The deaths of three women with the same name lead Fontana and Green to the nine-year-old conviction of Leland Barnes, who had shot and killed his wife in an office full of people. With two of the three witnesses against him dead and Jack McCoy on the hit list, the detectives struggle to determine how Barnes, who has been in prison the entire time, got someone on the outside to kill the only people who could keep him in jail. The investigation leads them to Leland's two sons, with surprising results.
- Directed by
- Edwin Sherin
- Written by
- David Wilcox
Guest stars
Peter McRobbie
Walter Bradley
Maddie Corman
Elaine Bowman
Thomas Sadoski
Robert Barnes
Johnathan Tchaikovsky
Harlan Barnes
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Leland Barnes
- B
Bruce Kirkpatrick
Jay Beattie
Spiro Malas
Paul Bakalis
Valentina de Angelis
Rebecca Rossi
- D
David Van Pelt
Neil Gilroy
- T
Tim House
Frank Embley
- T
Triney Sandoval
Carlos Fernandez
Ted Koch
Security Officer Willis
All episodes — Season 16
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S16 E1Red Ball
Sep 21, 20058.145 min
A young girl is abducted in broad daylight, and the only link to the girl is an ex-convict who wants a deal before he's willing to talk.
S16 E2Flaw (II)
Sep 28, 20057.645 min
Green and Fontana bring SVU Detective Olivia Benson onto their scene when a DOA has her number on his cell phone. This crossover starts on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S07E02 Design (I).
S16 E3Ghosts
Oct 5, 20057.445 min
Fontana and McCoy pursue a man believed to have murdered a young girl ten years earlier despite numerous obstacles.
S16 E4Age of Innocence
Oct 12, 20056.445 min
The bombing death of a husband set to remove the feeding tube of his wife, who's in a persistent vegetative state, focuses the investigation on the protesters.
S16 E5Life Line
Oct 19, 20057.345 min
Police turn their attention to the murder of an undercover reporter, but realise that the killer isn't as guilty as he appears.
S16 E6Birthright
Nov 2, 20057.545 min
Teenage suspect Traci Sands dies in police custody after being arrested for the murder of the man who reported her to child protective services. Rodgers reveals that she died because someone outfitted her with a benecrine I.U.D. that reacte