That thought popped into my head a few weeks ago when he started freaking out on that one case. Do you think he's got a thing going on with Novak? I certainly do; I don't remember when that popped into my head, but they seem to have a lot of scenes with just those two, often walking into buildings together.
(Of course, I've also had the idea that Benson and Fin have at least spent the night together -- that came from the episode where Fin got shot.)
If Meloni does leave -- and damn, that would suck -- they better find someone with skills to replace him. Of course, for the most part, the men on these shows are really solid. It's casting women lately that's been their problem -- Novak, the last two assistants on the main show, the redhaired temp on CI, for instance. (Eames and Benson are great, and so's Van Buren.)
My pick, if we had to lose Stabler, would be the British actor Damian Lewis. (He was in the film of Stephen King's Dreamcatcher, but he really impressed the hell out of me in Band of Brothers as Richard Winters -- the bedrock of Easy Company.) Running a close second behind him, in my book, would be to cast either David Morse (of St. Elsewhere and Hack, plus his role in The Green Mile as Hanks' right-hand man) or Ron Livingston (also in Band of Brothers, plus The Practice, Sex and the City and Office Space infamy).
Hopefully they won't start casting people out of catalogs as they seem to have done with some of the female roles of late. Even more hopefully, Meloni will stay and this will be a non-issue.
Could be...
(Of course, I've also had the idea that Benson and Fin have at least spent the night together -- that came from the episode where Fin got shot.)
If Meloni does leave -- and damn, that would suck -- they better find someone with skills to replace him. Of course, for the most part, the men on these shows are really solid. It's casting women lately that's been their problem -- Novak, the last two assistants on the main show, the redhaired temp on CI, for instance. (Eames and Benson are great, and so's Van Buren.)
My pick, if we had to lose Stabler, would be the British actor Damian Lewis. (He was in the film of Stephen King's Dreamcatcher, but he really impressed the hell out of me in Band of Brothers as Richard Winters -- the bedrock of Easy Company.) Running a close second behind him, in my book, would be to cast either David Morse (of St. Elsewhere and Hack, plus his role in The Green Mile as Hanks' right-hand man) or Ron Livingston (also in Band of Brothers, plus The Practice, Sex and the City and Office Space infamy).
Hopefully they won't start casting people out of catalogs as they seem to have done with some of the female roles of late. Even more hopefully, Meloni will stay and this will be a non-issue.