Beloved Law & Order star returning to SVU's 27th season
The 64-year-old Emmy nominee shared Instagram snaps of the pair posing with their former co-star Dann Florek, on the New York set of the longest-running US prime-time drama in history.
'Hangin' with friends on a Friday [night],' Christopher - who boasts 3.7M social media followers - captioned the slideshow.
Last Monday, Meloni responded to X user @kathyrcostello who demanded his character NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler kiss Mariska's character NYPD Captain Olivia Benson during their next onscreen reunion: 'I'm f***ing trying!'
Last year, the longtime castmates guest-starred on each other's Law & Order spin-offs for a two-part crossover when Benson enlisted Stabler for help after her son was threatened.
'I knew quickly that we had this kind of magical chemistry,' Hargitay recalled to TODAY on January 9 of their first meeting in 1999.
'Chris and I are polar opposites in terms of who we are as people. And yet, there was this yin-yang. So when they paired us [during the audition], I was like, "Oh, this is done."'
Christopher and the 61-year-old Emmy winner even became family in 2001 when she was appointed godmother of he and his wife Sherman Williams' daughter Sophia.
Meloni and the 64-year-old retired production designer also welcomed 21-year-old son Dante via surrogate during their 30-year marriage.
The IF actor abruptly left creator Dick Wolf's police procedural in 2011 due to a contract dispute, but returned as 'recurring' in 2020 before scoring his own spin-off Organized Crime in 2021.
On July 2, Christopher shared a curious time-lapse clip of his head being encased in prosthetic make-up for special effects on a future mystery project.
It led one scared fan to comment: 'Omg wait no - does this mean they need a replica of Stabler's head for a special effect? Please don't kill off America's sweetheart!'
Aside from Meloni and Florek - Law & Order: SVU's upcoming season, led by returning showrunner Michele Fazekas, will also feature franchise vets B.D. Wong, Dean Winters, Peter Scanavino, and Octavio Pisano.
The Washington, D.C.-born actor's spin-off Organized Crime has ominously not been picked up by Peacock for a sixth season, but NBC will re-air the 10-episode fifth season starting September 25.
Regardless, Christopher is clearly in demand as has signed on to two more projects last month.
Last Monday, Meloni responded to X user @kathyrcostello who demanded his character NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler kiss Mariska's character NYPD Captain Olivia Benson during their next onscreen reunion: 'I'm f***ing trying!'
Hargitay recalled to TODAY on January 9 of their first meeting in 1999: 'I knew quickly that we had this kind of magical chemistry. Chris and I are polar opposites in terms of who we are as people. And yet, there was this yin-yang. So when they paired us [during the audition], I was like, "Oh, this is done"'
It led one scared fan to comment: 'Omg wait no - does this mean they need a replica of Stabler's head for a special effect? Please don't kill off America's sweetheart!'
On July 23, Deadline reported that Meloni will portray an NFL head coach in Dan Fogelman's untitled football drama for Hulu.
On July 14, Variety reported that the University of Colorado-Boulder grad joined the ensemble cast of Matt Spicer's real estate comedy Little Brother for Netflix alongside John Cena and Eric Andre.
Christopher will also in Adam Rifkin's Atlanta-set psychedelic stoner comedy Toad alongside Katt Williams, James Franco, and Tiffany Haddish.
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