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The seventeenth season of the police procedural drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered on NBC on September 23, 2015 and concluded on May 25, 2016. The season consists of 23 episodes. It was the final season to include Richard Belzer as John Munch as well as the final season to feature Warren Leight as showrunner until his return in the twenty-first season.

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Image Character Title Actor
Law and Order SVU Season 15 Mariska Hargitay Olivia Benson Sergeant 17.01-17.04
Lieutenant 17.05-present
(Commanding Officer)
Mariska Hargitay
Rollins icon Amanda Rollins Detective (Junior Officer) Kelli Giddish
Icet Odafin Tutuola Detective (Senior Officer) Ice-T
Petescv Dominick Carisi, Jr. Detective (Junior Officer) Peter Scanavino
Barba icon Rafael Barba Assistant District Attorney Raúl Esparza

Recurring/Guest Cast[]

Image Character Title Actor
Tunie icon
Melinda Warner Medical examiner Tamara Tunie
Wong icon
George Huang Psychiatrist B.D. Wong
Belzer icon John Munch DA Investigator Richard Belzer

List of Episodes[]

Image Episode # Title Production # Original Airdate
Devildissection 17.01 (#367) Devil's Dissections 17001 23 September 2015
Greg Yates Prison 17.02 (#368) Criminal Pathology 17002 23 September 2015
Transgenderbridge 17.03 (#369) Transgender Bridge 17003 30 September 2015
Institutionalfail 17.04 (#370) Institutional Fail 17004 7 October 2015
Communitypolicing 17.05 (#371) Community Policing 17005 14 October 2015
Maternalinstincts 17.06 (#372) Maternal Instincts 17006 21 October 2015
Patrimonial burden 17.07 (#373) Patrimonial Burden 17007 4 November 2015
Melancholypursuit 17.08 (#374) Melancholy Pursuit 17008 11 November 2015
Depravitystandard 17.09 (#375) Depravity Standard 17009 18 November 2015
Catfishingteacher 17.10 (#376) Catfishing Teacher 17010 6 January 2016
Townhouseincident 17.11 (#377) Townhouse Incident 17011 13 January 2016
Amisunderstanding 17.12 (#378) A Misunderstanding 17012 20 January 2016
41witnesses 17.13 (#379) Forty-One Witnesses 17013 3 February 2016
Svu1714 17.14 (#380) Nationwide Manhunt 17014 10 February 2016
Collateraldamages 17.15 (#381) Collateral Damages 17015 17 February 2016
Svustartstruck 17.16 (#382) Star-Struck Victims 17016 24 February 2016
Tuckerbenson 17.17 (#383) Manhattan Transfer 17017 2 March 2016
Svu1718 17.18 (#384) Unholiest Alliance 17018 23 March 2016
Svu1719 17.19 (#385) Sheltered Outcasts 17019 30 March 2016
Svu1720 17.20 (#386) Fashionable Crimes 17020 4 May 2016
Svu1721 17.21 (#387) Assaulting Reality 17021 11 May 2016
Gary Munson 17.22 (#388) Intersecting Lives 17022 18 May 2016
Svu1723 17.23 (#389) Heartfelt Passages 17023 25 May 2016
Previous season:
Season 16
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Season 17
Next season:
Season 18
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