Mariska Hargitay And Christopher Meloni met on the sets of Law Enforcement: Special Victims Unit In 1999 – and decades later their bond is still going strong.

“I have a million memories from the pilot, especially the instant chemistry with Chris. We were filming in the Meatpacking District, and it was really hot and rainy, so we all had to wear baseball caps," recalls Hargitay. TV Insider In 2018. "I was going, 'How lucky is this girl from California to be shooting a television series in New York with this great cast and crew!'"

For years, fans wanted their characters, Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler, to come together romantically, but it never happened. Instead, Elliot and Liv form a seemingly unbreakable working relationship and friendship—until he unexpectedly Left the unit at the end of the 12th season In 2011.

Melony returned SVU For the first time in 10 years, in the April 2021 episode before its series debut, Law and Order: Organized Crime. Since then these two actors has crossed Each other's shows - and their chemistry still can't be beat.

Scroll down for Hargitay and Meloni's quote about their friendship: