ADA Alexandra 'Alex' Cabot is a fictional character portrayed by Stephanie March in the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Wrong Is Right (season 2), they were 26 years old.
They appear in 97 episodes out of a total of 551 aired so far and have accumulated 24954 positive votes.
The character of ADA Alexandra 'Alex' Cabot is mainly associated with Detective Elliot Stabler, Detective Olivia Benson and Detective John Munch.
Episodes97
Wrong Is Right
episode S2.E1 october 2000Detective Stabler's daughter witnesses a gory crime scene involving a murdered man who had a secret life. Meanwhile, a new ADA is assigned to the unit while Stabler and Jeffries come under review by the department.
Honor
episode S2.E2 october 2000The assault of an Afghan diplomat's daughter uncovers clues that may suggest ancient traditions justify "honor killings" when a child goes against time-honored values.
Closure: Part 2
episode S2.E3 november 2000Stabler and Benson investigate a sexual assault very similar to one they worked a year and a half ago, whose first-known victim now follows her alleged attacker and reports his activities anonymously to the police, and the rapist's wife.
Legacy
episode S2.E4 november 2000A 7-year-old girl lapses into a coma and the detectives investigate the members of her family to determine who's responsible for the abuse.
Baby Killer
episode S2.E5 november 2000The tragic shooting death of a young girl leads investigators to a little boy. They soon realize that the gun used has been used in another crime scene.
Noncompliance
episode S2.E6 november 2000A patient rights controversy come to light when a schizophrenic man refuses to take his medication and becomes a suspect in the stabbing death of a psychiatric doctoral student.
Asunder
episode S2.E7 december 2000A woman accuses her husband, a cop, of raping her. When Benson and Stabler arrest him, he denies his wife's claims and claims she's unbalanced.
Taken
episode S2.E8 december 2000When a young female reports a brutal rape during a hotel's grand opening, the police investigates the details of the attack to pin down their suspect, who has a prior conviction for statutory rape.
Pixies
episode S2.E9 january 2001When a young gymnast is found murdered, Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate both her demanding coach and a wealthy benefactor.
Consent
episode S2.E10 january 2001Benson and Stabler investigate the case of a college girl who is raped during a fraternity party, but who can't remember what happened. The medical investigation reveals a date rape drug in her system, which leaves the detectives with several suspects and accomplices.
Abuse
episode S2.E11 january 2001Benson and Stabler suspect parental neglect in the death of the son of two famous singers, The detectives fear for their surviving daughter, who has a history of serious injuries, and Benson grows attached to her. Her parents resent Benson attention to their daughter, and they take out a restraining order, which puts Benson's job in jeopardy.
Secrets
episode S2.E12 february 2001A dedicated inner-city schoolteacher is murdered. Initial indications that the victim lived a quiet and simple life take a turn when pictures of her posing nude are found.
Victims
episode S2.E13 february 2001Elliot faces personal demons when Cragen asks him to investigate the murder of a convicted rapist that Elliot himself helped to put away.
Paranoia
episode S2.E14 february 2001SVU investigates the rape and choking of a police sergeant investigating a silent alarm on a warehouse. When the victim recants, and internal affairs ends the investigation, the detectives look at the officers working with the victim.
Countdown
episode S2.E15 february 2001The Team at SVU has 72 hours to locate a man who has kidnapped, raped, and murdered four young girls. Can they find him before time runs out?
Runaway
episode S2.E16 march 2001A police officer's daughter runs away and the squad uses the help of a internet journalist to track her down.
Folly
episode S2.E17 march 2001After several male escorts are assaulted and one murdered the team finds a link to a couple whose sexual fantasy may have turned violent.
Manhunt
episode S2.E18 april 2001Detectives Munch and Tutuola become increasingly frustrated as they follow a brutal pair of kidnappers who rape and murder their victims; and even when they get their men, they end up in a legal dispute with the Canadian authorities.
Parasites
episode S2.E19 april 2001After the remains of a woman who was murdered three years earlier are found in a backyard, a composite sketch leads detectives to her identical twin sister.
Pique
episode S2.E20 may 2001A brutal rape and murder are connected to a man who through a weird relationship with his mother has a sexual fetish
Scourge
episode S2.E21 may 2001A disturbed man is arrested after a murder spree. Alexandra Cabot comes under fire for seeking the death penalty.
Repression
episode S3.E1 september 2001The false memories of a girl's childhood molestation by her father lead to a tragedy.
Wrath
episode S3.E2 october 2001Three people are found murdered, all unconnected to each other, except to that of cases that Detective Benson has investigated.
Stolen
episode S3.E3 october 2001The kidnapping of an infant at a grocery store leads to a scheme of snatching and selling babies for adoption which brings back a case from 12 years ago that involved Captain Cragen and his partner, the late Max Greevey.
Rooftop
episode S3.E4 october 2001Detective Tutuola becomes personally involved in a case when a friend's daughter becomes a fatal victim of sexual assault.
Tangled
episode S3.E5 october 2001When arriving party guests find a prominent doctor murdered and his wife raped, the investigation starts with his estranged son and a former patient, then moves to his mistress and her neighbor.
Redemption
episode S3.E6 november 2001Detectives Stabler and Hawk work together to capture a serial rapist and murderer, but as the investigation leads to fresh evidence, Hawk begins to suspect that he may have convicted the wrong man.
Sacrifice
episode S3.E7 november 2001The squad is called in to investigate when a detective discovers a man shot and sodomized in an alley behind a gay bar.
Inheritance
episode S3.E8 november 2001The detectives search for a rapist targeting Asian women. The case becomes particularly significant for Benson when the rapist's defense is that he inherited the "violence gene" from his father, also a rapist.
Care
episode S3.E9 november 2001When a girl in foster care is found dead, the squad's investigation leads close to home.
Ridicule
episode S3.E10 december 2001Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate the death of a young wife who was recently accused of assaulting a male stripper with a group of her girlfriends.
Monogamy
episode S3.E11 january 2002The case involves the beating of a seven-months-pregnant woman, whose unborn child has been torn from her body via a primitive cesarean section. Among the many witnesses questioned is the woman's husband, a psychiatrist with several devastating secrets and knows more about his wife's beating than he's willing to admit.
Protection
episode S3.E12 january 2002A 6-year-old boy is shot and then abandoned in an emergency room by his fearful mother, sending detectives in search of his missing family and the gunman before his mother becomes a victim too.
Prodigy
episode S3.E13 january 2002Benson and Stabler have the gruesome task of identifying the remains of a man and a woman who were stabbed in a park.
Counterfeit
episode S3.E14 january 2002A woman is found by her car, where she had been raped and killed. Benson and Tutuola try to figure out why there were drugs in the victim's trunk but then find that a similar rape was committed. This victim says that a police officer raped her after pulling her over for a supposed driving violation. The DA now has to zero in on the corrupt cop.
Execution
episode S3.E15 february 2002When the parents of a teenage murder victim approach Stabler, he goes with Dr. Huang to interview their prime suspect, a serial killer soon to be executed in a New Jersey prison.
Popular
episode S3.E16 march 2002When Stabler hears from a family friend about a teenage girl who was raped, but refuses to report it to police, he begins a covert investigation, and the case progresses to uncover a web of sexual activity among teenagers.
Surveillance
episode S3.E17 march 2002Cellist Cassie Germaine is attacked in her apartment. Benson & Stabler's investigation leads to discovery of hidden cameras streaming Cassie's home activities to a web site with only one discovered visitor, and a shrine.
Guilt
episode S3.E18 march 2002When one difficulty after another hinder the prosecution of serial pedophile, Roy Barnett, desperate A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot oversteps the bounds of the law, risking both her job, and that of Benson and Stabler, to put this dangerous man behind bars.
Justice
episode S3.E19 april 2002A teen with no ID found beaten and apparently raped dies in ER. Benson & Stabler spend all day trying to identify the victim, who turns out to be the stepdaughter of a local judge. Further investigation reveals the victim to have become a mother four years ago, and be a pen pal of inmates sent to prison by her stepfather.
Greed
episode S3.E20 april 2002Stabler and Benson investigate two rapes that seem to have been committed by the same man, but clues that originally lead them in one direction soon point towards another perpetrator.
Denial
episode S3.E21 may 2002A woman is raped at a party and the attacker is quickly caught but the detectives must still determine why the victim was carrying a finger from a long dead infant.
Competence
episode S3.E22 may 2002The detectives investigate to determine whether a 22-year-old woman with Down syndrome is pregnant as a result of rape, as her mother contends.
Silence
episode S3.E23 may 2002A murder in a church leads Benson and Stabler to an alleged cover-up involving sexual abuse by a priest.
Chameleon
episode S4.E1 september 2002Benson and Stabler investigate the death of a prostitute but then find their main suspect has in turn been killed. Is the woman who shot him acting in self-defense or is she a murderer?
Deception
episode S4.E2 october 2002A child's drawing leads detectives to investigate a mother for possible abuse of her teenage stepson.
Vulnerable
episode S4.E3 october 2002A senile elderly lady is found wandering inside in a home that she was familiar with as a child. Detectives realize that she has been suffering abuse, when cigarette burns are discovered all over her frail body. Following the trail from her greedy, neglectful son, to the expensive nursing home he pulled her out of, they discover the man they believe was abusing her. During the course of their investigation, however, Benson and Stabler stumble across an even more sinister criminal committing even more heinous, previously undetected crimes against the elderly.
Lust
episode S4.E4 october 2002The detectives launch a search for a serial killer who raped and murdered two women in Central Park.
Disappearing Acts
episode S4.E5 october 2002Una alta ejecutiva es violada, pero la situación se complica con su implicación con los federales y la mafia rusa.
Angels
episode S4.E6 november 2002While investigating the death of a young Hispanic boy found in a bus at an airport, the detectives find another boy hiding there, and it soon becomes apparent that the two boys are victims of the same child sex ring.
Dolls
episode S4.E7 november 2002Detectives Benson and Stabler begin hunting for a serial pedophile after a 5-year-old girl's decomposed body is found in the trash.
Waste
episode S4.E8 november 2002The SVU team is put on the case of a woman who has been in a coma for 14 months and is found to be 7 weeks pregnant. After going though many suspects, they focus on the patient's doctor. They discover that he is impregnating comatose female patients with a rich donor's sperm in order to get embryonic stem cells that are biologically compatible. The problem for the ADA is that laws are not on her side in prosecuting such crimes.
Juvenile
episode S4.E9 november 2002Two young middle school boys are accused of the rape of a woman.
Resilience
episode S4.E10 december 2002The attempted suicide of a 15-year-old girl leads to her family, promiscuity, and her regression to a child.
Damaged
episode S4.E11 january 2003Benson and Stabler are joined by Briscoe and Green when a 6-year-old shooting victim tests positive for a sexually transmitted disease.
Risk
episode S4.E12 january 2003When cans of baby formula are found to be filled with cocaine, Detective Elliot Stabler, with the help of Detective Olivia Benson and the rest of SVU, goes undercover to bust open the world of corporate drug trafficking.
Rotten
episode S4.E13 january 2003A prison inmate is found dead shortly after he arrives in his cell, and the SVU team investigates because the death was caused by sodomy. Benson and Tutuola uncover a lot more as they explore the case.
Mercy
episode S4.E14 january 2003When the body of a baby girl is found inside a cooler, the detectives need to investigate just who she is and how she got there. They soon learn that the little girl had a genetic disorder known as Tay-Sachs disease, and that her name is Sarah Brown, and she is the only daughter of Andrea and Daniel Brown. When Andrea admits to having killed her daughter, Alex has to put aside her own feelings of sympathy to prosecute Andrea Brown for the murder of her daughter.
Pandora
episode S4.E15 february 2003The brutal rape and subsequent death of a female motorist turns out to be an informant for the FBI acting as a cyber vigilante for catching on-line pedophiles to capture the predators. Stabler, along with the homicide detective who found the victim's husband murdered, follow the trail of evidence for the latest victim she had been tracking, leading them to the US Attorney's Office and a trip to Prague for Stabler to assist the Czech authorities when they find the kidnapped girl.
Tortured
episode S4.E16 february 2003A Tibetan woman who was tortured in her home country is found murdered, with her foot missing, and after an exhaustive search of potential suspects, the killer is a victim of torture himself.
Privilege
episode S4.E17 february 2003Detectives Benson and Stabler are called to a crime scene--a young woman dressed in a maid's uniform has apparently committed suicide. But there's lots of sexually-related bruising so they question whether she was pushed and if she was raped.
Desperate
episode S4.E18 march 2003Cuando una joven aparece brutalmente asesinada tras sufrir un violento ataque sexual, los detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) y Stabler (Christopher Meloni) ponen toda su esperanza en el único testigo del crimen, el hijo de la mujer.
Appearances
episode S4.E19 march 2003A nine-year-old child's asphyxiated body is found in a suitcase on a bus, with evidence of having been in the Everglades. The coroner found she had had a quality nose job, and been raped. Benson and Stabler find she was a regular beauty pageant contestant. A suspect's computer is found with a juvenile kidnap, rape, and murder how-to, apparently perfectly legal, because it was created using legal-age models whose images were manipulated by software to make them look much younger.
Dominance
episode S4.E20 april 2003A quadruple homicide with sexual overtones is just the start of an intense rampage of killings that brings a homicide detective into the mix. As the entire squad races against time to prevent further victims, the evidence leads Tutuola and Deuthorn to a building superintendent, his two sons, and a cross to bear.
Fallacy
episode S4.E21 april 2003At a party, a young woman is assaulted in the bathroom, and her assailant ends up dead. The girl leaves the ambulance before SVU can talk to her. Is this a case of self-defence, or something far more complex?
Futility
episode S4.E22 april 2003After arresting a man accused of raping several neighborhood women, Detectives Benson and Stabler attempt to obtain an indictment for their suspect with the help of a key eyewitness--his last victim. However, the suspect's decision to handle his own defense casts some doubt over the trial's outcome as he proves to be a formidable opponent for ADA Cabot.
Grief
episode S4.E23 may 2003The death of a waitress is ruled as a suicide. However, the girl's disturbed father takes justice into his own hands when the investigation reveals that his daughter suffered from depression, due to her boss sexually abusing her.
Perfect
episode S4.E24 may 2003The investigation into a missing girl leads the detectives to a doctor of reproductive therapy, who runs shelters for troubled girls. When she is found at shelter, the doctor's sinister agenda is revealed.
Soulless
episode S4.E25 may 2003Detectives suspect bored young socialites of raping a girl at a popular Manhattan nightclub, kidnapping her from a hospital, and then killing her.
Tragedy
episode S5.E1 september 2003When a pregnant woman is kidnapped and carjacked, the squad thinks, at first, that she's the latest victim of a serial rapist, only to realize that she's the victim of an intricate ransom plot.
Manic
episode S5.E2 september 2003While investigating a school shooting that claimed the lives of two students, the squad realizes that the surviving victim is actually the shooter and the side effects of a medication may have caused his actions.
Mother
episode S5.E3 october 2003Police find a female forensic psychiatrist unconscious and bound in a basement, along with would-be rapists. She turns out to be the author of a book about rehabilitating convicted sex offenders. The detectives identify one of her patients as a suspect, and ask the doctor for his records, but they disappeared when her office was vandalized shortly after she left the hospital. A tape that disappeared during the break-in is brought to police by another suspect's sister, which leads the investigation to focus on victimology.
Loss
episode S5.E4 october 2003Investigating the brutal rape and murder of an undercover federal agent and forced to use discretion in order to protect the identities of those agents in the field, the detectives arrest a suspect highly connected with a Colombian drug cartel. As the case proceeds towards trial, Cabot is faced with death threats on herself and her family along with pressure to yield the case to federal authorities.
Ghost
episode S6.E16 february 2005When a wealthy couple is found dead in their home, Benson and Stabler soon realize that their deaths are connected to a drug smuggling ring. Eventually the road leads back to the same drug dealers who forced a former assistant district attorney into hiding, and Alex Cabot comes home to face her enemies.
Lead
episode S10.E15 march 2009A pediatrician who is a convicted child molester is killed after his trial, but is the guilty party mentally competent to stand trial? Alex Cabot returns to the DA's office to prosecute the accused.
Ballerina
episode S10.E16 march 2009Detectives suspect that a murder suspect was thrown out of a window to his death, and their investigation focuses on the suspect's wife, her nephew who lives with them, and their unusual special relationship.
Hell
episode S10.E17 march 2009A former African child refugee's throat is slashed, and SVU connects the case to two former Ugandan war criminals--one a ruthless killer, the other a sympathetic former child soldier trying to change his life.
Baggage
episode S10.E18 april 2009Stabler is forced to work on a serial killer case with an abrasive detective who has been on the case for months and would prefer to work alone. However, Stabler discovers that the detective's motivation is not glory and recognition.
Selfish
episode S10.E19 april 2009An immature, irresponsible young mother is assumed to have killed her child, but it turns out to be part of a measles outbreak. A.D.A. Cabot then goes after the mother of the child who started the outbreak, who refused to immunize him.
Liberties
episode S10.E21 may 2009A judge asks an odd request for a plaintiff who is seeking a restraining order: he asks detectives to interview a convicted serial killer concerning his son's kidnapping, which took place 30 years ago.
Hardwired
episode S11.E5 october 2009Benson and Stabler are faced with a dilemma when a child-abuse suspect offers to reveal the identity of the leader of a controversial civil rights group in exchange for amnesty.
Users
episode S11.E7 november 2009A controversial therapist goes under the microscope after a teenage girl under his care is killed. During the investigation, Dr. Huang risks his medical license to rescue a heroin addict who is also under his care.
Turmoil
episode S11.E8 november 2009ADA Cabot is being investigated by the state bar because of a rape case, but Benson and Stabler are too preoccupied to come to her aid because Stabler's son and best friend are missing.
Anchor
episode S11.E10 december 2009After Fin catches a serial killer who is targeting immigrant "anchor babies," his high-profile ACLU lawyer argues that he was brainwashed by a right-wing television personality.
Quickie
episode S11.E11 january 2010While investigating the death of a sexually-active 17-year-old girl, SVU finds that a suspect in the case is deliberately spreading HIV to his many sexual partners.
P.C.
episode S11.E13 march 2010Benson and Stabler are forced to deal with the abrasive militant leader of a lesbian rights group as they search for a rapist and killer who may be targeting members of the lesbian community.
Savior
episode S11.E14 march 2010SVU tries to make the case against a Christian zealot who is targeting prostitutes, but it hangs on the cooperation of a pregnant prostitute who is terrified of the man and has her own demons.
Confidential
episode S11.E15 march 2010An attorney confesses that she had knowledge that her client committed a 22-year-old murder that another man was serving time for, but could not come forward because of attorney-client privilege.
Witness
episode S11.E16 march 2010A potential witness in a rape case is reluctant to testify because she is an illegal immigrant who both witnessed and was the victim of unspeakable war crimes against women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Scorched Earth
episode S13.E1 september 2011An African immigrant working as a maid accuses an Italian diplomat of rape, but is she really in it just for the money? Meanwhile, Stabler's return remains in doubt after his latest shooting.
Personal Fouls
episode S13.E2 september 2011SVU investigates an accusation that a revered high school basketball coach sexually abused his players, but they ultimately may need the cooperation of a reluctant pro superstar to make the case.
Russian Brides
episode S13.E7 november 2011In order to bring down a Russian mobster running an international prostitution/kidnapping ring disguised as a Russian bride website, Cragen steps from behind the desk to go undercover as a "john".
Lost Traveller
episode S13.E9 november 2011The child of a Romani couple in Brooklyn disappears on his way home from school, but the neighborhood's rom-baro may be interfering with SVU's investigation.
Spiraling Down
episode S13.E10 december 2011A retired pro quarterback is busted for having sex with a 14-year-old prostitute, but he may be suffering from diminished capacity because of all the concussions he had on the field.
Theatre Tricks
episode S13.E11 january 2012SVU tries to figure out who was responsible for the real-life rape of an actress during an interactive theater performance that everybody just assumed was part of the show.
Learning Curve
episode S13.E21 may 2012As Fin tries to get justice after his gay son's fiancé is brutally beaten in a hate crime, SVU uncovers a scandal involving a teacher sexually abusing a student at a prep school.
Sunk Cost Fallacy
episode S19.E19 april 2018Benson crosses paths with Alexandra Cabot while searching for an abducted woman and her daughter.
- Wrong Is Right
- Honor
- Closure: Part 2
- Legacy
- Baby Killer
- Noncompliance
- Asunder
- Taken
- Pixies
- Consent
- Abuse
- Secrets
- Victims
- Paranoia
- Countdown
- Runaway
- Folly
- Manhunt
- Parasites
- Pique
- Scourge
- Repression
- Wrath
- Stolen
- Rooftop
- Tangled
- Redemption
- Sacrifice
- Inheritance
- Care
- Ridicule
- Monogamy
- Protection
- Prodigy
- Counterfeit
- Execution
- Popular
- Surveillance
- Guilt
- Justice
- Greed
- Denial
- Competence
- Silence
- Chameleon
- Deception
- Vulnerable
- Lust
- Disappearing Acts
- Angels
- Dolls
- Waste
- Juvenile
- Resilience
- Damaged
- Risk
- Rotten
- Mercy
- Pandora
- Tortured
- Privilege
- Desperate
- Appearances
- Dominance
- Fallacy
- Futility
- Grief
- Perfect
- Soulless
- Tragedy
- Manic
- Mother
- Loss
- Ghost
- Lead
- Ballerina
- Hell
- Baggage
- Selfish
- Liberties
- Hardwired
- Users
- Turmoil
- Anchor
- Quickie
- P.C.
- Savior
- Confidential
- Witness
- Scorched Earth
- Personal Fouls
- Russian Brides
- Lost Traveller
- Spiraling Down
- Theatre Tricks
- Learning Curve
- Sunk Cost Fallacy
Best moments10
- Investigating the brutal rape and murder of an undercover federal agent and forced to use discretion in order to protect the identities of those agents in the field, the detectives arrest a suspect highly connected with a Colombian drug cartel. As the case proceeds towards trial, Cabot is faced with death threats on herself and her family along with pressure to yield the case to federal authorities.
- When one difficulty after another hinder the prosecution of serial pedophile, Roy Barnett, desperate A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot oversteps the bounds of the law, risking both her job, and that of Benson and Stabler, to put this dangerous man behind bars.
- When a wealthy couple is found dead in their home, Benson and Stabler soon realize that their deaths are connected to a drug smuggling ring. Eventually the road leads back to the same drug dealers who forced a former assistant district attorney into hiding, and Alex Cabot comes home to face her enemies.
- A nine-year-old child's asphyxiated body is found in a suitcase on a bus, with evidence of having been in the Everglades. The coroner found she had had a quality nose job, and been raped. Benson and Stabler find she was a regular beauty pageant contestant. A suspect's computer is found with a juvenile kidnap, rape, and murder how-to, apparently perfectly legal, because it was created using legal-age models whose images were manipulated by software to make them look much younger.
- A potential witness in a rape case is reluctant to testify because she is an illegal immigrant who both witnessed and was the victim of unspeakable war crimes against women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Two young middle school boys are accused of the rape of a woman.
- A pediatrician who is a convicted child molester is killed after his trial, but is the guilty party mentally competent to stand trial? Alex Cabot returns to the DA's office to prosecute the accused.
- The tragic shooting death of a young girl leads investigators to a little boy. They soon realize that the gun used has been used in another crime scene.
- When the body of a baby girl is found inside a cooler, the detectives need to investigate just who she is and how she got there. They soon learn that the little girl had a genetic disorder known as Tay-Sachs disease, and that her name is Sarah Brown, and she is the only daughter of Andrea and Daniel Brown. When Andrea admits to having killed her daughter, Alex has to put aside her own feelings of sympathy to prosecute Andrea Brown for the murder of her daughter.
- Benson crosses paths with Alexandra Cabot while searching for an abducted woman and her daughter.
- Loss
- Guilt
- Ghost
- Appearances
- Witness
- Juvenile
- Lead
- Baby Killer
- Mercy
- Sunk Cost Fallacy