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Law & Order: SVU Showrunner Reveals Major Storyline Change for Olivia Benson in Season 27

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's new season 27 showrunner Michele Fazekas teased what's ahead for Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson character.

The elite squad known as the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit cast is in for a shakeup.

Michele Fazekas, who was a writer on the NBC cop drama for more than two decades before becoming its season 27 showrunner, teased that the show will be going back to its roots—with Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson character diving into "a twisty kind of case."

"In some ways, I'm going back to when I was on the show, which was like seasons 3 through 7," she told People in an interview published Sept. 24. "I remember what we were doing then that worked well. It's like, 'Alright, we're gonna bring some of that back."

SVU's First Female Showrunner on What'll Be Different This Time

Randall Newsome and Mariska Hargitay are seen on the set of <em>Law and Order: Special Victims Unit</em> on September 22, 2025 in New York City. Credit – Courtesy of Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which returns for its 27th season this week, has a special place in many viewers’ hearts in a way not many other police procedurals do. Though there are valid criticisms of the show, the way it handles sexual assault has been a touchstone for many victim-survivors. Star Mariska Hargitay, and the character she plays, Olivia Benson, has become a patron saint for the way people wish they were treated when disclosing assault.

Meet the Cast of Law & Order: SVU Season 27

Squad room icons Benson, Fin, Rollins, and Carisi are back together again in Season 27 of SVU.

Sgt. Odafin "Fin" Tutuola (Ice T), Capt. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay), Amanda Rollins (Kelli Giddish) and Det. Corgan (John Clarence Stewart) on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 3.

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For nearly three decades of thrilling criminal chases and blood-pumping courtroom showdowns, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has stood as a mythic fixture of primetime television. But where would the NBC nail-biter be without its elite squad?

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