Law & Order: SVU season 18, episode 13 episode title; other news

Unfortunately, the bad news is that Law & Order: SVU is not airing its next new episode until we get around to Wednesday, March 22. Still, we do want to do our part to provide some assorted news items until then!

In a new post on Twitter (see HERE), executive producer Julie Martin confirmed that “Know It All” will be the title for the upcoming new episode of the show. This does not necessarily tell you a whole lot about the story itself, but there is often a thematic significance to any name that is thrown out there.

If we’re going to speak to episode-titles for this show on a granular level, it is still unusual to see ones with three words in them. For many years before this (specifically during the Warren Leight showrunner era) the vast majority of the titles were two words with very little fluctuation. That’s loosened slightly this year, though two words is still the trend.

For those wondering about where the show is in production right now, Martin also said that they are working on episode 18. That means that the season’s starting to enter the home stretch!

The episode count debate

How many episodes are in this season? Most likely 22. A popular fan page reported such earlier today, and that may make some sense given that given a number of factors, whether it be the showrunner switch, scheduling, or the show being so far along in its run. We know that many past seasons have ranged between 23-24 episodes.

As for whether or not only 21 of them could air, this could be due to the uncertain status of the Donald Trump “inspired” episode “Unstoppable,” which was originally set to air in the fall and has been delayed indefinitely. It remains to be seen of this episode will ever air or be included in an upcoming DVD release for the show. (This is a network decision, so don’t blame the producers for it! They poured a lot of effort into making the episode happen.)

(Photo: NBC.)