A murder in Central Park that involves a tourist puts the SVU on high alert, but when the suspect they've brought in for questioning escapes, Munch has to reach out to an ex-wife in an effort to prevent another killing that's closer to home.

A favor for a judge who is hearing a harassment case sends Stabler and Benson to interview a death-row serial killer in order to determine the fate of his son.

Benson and Stabler begin a fraught investigation when injuries are found beyond that which a teenage girl should have sustained after a fall down some stairs. Complicated by a "sexting" scandal, a reluctant victim and a hard-nosed corp. counsel whose ambition overrides her compassion, Olivia, Elliot and a defense attorney find themselves taking on a family court judge with an agenda to save the girl's life in more ways than one.

A woman reports her granddaughter missing, starting a frustrating investigation that leaves Benson and Stabler suspecting the girl's flighty mother.

A turf war ensues when Stabler and Tutuola link an artist's murder to a serial killer, and the detective assigned to that case focuses more on their involvement in an investigation he believes belongs solely to him than on identifying the killer.

Sergeant Munch investigates the brutal rape and beating of a young mute girl, but things become tricky when her drawing of the devil who attacked her resembles a local priest who may not be practicing his beliefs according to canon.

A single murder suddenly turns into a scene with three bodies, leaving Benson and Stabler to work with a strip club owner to find a murderer whose motive may be more about righteousness than perversity.

A pediatrician convicted of molesting his patients is found murdered after threatening a countersuit against his medical practice and the police department, and while investigating his claims along with motives for his killing Stabler and Benson run into former ADA Cabot who has her own reason for involving herself in the case.

Benson and Stabler untangle the different tales that arise from the discovery of a badly beaten man who was found in the parking lot of a strip club, investigating the strippers on duty, an ex-wife, and their transgender son.

The clues to a kidnapped girl's location are locked inside an Alzheimer's victim's brain, and after a double-cross Dr. Huang will need all his skill to give Stabler and the girl's father any hope of finding her before it's too late.

A teenager's body is found in the Hudson, and identifying her requires Benson to go undercover as a madam. Unfortunately, her name is the easy part because it leads to an abusive parent, a school for geniuses, and a reason so unreal that Benson and Stabler end up advocating for the perpetrator with the ADA assigned to the case.

A girl who vanished four years ago reappears with a tale of imprisonment and sexual slavery, but Benson and Stabler find themselves doubting her story as evidence and discrepancies keep mounting against it. Once the lie is known, the detectives are left with a traumatized victim whom no one believes, a horrifying truth that sends them scrambling to keep her out of the tombs, and another truth that may be discovered too late to save her life.

A beaten and raped woman who has no memory of what happened to her puts Benson and Stabler on the trail of a serial rapist whose victims don't know they've been assaulted, But when a fluke causes a mistrial, Olivia stops at nothing to trap the cocky perpetrator and gain justice for the destroyed lives he's left behind him.

The murder of a marine, along with the removal of her baby from her womb, puts the unit at odds with the Navy JAG Corps when it fights to keep the case, since her rape occurred in-theatre by a superior officer. Skeptical of JAG's handling of the case to date, Fin and Benson press forward with their investigation, even as Olivia's flashbacks of her own assault impede it and put a suspect at risk.

All of Benson and Stabler's work exposing the truth surrounding a false rape report may be lost when the victim recants her testimony, and Olivia's attempt to keep the woman safe exposes a deeper and more heartbreaking secret causing Judge Donnelly to take a personal interest in the case.

When an exotic bird is found dead in the bag of a viciously murdered woman, all evidence leads to an animal smuggling ring. However, Stabler's already strained marriage may collapse when he decides to go undercover to break the ring, and his life is on the line when Olivia jeopardizes his identity.

When a homeless man is castrated then burned to death, Stabler and Munch follow the clues to a high school with two groups: one composed of teenage girls who have formed a pregnancy pact, and another whose members have organized their purity vows into a chastity circle. As the investigation continues, more lives and families are destroyed by a suicide and a vengeful parent, all leading back to an unlikely suspect.

A baby with AIDS pulls Benson and Stabler into an investigation whose rules they're not familiar with, requiring Dr. Warner to lend her expertise uncovering a clinic dealing in bogus cures and murder.

The murder of an astronaut points to a serial rapist, but when the trail turns cold Elliot asks for help from an old friend who further muddies the clues as more bodies pile up.

When Elliot's daughter, Kathleen, breaks into a couple's home and steals a pendant he is forced to deal with ghosts from his past. Unfortunately, his missteps put Kathleen's future and mental health at risk, and it will take all of Olivia's skills to make things right.

When Eric, a teenage boy comes into the precinct to confess his sexual feelings towards his younger stepbrother, Stabler and Benson aren't sure exactly how to handle this because no crime has been committed. When they find out Eric is missing they must find him before a crime is committed.

When a seven-year-old boy steals a van to get away from abusive foster parents, it's the first string that will begin unraveling a cold case where a serial rapist uses the womens' biggest vulnerability to keep them passive. Meanwhile, Stabler's investigation into his stolen credit card reveals a surprising suspect, the new ADA introduces herself, and Olivia's flashbacks to her assault leave her distracted at work.