Season 4

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  

S4 E1    Chameleon    0 / 10  

S4 E2    Deception    0 / 10  

S4 E3    Vulnerable    0 / 10    

S4 E4    Lust    6 / 10    Secondary characters include an HIV+ bisexual bartender, an older gay man who's the victim of identity theft, and a gay couple out walking their dog in Central Park.

S4 E5    Disappearing Acts    0 / 10  

S4 E6    Angels    7 / 10    a NAMBLA-inspired storyline about various men who are attracted to boys.

S4 E7    Dolls    1 / 10    2 extremely brief passing references: one to the remote possibility of a kidnapping perp being a transvestite, and also a joke about Fin & Munch fighting being a "lover's quarrel".

S4 E8    Waste    0 / 10  

S4 E9    Juvenile    0 / 10  

S4 E10    Resilience    0 / 10  

S4 E11    Damaged    0 / 10  

S4 E12    Risk    0 / 10  

S4 E13    Rotten    9 / 10    This episode's cast of characters includes a gay prison guard, a closeted legal-aid attorney, and the gay cell-mate of a homophobic drug-dealer who's raped and killed while in custody.

S4 E14    Mercy    0 / 10  

S4 E15    Pandora    1 / 10    A suspect briefly mentions homosexuality in trying to defend himself from being a child abuser.

S4 E16    Tortured    4 / 10    Characters in this episode include a cross-dresser with a shoe fetish, plus a gay couple, one of whom marries a woman so she can get a green card.

S4 E17    Privilege    0 / 10  

S4 E18    Desperate    0 / 10  

S4 E19    Appearances    1 / 10     A murder suspect is initially thought to be a transgender person taking hormones.

S4 E20    Dominance    7 / 10    A bisexual serial killer murders and rapes both men and women.

S4 E21    Fallacy    10 / 10    A woman who claims she was raped is later revealed to be transgender.

S4 E22    Futility    0 / 10  

S4 E23    Grief    0 / 10  

S4 E24    Perfect    0 / 10  

S4 E25    Soulless    1 / 10    This episode focuses on the search for a sociopath who participated in a childhood murder with homosexual undertones.





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