Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 11
Law and Order Special Victims Unit Season 11 features significant developments for the team handling sexually based offenses. A new assistant district attorney joins the unit to work alongside the investigators. The narrative also involves a digital crisis when a crime scene photograph depicting a murdered teenager goes viral online. Additionally, Detective Stabler works to prove that his partner, Benson, did not com
Season 11 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The series focuses on sexually-based offenses handled by a specialized unit in the criminal justice system.
- Detectives Benson and Stabler are primary investigators working closely together within the special victims unit.
- The team routinely collaborates with an assistant district attorney to prosecute criminal cases.
- The detectives frequently face high-stakes investigations involving violent crimes, victims, and complex legal challenges.
Season overview
Law and Order Special Victims Unit Season 11 features significant developments for the team handling sexually based offenses. A new assistant district attorney joins the unit to work alongside the investigators. The narrative also involves a digital crisis when a crime scene photograph depicting a murdered teenager goes viral online. Additionally, Detective Stabler works to prove that his partner, Benson, did not commit the murder of a biker. The season continues to follow the dedicated detectives as they navigate complex criminal cases within the justice system, dealing with professional challenges, personal loyalties, and the high-stakes environment of their specialized unit. Throughout these events, the team must confront difficult situations while pursuing justice for victims and protecting one another from severe accusations.
Episode Guide
Season 11 Progress Shield
Unstable
Sep 23, 2009 · 43 min
Officer Nate Kendall aids a woman in trouble and becomes roped into solving a rape case. While Detectives Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson believe that Kendall is not right for the
Sugar
Sep 30, 2009 · 42 min
A young woman's body is found stuffed inside a suitcase, and police believe that Mindy Keefe, the victim, was a train passenger on her way to Tampa when she was murdered. Detective
Solitary
Oct 7, 2009 · 43 min
When Lily Milton is reported missing, her boyfriend, Parker Hubbard, points Detectives Benson and Stabler in the direction of Callum Donovan, Lily's downstairs neighbor and convict
Hammered
Oct 14, 2009 · 42 min
After a night of heavy drinking, Dalton Rindell 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, Rindell i
Hardwired
Oct 21, 2009 · 43 min
After Eva Banks makes a shocking discovery about her son's behavior at school, she takes him to the doctor, only to find out that he has been the victim of sexual abuse. Detectives
Spooked
Oct 28, 2009 · 42 min
The FBI gets involved in a murder case when it becomes too dangerous for the SVU cops.
Users
Nov 4, 2009 · 42 min
The team investigates the father of a murdered teenager whose crime scene photo has gone viral on the web, but they believe they've found a more likely suspect when they speak with
Turmoil
Nov 11, 2009 · 44 min
Stabler is torn between a troubling rape case which victim has had pictures posted on the net and his son, whose friend's actions may endanger a life and both of their futures.
Perverted
Nov 18, 2009 · 42 min
DNA links Olivia to the murder of a biker in Central Park whose gang specialized in hits and prostitution. With Munch and Fin assigned to the investigation and evidence continuing
Anchor
Dec 9, 2009 · 42 min
Fin's investigation into three little girl's deaths takes him into the world of immigration, anchor babies, a grassroots opposition movement, a radio talk show host who fans the ha
Quickie
Jan 6, 2010 · 42 min
One case becomes two as a murder leads to a serial rapist who is busy spreading disease along with his assaults, and the detectives' only clue is a website set up for casual and an
Shadow
Jan 13, 2010 · 42 min
When a rich and powerful couple with political connections is found murdered in their bedroom, Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler decide to speak to the deceased couple's
P.C.
Mar 3, 2010 · 42 min
Detectives Olivia Benson and Eliot Stabler find a woman bleeding from the neck and nearly dead. The woman dies before they reach the hospital, and soon the investigation leads them
Savior
Mar 3, 2010 · 42 min
When a series of young prostitutes are found murdered with homemade prayer cards attached to their bodies, Detectives Olivia Benson and Eliot Stabler struggle to find the common th
Confidential
Mar 10, 2010 · 43 min
Benson and Stabler investigate the abduction of a woman in a building owned by a high-powered and highly protected investment banker, but when Munch's memory of an eerily similar c
Witness
Mar 17, 2010 · 43 min
Soon after a young girl, Laine McAlister, is raped in her apartment building's stairwell, Detectives Olivia Benson and Eliot Stabler meet Laine in the hospital and find her extreme
Disabled
Mar 24, 2010 · 42 min
Detectives Olivia Benson and Eliot Stabler are called in to investigate when a disabled woman, Cara Benson, is beaten and raped. Though the victim's condition has rendered her unab
Bedtime
Mar 31, 2010 · 42 min
When a journalist is found raped and murdered in her own bed, Cragen is able to connect this particular case to another five murders that happened thirty years ago, committed by th
Conned
Apr 7, 2010 · 42 min
A case of mistaken identity complicates the investigation into the murder of whom most believe was an uninvited wedding guest at a hotel in which the body was found.
Beef
Apr 21, 2010 · 41 min
After a young woman is sexually assaulted and murdered, Detectives Olivia Benson and Eliot Stabler track down the woman's boyfriend - their first suspect - but learn that he is a d
Torch
Apr 17, 2010 · 43 min
After two young girls die in a fire, Stabler finds a familiar face in the prosecutor assigned to the case.
Ace
May 5, 2010 · 42 min
When a pregnant woman is raped, Detectives Olivia Benson and Eliot Stabler arrive at the hospital to find that she has fled. Even when someone is arrested for a similar offense, AD
Wannabe
May 12, 2010 · 42 min
After a man flashes customers at an electronics store, it is discovered that someone who matches his description has recently raped three young girls. Captain Donald Cragen orchest
Shattered
May 19, 2010 · 42 min
The detectives end up in a dangerous situation while investigating the whereabouts of a kidnapped eight-year-old boy.