CreatedbyEmmyAward-winningProducerDickWolf,"Law&Order:SpecialVictimsUnit,"nowinits21stseason,makestelevisionhistoryasthelongest-runningprimetimelive-actionseriesofalltimeeee
Thishard-hittingandemotionalseriesfromNBC's"Law&Order"brandchroniclesthelivesoftheSpecialVictimsUnitoftheNewYorkCityPoliceDepartment,anelitesquadofdetectiveswhoinvestigatecrimesofsexualassault,childabuseanddomesticviolence.
AsactingcommanderoftheSVU,LieutenantOliviaBensonisaseasonedveteranoftheunitwhohasseenitall.Sheleadswithempathyandprofessionalism,allthewhiledealingwithherdifficultpastasaproductofrapeandherfutureasmothertoayoungchild–bothofwhichinfluencethewaysherelatestothevictimsandperpetratorsofeachcase.Bensonisnowthelongest-runningfemalecharacterinaprimetimelive-actionseries.
AsBenson'ssecond-in-command,SergeantOdafin"Fin"Tutuolaaddsauniquesenseofhumorandundercoverinvestigativeexperience,makinghimaformidablematchforanypartner.DetectiveAmandaRollinshasearnedherplaceasanintegralpartoftheteamwhilefacinghead-ontheemotionaltollittakestoworkSVU,andDetectiveDominick"Sonny"Carisibringsafreshoutlookanddistinctivestyleofinvestigationtothesquad.