NEW CRIME DRAMA
Law & Order: Organized Crime Friday, Sky Witness HD, 10pm
Ten years after Christopher Meloni’s last appearance as Detective Elliot Stabler in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, he returns to the role this week, starring in Law & Order: Organized Crime – a new spin-off series of the crime-drama franchise.
First, though, Meloni is seen in the SVU episode that immediately precedes Organized Crime. NYPD captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) is called to the scene of a car bombing, only to discover that the injured victim is Stabler’s wife.
The attack on his wife Kathy (Isabel Gillies) leads Stabler to join a task force within the NYPD’s Organized Crime Control Bureau and the investigation into the incident continues in Law & Order: Organized Crime.
Meloni, 60, who left SVU after 12 years in 2011, didn’t hesitate to pick up his police badge again for the new eight-part series, which will include another crossover episode with SVU and SVU cast members.
This story is from the July 24, 2021 edition of TV & Satellite Week.
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