![[PHOTOS] ‘Law and Order: SVU’: Benson and Stabler’s Best Moments](https://tvline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/law-and-orderlaw-and-order-svu-benson-stabler-best-moments-dw.jpg?w=630)
The great individuals who craft NBC’s promos know what they’re doing, and we’ve all been burned by a slick “Subsequent on…” misdirect earlier than. However as Thursday’s Regulation & Order: SVU approaches (NBC, 9/8c), we simply can’t get the episode’s preview out of our heads.
You realize, that tease. The clip that ran after the latest episode. The one which exhibits us Mariska Hargitay’s Capt. Olivia Benson and Chris Meloni’s Det. Elliot Stabler maybe — maybe! — forging new territory of their difficult, decades-long relationship. The one about which Meloni not too long ago was grilled on Right this moment. (His response? “I need my lawyer.”)
So earlier than Liv and El get shut — or don’t! — on this week’s episode, we thought you would possibly wish to reminisce about how Benson and Stabler received so far. Care to take a perp stroll down reminiscence lane with us?
(Aspect word: We’re conscious {that a} vocal faction of SVU viewers don’t need former law-enforcement companions Stabler and Benson to be something greater than platonic pals and occasional co-workers. And that’s cool! This submit could be very a lot not for you. As an alternative, might we curiosity you in a take a look at the pair’s first, absolutely-not-romantic outing, manner again within the procedural’s pilot?)
Scroll down as we contact on the highlights of their relationship, with a deal with what’s transpired since Stabler got here again to New York/Meloni returned to the franchise/Regulation & Order: Organized Crime premiered. Then hit the feedback together with your ideas on the scenario!
