Patrick Fitzgerald

Detective Munch (Richard Belzer) forms an unlikely close bond with a television news reporter (guest star Jennifer Esposito, "Spin City" ) who was sexually assaulted by two men months earlier but it's Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) who stumble into making the first arrest (guest star Jason Field) as the cops try to use their prime suspect as a link to his accomplice. However, their case is jeopardized -- and the list of assailants widens -- when a bomb blast eliminates a vital link to their prosecution and ongoing investigation. Dann Florek and Michelle Hurd also star.

Derek's old friend, Damon Ballard, facing divorce from his wife Lisa, is charged with abusing his ten-year-old son Michael. The police give no credence to Damon's claim that an invisible force attacked them both; so he turns to the Legacy team.

Derek is charged with putting the Legacy and its members in danger. The tribunal reviews the evidence against Derek as each member of the Legacy recounts their experiences, while trying to defend their leader...and find out who the traitor is.

When Nick's old friend Liz comes out of an unexplained coma, she hysterically insists she saw the boy in the neighboring hospital bed hunted down by a monstrous force and murdered.

A mysterious package with a strange container and a cryptic message at the Legacy house. The package and the appearance of an ancient visionary foretell of a struggle with evil...an evil that is somehow linked to Derek and Rachel's past.