Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Capt. Benson and her NYPD squad fight for justice in cases ripped straight from the headlines.
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Mariska Hargitay Capt. Olivia Benson
Ice-T Sgt. Odafin Tutuola
Kelli Giddish Detective Amanda Rollins
Peter Scanavino ADA Sonny Carisi
Kevin Kane Detective Terry Bruno
Dick Wolf Creator
Warren Leight Executive Producer
Julie Martin Executive Producer
Mariska Hargitay Executive Producer
Norberto Barba Executive Producer
Arthur Forney Executive Producer
Peter Jankowski Executive Producer
Michael Ciliento Producer
Allison Intieri Producer
Brianna Yellen Producer
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Matt Roush says...
Very few scripted series have made it to the 600-episode milestone. (Gunsmoke, produced in an era when many more episodes per season was the norm, and The Simpsons, which has already surpassed 800, were the first.) SVU marks the occasion by reuniting Capt. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) with her original partner, Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), when a conviction reaching back to their earliest days as detectives comes under scrutiny. Nobody’s record is perfect, but the Benson-Stabler partnership was one for the ages. Still is.
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