Kevin Carolan

Brick is sick and tired of being forced to accompany Frankie on her weekend errands and pleads with her to let him stay home alone. Meanwhile, Mike is torn over how to deal with Sue's friend when he overhears her diss his daughter. And, with his fellow teammates all growing beards for the football playoffs, Axl attempts to grow one of his own – with mixed results.

A congressman (guest star James Waterston) falsely accused of soliciting underage girls asks SVU to debunk the rumor, but the investigation leads to a real sex trafficking ring. Meanwhile, Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Rollins (Kelli Giddish) become the targets of a salacious website.

When a music prodigy is kidnapped, it’s discovered that a sequence of flashing lights appeared at the abduction – which Walter links back to his bunkmate at St. Claire’s Hospital.

A cache of gold sends Peter and Neal on a search to track down smuggled Iraqi artifacts. Although signs point to a US soldier, the trail leads to a corrupt news producer who was embedded in the embattled territory.

Alicia represents a group of software coders in a contract dispute as a favor to her mother, but the case causes unexpected consequences to the firm. Meanwhile, Peter asks Alicia to renew their vows and Kalinda plays two sides of the firm against each other. Mamie Gummer returns as Nancy Crozier and CBS THIS MORNING host Charlie Rose guest stars as himself.