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Donald Cragen 308 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes

Donald Cragen, played by Dann Florek, appears in 308 of the 594 episodes, from “Payback” (1999) to “The Five Hundredth Episode” (2021).

Played by
Dann Florek
Roles
Captain, Seasons 1–15 · Later appearances, Seasons 16, 23
Episodes
308 of 594
First episode
Payback (S1E1, 1999)
Last episode
The Five Hundredth Episode (S23E6, 2021)
Worked most often with · episodes together

Season 1 1999–2000 · 22 episodes

  1. 1. Payback
  2. 2. A Single Life
  3. 3. ...Or Just Look Like One
  4. 4. Hysteria
  5. 5. Wanderlust
  6. 6. Sophomore Jinx
  7. 7. Uncivilized
  8. 8. Stalked
  9. 9. Stocks & Bondage
  10. 10. Closure: Part 1
  11. 11. Bad Blood
  12. 12. Russian Love Poem
  13. 13. Disrobed
  14. 14. Limitations
  15. 15. Entitled
  16. 16. The Third Guy
  17. 17. Misleader
  18. 18. Chat Room
  19. 19. Contact
  20. 20. Remorse
  21. 21. Nocturne
  22. 22. Slaves

Season 2 2000–2001 · 21 episodes

  1. 1. Wrong Is Right
  2. 2. Honor
  3. 3. Closure: Part 2
  4. 4. Legacy
  5. 5. Baby Killer
  6. 6. Noncompliance
  7. 7. Asunder
  8. 8. Taken
  9. 9. Pixies
  10. 10. Consent
  11. 11. Abuse
  12. 12. Secrets
  13. 13. Victims
  14. 14. Paranoia
  15. 15. Countdown
  16. 16. Runaway
  17. 17. Folly
  18. 18. Manhunt
  19. 19. Parasites
  20. 20. Pique
  21. 21. Scourge

Season 3 2001–2002 · 23 episodes

  1. 1. Repression
  2. 2. Wrath
  3. 3. Stolen
  4. 4. Rooftop
  5. 5. Tangled
  6. 6. Redemption
  7. 7. Sacrifice
  8. 8. Inheritance
  9. 9. Care
  10. 10. Ridicule
  11. 11. Monogamy
  12. 12. Protection
  13. 13. Prodigy
  14. 14. Counterfeit
  15. 15. Execution
  16. 16. Popular
  17. 17. Surveillance
  18. 18. Guilt
  19. 19. Justice
  20. 20. Greed
  21. 21. Denial
  22. 22. Competence
  23. 23. Silence

Season 4 2002–2003 · 25 episodes

  1. 1. Chameleon
  2. 2. Deception
  3. 3. Vulnerable
  4. 4. Lust
  5. 5. Disappearing Acts
  6. 6. Angels
  7. 7. Dolls
  8. 8. Waste
  9. 9. Juvenile
  10. 10. Resilience
  11. 11. Damaged
  12. 12. Risk
  13. 13. Rotten
  14. 14. Mercy
  15. 15. Pandora
  16. 16. Tortured
  17. 17. Privilege
  18. 18. Desperate
  19. 19. Appearances
  20. 20. Dominance
  21. 21. Fallacy
  22. 22. Futility
  23. 23. Grief
  24. 24. Perfect
  25. 25. Soulless

Season 5 2003–2004 · 25 episodes

  1. 1. Tragedy
  2. 2. Manic
  3. 3. Mother
  4. 4. Loss
  5. 5. Serendipity
  6. 6. Coerced
  7. 7. Choice
  8. 8. Abomination
  9. 9. Control
  10. 10. Shaken
  11. 11. Escape
  12. 12. Brotherhood
  13. 13. Hate
  14. 14. Ritual
  15. 15. Families
  16. 16. Home
  17. 17. Mean
  18. 18. Careless
  19. 19. Sick
  20. 20. Lowdown
  21. 21. Criminal
  22. 22. Painless
  23. 23. Bound
  24. 24. Poison
  25. 25. Head

Season 6 2004–2005 · 23 episodes

  1. 1. Birthright
  2. 2. Debt
  3. 3. Obscene
  4. 4. Scavenger
  5. 5. Outcry
  6. 6. Conscience
  7. 7. Charisma
  8. 8. Doubt
  9. 9. Weak
  10. 10. Haunted
  11. 11. Contagious
  12. 12. Identity
  13. 13. Quarry
  14. 14. Game
  15. 15. Hooked
  16. 16. Ghost
  17. 17. Rage
  18. 18. Pure
  19. 19. Intoxicated
  20. 20. Night
  21. 21. Blood
  22. 22. Parts
  23. 23. Goliath

Season 7 2005–2006 · 21 episodes

  1. 1. Demons
  2. 2. Design
  3. 3. 911
  4. 4. Ripped
  5. 5. Strain
  6. 6. Raw
  7. 8. Starved
  8. 9. Rockabye
  9. 10. Storm
  10. 11. Alien
  11. 12. Infected
  12. 13. Blast
  13. 14. Taboo
  14. 15. Manipulated
  15. 16. Gone
  16. 17. Class
  17. 18. Venom
  18. 19. Fault
  19. 20. Fat
  20. 21. Web
  21. 22. Influence

Season 8 2006–2007 · 21 episodes

  1. 1. Informed
  2. 2. Clock
  3. 3. Recall
  4. 4. Uncle
  5. 5. Confrontation
  6. 6. Infiltrated
  7. 7. Underbelly
  8. 8. Cage
  9. 9. Choreographed
  10. 11. Burned
  11. 12. Outsider
  12. 13. Loophole
  13. 14. Dependent
  14. 15. Haystack
  15. 16. Philadelphia
  16. 17. Sin
  17. 18. Responsible
  18. 19. Florida
  19. 20. Annihilated
  20. 21. Pretend
  21. 22. Screwed

Season 9 2007–2008 · 19 episodes

  1. 1. Alternate
  2. 2. Avatar
  3. 3. Impulsive
  4. 4. Savant
  5. 5. Harm
  6. 6. Svengali
  7. 7. Blinded
  8. 8. Fight
  9. 9. Paternity
  10. 10. Snitch
  11. 11. Streetwise
  12. 12. Signature
  13. 13. Unorthodox
  14. 14. Inconceivable
  15. 15. Undercover
  16. 16. Closet
  17. 17. Authority
  18. 18. Trade
  19. 19. Cold

Season 10 2008–2009 · 22 episodes

  1. 1. Trials
  2. 2. Confession
  3. 3. Swing
  4. 4. Lunacy
  5. 5. Retro
  6. 6. Babes
  7. 7. Wildlife
  8. 8. Persona
  9. 9. PTSD
  10. 10. Smut
  11. 11. Stranger
  12. 12. Hothouse
  13. 13. Snatched
  14. 14. Transitions
  15. 15. Lead
  16. 16. Ballerina
  17. 17. Hell
  18. 18. Baggage
  19. 19. Selfish
  20. 20. Crush
  21. 21. Liberties
  22. 22. Zebras

Season 11 2009–2010 · 24 episodes

  1. 1. Unstable
  2. 2. Sugar
  3. 3. Solitary
  4. 4. Hammered
  5. 5. Hardwired
  6. 6. Spooked
  7. 7. Users
  8. 8. Turmoil
  9. 9. Perverted
  10. 10. Anchor
  11. 11. Quickie
  12. 12. Shadow
  13. 13. P.C.
  14. 14. Savior
  15. 15. Confidential
  16. 16. Witness
  17. 17. Disabled
  18. 18. Bedtime
  19. 19. Conned
  20. 20. Beef
  21. 21. Torch
  22. 22. Ace
  23. 23. Wannabe
  24. 24. Shattered

Season 12 2010–2011 · 17 episodes

  1. 1. Locum
  2. 2. Bullseye
  3. 3. Behave
  4. 4. Merchandise
  5. 5. Wet
  6. 6. Branded
  7. 7. Trophy
  8. 8. Penetration
  9. 10. Rescue
  10. 11. Pop
  11. 13. Mask
  12. 14. Dirty
  13. 15. Flight
  14. 16. Spectacle
  15. 17. Pursuit
  16. 19. Bombshell
  17. 23. Delinquent

Season 13 2011–2012 · 19 episodes

  1. 1. Scorched Earth
  2. 2. Personal Fouls
  3. 3. Blood Brothers
  4. 4. Double Strands
  5. 5. Missing Pieces
  6. 7. Russian Brides
  7. 9. Lost Traveler
  8. 10. Spiraling Down
  9. 11. Theatre Tricks
  10. 12. Official Story
  11. 13. Father's Shadow
  12. 14. Home Invasions
  13. 15. Hunting Ground
  14. 16. Child's Welfare
  15. 17. Justice Denied
  16. 18. Valentine's Day
  17. 19. Street Revenge
  18. 22. Strange Beauty
  19. 23. Rhodium Nights

Season 14 2012–2013 · 16 episodes

  1. 1. Lost Reputation
  2. 2. Above Suspicion
  3. 4. Acceptable Loss
  4. 5. Manhattan Vigil
  5. 6. Friending Emily
  6. 7. Vanity's Bonfire
  7. 9. Dreams Deferred
  8. 13. Monster's Legacy
  9. 14. Secrets Exhumed
  10. 15. Deadly Ambition
  11. 18. Legitimate Rape
  12. 19. Born Psychopath
  13. 20. Girl Dishonored
  14. 22. Poisoned Motive
  15. 23. Brief Interlude
  16. 24. Her Negotiation

Season 15 2013–2014 · 8 episodes

  1. 1. Surrender Benson
  2. 2. Imprisoned Lives
  3. 4. Internal Affairs
  4. 5. Wonderland Story
  5. 8. Military Justice
  6. 9. Rapist Anonymous
  7. 10. Psycho/Therapist
  8. 11. Amaro's One-Eighty

Season 16 2014–2015 · 1 episode

  1. 21. Perverted Justice

Season 23 2021–2022 · 1 episode

  1. 6. The Five Hundredth Episode

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