Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 5 Ending Explained: Joe Stabler's Final Act Works

WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for Law & Order: Organized Crime, season 5, episode 10.Season 5 of Law & Order: Organized Crime came to an end this week with both one of the show's most advanced villains, and a multi-season story arc, tied up. After the shocking death of Joe Stabler, Jr. (Michael Trotter) at the ending of Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5, episode 9, Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) must now make a decision about whether he's going to bring down Julian Emery (Tom Payne): by the book or outside the law. In the fast-paced and intense season 5 finale, Stabler employs Bobby Reyes (Rick Gonzalez) and Kyle Vargas (Tate Ellington) to help him track down Emery and decode Joe's last message to Elliot.