SVU's Mariska Hargitay, Chris Meloni To Reunite In Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 5 Crossover: Find Out When, Watch Teaser
Oh, girlfriend's coming on, alright.
Law & Order: Organized Crime's upcoming Season 5 will feature a visit from Law & Order: SVU's Capt. Olivia Benson, played by Mariska Hargitay, TVLine has learned.
Benson will show up in Episode 2 of the new season when, if the photos below and the teaser preview above is any indication, Stabler lands himself in the hospital. Scroll down to see first photos.
The crossover confirms what Organize Crime star Chris Meloni said on TODAY in August: that he and Hargitay were plotting how to get his Stabler and her Benson in the same room again. The characters, who were New York Police Department partners for SVU's first 12 seasons, have not shared a scene since the end of Organized Crime's third season, though they spoke on the phone in SVU's Season 25 finale.
"Oh, girlfriend's coming on," Meloni said during an interview about his show's next season. Similarly, in May, Hargitay said it was "time now" for the characters to reunite. "This was a long time not being in each other's universe," she added. "That's why we did the calls and stuff like that. But we're excited to get back in there, get back in the ring."
Per the season's official synopsis, the new season will explore "the dangerous worlds of cross-border smuggling, high-tech domestic terrorism and a crime family intent on repaying Stabler for the injury he did them in Rome. As his worlds collide, Stabler will put everything on the line to protect the vulnerable and fight for justice."
Law & Order: Organized Crime will be back for Season 5 on Thursday, April 17, with its first two episodes (of 10). Episode 1 also will air on NBC that evening, at 10/9c.
Press PLAY on the video above to watch the teaser, then hit the comments with your thoughts on the latest SVU/Organized Crime crossover!