The following contains discussions of sexual assault.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is heading into a historic season 27. With a new showrunner in former staff writer Michelle Fazekas and the return of several past characters, SVU is primed to revisit the past.

As a crime procedural, most of Law & Order: SVU’s episodes are standalone. The longer story arcs are built from the personal lives of the ensemble. Every so often, however, the show will revisit a case from the past when a suspect or a victim reemerges. SVU should do that with Victor Tate (Chike Johnson).

Victor Tate’s Wrongful Conviction Emerged In SVU Season 11

Victor Tate Is From Stabler’s Past

Victor Tate (Chike Johnson) talks to Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) in a cell in Law & Order: SVU season 11, epi

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