Monica Raymund directing Law and Order SVU episode
Former Chicago Fire star Monica Raymund is moving behind the camera for Law & Order: SVU, and here’s what we know about her SVU season 20 episode.
One Chicago fans may have heard that Monica Raymund was directing an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and now NBC has released details about it.
Raymund’s episode of SVU is called “Hell’s Kitchen,” and it’s the season’s eighth episode. Fans will be able to see it on Thursday, Nov. 8—just over two weeks from now.
Details about the plot are still limited, but the general premise is Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and her squad are called in when a waitress is sexually assaulted at a high-end party.
The episode has an excellent guest cast. Genevieve Angelson, who starred in the Amazon original series Good Girls Revolt as Patti Robinson, is the lead guest actress. If you missed that show, here is a behind the scenes clip:
Meanwhile, Jacob Pitts (who was incredibly underrated playing U.S. Marshal Tim Gutterson in FX’s critically acclaimed Elmore Leonard drama Justified) appears as another Assistant District Attorney named Hodges.
But why does “Hell’s Kitchen” need another prosecutor when it has Peter Stone (Philip Winchester) in the regular cast? That’ll be the million-dollar question.
Fans of Chicago Fire, though, will get their first chance to see Monica Raymund’s work behind the scenes. She never directed an episode of the show before she left following the sixth season.
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Now she’s gotten the opportunity on the other Dick Wolf franchise. And though nothing has been confirmed, this could possibly be the start of something great for her—because like One Chicago, the Law & Order franchise has brought directors and actors back on occasion.
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This is Raymund’s latest major gig since her exit from Chicago Fire. She recently signed to star as the lead character in an upcoming Starz drama. So although Gabriela Dawson is gone, Monica Raymund is still doing quite well for herself.