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Two young girls, Kerry Lynn Palmer and Dana McNamara, are raped and murdered--fourteen years apart. At the time of the first murder, Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) had nailed Gordon Rickett (Matthew Modine) as the perpetrator, only to let Rickett slip through his fingers. Now, Stabler is determined to sweat a confession out of Rickett for both murders, even if it means interrogating the suspect nonstop during the 24 hours he is able to keep him in the holding tank. But Stabler's colleagues are worried: will he be able to retain his professional detachment, or will his all-consuming hatred of Rickett get the better of the desperate detective?