Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Melancholy Pursuit
Overview
The search for a missing teenager takes an emotional toll on Dodd, DNA could lead to the teen's abductor.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Season
- Season 17
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2015-11-11
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Melancholy Pursuit is Episode 8 in Season 17 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It aired on 2015-11-11. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 7: Patrimonial Burden
When a pious TV family's reputation is shattered by a teen pregnancy scandal, SVU uncovers the reality behind the reality show.
Episode 9: Depravity Standard
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.
More episodes from this season
Episode 6: Maternal Instincts
A violinist is raped by her colleague, but he doesn't remember committing the crime and claims he was drugged and robbed by a hired escort. Meanwhile, Rollins' mother throws a baby shower for her; and Sgt. Mike Dodds reports to work at the SVU squad.
Episode 10: Catfishing Teacher
A high school student plans a clandestine hookup with his female teacher but ends up in a far more sinister situation.
Episode 5: Community Policing
An unarmed black man is shot by three police officers who claim they were following proper procedure while pursuing a rape suspect. As racial tensions mount throughout the city, Barba indicts the three cops.
Episode 11: Townhouse Incident
Benson is taken hostage when she tries to stop a home invasion.
Episode 4: Institutional Fail
A malnourished toddler is found wandering and leads police to another ill child from the same home. The investigation eventually lands the Department of Child Services in hot water. Meanwhile, Chief Dodds tells Benson to expect some changes at her squad.
Episode 12: A Misunderstanding
A murky he-said, she-said date rape case ruins the futures of two high school students.
Episode 3: Transgender Bridge
When a transgender teen is assaulted by high school bullies, the case quickly escalates to tragedy, and the squad agonizes over whether the punishment fits the crime.
Episode 13: Forty-One Witnesses
A woman is followed home and raped outside her building, where several neighbors witness the crime but fail to call for help.
Episode 2: Criminal Pathology (2)
A serial killer reveals shocking new info and problems in the case mount as Barba faces slick lawyers in court.
Episode 14: Nationwide Manhunt (I)
Chicago P.D. detectives Lindsay and Dawson join the SVU in the hunt for two escaped murderers they helped to convict.
The crossover continues on Chicago P.D. S03E14 The Song of Gregory Williams Yates (II).