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The law enforcement side of\u00a0Law & Order<\/em><\/a> will be getting some visits from family members in Season 25 \u2014 and it won\u2019t be an easy time for Detective Vincent Riley (Reid Scott<\/a>) or Lieutenant Jessica Brady (Maura Tierney<\/a>).<\/p>\n Ryan Eggold<\/a> returns as Riley\u2019s brother, Matt, after the detective arrested him last season for a previous charge when he refused to testify to help with a case. Brady, meanwhile, will be visited by the son we didn\u2019t meet last year \u2014 the one whose event she skipped. Plus, they\u2019re both dealing with a change at the precinct, following Shaw\u2019s (Mehcad Brooks<\/a>) transfer. David Ajala<\/a> will be joining as a new detective<\/a> at a later date.<\/p>\n Below, Reid Scott and Maura Tierney talk working without Shaw, their family visits, and much more.<\/p>\n How\u2019s Riley doing without Shaw this season? Because something that stood out about that partnership is that they genuinely liked each other.<\/strong><\/p>\n Reid Scott:<\/strong> Yeah, it was a really great partnership, and I loved working with Mehcad Brooks. He and I definitely had a blast together. I think Riley feels his absence, but at the same time, it\u2019s sort of opened up the space for him to work more closely with Brady and I think the audience is going to love to see the relationship that we\u2019ve cultivated because while it\u2019s different, there\u2019s a wonderful rapport there. I also think it has been interesting \u2014 it\u2019s something that has not happened on the show a lot \u2014 that you do see Riley in the field on his own a bit in these early episodes of the season. As an actor, it\u2019s been really fun to have to play both sides of it, and I like anything that sort of mixes it up and plays with the format a little bit. So, it\u2019s been challenging. It\u2019s been really fun though.<\/p>\n