Lee R. Sellars

When a pop star is assaulted in her home, the SVU investigates the public feud between her rapper husband (guest star Orlando Jones) and a competing recording artist (guest star Snoop Dogg). Meanwhile, Fin's (Ice T) family ties to a suspect takes him off the case.

A young boy finds a hand wrapped in a plastic bag while looking in a dumpster for his misplaced braces. Soon other body parts are found in neighboring dumpsters. The victim was an elderly man with bad knees. By analyzing the trash, Briscoe and Green are able to get a location by tracking the victim to a nearby fruit stand and convenience store. His name was Roger Barry and he was a crotchety old tenant who annoyed all of his neighbors. Apparently, he'd been spending time with the woman across the hall, Jennifer Shelby, who a neighbor says is deaf. In Jennifer's apartment is a fillet knife with blood on it, and a yearbook from Cedar Hill Academy, a very well to do private school. They track her down, but Jennifer has been married and is now Jennifer Teller, living in luxury on the Upper East Side. It's obvious someone has assumed her identity.

After a gay actor is found shot to death, Detectives Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin) and Nina Cassady (Milena Govich) arrive at the scene and discover an e-mail that was sent to a well-known pastor. In the e-mail, the actor admonishes him for speaking out against gays. Asst. D.A. Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) discovers a note left behind that he suspects may be a cover for the real murderer. S. Epatha Merkerson, Fred Dalton Thompson and Alana De La Garza also star.

When Holmes and Watson investigate a clown's murder upstate, they discover a connection between his death and the creation of a new weaponized virus. Also, Watson helps Bell when he's targeted by his new love interest Chantal's (Chasten Harmon) ex-husband in attempt to sabotage her career at the district attorney's office.

Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) try to unravel the mystery of a high-class couple who disappear from their apartment. When their key suspect also vanishes, their only lead is a man cautious about divulging any information before he makes a deal with Ross (Carey Lowell). Facing a choice that could cost Ross her reputation, McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Ross try to honor their informant's request -- and serve justice at the same time. S. Epatha Merkerson and Steven Hill also star. Donna Hanover reprises her role as Judge Deborah Bourke and Tovah Feldshuh reprises her role as defense attorney Danielle Melnick.

The discovery of anthrax intensifies Goren and Eames' investigation into the murder of a former Air Force nurse.