Joel de la Fuente

A frantic 911 call is logged and it appears a woman is being attacked in her car. Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) think it could be the carjack rapist, but after much digging, they discover the victim is Annika Bergeron (Karen Goberman). Her only relative is her sister, Laura (Marisa Ryan), who lives in New Jersey and tells the detectives that Annika is eight months pregnant. Her doctor also warns them that she has a dangerous condition and must have a caesarian section or both she and her baby will die.

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.

A disturbing 911 call from nine-year-old Maria Recinos is forwarded to Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay). Recinos is calling for help from a room she claims to have been locked in for days. The detectives put a trace on the cell phone she is using, however it turns up multiple phony leads due to manipulation of the signal, which leaves detectives confused. As the case progresses, Benson eventually convinces Recinos to divulge crucial clues, including the name of her captor. Recinos will only talk to Benson, and just as she is getting closer to finding her, the cops question the case and are now concerned that it could be a prank. Benson knows this is real, when the phone goes dead, Benson realizes that she is losing time and needs to act quickly on what little information she has if she is going to save this girl's life. Chris Meloni, Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal, Ice-T, B.D. Wong, and Tamara Tunie also star.

The body of a 16-year-old girl is found while Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) are chasing down a rape suspect. The victim is Shannon Coyle (Jenna Gavigan) and her grief-stricken mother Susan (Helen Slater) and brother Brian (Spencer Treat Clark) are devastated. She was at choir practice and never made it home. The detectives were having some difficulty with leads and when the choir teacher's prints come up (on a secret key in Shannon's purse), they think he is the suspect. They go to his apartment and find him in bed with Shannon's best friend, Lisa (Stefanie Nava).

Detective Benson is wrapping up a suspect interrogation when she gets a mysterious flier that shows the location of Jeffrey Ronsen's remains. Jeffrey was seven in 1980 when he disappeared, and the prime suspect in the case, Lucas Biggs (John Savage), is on death row for a different murder in Virginia, and is a week away from execution. They dig up the remains and at the funeral start inspecting the guests. Deacon Brinn (Terry Serpico) is there with his wife and son - Deacon was thirteen, and babysitting Jeffrey the night he disappeared. Avery Shaw (Michael Shannon), Jeffrey's former teammate, also arrives and is very shaken up.