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Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni on Their ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Reunion, and That Deep Benson/Stabler Chemistry
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFor Mariska Hargitay, the departure of Christopher Meloni and his “Law & Order: SVU” character, Elliot Stabler in 2011 after 12 seasons, was “so painful for me and so hard because the way he left, there was no closure. There was just a big hole.”But Meloni is back, in the spinoff series “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” and the two actors met up with Variety’s Cynthia Littleton in the Variety/NBCUniversal Virtual FYC House to discuss their reunion, both on camera and off.“Now coming back again, incredibly earned,” Hargitay said.