What To Know
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit stars Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay unexpectedly reunited.
- Meloni shared photos of their outing on Instagram, sparking excitement among fans.
- The cancellation of Organized Crime after five seasons has led to widespread fan calls for Meloni’s character, Elliott Stabler, to make guest appearances on SVU.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unitstars Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay reunited now that the actor behind Elliott Stabler is “freshly unemployed” after Law & Order: Organized Crime was canceled.
On Friday, April 24, Meloni took to Instagram with a photo of himself and Hargitay, who plays the iconic Olivia Benson. The update came after news broke of Organized Crime‘s cancellation after five seasonson April 16.
“What one does on a random Thursday when still in LA and freshly unemployed,” he captioned the update. “Dinner hang with pals @therealmariskahargitay.”
In the featured image, Meloni, 65, snapped a selfie while donning a blue checkered blazer with a lighter blue undershirt and sitting next to Hargitay at a restaurant. The actress, 62, opted for an all-black look during the outing. After two similar pictures of Hargitay and Meloni, the fourth and final photo in the carousel seemingly showed Hargitay taking a selfie with Rachel McAdams.
In the comments, Law & Order fans rejoiced over the unexpected Stabler-Benson reunion while lamenting Meloni’s current unemployment. One Instagram user demanded, “We want @chris_meloni again in the Law & Order: SVU ….”
A second echoed, “I better see Stabler in at least one episode of SVU season 28!!! 🙌.”
Nicky Torchia, who played Meloni’s onscreen son, Eli Stabler, wrote, “My two favorites. Miss you both.”
Someone else declared, “You being ‘freshly unemployed’ IS A CRIME @chris_meloni!! I hope the powers that be can have you make your way back to SVU some way, somehow, if you want ofc! We, the loyal fans and stans, want this please 🙏🏽 😢🤍🤞🏽.”
A different fan agreed, writing, “Freshly unemployed is diabolical work, but I will accept these pictures as an apology 😂.”
Meanwhile, yet another Instagram user commented, “Ughh… I’m so upset they canceled the show. Elliott Stabler is a presence and needs a platform! Can you rejoin SVU?”
What do you think about Benson and Stabler’s reunion? Would you like to see their characters reunite in SVU?
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