Jeffrey Ware

A male in his 20's is found murdered, in a pile of sheets. It's tough to get the identification of the victim. All Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) have is an address in the West Village, traces of plaster on the body, as well as nylon in the sheets which is most likely the result of a faulty clothes dryer. The detectives show the victim's photo around gay bars in the Village, based on sexual evidence that he was with another man, and he's recognized because he was seen on posters for ReGenesis, a special interest group that tries to convert people from being gay to being straight. The victim is James Reed, and the people at ReGenesis are very saddened by his death. He was a member of the group but quit. Meanwhile, James had been getting horrible hate mail from Nebraska and at his funeral there is a protest led by Reverend Shaw (James Otis), who is based in Nebraska and thinks homosexuality is a sin.

After avoiding Eddie, O'Hara and the drug dealer who has come looking for his stolen pills, Jackie takes off early for a family vacation upstate. Kevin and the girls are excited, but every activity they've planned is a disaster. Still, Kevin and Jackie make it work and things seem better between them. But when Jackie misplaces the stash of pills she brought to get her through the vacation, she starts to unravel bit by bit. Meanwhile, we see All Saints without Jackie for the first time – Dr.Cooper confesses to Eddie he's been sleeping with Sam's girlfriend and Eddie tells Sam. The drug dealer keeps waiting around to find Jackie. After a nice dinner and an honest conversation, Jackie lets slip that she took the money from Dr. O'Hara. Kevin's furious and takes off, leaving Jackie stranded on vacation with the girls.