Trending News|April 18, 2016 05:34 EDT
'Law & Order: SVU' Season 17 Episode 20 Preview: SVU Deals With 'Fashionable' Rape Case; Richard Belzer Plays Munch?
Titled "Fashionable Crimes," episode 20 of "Law and Order: SVU" season 17 will feature the comeback of veteran actor Richard Belzer as Munch, and a rape case involving well-known celebrities.
Spoilers for the upcoming episode suggests that a young model will claim to have been raped by a renowned fashion photographer. The photographer will then seek help from his brother, a highly influential person, as he tries to escape the charges pressed against him.
Lead star Mariska Hargitay recently teased fans that the script for the upcoming season 17 finale, which will air on May 25, deeply moved and inspired her. "I couldn't put it down...couldn't stop crying," she said.
"After doing a show for this long, there are these moments that come up that are so earned and so painful. For Olivia, something very tragic happens and something so beautiful happens, which is so much like life, right?"
She continued, "It's that marriage of joy and pain and all of it, living in the question and gray. Gray, gray, gray, which SVU is so amazing at. I'm hooked and excited. It's something that informs all of next year and so I feel like I have all of these new beats to play and I am so reinvested that it's almost shocking."
Meanwhile, Richard Belzer will reprise his role as Munch in the next episode. Spoilers for episode 20 reveals that the rapist/photographer has already been on the radar of detective duo Munch and Fin for some time, and that they are bringing him out in the open next episode.
"Law and Order: SVU" season 17 episode 20 airs on May 4, 9:00 P.M. on NBC.