It is unfortunate that Meloni was given the short end of the stick after dedicating more than a decade of his career to SVU , and it certainly represents the unpleasant side of show business with contract renewals and negotiations. Given the legacy Meloni has with the series and to its fans , it was certainly a major disappointment, but Meloni has since done an eclectic amount of work that spotlights his range as an actor including True Blood, Underground, The Handmaid's Tale , and Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.
He is also still known for his terrifying performance as psychopathic killer Chris Keller on HBO's prison drama Oz , which he worked on simultaneously during the early seasons of SVU , and who is completely unlike Stabler.
Despite the contract dispute that led to Meloni's departure on SVU , many years later, it seems like now it is water under the bridge and fans have been enjoying seeing Stabler back on their television screens and his reunions and storylines with Benson. Source: Men's Health. Chris is a feature news writer for ScreenRant who joined the team in He was partnered with Benson in and the two developed a strong bond working together for more than a decade.
Hargitay and Meloni had electric chemistry that the show toyed on the possibility of their characters potentially starting an affair, but the series never pushed forward with it. In the episode "Smoked," Stabler was forced to shoot the daughter of a murder victim who was wreaking havoc at the precinct. While Stabler only wanted to stop her from shooting agani after already killing three people, he unfortunately fatally shot her, and she died in his arms.
This resulted in him being put under administrative leave, revealed in the season 13 premiere, "Scorched Earth. Still, Cragen revealed that Stabler needed to be subjected for psychiatric evaluation before he could return to work.
Telling the stories I wanted to tell. I couldn't have been happier. Christopher Meloni was quick to acknowledge how difficult his departure must have been on Mariska Hargitay, but also noted how he was able to leave with a sense of peace after how everything went down during his contract negotiations. It sounds as though he was left with the feeling that his requirements to sign up for continued adventures as Elliot Stabler were at least a little bit dismissed, and possibly had him go on his way with the idea that those behind the show at time time, anyway felt like they didn't need Stabler in order to continue.
Of course, everyone who loved watching Hargitay and Meloni together back in the day probably knows that while the actors weren't working on SVU anymore, they remained close buddies off camera.
The two have even posted several shots of themselves on social media while hanging out in recent years, and every single one of them has sent fans into a tizzy with the desire that it meant we'd finally be able to see Benson and Stabler back together on screen.
As Hargitay noted:. In television, when somebody leaves, obviously there's a grieving period, but the fans never moved on. And I think that is just so incredibly beautiful and so incredibly powerful. Well, we're all going to be treated to a whopper of a reunion for Christopher Meloni's Stabler and Mariska Hargitay's Benson on April 1.
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