Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Season 4

All 25 episodes in airing order, with first-run dates and viewer ratings.

  1. 01

    September 27, 2002 · 1h

    Chameleon7.8

    Sharon Lawrence portrays a prostitute who claims that she killed a john in self-defense.

  2. 02

    October 4, 2002 · 1h

    Deception8.3

    Benson and Stabler wonder if an actress (Sherilyn Fenn) may have played a role in her husband's murder.

  3. 03

    October 11, 2002 · 1h

    Vulnerable8.3

    Benson and Stabler try to determine who mistreated an Alzheimer's victim (Jane Powell).

  4. 04

    October 18, 2002 · 1h

    Lust8.3

    The detectives investigate the murder of a public-health doctor whose husband (Michael Gross) is a retired lawyer.

  5. 05

    October 25, 2002 · 1h

    Disappearing Acts8.3

    After Stabler and Benson are called in on a rape case, their victim is taken away by Federal agents.

  6. 06

    November 1, 2002 · 1h

    Angels8.3

    The discovery of a boy's body leads to a pedophile ring.

  7. 07

    November 8, 2002 · 1h

    Dolls8.3

    Gloria Reuben plays a graphics designer who returns from five months in rehab to discover that her daughter is missing.

  8. 08

    November 15, 2002 · 1h

    Waste8.3

    The detectives try to determine who impregnated a comatose woman.

  9. 09

    November 22, 2002 · 1h

    Juvenile8.8

    Two youths (Shane E. Lyons, Connor Paolo) each blame the other in the murder of a cancer patient who grew marijuana.

  10. 10

    December 6, 2002 · 1h

    Resilience8.8

    The investigation into a teen's claim that she was raped involves her parents, little sister, a boyfriend and a boarder.

  11. 11

    January 10, 2003 · 1h

    Damaged8.3

    Shootings at a video-rental store lead to a case involving an adopted daughter (Ari Graynor), a sexually abused child, a lawyer's son (Christopher Denham) and a client's immunity.

  12. 12

    January 17, 2003 · 1h

    Risk7.0

    Stabler goes undercover to try to find a police detective who's part of a cocaine-smuggling ring.

  13. 13

    January 24, 2003 · 1h

    Rotten8.3

    In their investigation of a prisoner's death, Benson and Fin learn that he was assaulted before being incarcerated.

  14. 14

    January 31, 2003 · 1h

    Mercy8.5

    The discovery of an infant's remains leads to a case that deals with a fatal genetic disorder and a parent's moral crisis.

  15. 15

    February 7, 2003 · 1h

    Pandora8.2

    Stabler is sent to Prague to look for a missing teen (Alexis Dziena) whose pictures are showing up on child-porn Web sites.

  16. 16

    February 14, 2003 · 1h

    Tortured8.5

    A former victim of Tibetan political torture is found murdered, with one of her feet missing.

  17. 17

    February 21, 2003 · 1h

    Privilege8.5

    The investigation of an apparent suicide leads to a case involving members of a wealthy family.

  18. 18

    March 14, 2003 · 1h

    Desperate8.8

    A woman in a tenement is raped and murdered in front of her 6-year-old son (Max Weinstein). Not surprisingly, the boy is too traumatized to answer questions. And one of them turns out to be, What were they doing in that apartment in the first place? They weren't poor, but they were on the run.

  19. 19

    March 28, 2003 · 1h

    Appearances9.7

    The discovery of an 8-year-old beauty-pageant contestant's body leads to a case involving a virtual-pornography website.

  20. 20

    April 4, 2003 · 1h

    Dominance9.3

    Multiple murders at a Manhattan townhouse are the start of a killing spree.

  21. 21

    April 18, 2003 · 1h

    Fallacy9.3

    After a woman (Katherine Moennig) fights off an attacker, what seems to be a case of self-defense murder grows more complicated following a blood test.

  22. 22

    April 25, 2003 · 1h

    Futility9.7

    An accused rapist (Fred Savage) decides to represent himself in court.

  23. 23

    May 2, 2003 · 1h

    Grief9.7

    After a waitress is found shot outside the club where she worked, her father (Joe Morton) seeks vengeance.

  24. 24

    May 9, 2003 · 1h

    Perfect9.7

    A teen's murder leads to a case involving runaways and a doctor (Gale Harold) interested in human cloning.

  25. 25

    May 16, 2003 · 1h

    Soulless9.2

    Benson speaks to a 15-year-old at a hospital, just before the teen is abducted.

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