We’re a full month into the 2025 TV schedule by this level, however Regulation & Order: Organized Crime Season 5 nonetheless has not obtained a premiere date on Peacock. Will probably be the present’s first season as a streaming authentic relatively than an NBC sequence airing after Regulation & Order: SVU on Thursday nights, however it was the newest NBC Thursday that made me begin lacking Christopher Meloni’s spinoff yet again, and it is all due to a promo that confirmed the following mini crossover within the Regulation & Order world. Tony Goldwyn is becoming a member of Mariska Hargitay in only a couple weeks.
The preview that aired after the newest episode of SVU, which is out there streaming now with a Peacock subscription and in addition dropped an intriguing point out of Benson’s backstory, largely seems to be like enterprise as traditional for the present about – to cite the opening narration – “sexually-based offenses” which might be “thought of particularly heinous.” That’s, till a fast shot of Regulation & Order sequence common Tony Goldwyn in a automotive as DA Nick Baxter, seemingly assembly with Peter Scanavino’s ADA Carisi and Captain Benson herself. Have a look:
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There is no cause to imagine that this episode of SVU will embrace any extra allusions to Organized Crime than traditional… which is to say, no allusions to Organized Crime. Nonetheless, seeing two of the three present Regulation & Order reveals sharing characters jogs my memory of when there have been three NBC reveals’ price of characters to share, and OC has among the most fascinating figures within the L&O nook of the nine-show Dick Wolf TV universe.
Plus, some newcomers are on the best way who sound like intriguing additions to the world, akin to Wayward Pines‘ Jason Patrick as a brand new detective and a Prison Minds alum enjoying a personality with ties to Stabler’s previous. I am unsure what the departure of showrunner John Shiban means for the timeline for Season 5, however I am hoping it premieres earlier than the season finales of Regulation & Order and particularly SVU, which presumably air in Could.
And sure, I am certainly one of many who get pleasure from seeing Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay sometimes on the identical present after they spent greater than a decade enjoying companions on SVU, though I am undoubtedly not amongst those that have been devastated by SVU‘s Benson/Stabler kiss fake-out. The 2 actors are simply nice on display screen collectively, and never many TV duos have practically as a lot historical past. Whether or not the characters are getting alongside swimmingly or Stabler is reminding me of how he dealt with The Letter, they’re by no means boring!
So, is there any probability of an OC character exhibiting up on certainly one of NBC’s present Regulation & Order reveals earlier than the tip of the 2024-2025 TV season? My fingers are definitely crossed. For some cause, although, I can extra simply think about SVU characters exhibiting up on Organized Crime. Maybe that is simply because it is enjoyable to marvel who could be almost definitely to swear on Peacock vs. what will be stated on NBC!
For now, followers can all the time preserve tuning in to NBC on Thursday nights for a double dose of Regulation & Order and revisit the primary 4 seasons of Organized Crime on Peacock. Tony Goldwyn brings Nick Baxter to SVU within the subsequent new episode on February 13.