Season 1

This is a verified database of any and all gay-related episodes of the TV show "Law And Order Special Victims Unit" where I've listed LGBT-themed episodes and rated them on a "gay scale"' from 1 to 10, along with a brief explanation.  For clarity and completeness, all other episodes are listed & rated too, to show that I've watched them, and marked with a "0" if no gay content.







  #    episode title    rating     episode description

S1 E1    Payback    5 / 10    In an episode about a cabbie's murder initially thought to have a gay or even trans suspect, other characters include a jailed male prostitute and his married bisexual clients.

S1 E2    A Single Life    2 / 10    This episode includes an all-too-brief scene with a sassy gay Jamaican waiter.

S1 E3    Or Just Look Like One    0 / 10  

S1 E4    Hysteria    2 / 10    This episode includes a scene where the detectives talk to a group of transvestite hookers, to investigate a serial killer who targets prostitutes.

S1 E5    Wanderlust    0 / 10  

S1 E6    Sophomore Jinx    0 / 10  

S1 E7    Uncivilized    5 / 10    A case involving a pair of older teenaged boys and a man on the sex-offenders registry.

S1 E8    Stalked    2 / 10    A parollee initially suspected for murder gives an alibi of being home with his boyfriend at the time.

S1 E9    Stocks & Bondage    1 / 10    The detectives investigate an underground S&M scene at a high-stakes investment firm, that includes some same-sex group action, among many other things.

S1 E10    Closure    0 / 10  

S1 E11    Bad Blood    10 / 10    The detectives investigate the murder of a gay man who's the son of a conservative activist who believes in conversion therapy.

S1 E12    Russian Love Poem    9 / 10    A promiscuously bisexual married man is murdered in an
episode that also features numerous other gay & bi characters.

S1 E13    Disrobed    1 / 10    A brief discussion of "hookers & trannies" early on in the episode.

S1 E14    Limitations    1 / 10    A male suspect is revealed to have been "sexually penetrated" while in prison.

S1 E15    Entitled    0 / 10  

S1 E16    The Third Guy    0 / 10  

S1 E17    Misleader    0 / 10   

S1 E18    Chat Room    0 / 10  

S1 E19    Contact    1 / 10    An early suspect in a subway rapist case insists that he's not gay.

S1 E20    Remorse    0 / 10  

S1 E21    Nocturne    7 / 10    Guest star Tony award-winning Wilson Jermaine Heredia (from the original "Rent" cast on Broadway) plays a piano student involved in a child molestation case.

S1 E22    Slaves    0 / 10  




Bolded episodes are particularly good ones that I personally enjoyed very much, and highly recommend viewing (regardless of any gay content or not). 

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