BD Wong

When three unrelated people connected to cases that were handled by Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) are found ritualistically murdered, all the evidence points to Benson as the true target of the violence. As she struggles with guilt over the murders, Benson continues to pursue the assailant despite warnings from the FBI that she may be in danger.

When a prominent doctor is murdered and his wife (guest star Lisa Eichhorn) is raped, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) look to the dead man's estranged and troubled son from a previous marriage and a disgruntled former patient as likely suspects. But when the same rapist attacks the dead doctor's former mistress (guest star Liza Weil), a complicated series of relationships and events begins to unfold, as both the wife and mistress face unexpected scrutiny.

Five-year-old Chloe Fuller (Jennifer Brown) is being questioned by Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) after she drew a picture in school showing her mother involved in a sexual relationship with her half-brother. She is clearly upset and tells Benson she saw her mother and brother, 17-year-old Kyle (Jonathan Bennett), together in bed. Chloe's father is Lawrence Fuller (Tom Mason), a multi-millionaire telecom mogul, whose hot temper is evident when he shows up at the hospital to get his daughter. He claims his wife, former actress Gloria Stanfield (Sherilyn Fenn), is away in the Hamptons. The detectives then track down Kyle at school, but he denies the relationship. Soon after the police get a call from Gloria's lawyer who also denies the allegations. The detectives are at a standstill when a call comes in over a domestic dispute at Chloe's school.

The body of an unidentified five year old girl is found in a dumpster. Mummified and disfigured, identification is extremely difficult. Through anthropological forensics they create a "picture" of their Cherish Doe, and pull synthetic fibers from her hand. By sifting through garbage and high-tech computer wizardry, they are able to determine where the body was dumped. There's a nail salon nearby (garbage indicated lots of cotton balls and nail polish) and they are on their way. Detectives Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Benson (Mariska Hargitay) conduct a "vigil" for Cherish and see a distraught woman, Violet Tremain (Gloria Reuben), clutching a photo of her missing daughter Nina (Teala Dunn). They are concerned she could be Cherish Doe.

Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) report to Wheaton Memorial Hospital to investigate a rape victim. But the victim is Stephanie Rawley, a beautiful 28-year-old woman who has been in a coma for the past year, the result of a car accident. She is brought to the hospital with pneumonia and the doctors discover she is six weeks pregnant. The detectives start by investigating everyone at Mountcastle Rehabilitation Center, where she's been for the past year. The list of suspects includes her fiance David Anderson (Ian Kahn), who despite a restraining order from her parents Bob (Henry Woronicz) and Janice (JoBeth Williams) was found sleeping in her bed. They also extract DNA from basically all male employees who had any contact with the coma wing. They also question Dr. Mandell (Bruce Davison), her neurosurgeon, especially after he plots with another doctor to abort the fetus.