Legions of fans got their wish when news broke that Christopher Meloni would be returning to the Law & Order fold in a new series as his fan-favorite Law & Order: SVU character Elliot Stabler.
After nearly 10 years, an on-screen reunion for one of the best duos in TV history, Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler, is near.
But things have changed, the old Benson-Stabler dynamic shouldn't return. In fact, it would be reductive to all the growth Benson has gone through.
The reunion shouldn't even be a happy one. Since Meloni left the show between seasons 12 and 13, Hargitay has anchored SVU as the empathetic Benson.
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