חוק וסדר: מדור מיוחד - עונה 8

A young woman with repressed memory syndrome suddenly recollects that her father molested her as a child. This revelation rips her seemingly normal family apart as she files charges against her father...who later turns up dead.

When three unrelated people connected to cases that were handled by Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) are found ritualistically murdered, all the evidence points to Benson as the true target of the violence. As she struggles with guilt over the murders, Benson continues to pursue the assailant despite warnings from the FBI that she may be in danger.

When a baby is stolen from her mother in a grocery store, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) soon discover that the kidnapping is only the tip of the iceberg in a baby snatching-and-selling scheme.

When a hit gone bad results in the death of a prominent doctor and the rape of his wife, the investigation turns up a sordid love triangle.

A man is found shot and raped outside a gay bar. When Benson and Stabler try to help the victim, he disappears from the hospital and won't cooperate with the investigation. It is later learned that the man stars in gay porn films to finance the medical bills of his daughter, who suffers with cystic fibrosis.

Asian women in Chinatown are the victims of a serial rapist/killer. DNA evidence is found at one of the crime scenes, and it traces back to a dying African-American prisoner who committed multiple rapes twenty-five years prior.

When a young wife is found dead after what appears to have been an auto-erotic encounter, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) find that the deceased and a group of her girlfriends had recently been accused of raping a male stripper (guest star Pete Starrett).

A woman is seemingly raped and forcibly given a back-alley c-section that leaves her in critical condition. Her baby is missing, and the SVU team races to find him.

A mother brings her son to the hospital after he is shot during a drive-by, then she disappears when the cops arrive. The SVU detectives investigate and eventually learn that the woman is the girlfriend of a drug kingpin -- and she now fears her boyfriend is trying to kill her and her family.

The murder of an animal control worker leads to a story that details the early warning signs of a serial killer. The initial subject is an extremely bright, disenfranchised youngster, known for his cruelty to animals. Though suspicion eventually turns elsewhere, the detectives are well aware that they will have a date with the warped teen at some point in the future.

The discovery of a raped and murdered woman near her car forces Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and "Fin" (Ice-T) to become partners to determine both the motive for the crime -- and why the victim was in possession of a trunk full of counterfeit narcotics.

Condemned man.

Stabler rolls into action when his wife, Kathy, tells him her friend, a nurse, treated a 14-year rape victim who refused to report the crime. Betraying his wife's confidence, Stabler begins the search for the girl, co-opting Benson along the way. After angering Kathy, the nurse, and more importantly, their boss Cragen, they indeed find the girl...and uncover a disturbing teen sex club.

A cellist is attacked in her apartment.

A 15-year old boy's mother comes forward to police once she realizes a "friend of the family" is actually abusing her son. A sting is set up using the boy as bait and the detectives come up short getting all the evidence they need. As a result, the boy must testify. ADA Cabot prepares the boy for the trial, but doesn't realize he is succumbing to all the pressure.

A judge's stepdaughter is murdered.

A woman is attacked and left for dead in her own home, and her husband has no idea who would want to hurt her. A similar attack happens in the neighborhood and the detectives' investigation leads to a security system repairman who worked on both homes. But the detectives question whether they've got their guy when the fingerprint of the original victim's husband is found in the repairman's van.

A girl with Down Syndrome is pregnant, and the question is, was she raped or did she consent, and is she competent enough to keep her child?

When Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) are called to the scene of a murder in a church, they find that Bobby Douglas (guest star Sean Dugan), the young man responsible for the crime, had been receiving payoffs from the church to cover up his sexual abuse by a priest. Eric Stoltz guest stars.