Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 5: Everything To Know
Christopher Meloni reprises his role as Detective Elliot Stabler in Season 5 of Organized Crime, which now has a premiere date.
It's been a while since fans of Law & Order: Organized Crime caught up with their favorite detectives from the NYPD's Organized Crime Control Bureau.
Audiences last saw the crew in the Season 4 finale that aired on May 16, 2024. The long break may have some viewers anxious for the show to return.
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Was Law & Order: Organized Crime canceled?
Law & Order: Organized Crime has not been canceled. Rather, it's moving to Peacock for the show’s fifth season, where the detectives and their sergeant will continue tackling New York City’s most vicious and violent criminals. The Season 5 premiere episode will also get a special showing on NBC.
When will Season 5 of Law & Order: Organized Crime premiere?
Organized Crime Season 5 will debut on Thursday, April 17, 2025 on both Peacock and NBC. While the show has moved to Peacock, the first episode will also air on NBC that night at 10 p.m. Over on Peacock, the first two episodes will drop at the launch date, and new installments of the 10-episode season will then roll out on a weekly basis after that.
The Law & Order spinoff first premiered in 2021 on NBC, where it aired for its first four seasons.
Here’s everything we know so far about the upcoming season.
Will Christopher Meloni star in Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 5 on Peacock?
Yes, Christopher Meloni will reprise his role as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler for Season 5 of the show.
Det. Stabler first appeared in the franchise in 1999 with the premiere of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit alongside his longtime partner, Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay). Stabler will continue to pursue criminals of the underworld for the upcoming season of Organized Crime.
Who is cast in Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 5?
Besides the return of Meloni as Det. Stabler, multiple other main cast members will be back. That includes Danielle Moné Truitt as Sergeant Ayanna Bell, Ainsley Seiger as Detective Jet Slootmaekers, and Rick Gonzalez as Detective Bobby Reyes.
Also returning is Dean Norris as Randall Stabler, Elliot's older brother. And Tate Ellington, who joined the cast in Season 4 as tech whiz and Artificial Intelligence specialist Kyle Vargas, appears in photos for upcoming Season 5 episodes.
Joining the show in a recurring guest star role as Detective Tim McKenna for Season 5 will be actor Jason Patric.
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John Shiban will return as the series showrunner for Season 5, according to Peacock. Emmy-winning producer Dick Wolf, who created the show with Matt Olmstead and Ilene Chakin, will return as an executive producer, as will Meloni, Shiban, Paul Cabbad, Jon Cassar, Arthur Forney, and Peter Jankowski.
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The action-packed Season 4 finale was explosive, ending on a cliffhanger, with Stabler's youngest brother Joe Jr. handcuffed to a briefcase full of a deadly Russian nerve agent. It's unclear whether Joe will survive the ordeal — all the more reason to look forward to Season 5.
For much of Season 4, Det. Stabler was undercover with a group of former Marines as he worked to track down those behind the heroin that was linked to his younger brother, Joe Jr.
On May 1, 2024, Meloni teased fans on his Instagram page, sharing a cast and crew photo — which included Dean Norris and Ellen Burstyn (who play his older brother, and mom) — as they wrapped filming for Season 4.
“Season 5 coming for ya,” Meloni stated as a hashtag.
Catch up on previous seasons of Law & Order: Organized Crime on Peacock before Season 5 premieres on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
