There may be one big change coming to the Law & Order: SVU team in season 26, but it appears everything will be business as usual when it premieres on October 3.
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NBC has released photos from the episode "Fractured," which give a look at the entire team — Capt. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay), Sergeant Odafin "Fin" Tutuola (Ice-T), ADA Dominick "Sonny" Carisi Jr. (Peter Scanavino), Detective Joe Velasco (Octavio Pisano), Detective Terry Bruno (Kevin Kane), Capt. Renee Curry (recurring guest star Aime Donna Kelly) and the newest member, Detective Kate Silva (Juliana Aidén Martinez) — working the major case. In the episode, the unit investigates a brutal home invasion and attack on a group of law students. Benson hopes for a breakthrough in the case when a hidden camera is discovered in the apartment. Carisi's best chance at conviction is to catch the suspect in a lie.
Kane was promoted to series regular between seasons, while Martinez was cast as a new detective on the team. Benson began building her unit last season, and Curry—though the same rank—was part of that. We also know that Kelli Giddish will return as Amanda Rollins in multiple episodes this season (beginning October 24), now a sergeant working for the NYPD's Intelligence Unit.
"Rollins loves her new job," Giddish told TV Insider. "She says it's like you have the whole world listening in. And I feel like she's really happy and it's fun to play that version of Rollins."
