Elliot Stabler returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss. However, the city and police department have changed dramatically in the decade hes been away, and he must adapt to a criminal justice system in the midst of its own moment of reckoning. Throughout the series, we will follow Stablers journey to find absolution and rebuild his life, while leading a new elite task force that is taking apart the citys most powerful criminal syndicates one by one.