As Law & Order: SVU gears up to return to Season 25 today, fans are keeping their eyes peeled for Olivia Benson’s (Mariska Hargitay) next move. By the end of the Law & Order: SVU Season 24 and Law and Order: Organized Crime crossover back in May, a long-time ship desired by fans started to take shape after Benson and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) had an intimate moment that could change the game for both of them forever – and then the seasons were over, there was a double writers’ and actors’ strike and fans had to wait all this time to see how this storyline will pan out.
While the new episodes don’t start rolling out, there’s no one better than Hargitay herself to talk about the emotions that might be going through Benson’s head. After a promo for the new season revealed that she’ll wear the golden pendant that Stabler gifted her in last season’s finale, there’s a lot of speculation to be done. Even though the implications are exciting for fans of the duo, Hargitay stated during a red carpet interview for TV Line that she’s not quite there yet.
“I think she’s thinking about what she wants, and balance and compassion and love, how to find that. Isn’t that what we’re all trying to find? But also being armed on her heart by somebody that she knows loves her and has been there and probably understands her better than anyone.
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