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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit( 1999)

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Hope in the darkness.

Overview

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.

  1. Dick Wolf

    Creator

Series Cast

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    Mariska Hargitay

    Olivia Benson

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    Ice-T

    Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola

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    Peter Scanavino

    Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi Jr.

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    Octavio Pisano

    Joe Velasco

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    Kevin Kane

    Terry Bruno

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    Juliana Aidén Martinez

    Kate Silva

Current Season

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Season 26

2024 | 13 Episodes

Season 26 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered on Oct 03 2024

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A review by MovieGuys

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Written by MovieGuys on Sat Aug 17 2024
This series is a poster child for the way the US wants the world, to perceive its justice system. Hard working, earnest police, backed by an imperfect but mostly well meaning, justice system. Of course, if you look behind the veil nothing could be further from the truth. The justice system and not just in the US, mind you is abusive and broken. More often than not failing victims and on a certain level, criminals, who often started out as victims of its indifference and outright cruelty. I find long running series like this one annoying, in so much as they largely, shore up establishm...

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Facts

Status

Returning Series

Status

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Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

  • detective
  • sexual abuse
  • sex scandal
  • domestic abuse
  • sexual violence
  • domestic violence
  • criminal
  • sex trafficking
  • interrogation
  • district attorney
  • courtroom
  • assistant district attorney
  • sex crime
  • sexual assault
  • sex trade
  • sex slavery
  • sex offender
  • informative