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The fifth season of the police procedural drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered on NBC on September 23, 2003 and concluded on May 18, 2004. The season consists of 25 episodes. This was the first season to include Diane Neal as Casey Novak and the last to include Stephanie March in a main cast role until the eleventh season. She would later return as a guest role in the sixth season. This season also contains the 100th episode of the series. This season aired alongside with season fourteen of Law & Order and season three of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Image Character Title Actor
Meloni icon Elliot Stabler Detective (Senior Officer) Christopher Meloni
Hargitay icon Olivia Benson Detective (Junior Officer) Mariska Hargitay
Belzer icon John Munch Detective (Senior Officer) Richard Belzer
March icon Alexandra Cabot (5.01-5.04) Assistant District Attorney Stephanie March
Untitled1 Casey Novak (5.05-5.25) Assistant District Attorney Diane Neal
Ice icon Odafin "Fin" Tutuola Detective (Junior Officer) Ice-T
Wong icon George Huang FBI Special Agent B.D. Wong
Florek icon Donald Cragen Captain (Commanding Officer) Dann Florek

Recurring/Guest Cast[]

Image Character Title Actor
Tunie icon Melinda Warner Medical Examiner Tamara Tunie
Thompson icon L&O
Arthur Branch Manhattan, District Attorney Fred Dalton Thompson

List of Episodes[]

Image Episode # Title Production # Original Airdate
Stabler Benson Tragedy 5.01 (#92) Tragedy E4403 23 September 2003
Joe Blaine 5.02 (#93) Manic E4401 30 September 2003
Dr. Greta Heints 5.03 (#94) Mother E4404 7 October 2003
Cabot Loss 5.04 (#95) Loss E4402 14 October 2003
Novak Serendipity 5.05 (#96) Serendipity E4408 21 October 2003
Stabler Benson Coerced 5.06 (#97) Coerced E4409 28 October 2003
Jennifer Fulton Benson Choice 5.07 (#98) Choice E4411 4 November 2003
Ian Tate Novak Abomination 5.08 (#99) Abomination E4410 11 November 2003
Judge Lena Petrovsky 5.09 (#100) Control E4413 18 November 2003
Cragen Stabler Shaken 5.10 (#101) Shaken E4414 25 November 2003
Benson Escape 5.11 (#102) Escape E4415 2 December 2003
Munch Fin Brotherhood 5.12 (#103) Brotherhood E4412 6 January 2004
Huang Cragen Hate 5.13 (#104) Hate E4416 13 January 2004
Warner Ritual 5.14 (#105) Ritual E4406 3 February 2004
Brian Coyle & Aidan Connor 5.15 (#106) Families E4419 10 February 2004
Adam Nesbit Home 5.16 (#107) Home E4420 17 February 2004
Benson Mean 5.17 (#108) Mean E4421 24 February 2004
Munch Warner Fin Careless 5.18 (#109) Careless E4422 2 March 2004
Stabler Novak Sick 5.19 (#110) Sick E4423 30 March 2004
Huang Benson Lowdown 5.20 (#111) Lowdown E4424 6 April 2004
Javier Vega 5.21 (#112) Criminal E4425 20 April 2004
Huang Painless 5.22 (#113) Painless E4426 27 April 2004
Stabler Benson Bound 5.23 (#114) Bound E4427 4 May 2004
Oliver Taft 5.24 (#115) Poison E4428 11 May 2004
Jackie Madden Benson Head 5.25 (#116) Head E4418 18 May 2004
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