Production[]
January[]
- 6 January
- The US Capitol Building is stormed by up to 2,500 Donald Trump supporters in a riot in an attempt to overturn Trump's defeat in the 2020 US election by disrupting the joint session of Congress assembled to count electoral votes that would formalize Biden's victory. This resulted in the US Capitol Building being placed into lockdown, with staff and law makers evacuated from the building while the rioters occupied the building for several hours, causing damage and vandalism to the inside of the building and assaulting law enforcement officers attempting to calm down the situation. This resulted in several injuries including to 138 officers as well as the suicide of 4 officers in the aftermath linked to the riots.
- 7 January
- SVU "Sightless in a Savage Land" airs.
- 14 January
- SVU "Turn Me On Take Me Private" airs.
- 20 January
- Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President.
- 21 January
- SVU "The Long Arm Of The Witness" airs.
February[]
March []
April[]
- 1 April
- SVU "Return Of The Prodigal Son" airs.
- OC Law & Order: Organized Crime premieres with "What Happens in Puglia".
- 8 April
- SVU "Welcome to the Pedo Motel" airs.
- OC "Not Your Father's Organized Crime" airs.
- 15 April
- SVU "Our Words Will Not Be Heard" airs.
- OC "Say Hello To My Little Friends" airs.
- 22 April
- SVU "In The Year We All Fell Down" airs.
- OC "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" airs.
May[]
- 13 May
- SVU "Trick-Rolled At The Moulin'" airs.
- OC "An Inferior Product" airs.
- 20 May
- SVU "Post-Graduate Psychopath" airs.
- OC "I Got This Rat" airs.
- 27 May
- SVU "What Can Happen In The Dark" airs.
- OC "Everybody Takes a Beating Sometime" airs.
June[]
- 3 June
- SVU "Wolves In Sheep's Clothing" airs.
- OC "Forget It Jake; It's Chinatown" airs.
- 14 June
- Lisa Banes dies.
July[]
August[]
September[]
SVU: And The Empire Strikes Back airs.
SVU: Never Turn Your Back On Them airs.
OC: The Man With No Identity airs.
SVU: I Thought You Were On My Side airs.
OC: New World Order airs.
OC: The Outlaw Eddie Wagner airs.
October[]
SVU: One More Tale Of Two Victims airs.
OC: For A Few Leke More airs.
SVU: Fast Times @ TheWheelHouse airs.
OC: The Good, The Bad And The Lovely airs
SVU: The Five Hundredth Episode airs.
OC: Unforgivable airs.
November[]
SVU: They'd Already Disappeared airs.
OC: High Planes Grifter airs.
SVU: Nightmares In Drill City airs.
OC: Ashes To Ashes airs.
December[]
SVU: People Vs Richard Wheatley airs.
OC: The Christmas Episode airs.
2021 in the Law & Order Universe[]
- 28 May
- Odafin Tutuola and Phoebe Baker are supposed to get married, but instead call it off and turn the ceremony into a party for family and friends. They remain a couple though despite calling off the marriage. (SVU: "Wolves In Sheep's Clothing")
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