During an appearance on "The Drew Barrymore Show," Mariska Hargitay, who portrays Olivia Benson on "Law & Order: SVU," admitted that Benson does possess deep feelings for her former on-screen partner, Elliot Stabler. Now that Stabler's wife Kathy has died, he has sights set on Benson — and Benson might just return these feelings. "He is free, and I think he's got eyes for me," Hargitay said during the interview, per People. "But Olivia Benson is hurt! I mean, he left me in a lurch for 10 years. She's frightened. The energy's there. Olivia's been in love with him for many a year."
Though they are both combatting crime on their separate "Law & Order" shows, for now, Hargitay claims that Stabler and Benson might eventually find their way back to one another. In the meantime, though, Benson is giving Stabler space to grieve the loss of his wife. "I think that we are slowly finding our way back to it, but I want to give him the amount of time he needs to grieve [his wife] Kathy Stabler," Hargitay added.
The show's creator, Dick Wolf, told Entertainment Tonight that fans shouldn't be getting their hopes up of a Stabler-Benson romance, though. "I don't anticipate them running off and living together as much as the audience would like that," Wolf revealed. "Anticipation is the most exciting part of most relationships ... The chase is always better."
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