Law & Order: SVU Season 26 Episode 13: Release date, time, streaming details and more

Law & Order: SVU has been going on for 26 years and continues to keep the audience hooked. The NBC police procedural drama follows officers of the Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, who investigate criminals convicted of sexual crimes.

The previous episode of the show came out on February 13, 2025, and revolved around the gruesome and sensitive case of child pornography. In the next episode, which will be released on February 20, 2025, Joe Velasco will be taking center stage.

The detective will be seen investigating the assault case of two teenagers. Here is all you need to know about the release date, time, streaming platform, and plot of Law & Order: SVU season 26 episode 13.

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Law & Order: SVU Season 26 Episode 13: Release date, time, and streaming platform

Law & Order: SVU Season 26 episode 13 will be aired on NBC on Thursday, February 20, 2025. The episode will be out at the usual time of 9 PM ET/PT. A day after the television broadcast, it will be available for streaming on Peacock, i.e. on Friday, February 21, 2025.

To stream the show, you need to be an active subscriber of Peacock. The platform offers a Premium ad-supported plan at $7.99 per month and a Premium Plus ad-free plan at $13.99 per month.

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What to expect from Law & Order: SVU Season 26 Episode 13?

The upcoming episode, titled Extinguished, follows the assault of two teenagers, which happens in Detective Joe Velasco’s neighborhood. The detective knows the people of his neighborhood do not trust the police, and hence, has to come up with a strategic plan to solve the case.

Meanwhile, a group of vigilantes take matters into their own hands, which creates lawlessness and chaos in the neighborhood. Velasco then seeks the help of a community security guard to solve the case and find the culprit. The official logline for the upcoming episode reads:

“Velasco teams up with a community security guard eager to prove his mettle to find a suspect in the assault of two teens.”

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What happened in the previous episode of Law & Order: SVU Season 26?

In Law & Order: SVU Season 26 Episode 12, the Special Victims Unit got involved in a troubling case about teenagers and a dangerous online scheme. It all started when the principal of Hartington Prep found an inappropriate photo of a student on a phone.

At first, it seemed like kids were just sharing pictures, but the SVU team soon realized it was much worse. The photo was sent through an app called Ghost Letter, which deleted messages and photos after a few days. This made it popular with teens, but someone was using it to trick kids into sending explicit photos.

The person pretended to be someone the teens knew, like a friend or crush, and then pressured them into sending pictures. The victims did not know each other. The only link was their college admissions advisor, Parker.

It turned out that Parker was running a child exploitation ring. He used fake identities to collect explicit photos from girls and traded them with boys. When the SVU team raided his home, Parker tried to destroy evidence but was caught.

He then offered to help the police catch other criminals in exchange for a deal. He claimed he was not a predator, just someone making money from the photos. ADA Carisi agreed to Parker’s deal, even though Captain Olivia Benson did not like the idea.

Parker helped set up a sting operation that led to the arrest of 49 pedophiles. However, one of the people caught was a man named Matthew, who was autistic. He didn’t understand what he did wrong, and Detective Silva felt bad for him.

She wanted to let him go, but Carisi refused saying Matthew might do it again without realizing it was wrong. In the end, Benson stepped in and convinced the District Attorney to drop the charges against Matthew.

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