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.

After excavating a cave in Qumran, Randolph Hitchcock, a former Legacy member and an old friend of Derek's, presents him with a prized artifact that carries with it a long-lost secret…and a deadly curse.

Doctor Rachel Corrigan helps an ancient sailor, Samuel Hartford, search for his long-lost identity, unfortunately, discovering in the process that he may have to die to save his soul, his past…and even the present!

While Derek is plagued with nightmares, Rachel's daughter, Kat, gets into trouble at her new school because of a playmate…that no one else can see. Can both events be traced back to the ancient artifacts recently delivered to the Legacy house?