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“What’s the Crime Rate?”: Mariska Hargitay, by Selena Gomez

some janeway and chakotay moments that make me believe they're a canonical couple

“I think I’ve always known my vulnerability is my superpower; it’s not something that makes me weak. I always try to share that with women. I think so many women are confused. They’re like, ‘Don’t cry in front of a man.’ I’m like, ‘Fuck that!’ I’ll cry in front of them, but I’ll also go kicking and screaming. It’s part of us and it’s part of the human condition.” - Mariska Hargitay for Variety, May 2024

Mariska Hargitay for Vogue Greece, April 2024

🍎 ABBOTT ELEMENTARY ↪ S03E04: “SMOKING”

It's good to see you, too, Elliot.

"Well actually Chris and I designed it together. We talked about him doing a necklace for me and I wanted it to be a compass and I have a relationship with the designer and we had this idea and I wanted Chris's impact because he's so thoughtful and specific and does such a deep dive on things like this that matter and I wanted it to mean as much to him as it meant to me." — Mariska Hargitay

Hello? This is Rita Lasku. I'm looking for a Detective Stabler? I hope this is you, my Count of Monte Cristo. Call me back if you can.

Now, I'd like to point to Captain Olivia Benson in particular, whose unwavering resolve has brought Tanya home.

AYO EDEBIRI The Sunday Times Style (January 16, 2024) photographed by Olivia Malone

📷 chris_meloni: …and in the beginning. @.therealmariskahargitay #OCtonight 💬 therealmariskahargitay: And in the beginning… There was you

cinemasociety: All hail the Queen and King of nighttime TV! Our celebration high atop New York City (101 stories high, to be exact) to mark the 25th anniversary of “Law & Order: SVU”, the longest-running primetime drama in the history of American television, created by prolific genius Dick Wolf, and led by Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Mariska Hargitay as the formidable Olivia Benson, the longest-running TV character in a primetime drama series. Here’s to another 25 years of this groundbreaking, hard-hitting, emotional powerhouse of a show.

Julia Roberts by Herb Ritts (1990)

According to Nancy Forner, former editor for SVU, this scene was originally written that Dr. Rebecca Hendrix asked Olivia whether she had romantic feelings for Stabler, which actually aired in the promo for the episode.  The episode aired with different dialogue, but they kept Olivia’s original response to the question.  

CHARLOTTE RITCHIE Vera Magazine | January 2024

Carrie Fisher circa 1986

I’m sure you’d like to take some weight off your cloven hooves. Call me the devil, Raymond? How original. Actually, I was calling you a goat. You goat.