Episode 8 – Turmoil
Stabler is torn between a troubling rape case which victim has had pictures posted on the net and his son, whose friend’s actions may endanger a life and both of their futures.
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Stabler is torn between a troubling rape case which victim has had pictures posted on the net and his son, whose friend’s actions may endanger a life and both of their futures.
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When a young couple is found dead in the back of a padlocked truck, detectives discover the male victim was connected to a Mexican drug cartel.
After Eva Banks (guest star Rosie Perez) makes a shocking discovery about her son, Cory’s (guest star Cruz Santiago) behavior at school, she takes him to the doctor, only to find out that he has been the victim of sexual abuse. Detectives Benson and Stabler come onto the scene and question the victim and his family. From the boy’s frightened reaction when his stepfather, Thomas Banks (guest star Jim True-Frost), silences the investigation, it is clear to everyone in the room who the real perpetrator is. Detective Benson and Stabler are about to arrest the suspect when Thomas agrees to give up the leader of the largest pro child-adult relationship civil rights group in exchange for amnesty.
After a night of heavy drinking, Dalton Rindell (guest star Scott Foley) wakes up to a bloody apartment, a terrible cut on his head and a dead woman in his bed. Unable to recall the night before, Rindell immediately calls the police. Detectives Benson and Stabler suspect the crime is the result of a deadly love triangle; however Rindell does not recognize the victim. After questioning Rindell and the victim’s family and friends, Benson and Stabler are provided with leads in several different directions. Unsure which lead to follow, the two detectives decide to return to the bar where the night began in order to piece together the gruesome truth.
When Lily Milton (guest star Deborah Ann Woll) is reported missing, her boyfriend, Parker Hubbard (guest star Bobby Campo), points Detectives Benson and Stabler in the direction of Callum Donovan (guest star Stephen Rea), Lily’s downstairs neighbor and convicted bank robber who spent nineteen years in solitary confinement. During the investigation into Donovan’s alibi, Lily is found alive, adding a surprising twist to the case and exposing more of Donovan’s dark past.
When a woman’s body is found stuffed inside a suitcase, police believe the victim, Mindy Keefe, was on her way to Tampa when she was killed. Stabler and Benson turn to Keefe’s boyfriend, Owen Cassidy, who claims he was on his boat during the time of the murder. Further investigation leads the detectives to an online dating website, but when the CEO of the site is uncooperative, the detectives go to ADA Sonya Paxton for help.
Officer Nate Kendall (Wentworth Miller) helps a woman in trouble and gets roped into investigating a rape case; when evidence connects multiple cases, the team realizes they may be pursuing a serial rapist.