Mariska Hargitay Reacts After Christopher Meloni’s Law & Order: Organized Crime Gets Canceled
“You helped give me a career that I never dreamed of,” Christopher Meloni told fans as he got choked up in a video after the cancellation news
Mariska Hargitay is supporting Christopher Meloni after the cancellation of his show.
On Thursday, April 16, PEOPLE confirmed that Law & Order: Organized Crime would not return after season 5, and Meloni, 65, addressed the news in an Instagram video posted that same day.
He appeared to hold back tears in the video as he expressed his gratitude to fans for their decades of love, and Hargitay, his longtime costar and friend, showed her support in the comments section. “P4L ❤️,” she wrote, presumably meaning “Partners for life.”
In the video, Meloni thanked fans, who he said, “helped give the character of Elliot Stabler life and long
Organized Crime‘s premiere in 2021 marked the return of the character he’d originated on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 1999 alongside Hargitay as Olivia Benson. Meloni exited SVU in 2012, but has often reprised his beloved character alongside Hargitay, 62.
His eyes welled up in the video as he said he had a “good ride” playing the character for so long. “You helped give me a career that I never dreamed of. Nearly 17 odd years.”
In Law & Order: Organized Crime, Meloni starred as Elliot Stabler for 75 episodes alongside Ainsley Seiger, Danielle Moné Truitt and Rick Gonzalez.
The series saw Stabler return to New York “after a decade abroad to rebuild his life following a devastating personal loss,” per the synopsis, as he worked with Sgt. Ayanna Bell’s (Truitt) in the Organized Crime Control Bureau.
News of Organized Crime‘s cancellation came hours before Law & Order: SVU was renewed for a record-breaking 28th season.
Hargitay continues to lead the series, alongside Ice-T and Peter Scanavino, Kevin Kane and Aimé Donna Kelly. Season 27 also saw the return of Kelli Giddish as a series regular.
