<P> Judith McCreary also wrote the season finale "Screwed" during which illegal activities involving the detectives are brought up in the courtroom . She said "I wanted to explore chickens coming home to roost . A lot of shit these cops have been doing they haven't paid for . Benson committed a felony; she should've been kicked off the force and gone to prison ." </P> <P> During a six episode absence by Mariska Hargitay, Connie Nielsen was cast to play Stabler's temporary partner, Detective Dani Beck . Dick Wolf said that he was "thrilled that we have someone of Connie's obvious talent, beauty and stature to come in for these episodes . It doesn't get any better than this ." </P> <P> Chris "Ludacris" Bridges made his second appearance on SVU in "Screwed" which concludes the seventh season episode "Venom". Neal Baer explained that he saw this episode as an opportunity to have Adam Beach's character, Detective Chester Lake, become a longer term addition to the show; "Chris causes Ice - T's character Fin major, major, major problems that go back many years . While everything is in disarray, SVU needs some extra hands and Adam's character is brought in to help out ." </P> <P> Three episodes in the second half of the season starred Michael Weston as Simon Marsden, Olivia's half brother . Hargitay described this storyline as "probably the biggest thing that's ever happened to Olivia ." The episode in which Marsden is introduced features an appearance by Mary Stuart Masterson in her recurring role of Dr. Rebecca Hendrix . </P>

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