Law & Order: Organized Crime is a spin-off of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and the seventh series in the Law and Order franchise. Law & Order: Organized Crime premiered on NBC in 2021. It stars Christopher Meloni as Elliot Stabler, a veteran detective from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He returns to the NYPD following the murder of his wife, and s the Organized Crime Task Force to find her killers. The task force is headed by Sergeant Ayanna Bell, played by Danielle Moné Truitt. Sun, 08 Jun 2025 19:00:18 GMT en-US hourly 60 /law-and-order-organized-crime-season-5-reveals-why-stabler-svu-return-bad/<![CDATA[Jack Ori]]><![CDATA[Network TV]]><![CDATA[Law & Order: Organized Crime]]><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]><![CDATA[ The way the cases are designed in Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5 proves that Stabler should never return to Law & Order: SVU full-time. ]]><![CDATA[

]]>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 19:00:18 GMT/law-and-order-organized-crime-season-5-reveals-why-stabler-svu-return-bad/ /law-and-order-organized-crime-season-5-focus-on-stabler-family-not-bad/<![CDATA[Jack Ori]]><![CDATA[Network TV]]><![CDATA[Law & Order: Organized Crime]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[Explainer]]><![CDATA[ Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5 demonstrates that the series doesn't fit the franchise's formula, but that is ultimately a good thing. ]]><![CDATA[

WARNING! SPOILERS ahead for Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5, episode 9, "Off the Books."

]]>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:01:17 GMT/law-and-order-organized-crime-season-5-focus-on-stabler-family-not-bad/ /law-and-order-organized-crime-season-5-episode-9-ending-explained/<![CDATA[Adam Barnard]]><![CDATA[Network TV]]><![CDATA[Law and Order: Organized Crime]]><![CDATA[ A shocking death now sets in motion a pivotal and consequential decision for Elliot as Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5 heads towards its finale. ]]><![CDATA[

Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Law & Order: Organized Crime, season 5, episode 9.It was a shocking ending to the penultimate season 5 episode of Law & Order: Organized Crime, as tragedy strikes Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and his family again. In the culmination of the season 4 story arc that saw Joe Stabler, Jr. (Michael Trotter) escape with Julian Emery (Tom Payne) and Redcoat, the delicate tightrope that Joe balanced between law enforcement and the criminal underworld catches up to him. Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5 hinted at dire things ahead for Joe Jr., and indeed that was the case, with his shocking - but perhaps not surprising - death.

]]>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 02:15:35 GMT/law-and-order-organized-crime-season-5-episode-9-ending-explained/ /law-order-organized-crime-season-5-episode-9-review/<![CDATA[Jack Ori]]><![CDATA[Network TV]]><![CDATA[Law & Order: Organized Crime]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[ A highly-anticipated story came to a heartbreaking end in Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5, episode 9, setting up an explosive finale. ]]><![CDATA[

WARNING! SPOILERS ahead for Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5, episode 9, "Off The Books."

]]>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:48:08 GMT/law-order-organized-crime-season-5-episode-9-review/ /law-order-organized-crime-joe-stabler-jr-informant/<![CDATA[Adam Barnard]]><![CDATA[Network TV]]><![CDATA[Law and Order: Organized Crime]]><![CDATA[Explainer]]><![CDATA[ A major reveal about Joe Stabler's status as an informant puts the entire Stabler family in danger, adding the potential for more tragedy for them. ]]><![CDATA[

With only two episodes left in season 5, Law & Order: Organized Crime is working through several Stabler family story arcs at once. While the IAB investigation into Eli's (Nicky Torchia) shooting of Pietro Spezzano (Luca Rickman) continues, and as Bernadette (Ellen Burstyn) recovers from her fall, Elliot (Christopher Meloni) reveals a major secret to his brother Randall (Dean Norris) in the story of Joe Jr. (Michael Trotter).

]]>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 20:45:18 GMT/law-order-organized-crime-joe-stabler-jr-informant/ /aw-order-organized-crime-season-5-episode-8-bernie-death-tease-setup/<![CDATA[Jack Ori]]><![CDATA[Network TV]]><![CDATA[Law and Order: Organized Crime]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[ A subplot in Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5, episode 8 suggests that one beloved character might soon be getting a devastating exit story. ]]><![CDATA[

WARNING! SPOILERS ahead for Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5, episode 8, "Fail Safe."

]]>Sat, 31 May 2025 20:00:18 GMT/aw-order-organized-crime-season-5-episode-8-bernie-death-tease-setup/ /law-order-organized-crime-season-5-episode-8-review/<![CDATA[Jack Ori]]><![CDATA[Network TV]]><![CDATA[Law and Order: Organized Crime]]><![CDATA[Law and Order]]><![CDATA[ Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5, episode 8 made some progress on its biggest story during an emotional episode, but it's still too slow. ]]><![CDATA[

WARNING! SPOILERS ahead for Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5, episode 8, "Fail Safe."

]]>Thu, 29 May 2025 17:20:20 GMT/law-order-organized-crime-season-5-episode-8-review/ /law-order-organized-crime-season-5-joe-jr-tragedy-setup/<![CDATA[Nadica Terzieva]]><![CDATA[Network TV]]><![CDATA[Law and Order: Organized Crime]]><![CDATA[ Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5 has been teasing that a tragic ending might be in the future of one character close to the Stabler family. ]]><![CDATA[

Spoilers ahead for Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5, episode 7

]]>Tue, 27 May 2025 18:30:16 GMT/law-order-organized-crime-season-5-joe-jr-tragedy-setup/ /law-order-organized-crime-season-5-dylan-mcdermott-wheatley-return-potential/<![CDATA[Adam Barnard]]><![CDATA[Network TV]]><![CDATA[Law and Order: Organized Crime]]><![CDATA[ With FBI: Most Wanted's end, Dylan McDermott is free to step back into the role of villainous Richard Wheatley on Law & Order: Organized Crime. ]]><![CDATA[

During the first two seasons of Law & Order: Organized Crime, Dylan McDermott's Richard Wheatley was the main foe of Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), and was a prime suspect in the murder of the detective's wife, Kathy. With McDermott returning to Law & Order: Organized Crime in season 2, Stabler's focus shifted to chasing Wheatley to unravel and take down his criminal enterprise, which ended with the villain's (apparent) death in episode 14 of season 2.

]]>Sat, 24 May 2025 12:01:18 GMT/law-order-organized-crime-season-5-dylan-mcdermott-wheatley-return-potential/ /law-order-organized-crime-season-5-episode-7-joe-stabler-jr-return/<![CDATA[Adam Barnard]]><![CDATA[Network TV]]><![CDATA[Law and Order: Organized Crime]]><![CDATA[ Joe, Jr. has returned to Law & Order: Organized Crime, but he seemed destined for a tragic end, even if he finds salvation from his sins. ]]><![CDATA[

Law & Order: Organized Crime has a few loose ends still out in the larger Law & Order universe, and one of the major pathways in the life of Christopher Meloni's Elliot Stabler is the status of his younger brother, Joe Jr. (Michael Trotter). Joe Jr.'s story took an unexpected and shocking turn during the season 4 finale, linking arms with a drug lord and strapped to a chemical weapon on his way to Cuba.

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