Kathryn Erbe returns to 'Law & Order'
Actress Kathryn Erbe will return to 鈥淟aw & Order: Special Victims Unit鈥� for a May episode, reprising her role as Alexandra Eames.聽
Erbe portrayed Alexandra on the 鈥淟aw & Order鈥� show 鈥淐riminal Intent鈥� beginning in 2001, when 鈥淐riminal Intent鈥� first came on the air. Alexandra was the partner of Vincent D鈥橭nofrio鈥檚 character Robert Goren. 鈥淚ntent鈥� went off the air in 2011.
The actress has already guest-starred once on 鈥淪pecial Victims Unit,鈥� having appeared in an episode that aired this past October. In the 鈥淯nit鈥� episode, Alexandra was working in a homeland security task force as a lieutenant and combined forces with the "Victims" team when Alexandra's terrorism case is related to a sex trafficking ring which the "Unit" characters are looking into.
According to , 鈥淯nit鈥� star Ice-T was responsible for the plot which will feature Erbe鈥檚 return 鈥� Alexandra helps out his character, Fin Tutuola, when someone Fin knows begins to cause problems for the characters on 鈥淯nit.鈥�
鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of bad blood from Fin鈥檚 past involved in it,鈥� Warren Leight, the show鈥檚 executive producer, told TVLine of the episode.
Ice-T suggested the storyline because he said fans enjoyed a past storyline where the sister of a detective was threatened by an ex and that they should include another plot where one of the team was in trouble.
Leight said Ice-T told him, 鈥淭he fans really like it when we鈥檙e in harm鈥檚 way. And don鈥檛 forget, I used to be a narcotics officer. There鈥檚 got to be a lot of people who want me dead.鈥�
According to TVLine, rapper 2 Chainz will also guest-star in the same episode, which will air May 8, playing someone Fin knew in the past.
鈥淯nit鈥� is currently airing its fourteenth season and many believe the show will be renewed for another year.
Erbe has also appeared in the TV show 鈥淥z鈥� and the 2011 comedy 鈥淭he Love Guide.鈥�
