In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, which is what happened the day her sister was murdered.

A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.

Dr. Jacob Hood is a brilliant biophysicist and special science advisor to the government who investigates scientific crises and oddities. His crusade is to protect the substance of science against those who would abuse and misuse scientific discoveries for their own gain.

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American military unit, the media, and local Iraqis.

The day after suffering a miscarriage, a young couple attend their local comic con.

Clinical psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Haver begins caring for a mysterious new patient on the quiet ward of a psychiatric hospital. After learning the patient is an artist, she encourages him to draw as a form of therapy. Dr. Haver becomes fascinated as day after day the mysterious man draws the same exact image over and over. An unexpected difference in one of the drawings makes her realize that her patient may possess a curious gift. Dr. Haver's fascination turns to obsession as she is drawn into a world where the lines of art and reality become blurred and she is forced to confront her own darkness.

Alexander is a 26 year old scrap hauler who is facing eviction. In a last ditch effort to save his house from the bank, he turns it into a brothel - even though he has never had sex before.