Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 6
In the sixth season of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, the detectives of the New York City police department continue their work within the criminal justice system, focusing on sexually-based offenses. The core investigative team, consisting of Detectives Benson, Stabler, Fin, and Munch, faces a diverse array of criminal threats throughout the season. Their casework involves confronting serial killers, individua
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The series centers on a specialized unit of detectives within the New York City police department.
- The unit is tasked with investigating crimes that are sexually-based in nature.
- The primary investigative team consists of Detectives Benson, Stabler, Fin, and Munch.
- The show frequently incorporates plot lines that are loosely based on real-life crimes that have received media attention.
Season overview
In the sixth season of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, the detectives of the New York City police department continue their work within the criminal justice system, focusing on sexually-based offenses. The core investigative team, consisting of Detectives Benson, Stabler, Fin, and Munch, faces a diverse array of criminal threats throughout the season. Their casework involves confronting serial killers, individuals claiming to be psychics, and leaders of various cults. The series maintains its established format of exploring complex criminal investigations, with some episodes drawing inspiration from real-world crimes that have previously garnered media attention. As the detectives navigate the dark realities of their profession, they remain committed to seeking justice for victims of these specialized crimes. The narrative arc emphasizes the ongoing challenges faced by the unit as they operate within the legal and social framework of New York City, balancing the procedural demands of law enforcement with the emotional toll of the cases they handle. The season continues to build upon the established procedural foundation of the series, documenting the collaborative efforts of the detectives as they pursue perpetrators and manage the intricacies of their high-stakes investigative environment.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Birthright
Sep 21, 2004 · 44 min
The investigation into the attempted kidnapping of a six year old girl uncovers a fertility doctor's scheme to steal embryos, and prompts a custody battle between the child's biolo
Debt
Sep 28, 2004 · 43 min
As Benson and Stabler investigate the disappearance of a mother and her teenaged daughter, they uncover a conspiracy between a corrupt immigration attorney and gangsters running a
Obscene
Oct 12, 2004 · 44 min
With the encouragement of a radio host, who has a dirty mouth on him, one teenager is raped and another is imprisoned when they are thrown together by the manipulative adults in th
Scavenger
Oct 19, 2004 · 43 min
The entire squad races against the clock to solve the puzzles and uncover the clues scattered throughout the city by a serial killer who is taunting them to find him and the next v
Outcry
Oct 26, 2004 · 44 min
A missing teenager found beaten and tied up in a college dormitory under construction claims that she was raped by three students, but as the investigation proceeds and information
Conscience
Nov 9, 2004 · 44 min
The detectives and the district attorney get played first by the teenage murderer of a young boy, and then by the victim's father, who uses his professional expertise to escape pun
Charisma
Nov 16, 2004 · 44 min
A career con artist, forger and thief turns to murder and serial pedophilia to populate the cult he created and to get his hands on a multi-million dollar trust fund. The detective
Doubt
Nov 23, 2004 · 43 min
When a college student claims rape and her professor claims it was consensual sex, Stabler and Benson find themselves in the middle of a he said, she said battle, trying to decide
Weak
Nov 30, 2004 · 44 min
After arguing with Benson about their personal lives, Stabler enlists the help of a former cop turned psychiatrist in apprehending a serial rapist and murderer who attacks disabled
Haunted
Dec 7, 2004 · 42 min
Fin is reunited with his own son as he risks his life to save two small children, one caught in the middle of a bodega robbery and the other from the junkie who set the child's mot
Contagious
Jan 11, 2005 · 43 min
After a car accident a nine-year-old girl is examined and it's found she's been sexually abused. Out of fear and desperation, the girl blames her soccer coach for molesting her. So
Identity
Jan 18, 2005 · 43 min
Complications ensue in the investigation of a Stone Cold Assassins gangbanger who fell off a building after the victim that he tried to rape bit him in self-defense when the vic's
Quarry
Jan 25, 2005 · 44 min
When the body of a seven-year-old child is found, the squad again begins to investigate convicted serial killer Lucas Biggs, believing that he molested and murdered the boy. While
Game
Feb 8, 2005 · 44 min
The squad is at a loss on what to do with a violent homicide when Stabler's son points out that the event is straight out of a video game. Interviewing the game's creators leads th
Hooked
Feb 15, 2005 · 43 min
When the body of a teenager is found with her older cousin's I.D., Benson and Stabler investigate only to learn that that the teen had been part of a group who had 'hooked up' onli
Ghost
Feb 22, 2005 · 43 min
When a wealthy couple is found dead in their home, Benson and Stabler soon realise that their deaths are connected to a drug smuggling ring. Eventually the road leads back to the s
Rage
Mar 1, 2005 · 43 min
Fourteen years ago, Stabler had a chance to nail Gordon Rickett for the abduction, rape and murder of Dana MacNamara, but Rickett managed to get off. With the recent discovery of t
Pure
Mar 8, 2005 · 43 min
After an 18-year-old girl is kidnapped, psychic Sebastian Ballentine comes forward claiming to have information on the killings. Stabler refuses to believe that Ballentine is a rea
Intoxicated
Mar 29, 2005 · 43 min
When Denise Eldridge finds her fifteen-year-old daughter Carrie in bed with twenty-one-year-old Justin, she immediately calls police to have Justin charged with statuatory rape. Be
Night (I)
May 3, 2005 · 44 min
After a young woman is found raped and murdered near a nightclub with five hundred dollars stuffed into her mouth, Benson and Stabler follow the fingerprint trail on the money to A
Blood
May 10, 2005 · 44 min
After a young woman's baby is tossed out of a car, Benson and Stabler investigate to find out what happened, and after learning the young woman is addicted to prescription pain kil
Parts
May 17, 2005 · 43 min
After a woman's head is found in a car junkyard, the detectives track it down to the black market.
Goliath
May 24, 2005 · 43 min
After the wife of a police officer 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. Wh