BD Wong

When three unrelated people connected to cases that were handled by Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) are found ritualistically murdered, all the evidence points to Benson as the true target of the violence. As she struggles with guilt over the murders, Benson continues to pursue the assailant despite warnings from the FBI that she may be in danger.

When a prominent doctor is murdered and his wife (guest star Lisa Eichhorn) is raped, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) look to the dead man's estranged and troubled son from a previous marriage and a disgruntled former patient as likely suspects. But when the same rapist attacks the dead doctor's former mistress (guest star Liza Weil), a complicated series of relationships and events begins to unfold, as both the wife and mistress face unexpected scrutiny.

Five-year-old Chloe Fuller (Jennifer Brown) is being questioned by Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) after she drew a picture in school showing her mother involved in a sexual relationship with her half-brother. She is clearly upset and tells Benson she saw her mother and brother, 17-year-old Kyle (Jonathan Bennett), together in bed. Chloe's father is Lawrence Fuller (Tom Mason), a multi-millionaire telecom mogul, whose hot temper is evident when he shows up at the hospital to get his daughter. He claims his wife, former actress Gloria Stanfield (Sherilyn Fenn), is away in the Hamptons. The detectives then track down Kyle at school, but he denies the relationship. Soon after the police get a call from Gloria's lawyer who also denies the allegations. The detectives are at a standstill when a call comes in over a domestic dispute at Chloe's school.

When a pregnant woman's unborn child is ripped from her abdomen in an horrific attack, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) go on a frantic search for the child, in the hopes that it could have survived. The woman's husband (guest star John Ritter) appears traumatized by the attack which upsets his orderly lifestyle. But when it is discovered that his wife may have been having an affair with a construction worker (guest star Bobby Cannavale) both men come under suspicion for an act of unconscionable jealousy and rage.

The body of an unidentified five year old girl is found in a dumpster. Mummified and disfigured, identification is extremely difficult. Through anthropological forensics they create a "picture" of their Cherish Doe, and pull synthetic fibers from her hand. By sifting through garbage and high-tech computer wizardry, they are able to determine where the body was dumped. There's a nail salon nearby (garbage indicated lots of cotton balls and nail polish) and they are on their way. Detectives Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Benson (Mariska Hargitay) conduct a "vigil" for Cherish and see a distraught woman, Violet Tremain (Gloria Reuben), clutching a photo of her missing daughter Nina (Teala Dunn). They are concerned she could be Cherish Doe.