How Law & Order: SVU Handled Kat's Departure
SVU nearly lost Kat in a very permanent way after she took a bullet while the team was trying to find a teenage girl whose life was in danger. It didn't seem that serious at first, but she quickly got worse, and her heart actually stopped in the ambulance before she could be rushed into surgery. Fortunately, she survived, but the experience made her realize that the NYPD isn't where she's supposed to be, and she decided to leave before she's twenty years invested. So, Kat survived, but she made a pretty definitive decision to leave. At least she lived?
