Olivia Benson Archives

That's right, Mariska Hargitay (SVU's Olivia Benson) has responded to her long-time friend & co-star Christopher Meloni's (Elliot Stabler) "almost" birthday reminder (he never did, technically, say the word before being cut off) In the video, Hargitay shows off the pretty impressive way that Meloni went about reminding her of her special day. Pictured: (l-r) Christopher Meloni[...]

With "Loophole" focusing on a company that's testing toxic chemicals on the tenants of an apartment building, Goldberg's appearance was a device to set up Elliot Stabler (Meloni) not being able to work the case with Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) And how did Cupid accomplish that? By throwing Stabler through one of the office windows,[...]

Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) is a seasoned veteran of the unit who has seen it all She leads with empathy and professionalism, all the while dealing with her difficult past as a product of rape and her responsibility as a trailblazer in survivor advocacy, both of which influence the way she relates to the victims[...]

When NBC and Dick Wolf's "Law & Order: OC/SVU Crossover Event" kicks off this Thursday, Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) find themselves digging into the death of Benson's brother Simon (Michael Weston)- and Richard Wheatley's (Dylan McDermott) possible connection to it But to do that, it's going to require both shows to[...]

Flash ahead to the end of the week and now viewers are only six days away from the next "Law & Order: OC/SVU Crossover Event"- one that finds Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) digging into the death of Benson's brother Simon (Michael Weston) and Richard Wheatley's (Dylan McDermott) possible connection to[...]

On Monday, NBC announced that Dick Wolf and CSI‘s Carol Menselsohn's Law & Order: For The Defense has received a direct-to-series order.

With a little more than two weeks to go until the next official "Law & Order: OC/SVU Crossover Event" finds Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) digging into the death of Benson's brother Simon (Michael Weston) and Richard Wheatley's (Dylan McDermott) possible connection to it, Meloni and Hargitay took to Instagram to celebrate[...]

But when both series return next month, the danger gets very real and very personal as the next official "Law & Order: OC/SVU Crossover Event" finds Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) dig into the death of Benson's brother Simon (Michael Weston)- and if it connects back to none other than Richard[...]

In the following preview for Law & Order: Organized Crime, undercover detective Gina Cappelletti digs deeper into Richard Wheatley's world.

Two episodes in and it looks like the "Law & Order" universe is very, very happy to welcome back Christopher Meloni and his Elliot Stabler back into the fold- first with his reunion with Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson on SVU and then with his debut on his new Dick Wolf-produced spinoff series, Law & Order:[...]

Law & Order: Organized Crime's Dick Wolf and Ilene Chaiken discussed plans for the show if there's a Season 2 and handling future crossovers.

Of course, there was the "To Be Continued" reunion with Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay)- which appears to be continuing in this week's episode On the not-so-good side, Stabler also went face-to-face with the season's big bad- Dylan McDermott's (The Practice, American Horror Story) Richard Wheatley, a pharmaceutical kingpin who runs his game a different way and[...]

After reuniting with Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) on Law & Order: SVU, Christopher Meloni's Elliot Stabler found a way to push past a tragic loss (with family support) to headline his own spinoff series, L&O: Organized Crime And anyone who thought Stabler was going to ease into the role is clearly new to the franchise,[...]

With less than a day to go until the two-hour, two-series "Law & Order: SVU/Organized Crime" crossover event reunites Christopher Meloni (Elliot Stabler) and Mariska Hargitay (Olivia Benson) before Meloni heads off to his own Dick Wolf-produced spinoff series, the NBC series is welcoming Nicky Torchia (Black Mirror), Michael Rivera ("Law & Order" franchise), and Ibrahim Renno[...]

With only a little more than a day to go before Christopher Meloni (Elliot Stabler) and Mariska Hargitay (Olivia Benson) reunite during NBC's Thursday night two-hour, two-series "Law & Order: SVU/Organized Crime" crossover event, Meloni has been hitting the press junket to let viewers know what they can expect as he heads into his Dick Wolf-produced[...]

While the big reunion between Christopher Meloni (Elliot Stabler) and Mariska Hargitay (Olivia Benson) during the two-hour, two-series "Law & Order: SVU/Organized Crime" crossover event has been stealing all of the headlines (and rightfully so), this Thursday also marks the debut of Meloni's now Dick Wolf-produced spinoff series Now we're getting a look at a set[...]

With the big Christopher Meloni (Elliot Stabler) and Mariska Hargitay (Olivia Benson) two-hour, two-series "Law & Order: SVU/Organized Crime" crossover event now less than a week away, it's time for NBC to start ramping up the promotional machine to get an already excited viewership foaming at the mouth by the time Thursday, April 1 hits[...]

So it looks like a reunion between "Law & Order" all-stars Christopher Meloni aka Elliot Stabler and Mariska Hargitay aka Olivia Benson is underway What's that? Oh no, we're not talking about NBC's big two-hour, two-series "Law & Order: SVU/Organized Crime" crossover event that reunites the two as Meloni and his on-screen counterpart kick off their[...]

In less than two weeks, NBC's big two-hour, two-series "Law & Order: SVU/Organized Crime" crossover event reunites Christopher Meloni's Elliot Stabler and Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson on SVU before Meloni and his on-screen counterpart head off to their own Dick Wolf-produced spinoff series To help mark the time, we've been tracking the cast as they've[...]

On Thursday, April 1, Christopher Meloni's Elliot Stabler and Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson will finally reunite during a huge "Law & Order: SVU/Organized Crime" crossover event that leads Stabler back to the "L&O universe" to make right his sudden departure from the SVU unit before both Meloni and his on-screen counterpart to their Dick Wolf-produced[...]

With less than three weeks to go until Christopher Meloni's Elliot Stabler and Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson reunite during a huge "Law & Order: SVU/Organized Crime" crossover event on April 1, viewers are learning a little more about the road that led Stabler back to the "L&O universe" (and Meloni to his own Dick Wolf-produced spinoff[...]

"Law & Order" fans are now only weeks away from the big Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order: Organized Crime crossover event reunites Christopher Meloni's Elliot Stabler and Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson ahead of Stabler taking over his own Dick Wolf-produced spinoff series From the reaction we've received, it's pretty clear that there are[...]

While it's pretty clear that the big spotlight during next month's big "Law & Order" crossover event will be on the reunion between Christopher Meloni's Elliot Stabler and Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU, let's not lose sight of the second important reason for the crossover event- and that would be the second hour,[...]

Even though there's still a smidge more than a month to go until NBC's big "Law & Order" crossover event brings Christopher Meloni's Elliot Stabler back to Olivia Benson's (Mariska Hargitay) Law & Order: SVU, did you really think they were going to wait to start dropping ten-ton clues? On April 1, Stabler and Benson[...]

That's when NBC stages its two-hour "Law & Order" event, beginning with Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) reuniting with Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) on a special episode of Law & Order: SVU From there, Stabler and Benson head on over to Meloni's new Dick Wolf-produced spinoff Law & Order: Organized Crime as Stabler looks to rebuild both[...]

On April 1, Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) are set to reunite in a huge "Law & Order" two-hour event, beginning on Hargitay's SVU and then concluding with Meloni's new Dick Wolf-produced spinoff series Law & Order: Organized Crime Based on what the response has been on social media, saying that there[...]

With Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) inching closer to their big "Law & Order" two-hour event reunion on April 1, one of Meloni's newest castmates is making himself pretty comfortable on the set of Law & Order: Organized Crime, the new Dick Wolf-produced spinoff series set to premiere immediately following Stabler's return[...]

Even COVID-19 couldn't keep Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) from reuniting for the big "Law & Order" two-hour event set for April 1 Did it delay it and cause more problems than anyone saw coming? Oh yeah, and yet in a little over a month the former partners will reunite during the[...]

After Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) spend some quality time together during the reunion that will make up the first hour of the big two-hour "Law & Order" event on April 1, it's the second hour that's got our interest levels running high Because that's when Meloni's Stabler makes his way over[...]

By now, "Law & Order" fans know that Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) will be reunited on April 1 during the big, two-hour crossover event that starts on Hargitay's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU) and wraps with Meloni's Law & Order: Organized Crime. Now, viewers are getting a look at Meloni's new[...]