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After 20-plus years of pining, find retired if Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) yet locked lips connected Law & Order: SVU.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit fans person been waiting for a buss betwixt Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) for implicit 20 years.
But alas, it looks similar fans of the NBC crime drama volition person to hold a small spot longer, arsenic the will-they-won't-they mates didn't really fastener lips aft coming precise adjacent to doing truthful connected the Jan. 26 episode of SVU.
As was teased successful the episode's promo—which sent fans into a frenzy—Benson and Stabler shared an intimate moment aft Benson asked her erstwhile spouse to prime up her lad Noah (Ryan Buggle).
After her lad was the people of a pack onslaught that near her beaten and bruised, Benson tells Dominick "Sonny" Carisi Jr. (Peter Scanavino) successful the episode, "There's cipher I spot much to bring my lad location successful 1 portion than Stabler."
Back astatine Benson's apartment, Stabler questions wherefore she didn't telephone him for assistance aft the pack attack, to which she tells her erstwhile partner, "Because I knew that you would effort to support me."
Stabler doesn't spot wherefore that's a occupation for Benson, arsenic helium tells her, "I attraction for you."
Getting adjacent capable that their foreheads are touching, Stabler leans successful for a kiss, lone for Benson to propulsion away. "I privation to, but I can't," she tells him. And aft helium asks, "Why not?' she says, "Because what if it doesn't enactment out?"
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Choosing to beryllium optimistic, Stabler tells her, "And what if things enactment out?" But betwixt taking down a pack and worrying astir her son's safety, Benson isn't successful the spot to statesman a romanticist relationship—especially with her adjacent friend.
The occurrence ends with her turning Stabler down, stating, "Elliot, I'm not acceptable for this."
But fearfulness not "Bensler" shippers, arsenic Meloni revealed connected the Jan. 25 episode of Today that helium thinks the mates volition extremity up together...eventually.
"I deliberation there's a world," the 61-year-old stated. "I utilized to not, but I deliberation we're each trying to inactive fig retired what the nonstop steps are and what that endgame is."
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit airs Thursdays astatine 9 p.m. connected NBC.
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