Christopher Meloni’s recent comments promising a reunion for Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler cheapens a poignant moment in Law & Order: SVU‘s season 25 finale. Some of the all-time best episodes of Law & Order: SVU involved Benson and Stabler as partners in the early 2000s. Although there were some issues with Stabler’s wife, Kathy, being jealous of Benson, the pair maintained a platonic relationship throughout their time working together at the Manhattan SVU. However, this changed when Stabler returned in 2021 to the franchise via Law & Order: Organized Crime and Kathy was quickly killed off.