It all starts when Benson, Stabler and the SVU squad surveil a bus terminal for two children who were kidnapped by a sex offender, Victor Paul Gitano (Lou Diamond Phillips). Season 7, Episode 19: 'Fault' Benson and Stabler choose each other over the jobīuckle up, because "Fault" starts the unofficial holy trinity of Stabler and Benson episodes, as the events impact both detectives so heavily that - spoiler alert - Benson ends up asking for a new partner by the end.
In retrospect, that line is even more significant now that Benson has a child of her own - a son named Noah ( Ryan Buggle), whom she adopted after finding him during a particularly dark case. Stabler doesn’t come in until the end of the episode, but he delivers arguably one of the most important lines Benson’s ever heard in her life up until that point. Season 6, Episode 13: 'Quarry' Stabler reminds Benson 'it's not all about the genes'īenson teams up with Cragen for most of this episode to work the case of a boy who’s been missing since 1980. The audience never finds out the jury's verdict, as the screen cuts to black and the credits roll before the verdict is read. She follows up by asking Stabler if he's OK, but Cragen cuts them off to tell them it's time for closing arguments. "She should try working with you," Benson responds in a moment of levity, which brings a smile to Stabler's face. Stabler shrugs and says, "The job - it makes me kind of hard to live with." The scene turns personal and Benson asks what happened with Kathy.
At the end of the episode, Benson and Stabler each air out how their initial judgments about the case could've been wrong, effectively seeing the other's point of view.
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