Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 12 "Calculated" - Juliana Aidén Martinez as Det. Kate Silva Preview — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 12: Does Silva Know What She’s Doing?

Preview — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 12: Does Silva Know What She’s Doing?

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If viewers have felt there hasn’t been much to know about Silva so far, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 12, “Calculated,” is about to change that. The newcomer takes a step forward as she fights for a suspect she believes to be innocent.

While no one on SVU wants to take a chance claiming a suspect is innocent, Silva will go a step further and ask for leniency from her boss to prove one of their suspects hasn’t committed the crime. Will Benson give Silva the room she needs to prove his innocence? Or will her decades of SVU fight against this?

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 12 "Calculated" - (l-r) Kevin Kane as Det. Terry Bruno, Juliana Aidén Martinez as Det. Kate Silva, Ice T as Sgt. Odafin "Fin" Tutuola
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Calculated” Episode 26010 — Pictured: (l-r) Kevin Kane as Det. Terry Bruno, Juliana Aidén Martinez as Det. Kate Silva, Ice T as Sgt. Odafin “Fin” Tutuola — (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)

As the squad investigates a sexting case in a high school, they discover hundreds of students and a teacher may be involved. While Benson wants to make sure the bad guy stays behind bars, Carisi is fighting for the bigger picture. The two of them will butt heads as the ADA tries to go after a ring of pedophiles.

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To make their case, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit will do what seems quite rare these days and allow a character from Law & Order to cross over. Benson and Carisi will turn to Tony Goldwyn’s DA Nicholas Baxter for the bad guys to end up in prison.

Check out the photos and promo video below for a preview!

Episode description: When a high school principal busts a student for sexting, the SVU uncovers a sinister case of distribution concerning hundreds of underage students; Silva pleads for leniency for a suspect she believes is innocent.

Written by: Greg Contaldi
Directed by: Batan Silva

Photos from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 12:
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 12 "Calculated" - (l-r) Juliana Aidén Martinez as Det. Kate Silva, Katie Kreisler as Fran Daly
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Calculated” Episode 26010 — Pictured: (l-r) Juliana Aidén Martinez as Det. Kate Silva, Katie Kreisler as Fran Daly — (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 12 "Calculated" - (l-r) Jared Canfield as Adam Parker, Octavio Pisano as Det. Joe Velasco
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Calculated” Episode 26010 — Pictured: (l-r) Jared Canfield as Adam Parker, Octavio Pisano as Det. Joe Velasco — (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 12 "Calculated" - (l-r) Ryan Anthony Holcomb as Oliver Banks, Octavio Pisano as Det. Joe Velasco, Ice T as Sgt. Odafin "Fin" Tutuola
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Calculated” Episode 26010 — Pictured: (l-r) Ryan Anthony Holcomb as Oliver Banks, Octavio Pisano as Det. Joe Velasco, Ice T as Sgt. Odafin “Fin” Tutuola — (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 12 "Calculated" - (l-r) Peter Scanavino as A.D.A Dominick "Sonny" Carisi Jr., Mariska Hargitay as Capt. Olivia Benson
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Calculated” Episode 26010 — Pictured: (l-r) Peter Scanavino as A.D.A Dominick “Sonny” Carisi Jr., Mariska Hargitay as Capt. Olivia Benson — (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 12 "Calculated" - (l-r) Janie Brookshire as Counselor Palmer, Jared Canfield as Adam Parker
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Calculated” Episode 26010 — Pictured: (l-r) Janie Brookshire as Counselor Palmer, Jared Canfield as Adam Parker — (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 12 - (l-r) Kevin Kane as Det. Terry Bruno, Octavio Pisano as Det. Joe Velasco, Juliana Aidén Martinez as Det. Kate Silva, Ice T as Sgt. Odafin "Fin" Tutuola
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Calculated” Episode 26010 — Pictured: (l-r) Kevin Kane as Det. Terry Bruno, Octavio Pisano as Det. Joe Velasco, Juliana Aidén Martinez as Det. Kate Silva, Ice T as Sgt. Odafin “Fin” Tutuola — (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 12 "Calculated" - Peter Scanavino as A.D.A. Dominick "Sonny" Carisi
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Calculated” Episode 26010 — Pictured: Peter Scanavino as A.D.A Dominick “Sonny” Carisi Jr. — (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 12 "Calculated" - (l-r) Kevin Kane as Det. Terry Bruno, Juliana Aidén Martinez as Det. Kate Silva
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Calculated” Episode 26010 — Pictured: (l-r) Kevin Kane as Det. Terry Bruno, Juliana Aidén Martinez as Det. Kate Silva — (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 26 Episode 12 "Calculated" - (l-r) Janie Brookshire as Counselor Palmer, Kevin Kane as Det. Terry Bruno
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT — “Calculated” Episode 26010 — Pictured: (l-r) Janie Brookshire as Counselor Palmer, Kevin Kane as Det. Terry Bruno — (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit airs Thursdays at 9/8c on NBC.

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By day, Lara Rosales (she/her) is a solo mom by choice and a bilingual writer with a BA in Latin-American Literature who works in PR. By night, she is a TV enjoyer who used to host a podcast (Cats, Milfs & Lesbian Things). You can find her work published on Eulalie Magazine, Geek Girl Authority, Collider, USA Wire, Mentors Collective, Instelite, Noodle, Dear Movies, Nicki Swift, and Flip Screened.