Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: a strangely comforting show about the most heinous crimes

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The long-running drama series might trade in human depravity, but by focusing on victims and delivering them justice, it delivers hope and comfort too

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is streaming in Australia on Amazon Prime, Binge and Foxtel. For more recommendations of what to stream in Australia,Photograph: Virginia Sherwood/APPhotograph: Virginia Sherwood/APn the first ever episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit , which aired in September 1999, two detectives from the New York Police Department’s 16th precinct’s sex crimes division are called to what appears to be a run-of-the-mill murder.

What is most surprising about SVU though, is that a show about violent sexual crimes is somehow comforting. It’s a strange paradox, that for more than two decades, millions of people have tuned in every week to watch a drama about humans at their most depraved. And it’s not just the true-crime obsessives who count themselves as fans. SVU has mainstream popularity. But why?

There’s been a rotating cast of captains, lawyers and associate and district attorneys too. Some beloved, others tolerated. Then there’s its famous guest stars, from Alec Baldwin to Serena Williams.

 

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