Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5 demonstrates that Stabler (Christopher Meloni) should not return to Law & Order: SVU full-time. Stabler originated on SVU, and many of the best episodes of Law & Order: SVU during these early years featured Stabler and Benson working together to solve sexual assault cases. Thus, when Law & Order: Organized Crime premiered 10 years after Stabler left Law & Order: SVU, there was widespread speculation about whether he and Benson would resume their relationship.