Season 5
Season 5

Season 5

Sep 23, 2003 · 25 episodes

Episodes

E1Tragedy

A woman with a high-risk pregnancy disappears and her ex-boyfriend, who's the father, and engaged to the boss' daughter, is under suspicion. In a race

Sep 23, 2003 · 42 min
E2Manic

Detectives enlist Dr. Huang's help as they investigate the deaths of two high-school basketball players gunned down while shooting hoops in the gymnas

Sep 30, 2003 · 44 min
E3Mother

A psychiatrist with unconventional methods is found sexually assaulted, unconscious and near death in a crack house. It's easier said than done to get

Oct 7, 2003 · 44 min
E4Loss

A female undercover agent for the DEA is raped and murdered, leading to a complicated investigation and the arrest of a suspect highly connected with

Oct 14, 2003 · 44 min
E5Serendipity

A newborn baby is found dead in a gutter, sending the detectives on a hunt for the mother. She too turns up murdered, and the clues point to a serial

Oct 21, 2003 · 42 min
E6Coerced

A schizophrenic homeless man kidnaps a boy he thinks is his son, murdering a man in the process. In resolving the case, with Dr. Huang's help, a priva

Oct 28, 2003 · 44 min
E7Choice

While patrolling, police stumble upon an attack in progress at Momma Sue's restaurant on the pregnant owner. Her husband is arrested and then seeks to

Nov 4, 2003 · 43 min
E8Abomination

Benson and Stabler have trouble identifying a male murder victim in his 20's found in a pile of sheets in the West Village; they later suspect an outs

Nov 11, 2003 · 43 min
E9Control

A subway commuter is found castrated and bleeding profusely, leading the detectives to discover their "victim" may be the perpetrator in abducting wom

Nov 18, 2003 · 44 min
E10Shaken

The discovery of a beaten infant leads detectives on a search for the attacker, who may be a pedophile. When the medical evidence shows the injuries w

Nov 25, 2003 · 44 min
E11Escape

When a convicted pedophile, desperate to prove his innocence before his terminally ill mother dies, escapes from a Virginia Correctional Facility and

Dec 2, 2003 · 43 min
E12Brotherhood

When the body of young man is found in a tank at a wastewater treatment plant, the medical examiner identifies a tattoo that says TE, the symbol for t

Jan 6, 2004 · 44 min
E13Hate

A young Arab woman is brutally raped and burned, and after identifying her, the detectives suspect her husband and mother-in-law. After a man accused

Jan 13, 2004 · 43 min
E14Ritual

Two garbage collectors discover what they first think is a scene of animal sacrifice but is the body of a young boy who appears to be the victim of a

Feb 3, 2004 · 42 min
E15Families

The investigation into the death of a pregnant high school student exposes a long-held family secret, which precipitates yet another violent death and

Feb 10, 2004 · 43 min
E16Home

A young, emaciated boy is found by neighbors scrounging for food; detectives suspect the boy is a victim of abuse and are reluctant to let him go home

Feb 17, 2004 · 43 min
E17Mean

The conviction of a group of sociopathic high school bullies who turned on one of their own escalates into even more violence and death in their exclu

Feb 24, 2004 · 43 min
E18Careless

When a young foster child dies due to a religious ritual gone awry, the detectives unravel a mysterious pattern of violence, abuse and murder within o

Mar 2, 2004 · 41 min
E19Sick

A wealthy toy mogul is the suspect of the sexual abuse of a child. His prosecution impeded by the child's parents who refuse to produce their child fo

Mar 30, 2004 · 43 min
E20Lowdown

Detectives try to decipher a motive for the strangulation of a Bronx assistant DA in an area where hookers stroll. When the death of the prosecutor lo

Apr 6, 2004 · 42 min
E21Criminal

When it becomes obvious that a forensics expert raped and murdered a student, the investigation focuses on a criminology professor Cragen arrested dec

Apr 20, 2004 · 43 min
E22Painless

A woman claiming to have been the victim of rape commits suicide while she is still in the emergency room.

Apr 27, 2004 · 43 min
E23Bound

The death of a wealthy senior citizen leads to an investigation that uncovers a serial killer with childhood abandonment issues who targets the elderl

May 4, 2004 · 42 min
E24Poison

A young girl is in a coma after ingesting detergent and her mother is suspected of poisoning her. A biased judge makes the case hard to prosecute whic

May 11, 2004 · 43 min
E25Head

A boy is accused of being molested after his soccer game, but he doesn't admit to it. His principal and his soccer coach are the prime suspects.

May 18, 2004 · 44 min