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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Season 1

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 1 episode 5: Wanderlust

Aired 18 October 199944 minRated TV-14

7.4TMDB · 21 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 “Wanderlust”

When a world-traveling author is found dead in a room he rented from an alcoholic woman and her precocious 14-year-old daughter, the detectives are shocked to discover who the murderer is.

Episode summary: TMDB.

Before you watch

  • It is episode 5 of 22 of season 1, so watch episodes 1 to 4 first.
  • It runs about 44 minutes.
  • Directed by David Hugh Jones, written by Wendy West.
  • TMDB users rate it 7.4 out of 10 (21 votes).

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit trailer

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

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Cast and crew of this episode

Director
David Hugh Jones
Writer
Wendy West
Guest stars
Michelle Hurd as Monique JeffriesLynn Collins as Virginia HayesPatricia Richardson as Annabel HayesDean Winters as Brian CassidyJohn Dossett as Tom DaytonHenry Strozier as Jon FreemanWilliam Westenberg as Ed SostekMarisa Redanty as Dr. Ramsdale

Credits: TMDB.

More from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 1

Previous · S01E04Hysteria11 October 1999Next · S01E06Sophomore Jinx25 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.