The SVU were high-strung awaiting the trial of Darius Parker, Fin’s ex-wife’s son. Darius’s trial was getting all types of media attention because of Fin’s relation to Darius. Things got worst when Stabler, Fin, and Benson were all subpoenaed to testify for the defense.
Fin’s ex-wife, Teresa, was trying to leave town before being forced to testify against her son. Munch and Ken tried to convince her to stay or else she would be facing jail time. She was afraid that questions would arise about Darius’s father and she wasn’t ready to answer.
Darius tried to get out of going to court, but the judge ignored his pleas. Darius was in court and listened as Warner described the crime scene that Darius was accused of creating. Darius and the jury were forced to listen to details of how Nina Stansfield died after being raped by a knife that Darius was accused of using. Warner slipped when she mentioned Nina’s child who was also presumed dead. Darius demanded a mistrial, since Nina’s baby wasn’t supposed to be mentioned during his trial.
Nina’s babysitter was called to the stand to testify for the prosecution. She identified the murder weapon as the knife she bought Darius as a present. The defense painted the babysitter as a woman scorned and tried to get revenge by pointing the finger at Darius for murder.
Teresa tried to leave town before being called to testify but Munch, Benson, and Stabler stopped her. When she arrived to court, she pleaded the fifth. The judge forced her to testify, when Teresa still refused, she was thrown in jail and faced charges of contempt.
Darius questioned Fin on the stand and forced Fin to dive into his history and reveal times he was accused of being a dirty cop. Darius wanted to prove that Fin couldn’t be a trusted detective. Fin found out that Ken was Darius’s source when it came to ferreting out Fin’s past history as a detective. Ken never thought Darius would use the information against Fin.
Tensions were still high in the SVU. Darius’s defense team was trying to dig for evidence that Benson was a dirty detective, too, when it came to hiding her brother from the cops. Kathy stopped by to talk to Stabler about coming home. She dropped a bombshell on Stabler by announcing she was pregnant.