Season 19 opener: Fin crosses international borders to catch a fugitive rapist, and this causes a political tug-of-war, which derails Barba’s case. Meanwhile, shocking allegations against Benson lead to the return of an old friend.
A boy found in Central Park triggers an investigation into a possible planned mass-casualty incident. As the SVU and the joint-terrorism task force follows leads to determine the motive and the terrorists, Benson is left to persuade Barba to bring charges against the boy’s rapist.
The SVU is called to a familiar crime scene the beach where serial killer Gregory Yates buried his many victims. When another body washes ashore, Detective Rollins tries to coax him into confessing, but the surprising information he provides sends shockwaves through the police department. As the case goes to court, Barba faces off against two hotshot defense attorneys in a trial that leads to blackmail, an incriminating confession, a new victim and a fugitive suspect.
Atlanta’s Deputy Chief Charles Patton and his newest detective, Reese Taymor visit New York for a law enforcement conference. When Reese is found unconscious in her hotel bathroom, she cries rape at the scene but changes her story when Sgt. Benson arrives.
Sergeant Benson juggles work and her new role as foster mother to baby Noah Porter. Amaro, now working the traffic beat in Queens, arrests an underage prostitute with connections to Noah’s mother Ellie, who was “greenlit” by her pimp and brutally murdered. Amaro’s undercover work sets off a chain of events that puts everyone connected to the case – even baby Noah – in danger. Meanwhile, a new detective assigned to Manhattan SVU starts off on the wrong foot.
Tom Moore arrives home from a business trip to find his young son, Nicky, missing from his bed. With a history of behavioral problems, the cops suspect he wandered off alone, and the search becomes more urgent as the diabetic boy’s insulin pump runs out.
Hours turn into days, and with no word from Detective Benson, the SVU squad takes drastic measures to find her and her abductor. A trail of murders and rape victims leads them to fear it may be too late.
The SVU squad is reeling from the fallout after Captain Cragen wakes up with a dead escort – a potential witness in an SVU case – in his bed. Tensions run high at the precinct as the detectives contend with District Attorney Paula Foster’s investigation of Cragen, as well as the arrival of a tough new captain, Steven Harris.
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