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The eighth season of the police procedural drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered on NBC on September 19, 2006 and concluded on May 22, 2007. The season consists of 22 episodes. Mariska Hargitay took maternity leave during this season and was replaced by Connie Nielsen as Dani Beck in a recurring role for a total of six episodes before Hargitay's return. This was also the first season to include Adam Beach as Chester Lake. This season aired alongside with season seventeen of Law & Order and season six of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Image Character Title Actor
Meloni icon Elliot Stabler Detective (Senior Officer) Christopher Meloni
Hargitay icon Olivia Benson Detective (Junior Officer) Mariska Hargitay
Belzer icon John Munch Detective (Senior Officer) Richard Belzer
Ice icon Odafin "Fin" Tutuola Detective (Junior Officer) Ice-T
Untitled1 Casey Novak Assistant District Attorney Diane Neal
Wong icon George Huang FBI Special Agent B.D. Wong
Tunie icon Melinda Warner Medical Examiner Tamara Tunie
Florek icon Donald Cragen Captain (Commanding Officer) Dann Florek

Recurring/Guest Cast[]

Image Character Title Actor
Beach icon Chester Lake Detective (Junior Officer) Adam Beach

List of Episodes[]

Image Episode # Title Production # Original Airdate
Benson Dana Lewis Informed 8.01 (#162) Informed 08001 19 September 2006
Dani Beck Clock 8.02 (#163) Clock 08003 26 September 2006
Stabler Recall 8.03 (#164) Recall 08005 3 October 2006
Stabler Beck Uncle 8.04 (#165) Uncle 08004 10 October 2006
Huang Confrontation 8.05 (#166) Confrontation 08006 17 October 2006
Benson Infiltrated 8.06 (#167) Infiltrated 08009 31 October 2006
Fin Underbelly 8.07 (#168) Underbelly 08007 14 November 2006
Beck Cage 8.08 (#169) Cage 08008 21 November 2006
Benson Stabler Choreographed 8.09 (#170) Choreographed 08010 28 November 2006
Judson Tierney 8.10 (#171) Scheherazade 08002 2 January 2007
Stabler Benson Burned 8.11 (#172) Burned 08011 9 January 2007
Lake Outsider 8.12 (#173) Outsider 08016 16 January 2007
Stabler Loophole 8.13 (#174) Loophole 08012 6 February 2007
Stabler Benson Charlotte Truex Dependent 8.14 (#175) Dependent 08015 13 February 2007
Ruben Morales Novak Warner Haystack 8.15 (#176) Haystack 08013 20 February 2007
Simon Marsden 8.16 (#177) Philadelphia 08017 27 February 2007
Reverend Jeb Curtis 8.17 (#178) Sin 08021 27 March 2007
Novak Responsible 8.18 (#179) Responsible 08014 3 April 2007
Benson Florida 8.19 (#180) Florida 08018 1 May 2007
Ryan O'Halloran Stabler Annihilated 8.20 (#181) Annihilated 08019 8 May 2007
Cassandra Sullivan 8.21 (#182) Pretend 08020 15 May 2007
Darius Parker 8.22 (#183) Screwed 08022 22 May 2007
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