Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Organized Crime are both coming soon to NBC. Getty They're launching a new series as well. "Whether we'll get to see his family as well remains to be seen. The three before it were also in pretty great shape. ", The reunion could air as early as September. However, with Meloni about to return as Stabler for spin-off Law & Order: Organized Crime, it seems that he will also return to SVU to pay a visit to former co-worker Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay). No cast for the show has been announced yet other than Meloni, but Stabler’s wife Kathy, who was played by Isabel Gillies is likely to reprise her role. Meloni starred on SVU for the NBC procedural's first 12 seasons as Det. Stabler has a new job and a new purpose. Keeping up the format of all Law & Order shows, the Stabler spin-off won't be titled after its leading character, but rather after the division of the NYPD that it will focus on. Maureen Stabler is the oldest child of Detective Elliot Stabler and Kathy Stabler. So it goes. But in 2011, Meloni shocked viewers when it was announced that he wouldn't return for the 13th season after his negotiations with the studio fell apart. Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni have already reunited, In the lead-up to their onscreen reunion, the actors behind Benson and Stabler have already been together. Elliot Stabler, whose friendship and partnership with Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson was one of the show's biggest hooks. "However, the city and police department have changed dramatically in the decade he's been away, and he must adapt to a criminal justice system in the midst of its own moment of reckoning. Hargitay posted on Instagram to wish Meloni Happy Birthday and welcome him back to the show. The untitled show’s season one was set to air in the fall of 2020, but it may now be delayed due to the coronavirus. Seeing a divorced -- and maybe even a dating or remarried -- Stabler would be entering uncharted territory that would bring a fresh dynamic to this spin-off and this well-known character. Stabler's appearance in the SVU premiere will hopefully be the beginning of many crossovers between the long-running procedural and the upcoming spin-off. We'll likely see Stabler's family. Though the season finale of SVU was not filmed due to the coronavirus, Gillies and one of Stabler’s five children was set to appear in the episode. ", Stabler will return in the SVU Season 22 premiere. 'Law & Order SVU': All We Know About Elliot Stabler/Olivia Benson Reunion | Culture. During an interview with the New York Post, Meloni shared his expectations for the former partners' upcoming reunion. NBC has ordered a 13-episode season one for the show, and it was originally set to be on the air starting in the fall of 2020. Fans can likely look forward to a reunion between Benson and Stabler at the beginning of the first season since that’s one of the main things people have been asking the writers of SVU for in the past years. Stabler and Benson will explore "unresolved emotions" when they reunite. https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/04/elliot-stabler-law-and-order-show After years of being away from the Law & Order universe built by Dick Wolf, Christopher Meloni’s Elliot Stabler is returning in a new spin-off of the series. Quarantine Update: I’m growing my hair #throughthelookingglass, A post shared by Chris Meloni (@chris_meloni) on Mar 30, 2020 at 10:03am PDT. The three before it were also in pretty great shape. As a result, the Season 12 finale doubled as Stabler's final episode, and viewers never got a proper goodbye for the beloved character. Law & Order: SVU showrunner Warren Leight has shared some thoughts on the return of Elliot Stabler in the upcoming SVU spinoff.