Signy Coleman

Firemen respond to a fire in a tenement. A young boy is rescued, but they find his mother raped, beaten, and near death on the couch. The boy refuses to talk and his mother dies shortly thereafter. Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) track down the landlord of the building. He says the woman's name is Dana McGuire, but the real Dana McGuire lives uptown. The victim had stolen her license and was using her name as an alias. Her real name is Jill Hoffman and her husband Dan (Rob Estes) is a successful real estate agent in upscale Rye. The boy is Tommy (Max Weinstein), his son. Jill was his stepmother and she and Tommy were on the run from Dan's abuse. Dan shows up at the hospital to retrieve his son, even though the detectives now fear for the boy's life. Dan's attorney Priscilla Chaney (Sandra Bernhard) then threatens to sue so Benson and Stabler travel to Rye to apologize to Hoffman. They suspect he killed Jill but are having a hard time proving it.

In a flashback, the Lone Gunmen meet for the first time and join forces with Mulder to stop a covert government experiment that may be targeted at the American public.

Cell phone records and a former boyfriend lead detectives to suspect the husband of a supermodel (Brooke Shields) in the death of a teenage party girl.

The Lone Gunmen encounter Susanne Modeski while infiltrating a defense contractor's conference in Las Vegas.

Tootie's efforts to join a sorority cause friendship troubles when Natalie goes on a writing assignment to uncover the unscrupulous Greek system.