Though Legislation & Order: Organized Crime is over, Stabler and Benson are nonetheless companions for all times behind the scenes.
Following the spin-off’s cancellation after 5 seasons, Detective Elliot Stabler star Christopher Meloni reunited with Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay, who has performed Olivia Benson for the present’s 27-season run.
“What one does on a random Thursday when nonetheless in LA and freshly unemployed. Dinner dangle with buddies @therealmariskahargitay,” Meloni captioned pictures from the outing.
Final week, Deadline solely reported that Legislation & Order: Organized Crime was canceled after 5 seasons at Peacock and NBC, following a tender outreach for a brand new showrunner earlier this yr.
Meloni later took to Instagram to thank the franchise’s followers for the “nice journey” on his spin-off, which ran since 2021, following his 12-season run on SVU from 1999 to 2011. “P4L [partners for life],” commented Hargitay.
When requested if Stabler might make a return to Legislation & Order: SVU, Hargitay instructed Deadline, “I hope so. That could be a very heartening factor for each of us, that our relationship was so iconic culturally and that Benson and Stabler nonetheless resonates is deeply significant to me, and Chris and I, I’m certain you realize, are very, very shut. He’s a really in-demand actor, so we’ll see if the schedule is lined up.”
In the meantime, SVU continues its record-breaking streak as TV’s longest-running primetime live-action collection after it was renewed for Season 28 this month.
Meloni’s subsequent TV gig comes because the lead of Dan Fogelman’s upcoming NFL drama, The Land, on Hulu.