LAW & ORDER: SVU
Returning showrunner Warren Leight had a mandate for his writers as they created the series’ history-making Season 21: “I don’t want an episode that feels like it could have run in Season 16 or 14 or 9,” he tells TVLine, adding that those scripting Olivia & Co. this year are “eager and committed” to filling the milestone season with the timeliest, ripped-from-the-headlines tales. First up: The premiere features a #MeToo case in which Deadwood‘s Ian McShane plays a media mogul accused of sexual assault. (It’s also got a subtle shout-out to Gunsmoke, the TV series whose record SVU is breaking this year.) Then Modern Family‘s Ariel Winter shows up in Episode 2 as a woman who’s pretty sure something terrible happened to her in a ride-share car while she was drunk. Olivia uses an intriguing style of questioning to get at the truth, Leight previews, which makes for “an interesting episode about the puzzle of memory and how you put that puzzle back together.”
BONUS SPOILER!: “You’ll see some major changes for different members of the squad room,” the EP teases, and viewers won’t have to wait long: “You’ll already have seen three major changes at the end of the first episode.”
RETURN DATE: Thursday, Sept. 26 at 10/9c (NBC)
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