{"id":346782,"date":"2021-10-01T06:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T03:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-was-in-stablers-letter-to-benson-recap\/"},"modified":"2021-10-01T06:00:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T03:00:41","slug":"what-was-in-stablers-letter-to-benson-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-was-in-stablers-letter-to-benson-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Was in Stabler&#8217;s Letter to Benson? (RECAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf704c5d2d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf704c5d2d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-was-in-stablers-letter-to-benson-recap\/#%E2%80%9CI_Thought_You_Were_on_My_Side%E2%80%9D\" >\u201cI Thought You Were on My Side\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-was-in-stablers-letter-to-benson-recap\/#%E2%80%9CNew_World_Order%E2%80%9D\" >\u201cNew World Order\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-was-in-stablers-letter-to-benson-recap\/#%E2%80%9CThe_Outlaw_Eddie_Wagner%E2%80%9D\" >\u201cThe Outlaw Eddie Wagner\u201d<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#What Was in Stabler&#8217;s Letter to Benson? (RECAP)<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div> <strong>[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for <em>Law &amp; Order: SVU<\/em> Season 23 Episode 3 \u201cI Thought You Were on My Side\u201d and <em>Law &amp; Order: Organized Crime<\/em> Season 2 Episodes 2 \u201cNew World Order\u201d and 3 \u201cThe Outlaw Eddie Wagner.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need you,\u201d Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) tells his former partner, Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay), in the latest <em>SVU<\/em> and <em>Organized Crime<\/em> crossover, but how exactly did he mean it?<\/p>\n<p>The three-episode crossover has <i>a lot<\/i> of ground to cover. In addition to a case so big Stabler steps away from his undercover work, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/ellen-burstyn\">Ellen Burstyn<\/a> returns as his mother, Bernadette, who is bipolar. (She won an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/show\/emmys\">Emmy<\/a> in 2009 for her guest spot on <em>SVU<\/em> in Season 10\u2019s \u201cSwing.\u201d) The promos have been teasing Stabler and Benson finally addressing that letter he wrote her and something <em>maybe<\/em> h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening between them when he stops by her apartment.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>Did it live up to the hype? (YES, yes it did.)<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CI_Thought_You_Were_on_My_Side%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\u201cI Thought You Were on My Side\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>SVU is brought in after Gabe (Rhys Coiro) sexually assaults a singer, Tara (Herizen Guardiola), and slaps her down the stairs at his club. But he\u2019s well-connected \u2014 with cops <em>and<\/em> the DA\u2019s office (nine arrests in seven years, all charges dropped) \u2014 and the other attendees claim they didn\u2019t see anything. Tara manages to get him to threaten her during a call, and the squad arrests him for rape and attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p>As they soon discover, Tara\u2019s not Gabe\u2019s first victim. But just as she\u2019s ready to testify and ADA Sonny Carisi (Peter Scanavino) is going to bring it before the grand jury, Sergeant Ayanna Bell (Danielle Mon\u00e9 Truitt) calls. \u201cYou\u2019re not going to like this,\u201d Stabler, who\u2019s been MIA up until now with his undercover work, tells Benson. And since Sergeant Fin Tutuola (Ice-T) awkwardly slipped into conversation with Benson earlier that Phoebe wants to set Stabler up with her sister, let\u2019s do that here, too.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1016433\" style=\"width: 2038px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1016433\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1016433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/law-order-svu-2303-carisi.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Scanavino as ADA Sonny Carisi in Law &amp; Order SVU\" width=\"2028\" height=\"1353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/law-order-svu-2303-carisi.jpg 2028w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/law-order-svu-2303-carisi-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/law-order-svu-2303-carisi-854x570.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/law-order-svu-2303-carisi-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/law-order-svu-2303-carisi-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/law-order-svu-2303-carisi-570x380.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2028px) 100vw, 2028px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1016433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virginia Sherwood\/NBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gabe is an advisor to notorious international fugitive and Russian mafia boss Anton, and he\u2019s willing to give him up (for what, Stabler can\u2019t tell Benson yet). But SVU will be part of the takedown, the captain insists. Her former partner promises he has her back, \u201ctrust me.\u201d Her reply? \u201cI guess I\u2019ll have to.\u201d That turns out to possibly be the wrong move, as during the takedown, Gabe pulls his gun, and Stabler shoots him in the shoulder. Was that part of them trying to make it look good? Benson can\u2019t help but ask. Was it part of a plan? Maybe, because when Carisi goes to arraign Gabe at the hospital, the US Marshals have already taken him into custody. Did Stabler lie?<\/p>\n<p>He claims he didn\u2019t know Gabe was being put into WitSec when he calls Benson before going back undercover. Detective Amanda Rollins (Kelli Giddish) is furious about the turn of events and isn\u2019t sure Stabler even cares about the victims, though Benson reminds her he was in SVU even before she was. However, as Rollins points out she \u201cused to\u201d know him. She might not anymore.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNew_World_Order%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\u201cNew World Order\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Stabler returns to his undercover life as Eddie Wagner, and he burns down a warehouse and can\u2019t stop Albi (Vinnie Jones) from killing a man he suspects of setting fire to his business. But the more intriguing part of this op remains the Stabler and Bell scenes, in this case when they meet in a confessional in a church. He hesitated when Albi pulls his gun because he felt like he had to prove his loyalty, he confesses. Bell reminds him what he told her when Gina died: sometimes they lose a few to save a lot. But neither quite believes that anymore. She offers to take him out, but he insists he\u2019s good.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1016430\" style=\"width: 2038px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1016430\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1016430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/organized-crime-202-stablers.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher Meloni as Elliot, Ellen Burstyn as Bernadette, Allison Siko as Kathleen in Organized Crime\" width=\"2028\" height=\"1353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/organized-crime-202-stablers.jpg 2028w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/organized-crime-202-stablers-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/organized-crime-202-stablers-854x570.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/organized-crime-202-stablers-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/organized-crime-202-stablers-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/organized-crime-202-stablers-570x380.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2028px) 100vw, 2028px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1016430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virginia Sherwood\/NBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The most interesting part of the episode, of course, comes with Bernadette, who is arrested after she slaps a young boy, thinking he\u2019s her son. With Stabler undercover, Bell picks her up and brings her back to her office. When he joins her (with \u201chi, mama\u201d), Bernadette doesn\u2019t recognize him at first. Then it takes her a moment to remember he lived in Rome, he and Kathy visited, and that his wife is dead. She meant to attend the funeral, she says, but she had an episode. She changed her pills because she felt OK. \u201cYour beautiful bride,\u201d she says, asking, \u201cHow was Olivia\u2019s funeral?\u201d He doesn\u2019t correct her.<\/p>\n<p>Stabler, his daughter Kathleen (Allison Siko), and his son Eli (Nicky Torchia) bring Bernadette home. She refuses to go back to the hospital and says she\u2019d rather stay in her place and die if she has to. But \u201cI\u2019m 82 years old, I just can\u2019t figure normal,\u201d she admits. Come stay with her family, they urge her. \u201cI guess I\u2019m not doing so well, am I?\u201d Bernadette asks as Burstyn delivers another Emmy-worthy performance. \u201cYou could be doing better,\u201d Stabler tells his mom.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest surprise has to be that Nova, the same Marcy Killer suggested as someone they could possibly turn, is a UC and has been for a long time. But why didn\u2019t Sergeant Brewster (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/guillermo-diaz\">Guillermo Diaz<\/a>) share this with his task force co-commander, Bell? \u201cYou couldn\u2019t keep your own UC alive,\u201d he says. Low blow, Brewster!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1016432\" style=\"width: 2038px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1016432\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1016432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/law-order-organized-crime-202-bell.jpg\" alt=\"Danielle Mon\u00e9 Truitt as Sgt. Ayanna Bell in Organized Crime\" width=\"2028\" height=\"1353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/law-order-organized-crime-202-bell.jpg 2028w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/law-order-organized-crime-202-bell-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/law-order-organized-crime-202-bell-854x570.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/law-order-organized-crime-202-bell-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/law-order-organized-crime-202-bell-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/law-order-organized-crime-202-bell-570x380.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2028px) 100vw, 2028px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1016432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bennett Raglin\/NBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_Outlaw_Eddie_Wagner%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>\u201cThe Outlaw Eddie Wagner\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Bridging the two <em>Organized Crime<\/em> episodes are the Albanians celebrating a win and Stabler\u2019s role in it \u2014 and he manages to get himself into the inner circle even after he\u2019s been drugged (via a kiss from a woman). He keeps it together until he finds himself at Benson\u2019s apartment door. (That \u201cI need you\u201d? He needs help inside.) And then it\u2019s time for the moment everyone\u2019s been waiting for: What was in the letter?!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never talked about what happened,\u201d he says as she helps him settle in her living room. \u201cI didn\u2019t write the letter.\u201d Benson is as shocked as we are, especially when he reveals <em>Kathy<\/em>, his wife, did. \u201cIt was her idea. \u2026 I tried, I tried, and Kathy helped dictate.\u201d So everything about how \u201cwhat we were to each other was never real and that we got in the way of each other being who and where we needed to be?\u201d Benson asks. Kathy. \u201cAnd if there was a man in my life, you hope he\u2019s the kind, faithful, devoted man I deserved?\u201d Kathy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in a parallel universe, it will always be you and I,\u201d Stabler says. \u201cI wrote that. I slipped it in there before sealing the envelope.\u201d He begins toppling over, she stands to help him, he reaches up \u2026 and wakes up on Bell\u2019s couch the next morning. (Smart move, Benson.)<\/p>\n<p>Will Benson and Stabler talk about what happened? As we near the end of the episode, it\u2019s looking like there might not have the opportunity. After all, Albi caught Stabler following him to a gay bar, took him out to the woods, and gave him a shovel. What usually happens next: someone\u2019s about to dig their own grave. But Stabler talks Albi out of killing him (\u201cAll I\u2019m asking for you is my life, and in return \u2026 I will protect your secret with my life\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the episode, the former partners haven\u2019t connected again, but Stabler is very much part of the inner circle, invited to join Albi, Reggie (Dash Mihok), and Kosta (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/michael-raymond-james\">Michael Raymond-James<\/a>) into the private meetings. So he gets a win, but we\u2019re stuck waiting to find out where this leaves Stabler and Benson.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Law &amp; Order: SVU<\/em>, Thursdays, 9\/8c, NBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Law &amp; Order: Organized Crime<\/em>, Thursdays, 10\/9c, NBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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(RECAP)&#8221; [Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Law &amp; Order: SVU Season 23 Episode 3 \u201cI Thought You Were on My Side\u201d and Law &amp; Order: Organized Crime Season 2 Episodes 2 \u201cNew World Order\u201d and 3 \u201cThe Outlaw Eddie Wagner.\u201d] \u201cI need you,\u201d Detective Elliot Stabler&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":346783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/law-order-svu-2303-stabler-benson-1014x570.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-346782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-mediaa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}