So What Did Stabler’s Letter to Benson Say?

In wine, there is truth of the matter. And in Albanian medicines, there are admissions of difficult inner thoughts for longtime buddies.

If you will need proof, appear no additional than this week’s again-to-back again Regulation & Purchase: Arranged Crime, in which Stabler is dosed with an illicit compound and winds up at Benson’s door, out of his head. Confessions are built! Embraces take place!

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But let’s again up. The two-hour Organized Criminal offense, aspect of a SVU crossover, is a rough time for Stabler. His very first trial will come when he was tasked with burning down a crime scene — including two partly dismembered bodies — after Reggie and the Marcy Killers took out part of an Italian cartel. Then he is indirectly dependable for the killing of a bagel-shop proprietor who was beholden to Reggie’s uncle, Albi. Bell supplied to pull him out, but he stated no. Then he is nearly recognized by a sketchy person in a diner only by using a perfectly-timed strike by the Italians did he manage to retain his include.

And we haven’t even gotten to the reappearance of Bernadette “Bernie” Stabler, Elliot’s mother, who receives picked up by the police after she slaps a tiny boy in the park, pondering he’s a recalcitrant young Elliot. When Stabler will get to the station to see what is up, it’s clear that his momma is off her meds and having some memory issues. She doesn’t immediately recall that her daughter-in-regulation is useless. And then, when she does, she asks, “How was Olivia’s funeral?” Elliot, with tears in his eyes, chooses not to correct her and basically replies, “It was wonderful,” as they hug.

A excursion back again to Bernie’s place reveals that it is a mess, and she’s semi-hoarding cats. She refuses to go to a facility that can aid get her again on keep track of, so Kathleen offers to deliver her home. Eli thinks that is a good idea, as well, so Elliot places away his “I cannot believe this is happening” face and suggests he’s on board.

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Then there’s a entire detail wherever Stabler staves off an Albanian/Italian deadlock by striding into the scene and brandishing a… is that a rocket launcher? He’s so successful that Reggie’s relatives invites him to rejoice and formally welcomes him into the inner circle, offering him a dedicated mobile cellphone. Just one of the ladies on hand sprays a little something in her mouth, then eats Stabler’s deal with like it is her damn occupation. He instantaneously begins to feel the outcomes of whatsoever drug is now swimming in his technique, though he manages to make it out of the cafe without blowing his go over or arousing much too considerably suspicion.

He winds up at Liv’s spot, wherever she would like to phone the incident in and comply with the protocol for dosed undercovers. But he has other things on his addled head. “We by no means talked about what occurred,” he claims (haltingly and super weirdly, many thanks to the amusing enterprise that’s going on in his human body). She thinks he’s conversing about her frustrations about the Navarro situation, but he responds, “Not Navarro. Us.” OH Ok NOW.

Liv tries to alter the topic, but he blurts out, “I didn’t publish the letter.” Well this is new information and facts, isn’t it? He rambles on that Kathy penned the missive, thinking that putting feelings down on paper would make dialogue amongst her spouse and his old husband or wife easier following so significantly time aside. And because I think some of you are listed here specifically for the drama, warmth and very good god get it collectively! that these two can not aid but deliver, I shall now relate the rest of their conversation in entire:

BENSON | “Then what we were to every single other was under no circumstances real, and that we bought in the way of just about every other currently being who and wherever we required to be?”
STABLER | “That was Kathy.”
BENSON | “And if there is a male in my lifetime, you hope he’s the kind, devoted, devoted man that I deserved.
STABLER | “Kathy.”
BENSON | “But in a parallel universe —”
STABLER | “‘It will usually be you and I.’ I wrote that. I slipped it in there before sealing the envelope.” (Aspect be aware: !!!!!!!)

Then he sort of collapses into her — I guess you could get in touch with it a hug, though it’s additional of a controlled tumble — and one particular of his huge paws comes up along with her confront like a sleepy grizzly bear reaching for a single additional salmon proper in advance of it passes out for its very long winter’s nap.

I have a bunch of feelings. One particular, this scene feels a lot like the intervention bit last season in that it is serious emotion being expressed at the Absolute WORST TIME. Two, Kathy Stabler was a cagey tiny issue, wasn’t she? #Respect. And a few, what on Donald Cragen’s environmentally friendly Earth built you feel that this was a fantastic strategy, El?

The up coming morning, Stabler wakes up shirtless… on Bell’s couch, Liv having referred to as Elliot’s commanding officer and handing her that whole mess. Even more #Respect for a single mom who is like, “I’m glad you’re unburdening by yourself and also sweating all around my lounger, but it is a university evening so let’s get you on your way, hmm?”

In other places in the episode:

* After the NYPD provided a paltry settlement for Ayanna’s nephew’s assault, she and Denise fulfill with Congressman Kilbride. Finally, it results in being obvious: He thinks Bell would make a very good politician, and he would like to help make that occur.

* Stabler flirted with Albi’s wife Flutura and then uncovered that Albi was homosexual, very a lot in that order. Albi acquired thisclose to killing Stabler in get to protect his solution, but at the past minute (and after some clean talking on Elliot’s section), he pulled back again.

* We acquired that Nova, the Marcy Killer operative, is actually a Narcotics undercover officer whose actual identify is Carmen. But she resigned just after a strike killed Penda, the lady with whom she’d fallen in really like. Bell eventually managed to communicate her into coming again, however.

Now it’s your flip. What did you believe of the episode and that letter expose? Sound off in the responses!

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