This season Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's guest stars consisted of; Cynthia Nixon, Laura Allen, Bronson Pinchot, Annie Potts, Melissa Joan Hart, Anwan Glover, Kyle Gallner, Aidan Quinn, Julie White, Elizabeth McGovern, Steven Weber, Jared Harris, Beverly D'Angelo, Forrest Griffin, Nicole "Coco" Austin, Mark Valley, Method Man, Gloria Reuben, Fiona Hutchison, Mae Whitman, Erika Christensen, Rhea Perlman, Alexander Gould, John Schuck, James Waterston, Janine Turner, Mark Moses, Bill Pullman, Bailey Chase, Robin Williams, Mo Rocca, Stephen Collins, Matthew Davis, and Sam Waterston as District Attorney Jack McCoy.
Detectives Benson and Stabler suspect that Janis Donovan (Cynthia Nixon), a woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder, may have harmed her own daughter. Their investigation is met with initial resistance from her psychiatrist, Dr. Henry Carlisle (Bronson Pinchot). Captain Cragen is temporarily re-assigned due to problems with his detectives last season, and newly promoted Sgt. John Munch is assigned as Acting Squad Commander.
Detectives Benson and Stabler suspect that Janis Donovan (Cynthia Nixon), a woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder, may have harmed her own daughter. Their investigation is met with initial resistance from her psychiatrist, Dr. Henry Carlisle (Bronson Pinchot). Captain Cragen is temporarily re-assigned due to problems with his detectives last season, and newly promoted Sgt. John Munch is assigned as Acting Squad Commander.