
"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. Now, the spin-off will find Stabler returning to the NYPD to lead the organized crime division "after a devastating personal loss," the official synopsis reads.

After killing a young girl who went on a shooting spree in the SVU squad room, Stabler chose to leave the force rather than agree to the terms set by Internal Affairs to keep his job. Stabler was a detective for Manhattan's 16th Precinct for over a decade before the events of the Season 12 finale spurred his retirement. The stars have shared photos from set. This group shot the show shared in early March on social media has Meloni, Tamara Taylor, Dylan McDermott, and Danielle Mone Truitt smiling for the fans.Ī post shared by Mariska Hargitay has a new job and a new purpose. No details about her character have been announced. Plus, Bones' Tamara Taylor has been cast as a lead, per Deadline. New cast members have been reported. It has been confirmed that Dylan McDermott will join the series, though details about his new character are still being kept under wraps. I think he's in a much better place with himself, vis a vis the world," the actor said on The Jess Cagle Show. "I think he's in a good place now with his family. Whatever Leight meant, Meloni shared in July that Stabler's relationship with his family will have improved since we saw him last. However, there's always the chance Stabler left his family physically as a result of whatever job he took on post-SVU, but that he remained married to Kathy and the dedicated family man he always aimed to be. But when speaking about the scrapped SVU finale that would have seen Kathy and one of their sons return, Leight said the episode would have revealed "what had happened to the Stabler family after Elliot both left SVU and apparently left them."ĭoes that mean that Stabler and Kathy got divorced? Stabler and Kathy did separate in Season 6 before the pair reconciled in Season 8, but we wouldn't be shocked if the couple decided to go their separate ways in the years since. Stabler's family life may look different. When Stabler left SVU, he was still married to Kathy and raising their five kids: Maureen, Kathleen, Dickie, Elisabeth, and Eli. Her son has been rolled by a team of ne'er-do-wells and may have been drugged," Leight said on The Squadroom.

We were going to see Kathy Stabler come back very upset. "We had heard distant thunder about Chris Meloni coming back in the fall and we were going to lay a little groundwork for that. SVU showrunner Warren Leight previously shared on NBC's SVU podcast The Squadroomthat Kathy and one of the couple's two sons, Dickie or Eli, were supposed to return in SVU's Season 21 finale to help set up Stabler's return, before plans for the finale were derailed due to the production shutdown. The two-hour crossover will kick off with an SVU episode involving a threat to the Stabler family. We'll see Stabler's family. Stabler's wife, Kathy ( Isabel Gillies) his daughter Kathleen (Allison Siko) and his son Dickie (Jeffrey Scaperrotta) will appear in the SVU/Organized Crime crossover, Give Me My Remote reports. It premieres April 1. Elliot Stabler returns in a new crossover episode of Law & Order: SVU on Thursday, April 1 at 9/8c on NBC, leading into the Law & Order: Organized Crime premiere at 10/9c on NBC. NBC has shared a first look at the moment Benson reunites with Stabler in SVU, and it's loaded. The first footage from Stabler and Benson's reunion is in.

Check out everything we know so far about NBC's Elliot Stabler spin-off, Law & Order: Organized Crime, below. Now, the anticipated Stabler spin-off will bring the detective back to our screens in a new show from executive producer Dick Wolf. As a result, the Season 12 finale doubled as Stabler's final episode, and viewers never got a proper goodbye for the beloved character. 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. Elliot Stabler, whose friendship and partnership with Benson was one of the show's biggest hooks. Meloni starred on SVU for the first 12 seasons as Det. It all goes down in a crossover event on April 1. Elliot Stabler ( Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson ( Mariska Hargitay) will be working together soon during a special episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which will lead into Stabler's new spin-off, Law & Order: Organized Crime.
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The hottest TV reunion in recent history is just around the corner. Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU Chris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
