Law & Order: Special Victims Unit returns with a two-hour episode on January 5. Drea de Matteo will be making a guest appearance in the first hour, while Taryn Manning will be guesting in the second hour. Below are seven sneak peeks from the episodes, along with promo photos.
WHEN YOUNG BOY’S BODY IS FOUND ON A PARK CAROUSEL DETECTIVES UNCOVER A DISTURBING GAMBLING RING
Ayoung boy is found dead on a park carousel after being dropped off by his uncle Joe Gilbert (guest star James Carpinello). When Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) learn that the boy was beaten to death they suspect that it could be the result of a bully at school. The investigation leads to an unsettling gambling ring. Detectives suspect that Gilbert’s acquaintance, Joe Roberts is beating his wife Sandra (guest star Drea de Matteo) and the case takes a horrifying turn. In response, a lawyer, Debbie Marsh (guest star Olympia Dukakis), gets involved.
WHEN A MAN FINDS HIS GIRLFRIEND LARRISA WELSH (GUEST STAR TARYN MANNING) UNCONSCIOUS IN HER APARTMENT, A HAUNTING CRIME FROM THE PAST REEMERGES
A young man finds that his girlfriend Larissa Welsh (Manning) has been attacked in her apartment with evidence that points to her buried past. Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) go in search of her attacker and discover that an elderly man, Orville Underwood (guest star David Patrick Kelly), may have been involved in traumatic events of Welsh’s past. For the detectives, solving the case comes down to who was in possession of the evidence.
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT -- "Pop" Episode 1212 -- Pictured: (l-r) Christopher Meloni as Det. Elliot Stabler, Al Calderon as Nicky Roberts, Drea Di Matteo as Sandra Roberts -- NBC Photo: Virginia Sherwood
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