on april 11, 2011, "variety" reported that leight would serve as showrunner for "" starting with the . prior to leight joining "svu", he wrote one of the final episodes of "law & order: criminal intent", the 10th season episode "", which was the only episode of the season not to be inspired by a real life, true event. before production on the 13th season of "law & order: svu", nbc president bob greenblatt sought leight to "reset the tone" of the show from its prior seasons, while having the storylines "still be compelling but a little more grounded".