Lieutenant Olivia Benson barely manages to balance her work life in the Special Victims Unit with her home life as a mother, and wife to one Alexandra Cabot. When her half-niece's older half-brother comes to the house covered in shallow cuts and colourful bruises, she puts aside all her other cases to find out who did this to him. The house is full for the Holidays, and then her adopted daughter shows up on the doorstep. Natalie Benson has been away from home for over three years, helping her wife raise their son and Anya's cousin, and working on her engineering degree. She comes home for the Holidays, bringing her new family with her after Ontari gets kicked out of school, hoping for a sort of restart. Her family all have different reactions to her arrival; some are ecstatic, some are confused but glad, and others are bitter still over initial her departure. Also, Alexis Castle makes an appearance with Kate Beckett.