Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Ballerina
Overview
A single murder suddenly turns into a scene with three bodies, leaving Benson and Stabler to work with a strip club owner to find a murderer whose motive may be more about righteousness than perversity.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Season
- Season 10
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2009-03-17
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Ballerina is Episode 16 in Season 10 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It aired on 2009-03-17. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 15: Lead
When a pediatrician convicted of abusing patients is found dead, Stabler and Benson investigate and soon find ADA Cabot has a reason for becoming involved in the case.
Episode 17: Hell
Detective Munch investigates the brutal rape and beating of a young mute girl, but things become tricky when her drawing of the devil who attacked her resembles a local priest who may not be practicing his beliefs according to Canon.
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Episode 19: Selfish
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Episode 12: Hothouse
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Episode 20: Crush
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Episode 11: Stranger
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Episode 21: Liberties
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Episode 10: Smut
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Episode 22: Zebras
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