S8, E11: A bitter estrangement pits husband Miles (Guest Star Blair Underwood) and wife Valerie (Michael Michele) against one another with tragic consequences - In this powerful episode directed by Eriq LaSalle, the Sennet couple will stop at nothing to get custody of their daughter Tessa (guest star Tiffany Evans). Dets. Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Benson (Mariska Hargitay) are given the difficult assignment of sorting through the lies and deception in a classic "he said, she said" case that ends up leaving one of the parents in a grave medical state. This episode reunites Eriq LaSalle with former ER castmate Michael Michele. Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal, B.D. Wong, and Tamara Tunie also star.