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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit/Law & Order: Organized Crimes Spoilers – There Is A World Of Possibility
Now that Christopher Meloni has finally re-entered the Law & Order crime drama franchise as Elliot Stabler, he talks about the question of the always back-burner simmering chemistry of Stabler and Benson, and if it could play out on the shows as a romance between the two.
Likely, it would not be right away as Stabler’s long time wife Kathy Stabler (Isabel Gilies) just passed away in the first episode of Law & Order: Organized Crime. But once Elliot Stabler has healed as a widower, and is ready to start dating again, no one will be surprised if his first stop is his longtime police partner and confidant “Liv”, in other words Olivia Benson.
Both will be single parents, albeit Olivia’s little boy is much younger than Elliot’s youngest, also a boy. Longtime Law & Order: Special Victims fans will recall that Christopher Meloni played Stabler alongside Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson for twelve seasons until his exit from the show in 2011. Fans could not help but notice the two shared frequent furtive glances and long, sometimes very emotional conversations with each other. Many fans even documented them in videos on You Tube.
However, with Stabler married and Benson dating several men during that time, they never came together romantically themselves even though attraction seemed to be just under the surface on both sides. Meloni says that there is a world of possibility for a future Stabler/Benson romance!
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Law & Order: Organized Crimes Spoilers – Christopher Meloni And Ilene Chaiken Recently Talked To PEOPLE
In a recent interview for PEOPLE, Meloni and Organized Crime showrunner Ilene Chaiken recently talked about the possibility of a romance between Stabler and Benson. He said both he, 60, and Mariska, 57 picked up on the huge frenzy of fans surrounding the romantic tension and chemistry between the two characters and also mentioned the two used to “toy with it” during outtakes. He admitted both of them recognized it during their years together on SVU.
He said they were always toying with it, for onscreen purposes only of course, since the two are both married in real life to other people. Meloni said now that Stabler is back, for it to actually happen both Stabler and Benson would have to have a lot of explaining to each other about their decade apart. Longtime SVU viewers will recall Elliot left SVU without as much as a wave goodbye to Olivia. Meloni said there would be a lot of bumbling and stumbling over difficult and complicated emotional
terrain, although he couldn’t speak to as if there were any plans for a Benson/Stabler romance right now. He is excited about the possibility, however, and Chaiken added even if they do write this romantic relationship between the two she’s ready for some fans to not be satisfied no matter how they write it and the show tackles it. She said that while she is excited she’s also ready for an onslaught of varied opinions from fans!
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