A mini Mariska Hargitay marathon is coming to NBC.
Well, it’s actually a mini Law & Order: SVU marathon scheduled to hit the network on Sept. 10, but the selected episodes were handpicked and curated as a tribute to Hargitay ahead of her high-profile gig as the host of the 78th Emmy Awards.
Billed as a sort of “best of Mariska Hargitay” night, the three episodes from the SVU vault all garnered acting nominations for her work as Captain Olivia Benson, with one of them landing her the trophy as outstanding lead actress in a drama series. (Hargitay, who is an executive producer and sometimes director on the show, has been nominated eight times for her work on the long-running series.)
The Sept. 10 schedule will open at 8 p.m. with “Charisma” (Emmy-nominated episode; originally aired Nov. 16, 2004), followed at 9 p.m. with “911” (Emmy-winning episode; originally aired Oct. 4, 2005) and closing at 10 p.m. with “Undercover” (Emmy-nominated episode; originally aired April 15, 2008).
“Charisma” centers on a career con artist, forger and thief who turns to murder and serial pedophilia to populate the cult he created and get his hands on a multimillion-dollar trust fund. “911” opens with a little girl who calls for help and claims she’s being held hostage. The SVU team then must keep her on the line to track down her whereabouts before it’s too late. Per its title “Undercover,” that episode finds Hargitay’s Benson going deep undercover in a correctional facility after a teenage girl says a corrections officer raped her and has also been threatening her mother in prison.
