The Best Episodes Written By Ed Zuckerman

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.3/10(12 votes)

   #1 - Daydream Believer (III)

   S16:E204/29/2015

   A Chicago crime resembles a decade-old New York City case, so police from Chicago arrive and team up with the squad to track down a suspect they had to release earlier. The crossover starts on Chicago Fire S03E21 We Called Her Jellybean (I) and Chicago P.D. S02E20 The Number of Rats (II).

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   8.8/10(4 votes)

   #2 - Decline and Fall

   S18:E91/18/2017

   The powerful family of a retail empire closes ranks when a bartender accuses one of their own of rape.

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   8.3/10(7 votes)

   #3 - Wonderland Story

   S15:E510/16/2013

   Investigation into the suspected rape of a woman Benson helped earlier leads to a cybermogul. The team bids farewell to Munch.

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   8.2/10(4 votes)

   #4 - Acceptable Loss

   S14:E410/17/2012

   The special victims squad tries to take down a sex-trafficking operation that enslaves young women; when the investigation is halted by Lt. Alexandra Eames, Detective Benson has to get creative.

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   8.2/10(4 votes)

   #5 - Sheltered Outcasts

   S17:E193/30/2016

   Detective Carisi lives undercover at a homeless shelter to determine if one of its sex offender residents is the suspect in a string of neighborhood rapes.

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   8.1/10(6 votes)

   #6 - Lessons Learned

   S14:E811/21/2012

   As the detectives investigate reports of sexual abuse at an elite private school, decades of secrets are exposed.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #7 - Depravity Standard

   S17:E911/18/2015

   Lt. Benson seeks justice in the trial of child abductor Lewis Hodda, but when a plea deal is rejected, Barba must rely on decades-old evidence to make his case and faces off against former SVU colleague Dr. Huang.

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   8.0/10(6 votes)

   #8 - Showtime

   S7:E173/27/1997

   The trial of Eddie Newman begins but the prosecution's chances of conviction are hampered by a "dream team" of defense attorneys, Gorton's personal pressures on Ross, the public questioning of the relationship between Curtis and Lisa Lundquist, and a surprise accusation.

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   7.8/10(5 votes)

   #9 - Real Fake News

   S18:E175/3/2017

   A fake news story leads the squad to a real child sex trafficking ring.

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    7.1/10(5 votes)

    #10 - Undercover Blue

    S14:E173/20/2013

    A woman claims that Brian Cassidy raped her while he was working under cover; when Cassidy and his lawyer utilize surprising defense methods, Detective Amaro is affected.

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    7.1/10(18 votes)

    #11 - Prescription For Death

    S1:E19/13/1990

    When a young woman dies during a hectic emergency room night shift, her father claims the hospital was negligent, and an investigation leads the detectives to believe that the doctor treating her may have been drunk on duty.

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    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Poisoned Motive

    S14:E225/8/2013

    When two sniper attacks on the NYPD link to Detective Tutuola's past as a narcotics officer, he reconnects with his former partner in hope of finding a motive.

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    6.5/10(45 votes)

    #13 - A Matter of Perspective

    S3:E142/12/1990

    Stardate: 43610.4. Riker is accused of murder when a scientist is killed in an explosion. Picard must recreate the recent events in the holodeck to prove his commander's innocence.

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    6.4/10(9 votes)

    #14 - Reagan V. Reagan

    S2:E173/9/2012

    As Erin prosecutes a woman accused of killing her husband, the defendant's attorney is murdered and Danny is assigned to the investigation. When Danny is put on the stand to be questioned, things get heated between the brother and sister.

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    5.8/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Criminal Hatred

    S14:E121/30/2013

    The detectives go under cover to arrest a man who brutally attacks other men; a deceptively tough defense attorney complicates ADA Barba's case.

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    3.4/10(5 votes)

    #16 - The Cows of October

    S4:E122/5/1988

    A cowboy's larcenous attempt to improve his cattle attracts attention from the US government, Cuban Communists, and Izzy.

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