| Ep. # |
Title |
Writer(s) |
Director |
Airdate |
Prod. code |
| 1 |
"Repression" |
Marilyn Osborn |
Henry J. Bronchtein |
September 28, 2001 |
E2310 |
| When a therapist (played by Shirley Knight) helps an 18 years old Meghan Ramsey (played by Kelly Hutchinson) recall her childhood molestation by her father (played by Brian Kerwin), she reports the incest to detectives Benson and Stabler hoping it would spare her younger sisters from suffering the same fate. At first her mother (played by Amy Irving) does not believe her, but eventually her entire family turns on the father ignoring his protests that are assisted by the discovery of tainted evidence. The whole fragile family later becomes a suspect when the father is punished outside the legal system. |
| 2 |
"Wrath" |
Judith McCreary |
Jean de Segonzac |
October 5, 2001 |
E2314 |
| Three unrelated people, who are connected to Detective Benson's past cases, are found ritualistically killed. The evidences point out to Benson as the real target of the violence. Though feeling guilty over the murders and warned by the FBI about the danger she is facing, she still tries to find the murderer. The list of suspects who may want to avenge her seems endless. But eventually an innocent man is found who may hold the answer to the horrific murders. |
| 3 |
"Stolen" |
Jonathan Greene & Robert F. Campbell |
James Quinn |
October 12, 2001 |
E2315 |
| A baby is stolen from her mother in a grocery store. Detectives Benson and Stabler soon learn it was just the tip of the iceberg in a baby kidnapping and selling operation. The detectives find Mark Sanford (played by Bruce Altman), a private adoption lawyer, who twelve years ago had brokered the adoption of a child kidnapped from his murdered mother. Captain Cragen opens old wounds with the parents of the murdered woman and creating new wounds with the adoptive family and biological father of the child who was stolen long ago, when he renews his pursuit in this case. Cragen and ADA Cabot argue over best interests of the child while trying to bring justice. |
| 4 |
"Rooftop" |
Robert F. Campbell & Jonathan Greene |
Steve Shill |
October 19, 2001 |
E2318 |
| A series of rapes, one more violent that the other, takes place in a community of African-Americans. Detectives Benson and Stabler promptly suspect a known sex-offender who was just recently released from jail. As they find nothing, Detective Tutuola takes it personally as his childhood friends' daughter is attacked and killed, and her angry brother Rodney Thompson (played by Todd Williams) accuses the police of limiting the budget put on this case. Only when a fifth victim is killed, her final moments alongside Thompson's persistence give them what they need to find the killer. |
| 5 |
"Tangled" |
Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn DeNoon |
Jean de Segonzac |
October 26, 2001 |
E2312 |
| A known doctor is killed and his wife (played by Lisa Eichhorn) is raped. Detectives Benson and Stabler question the doctor's estranged and troubled son from the doctor's previous marriage. They also locate a former patient who holds a grudge against the doctor. When the rapist then attacks the doctor's former mistress (played by Liza Weil), they realize both the wife and mistress know more than it seems. |
| 6 |
"Redemption" |
Jeff Eckerle |
Ted Kotcheff |
November 2, 2001 |
E2319 |
| Detective Stabler is paired with John "Hawk" Hawkins (played by David Keith), a rough opinionated cop, who damages both his job and his personal life. They try to catch a serial rapist and murderer. Their suspect is a recently released prisoner, who was put in jail years ago due to Hawk. Alas, they come to deduct that not only is the predator someone else, but that the former prisoner is innocent of his past crimes too, which means Hawk was responsible for putting an innocent man behind bars. |
| 7 |
"Sacrifice" |
Javier Grillo-Marxuach & Samantha Howard Corbin |
Lesli Linka Glatter |
November 9, 2001 |
E2309 |
| An unidentified man (played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar) is found shot and sexually molested in an alley outside of a gay bar. Detectives Benson and Stabler try to come up with possible motives and suspects. They learn the victim came from a small town in Arkansas. They then enter deeply inside the porn industry, only to realize the motive was more uncommon than what they thought: acting in porn films pays for the couple's dying daughter's mounting medical bills. The lead witness (played by Kevin Geer), who is a recovering drug addict, angers Fin who then has to re-think his police role. |
| 8 |
"Inheritance" |
Kathy Ebel, Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters |
Juan J. Campanella |
November 16, 2001 |
E2311 |
| A young Asian woman is severely beaten and raped at a burglary site. Benson and Stabler initially suspect rival Asian gang members, who are in dispute over the victim's loyalty. The theory is disproved when another Asian victim is found, which leads to a serial rapist (played by Marcus Chong) whose father may have committed similar crimes in his own past. The trial focuses on the impact of genetic predisposition versus environmental upbringing on the nature of violence. |
| 9 |
"Care" |
Dawn DeNoon & Lisa Marie Petersen |
Gloria Muzio |
November 16, 2001 |
E2317 |
| The beaten body of a five year-old girl in foster care is found. Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate her complicated family ties. They learn the girl's birth mother always tried to get back her daughter from the foster mother (played by Kathleen Wilhoite) and grandmother (played by Piper Laurie), who was responsible for the girl before she died. They then investigate her foster brother. Captain Cragen manages to reach him with the help of a video game. |
| 10 |
"Ridicule" |
Judith McCreary |
Constantine Makris |
November 23, 2001 |
E2316 |
| A young wife's body is found after what seems to be an erotic asphyxiation accident. Detectives Benson and Stabler follow her link to a male stripper (played by Pete Starrett). He reveals their link was that he was recently gang raped by her and her two female lawyer friends, Amelia Chase (played by Diane Neal) and Pam Adler (played by Paige Turco) after the three women handcuffed him to a bed during a bachelorette party. ADA Cabot follows People v. Liberta (1984) and sues the women for this non statutory female on male rape. The investigation of one of the women, Pam Adler, then reveals the suicide was in fact a murder, as the victim planned to come clean and expose her fellow rapists.
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| 11 |
"Monogamy" |
Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters |
Constantine Makris |
January 4, 2002 |
E2323 |
| A pregnant woman is attacked and has her fetus ripped from her womb. Detectives Benson and Stabler quickly look for the baby hoping he's still alive. The woman's husband (played by John Ritter) seems shocked, but it is soon learned she may have had an affair with a construction worker (played by Bobby Cannavale). Thus both men become suspects. |
| 12 |
"Protection" |
Jonathan Greene & Robert F. Campbell |
Alex Zakrzewski |
January 11, 2002 |
E2327 |
| A troubled six year-old kid is shot and then abandoned by his angry mother (played by Elpidia Carrillo) in an emergency room. Detectives Benson and Stabler look for his missing family members in order to find his shooter. But when he is attacked again, another reason is added for finding his mother: To warn her she might be the next victim. |
| 13 |
"Prodigy" |
Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn DeNoon |
Steve Shill |
January 18, 2002 |
E2326 |
| A man and a woman are stabbed during a supposedly romantic park encounter. The woman's head as well as her hands are missing, which makes it difficult for detectives Benson and Stabler to identify the victims. They soon learn the crime scene was staged and that the woman was an officer of the Manhattan Federation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This leads them to various people from her organization, as well as its opposers. |
| 14 |
"Counterfeit" |
Amanda Green |
Arthur W. Forney |
January 25, 2002 |
E2313 |
| A woman's body is found near her car after she was raped. Detectives Benson and Tutuola are paired to discover what the motive was, as well as why was her car's trunk full of forged drugs. When another woman, Francesca Jesner (played by Khrystyne Haje), is raped, she claims the rapist was a cop (played by Michael O'Keefe) who captured her by using a routine traffic stop. Their need to catch the cop is even greater as Jesner is captured again by the rapist. |
| 15 |
"Execution" |
Judith McCreary |
Alex Zakrzewski |
February 1, 2002 |
E2325 |
| In three days, serial killer Matthew Brodus (played by Nick Chinlund), a brutal, sadistic psychopath, is to be executed at the New Jersey State Prison. Detective Stabler, his former partner and the sympathetic Dr. Huang (played by B. D. Wong) race against time to figure out if the serial killer also killed and raped another woman, the confirmation of which will provide closure for her father (played by William Hill) and mother (played by Laura Hughes). |
| 16 |
"Popular" |
Stephen Belber |
Jean de Segonzac |
March 1, 2002 |
E2329 |
| Detective Stabler's wife (played by Isabel Gillies) tells him that her nurse friend (played by Laura Duncan) at a local hospital treated a fourteen year-old rape victim (played by Brittany Slattery), who refused to report the crime to the police or her family. Stabler decides to investigate her unofficially with the help of Detective Benson. They find out she and her classmates were involved with drugs and alcohol, a fact which troubles her family. |
| 17 |
"Surveillance" |
Jeff Eckerle |
Steve Shill |
March 8, 2002 |
E2328 |
| A young cellist, Cassie Germaine (played by Emily Deschanel) is attacked in her apartment. Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate her orchestra conductor, Robert Prescott (played by Michael Nader). They learn he was involved with amateur erotic filmmaking, and that her apartment is surrounded with hidden cameras installed by an obsessed stalker. |
| 18 |
"Guilt" |
Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters |
David Platt |
March 29, 2002 |
E2332 |
| ADA Cabot faces a reluctant witness (played by Bret Harrison) in a case of child molestation. She goes far beyond the line of duty to find evidence against the serial abuser (played by Beau Gravitte). She even sends detectives Benson and Stabler to illegally search the boy's home and almost ruins the case and all of their careers. |
| 19 |
"Justice" |
Lisa Marie Petersen & Dawn DeNoon |
Juan J. Campanella |
April 5, 2002 |
E2331 |
| The stepdaughter of a judge (played by Keir Dullea) is raped and killed. The judge is known for throwing hard sentences on sex offenders. However, his stepdaughter also had a troubled past that involved relationships both with her father's court's sex offenders and within her own family. |
| 20 |
"Greed" |
Jonathan Greene & Robert F. Campbell |
Constantine Makris |
April 26, 2002 |
E2330 |
| The wife (played by Mary Beth Hurt) of a business man (played by Henry Winkler) is found raped and bludgeoned on their kitchen floor. Detectives Benson and Stabler suspect it was a serial rapist. When another attack takes place, they re-focus their attention on both sets of grieving husbands and their recovering wives. |
| 21 |
"Denial" |
Judith McCreary |
Steve Shill |
May 3, 2002 |
E2334 |
| A drug addict (played by Martha Plimpton) is sexually attacked. In her purse, detectives Benson and Stabler find a decomposing baby's finger. When looking for both her attacker and the baby, they suspect she might be withholding information to protect her mother (played by Mary Steenburgen) or grandmother (played by Estelle Parsons). The former narcotics detective Tutuola tries to help by getting her clean. |
| 22 |
"Competence" |
Jonathan Greene & Robert F. Campbell |
Jud Taylor |
May 10, 2002 |
E2335 |
| Rebecca Tolliver (played by Lois Smith) reports her twenty-two year-old daughter with Down Syndrome (played by Andrea Fay Friedman) is pregnant after being raped by her boyfriend (played by James Badge Dale). Detectives Benson and Stabler have to make sure it's not just her mother being overprotective and in denial of her daughter's sex life. They learn even more people could have used her innocence about sex to abuse her. ADA Cabot then has to interfere and take on her superior, in order to settle the mother-daughter dispute on whether the daughter should have an abortion or not. |
| 23 |
"Silence" |
Patrick Harbinson |
Steve Shill |
May 17, 2002 |
E3103 |
| A murder takes place in a church. Detectives Benson and Stabler learn that the murderer (played by Sean Dugan) had been paid off by the church to stop him from reporting how he was sexually abused by a priest as a child. He blames the church for taking away his innocence and accuses a priest from his youth, Father Michael (played by Eric Stoltz) of child molestation. |
