What Happened to Dr. Melinda Warner on 'SVU'? A Season 21 Recap

Fans of 'Law & Order: SVU' were extremely joyful to see medical examiner Dr. Melinda Warner make her return in Season 21 of the display. Where has she been? Details within.

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A fresh episode brought back "ghosts from the past," including Olivia Benson's brother Simon Marsden or even saw the return of the cherished Dr. Melinda Warner, who we hadn't observed in a whilst.

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What happened to Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Warner on SVU?

Dr. Warner, played by means of Tamara Tunie, started off as a recurring personality for a selection of seasons, then became one of the major cast individuals from Season 7 via Season 12.

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Over the years, Warner and her medical experience changed into an integral a part of the SVU crew. Her abilities have helped the unit make a collection of a hit arrests and close circumstances. Through her tireless paintings, Dr. Warner used to be promoted to develop into Chief Medical Examiner.

Fans may recall that Dr. Warner was once shot in the ultimate episode of Season 11 by Dr. Sophie Gerard, who used to be in truth trying to shoot her son's father after he led to their boy's death. While some fanatics have been nervous about Dr. Warner's return because of her capturing, she emerged from the morgue within the last scene and instructed her assistants to backtrack as she used to be no longer useless but.

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(*21*), Dr. Warner makes her go back in Season 12's "Merchandise" and fans had been relieved to get their quippy scientific examiner again. Once, for instance, Stabler and Benson question why Warner called them in for a case that does not appear to be for SVU. "Because I know how to do my job, I was shot in the lung, not the head," she cheekily claps back before going on to give them her expert forensic research.

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Here's what else you might have seen Tamara Tunie in.

Tamara Tunie is now indexed as a habitual solid member on Law & Order: SVU, however has had sparse appearances on the display since Season 14. Her most recent episodes were in Season 17, when she starred in 3 episodes, and in Season 18, when she starred in a single. (She was once completely absent from Season 18).

In the interim, Tamara has been on a collection of different a success TV presentations. She’s had a ordinary function the police drama Blue Bloods and Better Call Saul the spinoff display of Breaking Bad. 

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Tamara additionally gave the impression as her SVU persona Dr. Melinda Warner on the Dick Wolf-produced show Chicago Fire, in an episode titled “We Call Her Jellybean.” Tamara may be a main personality on the Netflix show Black Earth Rising, a drama about the prosecution of international warfare criminals. 

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Fans were extraordinarily excited to see Dr. Warner again on display. "WAIT I SCREAMED WHEN MELINDA SHOWED UP DR WARNER THE ONLY MEDICAL EXAMINER EVER I HAVEN'T SEEN HER IN FOREVER MY FAVORITE SVU CHARACTER," tweeted one viewer.

Here's hoping Dr. Warner comes again this season. Law & Order: SVU airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on NBC.

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