leight noted that his biggest goal for season 13 is "first of all, survive. survive the transition and make a compelling case for why people should continue to watch the show and come back to the show. that's on a business level. on a thematic level, we want to explore the gray of all of this. and to explore the psyches of victims and perps a little bit more and the effect this work takes on the people who do it. when a cop tells me about a real-life interrogation he did, i'm on the edge of my chair. that's where we want to be."