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- 1999
- TV-14
- NBC
- 1999
- TV-14
- NBC
Summary "In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories."
Created By: Dick Wolf
- 1999
- TV-14
- NBC
- 1999
- TV-14
- NBC
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
25 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 20, 1999
66
8.4
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Summary "In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories."
Created By: Dick Wolf
Where to Watch
All Seasons
25 Seasons
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
66
56% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
44% Mixed
11 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
66
56% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
44% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Sparse, tough, nuts-and-bolts, hit-and-run TV. You'd need a magnifying glass to find a nuance. But it works, and grippingly.
Despite a bizarre courtroom sequence that strains credibility early in the episode, this is a very good start for Special Victims Unit, which promises to be a solid cop drama capable of occasionally stretching toward greatness.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 264 User Ratings
8.4
86% Positive
228 Ratings
228 Ratings
3% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
10% Negative
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 264 User Ratings
8.4
86% Positive
228 Ratings
228 Ratings
3% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
10% Negative
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
Really great show!
can we all agree that Cardigan by Taylor Swift is the most accurately written and relatable song about being cheated on? it's like a bunch of stories compiled together to make a new one. from 'a friend to all is a friend to none', it's like a reminder that your partner's friend isn't your friend. sometimes they are the ones who tolerate the betrayal. or sometimes it's actually from a friend of yours where the betrayal starts. and 'chase two girls, lose the one', a consequence of cheating that you're not just losing one of them, but actually the one. to 'playing hide-and-seek and giving me your weekends', the feeling of longing for something because he was always physically unavailable, and meeting someone behind the mall. and 'you drew stars around my scars, but now i'm bleeding," they somehow assured you, gave light to your dark past. however, they still did the things you told them that once hurt you. until, "i knew you, tried to change the ending: peter losing wendy" when they were trying to turn the table and change the narration of the story. when they were trying to make that it was wendy who was losing peter. when they were trying to look innocent through lies. and of course, "i knew you, leaving like a father, running like water" when they ran from their responsibility and didn't even have the face to hold themselves accountable for what they had done. and people would think that it's fine; it was just puppy love. we are all deprived of expressing ourselves, from sensual politics to feeling like a cardigan under someone's bed, because when you are young, they always assume that you know nothing.
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Victims Unit also imports Mr. Belzer's sardonic John Munch character from NBC's canceled Homicide: Life on the Street. His wise-guy asides are a little forced in this first hour, as are some of the recurring sexual references. But the featured case gets more compelling by the minute. [20 Sept 1999, p.1C]
First episode lacks the energy and grit of the first season of "Law & Order," but Anthony Jannelli's camera work reveals the guilty, and director Jean De Segonzac and editor Doug Ibold keep the action taught even when it's apparent exactly where things are headed.
At times, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit flashes the same no-nonsense style of its sire: spare writing, quick pacing, ripped-from-the-headlines plot. But for much of the time, tonight's premiere is enervating, plodding and dull, which seems kind of odd when you're dealing with crimes of passion. [20 Sept 1999, p.E-3]
[The show] still portrays Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay as the most naive, bleeding-heart molester busters in America.
The problem is that the new show makes the original look far better...There isn't enough special yet about this Special Victims Unit. [19 Sept 1999, p.F1]
Eh. It's okay, not the best series in the world, but if you have nothing better to do... I will say some of the episodes can be pretty interesting to watch, and the whole appeal of the show is finding out "who did it". It's not all bad, give it a watch, but don't indulge yourself in every episode ever, there are A LOT of them first of all, but secondly only do it if you're feeling up to it.
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Stop with the racial episodes! This show is an inspiration to women who have experienced sexual assault. Please don’t turn it to race.
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Production Company:
- Wolf Films
- Studios USA Television
- Universal Network Television
- NBC Universal Television
- Universal Media Studios (UMS)
- Universal Television
Initial Release Date: Sep 20, 1999
Number of seasons: 25 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Prism Awards
• 7 Wins & 25 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 6 Wins & 25 Nominations
