Bobby grows closer to Brad; Athena looks into the violent beating of a man found behind a grocery store; the team deals with fallout from a pipe explosion.
Faith is a way of life in a small town in Alabama, but when a resident is violently killed in his own home, rumors begin to circulate about a local pastor.
Kensi and Deeks are sent down to Mexico to look into a case where the body of a cartel boss was stolen after a special task force takes down a drug cartel.
Callen and the rest of the team begin to question Hetty's motivations when it comes to a bizarre missing persons case assigned by Hetty and a mysterious woman.
Deeks puts himself undercover in order to retrieve information about an infamous arms dealer, and befriends a woman that leads them down a dangerous path.
While investigating a rape, Detective Benson recognizes the suspect's M.O. from a previous case she solved; the SVU team is forced to reopen the old case.
Rollins witnesses a woman being abducted in a taxi, and the squad learns that she was a teenager who left her family to experiment in the world of mutilation.
The SVU team investigates reports of sexual abuse at a private school; when the school board stonewalls Benson, she enlists ADA Barba and a retired teacher.
After a janitor brutally attacks a coach, the SVU connects him to a history of sexual abuse by someone he trusted, who also victimized a prisoner on death row.
Internal Affairs teams up with SVU after a police officer who's committed to a psych ward claims that his former precinct has covered up alleged rape cases.
An undercover investigation leads to a popular mayoral candidate and a close childhood friend of ADA Barba, forcing him to prosecute the men that he admires.
When a famous singing coach and reality TV star is accused of sexually abusing a 4-year-old student, the squad tries to discreetly investigate the case.
When a young military officer is arrested for a DUI while on leave, the police notice signs that she had been raped, and call Detective Benson for help.
Internal Affairs teams up with SVU after a police officer who's committed to a psych ward claims that his former precinct has covered up alleged rape cases.
When a famous singing coach and reality TV star is accused of sexually abusing a 4-year-old student, the squad tries to discreetly investigate the case.