The rumors are true. Law and Order's Olivia Benson is in love with Elliot Stabler, according to Mariska Hargitay. The actress addressed fan speculation (and hope) that Benson and Stabler would fall in love years after their characters met on Law and Order: SVU

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A Special Victims Unit (SVU) is a specialized division within some police departments. The detectives in this division typically investigate crimes involving sexual assault or victims of non-sexual crimes who require specialist handling such as the very young, the very elderly, or the disabled.

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, and despite their tangential love lives.

Was Olivia Benson in love with Elliot Stabler?

On social media and in interviews, Mariska herself is the unofficial captain of the Benson/Stabler ship, even saying in a recent Drew Barrymore Show episode that Benson has "been in love with Stabler for many a year." After 23 consecutive years, including a Stabler-less decade, fans are still clamoring for the romance ...

Does Benson and Stabler ever get together?

Before Chris's 10-year hiatus from SVU, the only thing standing between Benson and Stabler was Elliot's wife, Kathy. In Season 22, after Kathy's murder, the former partners in (fighting) crime came face to face for the first time since Stabler's exit. Finally, Benson and Stabler are reunited, and it feels so good.

Does Stabler sleep with Benson?

He melted down in front of Benson, and it turned out the pair did sleep together when she was just 16 (in case you weren't sure).

What episode does Elliot and Olivia kiss?

"Zebras" is the twenty-second episode and season finale of the tenth season of the police procedural television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and the show's 224th episode overall.

Stabler Reveals to Benson a Shocking Secret About the Letter | Law & Order: Organized Crime

Who is Olivia Benson's love interest?

Mariska Hargitay weighed in on the possibility of her "Law & Order: SVU" character Olivia Benson dating Eliot Stabler. "Olivia loves him, will always love him," Hargitay said of Benson's feelings towards Stabler. Stabler, played by Christopher Meloni, also starred on the first 12 seasons of "SVU."

What episode does Stabler tells Benson he loves her?

“I need you,” Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) tells his former partner, Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay), in the latest SVU and Organized Crime crossover, but how exactly did he mean it? The three-episode crossover has a lot of ground to cover.

Did Olivia kiss Elliot?

Many of the tweets that mention the Olivia/Burton kiss — most likely posted before the truth about Burton was revealed later in the episode — were from fans upset that Olivia was kissing somebody other than Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), who is no longer on the show.

Why did Elliot and Olivia fall out?

Someone bombed her and Elliot's car, The Godfather-style, and she was critically injured in the attack. "Liv," Elliott calls out to Olivia. This is when Olivia learns that Elliot has been working for a special task force in Rome.

What happened to Benson and Stabler?

After 12 years of working together as partners for the NYPD's Special Victims Unit, Stabler ghosting Benson for a decade — only to return to New York City for his wife to be murdered after a car bomb went off — an unexpected declaration of "I Love You," a letter Stabler wrote Benson that opened "a parallel universe" ...

Are Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni friends?

Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni are super close

Speaking in previous interviews, the "Law & Order" leads have each described having a deacdes-long "meaningful" friendship with one another outside of television.

Why did Benson and Stabler stop being partners in Season 7?

Upset with Stabler after a violent altercation with a pedophile, Benson briefly transferred to computer crimes in season 7, and Stabler worked with a new partner (Dani Beck, played by Connie Nielsen) while Benson was undercover in Oregon in season 8 — but in the end, the two always came back together.

Does Stabler meet Noah?

Thursday night was a big one for "Law & Order: SVU" fans: Olivia Benson's former "single most important person" in her life met the current single most important person in her life. That's right, Benson's OG partner Elliot Stabler finally crossed paths with her son, Noah (Ryan Buggle).

Do Elliot and Olivia love each other?

"These two people love each other, they have been family to each other but he just lost his wife and no matter how she feels about him, the most important thing for him is to grieve his wife, heal from that," Hargitay explains.

Who is the father of Benson's baby on SVU?

At the age of 16, after having been raped repeatedly by Johnny D., she was sold to Little Tino, and became addicted to crack and heroin. While living with Little Tino, Ellie discovered she was pregnant with Johnny D.'s baby, kept him, and named him Noah.

Why did Munch leave SVU?

And if you want to know why Belzer left the series, it seems the actor's age forced an earlier retirement than some may have expected for his fan-favorite "SVU" character.

Who kissed on SVU?

After years of waiting for it, Carisi and Rollins shippers finally got to see the two give in to their feelings on Law & Order: SVU. Series star Peter Scanavino first learned of the infamous season 22 kiss via script. And he recently revealed what he did when he first realized it was happening.

What episode does Olivia and Elliot hug?

Olivia Benson hugging Elliot Stabler in season nine episode 'paternity' | Special victims unit, Law and order svu, Benson and stabler.

Who did Stabler kiss?

There is some romantic tension between Beck and Stabler, and they share a kiss in "Underbelly"; however, they never take their relationship to the next step.

What's in the letter Stabler gave Benson?

The letter in question was revealed after Stabler was drugged during his undercover op. It was Kathy's idea, he revealed to Benson, and she helped dictate. Everything about how “what we were to each other was never real and that we got in the way of each other being who and where we needed to be?” Benson asked.

Who married Olivia Benson?

Hermann continued his role as Trevor Langan to Hargitay's Olivia Benson throughout the series' run, popping in from time to time as their offscreen romance thrived. Two years after their wedding, the pair welcomed son August in June 2006.

Why did Cassidy and Benson break up?

Cassidy and Benson amicably break up during the episode "Downloaded Child" after realizing they are fundamentally different people; he prefers to live in the moment, while she plans for the future.

Do Benson and Cassidy end up together?

However, they're still together in the season 14 finale, "Her Negotiation". In Season 15, Cassidy and Benson are still romantically involved and move in together. They later break-up in the Season 15 episode "Downloaded Child" and the break-up is amicable for Benson and Cassidy.

Does Benson lose Noah?

At the conclusion of the season 15 finale, Benson becomes the court-appointed custodial guardian of Noah Porter, an orphaned baby. The appointment is for a trial period of one year, with the option to apply for legal adoption at the end of that period.

Does Olivia Benson have a child?

Olivia Benson any more, she gave us a pretty great reason to on Thursday night's "Law & Order: SVU." At the end of the episode, her son, Noah (Ryan Buggle), who's about 8 years old, made a very big — and important — revelation to his mom: that he is bisexual.