Anyone need a little sneak peek of Law & Order: SVU 25×05 “Zone Rouge” to hold them over until the episode airs tonight? We’ve got you covered with a first look! The hour promises to be a good one and might even move the Maddie Flynn case forward. Per the synopsis: “A cryptic message sends SVU on a new track to find Maddie. Benson tries to help a federal agent when the case hits too close to home. Capt. Curry tries to make amends with Fin.”
Our clip sees our beloved Captain Benson (Mariska Hargitay) in unfamiliar territory: Pittsburgh. We’re not lying when we say this woman will go to the ends of the Earth to get justice for a victim, and she also just…doesn’t rest either. But the real story here is Benson’s first meeting with FBI Special Agent Shannah Sykes, played by guest star Jordana Spiro. And it is…apparently a surprise visit.
Leave it to our Olivia to simply show up and get to work without a single warning. There’s also something interesting about this dynamic that we haven’t quite figured out yet (and definitely hope to when we see the full episode). What’s with the comment about the “idling chainsaw” before Benson and Sykes meet? And while the back-and-forth, once the initial awkwardness wears off, seems to be mostly professional and collaborative — everyone wants to catch this “George from Canada” dude, after all — there’s still something…interesting there.
After only meeting her for, like, a minute, we’re pretty sure Sykes is no joke. She has quite a lot of information on our guy, and most of it seems to be her work. As far as we can tell, she might just have pulled an all-nighter, single-handedly putting her evidence board together. Which, our lone crusader Liv ought to be able to identify with that if nothing else.
Watch a sneak peek from Law & Order: SVU 25×05 here.
Here’s hoping these two can finally make some progress on Maddie’s case — for Maddie’s sake and Liv’s.
Law & Order: SVU 25×05 “Zone Rouge” airs tonight, February 22, at 9/8c on NBC. Don’t miss it!
