Reports are circulating around the web: Chris Meloni won’t be back next season to play Detective Elliott Stabler.
Sob, sob, sob. I can’t imagine the show without him. Who could possibly replace Elliott?
Thanks to TokoBali for being the first to tell me about this. (Bad news, but I appreciate the messenger.)
Stabler can be replaced by any competent detective and should have been replaced years ago. The actor has wrung everything from the part possible and the writers have gone dry on good (or even decent) storylines. It’s definitely time for Mr. Meloni to move on to better, more challenging roles. He has the ability and the skill to handle them.
Maybe a good opportunity to give Ice T more screen time! Get some more gangsta in this show.
http://allthingslawandorder.blogspot.com/2011/05/law-order-svu-fans-dont-bury-show.html < This one pretty much says what I feel about the whole cast-changing thing.