NBC’s longest consecutive running primetime procedural series is now Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , and while the show has leaned into nostalgia for long-time fans in recent seasons, it is forgetting one important original character.

Law & Order: SVU has always done a great job at taking ripped-from-the-headlines cases and placing a fictional spin on them. It has also done a great job at advocating for survivors of sexual assault, even in some of the most explosive episodes.

The first 12 seasons of the show had a relatively consistent cast with four actors playing the main detectives for most of those seasons. Cast members who have left the series since then have returned to the show in recent years, and SVU fans are always up for a bit of a reunion.

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