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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 23)

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Season 23
Law & Order SVU, The 23rd Season.jpg
Season 23 U.S. DVD cover
Starring
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes22
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseSeptember 23, 2021 (2021-09-23) –
May 19, 2022 (2022-05-19)
Season chronology
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Season 22
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Season 24
List of episodes

The twenty-third season of the American crime-drama television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was ordered on February 27, 2020, by NBC.[1] It was set to air during the 2021–2022 television season,[2] the season was produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television; the showrunner was Warren Leight, in the third and final season of his second stint in the role.[3] The season premiered on September 23, 2021, and concluded on May 19, 2022.[4] The series' milestone 500th episode aired this season as the sixth episode and saw the return of former Detective Nick Amaro and former SVU Captain Don Cragen.[5][6][7] This is the last season for Jamie Gray Hyder and Demore Barnes as they departed in the premiere episode.[8] The season consisted of 22 episodes.

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Television in the United States

Television in the United States

Television is one of the major mass media outlets in the United States. As of 2011, household ownership of television sets in the country is 96.7%, with approximately 114,200,000 American households owning at least one television set as of August 2013. The majority of households have more than one set. The peak ownership percentage of households with at least one television set occurred during the 1996–97 season, with 98.4% ownership. In 1948, 1 percent of U.S. households owned at least one television while 75 percent did by 1955, and by 1992, 60 percent of all U.S. households received cable television subscriptions.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf's own production company, Wolf Entertainment, for NBC. The first spin-off of Law & Order, it starred Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler until Meloni left the series in 2011 after 12 seasons, and Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson, now the commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit after originally having been Stabler's partner in a fictionalized version of the New York City Police Department. Meloni reprised his role as Stabler in 2021 in the spin-off series Law & Order: Organized Crime. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit follows the style of the original Law & Order in that some episodes are loosely based on real crimes that have received media attention.

NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are located at Comcast Building in New York City. The company also has offices in Los Angeles at 10 Universal City Plaza and Chicago at the NBC Tower. NBC is the oldest of the traditional "Big Three" American television networks, having been formed in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America. NBC is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network," in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the company's innovations in early color broadcasting.

Wolf Entertainment

Wolf Entertainment

Wolf Entertainment is an American television production company founded in 1988 by producer Dick Wolf, known for its television franchises Law & Order, Chicago, and FBI.

Universal Television

Universal Television

Universal Television LLC is an American television production company that is a subsidiary of Universal Studio Group, a division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. It serves as the network television production arm of NBC; a predecessor of the company previously assumed such functions, and a substantial portion of the company's shows air on the network. It was formerly known by various names, including Revue Studios, Universal Pictures Television Department, Universal-International Television, Studios USA Television LLC, Universal Studios Network Programming, Universal Network Television, Universal Domestic Television, NBC Universal Television Studio, and Universal Media Studios. Re-established in 2004, both NBC Studios and the original Universal Television are predecessors of the current Universal Television, formerly known as NBC Universal Television Studio and Universal Media Studios.

Warren Leight

Warren Leight

Warren Donald Leight is an American playwright, screenwriter, film director and television producer. He is best known for his work on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Lights Out and as the showrunner for In Treatment and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. His play Side Man was a finalist for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Nick Amaro

Nick Amaro

Nicolas Amaro is a fictional character on the NBC police procedural drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Danny Pino. Amaro is a detective with the Manhattan SVU at the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.

Jamie Gray Hyder

Jamie Gray Hyder

Jamie Gray Hyder is an American actress and model. She performed voice and motion capture work for the role of Lieutenant Nora Salter in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and voice acted for the operator Roze in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. She also played Lucia Solano in season 2 of Graceland, and the werewolf Danielle in Seasons 5 and 6 of True Blood. Hyder starred as Detective Katriona "Kat" Tamin on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2019 to 2021.

Demore Barnes

Demore Barnes

Demore Barnes is a Canadian actor. Barnes is best known for his roles as Sergeant First Class Hector Williams in the CBS television series The Unit, the archangel Raphael in Supernatural and Deputy Chief Christian Garland in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Cast and characters

See also: List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit characters

Main

Special guest stars after their departure

Crossover stars from Law & Order: Organized Crime

  • Christopher Meloni as Organized Crime Control Bureau Senior Detective Elliot Stabler
  • Danielle Moné Truitt as Organized Crime Control Bureau Sergeant Ayanna Bell
  • Ainsley Seiger as Organized Crime Control Bureau Junior Detective Jet Slootmaekers
  • Dylan McDermott as Richard Wheatley
  • Tamara Taylor as Professor Angela Wheatley
  • Nick Creegan as Richard "Richie" Wheatley, Jr.
  • Allison Siko as Kathleen Stabler
  • Nicky Torchia as Elliot "Eli" Stabler, Jr.
  • Jeffrey Scaperrotta as Richard "Dickie" Stabler

Recurring

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List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit characters

List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit characters

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a spin-off of the crime drama Law & Order, follows the detectives who work in the "Special Victims Unit" of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department, a unit that focuses on crimes involving rape, sexual assault, and child molestation, as well as any crime loosely connected with any of the three, such as domestic violence, kidnapping, and child abandonment. Since its debut in September 1999, the series has followed the career of Olivia Benson, as she progresses from the rank of Detective, working with a partner, to Lieutenant, replacing Donald Cragen as commanding officer of SVU, and then to Captain. The unit also has a prosecutor assigned from the District Attorney's office, and frequently interacts with medical examiners and psychiatrists.

Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Magdolna Hargitay is an American actress, director, producer and philanthropist. The daughter of bodybuilder and actor Mickey Hargitay and actress Jayne Mansfield, her accolades include a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and two People's Choice Awards.

Kelli Giddish

Kelli Giddish

Kelli Marie Giddish is an American television, stage, and film actress. From 2011 to 2022, she has played NYPD Detective Amanda Rollins in the NBC crime-drama television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Giddish previously played Di Henry on the ABC soap opera All My Children (2005–2007), Dr. Kate McGinn in the Fox crime-drama series Past Life (2010), and Annie Nolan Frost in the NBC crime-drama series Chase (2010–2011).

Amanda Rollins

Amanda Rollins

Amanda Rollins Carisi is a fictional character on the NBC police procedural drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Kelli Giddish. Rollins was a detective with the Manhattan Special Victims Unit at the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.

Ice-T

Ice-T

Tracy Lauren Marrow, better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor, and producer. He began his career as an underground rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays. The following year, he founded the record label Rhyme $yndicate Records and released another album, Power, which would go platinum. He also released several other albums that went gold.

Fin Tutuola

Fin Tutuola

Odafin "Fin" Tutuola is a fictional character on the TV drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, played by Ice-T. He is a sergeant with the New York Police Department's Special Victims Unit. Tutuola is the second-most prolific character in the Law & Order franchise, having appeared in 456 episodes of SVU, behind only Olivia Benson.

Jamie Gray Hyder

Jamie Gray Hyder

Jamie Gray Hyder is an American actress and model. She performed voice and motion capture work for the role of Lieutenant Nora Salter in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and voice acted for the operator Roze in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. She also played Lucia Solano in season 2 of Graceland, and the werewolf Danielle in Seasons 5 and 6 of True Blood. Hyder starred as Detective Katriona "Kat" Tamin on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2019 to 2021.

Demore Barnes

Demore Barnes

Demore Barnes is a Canadian actor. Barnes is best known for his roles as Sergeant First Class Hector Williams in the CBS television series The Unit, the archangel Raphael in Supernatural and Deputy Chief Christian Garland in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Octavio Pisano

Octavio Pisano

Octavio Pisano is an American actor. He currently plays Joe Velasco on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and prior to that was in Coyote and the indie film Ms. Purple. He has also appeared in one episode of the Law & Order: Organized Crime spin-off. He was promoted to series regular in SVU after his first three appearances.

Danny Pino

Danny Pino

Daniel Gonzalo Pino is an American actor who starred as Detective Scotty Valens on the CBS series Cold Case from 2003 to 2010, and as NYPD Detective Nick Amaro in the long-running NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2011 to 2015. In 2002, he appeared in London's West End in Up for Grabs with Madonna. In May 2003, Pino played Desi Arnaz in a CBS special on the life of Lucille Ball, Lucy. He played drug cartel leader Miguel Galindo on Mayans M.C. which airs on FX, and FBI agent John Bishop in procedural crime drama Gone.

Nick Amaro

Nick Amaro

Nicolas Amaro is a fictional character on the NBC police procedural drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Danny Pino. Amaro is a detective with the Manhattan SVU at the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.

Dann Florek

Dann Florek

Ezekial Dann Florek is an American actor and film director. He is best known for his role as New York City Police Captain Donald Cragen on NBC's Law & Order and its spinoff Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Dave Meyer on L.A. Law (1988–1993).

Episodes

See also: List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 23 episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [9]Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [9]Prod.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
4951"And the Empire Strikes Back"Norberto BarbaWarren Leight & Julie Martin & Bryan GoluboffSeptember 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)23015.57[10]
When a powerful congressman (Ben Rappaport) is using his political instincts to traffic girls, Benson and the Special Victims Unit race against the clock to put him away for life but the case may be harder that they thought. Benson faces a major dilemma when her loyalty to Garland is tested over the backfired Javon Brown case. Meanwhile, Detective Joe Velasco (Octavio Pisano) joins the SVU squad when he is assigned to the case by Chief McGrath (Terry Serpico). Also, a suspicious car accident puts Benson's life in danger.
4962"Never Turn Your Back on Them"Norberto BarbaTeleplay by : Julie Martin & Bryan Goluboff
Story by : Warren Leight		September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)23025.57[10]
The Special Victims Unit faces a major setback when one of the witnesses of Congressman Howard is missing and the others dead or threatened. It leads Fin and Kat down a dangerous path which puts Kat's life in danger. Meanwhile, Rollins and Carisi determine the status of their relationship. Kat resigns from the Special Victims Unit after her accident made her realize that change is not worth her to stay and Benson become even more distraught when she realizes that Garland is also resigning as Deputy Chief after what happened with the Javon Brown case.
4973"I Thought You Were on My Side"John BehringTeleplay by : Julie Martin & Warren Leight
Story by : Bryan Goluboff		September 30, 2021 (2021-09-30)23034.66[11]

Benson and Rollins must contend with the FBI and the Organized Crime bureau when a rape victim (Herizen Guardiola) identifies a dangerous mobster (Rhys Coiro) as her assailant. Unfortunately, the Special Victims Unit realizes that the perp is way more connected than they originally thought, further complicating things for the victim. The FBI and the Organized Crime Bureau want to take down the head of a crime family with the perp's help. When they take down the perp, Stabler shoots him putting the perp in the hospital. When Carisi goes to see the perp, the US Marshalls took him out. SVU don't know whether to trust Stabler and Bell after the outcome of this case.

This episode begins a crossover event that continues on Law & Order: Organized Crime season 2 episode 2 and concludes on "Law & Order: Organized Crime" season 2 episode 3.
4984"One More Tale of Two Victims"Michael PressmanTeleplay by : Denis Hamill & Monet Hurst-Mendoza
Story by : Denis Hamill & Bryan Goluboff		October 7, 2021 (2021-10-07)23043.88[12]
Benson and Fin faces the tight reins of Chief McGrath when the SVU squad searches for a serial rapist who preys on mothers with young children. Meanwhile, Velasco is not receiving a warm welcome into the precinct when the squad uncovers that he may be a spy for McGrath.
4995"Fast Times @TheWheelHouse"Martha MitchellBrianna Yellen & Brendan FeeneyOctober 14, 2021 (2021-10-14)23053.96[13]
The SVU squad is dragged into the center world of social media when a rape victim (Lena Torluemke) is assaulted by two popular influencers (Jakob Winter and Conor Sweeney). When the victim's friend (Taylor Trensch) is unable to come forward, he does everything in his power to make it right.
5006"The Five Hundredth Episode"Juan J. CampanellaTeleplay by : Brianna Yellen & Julie Martin
Story by : Brianna Yellen & Warren Leight		October 21, 2021 (2021-10-21)23063.89[14]
Detective Nick Amaro (Danny Pino) returns to the Special Victims Unit after six years not only to reunite with his former squad members but to reopen a case that places Benson with someone from her past (Aidan Quinn) in order to clear a convicted man's name for rape but there may be a secret from his past that causes friction with Benson. Meanwhile, former Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek) helps the squad with the case.
5017"They'd Already Disappeared"Bethany RooneyKathy Dobie & Micharne CloughleyNovember 4, 2021 (2021-11-04)23074.42[15]
When a teenage sex worker disappears, Rollins and Velasco find a key clue in a pile of neglected missing persons reports and discover they are dealing with a serial killer.
5028"Nightmares in Drill City"Norberto BarbaBryan GoluboffNovember 11, 2021 (2021-11-11)23083.71[16]
Carisi asks SVU for help with a murder investigation when one of the witnesses (Alison Thornton) shows signs of abuse which causes Benson and SVU to investigate.
5039"People vs. Richard Wheatley"Michael SmithTeleplay by : Brendan Feeney & Monet Hurst-Mendoza & Candice Sanchez McFarlane
Story by : Julie Martin & Warren Leight		December 9, 2021 (2021-12-09)23093.49[17]
Carisi tries Richard Wheatley (Dylan McDermott) for the murder of Kathy Stabler. After his continuous change of lawyers, Rafael Barba ends up defending him Benson finds herself with Barba (Raúl Esparza) when she finds out about him taking the case. After numerous people talking such as Angela Wheatley, Sergeant Bell, and even Stabler being put in contempt of court. The case goes into mistrial, and Stabler has to find out where his son is.
This episode begins a crossover event that concludes on Law & Order: Organized Crime season 2 episode 9.
50410"Silent Night, Hateful Night"Norberto BarbaTeleplay by : Julie Martin & Kathy Dobie & Warren Leight
Story by : Warren Leight		January 6, 2022 (2022-01-06)23104.08[18]
The SVU is called in to help investigate a wave of hate crimes on Christmas Eve, assisting the Hate Crimes unit now led by Declan Murphy (Donal Logue). Murphy wants to come to a resolution with Rollins about whether he wants to be in his daughter Jessie's life.
50511"Burning with Rage Forever"Mary LambertBrianna Yellen & Brendan FeeneyJanuary 13, 2022 (2022-01-13)23114.22[19]
A boy disappears after meeting up with an online gamer which soon leads to a deeper secret regarding his uncle Carlos Guzman (Christian Navarro). Benson suspects her son Noah is being bullied by a neighborhood teen and comes out with a secret of his own.
50612"Tommy Baker's Hardest Fight"Ed BianchiCandice Sanchez McFarlane & Bryan GoluboffJanuary 20, 2022 (2022-01-20)23124.31[20]
When a popular fighter (Cole Doman) doesn't show up for the biggest bout of the year, Rollins and Velasco are drawn into a complicated web of secrets leading to the man's closeted sexuality. McGrath confides in Benson regarding his teenage daughter who is drinking and behaving erratically.
50713"If I Knew Then What I Know Now"Juan J. CampanellaTeleplay by : Micharne Cloughley & Julie Martin
Story by : Micharne Cloughley & Warren Leight		February 24, 2022 (2022-02-24)23135.15[21]
A young woman (Gates Leonard) learning about her birth parents asks Benson for help. Carisi and Rollins weigh the risks of taking their relationship public.
50814"Video Killed the Radio Star"Alex ZakrzewskiTeleplay by : Denis Hamill & Monet Hurst-Mendoza
Story by : Warren Leight & Julie Martin		March 3, 2022 (2022-03-03)23144.50[22]

SVU investigates a popular radio show host (Jake Weber) for rape and murder; Rollins goes undercover.

The episode is dedicated to the memory of Ned Eisenberg.
50915"Promising Young Gentlemen"David GrossmanTeleplay by : Kathy Dobie & Candice Sanchez McFarlane & Brianna Yellen
Story by : Julie Martin & Warren Leight		March 10, 2022 (2022-03-10)23154.51[23]
Rollins meets Carisi's mother (Beverly D'Angelo) for the first time at his childhood home. After leaving the dinner party, Carisi's niece Mia (Ryann Shane) calls him for help because her friend (Avery Cole) was raped. Carisi encourages them to report it, which leads Benson to investigate a college's secret society that preys on female students.
51016"Sorry If It Got Weird for You"Leslie HopeTeleplay by : Brendan Feeney & Matt Klypka
Story by : Bryan Goluboff & Brendan Feeney		March 17, 2022 (2022-03-17)23164.71[24]
After a date where Velasco meets a woman (Christine Spang) through a dating app, Velasco discovers she is a rape victim. She later learns her abuser, the app's creator (Jon Glaser) had raped another woman a couple years prior, the victim's godmother (Sherri Saum) and later struggles to cope with the abuse when she takes matters into her own hands. Meanwhile, Velasco's experience as a detective is put into question.
51117"Once Upon a Time in El Barrio"Oscar Rene Lozoya IITeleplay by : Denis Hamill & Monet Hurst-Mendoza
Story by : Bryan Goluboff & Denis Hamill		April 7, 2022 (2022-04-07)23174.33[25]
Velasco asks Benson for help finding three girls who were trafficked from his hometown to New York City.
51218"Eighteen Wheels a Predator"Martha MitchellTeleplay by : Brianna Yellen & Monet Hurst-Mendoza
Story by : Kathy Dobie		April 14, 2022 (2022-04-14)23184.74[26]
Rollins and Fin investigate an assault in Kentucky that has striking similarities to a victim found in Central Park.
51319"Tangled Strands of Justice"Jean de SegonzacTeleplay by : Warren Leight & Julie Martin
Story by : Brendan Feeney		April 28, 2022 (2022-04-28)23194.89[27]
Garland asks Benson to reopen a missing person case he worked as a rookie, and a victim in Carisi's case is arrested.
51420"Did You Believe in Miracles?"Pratibha ParmarTeleplay by : Micharne Cloughley & Victoria Pollack
Story by : Micharne Cloughley & Candice Sanchez McFarlane		May 5, 2022 (2022-05-05)23204.90[29]
When a student’s school reports a girl missing, the squad must track down a trusted family friend for answers. Benson gets a mother's day surprise from Noah and ends up with him meeting Stabler for the first time.
This episode begins a crossover event that concludes on Law & Order: Organized Crime season 2 episode 20.[28]
51521"Confess Your Sins to Be Free"Norberto BarbaTeleplay by : Julie Martin & Christian Tyler
Story by : Denis Hamill & Warren Leight		May 12, 2022 (2022-05-12)23214.50[30]
When the only evidence in a crime is a church confession, Carisi must find another way to prove his suspect guilty. Burton Lowe reappears to make things right with Benson.
51622"A Final Call at Forlini's Bar"Juan J. CampanellaWarren Leight & Julie MartinMay 19, 2022 (2022-05-19)23224.52[31]
A domestic violence victim winds up at the defendant’s table and Rollins surprises Carisi with formidable opponent Rafael Barba. Benson struggles with forgiving Barba for defending Wheatley and grapples with her own feelings.

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Norberto Barba

Norberto Barba

Norberto Barba is an American television and film director. He is known for his work on Grimm and the Law & Order franchise.

Julie Martin (writer)

Julie Martin (writer)

Julie Martin is an American television writer and producer. She has worked on the NBC crime dramas Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She won a Humanitas Prize and was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for her work on Homicide. She has also been nominated for an Edgar Award for her work on Criminal Intent.

Ben Rappaport

Ben Rappaport

Ben Rappaport is an American actor. He played the role of Todd Dempsy in the NBC sitcom Outsourced, which aired during the 2010–11 television season. The series marked Rappaport's debut acting role on screen.

John Behring

John Behring

John Behring is an American television director, cinematographer, and producer.

Herizen F. Guardiola

Herizen F. Guardiola

Herizen F. Guardiola is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her breakout role as Mylene Cruz on the Netflix original series, The Get Down. Inspired by her reggae musician father, Johnny Dread, Herizen has also been featured on numerous musical projects, including Absofacto's "ThousandPeaces" EP, the soundtrack for The Get Down, and the official soundtrack for the Major Lazer documentary "Give Me Future." By October 2018, she released her first EP, Come Over To My House. Three months later, she was featured on What So Not's single, "We Can Be Friends." Most recently in April 2019, she released her latest single, "Focus."

Michael Pressman

Michael Pressman

Michael Pressman is an American film and television producer and director.

Monet Hurst-Mendoza

Monet Hurst-Mendoza

Monet Hurst-Mendoza is an American playwright, director, and theatre producer. Her plays predominantly feature people of color, and often deal with heavier subject matters—such as morality, exploitation, and corruption. She explores themes of race, culture, and identity in her works, and constructs characters that develop unconventional relationships and overcome situations via unique escapist approaches.

Martha Mitchell (director)

Martha Mitchell (director)

Martha Mitchell is an American television director.

Nick Amaro

Nick Amaro

Nicolas Amaro is a fictional character on the NBC police procedural drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Danny Pino. Amaro is a detective with the Manhattan SVU at the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.

Danny Pino

Danny Pino

Daniel Gonzalo Pino is an American actor who starred as Detective Scotty Valens on the CBS series Cold Case from 2003 to 2010, and as NYPD Detective Nick Amaro in the long-running NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2011 to 2015. In 2002, he appeared in London's West End in Up for Grabs with Madonna. In May 2003, Pino played Desi Arnaz in a CBS special on the life of Lucille Ball, Lucy. He played drug cartel leader Miguel Galindo on Mayans M.C. which airs on FX, and FBI agent John Bishop in procedural crime drama Gone.

Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn is an American actor who made his film debut in Reckless (1984). He has starred in over 80 feature films, including Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), The Mission (1986), Stakeout (1987), Avalon (1990), Benny & Joon (1993), Legends of the Fall (1994), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Michael Collins (1996), Practical Magic (1998), Song for a Raggy Boy (2003), "Wild Child (film)" (2008) and Unknown (2011).

Donald Cragen

Donald Cragen

Donald 'Don' Cragen is a fictional character played by Dann Florek in the American police procedural television series Law & Order and its spinoff, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, on NBC. Cragen is a homicide captain with the New York Police Department who later becomes captain of the department's Special Victims Unit. A recovering alcoholic, Cragen is a tough police veteran who is loyal to his officers. He appeared in the first three seasons of Law & Order and in the first 15 seasons of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Having credited appearances in 400 episodes in the Law & Order franchise, Cragen has appeared in the third-most episodes of any character in the franchise; this mark is surpassed only by Olivia Benson and Fin Tutuola, main characters on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 23
No. Title Air date Rating
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 DVR
(18–49)		 DVR viewers
(millions)		 Total
(18–49)		 Total viewers
(millions)
1–2 "And the Empire Strikes Back" / "Never Turn Your Back on Them" September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23) 0.8 5.57[10] 0.4 1.81 1.2 7.39[32][a]
3 "I Thought You Were on My Side" September 30, 2021 (2021-09-30) 0.7 4.66[11] 0.3 1.61 1.1 6.27[33][a]
4 "One More Tale of Two Victims" October 7, 2021 (2021-10-07) 0.6 3.88[12] 0.4 1.79 1.1 5.67[34][a]
5 "Fast Times @TheWheelHouse" October 14, 2021 (2021-10-14) 0.7 3.96[13] 0.5 2.12 1.2 6.08[35]
6 "The Five Hundredth Episode" October 21, 2021 (2021-10-21) 0.6 3.89[14] 0.6 2.42 1.2 6.31[36]
7 "They'd Already Disappeared" November 4, 2021 (2021-11-04) 0.7 4.42[15] TBD TBD TBD TBD
8 "Nightmares in Drill City" November 11, 2021 (2021-11-11) 0.6 3.71[16] TBD TBD TBD TBD
9 "People vs. Richard Wheatley" December 9, 2021 (2021-12-09) 0.6 3.49[17] 0.6 2.58 1.1 6.06[37]
10 "Silent Night, Hateful Night" January 6, 2022 (2022-01-06) 0.6 4.08[18] TBD TBD TBD TBD
11 "Burning with Rage Forever" January 13, 2022 (2022-01-13) 0.7 4.22[19] TBD TBD TBD TBD
12 "Tommy Baker's Hardest Fight" January 20, 2022 (2022-01-20) 0.6 4.31[20] TBD TBD TBD TBD
13 "If I Knew Then What I Know Now" February 24, 2022 (2022-02-24) 0.7 5.15[21] TBD TBD TBD TBD
14 "Video Killed the Radio Star" March 3, 2022 (2022-03-03) 0.7 4.50[22] TBD TBD TBD TBD
15 "Promising Young Gentlemen" March 10, 2022 (2022-03-10) 0.7 4.51[23] TBD TBD TBD TBD
16 "Sorry If It Got Weird for You" March 17, 2022 (2022-03-17) 0.7 4.71[24] TBD TBD TBD TBD
17 "Once Upon a Time in El Barrio" April 7, 2022 (2022-04-07) 0.6 4.33[25] TBD TBD TBD TBD
18 "Eighteen Wheels a Predator" April 14, 2022 (2022-04-14) 0.6 4.74[26] 0.6 2.40 1.2 7.14[38]
19 "Tangled Strands of Justice" April 28, 2022 (2022-04-28) 0.6 4.89[27] TBD TBD TBD TBD
20 "Do You Believe in Miracles?" May 5, 2022 (2022-05-05) 0.6 4.90[29] TBD TBD TBD TBD
21 "Confess Your Sins to Be Free" May 12, 2022 (2022-05-12) 0.6 4.50[30] TBD TBD TBD TBD
22 "A Final Call at Forlini's Bar" May 19, 2022 (2022-05-19) 0.6 4.52[31] TBD TBD TBD TBD

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