Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay soon as a couple on screen?

For years, Special Victims Unit fans have hoped for a romance between Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson, the two characters played by Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay. A hope showered by the departure of the actor from the series in 2011, but revived by his return to the universe of the series with the first season of "Organized Crime", a spin-off which has not yet won the hexagonal screens. However, during a recent round table organized by the Television Critics Association and relayed by USA Today, Christopher Meloni suggested that something could happen between his character and his former teammate.

“Hope is eternal.

I mean, why not?

I think it depends on a collaborative effort between showrunners of

those of

, Mariska and I for it to happen.

It's a complicated relationship.

So we'll see, ”he said.

An abrupt end

Comments that follow a tweet from Christopher Meloni from the shooting of a crossover episode with a photo in which he seems ready to kiss Mariska Hargitay.

"What are we repeating Mariska?"

“, He wrote in the caption of the publication.

“I think the Benson-Stabler saga came to a very unsatisfying and somewhat abrupt end for the fans.

I think there were those underlying feelings that never found an answer, ”the actor admitted during the panel discussion.

So many elements that suggest that something could well take place between the two characters, but remains to be seen at what pace and for what conclusion.

That in any case enough to power a third decade of

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