The Abrupt Way Stabler Was Written Off Law & Order: SVU
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The most exciting aspect of the upcoming
Law & Order: Special Victims Unitbefore vanishing abruptly after contract negotiations between Meloni and the show broke down in 2011. It s been 10 years since Stabler was last on our screens, so before his return when the new series premieres on April 1, let s take a quick look back at how he left.
Stabler s departure from the show comes after one too many tragic incidents take their toll on him. In the season 12 finale his last episode a young woman opens fire in the squad room, killing two suspects in the case of her mother s rape and murder, injuring another, and killing Sister Peg, a Catholic nun who worked with the SVU squad. Stabler is forced to return fire, with Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) ducking for cover next to him, and the shooter ends up dying in his arms after he fatally wounds her. That cliffhanger ending is the last time we see Stabler on