Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 15 Episode Guide
Plot summaries for the fifteenth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which aired on NBC from September 2013 to May 2014, featuring Olivia Benson, Det. Nick Amaro, Det. Amanda Rollins, Sgt. John Munch, Det. Fin Tutuola, Capt. Donald Cragen and ADA Rafael Barba.
- 1
Surrender Benson
Out on bail after a mistrial, serial rapist William Lewis abducts Benson from her apartment and holds her on Long Island while the squad hunts for them.
- 2
Imprisoned Lives
A boy abandoned in Times Square leads the squad to a Brooklyn basement where a man held three women for years, as Benson tests whether she is ready to return.
- 3
American Tragedy
A celebrity chef shoots an unarmed black teenager she mistakes for a serial rapist, and her manslaughter trial turns on race, fear and self-defense.
- 4
Internal Affairs
IAB enlists SVU and an undercover Cassidy to expose two patrol officers suspected of raping drunk women and burying the complaints.
- 5
Wonderland Story
A woman who was raped two years earlier is drugged and assaulted again after an underground party, as the squad sends Munch into retirement.
- 6
October Surprise
When a mayoral front-runner asks Barba, his oldest friend, to help a mutual friend accused of attempted rape, SVU uncovers the candidate’s sexting and hush money.
- 7
Dissonant Voices
A four-year-old’s claim that his music teacher, a TV singing coach, abused him snowballs into nine accusations before SVU learns who scripted the story.
- 8
Military Justice
A Coast Guard ensign found drunk and bleeding in Manhattan says shipmates raped her, but the service charges her instead and protects her commander.
- 9
Rapist Anonymous
A woman from Rollins’s recovery circle says a fellow member raped her; when he falls from her roof, Rollins’s loyalty and private life end up on trial.
- 10
Psycho/Therapist
Benson must testify against William Lewis, who acts as his own lawyer and turns her account of her abduction, and her beating of him, against her.
- 11
Amaro's One-Eighty
Amaro shoots an unarmed teenager while backing up a wounded officer, and the case becomes a political test for the new mayor and IAB.
- 12
Jersey Breakdown
An underage strip-club waitress is raped by a VIP guest, and her case exposes a New Jersey prosecutor, a judge and a for-profit juvenile prison.
- 13
Betrayal's Climax
A 16-year-old is gang-raped while her boyfriend is forced to watch, and his gang ties and silence threaten the case.
- 14
Wednesday's Child
A mother secretly gives away her troubled adopted son through an online broker, and SVU races to find him before his insulin runs out.
- 15
Comic Perversion
A comedian who builds his act on rape jokes is accused of raping a college student, and SVU’s case against him becomes a fight over free speech.
- 16
Gridiron Soldier
A Georgia football recruit lands in jail after attacking a man in a gay bar, and Rollins, who knows his family, suspects his would-be college team did something to him first.
- 17
Gambler's Fallacy
Caught gambling in an illegal club, Rollins is pressured into favors for its managers, and one of them helps clear the way for a diplomat’s wife’s rape.
- 18
Criminal Stories
A star newspaper columnist embedded with SVU declares a Muslim woman’s rape report a hoax after her account of an attack in Central Park falls apart.
- 19
Downloaded Child
A young mother who left her six-year-old locked in alone for two days is revealed to be the child in widely traded abuse videos, and Barba uses federal law to make the men who downloaded them pay.
- 20
Beast's Obsession
Serial rapist William Lewis escapes from custody, kidnaps a 12-year-old girl and holds her life over Benson until she admits she lied about beating him.
- 21
Post-Mortem Blues
After William Lewis dies during a game of Russian roulette, Benson faces IAB and a Brooklyn grand jury that doubt her account that he shot himself.
- 22
Reasonable Doubt
In the middle of a bitter divorce, a celebrated TV producer faces charges that he abused his young daughter, and the case plays out in the press as well as in court.
- 23
Thought Criminal
An online sting leads SVU to a respected photographer who fantasizes about torturing boys and has built a chamber to do it, but the case has no victim.
- 24
Spring Awakening
As Amaro faces charges for beating an acquitted suspect, a sting on a robbery-rape ring leads Benson to the mother of the abandoned baby she rescued.