Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Father Dearest
Overview
Detectives search for a missing teenage girl who vanished while looking for her biological father, an anonymous sperm donor. A puzzling prime suspect who's targeted several young women soon emerges.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Season
- Season 13
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2012-05-02
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Father Dearest is Episode 20 in Season 13 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It aired on 2012-05-02. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 19: Street Revenge
The task of find a serial rapist becomes more difficult when a team of neighborhood vigilante "superheroes" starts trying to avenge the crimes.
Episode 21: Learning Curve
As Fin tries to get justice after his gay son's fiancé is brutally beaten in a hate crime, SVU uncovers a scandal involving a teacher sexually abusing a student at a prep school.
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Episode 22: Strange Beauty
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Episode 17: Justice Denied
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Episode 23: Rhodium Nights
The murder of a prostitute at a bachelor party sends SVU on a dangerous investigation that could lead all the way into the highest reaches of New York power and influence.
Episode 16: Child's Welfare
Detective Benson calls on Bayard Ellis for legal help when her estranged brother gets caught in a child custody battle. Also, Detectives Tutuola and Rollins investigate why a newborn baby is abandoned near a hospital.
Episode 15: Hunting Ground
Detectives Benson and Amaro lead the search for a serial killer who is targeting young prostitutes.
Episode 14: Home Invasions
After a couple is murdered in their home and their daughter is critically injured, SVU uncovers a number of twisted family secrets, as well as Detective Rollins' gambling addiction.
Episode 13: Father's Shadow
A nineteen-year-old creates a hostage situation after his father is accused of sexual assault, and Olivia uses her personal experience to help defuse the situation.
Episode 12: Official Story
Benson and Amaro must work around a resistant victim when the CEO of a military contractor is assaulted.
Episode 11: Theatre Tricks
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