Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 20
A landmark season tying SVU with TV's longest-running series.
This season tied the series with both the original Law & Order and Gunsmoke as the longest-running scripted non-animated American primetime TV series. It was also the final season to feature Philip Winchester.
Quick Facts
- Season number
- 20
- Starring
- Mariska Hargitay
- Kelli Giddish
- Ice-T
- Peter Scanavino
- Philip Winchester
- Episodes
- 24
- Network
- NBC
- First aired
- 27 September 2018
- Last aired
- 16 May 2019
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Production
A deleted scene from the previous season involving Benson and Noah was re-shot and inserted into the episode "Dear Ben", where Noah asks about his father and ADA Stone takes him to play baseball. Lucy Liu directed the episode "Dearly Beloved", which aired April 4. Alex Chapple left the series and was replaced by Norberto Barba.
Cast
George Newbern guest-starred in a recurring role as Dr. Al Pollack, a love interest to Detective Amanda Rollins. Dylan Walsh played John Conway, an abusive father who rapes his son, in the season premiere; Walsh had previously appeared in season eight. Carl Weathers reprised his Chicago Justice role as State's Attorney Mark Jefferies in the episode "Zero Tolerance". Sandrine Holt was cast as Dr. Lisa Abernathy, a clinical psychologist consulting for the district attorney's office; she had previously guest-starred in season seventeen. Sasha Alexander guest-starred as Anna Mill, a woman who murdered her husband and two children, in the November 1 episode "Caretaker". Dean Winters reprised his role as Brian Cassidy in February. Jennifer Esposito played Vice squad Sgt. Phoebe Baker in the episode "Brothel"; she had previously appeared as a victim in season one. Titus Welliver guest-starred as NYPD attorney Rob Miller in the episode "Blackout" and returned for the final two episodes. Snoop Dogg guest-starred in the May 2 episode "Diss", alongside Orlando Jones, Amber Stevens West, and L. Scott Caldwell.
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