Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5 demonstrates that Stabler (Christopher Meloni) should not return to Law & Order: SVU full-time. Stabler originated on SVU , and many of the best episodes of Law & Order: SVU during these early years featured Stabler and Benson working together to solve sexual assault cases. Thus, when Law & Order: Organized Crime premiered 10 years after Stabler left Law & Order: SVU , there was widespread speculation about whether he and Benson would resume their relationship.
Although Benson (Mariska Hargitay) appeared regularly in Law & Order: Organized Crime season 1, the series has focused more on Stabler than on his past relationships. Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5 has been even more focused on Stabler than in past seasons. Many of h