Fans of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit were excited to hear Christopher Meloni will soon reprise his former role of Elliot Stabler — but the character wasn’t the only Stabler who was meant to return.Two of his family members were also in consideration to the return to the small screen, according to showrunner Warren Leight.“We were hoping to bring back [Stabler]’s wife and troubled son — in part to tee up his return,” Leight told TVLine on Friday, April 3.Isabel Gillies played Elliot’s wife, Kathy Stabler, on the crime drama.
The fictional pair shared five children, two of which included sons Richard “Dickie” Stabler (Jeffrey Scaperrotta) and Elliot Stabler, Jr., who was born on an episode that aired in November 2007.Meloni, 59, starred
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