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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Season 4

About the series

Elite detectives in New York City pursue cases of sexual assault and abuse in this long-running crime drama.

Season premiere
September 27, 2002
Episodes in the season
25
Whole season
17 h 54 min
September 27, 2002 Season fully aired May 16, 2003

Episodes

25 episodes · 17 h 54 min

  1. 27 Sep 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 1 — a still from the episode E01

    Chameleon

    43 min

    The detectives are on the trail of a recently paroled rapist responsible for the murder of a prostitute during a raid at a men's club and are called to the scene where he was shot in self defense by his own gun. However, the murder weapon was also used in another crime while he was still in prison, leading the detectives to investigate the victim through a trail of previously unsolved cases, a spending spree and another victim. They uncover a more serious criminal in the process.

  2. 4 Oct 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 2 — a still from the episode E02

    Deception

    44 min

    A family portrait painted by a kindergartner leads the detectives to investigate her mother for child sexual abuse of her teenage stepson. When the boy's father is found murdered, the focus of the investigation shifts to the boy -- and his stepmother goes to great lengths to protect him and prevent the detectives from learning the truth.

  3. 11 Oct 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 3 — a still from the episode E03

    Vulnerable

    43 min

    When an elderly woman with Alzheimer's breaks into an apartment, the detectives discover she had been abused, triggering memories of similar crimes from her childhood. They discover that she had been released from a nursing home to the custody of her financially scheming son who becomes the prime suspect. However, they go back to the nursing home to find a pair of suspects; the real crime is what's being done to the elderly.

  4. 18 Oct 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 4 — a still from the episode E04

    Lust

    44 min

    A public health doctor, the wife of a retired attorney, who tracked HIV cases is found murdered and raped in Central Park. Her work involved contacting sexual partners of HIV patients which gives the detectives a long list of suspects and the detectives try to link threatening phone calls to the crime. The discovery of a second body in Central Park with the same signature shifts the focus to a possible serial killer.

  5. 25 Oct 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 5 — a still from the episode E05

    Disappearing Acts

    43 min

    A high-powered executive is raped, but the situation is complicated by her involvement with the Feds and the Russian mob - as well as a father-son duo who are in the federal witness protection program and an agent who appears bound and determined to protect them, regardless of consequence.

  6. 1 Nov 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 6 — a still from the episode E06

    Angels

    44 min

    A battered young boy suffocates while hiding in the luggage compartment of an airport shuttle bus and it leads the detectives to his guardian and into the investigation of a perverted child molestation ring.

  7. 8 Nov 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 7 — a still from the episode E07

    Dolls

    43 min

    Detectives try and solve the gruesome murder of a sexually molested five-year-old girl whose killer, a serial pedophile, has an obsession with dolls. They race to save the life of his latest victim.

  8. 15 Nov 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 8 — a still from the episode E08

    Waste

    44 min

    The Detectives investigate the rape of a woman who's been in a coma for a year, and after eliminating a huge pool of suspects, they make a startling discovery.

  9. 22 Nov 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 9 — a still from the episode E09

    Juvenile

    42 min

    A cancer patient, who was growing marijuana in her apartment and selling it, is found raped and murdered, sending the detectives on a hunt for two middle school students, each blaming the other.

  10. 6 Dec 2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 10 — a still from the episode E10

    Resilience

    43 min

    A 14-year-old girl tries to commit suicide by jumping in front of a train after she is raped. She falsely accuses an ex-boyfriend but when the search turns to her dysfunctional family, surprise discoveries are made and SVU discovers that the family is even worse off than they thought.

  11. 10 Jan 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 11 — a still from the episode E11

    Damaged

    43 min

    A six-year-old girl is critically injured in an apparent robbery-gone-bad and later dies. The investigation gets complicated when it is discovered that the murders were designed to silence the young girl, who was sexually abused.

  12. 17 Jan 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 12 — a still from the episode E12

    Risk

    41 min

    An infant ingests pure cocaine disguised in baby formula, uncovering a complicated narcotics ring with unlikely participants and the entire squad goes undercover to flush them out.

  13. 24 Jan 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 13 — a still from the episode E13

    Rotten

    42 min

    In their investigation of a prisoner's death, Benson and Tutuola learn that he was sexually assaulted before being incarcerated and since it happened while in custody, the police are suspected.

  14. 31 Jan 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 14 — a still from the episode E14

    Mercy

    43 min

    When the body of a 1-month-old baby girl is found stuffed inside a cooler, the detectives are horrified. But they soon learn that the baby had a genetic disorder known as Tay-Sachs disease, and it may have been a mercy killing.

  15. 7 Feb 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 15 — a still from the episode E15

    Pandora

    43 min

    The brutal rape, and subsequent death, of a female motorist turns out to be an undercover FBI informant acting as a cyber vigilante for catching online pedophiles to capture the predator trafficking internet porn. The detectives find the victim's husband murdered and follow the trail of evidence for the latest victim she had been tracking, which turns into an international case of teenage prostitution, with ties to the Czech Republic.

  16. 14 Feb 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 16 — a still from the episode E16

    Tortured

    43 min

    A Tibetan woman who was tortured in her home country is found murdered, with her foot missing, and after an exhaustive search of potential suspects, the killer is a victim of torture himself.

  17. 21 Feb 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 17 — a still from the episode E17

    Privilege

    43 min

    A young female film student dressed in a maid's uniform has apparently committed suicide but it's very suspicious. The detectives learn that she just broke up with her very rich and powerful boyfriend.

  18. 14 Mar 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 18 — a still from the episode E18

    Desperate

    43 min

    After a young boy witnesses the brutal sexual assault and murder of his stepmother, he is too terrified to tell the detectives who attacked her.

  19. 28 Mar 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 19 — a still from the episode E19

    Appearances

    43 min

    The body of a nine-year-old beauty pageant contestant is found raped and murdered on a bus, but the case goes beyond the killer when it leads detectives to a virtual-pornography website.

  20. 4 Apr 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 20 — a still from the episode E20

    Dominance

    43 min

    A quadruple homicide with sexual overtones is just the start of an intense rampage of a serial killer that brings a homicide detective into the mix. As the entire squad races against time to prevent further victims, the evidence uncovers a horrible situation of incest and abuse.

  21. 18 Apr 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 21 — a still from the episode E21

    Fallacy

    43 min

    A female party-goer and rape victim claims self-defense after killing her attacker. Events take an unusual turn when they find out that the victim is a pre-operative transgender.

  22. 25 Apr 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 22 — a still from the episode E22

    Futility

    42 min

    A man accused of raping several neighborhood women denies everything and represents himself in court.

  23. 2 May 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 23 — a still from the episode E23

    Grief

    43 min

    A dead girl is found outside a bar. The death, however, is ruled a suicide, because the victim's boyfriend continually raped her. The victim's father vows revenge against his daughter's rapist.

  24. 9 May 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 24 — a still from the episode E24

    Perfect

    43 min

    A murdered 14-year-old girl leads the detectives to a prominent physician who specializes in reproduction therapy and exposes a dangerous "foundation" where disenfranchised young women are brainwashed.

  25. 16 May 2003 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 4, episode 25 — a still from the episode E25

    Soulless

    43 min

    After a rape victim is abducted from the hospital and later found dead, the detectives suspect several young socialites of her rape, at a Manhattan nightclub, and subsequent murder.