Guest Appearances

When a young girl is kidnapped and held for ransom, Danny and Jackie place her drug-addicted boyfriend at the top of their suspect list. Meanwhile, Erin and her boss, Charles Rossellini, take their flirtatious banter a step further.

When a cop is murdered in a failed burglary attempt, Detectives Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin) and Nina Cassady (new series regular Milena Govich, "Conviction") are led to a "stalkerazzi" photographer (guest star Khan Baykal as Gary Blanchard) hot on the trail of tabloid sensation Sky Sweet (guest star Barbara King), and her estranged husband "J-Train" Smolka (guest star Wayne Wilcox). Confident the burglary and subsequent murder is connected to incriminating photos of Sweet, the case goes to court and A.D.A. Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) and new A.D.A. Consuela "Connie" Rubirosa (new series regular Alana De La Garza "CSI: Miami") find themselves in the media spotlight as they argue the use of "The Shield Law" to protect celebrity journalism. S. Epatha Merkerson and Fred Dalton Thompson also star.

When a car bomb kills three young boys and injures their mother, the investigation reveals the woman's postpartum depression and questionable behavior by the father.

A girl from the Midwest is murdered after being treated at a medical center.