The multi-award winning drama created by Dick Wolf, recognized for his stories that made a dent in viewers and critics, Law & Order: Vee returns with its historic season 22 today, January 26 at 9PM, exclusively only on Universal TV.
This powerful and emotional series from the iconic brand “Law & Order” chronicles the life of the Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, an elite squad of detectives investigating crimes of sexual assault, abuse child and domestic violence. The team of detectives returns with more mysteries to reveal together with a group of specialists who will use all their knowledge by virtue of finding the truth in each case.
After an abrupt end, amid the coronavirus outbreak, Law & Order: Vee returns with an unprecedented new season. As it has in the past, the drama starring Mariska Hargitay, as Captain Olivia Benson, will continue to reflect the issues facing the real world, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the continuation of the Black Lives Matter movement sparked by the murder. by George Floyd. On top of that, there is also the highly anticipated return of Elliot Stabler to the “Law & Order” universe.
In May, just three months after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, people across the country rallied and protested against systemic racism and police brutality in the wake of Floyd’s death. The Black Lives Matter movement called into question the public’s relationship with law enforcement.
That dynamic will be further tested in this new installment, “Guardians and Gladiators,” which sees a black man arrested in Central Park after being falsely accused of battery. “All the tension of the last few months comes into play very quickly,” explains Leight.
The squad will also be evidenced searching for one of the four roommates displaced by the pandemic that has disappeared. The audience will see how the tensions of quarantine and social distance have also taken their toll.
Racism, police brutality, COVID-19 as well as many other problems and issues that have been dealt with in recent months will be addressed in this new installment as a large dose of reality.
Also, as a great novelty of the current premiere, the acclaimed actor Christopher Meloni (The Handmaid’s Tale, Veep) returns to the universe of Law & Order to bring the character of Elliot Stabler to life, where not only will he have a stand-alone story, but will also meet Olivia Benson on television.
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