After cab driver Victor Spicer is found stabbed and his genitals cut off, Benson and Stabler investigate his murder only to learn that Spicer is an inmate at Rikers Island and the dead man left behind a wife and child. Further investigation reveals that the dead man was a Serbian soldier who had been indicted on charges of ethnic cleansing. Benson has trouble separating herself from the case after realizing that the victim was a rapist, because she herself is a child of rape, and Stabler tries to keep her from crossing the line in her attempts to protect suspects she feels were justified in their actions. [ Recap available. ]
| Title | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1 Episode 1 : Payback |
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| Air Date | Sep 20, 1999 |
| Genres | Crime, Drama |
| Number of Seasons | 22 |
| Number of Episodes | 486 |
| Network | NBC |
| Production Company | Wolf Films, Universal Television, USA Network |
| Casts | Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Dann Florek, Michelle Hurd, Richard Belzer, Christopher Meloni, Mili Avital, Leslie Hendrix, Daniel Bess, Michelle Hurd, Angie Harmon, Dean Winters, Elizabeth Ashley, Irma St. Paule, Judy Del Giudice, Ronald Guttman, Rebecca Creskoff |
Episodes List
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1 Episode 1 : Payback
Sep 20, 1999After cab driver Victor Spicer is found stabbed and his genitals cut off, Benson and Stabler investigate his murder only to learn that Spicer is an inmate at Rikers Island and the dead man left behind a wife and child. Further investigation reveals that the dead man was a Serbian soldier who had been indicted on charges of ethnic cleansing. Benson has trouble separating herself from the case after realizing that the victim was a rapist, because she herself is a child of rape, and Stabler tries to keep her from crossing the line in her attempts to protect suspects she feels were justified in their actions. [ Recap available. ]
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1 Episode 2 : A Single Life
Sep 27, 1999When the body of Gretchen Quinn is found wearing only a red slip after having gone through an upper-story window, Benson and Stabler soon find out that 'Gretchen Quinn' has never existed. While trying to piece together her life, the detectives are led to Gretchen's psychiatrist and a well-known television newscaster, both of whom were sleeping with her, and through an overdue library book finally trace Gretchen back to a young woman who changed her name and identity after graduating high school to get away from her sexually abusive father. Cragen and Benson find it easy to identify with the young woman, as they both have ghosts of their own from which they must escape. Detectives manage to contact the victim's sister, who experienced the same trauma growing up. [ Recap available. ]
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1 Episode 3 : ...Or Just Look Like One
Oct 04, 1999After teen model Jazmin Burgess is dumped, beaten, and raped in front of Roosevelt Hospital, Benson and Stabler investigate to find out why a sixteen-year-old girl was out alone after midnight. High levels of drugs in Jazmin's system lead them to take a look at not only the modeling agency with which Jazmin was signed, but also the photographer who was supervising her last shoot and had booted her out because she was 'too heavy'. Stabler's disgust with the whole issue is aggravated by his and Kathy's worry that their daughter Maureen, who has been refusing to eat lately, may be anorexic. [ Recap available. ]
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1 Episode 4 : Hysteria
Oct 11, 1999When a young woman is found dead, she is initially believed to be a prostitute and the latest in a long line of victims, but when looking into her home life Benson and Stabler realise that she does not fit the pattern, and may not be connected to the other deaths after all, but the other deaths have a connection no one anticipated. [ Recap available. ]
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1 Episode 5 : Wanderlust
Oct 18, 1999After a travel writer is found tied up with a woman's undergarments choking off his air supply, Benson and Stabler initially suspect his landlord's boyfriend, but suspicion soon turns to the landlord and her daughter. Both seem far too interested in what their tenant is doing with his time. After learning the daughter had a sexual relationship with the tenant, things take an even stranger turn.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1 Episode 6 : Sophomore Jinx
Oct 25, 1999After a female student is murdered at a local college, Benson and Stabler turn their attention to the school's basketball team. However, the college blocks their investigation at every turn because they are not willing to risk the negative publicity that the investigation could bring to the school and the upcoming championship. [ Recap available. ]
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1 Episode 7 : Uncivilized
Nov 15, 1999When a young boy is found murdered, suspicion leads Benson and Stabler to a recently paroled child molester. Although they both hate what the man has done in the past, it is soon obvious to the detectives that the teenagers who initially steered them in the man's direction are hiding secrets of their own. [ Recap available. ]
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1 Episode 8 : Stalked
Nov 22, 1999When the body of an assistant district attorney is found raped and beaten in Central Park, Benson lets her emotions get the best of her as she takes it upon herself to bring the suspected rapist, a local realtor, to justice. Stabler tries to get the man's business partner to help him, but Benson may be the one who ends up needing help. [ Recap available. ]
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1 Episode 9 : Stocks & Bondage
Nov 29, 1999The death of a local businesswoman throws the team into the world of bondage and sado-masochism where they first investigate the woman's colleagues but are soon on the trail of a host of individuals involved in the world of whips and chains. [ Recap available. ]
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1 Episode 10 : Closure
Jan 07, 2000Benson does her best to help a rape victim who is able to describe her attack in perfect detail, yet unable to properly identify her attacker when push comes to shove. When the detectives revisit the case a few months later, they find the woman even less willing to talk about what happened, as she claims she has moved on. Things turn sticky when Benson and Cassidy spend the night together, because Benson just wanted one great night, but Cassidy is left wanting more. (Part 2: "Closure": season 2, episode 3.)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 1 Episode 11 : Bad Blood
Jan 14, 2000The death of a young gay man initially leads Benson and Stabler to investigate his father, a Conservative well-known for his homophobic viewpoints, but once they start looking into the young man's living arrangements they realise the person they're looking for may be closer than they think. Munch tries to help Benson find the man who raped her mother, and could potentially be her father. [ Recap available. ]
