Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1999)

Cast

Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson
Mariska Hargitay

as Olivia Benson

Christopher Meloni as Elliot Stabler
Christopher Meloni

as Elliot Stabler

Richard Belzer as John Munch
Richard Belzer

as John Munch

Dann Florek as Donald Cragen
Dann Florek

as Donald Cragen

Episodes

Payback poster

Payback 6.8

September 20, 1999

Detectives Stabler and Benson investigate the murder and dismemberment of a taxi driver; the team discovers that he may…

A Single Life poster

A Single Life 7.1

September 27, 1999

Benson and Stabler run into multiple dead ends while investigating the case of a woman who plummeted six stories to her…

...Or Just Look Like One poster

...Or Just Look Like One 7.3

October 4, 1999

When a teen model is murdered and another is left for dead at a hospital emergency room, the team uncovers an insidious…

Hysteria poster

Hysteria 7.7

October 11, 1999

When a young African-American woman is found dead, she is initially believed to be a prostitute and the latest in a lon…

Wanderlust poster

Wanderlust 7.2

October 18, 1999

When a world-traveling author is found dead in a room he rented from an alcoholic woman and her precocious 14-year-old …

Sophomore Jinx poster

Sophomore Jinx 5.3

October 25, 1999

A female student at an upper-class university is raped and murdered, and two of the college’s basketball stars are susp…

Uncivilized poster

Uncivilized 7.5

November 15, 1999

When a young boy is found raped and murdered in a field, suspicion leads detectives to a recently paroled child moleste…

Stalked poster

Stalked 7.5

November 22, 1999

When an assistant district attorney is found raped and murdered in Central Park, the Special Victims Unit learn that sh…

Stocks & Bondage poster

Stocks & Bondage 6.2

November 29, 1999

An investment analyst is found hanged in her bedroom, and the Special Victims Unit explores her sordid sexual past to u…

Closure poster

Closure 7.5

January 7, 2000

When a woman is raped, she turns to the Special Victims Unit for help, but lack of evidence prevents them from apprehen…

Bad Blood poster

Bad Blood 8.5

January 14, 2000

A moral coalition leader’s gay son is found murdered on the roof of his apartment building. Initially, Benson and Stabl…

Russian Love Poem poster

Russian Love Poem 6.3

January 21, 2000

When a multi-millionaire is found strangled in his home, Benson and Stabler turn their suspicion to his long list of lo…

Disrobed poster

Disrobed 6.0

February 4, 2000

A judge who fought for the rights of abused women is found shot in his car under sordid circumstances, and the detectiv…

Limitations poster

Limitations 7.6

February 11, 2000

At the request of a victim, the police commissioner comes to Cragen with a special request -- close the five-year-old c…

Entitled (I) poster

Entitled (I) 5.7

February 18, 2000

After a salesman is murdered, the detectives turn their attention to the youngest daughter of a well-known family with …

The Third Guy poster

The Third Guy 7.6

February 25, 2000

An elderly woman is found tied up and sexually assaulted in her apartment, and suspicion is initially on the young men …

Misleader poster

Misleader 7.0

March 31, 2000

The pregnant daughter-in-law of a Christian College president is murdered in her hotel room, and the detectives discove…

Chat Room poster

Chat Room 7.8

April 14, 2000

When a teenage girl comes into the squad room to tell the detectives that she was raped by a man she met on the Interne…

Contact poster

Contact 8.1

April 28, 2000

After seven young women in a six month time span are raped by a flash and dash assailant on the city subways, the brass…

Remorse poster

Remorse 7.8

May 5, 2000

A female television news reporter decides to go public with her story when she attacked and raped by two men, but the d…

Nocturne poster

Nocturne 8.6

May 12, 2000

After a pharmacy turns over some disturbing photos of a young boy, a beloved neighborhood piano teacher is suspected of…

Slaves poster

Slaves 8.2

May 21, 2000

A Romanian immigrant is being held as a psychological prisoner by her abusive employer and his wife, who is also trauma…