Season 24 of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit is still going strong on NBC after Olivia Benson (played by Mariska Hargitay) said goodbye to her good friend and colleague Amanda Rollins (Kelli Giddish) last year. With more high-stakes cases and possibly love in the air for Benson and her old partner Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), fans are wondering why defence attorney Rafael Barba (Raúl Esparza) has fallen by the wayside.
Fans have slammed recent seasons of SVU for mishandling Barba’s storyline before letting him go entirely.
After he initially appeared as a recurring character in season 14, Esparza was promoted to a season regular for five more instalments.
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