Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Stocks & Bondage
Overview
An investment analyst is found hanged in her bedroom, and the Special Victims Unit explores her sordid sexual past to uncover her murderer's identity. The team uncovers the world of bondage and sado-masochism where they first investigate the woman's colleagues but are soon on the trail of a host of individuals involved in the world of whips and chains.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 1999-11-29
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Stocks & Bondage is Episode 9 in Season 1 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It aired on 1999-11-29. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 8: Stalked
When an assistant district attorney is found raped and murdered in Central Park, the Special Victims Unit learn that she'd been stalked by a real estate agent whom she'd convicted of date rape. Benson lets her emotions get the best of her as she takes it upon herself to bring the suspected rapist to justice. Stabler tries to get the man's business partner to help him, but Benson may be the one who ends up needing help.
Episode 10: Closure
When a woman is raped, she turns to the Special Victims Unit for help, but lack of evidence prevents them from apprehending the criminal. When the detectives revisit the case a few months later, they find the woman even less willing to talk about what happened, as she claims she has moved on. Things turn sticky when Benson and Cassidy spend the night together.
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