Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 9

Air Date

September 25, 2007

Episodes

19 episodes

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Season 9

Overview

Guest stars, including Cynthia Nixon, Robin Williams, Method Man, Jared Harris and Melissa Joan Hart, are season highlights.

Episodes

Alternate

1. Alternate

8.4
September 25, 2007
43 min

Benson and Stabler investigate a suspected child abuse case only to learn that the woman who reported it is the real case.

Avatar

2. Avatar

6.9
October 2, 2007
42 min

Detectives are troubled to learn that someone has taken an online game too far when a girl goes missing.

Impulsive

3. Impulsive

8.0
October 9, 2007
42 min

A teacher claims that a student pursued her after she's charged with raping him.

Savant

4. Savant

7.8
October 16, 2007
43 min

The only witness to a young woman's horrific beating is her mentally challenged daughter.

Harm

5. Harm

7.2
October 23, 2007
42 min

Benson and Stabler investigate the connection between the New York murder of college counselor Kate Simes and her volunteer work at a refugee center working with soldiers tortured in Iraq.

Svengali

6. Svengali

7.4
November 6, 2007
43 min

Benson comes under fire from fans of a convicted serial killer after a body turns up that greatly resembles his work.

Blinded

7. Blinded

7.7
November 13, 2007
42 min

Novak confronts ghosts from her past while handling the trial of a schizophrenic serial rapist, who seriously injured Stabler.

Fight

8. Fight

6.2
November 20, 2007
43 min

Detectives find themselves embroiled in the world of ultimate fighting after a young girl's death.

Paternity

9. Paternity

7.6
November 27, 2007
43 min

When the paternity of a missing young boy is placed into question, Stabler wonders if he really is the father of Kathy's child. Later, Stabler faces the possibility of losing not only his partner but also Kathy and the baby when she and Benson are in an accident.

Snitch

10. Snitch

7.0
December 4, 2007
41 min

When a polygamist's wife is murdered, he believes it's related to a recent criminal case he was testifying in, but detectives believe it may be connected to his culture.

Streetwise

11. Streetwise

8.0
January 1, 2008
43 min

A Park Avenue socialite's body is found in NYC'S Central Park, and Detectives Benson and Stabler initially suspect her wealthy boyfriend.

Signature

12. Signature

8.4
January 8, 2008
43 min

A woman's body is found murdered in a park alongside a man with a bullet in his head - Benson and Special Agent Cooper join forces and suspect "The Woodsman", a serial killer Cooper has tried to catch for years. Lake and Benson begin to question Cooper's true motives when the male victim is later identified as "The Woodsman".

Unorthodox

13. Unorthodox

6.7
January 15, 2008
41 min

Benson and Stabler investigate a tutor after a student is beaten and sexually assaulted, but their investigation soon leads them to another student.

Inconceivable

14. Inconceivable

8.2
January 22, 2008
41 min

The robbery of fertilized embryos from a sperm bank call for Benson and Stabler to track down the thief. Clues from the clinic's security tape lead them to a long list of suspects including two publicity-hungry extremists. The detectives race against the clock to find the missing embryos, but that isn't the only clock that's ticking - Olivia considers her own fertility and the possibility of motherhood.

Undercover

15. Undercover

8.8
April 15, 2008
43 min

After a woman was found raped in a garden, Benson and Stabler realize that the case goes much deeper because of the victim's mother, drugs, and the realization that a corrections officer is involved. Benson decides to go undercover at the same prison where the mother is, putting herself on the other side of the fence.

Closet

16. Closet

6.6
April 22, 2008
43 min

After investment banker Jeremy Haynes is found dead, suspicions turns to his boyfriend Lincoln Haver, a professional football player who could lose everything if the truth of his sexuality became public. When news of Haver's sexual orientation comes out, Benson comes under fire for her relationship with a reporter.

Authority

17. Authority

7.8
April 29, 2008
43 min

An engineer plays a series of mind games with Benson and Stabler.

Trade

18. Trade

7.9
May 6, 2008
41 min

When a pregnant woman's body is discovered in a burned-out brownstone, the investigation turns to a family of coffee importers.

Cold

19. Cold

8.3
May 13, 2008
43 min

The squad is left at ends when Lake is caught in a gunfight and later takes a witness hostage.