Steve Key

Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) report to Wheaton Memorial Hospital to investigate a rape victim. But the victim is Stephanie Rawley, a beautiful 28-year-old woman who has been in a coma for the past year, the result of a car accident. She is brought to the hospital with pneumonia and the doctors discover she is six weeks pregnant. The detectives start by investigating everyone at Mountcastle Rehabilitation Center, where she's been for the past year. The list of suspects includes her fiance David Anderson (Ian Kahn), who despite a restraining order from her parents Bob (Henry Woronicz) and Janice (JoBeth Williams) was found sleeping in her bed. They also extract DNA from basically all male employees who had any contact with the coma wing. They also question Dr. Mandell (Bruce Davison), her neurosurgeon, especially after he plots with another doctor to abort the fetus.

Joan and Kitty try to prove that a string of murders, stemming from an old case Sherlock and Kitty solved in London, is connected to an international government conspiracy with the Defense Intelligence Agency at its center. Also, Sherlock and Kitty's relationship is strained after she shares life-changing news.

Lieutenant Casey (Jesse Spencer) tries to convince himself and everyone around him that he is one hundred percent healthy following his near-death incident in the line of duty. Shay (Lauren German), not wanting to delve into the emotionally traumatic incident, continues to elude a lawyer who wants to speak with her about Daryl's suicide. Meanwhile, Otis (Yuri Sardarov) and Katie (guest star Brittany Curran) bond over board games, Boden (Eamonn Walker) helps out a woman (guest star Melissa Ponzio) with a negligent landlord and Dawson (Monica Raymund) notices fellow recruit Rebecca Jones (guest star Daisy Betts) undertaking some interesting test-taking techniques at the Academy.

The record-breaking summer heat and the likelihood of blackouts send the Chicago Police Department into the streets in full force to temper the city’s escalating violence. Alongside her new driver, Superintendent Teresa Colvin finds herself back in the field while Detectives Wysocki and Evers take over an emotional case in which a son witnessed his father’s fatal shooting. Meanwhile, Alderman Gibbons enlists Liam to help keep his constituents cool.