Spoilers ahead for the Season 26 premiere of Law & Order: SVU Season 26, called "Fractured." The return of Law & Order: SVU in the fall 2024 TV schedule also marked an addition to the cast, and she's just the latest over the past few years of Benson attempting to fill Rollins ' vacancy. The newcomer seems like a good fit so far, but I didn't find her to be the standout of her intro episode.
Carisi was really the MVP of "Fractured," to the point that I'll probably rewatch this episode with a Peacock subscription just to see Peter Scanavino 's performance in the trial of the week. Law & Order: SVU's Newest Detective News broke over the summer that returning actor Kevin Kane was being promoted to series regular status as Bruno for Season 26 after first joining the show in Season 24 . The bigger news at the time was that Juliana Aidén Martinez of Griselda had been cast as the newest cop to join Benson's squad, playing Detective Kate Silva .
Silva's father was a cop in his day before being promoted to deputy commissioner, and Benson made it clear that it doesn't reflect badly on her in the slightest. Evidently, the longtime Special Victims captain thinks a lot higher of Silva's dad than she did of Chief McGrath prior to his unceremonious end ! Silva seems confident and competent enough after the Season 26 premiere, and Martinez appears in the opening credits alongside Mariska Hargitay , Ice-T , Peter Scanavino, Octavio Pisano , and Kevin Kane, which wasn't the case for Aimé Do.
