The investigation uncovers that the victim had been attending women’s empowerment meetings and practicing saying no—to the suspect. Between a video testimony from the victim herself and ADA Sonny Carisi’s ( Peter Scanavino) questioning of the suspect on the stand, they get a unanimous guilty verdict.

Capt. Benson gives voice to victims in an all-new season of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" airing on Thursday, October 3.

A wary new detective? Dialogue shouted over the sounds of the shooting range? Carisi yelling at full volume in the courtroom? SVU is back, baby! The NBC procedural kicks off Season 26 by adding another cop to Benson’s squad and giving us a fairly routine case o’ the week,

With the Season 26 premiere of "SVU," Mariska Hargitay and Ice T extend their titles of being the longest-running male and female actors in television history.