The dedicated detectives of the SVU squad are back, and Law & Order: SVU Season 26 Episode 1 introduced a new one. TV Fanatic writers Jasmine Blu, Laura Nowak, Sara Trimble, and Jack Ori got together to discuss their first impressions of new detective Kate Silva.

Law & Order: SVU Season 26 will be available to watch live or the day after it airs through Peacock, NBC's streaming service. The service will be free and ad-supported, while the Premium version is $5.99/month with ads or ad-free for $11.99/month.

Special Victims Unit" returns to NBC for Season 26 on Oct. 3, with Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and her team investigating the violent assault on three law students. The episode is titled "Fracture,

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.

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,

This popular franchise, made up of “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” follows prosecutors and two NYPD units. Join investigators working in the New York City justice system in their professional and personal lives.

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.

The case of What Happened to Law & Order‘s Lt. Kate Dixon? has been solved. Though we’ve known for months that Camryn Manheim wasn’t returning to the NBC procedural, the Season 23 finale — her last episode — didn’t deal with the fact that Manheim’s character wouldn’t be around in the future.

Olivia Benson is back in action, and we have a new detective on the team. Here's everything you need to know about the Law & Order: SVU Season 26 premiere, including how to watch live.