Adam Zolotin

An abused 7-year-old girl lays comatose while Benson and Stabler (Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni) try to figure out what member of her dysfunctional family is responsible for her state.

When J.D. talks to students about what life in medicine is like, he branches off into a discussion of his best moments as a doctor and challenges his colleagues to do the same.

The murder of an older woman is linked to a local drug dealer, although the victim was not a drug user. Detectives soon learn that a heartless mother, hooked on drugs had sold her son to the drug dealer as payment. Her son forced to work with the drug dealer was involved in the killing, but refuses to testify in order to protect his mother.

Upon learning that her close friend Barb (recurring guest star Emmy Award winner Wanda Sykes - "The Chris Rock Show") is responsible for matching up "new" Christine and Richard, Christine allows Barb to set her up on a blind date of her own. After a series of unsuccessful dates, Christine finds the possibility of love in the strangest of places. Meanwhile, Matthew takes Ritchie to swimming lessons.