Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 9
Season 9 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 8.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 9 Progress Shield
Alternate
Sep 25, 2007 · 43 min
Benson and Stabler investigate a suspected child abuse case only to learn that the woman who reported it is the real case.
Avatar
Oct 2, 2007 · 42 min
Detectives are troubled to learn that someone has taken an online game too far when a girl goes missing.
Impulsive
Oct 9, 2007 · 42 min
A teacher claims that a student pursued her after she's charged with raping him.
Savant
Oct 16, 2007 · 43 min
The only witness to a young woman's horrific beating is her mentally challenged daughter.
Harm
Oct 23, 2007 · 42 min
Benson and Stabler investigate the connection between the New York murder of college counselor Kate Simes and her volunteer work at a refugee center working with soldiers tortured
Svengali
Nov 6, 2007 · 43 min
Benson comes under fire from fans of a convicted serial killer after a body turns up that greatly resembles his work.
Blinded
Nov 13, 2007 · 42 min
Novak confronts ghosts from her past while handling the trial of a schizophrenic serial rapist, who seriously injured Stabler.
Fight
Nov 20, 2007 · 43 min
Detectives find themselves embroiled in the world of ultimate fighting after a young girl's death.
Paternity
Nov 27, 2007 · 43 min
When the paternity of a missing young boy is placed into question, Stabler wonders if he really is the father of Kathy's child. Later, Stabler faces the possibility of losing not o
Snitch
Dec 4, 2007 · 41 min
When a polygamist's wife is murdered, he believes it's related to a recent criminal case he was testifying in, but detectives believe it may be connected to his culture.
Streetwise
Jan 1, 2008 · 43 min
A Park Avenue socialite's body is found in NYC'S Central Park, and Detectives Benson and Stabler initially suspect her wealthy boyfriend.
Signature
Jan 8, 2008 · 43 min
A woman's body is found murdered in a park alongside a man with a bullet in his head - Benson and Special Agent Cooper join forces and suspect "The Woodsman", a serial killer Coope
Unorthodox
Jan 15, 2008 · 41 min
Benson and Stabler investigate a tutor after a student is beaten and sexually assaulted, but their investigation soon leads them to another student.
Inconceivable
Jan 22, 2008 · 41 min
The robbery of fertilized embryos from a sperm bank call for Benson and Stabler to track down the thief. Clues from the clinic's security tape lead them to a long list of suspects
Undercover
Apr 15, 2008 · 43 min
After a woman was found raped in a garden, Benson and Stabler realize that the case goes much deeper because of the victim's mother, drugs, and the realization that a corrections o
Closet
Apr 22, 2008 · 43 min
After investment banker Jeremy Haynes is found dead, suspicions turns to his boyfriend Lincoln Haver, a professional football player who could lose everything if the truth of his s
Authority
Apr 29, 2008 · 43 min
An engineer plays a series of mind games with Benson and Stabler.
Trade
May 6, 2008 · 41 min
When a pregnant woman's body is discovered in a burned-out brownstone, the investigation turns to a family of coffee importers.
Cold
May 13, 2008 · 43 min
The squad is left at ends when Lake is caught in a gunfight and later takes a witness hostage.