Is Law & Order: Special Victims Unit coming back?
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–present) — drama · crime · legal on NBC
The answer: Between seasons — last episode May 14, 2026, no return date announced yet.
27seasons
594episodes
7.9/ 10
About Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is currently airing on NBC; the next episode airs 2026-06-01. The show most recently aired its 27th season finale on 2026-05-14. It is one of the longest-running scripted prime-time TV series, having premiered on September 20, 1999.
This crime drama series focuses on the detectives of the Special Victims Unit in New York City, who investigate sexually-based offenses considered especially heinous. The show was a drama series that aired from 1999 and has continued to explore complex criminal cases within the legal and criminal justice system.
The cast includes Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson, Ice-T as Sergeant Odafin "Fin" Tutuola, and Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen. Richard Belzer plays John Munch, and Christopher Meloni portrays Detective Elliot Stabler. The series has a rating of 7.9 on TVMaze and each episode runs approximately 60 minutes.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode schedule
594 aired
Aired · 594
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2026 | S27·E21 | Monster |
| May 7, 2026 | S27·E20 | Old Friends |
| April 30, 2026 | S27·E19 | Impropriety |
| April 23, 2026 | S27·E18 | Gimmick |
| April 9, 2026 | S27·E17 | Deep Under |
| April 2, 2026 | S27·E16 | Vivid |
| March 12, 2026 | S27·E15 | Thirsty |
| March 5, 2026 | S27·E14 | Frequency |
| February 26, 2026 | S27·E13 | Corrosive |
| January 29, 2026 | S27·E12 | Hubris |
| January 22, 2026 | S27·E11 | Career Psychopath |
| January 15, 2026 | S27·E10 | Fidelis Ad Mortem |
| January 8, 2026 | S27·E9 | Purity |
| November 20, 2025 | S27·E8 | Showdown |
| November 13, 2025 | S27·E7 | False Idols |
| October 30, 2025 | S27·E6 | Under the Influence |
| October 23, 2025 | S27·E5 | Feed the Craving |
| October 16, 2025 | S27·E4 | Clickbait |
| October 9, 2025 | S27·E3 | A Vicious Circle |
| October 2, 2025 | S27·E2 | A Waiver of Consent |
| September 25, 2025 | S27·E1 | In The Wind |
| May 15, 2025 | S26·E22 | Post-Rage |
| May 8, 2025 | S26·E21 | Aperture |
| May 1, 2025 | S26·E20 | Shock Collar |
| April 17, 2025 | S26·E19 | Play With Fire Part 2 |
| April 10, 2025 | S26·E18 | The Accuser |
| April 3, 2025 | S26·E17 | Accomplice Liability |
| March 20, 2025 | S26·E16 | Let Me Bring Pardon |
| March 13, 2025 | S26·E15 | Undertow |
| February 27, 2025 | S26·E14 | The Grid Plan |
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| February 20, 2025 | S26·E13 | Extinguished |
| February 13, 2025 | S26·E12 | Calculated |
| January 30, 2025 | S26·E11 | Deductible |
| January 23, 2025 | S26·E10 | Master Key |
| January 16, 2025 | S26·E9 | First Light |
| November 21, 2024 | S26·E8 | Cornered |
| November 14, 2024 | S26·E7 | Tenfold |
| November 7, 2024 | S26·E6 | Rorschach |
| October 31, 2024 | S26·E5 | Economics of Shame |
| October 24, 2024 | S26·E4 | Constricted |
| October 17, 2024 | S26·E3 | Divide & Conquer |
| October 10, 2024 | S26·E2 | Excavation |
| October 3, 2024 | S26·E1 | Fractured |
| May 16, 2024 | S25·E13 | Duty To Hope |
| May 9, 2024 | S25·E12 | Marauder |
| May 2, 2024 | S25·E11 | Prima Nocta |
| April 18, 2024 | S25·E10 | Combat Fatigue |
| April 11, 2024 | S25·E9 | Children of Wolves |
| March 21, 2024 | S25·E8 | Third Man Syndrome |
| March 14, 2024 | S25·E7 | Probability of Doom |
| February 29, 2024 | S25·E6 | Carousel |
| February 22, 2024 | S25·E5 | Zone Rouge |
| February 8, 2024 | S25·E4 | Duty to Report |
| February 1, 2024 | S25·E3 | The Punch List |
| January 25, 2024 | S25·E2 | Truth Embargo |
| January 18, 2024 | S25·E1 | Tunnel Blind |
| May 18, 2023 | S24·E22 | All Pain Is One Malady |
| May 11, 2023 | S24·E21 | Bad Things |
| May 4, 2023 | S24·E20 | Debatable |
| April 27, 2023 | S24·E19 | Bend the Law |
| April 6, 2023 | S24·E18 | Bubble Wrap |
| March 30, 2023 | S24·E17 | Lime Chaser |
| March 23, 2023 | S24·E16 | The Presence of Absence |
| February 23, 2023 | S24·E15 | King of the Moon |
| February 16, 2023 | S24·E14 | Dutch Tears |
| February 2, 2023 | S24·E13 | Intersection |
| January 26, 2023 | S24·E12 | Blood Out |
| January 12, 2023 | S24·E11 | Soldier Up |
| January 5, 2023 | S24·E10 | Jumped In |
| December 8, 2022 | S24·E9 | And a Trauma in a Pear Tree |
| November 17, 2022 | S24·E8 | A Better Person |
| November 10, 2022 | S24·E7 | Dead Ball |
| November 3, 2022 | S24·E6 | Controlled Burn |
| October 27, 2022 | S24·E5 | Breakwater |
| October 13, 2022 | S24·E4 | The Steps We Cannot Take |
| October 6, 2022 | S24·E3 | Mirror Effect |
| September 29, 2022 | S24·E2 | The One You Feed |
| September 22, 2022 | S24·E1 | Gimme Shelter, Part II |
| May 19, 2022 | S23·E22 | A Final Call At Forlini's Bar |
| May 12, 2022 | S23·E21 | Confess Your Sins to Be Free |
| May 5, 2022 | S23·E20 | Did You Believe in Miracles? |
| April 28, 2022 | S23·E19 | Tangled Strands of Justice |
| April 14, 2022 | S23·E18 | Eighteen Wheels a Predator |
| April 7, 2022 | S23·E17 | Once Upon a Time in El Barrio |
| March 17, 2022 | S23·E16 | Sorry If It Got Weird for You |
| March 10, 2022 | S23·E15 | Promising Young Gentlemen |
| March 3, 2022 | S23·E14 | Video Killed the Radio Star |
| February 24, 2022 | S23·E13 | If I Knew Then What I Know Now |
| January 20, 2022 | S23·E12 | Tommy Baker's Hardest Fight |
| January 13, 2022 | S23·E11 | Burning With Rage Forever |
| January 6, 2022 | S23·E10 | Silent Night, Hateful Night |
| December 9, 2021 | S23·E9 | People vs Richard Wheatley |
| November 11, 2021 | S23·E8 | Nightmares in Drill City |
| November 4, 2021 | S23·E7 | They'd Already Disappeared |
| October 21, 2021 | S23·E6 | The Five Hundredth Episode |
| October 14, 2021 | S23·E5 | Fast Times @TheWheelhouse |
| October 7, 2021 | S23·E4 | One More Tale of Two Victims |
| September 30, 2021 | S23·E3 | I Thought You Were on My Side |
| September 23, 2021 | S23·E2 | Never Turn Your Back on Them |
| September 23, 2021 | S23·E1 | And the Empire Strikes Back |
| June 3, 2021 | S22·E16 | Wolves in Sheep's Clothing |
| May 27, 2021 | S22·E15 | What Can Happen in the Dark |
| May 20, 2021 | S22·E14 | Post-Graduate Psychopath |
| May 13, 2021 | S22·E13 | Trick-Rolled at the Moulin' |
| April 22, 2021 | S22·E12 | In the Year We All Fell Down |
| April 15, 2021 | S22·E11 | Our Words Will Not Be Heard |
| April 8, 2021 | S22·E10 | Welcome to the Pedo Motel |
| April 1, 2021 | S22·E9 | Return of the Prodigal Son |
| February 25, 2021 | S22·E8 | The Only Way Out Is Through |
| February 18, 2021 | S22·E7 | Hunt, Trap, Rape and Release |
| January 21, 2021 | S22·E6 | The Long Arm of the Witness |
| January 14, 2021 | S22·E5 | Turn Me On Take Me Private |
| January 7, 2021 | S22·E4 | Sightless in a Savage Land |
| December 3, 2020 | S22·E3 | Remember Me in Quarantine |
| November 19, 2020 | S22·E2 | The Ballad of Dwight and Irena |
| November 12, 2020 | S22·E1 | Guardians and Gladiators |
| April 23, 2020 | S21·E20 | The Things We Have to Lose |
| April 16, 2020 | S21·E19 | Solving for the Unknowns |
| April 2, 2020 | S21·E18 | Garland's Baptism by Fire |
| March 26, 2020 | S21·E17 | Dance, Lies and Videotape |
| February 27, 2020 | S21·E16 | Eternal Relief From Pain |
| February 20, 2020 | S21·E15 | Swimming with the Sharks |
| February 13, 2020 | S21·E14 | I Deserve Some Loving Too |
| February 6, 2020 | S21·E13 | Redemption in Her Corner |
| January 30, 2020 | S21·E12 | The Longest Night of Rain |
| January 16, 2020 | S21·E11 | She Paints for Vengeance |
| January 9, 2020 | S21·E10 | Must Be Held Accountable |
| November 21, 2019 | S21·E9 | Can't Be Held Accountable |
| November 14, 2019 | S21·E8 | We Dream of Machine Elves |
| November 7, 2019 | S21·E7 | Counselor, It's Chinatown |
| October 31, 2019 | S21·E6 | Murdered at a Bad Address |
| October 24, 2019 | S21·E5 | At Midnight in Manhattan |
| October 17, 2019 | S21·E4 | The Burden of Our Choices |
| October 10, 2019 | S21·E3 | Down Low in Hell's Kitchen |
| October 3, 2019 | S21·E2 | The Darkest Journey Home |
| September 26, 2019 | S21·E1 | I'm Going to Make You a Star |
| May 16, 2019 | S20·E24 | End Game |
| May 9, 2019 | S20·E23 | Assumptions |
| May 2, 2019 | S20·E22 | Diss |
| April 25, 2019 | S20·E21 | Exchange |
| April 11, 2019 | S20·E20 | The Good Girl |
| April 4, 2019 | S20·E19 | Dearly Beloved |
| March 21, 2019 | S20·E18 | Blackout |
| March 14, 2019 | S20·E17 | Missing |
| February 21, 2019 | S20·E16 | Facing Demons |
| February 14, 2019 | S20·E15 | Brothel |
| February 7, 2019 | S20·E14 | Part 33 |
| January 31, 2019 | S20·E13 | A Story of More Woe |
| January 17, 2019 | S20·E12 | Dear Ben |
| January 10, 2019 | S20·E11 | Plastic |
| November 29, 2018 | S20·E10 | Alta Kockers |
| November 15, 2018 | S20·E9 | Mea Culpa |
| November 8, 2018 | S20·E8 | Hell's Kitchen |
| November 1, 2018 | S20·E7 | Caretaker |
| October 25, 2018 | S20·E6 | Exile |
| October 18, 2018 | S20·E5 | Accredo |
| October 11, 2018 | S20·E4 | Revenge |
| October 4, 2018 | S20·E3 | Zero Tolerance |
| September 27, 2018 | S20·E2 | Man Down |
| September 27, 2018 | S20·E1 | Man Up |
| May 23, 2018 | S19·E24 | Remember Me Too |
| May 23, 2018 | S19·E23 | Remember Me |
| May 16, 2018 | S19·E22 | Mama |
| May 9, 2018 | S19·E21 | Guardian |
| May 2, 2018 | S19·E20 | The Book of Esther |
| April 18, 2018 | S19·E19 | Sunk Cost Fallacy |
| April 11, 2018 | S19·E18 | Service |
| March 21, 2018 | S19·E17 | Send in the Clowns |
| March 14, 2018 | S19·E16 | Dare |
| March 7, 2018 | S19·E15 | In Loco Parentis |
| February 28, 2018 | S19·E14 | Chasing Demons |
| February 7, 2018 | S19·E13 | The Undiscovered Country |
| January 31, 2018 | S19·E12 | Info Wars |
| January 17, 2018 | S19·E11 | Flight Risk |
| January 10, 2018 | S19·E10 | Pathological |
| January 3, 2018 | S19·E9 | Gone Baby Gone |
| December 6, 2017 | S19·E8 | Intent |
| November 29, 2017 | S19·E7 | Something Happened |
| November 1, 2017 | S19·E6 | Unintended Consequences |
| October 25, 2017 | S19·E5 | Complicated |
| October 18, 2017 | S19·E4 | No Good Reason |
| October 11, 2017 | S19·E3 | Contrapasso |
| October 4, 2017 | S19·E2 | Mood |
| September 27, 2017 | S19·E1 | Gone Fishin' |
| May 24, 2017 | S18·E21 | Sanctuary |
| May 24, 2017 | S18·E20 | American Dream |
| May 17, 2017 | S18·E19 | Conversion |
| May 10, 2017 | S18·E18 | Spellbound |
| May 3, 2017 | S18·E17 | Real Fake News |
| April 26, 2017 | S18·E16 | The Newsroom |
| April 5, 2017 | S18·E15 | Know It All |
| March 29, 2017 | S18·E14 | Net Worth |
| March 22, 2017 | S18·E13 | Genes |
| February 22, 2017 | S18·E12 | No Surrender |
| February 15, 2017 | S18·E11 | Great Expectations |
| February 8, 2017 | S18·E10 | Motherly Love |
| January 18, 2017 | S18·E9 | Decline and Fall |
| January 11, 2017 | S18·E8 | Chasing Theo |
| January 4, 2017 | S18·E7 | Next Chapter |
| November 9, 2016 | S18·E6 | Broken Rhymes |
| October 26, 2016 | S18·E5 | Rape Interrupted |
| October 12, 2016 | S18·E4 | Heightened Emotions |
| October 5, 2016 | S18·E3 | Imposter |
| September 28, 2016 | S18·E2 | Making a Rapist |
| September 21, 2016 | S18·E1 | Terrorized |
| May 25, 2016 | S17·E23 | Heartfelt Passages |
| May 18, 2016 | S17·E22 | Intersecting Lives |
| May 11, 2016 | S17·E21 | Assaulting Reality |
| May 4, 2016 | S17·E20 | Fashionable Crimes |
| March 30, 2016 | S17·E19 | Sheltered Outcasts |
| March 23, 2016 | S17·E18 | Unholiest Alliance |
| March 2, 2016 | S17·E17 | Manhattan Transfer |
| February 24, 2016 | S17·E16 | Star-Struck Victims |
| February 17, 2016 | S17·E15 | Collateral Damages |
| February 10, 2016 | S17·E14 | Nationwide Manhunt |
| February 3, 2016 | S17·E13 | Forty-One Witnesses |
| January 20, 2016 | S17·E12 | A Misunderstanding |
| January 13, 2016 | S17·E11 | Townhouse Incident |
| January 6, 2016 | S17·E10 | Catfishing Teacher |
| November 18, 2015 | S17·E9 | Depravity Standard |
| November 11, 2015 | S17·E8 | Melancholy Pursuit |
| November 4, 2015 | S17·E7 | Patrimonial Burden |
| October 21, 2015 | S17·E6 | Maternal Instincts |
| October 14, 2015 | S17·E5 | Community Policing |
| October 7, 2015 | S17·E4 | Institutional Fail |
| September 30, 2015 | S17·E3 | Transgender Bridge |
| September 23, 2015 | S17·E2 | Criminal Pathology |
| September 23, 2015 | S17·E1 | Devil's Dissections |
| May 20, 2015 | S16·E23 | Surrendering Noah |
| May 13, 2015 | S16·E22 | Parent's Nightmare |
…and 364 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit cast
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Mariska Hargitayas Captain Olivia Benson -
Ice-Tas Sergeant Odafin "Fin" Tutuola -
Dann Florekas Captain Donald Cragen -
Richard Belzeras John Munch -
Christopher Melonias Detective Elliot Stabler -
Kelli Giddishas Amanda Rollins -
Peter Scanavinoas Dominick Carisi, Jr. -
B.D. Wongas Dr. George Huang -
Tamara Tunieas Dr. Melinda Warner, M.E. -
Raúl Esparzaas Rafael Barba -
Diane Nealas Assistant D.A. Casey Novak -
Stephanie Marchas Alexandra Cabot -
Danny Pinoas Nick Amaro -
Octavio Pisanoas Detective Joe Velasco -
Kevin Kaneas Detective Terry Bruno -
Aime Donna Kellyas Renee Curry -
Jamie Gray Hyderas Detective Katriona "Kat" Azar Tamin -
Philip Winchesteras Assistant D.A. Peter Stone