Christopher Meloni Reveals How Law & Order: Organized Crime's Peacock Move Affects Show: "A Little More..."
Christopher Meloni and Dean Norris, who play two of the Stabler brothers, explain how Organized Crime Season 5 may differ with its venue change.
As Law & Order: Organized Crime heads to Peacock for Season 5, fans may be wondering how the move may impact the tone of the show.
Thankfully, Christopher Meloni and Dean Norris — who play brothers Elliot Stabler and Randall Stabler on the spin-off — sat down with NBC Insider to share the scoop on that.
Since the show debuted on NBC back in 2021, its first four seasons have followed Stabler and his team at the NYPD's Organized Crime Control Bureau as they investigate criminal enterprise cases. Spliced in with the work drama are deep dives into Stabler’s personal life after the murder of his wife Kathy (Isabel Gillies).
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The Season 5 trailer promises another risky undercover assignment for Stabler, as well as a reunion with his former Law & Order: Special Victims Unit partner Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) as he lies unconscious in a hospital bed.
Read on to find out if and how Organized Crime Season 5 might be different from earlier ones.
Will Law & Order: Organized Crime change with its Peacock move?
While avid fans of Organized Crime will be happy to learn that the overall tone of Season 5 will follow that of its previous four seasons, there will be some changes. Those include "more curse words" and a "little more edge."
Meloni told NBC Insider that while the show's DNA won't alter, "the environment in which that DNA gets to thrive and live has expanded a little bit." He added, "I think everyone was trying to figure out... Dick Wolf show on the streaming platform — what's that vision? How are we going to make that happen? How gritty is the storytelling? So, couple more curse words maybe. Little more edge?"
Norris agreed, saying, "I think a little more edge, yeah." He elaborated, "I think they're allowed to do that to kind of make it a streaming-type show, if you will, but essentially the same show."
The fate of the youngest Stabler brother will be revealed in Season 5
The actors also shared that fans will finally learn the fate of the youngest Stabler brother, Joe Jr., on Season 5. Viewers last saw him in Season 4, handcuffed to a briefcase full of a dangerous Russian nerve agent.
"That was fun and a long arc to get him back in the fold," Meloni added of what's going on with Joe Jr., who is played by Michael Trotter.
The first two episodes of Season 5 of Law & Order: Organized Crime premiere on Thursday, April 17, 2025 on Peacock. Additionally, the premiere episode will also air on NBC on April 17 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
