Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 5

S5·E1 Mytharc

Tragedy

Sep 23, 2003 · 42 min

A woman with a high-risk pregnancy disappears and her ex-boyfriend, who's the father, and engaged to the boss' daughter, is under suspicion. In a race against time to find her as h

S5·E2 Core

Manic

Sep 30, 2003 · 44 min

Detectives enlist Dr. Huang's help as they investigate the deaths of two high-school basketball players gunned down while shooting hoops in the gymnasium and the connection to an i

S5·E3 Core

Mother

Oct 7, 2003 · 44 min

A psychiatrist with unconventional methods is found sexually assaulted, unconscious and near death in a crack house. It's easier said than done to get her to cooperate with the inv

S5·E4 Mytharc

Loss

Oct 14, 2003 · 44 min

A female undercover agent for the DEA is raped and murdered, leading to a complicated investigation and the arrest of a suspect highly connected with a Colombian drug cartel. This

S5·E5 Mytharc

Serendipity

Oct 21, 2003 · 42 min

A newborn baby is found dead in a gutter, sending the detectives on a hunt for the mother. She too turns up murdered, and the clues point to a serial child molester.

S5·E6 Core

Coerced

Oct 28, 2003 · 44 min

A schizophrenic homeless man kidnaps a boy he thinks is his son, murdering a man in the process. In resolving the case, with Dr. Huang's help, a private mental health facility is b

S5·E7 Core

Choice

Nov 4, 2003 · 43 min

While patrolling, police stumble upon an attack in progress at Momma Sue's restaurant on the pregnant owner. Her husband is arrested and then seeks to have her charged with neglect

S5·E8 Core

Abomination

Nov 11, 2003 · 43 min

Benson and Stabler have trouble identifying a male murder victim in his 20's found in a pile of sheets in the West Village; they later suspect an outspoken minister who was in the

S5·E9 Mytharc

Control

Nov 18, 2003 · 44 min

A subway commuter is found castrated and bleeding profusely, leading the detectives to discover their "victim" may be the perpetrator in abducting women and forcing them to live in

S5·E10 Core

Shaken

Nov 25, 2003 · 44 min

The discovery of a beaten infant leads detectives on a search for the attacker, who may be a pedophile. When the medical evidence shows the injuries were a result of shaken baby sy

S5·E11 Mytharc

Escape

Dec 2, 2003 · 43 min

When a convicted pedophile, desperate to prove his innocence before his terminally ill mother dies, escapes from a Virginia Correctional Facility and kidnaps his accuser to force h

S5·E12 Core

Brotherhood

Jan 6, 2004 · 44 min

When the body of young man is found in a tank at a wastewater treatment plant, the medical examiner identifies a tattoo that says TE, the symbol for the fraternity Tau Omega. The i

S5·E13 Core

Hate

Jan 13, 2004 · 43 min

A young Arab woman is brutally raped and burned, and after identifying her, the detectives suspect her husband and mother-in-law. After a man accused of the murders of three Arabs,

S5·E14 Core

Ritual

Feb 3, 2004 · 42 min

Two garbage collectors discover what they first think is a scene of animal sacrifice but is the body of a young boy who appears to be the victim of a ritualistic killing. The inves

S5·E15 Core

Families

Feb 10, 2004 · 43 min

The investigation into the death of a pregnant high school student exposes a long-held family secret, which precipitates yet another violent death and eventually the destruction of

S5·E16 Core

Home

Feb 17, 2004 · 43 min

A young, emaciated boy is found by neighbors scrounging for food; detectives suspect the boy is a victim of abuse and are reluctant to let him go home.

S5·E17 Core

Mean

Feb 24, 2004 · 43 min

The conviction of a group of sociopathic high school bullies who turned on one of their own escalates into even more violence and death in their exclusive private school.

S5·E18 Mytharc

Careless

Mar 2, 2004 · 41 min

When a young foster child dies due to a religious ritual gone awry, the detectives unravel a mysterious pattern of violence, abuse and murder within one foster care family.

S5·E19 Core

Sick

Mar 30, 2004 · 43 min

A wealthy toy mogul is the suspect of the sexual abuse of a child. His prosecution impeded by the child's parents who refuse to produce their child for questioning to avoid losing

S5·E20 Core

Lowdown

Apr 6, 2004 · 42 min

Detectives try to decipher a motive for the strangulation of a Bronx assistant DA in an area where hookers stroll. When the death of the prosecutor looks staged using information g

S5·E21 Mytharc

Criminal

Apr 20, 2004 · 43 min

When it becomes obvious that a forensics expert raped and murdered a student, the investigation focuses on a criminology professor Cragen arrested decades earlier for similar crime

S5·E22 Core

Painless

Apr 27, 2004 · 43 min

A woman claiming to have been the victim of rape commits suicide while she is still in the emergency room.

S5·E23 Core

Bound

May 4, 2004 · 42 min

The death of a wealthy senior citizen leads to an investigation that uncovers a serial killer with childhood abandonment issues who targets the elderly.

S5·E24 Mytharc

Poison

May 11, 2004 · 43 min

A young girl is in a coma after ingesting detergent and her mother is suspected of poisoning her. A biased judge makes the case hard to prosecute which leads to an investigation in

S5·E25 Mytharc

Head

May 18, 2004 · 44 min

A boy is accused of being molested after his soccer game, but he doesn't admit to it. His principal and his soccer coach are the prime suspects.