Law & Order opened Season 23 with a fresh recruit: Reid Scott (Veep, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) as veteran detective Vincent Riley, replacing Jeffrey Donovan, who will not reprise his role as the outspoken Frank Cosgrove this season. (Read how the Dick Wolf procedural handled Donovan’s departure here.)
Although the season premiere provided some intel about Riley while he and Det. Shaw (Mechad Brooks) investigated a college campus murder, it’s clear that we still have much more to learn. So far, we know that it had been three years since Riley worked a homicide case and had never shot anyone until now, which left him slightly shaken up. Plus, he had an established friendship with Lt. Dixon (Camryn Manheim), who personally recruited him onto the squad.
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According to Manheim, the upcoming fourth episode is when we’ll really start to know Riley on a deeper level.
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“We finally learn a lot about Vince Riley when we are hunting down a serial killer,” the actress told TVLine at a recent red carpet event celebrating Law & Order: SVU’s 25th season premiere. “It’s possible that he might have been able to have stopped that person long ago but was transferred for some unknown reason.”
The reveal will also put a damper on Riley’s still fragile partnership with Shaw, who won’t be too pleased with what he learns. “It causes [Shaw] to slow the evolution of the relationship,” Brooks noted, “and it causes him to ask some questions internally and externally. And because of the nature of the case in which his secret comes out, Shaw has some questions.”
In the meantime, the pair will continue to build up their relationship while working side-by-side. With this exciting new pairing, fans can look forward to seeing more of the quippy banter that has come to define the flagship show.
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“We’re expanding on a lot of the tit-for-tat relationship, the quick New York quips,” Brooks noted. “Reid brings a very youthful energy to the role, and I think you have two guys in the same generation who aren’t so different because they’re from different generations, but they’re different because they have different perspectives to life.
“There’s enough camaraderie, and there’s enough trust that’s gained and earned that you believe this relationship,” Brooks added. “I think that there’s enough similarities between these two characters where you see them as potential best friends. But you don’t earn that too quickly.”
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