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Christopher Meloni is a little shocked that Law & Order viewers are really excited about Elliot Stabler’s return.

The 59-year-old actor is set to return as the iconic detective in a new spinoff titled Organized Crime, which premieres next Thursday, April 1.

“I have felt nothing but goodwill and anticipation and I am so humbled and shocked by it,” Christopher shared during his appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week. “I just had no idea. I didn’t realize the character and the show resonated so deeply with people. It’s very sweet.”

Law & Order: Organized Crime centers on Stabler as he returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss. However, the city and police department have changed dramatically in the decade he’s been away, and he must adapt to a criminal justice system in the midst of its own moment of reckoning.

Christopher also opened up about reunited with his SVU castmates, who he starred with for years before leaving the franchise.

“It’s such a cliché … I got on the stage of the SVU set and it has changed. They have different actors and it’s not my house, it’s not my place, so I had no connection. But as soon as I got to act with Mariska [Hargitay], it was like yesterday,” he says.

“We know each other and mess around socially and all that, but when we got down and cameras were rolling … it was such a seamless, effortless endeavour. It was great.”

Here’s one of the teasers for his return:

New details about the role Stabler’s family will play in the the upcoming Law & Order: Organized Crime spinoff have surfaced!

The new series will premiere on NBC on April 1 and starts with being an SVU crossover at 9/8c before the new spinoff airs at 10/9c.

According to TVLine, Isabel Gillies (who played Elliot’s wife, Kathy), Allison Siko (who played his daughter, Kathleen), and Jeffrey Scaperrotta (who played his son, Dickie) have all been cast in the SVU half of the event.

However, it doesn’t seem like things will be smooth sailing for the Stablers. The logline for the show says that Elliot Stabler returns to the NYPD after experiencing a “devastating personal loss” and will follow his attempts to rebuild his life as part of a new elite task force, implying that something tragic may happen within the family.

In an episode of the show’s official podcast, showrunner Warren Leight said that the original finale for Season 21 revolved around the family as well.

“We were going to see Kathy Stabler come back, very upset — her son has been rolled by a team of ne’er-do-wells and may have been drugged,” Warren said.

While that finale was scrapped when the COVID-19 shutdown interrupted production, the logline for the show suggests that something really huge might go down during the SVU half of the two-hour crossover.

Christopher Meloni originally hinted that fans would get to see a different side of Stabler in the new show last July.

Check out pics of Christopher and Mariska Hargitay on the set of the show!

Christopher Meloni holds his phone up high to snap a picture with his daughter Sophia on the red carpet at the 2021 Golden Globes from the Rainbow Room in New York City on Sunday (February 28).

The Law & Order: Organized Crime star walked the red carpet and posed for some pics with Sophia before hitting the stage to present an award.

Joining Christopher on the East Coast for the show were Rosie Perez and celeb couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Over on the West Coast, longtime married couple Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick were seen presenting the Best Drama Series Actress award to The Crown‘s Emma Corrin.

FYI: Catherine wore a Dolce&Gabbana gown and shoes. Kyra wore a Marina Moscone look. Christopher wore a Emporio Armani navy blue peak lapel suit with Florsheim shoes and Bvlgari watch.

55+ pictures inside of Christopher Meloni, his daughter Sophia and more at the Golden Globe awards…

We’re just a few short weeks until Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler are officially together again on our screens!

NBC released the teaser for their upcoming Law & Order crossover event, which will lead to the premiere of Christopher Meloni‘s spinoff series Law & Order: Organized Crime.

In the teaser for the SVU-Organized Crime crossover episode airing on April 1, Mariska Hargitay‘s Olivia arrives to a crime where she hears “Liv!” yelled in the distance. Olivia then turns around and whispers with relief, “Elliot.”

Mariska and Chris starred together on Law & Order: SVU for 12 seasons from 1999 to 2011 when he decided to leave the show.

Last year, it was announced that Chris would be reprising his role for the Law & Order: Organized Crime spinoff series.

The Law & Order crossover event begins on Thursday, April 1 with SVU airing first at 9/8c before Organized Crime officially premieres at 10/9c.

Mariska and Chris were recently spotted filming the crossover event in NYC! Check out the set pics here.

Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni chat with each other during a break from filming on Monday (February 8) in New York City.

The former Law & Order: SVU co-stars were seen shooting for Christopher‘s upcoming spin-off series Law & Order: Organized Crime, in which he’ll reprise his role as Elliot Stabler.

The new series will premiere on NBC on April 1. Christopher‘s Elliot will reunite with Olivia Benson in a crossover event on SVU, which will air at 9/8c, before the new spinoff airing at 10/9c.

Organized Crime will focus on the detective as he’s reeling from a “personal loss” and rejoins the NYPD to lead an elite task force that will take on organized crime. There, he finds that the system and the city don’t look the same as they did in his decade-long absence, though, and “he must adapt to a criminal justice system in the midst of its own moment of reckoning.”

NBC has set a date when Christopher Meloni will return as Elliot Stabler to the Law & Order television franchise.

The network announced today that Law & Order: Organized Crime will make its debut on April 1.

Christopher‘s Elliot will reunite with Olivia Benson in a crossover event on SVU, which will air at 9/8c, before the new spinoff airing at 10/9c.

Organized Crime will focus on the detective as he’s reeling from a “personal loss” and rejoins the NYPD to lead an elite task force that will take on organized crime.

There, he finds that the system and the city don’t look the same as they did in his decade-long absence, though, and “he must adapt to a criminal justice system in the midst of its own moment of reckoning.”

Christopher will be joined by Dylan McDermott and Tamara Taylor in mystery roles on the show.

If you missed it, Christopher and Mariska Hargitay have been teasing the reunion for months.

Christopher Meloni is opening up about returning to the Law & Order franchise in a new spinoff series called Organized Crime.

Speaking to SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, the 59-year-old actor says that he still has yet to see a script for the show.

“We’re in the middle of a pandemic production. You know, everything is just insane,” he said. “You get new edicts out of New York City and New York state, and for good reason. And then you get new rules and regulations coming out of Universal, and then from the unions. You have to service a lot of masters right now, just to make sure everybody is safe, right? What’s the new norm for shooting?”

Chris added, “that is the long way of saying the writers are breaking rocks, trying to figure out the arc of the story, who the characters are and how they interact, and I have yet to see a script.”

However, Chris is looking forward to stepping back in Stabler’s shoes and shared how Elliot has changed since his abrupt departure.

“I think it was his sense of injustice that just brought out the worst aspects of him. I think age, a mellowing, maybe not in his passions but in how he went about doing his job. I think he has evolved, I think he’s in a good place now with his family, I think he’s at a much better place with himself vis-à-vis the world,” he shared.

Just recently, Chris reunited with his former co-star Mariska Hargitay and shared the selfie to prove it, which L&O fans loved.

“She has some digs out in the country there, so I was out there visiting and doing other stuff and I thought, ‘Why not just drop by for a spot of tea?’” Chris says. “So that’s what we did. We broke bread, we had some laughs.”

He added, “We just pick up where we left off — just breaking each other’s chops and having our own language and reminiscing. It’s a good friend … and it’s a nice place to be with her.”

Recently, it was reported that the Law & Order franchise will address police brutality in the upcoming season.