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/01/21/tuesday-final-ratings-jan-19-2016/|title=Tuesday final ratings: 'Chicago Fire' and 'Hollywood Game Night' adjust up|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=January 21, 2016|accessdate=January 21, 2016}}
|ShortSummary = After a Navy lieutenant is found in a garbage truck, the team discovers a tracking device inside of her that leads to one of Bishop's old cases involving a human trafficking ring. Meanwhile, as a snowstorm rages, McGee seeks a place to stay with heat.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 296
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Decompressed
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Brendan Fehily
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|2|9}}
|ProdCode = 1314
|Viewers = 16.94{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/02/10/tuesday-final-ratings-feb-9-2016/|title=Tuesday final ratings: 'Muppets,' 'iZombie,' 'NCIS: New Orleans' and 'Grinder' all adjust down|last=Porter|first=Rick|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=February 10, 2016|accessdate=February 10, 2016}}
|ShortSummary = After a Navy diver dies in a decompression tank, NCIS must wait four days for the tank to fully decompress, but without that time, are forced to rely on his three colleagues inside of the tank to get the information they need about the diver – and all three soon become suspects when the diver's death turns out to be a murder.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 297
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = React
|DirectedBy = Bethany Rooney
|WrittenBy = Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|2|16}}
|ProdCode = 1315
|Viewers = 17.34{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/02/18/tuesday-final-ratings-feb-16-2016/|title=Tuesday final ratings: 'Hollywood Game Night' and 'iZombie' adjust down|last=Porter|first=Rick|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Tribune Digital Ventures|date=February 17, 2016|accessdate=February 17, 2016}}
|ShortSummary = NCIS and the FBI search for SECNAV's daughter after she is kidnapped. NCIS Special Agent Valerie Page, McGee's childhood friend, comes to assist with advance tactics training.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 298
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Loose Cannons
|DirectedBy = Alrick Riley
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|2|23}}
|ProdCode = 1316
|ShortSummary = After crates of assault rifles are stolen from a Navy base, the team's investigation soon brings in Dr. Taft and Jeanne Benoit-Woods. As Tony deals with Jeanne as the case brings up old wounds, Taft tries to get Gibbs to see a therapist.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 299
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = After Hours
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Cindi Hemingway
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|3|01}}
|ProdCode = 1317
|ShortSummary = The NCIS agents' personal plans are interrupted when each of them catches errors in a seemingly open-and-shut case. Also, McGee and Delilah argue over the importance of not discussing work during dinner, while DiNozzo bores his date with shop talk.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 300
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Scope
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg & Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|3|15}}
|ProdCode = 1318
|ShortSummary = After an American couple is killed in Iraq, the team discovers that the same weapon was taken from a Marine ambush, and Gibbs goes to reconnect with the lone survivor of the attack, a fellow Marine sniper.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 301
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Reasonable Doubts
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|3|22}}
|ProdCode = 1319
|ShortSummary = When a Navy journalist is found dead, the team attempts to figure out who is telling the truth with their stories – his wife and his mistress. Meanwhile, a homeless woman claims that DiNozzo Senior is her father.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 302
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Charade
|DirectedBy = Edward Ornelas
|WrittenBy = Brendan Fehily
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|4|5}}
|ProdCode = 1320
|ShortSummary = When a Senator claims DiNozzo has been blackmailing him, the team discovers that this is happening to two other Senators.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 303
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = Return to Sender
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|4|19}}
|ProdCode = 1321
|ShortSummary = When a British prison guard is found dead in a shipping container, the team works with Fornell to track down the two prisoners who used the container to escape, one of whom was a former MI6 spy put away by Tom Morrow. Meanwhile, McGee and Bishop try to figure out how Tony affords his lavish apartment. Gibbs and Fornell later arrive at Morrow's home and find Morrow dead in his study, Morrow having been shot in the head, ending the episode in a cliffhanger.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 304
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Homefront
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal & Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|5|3}}
|ProdCode = 1322
|ShortSummary = Following Tom Morrow's death, Director Vance follows a lead left by DiNozzo, who is currently in Russia with his own lead on Jacob Scott. Vance and Agent Fornell travel to London to find Jessica Terdei, a retired MI6 agent involved in Operation Juniper Strike. Meanwhile, Gibbs and the rest of his team investigate a home invasion of a Marine which was stopped by his teenage son, but later suspects that the son is hiding something else. First Lady Michelle Obama makes an appearance in Support of "Joining Forces". The episode ends with Fornell being badly wounded after an ambush at Gibbs' house.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 305
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Dead Letter
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|5|10}}
|ProdCode = 1323
|ShortSummary = Fornell is in critical condition after being ambushed in Gibbs' house. NCIS places all people on Jacob Scott's hit list into protective custody except for two missing people, both of them former NCIS agents. Gibbs and his team manage to find them with help from FBI agent Tess Monroe, MI6 agent Clayton Reeves and a returning Trent Kort. Scott later turns himself in, claiming he is being framed for everything, and that the only person that can clear his name is another former NCIS agent, Ziva David. It turns out that Scott was telling the truth and Kort is the true culprit.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 13)
|EpisodeNumber = 306
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Family First
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg & Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|5|17}}
|ProdCode = 1324
|ShortSummary = Following the attack on Eli David's farmhouse, Tony is left to pick up the pieces of his life while the rest of the team continue to hunt for the fugitive Trent Kort.
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=Season 14 (2016–2017)=
{{Main article|NCIS (season 14)}}
- Jennifer Esposito (Alexandra "Alex" Quinn) and Wilmer Valderrama (Nicholas "Nick" Torres) join the cast. Jennifer Esposito departed in the season finale.
- Duane Henry MI6 Senior Officer (Clayton Reeves) was promoted to the main cast in the fifth episode ("Philly").
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|EpisodeNumber = 307
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Rogue
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gary Glasberg & Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|9|20}}
|ProdCode = 1401
|ShortSummary = After a car explodes, killing a Navy officer, the team discovers that the intended target was his wife – the sister to a deep cover NCIS agent investigating a corrupt oil magnate. Meanwhile, Special Agent Quinn shadows the team to figure out the type of agent Gibbs is looking for.
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|EpisodeNumber = 308
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Being Bad
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|9|27}}
|ProdCode = 1402
|ShortSummary = While investigating a death that took place at a reunion at Quantico, the team uncover a bomb plot which soon leads them to a long-running theft ring while Torres and Quinn adjust to life as members of Gibbs' team which also includes new sitting arrangements.
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|EpisodeNumber = 309
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Privileged Information
|DirectedBy = Edward Ornelas
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|4}}
|ProdCode = 1403
|ShortSummary = As the team investigate a Marine Sergeant who fell from a building, Doctor Grace Confalone confides in Gibbs that he should treat it as a murder investigation while Torres searches for a place to live.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 310
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Love Boat
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|11}}
|ProdCode = 1404
|ShortSummary = When the body of a Navy Lieutenant is discovered on board a destroyer during a tiger cruise where civilians guests are given the option of spending the night on the ship, Gibbs, Quinn and Palmer head to sea to investigate the circumstances behind the death while McGee thinks about the perfect proposal for Delilah.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 311
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Philly
|DirectedBy = Allan Arkush
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|18}}
|ProdCode = 1405
|ShortSummary = When a missing MI6 Officer is linked to a murdered petty officer, Gibbs sends Quinn and Bishop to Philadelphia to work with MI6 Officer Clayton Reeves (Duane Henry). Also, Quinn painfully recounts the NCIS case that made her leave field work. Tony Gonzalez, former NFL player and studio analyst for "The NFL Today", guest stars as NCIS Special Agent Tony Francis.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 312
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Shell Game
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Brendan Fehily
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|25}}
|ProdCode = 1406
|ShortSummary = After a kidnapped petty officer escapes her captor, NCIS uncovers a connection to her missing husband. Also, Abby knits the NCIS newbies personalized gifts. Tony Gonzalez, former NFL player and studio analyst for "The NFL Today", guest stars as NCIS Special Agent Tony Francis.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 313
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Home of the Brave
|DirectedBy = Alrick Riley
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|15}}
|ProdCode = 1407
|ShortSummary = Torres boldly breaks protocol when he learns a witness in an NCIS case is wanted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Also, Abby, Bishop and McGee woo landlord Tony DiNozzo Sr. (Robert Wagner) in the hope of subletting Tony’s apartment.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 314
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Enemy Combatant
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|22}}
|ProdCode = 1409
|ShortSummary = Bishop questions her previous work at the NSA when she's sent to Gitmo to collect evidence for a Navy chaplain murder case. In the meantime, her brothers visit for Thanksgiving and want to know from her co-workers who she's dating.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 315
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Pay to Play
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Cindi Hemingway
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|12|6}}
|ProdCode = 1408
|ShortSummary = The NCIS team investigates a series of escalating threats against Congresswoman Jenna Flemming (Mary Stuart Masterson), while Director Vance oversees temporary protection detail.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 316
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = The Tie That Binds
|DirectedBy = Arvin Brown
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|12|13}}
|ProdCode = 1411
|ShortSummary = After NCIS links evidence from the murder of a Navy captain to Ducky's deceased mother, the chief medical examiner reflects on a key decision he made 37 years ago. Meanwhile, the team exchanges holiday gifts and Gibbs spends Christmas dinner with Fornell.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 317
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Willoughby
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|1|3}}
|ProdCode = 1412
|ShortSummary = NCIS searches for new leads after an undercover operation to apprehend a businessman who uses acts of terror to manipulate the stock market is compromised. Also, Bishop and Qasim find a break in the case together.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 318
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Off the Grid
|DirectedBy = Rocky Carroll
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|1|17}}
|ProdCode = 1413
|ShortSummary = When Gibbs doesn't appear at work, the team discovers he is resuming an undercover operation to catch someone on the NCIS Most Wanted list.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 319
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Keep Going
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Scott Williams
Story by: Matthew R. Jarrett & Scott J. Jarrett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|1|24}}
|ProdCode = 1410
|ShortSummary = During an NCIS hit-and-run investigation, Palmer joins a stranger on the outside ledge of a building in an attempt to save his life.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 320
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Nonstop
|DirectedBy = Mark Horowitz
|WrittenBy = Brendan Fehily
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|2|7}}
|ProdCode = 1414
|ShortSummary = The murder of a Petty Officer in a small town outside D.C. prompts NCIS to once again work with "The Sherlocks", a privately funded investigative team that includes their newest member, Anthony DiNozzo, Sr.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 321
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Pandora's Box (Part I)
|DirectedBy = Alrick Riley
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|2|14}}
|ProdCode = 1416
|ShortSummary = After Abby's homeland security think tank is compromised and she is found in possession of a real bomb, the NCIS team discovers the leader of the group has been murdered and a theoretical terror playbook has been stolen.
This episode began a crossover with NCIS: New Orleans concluding with "Pandora's Box (Part II)".
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 322
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = A Many Splendored Thing
|DirectedBy = Michael Zinberg
|WrittenBy = David J. North & Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|2|21}}
|ProdCode = 1415
|ShortSummary = Bishop is more determined than ever to seek revenge for the murder of Qasim, her late boyfriend, after Gibbs and the team find a new lead in the Chen case. Also, Torres teaches the agents the art of pickpocketing.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 323
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = What Lies Above
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|3|7}}
|ProdCode = 1417
|ShortSummary = McGee discovers his apartment has been torn apart by a robber trying to locate an item of great value hidden somewhere by the convicted criminal who previously owned the unit. Also, Congresswoman Flemming (Mary Stuart Masterson) tries to persuade Director Vance to pursue a career in politics.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 324
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = M.I.A.
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|3|14}}
|ProdCode = 1418
|ShortSummary = To carry out a sailor's dying wish, Gibbs and the NCIS team reinvestigate a murder case that was originally ruled an accidental death. Also, the case reminds Torres of a tragic time from his past.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 325
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = The Wall
|DirectedBy = Bethany Rooney
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|3|28}}
|ProdCode = 1419
|ShortSummary = When a Marine is murdered at an event for the Honor Flight Network, a non-profit that arranges for veterans to visit the World War II, Korea and Vietnam War Memorials for free, the NCIS team must rely on an irritable Vietnam War veteran, Henry Rogers (Bruce McGill), to provide details on the victim's whereabouts throughout the day. Also, McGee and Bishop investigate a juicy rumor about Quinn and Torres.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 326
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = A Bowl of Cherries
|DirectedBy = Edward Ornelas
|WrittenBy = Brendan Fehily
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|4|4}}
|ProdCode = 1420
|ShortSummary = After a vice admiral's laptop is infected with ransomware, he (Bruce Boxleitner) enlists McGee and the NCIS team to track down the hacker before the computer virus eliminates his personal and professional files. Also, Alex takes time off to assist her mother, Marie Quinn (Mercedes Ruehl), after she receives a "911" text.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 327
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = One Book, Two Covers
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = David J. North
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|4|18}}
|ProdCode = 1421
|ShortSummary = The team relies on Torres's case notes and knowledge of a biker gang with which he once spent a year undercover when an officer's murder is linked to former members.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 328
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Beastmaster
|DirectedBy = Bethany Rooney
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|5|2}}
|ProdCode = 1422
|ShortSummary = The murder of a Marine in Rock Creek Park leads the team to work with Park Police officer May Dawson (Elisabeth Röhm) on the case - and soon discover a link to the sale of African bushmeat. Meanwhile, the team has to go through pepper spray certification.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 329
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Something Blue
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Jennifer Corbett & Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|5|9}}
|ProdCode = 1423
|ShortSummary = The stress of McGee and Delilah’s (Margo Harshman) imminent wedding takes its toll, as Delilah is rushed to the hospital. Also, the NCIS team travels out to sea after a young and healthy Petty Officer aboard a Navy destroyer dies in his sleep.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 14)
|EpisodeNumber = 330
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Rendezvous
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea & Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|5|16}}
|ProdCode = 1424
|ShortSummary = When body parts of a dead Navy SEAL are found in Paraguay, Gibbs, McGee, and Torres travel there to find his colleague and figure out why they broke orders to go there. The episode ends with Gibbs and McGee left in Paraguay to face a group of rebels.
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}}
=Season 15 (2017–2018)=
{{Main article|NCIS (season 15)}}
- Maria Bello (Jacqueline Sloane) made her series debut in episode 4, “Skeleton Crew”, before her promotion to series regular in episode 5, "Fake It 'Til You Make It".
- Pauley Perrette (Abby Sciuto) and Duane Henry (Clayton Reeves) departed the show in episode 22, “Two Steps Back”.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 331
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = House Divided
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|9|26}}
|ProdCode = 1501
|Viewers = 13.29{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-sept-26-2017/|title='Bull,' 'Voice,' 'This Is Us' adjust up, 'L&O True Crime' and 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' down: Tuesday final ratings|publisher=TV by the Numbers|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=September 27, 2017|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}
|ShortSummary = The NCIS team continues their search for Gibbs and McGee two months after they went missing fighting rebels in Paraguay; Vance and Torres are summoned to a congressional hearing regarding the fallout from the Paraguay mission.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 332
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Twofer
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|3}}
|ProdCode = 1502
|Viewers = 13.50{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-3-2017/|title='Fresh Off the Boat,' 'Voice' adjust up, 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' 'L&O True Crime' adjust down: Tuesday final ratings|publisher=TV by the Numbers|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=October 4, 2017|accessdate=October 4, 2017}}
|ShortSummary = The team investigates the murder of a Navy lieutenant, whose body is found hidden at a local cemetery; Gibbs and McGee must pass a psychiatric evaluation before officially resuming work.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 333
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Exit Strategy
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|10}}
|ProdCode = 1503
|Viewers = 13.30{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-tuesday-oct-10-2017/|title=TV Ratings Tuesday: 'The Flash' returns lower, series low for 'Lethal Weapon'|publisher=TV by the Numbers|first=Rick|last=Porter|date=October 11, 2017|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}
|ShortSummary = While on a stakeout with Metro P.D., Torres’ partner mysteriously vanishes, with the subsequent investigation leading NCIS to uncover new evidence from a decade-old murder. Also, Ducky’s friend presents him with a new opportunity during his guest lecture series.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 334
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Skeleton Crew
|DirectedBy = Rocky Carroll
|WrittenBy = Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|17}}
|ProdCode = 1504
|Viewers = 12.85{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-17-2017/|title='NCIS,' 'Voice' and 'This Is Us' adjust up, 'Black-ish' and 'L&O True Crime' down: Tuesday final ratings|publisher=TV by the Numbers|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=October 18, 2017|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}
|ShortSummary = Director Vance welcomes NCIS Special Agent Sloane, a forensic psychologist he lobbied to transfer from California, to headquarters. Also, in the midst of a storm that has shut down Washington, D.C. and knocked out power, the NCIS team investigates the kidnapping of a sailor, which sends Torres and Bishop out to sea to track evidence.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 335
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Fake It 'Til You Make It
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = David J. North
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|24}}
|ProdCode = 1506
|Viewers = 13.30{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-24-2017/|title='This Is Us,' 'Fresh Off the Boat,' 'Kevin' & World Series adjust up, 'L&O True Crime' down: Tuesday final ratings|publisher=TV by the Numbers|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=October 25, 2017|accessdate=October 25, 2017}}
|ShortSummary = After Reeves sees a friend from an AA meeting get kidnapped, the NCIS team discovers the primary suspect disappeared two days ago with confidential military information. Meanwhile, an embarrassing photo from McGee's teenage years becomes a popular meme.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 336
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Trapped
|DirectedBy = Bethany Rooney
|WrittenBy = Brendan Fehily
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|31}}
|ProdCode = 1505
|Viewers = 12.11{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-31-2017/|title='The Middle' and World Series adjust up, 'Law & Order True Crime' down: Tuesday final ratings|publisher=TV by the Numbers|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=November 1, 2017|accessdate=November 1, 2017}}
|ShortSummary = After a petty officer is found murdered on a golf course, McGee spends hours on the victim's ham radio trying to locate a key witness. Also, Palmer asks his co-workers to donate to a charity that builds playgrounds for kids of all abilities, and Torres surprises them with his generosity.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 337
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Burden of Proof
|DirectedBy = Dennis Smith
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|7}}
|ProdCode = 1507
|Viewers = 13.47{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-nov-7-2017/|title='The Middle' adjusts up, 'The Mayor' adjusts down: Tuesday final ratings|publisher=TV by the Numbers|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=November 8, 2017|accessdate=November 8, 2017}}
|ShortSummary = After a convicted felon swears the NCIS agency framed him for murder a decade ago, Gibbs begins his own investigation, starting with a new autopsy by Ducky. Also, Senior FBI Agent Fornell joins the team, since he was the lead investigator in the original joint FBI and NCIS case.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 338
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Voices
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|14}}
|ProdCode = 1508
|Viewers = 13.08{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-nov-14-2017/|title='Fresh Off the Boat,' 'The Flash' and 'Kevin' adjust up, 'Bull' and 'L&O True Crime' adjust down: Tuesday final ratings|publisher=TV by the Numbers|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=November 15, 2017|accessdate=November 15, 2017}}
|ShortSummary = After voices inside a woman's head lead her to the body of a contractor suspected of corruption, the team is requested to use her to figure out what happened only to find she may be hiding more than she realizes; McGee and Delilah disagree about finding out their child's gender.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 339
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Ready or Not
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|11|21}}
|ProdCode = 1509
|Viewers = 12.54{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-nov-21-2017/|title='Dancing With the Stars,' 'This Is Us,' all others hold: Tuesday final ratings|publisher=TV by the Numbers|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=November 22, 2017|accessdate=November 22, 2017}}
|ShortSummary = The team tracks an elusive international arms dealer who recently murdered an MI5 officer; Abby races Delilah to the hospital when her labor starts three weeks early. Things gets more complicated when the arms dealer shows up at the same hospital Delilah and McGee are in.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 340
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Double Down
|DirectedBy = Alrick Riley
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|12}}
|ProdCode = 1510
|Viewers = 12.58{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-dec-12-2017/|title='The Voice,' 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' all others unchanged: Tuesday final ratings|publisher=TV by the Numbers|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=December 13, 2017|accessdate=December 13, 2017}}
|ShortSummary = While Sloane and Torres protect a Congressman (and one of Gibbs' friends) in Afghanistan, the team investigates when his son suffers a damaging fall.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 341
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = High Tide
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = David J. North & Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|1|2}}
|ProdCode = 1512
|Viewers = 14.10{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-jan-2-2018/|title='Bull' adjusts up: Tuesday final ratings|work=TV by the Numbers|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=January 4, 2018|accessdate=January 4, 2018}}
|ShortSummary = Torres and Bishop go undercover as a criminal couple available for hire, during an NCIS sting operation tracking illegal drug-running out of the Norfolk civilian marina.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 342
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Dark Secrets
|DirectedBy = Bethany Rooney
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|1|9}}
|ProdCode = 1511
|Viewers = 14.24{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-jan-9-2018/|title='Kevin (Probably) Saves the World' adjusts down: Tuesday final ratings|work=TV by the Numbers|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=January 10, 2018|accessdate=January 10, 2018}}
|ShortSummary = After a seemingly happy and successful Navy Lieutenant appears to have taken her own life, Gibbs and the team conduct a thorough investigation, interviewing family and friends from her past and present.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 343
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Family Ties
|DirectedBy = Rocky Carroll
|WrittenBy = Brendan Fehily
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|1|23}}
|ProdCode = 1513
|Viewers = 13.97{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-jan-23-2018/|title='LA to Vegas' and 'Bull' adjust down: Tuesday final ratings|work=TV by the Numbers|last=Welch|first=Alex|date=January 24, 2018|accessdate=January 24, 2018}}
|ShortSummary = After McGee and Torres visit the home of a high schooler who witnessed a hit and run, her parents flee with their daughter, leaving NCIS in the lurch. Also, Vance’s daughter is arrested for shoplifting.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 344
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Keep Your Friends Close
|DirectedBy = Mark Horowitz
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|2|6}}
|ProdCode = 1514
|ShortSummary = After the body of a missing Navy commander is found, Vance orders Gibbs and the team to work with former FBI Agent Tobias "T.C." Fornell, the private investigator who was hired to locate him. Also, Bishop and Torres interview convicted investment advisor Albert Hathaway when the victim is linked to his highly publicized trial. The episode ends in a cliffhanger, as Gabriel Hicks's lawyers' car is blown up, leaving Sloane in the middle of the road, unconscious.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 345
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Keep Your Enemies Closer
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|2|27}}
|ProdCode = 1515
|Viewers = 12.45{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-feb-27-2018/|title='The Voice' and 'Kevin (Probably) Saves the World' adjust up: Tuesday final ratings|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=February 28, 2018|publisher=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=February 28, 2018}}
|ShortSummary = NCIS strikes a deal with convicted murderer Paul Triff, giving him a 48-hour furlough at his former residence, now McGee's home, in exchange for information that can convict his former cellmate, Gabriel Hicks, the murderer who deceived Gibbs and Fornell
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 346
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Handle with Care
|DirectedBy = Alrick Riley
|WrittenBy = Matthew R. Jarrett & Scott J. Jarrett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|3|6}}
|ProdCode = 1516
|Viewers = 12.92{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-march-6-2018/|title='This Is Us' adjusts up, 'Lethal Weapon' adjusts down: Tuesday final ratings|last=Porter|first=Rick|work=TV by the Numbers|date=March 7, 2018|accessdate=March 7, 2018}}
|ShortSummary = Gibbs and the team work to clear the name of retired Marine Sergeant John Ross when cyanide is found in one of the hundreds of care packages he sends to active-duty Marines
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 347
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = One Man's Trash
|DirectedBy = Michael Zinberg
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|3|13}}
|ProdCode = 1517
|Viewers = 13.26{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-march-13-2018/|title='This Is Us,' 'The Voice,' 'NCIS,' 'Black-ish' adjust up, 'Rise' adjusts down: Tuesday final ratings|last=Porter|first=Rick|work=TV by the Numbers|date=March 14, 2018|accessdate=March 14, 2018}}
|ShortSummary = Gibbs and Ducky see an antique war stick on television that could be the missing murder weapon to a 16-year-old cold case.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 348
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = Death from Above
|DirectedBy = Rocky Carroll
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|3|27}}
|ProdCode = 1518
|Viewers = 11.94{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-march-27-2018/|title='Roseanne,' 'The Voice' & 'The Mick' adjust up, 'Bull' and 'Splitting Up Together' down: Tuesday final ratings|work=TV by the Numbers|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=March 28, 2018|accessdate=March 28, 2018}}
|ShortSummary = The NCIS headquarters are evacuated after the team discovers bomb materials on the roof of the squad room; the team reads the first draft of Ducky's book.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 349
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = The Numerical Limit
|DirectedBy = Leslie Libman
|WrittenBy = David J. North & Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|4|3}}
|ProdCode = 1519
|Viewers = 12.23{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-april-3-2018/|title='Rise' adjusts down: Tuesday final ratings|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=April 4, 2018|publisher=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=April 4, 2018}}
|ShortSummary = Gibbs is granted protective custody of a 10-year-old orphaned refugee, Elena, when an NCIS case reveals she is the target of a violent gang.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 350
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Sight Unseen
|DirectedBy = Bethany Rooney
|WrittenBy = Brendan Fehily
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|4|17}}
|ProdCode = 1520
|ShortSummary = NCIS searches for a petty officer suspected of assault who escapes when the sheriff transporting him crashes into a lake. Also, Torres works closely with Annie Barth, a key blind witness who heard vital evidence needed to solve the case.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 351
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|Title = One Step Forward
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore, Jr.
|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|5|1}}
|ProdCode = 1521
|ShortSummary = A daughter begs Gibbs to investigate her mother's murder because she believes the police convicted the wrong man. Abby receives a hard to get reservation at a new restaurant that is an cold like an igloo.
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 352
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|Title = Two Steps Back
|DirectedBy = Michael Zinberg
|WrittenBy = Jennifer Corbett
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|5|8}}
|ProdCode = 1522
|ShortSummary = When evidence reveals an NCIS team member is a hitman's latest target, the team must search through old case files to determine who is seeking vengeance.
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}}
{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 353
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|Title = Fallout
|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: David J. North & Christopher J. Waild
Story by: Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|5|15}}
|ProdCode = 1523
|Viewers = 12.71{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-may-15-2018/|title='The Middle,' 'NCIS,' 'Chicago Med' adjust up, 'The 100' adjusts down: Tuesday final ratings|work=TV by the Numbers|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=May 16, 2018|accessdate=May 16, 2018}}
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list/sublist|NCIS (season 15)
|EpisodeNumber = 354
|EpisodeNumber2 = 24
|Title = Date with Destiny
|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby
|WrittenBy = George Schenck & Frank Cardea & Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|5|22}}
|ProdCode = 1524
|Viewers = 12.07{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-may-22-2018/|title='Roseanne' and 'NCIS' finales adjust up: Tuesday final ratings|work=TV by the Numbers|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=May 23, 2018|accessdate=May 23, 2018}}
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=Season 1 (2000–2001)=
{{Main article|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)}}
{{Episode table
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Pilot
|RTitle =
|WrittenBy = Anthony E. Zuiker
|DirectedBy = Danny Cannon
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|6}}
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|ShortSummary = A suicide appears to be a murder with little evidence. Nick and Warrick compete to solve their 100th case to become a CSI level 3. Nick's case is a man who was drugged and robbed by a hooker and Warrick's is a murder where the killer claims self-defense. After Warrick breaks protocol to get a warrant, he is forced to babysit Holly Gribbs. The episode ends with the team celebrating Nick being promoted to CSI Level 3 when Brass comes in to inform them that Holly has been shot.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Cool Change
|RTitle =
|WrittenBy = Anthony E. Zuiker
|DirectedBy = Michael Watkins
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|13}}
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|ShortSummary = In the aftermath of the shooting that has left Holly Gribbs fighting for her life, there are big changes in store at the Vegas Crime Lab. Brass is sent back to Homicide while Grissom becomes the newly appointed head of the crime lab and is also in charge of the night shift. His first case is to investigate the supposed suicide of a jackpot winner with Nick. Meanwhile, Warrick has to deal with the fact that the shooting of rookie CSI Holly Gribbs was due to his failure to supervise her. Catherine decides to work Holly's shooting and is annoyed when Grissom brings in Sara Sidle to help with her investigation. Unfortunately, Holly succumbs to her injuries, leaving the team devastated.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Crate 'n Burial
|WrittenBy = Ann Donahue
|DirectedBy = Danny Cannon
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|20}}
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|ShortSummary = The search is on for Grissom, Nick, and Sara when an abducted woman is said to be buried underground. Meanwhile a hit and run death of a little girl is investigated by Catherine and Warrick.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Pledging Mr. Johnson
|WrittenBy = Josh Berman & Anthony E. Zuiker
|DirectedBy = R.J. Lewis
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|27}}
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|ShortSummary = A woman's severed leg found in Lake Mead leads Grissom and Catherine to uncover a case of adultery. Meanwhile Sara and Nick investigate a fraternity student's apparent suicide, but find out that the student's pledging has gone terribly wrong.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Friends & Lovers
|WrittenBy = Andrew Lipsitz
|DirectedBy = Lou Antonio
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|3}}
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|ShortSummary = Grissom and Warrick investigate when a victim dies of fear in the desert, apparently from being chased. Meanwhile Catherine and Nick investigate the gruesome murder of a Catholic school dean. Sara investigates how the body of a woman who was buried the previous week ended up in a dumpster.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Who Are You?
|WrittenBy = Carol Mendelsohn & Josh Berman
|DirectedBy = Danny Cannon
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|10}}
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|ShortSummary = Grissom and Nick investigate when the skeleton of a woman is found under a house, buried in cement. Meanwhile Catherine investigates a case in which her ex-husband Eddie is accused of rape. Warrick and Sara search for a missing bullet that could either exonerate or indict a cop for murder.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Blood Drops
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Ann Donahue
Story by: Tish McCarthy
|DirectedBy = Kenneth Fink
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|17}}
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|ShortSummary = When four members of a family are brutally murdered, two daughters are the sole survivors. At first Grissom and his team suspect a cult murder, but the evidence tells an even more disturbing story.
This is the first appearance of Conrad Ecklie
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Anonymous
|WrittenBy = Eli Talbert & Anthony E. Zuiker
|DirectedBy = Danny Cannon
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|24}}
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|ShortSummary = When another staged suicide takes place (related to another that took place on episode 1), Grissom realizes he is dealing with a serial killer who has a thorough knowledge of forensic science. Meanwhile Warrick and Nick investigate a tourist's car that fell off a cliff.
Note: This is the first appearance of Mandy Webster.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Unfriendly Skies
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Andrew Lipsitz & Carol Mendelsohn & Anthony E. Zuiker
Story by: Andrew Lipsitz
|DirectedBy = Michael Shapiro
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|12|8}}
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|ShortSummary = Grissom and his team investigate the death of a first class passenger on a flight to Las Vegas. Their investigation is a race against time, because after 12 hours the F.B.I. will take over. To make matters worse, the other first class passengers are very reluctant to co-operate, leading the team to consider that they had some involvement in their fellow passenger's death.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Sex, Lies and Larvae
|WrittenBy = Josh Berman & Ann Donahue
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|12|22}}
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|ShortSummary = Grissom and Sara investigate when the body of a woman is found in the desert, covered with insects. Grissom uses entomological evidence to discover the time of death. Unfortunately their prime suspect - the husband - was out of town at that time, and to Sara's dismay, it looks like he is getting away with murder. Meanwhile Warrick and Catherine try to find out who stole a painting. Nick deals with a missing persons case when a woman's car is found at a bus station.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = The I-15 Murders
|WrittenBy = Carol Mendelsohn
|DirectedBy = Oz Scott
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|1|12}}
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|ShortSummary = When a woman is abducted from a supermarket, Grissom finds a text on a bathroom door that leads him to believe that five women have been murdered. Meanwhile Warrick and Sara have to put personal differences aside to investigate the apparent murder and robbery of a man who has been found by his brother. Nick has to come to the rescue of his friend, Kristy Hopkins, again when she gets into a scuffle with a hotel security guard.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Fahrenheit 932
|WrittenBy = Jacqueline Zambrano
|DirectedBy = Danny Cannon
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|2|1}}
|EpisodeNumber = 12
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|ShortSummary = Grissom, Sara and Warrick try to clear a man accused of killing his wife and son in an arson fire. They discover day shift supervisor Conrad Ecklie did some sloppy work. Meanwhile Catherine and Nick investigate the death of a teenage 'runner', who was shot at close range in a parking .
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Boom
|WrittenBy = Josh Berman & Ann Donahue & Carol Mendelsohn
|DirectedBy = Kenneth Fink
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|2|8}}
|EpisodeNumber = 13
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|ShortSummary = Grissom, Sara and Warrick investigate when a bomb goes off in a Vegas office building, killing a security guard. The prime suspect is the other security guard, who is over-helpful and also has the knowledge to make a bomb. After Nick spends the night with Kristy Hopkins, she is found strangled to death. With his DNA and fingerprints on the scene and Ecklie on the case, Nick's career is on the line.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = To Halve and to Hold
|WrittenBy = Andrew Lipsitz & Ann Donahue
|DirectedBy = Lou Antonio
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|2|15}}
|EpisodeNumber = 14
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|ShortSummary = When a single human bone is discovered in the desert, it is up to Grissom, Catherine and Nick to piece the skeleton together. Meanwhile Warrick and Sara investigate the death of a male stripper who died shortly after performing at a bachelorette party at a motel.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Table Stakes
|WrittenBy = Teleplay by: Anthony E. Zuiker & Carol Mendelsohn
Story by: Elizabeth Devine
|DirectedBy = Danny Cannon
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|2|22}}
|EpisodeNumber = 15
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|ShortSummary = During a fundraiser at the home of Portia Richmond – a legendary showgirl – a dead woman is found floating in the pool. When Portia later disappears, suspicion falls on a young couple who 'house-sat' for her. The Sheriff puts pressure on Grissom as well, as Portia's case affects his election. Warrick looks into a mob hit in a glass elevator.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Too Tough to Die
|WrittenBy = Elizabeth Devine
|DirectedBy = Richard J. Lewis
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|3|1}}
|EpisodeNumber = 16
|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|ShortSummary = Sara gets emotionally involved when she, Grissom, and Nick investigate the case of a woman who is abducted from a parking garage and later turns up on a stretch of road, having been raped, shot and left for dead. Meanwhile Catherine and Warrick take over a case from one of the dayshift CSIs who has quit. The case involves a neighbor's dispute that led to murder. Not only has an important piece of evidence been lost, but the case goes to trial in four days.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Face Lift
|WrittenBy = Josh Berman
|DirectedBy = Lou Antonio
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|3|8}}
|EpisodeNumber = 17
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|ShortSummary = Grissom, Nick and Catherine handle a case in which the fingerprints of a victim in an old kidnapping case turn up at the scene of a man found dead in a shop. Meanwhile Sara and Warrick investigate the case of a woman who was incinerated in her easy chair. Sara suspects it is a case of spontaneous human combustion.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = $35K O.B.O.
|WrittenBy = Eli Talbert
|DirectedBy = Roy H. Wagner
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|3|29}}
|EpisodeNumber = 18
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|ShortSummary = A single witness at a rain-soaked scene of a double homicide tells the story of a carjacking gone wrong. After the car is found and becomes a new crime scene, the case becomes far more complicated. Meanwhile Catherine investigates the collapse of an apartment building that killed three senior citizens.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Gentle, Gentle
|WrittenBy = Ann Donahue
|DirectedBy = Danny Cannon
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|4|12}}
|EpisodeNumber = 19
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|ShortSummary = Grissom's team investigates the kidnapping of the infant child of a rich family. However, when the evidence shows that the family is hiding something, the case takes a darker turn.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Sounds of Silence
|WrittenBy = Josh Berman & Andrew Lipsitz
|DirectedBy = Peter Markle
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|4|19}}
|EpisodeNumber = 20
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|ShortSummary = Grissom, Sara and Warrick investigate a deaf man who was run over by a car. However, further investigation shows that he died before the car even struck him. The team's encounters with the dean of the deaf man's school reveals a secret about Grissom. Meanwhile, Catherine and Nick investigate an apparent mob hit that leaves five dead in a coffee shop.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Justice Is Served
|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright
|WrittenBy = Jerry Stahl
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|4|26}}
|EpisodeNumber = 21
|EpisodeNumber2 = 21
|ShortSummary = Grissom, Nick, and Warrick investigate a jogger who was killed by a vicious dog in the park. The case gets complicated when they discover that the jogger's liver was surgically removed after he was killed. Meanwhile Sara and Catherine investigate the death of a six-year-old girl at a carnival ride, which gets Catherine emotionally involved.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Evaluation Day
|WrittenBy = Anthony E. Zuiker
|DirectedBy = Kenneth Fink
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|5|10}}
|EpisodeNumber = 22
|EpisodeNumber2 = 22
|ShortSummary = On the day Grissom has to evaluate his team, Grissom and Catherine deal with a severed head that was found in the trunk of a stolen car. Sara and Nick investigate a headless body in the desert that appears to have fallen from the sky. Warrick investigates a murder in a juvenile detention center in which his young friend James is the only witness.
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{{Episode list/sublist|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (season 1)
|Title = Strip Strangler
|WrittenBy = Ann Donahue
|DirectedBy = Danny Cannon
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|5|17}}
|EpisodeNumber = 23
|EpisodeNumber2 = 23
|ShortSummary = Grissom and his team investigate a series of murders by a signature killer. The killer has enough knowledge of forensic science to leave little evidence behind. When the investigation seems to be at a dead end, the sheriff brings in the F.B.I., to Grissom's dismay. Grissom's anger only grows when they want to lure out the killer, with Sara as bait.
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