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Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Is Law & Order: Organized Crime Is Losing an Original Cast Member After Five Seasons?
There's another empty desk at the Organized Crime Control Bureau. Det. Jet Slootmaekers, who has been with the OCCB for all five seasons of Law & Order: Organized Crime, is no longer part of the team. In Season 5, Episode 3, which began streaming today, Jet leaves the squad to pursue what Sgt. Bell calls 'her own journey.' More from TVLine Law & Order: Organized Crime Flashes Back to Stabler's Time in Italy, Complete With Appearance By [Spoiler] - Read Recap A Popular Voice Coach Will Return for Season 28 - Find Out Who! House of the Dragon Season 3: Barry Sloane, Tom Cullen Among Latest Castings Jet's departure follows her traumatizing undercover work in Episode 2, where she and Stabler collared a trucker who was torturing and killing sex workers; Jet was physically attacked during the pursuit. Slootmaekers took a leave of absence afterward; she still hadn't returned to the office by this week's episode. Reyes told a curious Stabler that he and Jet, who'd been romantically linked, had broken up, and he was worried about her. Later, Bell went to Jet's apartment to find her obsessing about missing women/presumed murder victims on the interstate. We learned that the FBI had offered the hacker a full-time job, which she'd turned down. But Bell kindly let Jet know that it was OK if she wanted to pursue a new area in her career. 'Do what you gotta do,' she said. At the end of the episode, Stabler was the only person in the office when Jet showed up to get her things. He hugged her and said he'd miss her, then he drove her to the bar to meet the rest of their co-workers for a round of farewell drinks. Per Bell, Jet is taking a leave of undetermined length. (Read a full recap here.) Jet had been part of the OCCB since the series' premiere, when Det. Elliot Stabler (played by Chris Meloni) brought her onto the team. Likewise, portrayer Ainsley Seiger had been a series regular on the show since its start. So, is Seiger leaving Law & Order: Organized Crime for good? The network's official recap couches the departure in terms of character, not actress; GiveMeMyRemote reports that Seiger is exiting the series. TVLine has reached out to NBC, Wolf Entertainment and Seiger for comment; we'll update this story should any new intel become available. Are you sad that Jet won't be around? Hit the comments with your thoughts! Best of TVLine Stars Who Almost Played Other TV Roles — on Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, Lost, Gilmore Girls, Friends and Other Shows TV Stars Almost Cast in Other Roles Fall TV Preview: Who's In? Who's Out? Your Guide to Every Casting Move!
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Is Law & Order: Organized Crime Is Losing an Original Cast Member After Five Seasons?
There's another empty desk at the Organized Crime Control Bureau. Det. Jet Slootmaekers, who has been with the OCCB for all five seasons of Law & Order: Organized Crime, is no longer part of the team. In Season 5, Episode 3, which began streaming today, Jet leaves the squad to pursue what Sgt. Bell calls 'her own journey.' More from TVLine Law & Order: Organized Crime Flashes Back to Stabler's Time in Italy, Complete With Appearance By [Spoiler] - Read Recap A Popular Voice Coach Will Return for Season 28 - Find Out Who! House of the Dragon Season 3: Barry Sloane, Tom Cullen Among Latest Castings Jet's departure follows her traumatizing undercover work in Episode 2, where she and Stabler collared a trucker who was torturing and killing sex workers; Jet was physically attacked during the pursuit. Slootmaekers took a leave of absence afterward; she still hadn't returned to the office by this week's episode. Reyes told a curious Stabler that he and Jet, who'd been romantically linked, had broken up, and he was worried about her. Later, Bell went to Jet's apartment to find her obsessing about missing women/presumed murder victims on the interstate. We learned that the FBI had offered the hacker a full-time job, which she'd turned down. But Bell kindly let Jet know that it was OK if she wanted to pursue a new area in her career. 'Do what you gotta do,' she said. At the end of the episode, Stabler was the only person in the office when Jet showed up to get her things. He hugged her and said he'd miss her, then he drove her to the bar to meet the rest of their co-workers for a round of farewell drinks. Per Bell, Jet is taking a leave of undetermined length. (Read a full recap here.) Jet had been part of the OCCB since the series' premiere, when Det. Elliot Stabler (played by Chris Meloni) brought her onto the team. Likewise, portrayer Ainsley Seiger had been a series regular on the show since its start. So, is Seiger leaving Law & Order: Organized Crime for good? The network's official recap couches the departure in terms of character, not actress, so it's unclear. TVLine has reached out to NBC, Wolf Entertainment and Seiger for comment; we'll update this story should any new intel become available. Are you sad that Jet won't be around? Hit the comments with your thoughts! Best of TVLine Stars Who Almost Played Other TV Roles — on Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, Lost, Gilmore Girls, Friends and Other Shows TV Stars Almost Cast in Other Roles Fall TV Preview: Who's In? Who's Out? Your Guide to Every Casting Move!
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Chris Meloni Reveals Which Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 5 Scene He Had to Cut Mariska Hargitay Out Of (And Why) — Watch
Law & Order: Organized Crime When originally conceived, the second episode of Law & Order: Organized Crime's new season had a bit more Capt. Olivia Benson than did the one you watched Thursday on Peacock. More from TVLine Law & Order: Organized Crime Premiere: Stabler and Benson Reunite Under Dire Circumstances as Season 5 Begins - Read Eps 1 and 2 Recap Clueless Sequel Series Starring Alicia Silverstone in the Works at Peacock Twisted Metal Season 2 Sets July Release Date - See Photos of Dollface, Calypso, Mr. Grimm and Others! The hour, written by series star and executive producer Chris Meloni, featured a reunion with his former Law & Order: SVU co-star Mariska Hargitay. Hargitay's Benson showed up after Meloni's Det. Elliot Stabler was in a brutal accident while investigating a sex-trafficking ring. She later wound up working with the Organized Crime Control Bureau to investigate a serial killer who seemed to be preying on sex workers along a busy trucking route. (Read a full recap here.) When Meloni stopped by our New York City offices for a TVLine Spotlight conversation in front of fans Wednesday, he revealed that Benson had more scenes in an earlier draft of the episode. 'This is how this went down,' he explains in the video above. 'They said, 'Hey, they want Mariska on your show for an episode.' Great. So I go, 'I want to write it, because I feel as though I'll do a great job.' 'OK, great. You got it.'' After Meloni penned the script, he says, production figured out exactly how long it would take to get Hargitay's scenes in the can. 'They break it down and they go, 'We'll need her for five days,'' he recalls. 'SVU comes back to us and says, 'You got three.'' Meloni mimes crossing out big swaths of story. 'So I go back to the drawing board, going, 'She's out of that!'' he says, laughing. Where, exactly, would we have seen more Benson? Near the end of the episode, when Stabler and Det. Slootmaekers are undercover as they search for a rapist the swap meet, 'it was going to be me and Benson on the hunt,' Meloni says. He added that it's unclear when Hargitay will next show up on Organized Crime. 'It's just, you know, girlfriend has a day job,' Meloni jokes. Press PLAY on the video above (or ) to watch Meloni talk about having to change up his script, then hit the comments with your thoughts! Best of TVLine Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More 'Missing' Shows, Found! The Latest on Severance, Holey Moley, Poker Face, YOU, Primo, Transplant and 25+ Others
Forbes
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Christopher Meloni And Dean Norris Have Playing Siblings On ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime' Down
While they aren't actually brothers, Christopher Meloni and Dean Norris definitely have that vibe. As the two sit side-by-side, waiting for our interview to begin, Meloni chides Norris, saying, 'They're trying to light me so that Dean just kind of fades into the background. I'm just naturally so bright that they need to, like, jack it up for him to bring him to the level of the big star.' Norris, smiles for a moment, and then responds, 'Oh ok. Are you done now? Are you done with your little modeling there?' Meloni openly laughs at this retort. Given this exchange, one might think that the duo are starring in a comedy series when in fact they've actually have been cast as siblings on the gritty drama Law & Order: Organized Crime. The series follows detectives in New York City who tackle extreme criminal enterprises, with Meloni's character Elliot Stabler as a team member. Norris plays his older brother Randall, with Danielle Moné Truitt, Ainsley Seiger, and Rick Gonzalez as Stabler's colleagues, and Ellen Burstyn as the Stabler family matriarch, Bernadette. Meloni, whose character originated on Law & Order: SVU, now works as lead detective for the Organized Crime Control Bureau. The season covers 'the dangerous worlds of cross-border smuggling, high-tech domestic terrorism and a crime family intent on repaying Stabler for a previous injury.' Having played Stabler for nearly two decades, Meloni says that, 'With Elliot, I know what I'm doing for the most part, but what has made it continuously fun and a challenge for me is that I've been given the ability to explore the inner workings of this character more now where in the past we were just usually busy solving crimes.' Meloni explains this shift in the narrative, saying, 'Now we're getting to see a little more of Elliot's backstory, his personal life, how he lives, how he thinks, how he engages that reality. We're also getting a little more information about why he reacts in certain ways.' This season, that exploration, says Meloni, is expressed in the themes of 'trauma and loss.' 'I think we show a lot about how traumas stay with you, and how they manifest themselves and inform your behaviors in your relationships that are happening now. It's really about how mistakes from the past can harm your present and how you handle that.' Norris says that Elliot's current relationship with his brother is an example of this. 'Randall hasn't been around for 18 years, and then he pops back into Elliot's life. So, it's a bit of these brothers getting to know each other again, for better, and for worse. But there is a strengthening of the brotherly bond over the course of the whole season, and [that happens] In additional to leading the series on-screen, Meloni also serves as an executive producer, and, for the first time, has a writing credit on an early season, pivotal episode. 'Yeah, it happened because I'm usually asked about ideas at the start of the writers room. They ask what I'd like to see happen, or if I have any ideas of storylines, and I pitched a basic premise of if something happened that leaves Stabler unconscious, and then that situation could be used as a way for the characters who surround Stabler to be able to say things that they never would say to his face in normal circumstances. And, I also thought that during that time we could explore what goes on in Stabler's mind.' Attempting to express some accolades for Meloni, Norris quickly says, with a not quite serious tone, 'Yeah, he wrote me a some great scenes as well. I'm not going to give them away or anything, but they're really great.' This attitude continues when the men are queried about what they'd haven't been asked, but want viewers to know, about the series. Norris doesn't hesitate for a even a split-second as he responds, with a straight face, 'Yeah, I don't really understand it, but no one has asked, 'How does it feel to be better looking than your co-star? I didn't want to, but sometimes I've got to be kind of like, 'hey, no, no, you're good looking too,'' he says as he puts a consoling hand on Meloni's shoulder. Both men then dissolve into laughter, which seems appropriate, as it feels exactly like what real brothers would do in this moment. Season 5 of 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' premieres Thursday, April 17th on Peacock. Previous seasons of the series are also available for streaming on the platform.
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Mariska Hargitay, Chris Meloni Reunite in ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime' Season 5; Here's a First Look at Benson at Stabler's Hospital Bedside
Peacock has unveiled a new look at 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' Season 5, featuring guest star Mariska Hargitay reuniting with Christopher Meloni. As the series makes the move from NBC to Peacock, the newest season takes place in New York City and follows the detectives of the Organized Crime Control Bureau as crime syndicates threaten lives. The official synopsis for this season teases that it will dive back into 'the dangerous worlds of cross-border smuggling, high-tech domestic terrorism and a crime family intent on repaying Stabler for the injury he did them in Rome. As his worlds collide, Stabler will put everything on the line to protect the vulnerable and fight for justice.' More from Variety Mariska Hargitay to Direct HBO Doc About Mom Jayne Mansfield: 'It's the Search for a Mother I Never Knew' 'Friday the 13th' Prequel Series 'Crystal Lake' Casts Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees Inside NBCUniversal's 'Wicked' Marketing Plan to Launch the Hit Film on Peacock - and Tout Its Streaming Movie Library Hargitay has played Capt. Olivia Benson in over 500 episodes of 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' to date. She starred alongside Meloni, who stars in 'L&O: OC' as Det. Elliot Stabler. The cast of the series also includes Danielle Moné Truitt ('The Princess and the Frog'), Ainsley Seiger ('Law & Order'), Rick Gonzalez ('Old School') and Dean Norris ('Breaking Bad'). 'Organized Crime' is produced for Peacock by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment. Executive producers include Dick Wolf, Matt Olmstead, John Shiban, Mike Slovis, Christopher Meloni, Peter Jankowski and Tim Walsh. 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' Season 5 premieres April 17 with the first two episodes on Peacock, followed by new episodes every Thursday. The Season 5 premiere will also air on NBC at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Check out the new teaser below. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week What's Coming to Disney+ in April 2025 The Best Celebrity Memoirs to Read This Year: From Chelsea Handler to Anthony Hopkins
