When a young woman is found brutally murdered after a violent sexual assault, Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) rest their hopes on the only witness to the crime, the woman's young son. However, when detectives discover the woman to be a battered wife on the run, they set their sights on her abusive husband. Sandra Bernhard ("Zoolander") and Rob Estes (NBC's "Providence") guest star. Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, Stephanie March, B.D. Wong and Ice-T also star.