STARRING

"In the words of Chief Dodds, everyone . . . long may we run."

Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson, Manhattan Special Victims Unit, New York Police Department

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"I think you'll find New Yorkers here don't care whether you're fire or police. As long as you're one or the other, you don't bleed red or blue. Here in Manhattan, those called to serve bleed purple."

Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler, Manhattan Organized Crime Control Bureau, New York Police Department

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"Tyler Kennedy Strand, I swear if you ever get shot with a gun, whipped by a gun, or have anything involving an injury with a gun again, I am going to fly down to Texas and kill you myself."

Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins, Manhattan Special Victims Unit, New York Police Department

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"Take it from me and Stone: the only thing more terrifying than the thought of what you would do for the person you love is what you would do for their kids."

Peter Scanavino as Detective Sonny Carisi, Manhattan Special Victims Unit, New York Police Department

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"We both ended up where we were meant to be. That we were lucky to gain the love we have is more than I could have ever hoped for."

Philip Winchester as Assistant District Attorney Peter Stone, Sex Crimes Bureau, Manhattan District Attorney's Office

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"How many more walking clichés am I going to be before everyone goes home?"

Hugh Dancy as Executive Assistant District Attorney Nolan Price, Manhattan District Attorney's Office

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"Trust me, at this point in time, you're either always at each other's throats or baring your throat to protect the other. There's no in between."

Jeffrey Donovan as Detective Frank Cosgrove, Manhattan North Homicide Squad, New York Police Department

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"Right . . .  so which one of you is Terror and which one is Trouble?"

Danny Pino as Sergeant Nick Amaro, United States Park Police

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"We're not getting Stabler back any time soon, are we?"

Ainsley Seager as Detective Jet Slootmaekers, Manhattan Organized Crime Control Bureau, New York Police Department

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"What's the record for the biggest family formed in a day? Asking for a friend."

Odelya Halevi as Assistant District Attorney Samantha Maroun, Homicide Bureau, Manhattan District Attorney's Office

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"Damn. Everything really does happen to us."

Anthony Anderson as Detective Kevin Bernard, Manhattan North Homicide Squad, New York Police Department

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"Now those are the smiles I missed seeing around this place."

with Ice-T as Sergeant Fin Tutuola, Manhattan Special Victims Unit, New York Police Department

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"There's no one better to watch my back."

Danielle Moné Truitt as Sergeant Ayanna Bell, Manhattan Organized Crime Control Bureau, New York Police Department

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"So that's how you get them to stop arguing like a married couple."

Camryn Manheim as Lieutenant Kate Dixon, Manhattan North Homicide Squad, New York Police Department

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"How many times have these curveballs shown up in our cases, yet we go on thinking it'll never happen to one of us? It happens . . . and it still surprises me when it does."

and Sam Waterston as District Attorney Jack McCoy, Manhattan District Attorney's Office

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And here I am, over a year later, revamping the cast and relationship pages because now that I've caught up with every show, it's basically impossible for me to write a Wolfverse crossover at this point in the timeline without including the mothership characters and making my two favorite characters siblings. So now instead of five shows, it's six, and my mojo for this story is starting to come back. Woohoo!