Ylfa Edelstein

A teenage boy found dead and it's all on tape - A teenage boy is killed in what appears to be a play fight with his best friend, is a victim of a not so innocent crime. The victim's best friend Scott Heston (guest star Michael Welch) turns up at the squad room with a video and claims he filmed the death. Dets. Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Chris Meloni) quickly figure out that there is more than meets the eye when the victim's alleged girlfriend arrives at the court to reveal a new twist to this case. Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal, B.D. Wong, and Tamara Tunie also star.

Goren and Eames investigate the decapitation of an author who is the daughter of a jailed Russian mobster.

When convicted mass murderer Leon Vorgitch (guest star Craig Walker) kills two prison guards and escapes from prison, Detectives Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin) and Nina Cassady (Milena Govich) rush to apprehend him but not before he ruthlessly murders two more innocent people. With Vorgitch already serving seven life sentences, District Attorney Arthur Branch (Fred Dalton Thompson) urges A.D.A.s Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Connie Rubirosa (Alana De La Garza) to expedite the process and push for a guilty plea, but Vorgitch doesn't bite as an extended trial only means a delay in his transfer to a maximum security prison - and more time for him to escape. McCoy is then left with little option but to ask the judge to bypass the law and authorize a death penalty case. S. Epatha Merkerson also stars.

The body of a bright young college student is found completely drained of blood. What appears to be a sex game gone wrong leads to a world of underground clubs, blood dealers, and a fanatical cult who believe themselves immortal.

MacGyver discovers that an undetonated bomb from World War II is hidden under a collapsed building.