Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 4
Law and Order Special Victims Unit Season 4 continues the overarching saga across twenty five episodes. The series focuses on the criminal justice system and specifically on sexually based offenses. A special unit of detectives from the New York Special Victims Unit investigates crimes with a sexual motive. Some of the episodes featured in the series are loosely based on real crimes that have received media attention
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The series focuses on the criminal justice system and sexually based offenses.
- A special unit of detectives investigates crimes with a sexual motive within New York.
- Some of the episodes are loosely based on real crimes that have received media attention.
- The television series is an American legal and criminal drama.
Season overview
Law and Order Special Victims Unit Season 4 continues the overarching saga across twenty five episodes. The series focuses on the criminal justice system and specifically on sexually based offenses. A special unit of detectives from the New York Special Victims Unit investigates crimes with a sexual motive. Some of the episodes featured in the series are loosely based on real crimes that have received media attention. The American legal and criminal television series explores the work of this specialized department as they handle complex and sensitive cases within the jurisdiction of the New York setting.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Chameleon
Sep 27, 2002 · 43 min
The detectives are on the trail of a recently paroled rapist responsible for the murder of a prostitute during a raid at a men's club and are called to the scene where he was shot
Deception
Oct 4, 2002 · 44 min
A family portrait painted by a kindergartner leads the detectives to investigate her mother for child sexual abuse of her teenage stepson. When the boy's father is found murdered,
Vulnerable
Oct 11, 2002 · 43 min
When an elderly woman with Alzheimer's breaks into an apartment, the detectives discover she had been abused, triggering memories of similar crimes from her childhood. They discove
Lust
Oct 18, 2002 · 44 min
A public health doctor, the wife of a retired attorney, who tracked HIV cases is found murdered and raped in Central Park. Her work involved contacting sexual partners of HIV patie
Disappearing Acts
Oct 25, 2002 · 43 min
A high-powered executive is raped, but the situation is complicated by her involvement with the Feds and the Russian mob - as well as a father-son duo who are in the federal witnes
Angels
Nov 1, 2002 · 44 min
A battered young boy suffocates while hiding in the luggage compartment of an airport shuttle bus and it leads the detectives to his guardian and into the investigation of a perver
Dolls
Nov 8, 2002 · 43 min
Detectives try and solve the gruesome murder of a sexually molested five-year-old girl whose killer, a serial pedophile, has an obsession with dolls. They race to save the life of
Waste
Nov 15, 2002 · 44 min
The Detectives investigate the rape of a woman who's been in a coma for a year, and after eliminating a huge pool of suspects, they make a startling discovery.
Juvenile
Nov 22, 2002 · 42 min
A cancer patient, who was growing marijuana in her apartment and selling it, is found raped and murdered, sending the detectives on a hunt for two middle school students, each blam
Resilience
Dec 6, 2002 · 43 min
A 14-year-old girl tries to commit suicide by jumping in front of a train after she is raped. She falsely accuses an ex-boyfriend but when the search turns to her dysfunctional fam
Damaged
Jan 10, 2003 · 43 min
A six-year-old girl is critically injured in an apparent robbery-gone-bad and later dies. The investigation gets complicated when it is discovered that the murders were designed to
Risk
Jan 17, 2003 · 41 min
An infant ingests pure cocaine disguised in baby formula, uncovering a complicated narcotics ring with unlikely participants and the entire squad goes undercover to flush them out.
Rotten
Jan 24, 2003 · 42 min
In their investigation of a prisoner's death, Benson and Tutuola learn that he was sexually assaulted before being incarcerated and since it happened while in custody, the police a
Mercy
Jan 31, 2003 · 43 min
When the body of a 1-month-old baby girl is found stuffed inside a cooler, the detectives are horrified. But they soon learn that the baby had a genetic disorder known as Tay-Sachs
Pandora
Feb 7, 2003 · 43 min
The brutal rape, and subsequent death, of a female motorist turns out to be an undercover FBI informant acting as a cyber vigilante for catching online pedophiles to capture the pr
Tortured
Feb 14, 2003 · 43 min
A Tibetan woman who was tortured in her home country is found murdered, with her foot missing, and after an exhaustive search of potential suspects, the killer is a victim of tortu
Privilege
Feb 21, 2003 · 43 min
A young female film student dressed in a maid's uniform has apparently committed suicide but it's very suspicious. The detectives learn that she just broke up with her very rich an
Desperate
Mar 14, 2003 · 43 min
After a young boy witnesses the brutal sexual assault and murder of his stepmother, he is too terrified to tell the detectives who attacked her.
Appearances
Mar 28, 2003 · 43 min
The body of a nine-year-old beauty pageant contestant is found raped and murdered on a bus, but the case goes beyond the killer when it leads detectives to a virtual-pornography we
Dominance
Apr 4, 2003 · 43 min
A quadruple homicide with sexual overtones is just the start of an intense rampage of a serial killer that brings a homicide detective into the mix. As the entire squad races again
Fallacy
Apr 18, 2003 · 43 min
A female party-goer and rape victim claims self-defense after killing her attacker. Events take an unusual turn when they find out that the victim is a pre-operative transgender.
Futility
Apr 25, 2003 · 42 min
A man accused of raping several neighborhood women denies everything and represents himself in court.
Grief
May 2, 2003 · 43 min
A dead girl is found outside a bar. The death, however, is ruled a suicide, because the victim's boyfriend continually raped her. The victim's father vows revenge against his daugh
Perfect
May 9, 2003 · 43 min
A murdered 14-year-old girl leads the detectives to a prominent physician who specializes in reproduction therapy and exposes a dangerous "foundation" where disenfranchised young w
Soulless
May 16, 2003 · 43 min
After a rape victim is abducted from the hospital and later found dead, the detectives suspect several young socialites of her rape, at a Manhattan nightclub, and subsequent murder