Editor's Note: The following article contains spoilers for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 27, Episode 1

Are we finally out of the woods? Mariska Hargitay was right in telling fans to not "give up hope" when it came to her Captain Olivia Benson and Christopher Meloni 's Detective Elliot Stabler on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . Last night, during the premiere of "In the Wind," the pair made some big strides, in the grand scheme of the 27-year-old slow burn we've been watching. After the death of Captain Donald Cragen ( Dann Florek ), Elliot and Olivia exchanged an embrace on screen before Olivia had to leave. Then, in shocking everyone (to their delight), Elliot says, "love you, night" in such a casual way before they parted.

Now, it's been revealed by Mel

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