The team go after a celebrity chef who has been accused of sexual assault. When it comes time to prosecute, Benson and Stone hit a wall.
Henry becomes a key witness in Danny and Baez's case, and so he begins meddling; Nicky sides with an activist friend who defaced the NYPD flag.
Alicia represents a surrogate mother against the biological parents of the unborn child she is carrying when the baby's health is called into question.
Déjà takes the bus to visit Malik for the first time since he left for Harvard; she gets a dose of reality when she sees Malik's student life without her; Nicky, along with Rebecca and Miguel, drives for two hours to reconnect with Sally Brooks.
The war between Kevin and Randall brings the Pearsons down. The family makes efforts to get the two brothers to reconcile.