Top 20 BEST Law & Order: SVU Episodes

These episodes have the correct amount of Law and Order. Welcome to MsMojo, and today, we’ll be counting down our picks for the most beloved “Law & Order: SVU” episodes that had the biggest impact on its fanbase. Warning: Spoilers ahead! Our countdown includes episodes "Pixies", "Nocturne", "Venom" and more! Which “SVU” episode do you have on repeat? Let us know in the comments.

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[colleenobrien]

What’s great too is that a later episode (s25 ep 7)has Benson reunites with Maria & finds out Maria is trying to become a cop like Benson

[Jenifer_R_]

One I still remember is Staebler experiencing solitary confinement in prison to gain empathy for a man who threw him off a roof!

[jediclonekag]

I'm glad "911" got a spot on this list, especially since flashbacks of this episode were featured in the Season 25 episode "Probability of Doom".

[cantduckinbelieveit]

0:24 “Sick” Season 5, Episode 19
1:27 “Identity” Season 6, Episode 12
2:29 “Undercover” Season 9, Episode 15
3:32 “Hothouse” Season 10, Episode 12
4:40 “Alternate” Season 9, Episode 1
5:50 “Authority” Season 9, Episode 17
6:59 Scavenger Season 6, Episode 4
7:57 “Demons” Season 7, Episode 1
8:54 “Slaves” Season 1, Episode 22
9:49 “Fault” Season 7, Episode 19
10:49 “Behave” Season 12, Episode 3
12:02 “Raw” Season 7, Episode 6
13:07 “Zebras” Season 10, Episode 22
14:05 “Nocturne” Season 1, Episode 21
15:18 “Venom” Season 7, Episode 18
16:37 “Pixies” Season 2, Episode 9
17:40 “Charisma” Season 6, Episode 7
18:47 “Conscience” Season 6, Episode 6
19:38 “Mean” Season 5, Episode 17
21:05 “911” Season 7, Episode 3

[daniellaawani]

I love how all 20 top episodes are with Stabler. Nothing beats the Stabler/Benson dynamic

[Alyssa-ojzh]

The Robin Williams episode is my favorite! Seeing Robin being a villain gave me chills.

[GreatQuestionFran]

The one that got me was Pornstar's Requiem. The victim gets blamed for everything, the perps are let go despite a guilty verdict, and in the end they have to let her go because she's an adult and it's her decision to run away and get into worse conditions because she has nothing left.

[teztheis]

Was a tiny bit surprised to not see "Surrender Benson" on this list but honestly, I can't really proclaim that episode to be one of the "best" given how hard it is to watch. Also wish we had seen some more recent episodes. But a show this long, I'm amazed this video ever aired because how could you find just 20?

[tudorjason]

The episode titled Selfish stars Hillary Duff as a teen mom whose baby girl dies from Measles.
But for some of the episode, we are made to think it was from abuse.
The episode was contemporary and Duffs's acting is nothing like I've seen in anything else she's done.

[DdKk-ucek]

Limitations is one of my favorite episodes, it deals with the statue of limitations and also has that adrenaline rush of wanting to see if the team is able to solve the cases before time runs out.

[samanthakennedy]

The john Ritter one where is a shrink. just makes you sad because he didn't want the baby and broke down when Alex asked him if he heard a heart beat

[KatieorKJ]

The robin Williams episode was so intense that I had to rewatch twice when I first saw it !!!

[williamsummerson]

Robin Williams acting was done masterfully.🙏

[chynne]

I watched SVU for several years (starting the 2nd or 3rd season). Haven't watched it recently because I just lost interest. But one of the episodes I remember the most was Undercover. I remember that what happened to Olivia in that episode affected her for YEARS afterwards

[MultiNotAnti]

My personal favourites are a couple listed here and a couple that aren’t. Scavenger (Doug Hutchinson is such an underrated actor!), Venom (Ludacris, as always, does an amazing job), Pure (Martin Short is freaking terrifying in this 6th season episode) and my favourite episode is the season 4 episode Dominance. It’s an unforgettable and disturbing storyline and the cast lives up to the written material in every way. Disturbing and heartbreaking all in one package, it makes for one hell of an episode of television!

[reapersgirl]

Number 1 was the right choice. That episode had me barely breathing through the entire episode and hearing that little girl say “Olivia” when she is saved is the first moment in that entire episode that I could breathe. That episode was so intense.

[lukerosales]

Am I the only one angry that Stabler never checked up on Benson after her ordeal with William Lewis, yet expected help when Kathy died?

[DonnaLichvarcik-rc]

Robin Williams should have gotten a Emmy award for his outstanding villain legend role on law and order SVU

[SpartanBlueJay]

Been watching since the beginning, and I don’t think any episode will ever beat “Fault” for me. An episode not mentioned here that I thought was beautifully acted by Chris Meloni was “Rage.” Should’ve won the Emmy for that one.

[hpfan]

Man Undercover messed me up so bad I always skip the part when she was getting assaulted