Though Legislation and order: organized crime is over, Stabler and Benson are nonetheless companions for all times behind the scenes.
After the spinoff was canceled after 5 seasons, Detective Elliot Stabler star Christopher Meloni reunited Legislation and Order: Particular Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay, who performed Olivia Benson for all 27 seasons of the sequence.
“What we’re doing on a random Thursday whereas nonetheless in LA and newly unemployed. Dinner with mates @therealmariskahargitay,” Meloni captioned the photographs from the outing.
Final week, Deadline completely reported that Legislation and order: organized crime was canceled after 5 seasons at Peacock and NBC, following a delicate transfer for a brand new showrunner earlier this 12 months.
Meloni then took to Instagram to thank followers of the franchise for the “nice journey” of his spin-off, which has lasted since 2021, after its 12 seasons on SVU from 1999 to 2011. “P4L [partners for life]“, commented Hargitay.
When requested if Stabler would possibly make a return to Legislation & Order: SVUHargitay advised Deadline, “I hope so. It is a very encouraging factor for each of us, that our relationship is so culturally iconic and that Benson and Stabler nonetheless resonate is deeply significant to me, and Chris and I, I am certain you already know, are very, very shut. He is a really in-demand actor, so we’ll see if the schedule strains up.”
Within the meantime, SVU continues its record-breaking streak because the longest-running primetime live-action tv sequence after being renewed for season 28 this month.
Meloni’s subsequent TV gig will likely be because the lead in Dan Fogelman’s upcoming NFL drama, Earthis on Hulu.