David Zayas stepped into a Law & Order: Special Victims Unit role originally intended for Timothy Busfield after the episode was reworked ahead of its planned airing on January 15, 2026. Busfield, who faces two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse, had been set to appear in the episode titled "Corrosive" as a judge but was replaced by Zayas ahead of its new air date on February 26, 2026. According to the episode's description, it will be about "an attempt on a respected judge's life [that] is connected to an anonymous video posted to the SVU tip line.