Product Details

• Actors: Mariska Hargitay
• Format: Box set, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 5
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: September 25, 2012
• Run Time: 996 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B005Q27DNO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,652 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit confronts some of its most controversial and topical crimes yet in its powerful thirteenth year. New changes are afoot for the SVU: two new detectives (Danny Pino and Kelli Giddish) join the team, while the returning squad members must deal with the fallout of last season's shootout and the departure of one of their own. As they face these challenges, a new slew of sex crimes hit the headlines, making it vital that the team learn how to separate their personal emotions from the intense cases they must see through to their stunning ends. Starring Primetime Emmyr Award Winner Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Dann Florek and Richard Belzer and guest starring Harry Connick, Jr., Andre Braugher, Treat Williams, T.R. Knight and Chloe Sevigny, watch all 23 compelling episodes, back-to-back and uninterrupted, of producer Dick Wolf's award winning, uncompromising series.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Law and Order Season 13 is better than ever! September 15, 2012

By Gippy

Season 13 of this excellent drama is by far the best season yet of this award winning series. Mariska Hargitay (Olivia Benson) does some career-best work as the solo leader of a group of aggressive yet beleagured detectives who ply their craft in a world that sees human beings at their worst. Danny Pino (Nick Amauro) has been expertly cast as her new partner, and his arrival has created a whole new level of complexity and revelation for the characters of the SVU, and watching the progression of Benson and Amauro's professional partnership and personal friendship is both intriguing and compelling. Whether you have never watched the show before, or if you are a long-time fan, this season is incredibly compelling television and worth every penny.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars SEASON 13 November 13, 2012

By jorgo

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I HAVE ALL OF SVU IT JUST GET'S BETTER EVERY YEAR I LIKE THE TWO NEW ACTORS DANNY PINO AND KELLI GIDDISH THERE STARTING TO FIT IN THE SHOW I REALLY MISS (STABLER)CHRISTOPHER MELONI HE'S BEEN IN SO LONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'S GONE WHAT'S HE UPTO NOW IF ANYONE KNOW'S 13 IS JUST AS GOOD AS THE REST.

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars New Crew, New Cast, New and Improved Law and Order SVU September 20, 2012

By A Man of Manga

Wow! Just Wow! As soon as Season 9 ended with the departure of Casey Novak, SVU went downhill fast. Seasons 10-12 gave many episodes that were either horribly written, horribly acted, completely unbelievable, not about Special Victims or a combination of the four. While the season finales were all generally better, they all had at least one of those flaws and paled in comparison to the season finales before it. Now with Warren Leight taking the reins and two new actors (Pino and Giddish) coming in, (It's very relieving and not sexist when there's one more female detective as part of the whole which helps even out the reverse-harem these shows seem to have.) this season gets back on track to become one of the top 5 seasons in the franchise. The cases are good and only 3 episodes are really bad with only one of them (Strange Beauty) being horrible. Considering half of the other seasons had horrible episodes, this is a great change of pace. This also is the first season in SVU that I can remember that had some nice continuity. Many small things that happened in one episode carry over into another (Sometimes much later) episode. And let's not forget that finale. It is the best and I mean the best season finale in all of SVU. It had everything you ever needed with the return of a much more jaded Brian Cassidy, a sense of dread over the whole case and Captain Cragen of all people being framed for murder in an escort service's twisted game. There's no question that season 14's premiere will be the most watched in a while. There are some bad habits though that carry on here. Danny Pino's Nick Amaro is becoming Stabler again with all his marital issues and anger problems (I'd even argue that they are worse that Stabler) and the detectives some times make stupid mistakes, but you learn to accept it as the reality they live in and you wouldn't still be watching this if you hated these things. All in all Season 13 was near-perfect.