Lisa Bostnar

A young model is shopping when the security cameras pick her up shoplifting. When the store manager attempts to confront her in the dressing room there's no response, because she is lying there dead. The victim, Nadia Parkova, is an aspiring model. Found by her body is an empty syringe with traces of Demerol. Cause of death was cardiac arrest and it was a lethal combination of asthma medicine and the Demerol that did her in. But her body showed serious signs of abuse and internal injuries. The Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) think perhaps her boyfriend or father was beating her, but her younger sister Lena (Alexis Dziena) says that's not true, she's accident-prone and fell down the stairs.

After a young call girl is murdered, the investigation leads Goren and Eames to a hard-partying, "rockstar" fashion designer extraordinaire.

Kate (Kelli Garner) is ordered to track down a missing Russian double agent during a trip to Moscow, while Dean (Mike Vogel) copes with the sudden return of his fiancé Bridget (Annabelle Wallis). Meanwhile, Maggie (Christina Ricci) struggles to balance her liberal politics with her feelings for a pro-war politician.

The investigation into the death of an adopted baby girl leads Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) to uncover secrets an adoptive family was desperately trying to hide. When the baby's brother turns out to be an abusive and disturbed young boy, Assistant District Attorney McCoy (Sam Waterston) and his new headstrong partner, Assistant District Attorney Abbie Carmichael, try to prove it was murder. They soon realize things don't always appear as they seem. S. Epatha Merkerson and Steven Hill also star.

While Rich's place in the FBI is questioned, a CIA source threatens to tear the team apart. Meanwhile, Roman and Crawford spend a day together under strange circumstances.