October 26, 2015
Watch: 'Law & Order SVU' Duggar-Inspired Episode Sneak Peek
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NBC released a sneak peek of the highly anticipated Duggar-inspired episode of "Law & Order SVU" set to air during sweeps week on Wednesday, November 4.
The episode, titled "Patrimonial Burden," focuses on a "fictional religious reality TV family with 10 children who find out their 13-year-old daughter is pregnant," and features the talents of a triumvirate of Broadway pros: Tony-nominees Geneva Carr ("Hand to God") and Christopher Sieber ("Spamalot") will play the Jim-Bob and Michelle Duggar-inspired characters. Broadway's "Rocky," Andy Karl also appears in the episode.
According to All Things Law and Order, in the episode, the SVU investigates an unraveling web of secrets when the virtuous 13 year-old daughter of a famous reality TV family discovers she's pregnant.
US Magazine reports "SVU" star Kelli Giddish, who plays Det. Amanda Rollins, hinted during a press event in September for the long-running crime series that such an episode would be coming.
"These things write themselves," she told reporters when asked about the Duggar family's scandal and the leaked Ashley Madison data. "I mean, it seems inevitable they will pull from those."
