Steve Rosen

When a starving toddler is found wandering the streets, detectives are led to a home where they find another child who is in grave condition. Chief Dodds suggests that Benson's squad may be undergoing some changes.

The team is met with surprises during an investigation into a hypnotherapist and an antiquities dealer who has ties to a crime organisation.

Efforts to find an eight-year-old boy kidnapped for ransom are hindered by tension between the child's estranged parents. Sgt Benson is asked to take the lieutenant's exam and officially become the leader of the squad.

While Alicia picks her way through diplomatic loopholes in order to defend a Taiwanese national, Eli is approached by his ex-wife Vanessa, who needs him to vet her for a possible political campaign.

At Fiona's confirmation rehearsal, an unexpected guest arrives; Jackie is offered a job at Bellevue and wants Zoey to come with her.

Holmes and Watson investigate a double-homicide and discover the victims were staging a fake murder at the time they were killed.