Cabot Returns: Stephanie March Books 'SVU' Season 28 Appearance
Stephanie March will appear in the ninth episode of 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' Season 28, reprising the role of Alexandra Cabot. Cabot was a main character from Season 2 through Season 5, and March has returned as a guest in several later seasons, most recently Season 19. She also played Cabot in the short-lived spinoff 'Conviction.'
Stephanie March is set to reprise Alexandra Cabot in the ninth installment of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’s 28th season. Cabot was a series regular from the second season in 2000 through the fifth in 2003, when the character entered witness protection after staging her death.
March has since appeared as a guest in Seasons 6, 10, 11, 13 and 19, the last in 2018. She also portrayed Cabot in Conviction, the 2006 spinoff that had a brief run.
For longtime viewers, Cabot’s return may stir nostalgia and renew interest in SVU’s current season, potentially boosting tune-in and streaming catch-up around the episode. Fans of procedural legal dramas could see it as a bridge between the show’s earlier era and its present cast. The appearance may also prompt renewed attention to March’s prior work, including Conviction, though its broader cultural effect is likely modest and short-lived.