A new International Business Times report speculates that Olivie Benson (Mariska Hargitay) will be held hostage by none other than Lewis Hoda (Tom Sizemore) in the midseason premiere of Law & Order: SVU Season 17.

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The report picks hints from a recent interview with showrunner Warren Leight, in which he stated that Benson will be in a very scary situation in the episode. As the midseason finale showed confronting the case that has haunted her through her career, with Hoda pleading not guilty to his crime and accusing Benson's team of setting him up.

In the episode, titled "Depravity Standard," Hoda returned and stated that he had been framed. In the clip Benson looks totally frazzled by the proceedings as Hoda claims his innocence and she is put back in the hot seat to solve this case.

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The episode also saw the return of BD Wong as Dr. Huang.

In the interview with TVGuide, Leight dished about the next episode, which is set to air in the new year. Leight really amped up the hype, stating that the rest of the season is going to start off with a bang.

"We're going to start off the year new, for people who worry about Olivia, with the scariest episode of the season," Leight said. "We haven't quite gone this far with her since the William Lewis [Pablo Schreiber] stuff."

The fall finale episode was air on Nov. 18.

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