The premiere picks up with Benson being held captive and tortured for four days, a plotline that forced the character to "walk the walk" of a victim.
A "potent cocktail" of the Trayvon Martin shooting and the Paula Deen racial slur scandal, featuring Cybill Shepherd as a celebrity chef who shoots an unarmed Black teenager. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 15 ...
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Unlike previous seasons, Season 15 focused heavily on a single antagonist—serial rapist William Lewis (Pablo Schreiber).
Episodes like "American Tragedy" are studied for their portrayal of institutional distrust between marginalized communities and the police.