SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers from the 600th episode of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”
\n\nTo say that Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler have a complicated relationship would be an understatement. During the Nov. 12 600th episode of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” Benson (Mariska Hargitay) is forced to reopen a case that she worked with Stabler (Christopher Meloni) many years ago, realizing they likely put the wrong man behind bars.
\n\nAfter convincing him to come help her with the case, Benson learns that he had shut her out of the case and taken control, something she allowed him to do. But she’s the captain now — and isn’t going to allow their old patterns to return.
\n\n“I love that we got to push up against each other because that’s also family. There are so many feelings between Benson and Stabler. It’s so complicated — what could have been, what was, what we’ve shared, the ‘ride or die,'” says Hargitay. “People ask, ‘Why do you think people love Benson and Stabler?’ And it’s because of their dedication to each other, their trust in each other.”
\n\nSince Stabler “was so formative in her development as a detective,”…
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