She’s good like that.”. Cragen's suspicions about Stabler and Benson's bond are right. Benson and Stabler worked as one to take down a shooter in the "Law & Order: SVU" and "Law & Order: Organized Crime" finales. During an interview with Seth Meyers in March, Hargitay said she had never seen that scene until that moment during the interview. Then she recalls how he showed up drugged at her apartment in the middle of the night while Noah was there asleep. At that moment, Donnelly approaches and Benson says she’s “just playing Uber driver” for her old partner. She starts talking to Lewis about the things she could do to him after everything he did to her. Stabler slyly jumps in and responds, “Nah, I’m good thanks.” (Don’t sleep on the smirk Stabler gives Benson as he walks away.). The two aren’t vibing well at all, and Cragen tells him he and Benson “needed a break from each other,” and she’s now working in Computer Crimes. It's a little more general," Stabler responds. “I guess I’ll have to,” she responds. Olivia Benson Name Olivia Benson Title Captain (2019-present) Lieutenant (2015-2019) Sergeant (2013-2015) Detective (1998-2013) Officer (1992-1998) Affiliation NYPD Division Special Victims Unit (1998-) CPU Crimes Unit (2006) Community Affairs (2016) Precinct 16th Precinct (1993-) 55th Precinct (1992-1993) Benson opens her gift from Stabler and sees it's a compass necklace. I’ve been pushing as hard as I can. Stabler says he'll “treasure” the ornament. Benson offers Stabler her condolences since one of his OC detectives, Jamie Whelan (Brent Antonello), died while working this case. With the help of his team, Stabler is able to prove Eli didn’t murder the girl, but another man who entered the apartment did. Kyle MacLachlan guest stars as Dr. Brett Morton in a sensitive episode dealing with the death of a child. Buckle up, because "Fault" starts the unofficial holy trinity of Stabler and Benson episodes, as the events impact both detectives so heavily that — spoiler alert — Benson ends up asking for a new partner by the end. ", "It's so nice to allow myself," Rollins responds. Benson says she agrees with Bernie and wants him to come home. There must be a reason she why she didn’t tell you about me.”. In that moment, Stabler snaps back to reality and realizes what he’s said and who else is in the room and adds, “I love all of you.”. "Because I knew that you would try to protect me," she says. Created and produced by Dick Wolf, the series premiered on NBC on September 20, 1999, as the first spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama, Law & Order . During a moment of reflection at home before the meeting, Stabler sits outside in the back garden and leaves Benson a voicemail. Then she hears “Liv” and turns and locks eyes across the scene with Stabler. The moment Stabler's mom confused his partner for his wife. To this day, fans are still waiting for a discussion between Benson and Stabler about what Lewis did to her while Stabler was gone. It's worth noting that, at the end of this episode, Stabler finds out Angela was actually the one who ordered to take Kathy out, not Richard. In this episode, Stabler finally meets Benson’s son, Noah, during a coincidental run-in on Mother’s Day. She's now single and seems quite content, but who knows what the future holds? With 23 seasons spanning more than two decades . Then Stabler steps inside, and the two sip from the same glass of orange juice before heading out. “If she does, it’s news to me,” Stabler responds, much to Benson’s visible dismay. “Olivia has a picture of you two in her living room.”, Moss won’t name his source and says, “You two have worked together for a long time. While on the phone, Fin hands it off to Stabler to talk to her. "I'm sorry," Benson whispers, before a sniper takes out Gitano, effectively ending the standoff. Once in Ohio, Benson and Stabler see they're the latest targets on the Shadowërk website. Rook's stated intention is to teach Stabler “a little lesson about power and authority” since Rook believes cops “own the streets.”. She also has a telling reaction when Fin says Phoebe was trying to get in touch with Stabler “to hook him up with her sister.” Benson responds with a big “oh.” She does tell Fin that at least this time Stabler gave her a heads-up not to worry about him. Back in the squad room, Benson returns to the interrogation room, as Cragen and Stabler watch, to take another crack at their suspect from the beginning of the episode. The Milgram nickname is important as it’s a reference to psychologist Stanley Milgram, who conducted shock experiments to test how far someone would go to follow instructions, despite the moral feeling of his or her conscience. “You can always fix things,” he says, holding up the ornament. He then explains how his kids are grown and "have lives of their own. ), Stabler later calls Benson — before any of his kids — to tell her Kathy passed away. “Grab onto us.”, “I know you’re all just trying to help,” Stabler says. "Well, thank you, Dr. Stabler," Benson jokes. Stabler apologizes, and Benson asks him if he’s “sorry for leaving” or for not giving her the “courtesy” of telling her, to which he responds, “Both.”. Stabler also previously met the McCanns when he once picked Noah up from their home. Down bad since day one, according to many fans. The site rewards people who carry out horrific acts, like assault and murder, on listed targets. She also loves the USWNT and is a "Real Housewives" stan. If you guessed the latter, you would be correct. "And the thing is is that I didn't have a right or a claim," she continues. (And so the foreshadowing begins). Jelivia comes out strong at the end of the surveillance when she spots Flutura talking to a man, the buyer, after the young girls walk away. “Well that makes two of us,” Benson says. Olivia discovers that a young man facing rape charges is the son of her first police partner, who comes to her asking to cash in on an a favor that she owes him. “I didn’t realize it came out so sexy,” she said. While talking to Stabler and Angela, Richard says he recorded Angela plotting to kill Kathy, and Angela denies it. Benson stands and pulls out her gun, but the man fires and hits her. After 25 years of "will they or won’t they" chemistry, are Benson and Stabler finally poised to get together? She goes to ask if their relationship is OK after the heated case. “Swing” shows Benson’s undying loyalty and concern, both professionally and personally, for her partner after Stabler’s daughter Kathleen (Allison Siko) gets arrested. (In a 2016 interview, Meloni revealed he was the one who insisted that “spontaneous” hug be included in the scene. "Maybe that's easier to get when you're not seeing what we see on a daily basis," Stabler responds, before asking if he can open the gift, which has sat untouched for five months now, to which Benson says no. I’m his partner,” and watching Stabler interact with Beck through the window of Cragen’s office.). Gitano had killed the young boy by the time he arrived. Jelliot makes an appearance in “Spooked” when Porter returns since the FBI is interested in Benson and Stabler’s latest case. Benson investigates allegations against a radio personality, and Rollins goes undercover. Stabler also receives a call from Eli's mom saying her son was missing, which continues the crossover into “OC.”. she shouts after him as he walks away. That moment when yet another person clocks you about the love of your life. Bu the door isn't yet closed when it comes to the loss of his former partner. The episode ends with Benson in Cragen’s office asking for a new partner. Stabler meets up with Benson in a park on a snowy day, and the meetup also marks the first time Stabler sees Noah, who's sledding nearby. A message from work cuts Benson’s Mother’s Day plans short, and Benson tells Stabler she’ll call him since he’s familiar with the officer she got the message about. "So this is about the death of a loved one?" “Liv, let’s not go into that,” Stabler replies before Sgt. "You're just going to sit here all night until I do, aren't you? “Come on now, you know that’s not true,” Benson responds. Benson and Stabler go undercover as swingers — need we say more? Cragen tells Stabler he’s “running away” from himself and that he paired him up with Blaine so he can get a taste of what he is like to work with. During a later private conversation, Benson again mentions Stabler’s “radio silence for three months,” and the two briefly catch up. Stabler tells Benson he's leaving for a while due to a new case and wants what's in the bag to serve as “a reminder” in his absence. “She’s a cop — his first partner,” Benson responds and then shares a knowing look with Stabler. As ADA Gillian Hardwicke (Melissa Sagemiller) points out, Stabler has had Benson’s back for over 10 years. The two somewhat awkwardly bond over not being a fan of Dani Beck before Benson asks Kathy to cut to the chase. They both realize they’re A+, and Stabler looks over at Benson and says, “I’d give you a kidney,” to which Benson responds, “Not if I gave you mine first.”. “That’s our thing,” Meloni said. "Elliot I want to," she says, "I want to, but I can't.". Fin tells Elliot that Benson has a kid now, and Stabler quickly responds, “A son? Newsom says. In interrogation, Benson attempts to arrest Porter for being an accessory to murder. When a shirtless and pants-less Stabler realizes it’s Benson knocking on his door, he hurriedly pulls her inside since the animal smugglers warned him not to have any sort of contact with anyone. Benson then gets a call from Stabler’s wife, Kathy, and meets up with her in the park. I can hear it in your voice. This scene is also a rare opportunity to see Stabler and Benson all dressed up: Stabler in a suit and Benson in a strapless dress and heels with her hair and makeup done. 6 "Conscience" (Season 6, Episode 6) Image via NBC. She clocks Stabler for not answering her questions, and he responds, “That’s none of your business. Later, in an unexpected clocking of sorts, Rollins asks Benson how she and Stabler are doing before offering some personal advice, which may come as a surprise given Rollins’ previous hesitations about Stabler. When Stabler expresses his disbelief, Benson explains, “I’m single. “Olivia, my friend, can I take you and Noah out to lunch this weekend?” Stabler asks. At one point, Benson breaks her undercover protocol to contact Odafin “Fin” Tutuola (Ice-T) for help getting information. “I can’t.”. Stabler shrugs and says, "The job — it makes me kind of hard to live with.". Lindstrom brings up the subject of Stabler and also notes that Benson’s co-workers are in “stable relationships.” He then asks Benson when she thinks “her turn will come.” Benson assumes Lindstrom thinks she has intimacy issues. Stabler’s loyalty to his partner is quite literally put to the test in “Authority” after an engineer named Merritt Rook (played by the legendary Robin Williams) abducts Benson. Benson says she doesn’t need help from them. Benson’s and Stabler’s teams continue working together to track down the man behind the Shadowërk website. Stabler, who was drugged while undercover, immediately goes to Benson’s apartment late at night. Stabler stands and helps Benson up. "He was your partner," Rollins chimes in. Now it's cannon that Stabler's wife was always the "boundary" preventing either Benson or Stabler from admitting they both had romantic feelings for the other. This moment was teased in a previous promo and sent fans into a spiral. Barba says he got “a glimpse,” to which Benson reminds Barba she’s known Stabler for 23 years and he always had her back. Protelliot again emerges, grabbing Stuckey by the throat and saying, “You are an obnoxious little jackhole.”. “Oh, the poster boy for rage is going to tell me how to control my anger?” Benson says. She will put on her writing cap for important trending and pop culture moments, especially ones related to "Law & Order: SVU." Finally, 16 seasons later, Benson gets the chance to verbalize if she's ever wanted to be more than friends and work partners with Stabler, and the answer is a big *yes*! It’s Bell, who wants to tell him a piece of news, presumably about Wheatley’s release, that she didn’t want him to be "blindsided" by. At the end of the episode, Benson and Stabler each air out how their initial judgments about the case could've been wrong, effectively seeing the other's point of view. Stabler assumed that conversation was private, and Benson informs him that “it's not a secret.”. ), While driving with FBI agent Dean Porter (Vincent Spano), Porter asks if her partner in New York finds her “as annoying” as he does. The woman next to her asks who Elliot is since she’s apparently been “mumbling the name ‘Elliot’ all night.” “I didn’t say anything else did I?” Benson asks. In between testimonies, Wheatley meets with Benson and taunts her about the love of his life, Angela, who’s taking the stand tomorrow. Fans noticed the gift sitting behind Benson's desk for months. That who you are?”. Then Stabler confesses to Benson something that’s been on his mind: His father staged a shooting while he was on the job years ago. Leonetti reminded many fans of Benson — from her long, dark hair to her fitted blazers. After concluding her conversations with both, the evaluator tells Cragen that the two “have a degree of mutual reliance and emotional dependence that compromises their effectiveness as police officers.” Basically, they’re “too close.”, When Cragen asks if this means he should split them up, the evaluator responds, “If you want to lose your two best detectives.”. Before those laced personal episodes, Benson goes undercover for the FBI to infiltrate an environmental group (in real life, Hargitay was pregnant, and the show needed a clever way to cover her absence). In retrospect, that line is even more significant now that Benson has a child of her own — a son named Noah (Ryan Buggle), whom she adopted after finding him during a particularly dark case. Outside, Porter tells Benson, while glancing at Stabler, “If it was me, I would’ve shot (Simon).” Benson thanks both Porter and Stabler, and Stabler asks her why she’s thanking him as Porter leaves. The episode ends with Benson and Stabler staring at each other across the squad room amid the carnage. “Just what the world needs — another Elliot Stabler,” Benson says. Fans haven't seen Stabler and Benson share the screen in Season Three of "OC" since the historic "Law & Order" premiere, but that doesn't mean her presence isn't a part of the show. Benson embrace normalcy for a change," Stabler says. Many fans have followed Benson's life and career for nearly 25 seasons, but one thing that's always remained a mystery: Whether she's ever had romantic feelings for Stabler. Benson stares at Stabler across the car, as her partner grips her hand in response and thanks her for coming. “When my partner hangs out with scumbags, I like to stick around, see what happens,” Benson says. At the hospital, Benson is surprised to hear from the doctor that Stabler is fine. Stabler’s confused mother, Bernie, unexpectedly returns and ends up at the OC office. “There’s nobody who knows these characters better than she and I. Later on, Benson goes into Cragen’s office after seeing IAB and says, “That was a good shooting, captain. They both glance down at their watches at the same time and choose to enter a facility they believe holds the missing girl before backup arrives. After each of these lines, Stabler confirms Kathy actually wrote those words — not him. Later, Stabler and Benson prove that after over 20 years, 10 of those being apart from one another, they are still in sync. You’re innocent,” he responds. Stabler shrugs and responds, “Lead you to happiness, Liv.”. Stuckey answers Stabler's phone when Benson calls, and explains that her partner went out for sushi (a crucial detail) and left his phone behind. Benson denies it before caving and asking, "Is it that obvious? Meloni told TODAY in February that little moments like holding hands, which among the fans are obviously a big deal, are ones he and Hargitay add into the scenes themselves. "Sounds like you're a man in need of a new beginning," Newsom says. He says Kathy (!) But when she discovers that the crime may be sexual in nature, she conducts her own independent investigation. Kathleen tells her dad she went to Benson to ask for help. When a suspected killer who stalks his victim sets his sights on Benson, the squad, particularly Stabler in Protelliot mode, goes the extra mile to keep an eye on her. They both turn around to face the water, and Stabler’s already holding out his glass before Benson lifts hers to toast “to partners.”. The Real Reason Olivia And Elliot Were Never Meant To Be Together On Law & Order. Raúl Esparza, who portrays Barba, spoke to TVLine about the ending and said the dialogue can be “can be taken in a number of ways.”, “There are fans that have always wanted to kind of spin off that story,” Esparza told the outlet about Barba and Benson. Stabler responds saying Benson’s personal life is “her business” and that he’s there to “save her job.” He tells Moss he wants him to “tell the Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) Olivia wasn’t the source of the leak” as Benson walks into the room and asks Stabler why he’s there. "Yes, I am.". Bell calls in SVU to help with the Albanians. “Probably talking to Elliot — the guy from her dreams,” the woman from the hospital replies. (We know who Benson will always trust, though!). This moment was 10 years in the making — Stabler finally returning to Benson’s life! “Hey, what do I know? “Liv, I’m being careful,” Stabler assures her. "I would’ve done the same thing," Benson responds. He tries to dial Benson again, and it goes quickly to voicemail then he hangs up. Stabler prepares to enter an extremely dangerous meeting while undercover — a meeting that could very easily go south and end in his death. “You have PTSD,” Benson says. “I just wasn’t ready,” she says. (That parallel universe may soon be reality for these two since Stabler recently returned to Benson’s life after a 10-year absence and confessed in a letter he wrote to her: “In a parallel universe, it will always be you and I.”), This episode is significant in the worst kind of way for Benson's and Stabler’s relationship since it ended up being Meloni’s last episode of “SVU.” (Thankfully, he returned to the “Law & Order” universe for Stabler’s spinoff, “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” in April 2021.). So, who does he call to seemingly make a confession of sorts to in what could be his last few hours? “It has to be this outpouring of everything that, over all these years, that has never been spoken or physically acted on. “You’re his partner. Olivia Margaret Benson [2] is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the NBC police procedural drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Mariska Hargitay. Stabler comes home one night to see Benson and all his kids.

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