Law & Order: SVUis back in a big way on Wednesday night.
WARREN LEIGHT:Its disorienting.
Its the first time in 17 years that she doesnt have that office to go to.
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How powerful is this ring?
Or is Tucker involved?
We had a lot of plates spinning at the end of that episode.
Also, we had this mini-hiatus.
I always hate going off the air for two weeks.
How will Olivia feel about being relegated to Community Affairs?
So weve turned the location departments offices, and thats where we shot the scenes of her new assignment.
There are posters on the wall, Policemen are your friends.
Its not what shes accustomed to.
This is what they do.
They cant fire her, so they threw her into an empty desk.
And yes, we kind of stole it fromBrooklyn Nine-Nine.
They stole their whole cold opening from us, so I think were even.
Is she actually fighting for her job, or has she resigned herself to stay at Community Affairs?
She knows theres nothing she can do right now.
The police department doesnt ask you your opinion of where your next assignment is.
Its like the Army.
Theres no Norma Rae moment for her here.
I hope she enjoys Community Affairs for a little while.
Youll see the frustration of it takes its toll on her in the second episode.
Should we be worried that the elder Dodds has played a role in that?
Its interesting to me.
His reputation is questioned as the next episode goes on.
The question is: Is he a survivor, or is he complicit?
Its a career killer.
Thats, I suppose, the question about are you complicit, or are you looking the other way?
In either case, youre not doing your job.
I suppose theres different circles of hell for you.
Will the squad be determined to take this ring down, if only to help Olivia?
What danger does that put them in?
Lets talk about Tuckson.
Yes, I can confirm.
What Imactuallycurious about is what the fight for the relationship looks like now?
Well find out what it does.
Did you ever start going out with somebody, and their life is thrown into a crisis?
Theyre both under scrutiny.
Its an interesting thing to begin a relationship and suddenly both of your lives are convulsed.
You get to know each other better in times of crisis.
Its pretty easy when things are going well.
Well see where that goes.
Liv also left on a bad note with Rollins (Kelli Giddish).
Yeah, we havent been able to get to it.
Imagine how those two characters feel.
Rollins doesnt know that Dodds came to her defense.
Benson feels lousy for yelling at her.
At some point, Benson has to drop the rock with her.
She wanted to, and that tested her faith, and then she was wrong.
Their relationship still has interesting growing pains.
Barba was especially angry upon learning about Tuckson.
A lot of that was in their eyes, too.
It was very layered to me, and I liked it.
Theres a lot of unresolved issues there.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unitreturns Wednesday at 9 p.m.
