Mariska Hargitay is again together with her real-life bestie, Chris Meloni. Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, the actress had followers in tears with contemporary pictures of their reunion in New York. Pictured linking arms as they loved a stroll on the Regulation and Order: Particular Victims Unit set, Mariska teased followers within the caption, writing: “Simply leaving this right here”. 

As followers joked that the A-lister had damaged the web, many famous how emotional it had made them. “I believe all of us been collectively crying for two hours now and I really like that for us,” wrote one. 

“Chriska/Bensler again and sending the web right into a frenzy! Really feel like I simply died and went to heaven for a second,” added a second. “Guys I am crying !! Sobbing !! Screaming !!! Like is that this actual?!” responded a 3rd. 

Mariska and Chris – who’re shut buddies – have turn out to be well-accustomed to the will-they-won’t-they dynamic between their Regulation and Order characters, Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler.

A storyline which has been driving followers wild for years, Olivia and Elliot started their working relationship as companions in Regulation & Order: Particular Victims Unit, earlier than Chris was written out on the finish of season 12. 

Following an on-screen within the twenty second instalment, Chris was appointed lead within the new spin-off sequence, Regulation & Order: Organized Crime, with Olivia and Elliot getting hints of a future romance whereas visitor starring in one another’s respective exhibits. 

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In a latest look on TODAY, Mariska was requested about her profitable chemistry with Chris, which was cemented of their closing callbacks for the present. “They paired us up, however within the room, when [Chris] walked in, I form of sized him up and I mentioned, ‘That is the man. That is the man, that’s the man, that’s the man.’ It was so apparent to me that that was the man, and apparently, he felt the identical approach [about me being Benson].”

“I knew rapidly that we had this type of magical chemistry,” she continued. “Chris and I are polar opposites by way of who we’re as individuals. And but, there was this yin-yang. So after they paired us, I used to be like, ‘Oh, that is achieved.'”

After working collectively for many years, Mariska and Chris are extra like household nowadays, with the actress appointed godmother of Chris’ daughter, Sophia, who was born in 2001. 

Forward of the launch of Regulation and Order: Organized Crime, Mariska advised PEOPLE how a lot Chris’s friendship has meant to her, remarking: “My father, my husband, [Law & Order creator] Dick Wolf and Chris are the 4 pillar males in my life. And that occurred early.”