‘Law & Order: SVU’ Goes ‘Rear Window’ in Season 26, Episode 21 Promo

Only two episodes remain for Season 26 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. The penultimate episode, "Aperture", will air next Thursday, May 8. The episode looks to be taking a slightly different stylistic choice than the usual "crime happens team investigates, the team catches the perp, the perp goes to trial, the end" formula. In the promo, a neighbor across the street is witness to a crime while looking through a telescope. As Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and her team search to not only find the victim but the suspect, a dangerous world involving voyeurism unfolds. Soon, their witness begins to look like a perp. After strong ratings from the crossover with Law & Order, and ratings remain to be seen from last night's episode "Shock Collar" (emphasis on the shock), a slightly different kind of storytelling for the tail end of the season may be what continues to keep audiences engaged until the conclusion of Season 26 with "Post-Rage" on May 15. The unique setup for the episode may also feel familiar to fans of one of Alfred Hitchcock's most famous films: Rear Window.