Bailee Madison | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

• Also known as: Law & Order: SVU, SVU
• Genre: Police procedural, Legal drama, Thriller, Mystery
• Created by: Dick Wolf
• Starring: Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, Michelle Hurd, Stephanie March, Ice-T, BD Wong, Diane Neal, Tamara Tunie, Adam Beach, Michaela McManus, Danny Pino, Kelli Giddish, Raúl Esparza, Peter Scanavino, Philip Winchester, Jamie Gray Hyder, Demore Barnes, Octavio Pisano, Molly Burnett
• Narrated by: Steven Zirnkilton
• Theme music composer: Mike Post
• Opening theme: "Theme of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
• Composer: Mike Post
• No. of seasons: 24
• No. of episodes: 538
• Executive producers: Dick Wolf, Ted Kotcheff, Peter Jankowski, Michael Smith, Julie Martin, Jonathan Starch, Arthur W. Forney, Mariska Hargitay
• Showrunners: Robert Palm, David J. Burke, Neal Baer, Warren Leight, Rick Eid, Michael S. Chernuchin, David Graziano
• Running time: 40–44 minutes
• Production companies: Wolf Entertainment, Studios USA, Universal Network Television, NBC Universal Television Studio, Universal Media Studios, Universal Television
• Original release: Network, NBC
• Release: September 20, 1999 – present

This series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the New York City Police Department that investigate sexually related crimes.

"Locum"

Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate the disappearance of the ten-year-old adopted daughter (Bailee Madison) of a foster couple (Joan Cusack and Peter Strauss). They soon discover that she ran away to meet with a man named Erik Weber (Henry Ian Cusick), whom she met on the internet. Benson and Stabler suspect Weber has ulterior motives regarding the girl, but he denies any wrongdoing, which is confirmed, and expresses romantic interest in Benson. As the investigation continues, the detectives realize that the girl's foster parents have another child (Amanda Dillard), which changes the entire course of the case.