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Twenty-five years of will-they, won't-they, that's what fans see when they look at Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Captain Olivia Benson (Markiska Hargitay). The duo began as partners for 12 seasons on until Stabler left. It wouldn't be until nearly 10 years later that the pair would reunite. It was revealed that during that time, Stabler was NYPD's man in Rome, Italy and came back to the states for an assignment. While in New York City, a car bomb went off, one that injured and eventually killed Stabler's wife, Kathy (Isabel Gilles). The Law & Order: SVU episode provided an introduction for the series Meloni now leads as Detective Stabler, . This week, fans got their first look at the upcoming Season 5, streaming exclusively on Peacock April 17.
Talking with Entertainment Weekly about the upcoming season, Meloni teases more about what's to come in the episode he wrote for Organized Crime, which will also feature Hargitay's Olivia Benson. "Every time we get together, it's really second nature, and we just pick up and operate the way we always have, always searching for the best way to dissect the scene and reassemble it and make it work." With Hargitay confirmed as a guest star on the episode, fans are also wondering if the moment that was supposed to be a kiss, but was scrapped at the last moment, will be addressed. Meloni reveals the upcoming episode will touch on "the confused or gray nature of Benson and Stabler's emotional connection." He says, "It's touched on. I wouldn't say teased upon, but touched. It's touched on."
Could EO Have a Relationship, Separated By Distance (Streaming and Network)?
Last year, Hargitay spoke with Variety about once of the longest slowburns in television history. She says that, at least on Organized Crime, "they want us together, and Chris and I were talking about it, and it’s time. It’s time now for us. This was a long time not being in each other’s universe. That’s why we did the calls and stuff like that. But we’re excited to get back in there, get back in the ring." Whether "together" means romantically involved or not, remains to be seen, but the pair spent the better part of a decade apart after being partners for more than a decade. The pair is now in very different phases of their lives, but that might be why a relationship would work between the two of them. Olivia is raising her young son, Noah, and Elliot is not only about to become a grandfather again but is walking his youngest son, Eli (who was actually born on SVU) through what it means to be a police officer. But, the two are once again technically separated, with Organized Crime exclusively airing on Peacock and SVU still on Network television, it's unclear if that could pose an issue.
You can watch past episodes of Law & Order: Organized Crime now on Peacock. Stay with Collider for the latest updates.
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Law and Order: Organized Crime
TV-14
Crime
Drama8.5/10
- Release Date
- April 1, 2021
- Network
- NBC, Peacock
- Showrunner
- Bryan Goluboff
Cast
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Christopher Meloni
Det. Elliot Stabler
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Danielle Moné Truitt
Sgt. Ayanna Bell
WHERE TO WATCH
Streaming
BUY
- Directors
- John Polson, Jean de Segonzac, Jon Cassar, Stephen Surjik, Sharon Lewis, Simón Brand, Bethany Rooney, Jonathan Brown, Milena Govich, Ken Girotti, Gonzalo Amat, Tess Malone, Alex Hall, Anna Dokoza, Brenna Malloy, Monica Raymund, Sarah Boyd, Nelson McCormick, Leslie Hope, Rob J. Greenlea, Oz Scott, Michael Slovis, Alex Zakrzewski, Kate Woods
- Writers
- Amy Berg, John Shiban, Liz Sagal, Nichole Beattie, Will Pascoe, Emmy Higgins, Candice Sanchez McFarlane, Katrina Cabrera Ortega, Bridget Tyler, Davon Briggs, Alec Wells, Michael Konyves, Josh Fagin, Sean Jablonski, Gwen Sigan, David Graziano, Daniel Beaty, Katie Letien, Rick Eid, Nick Culbertson, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Christina Piña
Source: Entertainment Weekly
- TV News
- Christopher Meloni
- Law and Order: Organized Crime
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