The twelfth season of the police procedural drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered on NBC on September 22, 2010 and concluded on May 18, 2011. The season consists of 24 episodes. It is notable for being the final season to include Christopher Meloni as Elliot Stabler until his return in the twenty-second season. It is also the final season to include B.D. Wong as George Huang and Tamara Tunie as Melinda Warner in main cast roles as well as the final season to feature Neal Baer as showrunner. This season aired alongside season ten of Law & Order: Criminal Intent and season one of Law & Order: LA.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
Image | Character | Title | Actor |
---|---|---|---|
Elliot Stabler | Detective (Senior Officer) | Christopher Meloni | |
Olivia Benson | Detective (Junior Officer) | Mariska Hargitay | |
John Munch | Sergeant (Senior Officer) | Richard Belzer | |
Odafin Tutuola | Detective (Senior Officer) | Ice-T | |
George Huang | FBI Agent | B.D. Wong | |
Melinda Warner | Medical Examiner | Tamara Tunie | |
Donald Cragen | Captain (Commanding Officer) | Dann Florek |
Recurring/Guest Cast[]
Image | Character | Title | Actor |
---|---|---|---|
Casey Novak | Assistant District Attorney | Diane Neal | |
Rex Winters | Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Robbery/Homicide Division Detective |
Skeet Ulrich | |
Jonah Dekker | Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office Senior Deputy District Attorney |
Terrence Howard |
List of Episodes[]
Image | Episode # | Title | Production # | Original Airdate |
---|---|---|---|---|
12.01 (#249) | Locum | 12001 | 22 September 2010 | |
12.02 (#250) | Bullseye | 12002 | 22 September 2010 | |
12.03 (#251) | Behave | 12003 | 29 September 2010 | |
12.04 (#252) | Merchandise | 12004 | 6 October 2010 | |
12.05 (#253) | Wet | 12005 | 13 October 2010 | |
12.06 (#254) | Branded | 12006 | 20 October 2010 | |
12.07 (#255) | Trophy | 12007 | 3 November 2010 | |
12.08 (#256) | Penetration | 12008 | 10 November 2010 | |
12.09 (#257) | Gray | 12009 | 17 November 2010 | |
12.10 (#258) | Rescue | 12010 | 1 December 2010 | |
12.11 (#259) | Pop | 12011 | 5 January 2011 | |
12.12 (#260) | Possessed | 12012 | 5 January 2011 | |
12.13 (#261) | Mask | 12013 | 12 January 2011 | |
12.14 (#262) | Dirty | 12014 | 19 January 2011 | |
12.15 (#263) | Flight | 12015 | 2 February 2011 | |
12.16 (#264) | Spectacle | 12016 | 9 February 2011 | |
12.17 (#265) | Pursuit | 12017 | 16 February 2011 | |
12.18 (#266) | Bully | 12018 | 23 February 2011 | |
12.19 (#267) | Bombshell | 12019 | 23 March 2011 | |
12.20 (#268) | Totem | 12019 | 30 March 2011 | |
12.21 (#269) | Reparations | 12021 | 6 April 2011 | |
12.22 (#270) | Bang | 12022 | 4 May 2011 | |
12.23 (#271) | Delinquent | 12023 | 11 May 2011 | |
12.24 (#272) | Smoked | 12024 | 18 May 2011 |
Previous season: Season 11 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 12 |
Next season: Season 13 |