‘Law & Order: SVU’ season 17, episode 10 preview: When will Mariska Hargitay, cast return?

Law & Order: SVU logo“Law & Order: SVU” chose to end its 2015 run in a rather big way with “Depravity Standard” last night, bringing back B.D. Wong and Tom Sizemore for a case that has haunted Benson for a rather long time. Let’s hope that this is enough to tide you over.

For the time being, NBC has not confirmed a specific return date for the series, but star Mariska Hargitay wrote last night on Twitter that you can expect to see new episodes beginning once more in January. There’s a lot of story left to tell, hence her tease that there are some “pretty bad guys” who are going to be turning up.

Ultimately, it’s rather hard to tease too much more about the upcoming episodes of this show, given that it is so far down the road and there are not any official synopses available. We wouldn’t be surprised if they touched on some more current events (Jared Fogle’s horrific actions come to mind), or if they brought back some more guest stars from the past to continue that recent trend. The biggest thing that the writers / producers right now should be doing is celebrating, given that “SVU” has had a pretty nice run in the ratings this fall. It is up slightly right now versus season 16 in the demo, though down slightly in total viewers.

For those still hoping to get a variety of news when it comes to the show throughout the hiatus, don’t worry: That’ll be coming soon enough!

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