How’s this for a Law & Order: Special Victims Unit<\/a> trivia question: Which episode featured Mariska Hargitay’s<\/a> Olivia Benson wearing a black cocktail dress for nearly the entire episode?<\/p>\n The answer? The third episode of Season 7: “911.”<\/p>\n But do you know exactly why Benson was wearing a black dress throughout most of this episode?<\/p>\n Read more, below:<\/p>\n Olivia Benson in a computer room in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Season 7, Episode 3.<\/p>\n Benson usually wears pantsuits on SVU\u00a0\u2014 save for a few one-off moments, like “911” and the episode that sees her and Christopher Meloni’s<\/a> Elliot Stabler go undercover as a swinging couple<\/a> at an exclusive nightclub.<\/p>\n In the case of “911,” Benson wore her dress out of necessity. The episode starts with the detective off the clock, leaving for a night on the town\u00a0\u2014 dressed to impress, of course. But an SVU call comes in from a little girl who says she’s trapped in a room. Benson is alerted, and she wastes no time getting to the precinct to keep this girl calm on the phone. She was so concerned, she didn’t bother to change her outfit before leaving. That dedication to her job is why fans love\u00a0the badass Olivia Benson<\/a>\u00a0so much.<\/p>\n RELATED: Olivia Benson’s 10 Most Intense Law & Order: SVU Episodes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The events followed in the episode are classic <\/a>SVU<\/a> drama<\/a>, ultimately leading to Benson and her team uncovering a child pornography ring.<\/p>\n It’s in this episode where Benson delivers one of her all-time greatest quotes: “You know where she is. Now if she dies, I promise I will make the rest of your life hell,” she menacingly told the perp at one point.<\/p>\n RELATED: Olivia Benson Is the Queen of the Clapback on Law & Order: SVU<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Hargitay’s performance as Detective Benson in “911” was so memorable, she took home a 2006 Primetime Emmy Award<\/a> in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series that year.<\/p>\nWhy Olivia Benson wore a black cocktail dress for most of SVU Season 7, Episode 3 (“911”)<\/h2>\n
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Mariska Hargitay won a Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in “911”<\/h2>\n