The big tease was going on today for Law and order: SVU, while star Mariska Hargitay and former coster Chris Meloni provided more selfie evidence about his highly anticipated return to the series.
Meloni hits first on Instagram and posts a black-and-white photo of him Hargitay with the caption: “We’re a little closer.” This was followed a few hours later by Hargitay, who posted a color photo on Instagram in which he says: ‘Now even closer’ with the hashtag ‘#EO’.
Meloni is expected to return for a gas shot in his former role as Eliot Stabler. This is a prelude to the debut of its own franchise vehicle, Law and order: organized crime, and marks his first guest shot in the Law and order universe since the show’s show almost a decade ago. In the world of the program, he retired. In real life, contractual matters intervened. Apparently everything is forgiven.
Meloni and Hargitay were original members for SVU, which started broadcasting in 1999. Meloni left the series in 2011. Hargitay and Meloni were partners in the program, but never romantic interests.
Fans were also teased last year about the return when Meloni showed up at a virtual table read by Hargitay and Warren Leight.