But if Hargitay had her way, they already would have.
“Obviously Dick [Wolf, the show’s creator] gets final say.
It’s his show and he didn’t want that.”
Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay on ‘Law and Order: SVU’.NBC
NBC
SVUreps declined to comment.
Now in its 25th season,SVUhaskept Bensler shippers on their toesfor the past quarter-century.
Still, Hargitay hinted at a future for their relationship.
“We want to hold the tension,” she toldVariety.
“And do what’s right and truthful for both characters.”
Fans aren’t the only ones confounded by the slow burn of the Benson-Stabler relationship.
FellowSVUstarIce-Texpressed his own shock during a recentEntertainment Weeklydigital cover shoot.
“Y’all haven’t hooked up yet at all?”
anexasperated Ice-T asked Hargitay.
“Did you kiss?
“Yes,” she confirmed.
But you didn’t?”
“Season 26.”
