'Law and Order: SVU' is bringing Internal Affairs Captain Ed Tucker again into Olivia's lifestyles. So, who is Captain Benson's former flame? Details inside of!
We knew to be expecting a lot from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's landmark 21st season on the air, but what we did not know to expect was just how many ghosts from the previous would return to hang-out the unit.
And by way of "haunt the unit," what we really mean is haunt Captain Olivia Benson. Season 21 has already introduced back Olivia's semi-estranged brother Simon and that ended pretty tragically. But Jan. 30's episode, "The Longest Night of Rain" is about to be much more intense.
That's as a result of Olivia's former flame, IAB Captain Ed Tucker, is making his go back. According to sneak peeks of the episode, Liv also goes again to look her therapist, Dr. Lindstrom, who we first met in Season 15 following the William Lewis kidnapping ordeal. Does seeing her ex send Olivia right into a spiral?
And who is SVU's Captain Tucker anyway? It's been a while since he is been on the display, so here's the recap you could want.
Remember Captain Ed Tucker? He retired from the IAB.
We've identified Ed Tucker for almost so long as Olivia's different ex, Brian Cassidy. To recap, Brian, who's the longest operating returning character in SVU historical past, had a one-night stand with Olivia in Season 1, and even if they broke it off back then, the 2 reconnected and had a dating years later in Seasons 14 and 15.
That ended quite amicably, and Brian's returned since their break-up, proving that Olivia isn't above being friends with her exes.
Which brings us to Captain Ed Tucker, who's bringing the squad in combination to rejoice his retirement birthday celebration.
At the birthday celebration, Olivia turns out somewhat shaken to be in the similar room as her ex, and even asks her co-workers about the redheaded lady standing via his facet in a way that suggests a tiiiiny bit of jealousy. "That's his new wife," Amanda Rollins tells her.
When did Tucker and Olivia get a divorce?
As slightly of a recap, we first meet Ed Tucker again in Season 3. In that season, he is a sergeant, and we see him paintings his option to being a lieutenant earlier than turning into promoted to captain of the Internal Affairs Bureau.
Tucker's activity is to analyze dirty law enforcement officials and cops who are suspected of breaking the legislation. This means, on the one hand, that he has had more run-ins than we can count with the squad's Detective Stabler, and on the different, that law enforcement officials just about hate him as a result of his presence nearly always way any person's in hassle.
In quick, Tucker pretty much clashes with the staff at SVU from the instant he is introduced until Season 17, when he and Olivia totally shock enthusiasts through falling in love! Tucker proves he is a romantic, planning trips in a foreign country with Olivia or even taking care of her son, Noah.
But in Season 18, their dating falls aside when Tucker reveals to Olivia that he's bearing in mind retiring. Olivia, whose old flame is her work, starts to doubt whether or not they may be able to perhaps have a future in combination, and ultimately ends issues with the captain.
Flash forward a few years and it seems that that Tucker is married, whilst Olivia hasn't had any meaningful relationships since him! We can't wait to see how this unfolds and hope that Olivia succeeds in coping with the help of her therapist.
New episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit air Thursdays at 10 p.m. on NBC.
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