FBI Agent Dana Lewis partners with SVU when she thinks a 25-year-old rape-murder case in New York is connected to multiple unsolved cases across the country; as Lewis doggedly pursues her suspect, Benson and Amaro question his guilt.
When a journalist disappears while working on an exposé, Danny and Baez hope that re-examining the original case will help find her.
Campbell tries to facilitate the transitions in the police department; the newspaper scrambles to confirm surprising news from City Hall; Proposition Joe prepares to make himself scarce.
Stone is thrust into the spotlight as a controversy involving the defense emerges.
Max becomes overly invested in a patient's cancer treatment as his own comes to a crossroads; Reynolds celebrates his birthday with some help from the hospital; Kapoor grapples with a case that hits close to home.