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Elliot Stabler 279 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes

Detective Elliot Stabler, played by Christopher Meloni, works the case in 279 of the 594 episodes, from “Payback” (1999) to “In the Wind” (2025).

Played by
Christopher Meloni
Role
Detective, Seasons 1–12, 22–24, 26–27
Episodes
279 of 594
First episode
Payback (S1E1, 1999)
Last episode
In the Wind (S27E1, 2025)
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 · 24 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. 14. Mercy
  14. 15. Pandora
  15. 16. Tortured
  16. 17. Privilege
  17. 18. Desperate
  18. 19. Appearances
  19. 20. Dominance
  20. 21. Fallacy
  21. 22. Futility
  22. 23. Grief
  23. 24. Perfect
  24. 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 · 20 episodes

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

Season 8 2006–2007 · 22 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. 10. Scheherazade
  11. 11. Burned
  12. 12. Outsider
  13. 13. Loophole
  14. 14. Dependent
  15. 15. Haystack
  16. 16. Philadelphia
  17. 17. Sin
  18. 18. Responsible
  19. 19. Florida
  20. 20. Annihilated
  21. 21. Pretend
  22. 22. Screwed

Season 9 2007–2008 · 18 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. 13. Unorthodox
  13. 14. Inconceivable
  14. 15. Undercover
  15. 16. Closet
  16. 17. Authority
  17. 18. Trade
  18. 19. Cold

Season 10 2008–2009 · 21 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. 10. Smut
  10. 11. Stranger
  11. 12. Hothouse
  12. 13. Snatched
  13. 14. Transitions
  14. 15. Lead
  15. 16. Ballerina
  16. 17. Hell
  17. 18. Baggage
  18. 19. Selfish
  19. 20. Crush
  20. 21. Liberties
  21. 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 · 23 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. 9. Gray
  10. 10. Rescue
  11. 11. Pop
  12. 12. Possessed
  13. 13. Mask
  14. 15. Flight
  15. 16. Spectacle
  16. 17. Pursuit
  17. 18. Bully
  18. 19. Bombshell
  19. 20. Totem
  20. 21. Reparations
  21. 22. Bang
  22. 23. Delinquent
  23. 24. Smoked

Season 22 2020–2021 · 3 episodes

  1. 9. Return of the Prodigal Son
  2. 13. Trick-Rolled at the Moulin
  3. 16. Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

Season 23 2021–2022 · 4 episodes

  1. 1. And the Empire Strikes Back
  2. 3. I Thought You Were on My Side
  3. 9. People vs. Richard Wheatley
  4. 20. Did You Believe in Miracles?

Season 24 2022–2023 · 4 episodes

  1. 1. Gimme Shelter – Part Two
  2. 12. Blood Out
  3. 21. Bad Things
  4. 22. All Pain Is One Malady

Season 26 2024–2025 · 1 episode

  1. 19. Play with Fire Part 2

Season 27 2025–2026 · 1 episode

  1. 1. In the Wind

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