Lake returns to the SVU and works with Tutuola when Tutuola needs to handle some unresolved issues with Darius.
When the death of a young man in what was supposed to be a ‘pretend’ fight is caught on film, a shocking witness turns things around in court.
Stabler faces some truths about his own family life during the investigation into the murder of a CIA agent’s fiancée.
Benson risks her career to protect her newfound half-brother, but an investigation into his past reveals even more family secrets.
After a young girl is found dead in the apartment of a vacationing couple with no children, Stabler and Benson soon learn that there have been a number of high school students having floating parties, going from house to house and getting drunk. Unfortunately, charging any of the teens with murder proves problematic, but the detectives get a break when they learn that one of the teen’s mothers had been providing the alcohol as well as sleeping with one of the students.
Stabler and Benson suspect a charismatic preacher in a case of murder until his wife provides them with another viable suspect.
Benson finds herself in a bad situation when she has a closer link to a suspect than she ever could have expected.
Stabler finds himself drawn into a case where a young mother has committed suicide after her baby goes missing, and finds that there are two different fathers pursuing Kendall Kozlowski. The case leads to questions for Benson about her own family history.
Benson and Stabler attempt to question a confused young woman about an attack on her parents that left her brother traumatised and Stabler puts his career on the line when he goes too far.
Stabler ends up, out of commission after a perpetrator high on PCP throws him through a window at the station, so Benson teams up with Munch and Tutuola to investigate a mysterious packet of photos. The photographs lead them to both a suspected child pornographer and a junkie burglar, but after Benson takes ill during the investigation, the team realises that there is more than child pornography at stake as their investigation soon reveals that Seth Millstead wasn’t into little boys at all, but had been using the tenants of the apartment building in an experiment for a new pesticide.
Tutuola reluctantly works on a case involving the rape of a coed after his son Ken feels responsible for catching the rapist. Tutuola trying to solve the case with the rape victim unwilling to cooperate, crosses paths with another detective, Chester Lake, who is also investigating similar cases as part of Brooklyn SVU. The two clash at first but when another rape occurs, the two detectives must work together and pick up the pace before the rapist strikes again.
Stabler and Benson find themselves on opposite sides when Valerie Sennet accuses her estranged husband, Miles Sennet, of breaking into her home and raping her. Because Miles has no history of violence and Valerie refuses to allow detectives to use her daughter Tessa as a witness, he is soon released, and Stabler and Benson continue to clash as Benson remains convinced that Miles raped Valerie and is a danger, and Stabler believes it may be a case of a wife crying foul to punish her soon-to-be ex-husband.
Stabler heads to see terminal cancer patient Judson Tierney after a request from his parish priest, and soon realizes that Tierney has a story that he is dying to tell but only wants to tell to his estranged daughter. With Benson keeping an eye on Tierney, Stabler looks into the man’s past and learns that he was once involved in a series of unsolved bank robberies, and that he has been keeping a secret about his daughter for over twenty years.
Stabler and Tutuola pair up to investigate when two teens go missing while their school is on a field trip to a local museum. The investigation takes a turn when the lead suspect is someone no one had expected. Stabler experiences a conflict with his daughter, Kathleen.
Benson is called in after a young woman shows up at the hospital, raped and beaten with her head shaved. Haley Kerns refuses to submit to a rape kit, but Benson steals her underwear before leaving the apartment and gives it to Warner to check out. When Benson returns to her apartment she encounters Star Morrison, who admits that Haley is a federal informant working with them on eco-terrorism. After Stabler is wounded while out on a search with Morrison, Benson and she work to get information from Haley before the eco-terrorists can strike.
Summary: Justin finds himself in an unexpected love triangle; Betty falls for a playwright she is profiling for Mode; Wilhelmina has an epiphany.
Summary: The med students are thankful when Cole identifies his true calling; Lucy finds her inspiration.
Summary: When Addison’s patient and the life of the three unborn babies she is carrying as a surrogate hang in the balance, Sam’s new girlfriend, Vanessa, and Addison are sharply divided on the course of treatment. Meanwhile Cooper seeks Sheldon’s help with a young patient, but their personal quarrels over Charlotte get in the way, and Naomi has a dilemma of her own between William and an unexpectedly charming Dr. Fife.
Summary: After their wedding, Charlie and Amita help the team look for Don’s missing gun.
Summary: When a Marine is killed in a drive-by shooting, the team fears his younger brother may also be targeted.
Summary: The team and Coast Guard Investigative Services join forces when a Navy diver seeking sunken treasure is murdered.
Summary: Lauren clashes with a new tenant (Nick Zano); Amanda is infuriated when Riley asks Ben for a job; Ella makes an unrealistic demand that backfires.
Summary: Locke tasks Sawyer with a mission, and Kate talks to Locke while holding a fake, plastic gun while Sayid is watching them.
Summary: Members of the sales staff let Sabre’s new Sales Is King policy go to their heads.
Summary: A high school senior repeatedly hallucinates after blacking out during a class trip; Wilson tries to furnish his condo.