
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Season 9
Hope in the darkness.
About this season
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Episodes (19)

1. Alternate
8.8Aired 25 September 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.

2. Avatar
7.4Aired 2 October 2007 • 42 min
Detectives are troubled to learn that someone has taken an online game too far when a girl goes missing.

3. Impulsive
8.1Aired 9 October 2007 • 42 min
A teacher claims that a student pursued her after she's charged with raping him.

4. Savant
8.1Aired 16 October 2007 • 43 min
The only witness to a young woman's horrific beating is her mentally challenged daughter.

5. Harm
7.5Aired 23 October 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 in Iraq.

6. Svengali
7.6Aired 6 November 2007 • 43 min
Benson comes under fire from fans of a convicted serial killer after a body turns up that greatly resembles his work.

7. Blinded
7.9Aired 13 November 2007 • 42 min
Novak confronts ghosts from her past while handling the trial of a schizophrenic serial rapist, who seriously injured Stabler.

8. Fight
5.9Aired 20 November 2007 • 43 min
Detectives find themselves embroiled in the world of ultimate fighting after a young girl's death.

9. Paternity
7.1Aired 27 November 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 only his partner but also Kathy and the baby when she and Benson are in an accident.

10. Snitch
7.4Aired 4 December 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.

11. Streetwise
8.1Aired 1 January 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.

12. Signature
8.8Aired 8 January 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 Cooper has tried to catch for years. Lake and Benson begin to question Cooper's true motives when the male victim is later identified as "The Woodsman".

13. Unorthodox
6.4Aired 15 January 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.

14. Inconceivable
8.3Aired 22 January 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 including two publicity-hungry extremists. The detectives race against the clock to find the missing embryos, but that isn't the only clock that's ticking - Olivia considers her own fertility and the possibility of motherhood.

15. Undercover
8.8Aired 15 April 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 officer is involved. Benson decides to go undercover at the same prison where the mother is, putting herself on the other side of the fence.

16. Closet
6.2Aired 22 April 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 sexuality became public. When news of Haver's sexual orientation comes out, Benson comes under fire for her relationship with a reporter.

17. Authority
8.2Aired 29 April 2008 • 43 min
An engineer plays a series of mind games with Benson and Stabler.

18. Trade
8.2Aired 6 May 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.

19. Cold
8.4Aired 13 May 2008 • 43 min
The squad is left at ends when Lake is caught in a gunfight and later takes a witness hostage.