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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Season 1

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 1 episode 2: A Single Life

Aired 27 September 199943 minRated TV-14

6.7TMDB · 35 votesMark watched

Where to watch Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 1 in Australia

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 1 is streaming in Australia on Prime Video (subscription), Foxtel Now (subscription) and Disney+ (subscription, listed for the whole show), and free on 7plus. You can also buy it on Apple TV from $17.99 and Prime Video Store from $19.99.

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What happens in “A Single Life”

Benson and Stabler run into multiple dead ends while investigating the case of a woman who plummeted six stories to her death clad only in a slip.

Episode summary: TMDB.

Before you watch

  • It is episode 2 of 22 of season 1, so watch episode 1 first.
  • It runs about 43 minutes.
  • Directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, written by Miriam Kazdin.
  • TMDB users rate it 6.7 out of 10 (35 votes).

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit trailer

The official trailer for the series (no preview of this episode has been published).

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit trailerPlay video: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit trailer

Cast and crew of this episode

Director
Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer
Miriam Kazdin
Guest stars
Michelle Hurd as Monique JeffriesMatthew Arkin as Mark Daniels' Brother & AttorneyLeslie Hendrix as Elizabeth RodgersLaila Robins as Ellen TravisMichael Nouri as Dallas WarnerPaul Hecht as Robert SidarksyAngie Harmon as Abbie CarmichaelDean Winters as Brian Cassidy

Credits: TMDB.

More from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 1

Previous · S01E01Payback20 September 1999Next · S01E03...Or Just Look Like One4 October 1999
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Every episode of Season 1Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode guide

Episode names, air dates, runtimes, stills and ratings: TMDB. Air dates are the first broadcast anywhere; where it streams is our daily Australian check.