text:
Pretty Woman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This article is about the film. For the song sometimes known as "Pretty Woman", see Oh, Pretty Woman. For the song in the musical Sweeney Todd, see Pretty Women.
Not to be confused with Pretty Lady (disambiguation).
Pretty Woman
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Garry Marshall
Produced by
Arnon Milchan
Steven Reuther
Gary W. Goldstein
Written by
J. F. Lawton
Starring
Richard Gere
Julia Roberts
Music by
James Newton Howard
Cinematography
Charles Minsky
Edited by
Raja Gosnell
Priscilla Nedd
Production
company
Touchstone Pictures
Silver Screen Partners IV
Regency International Pictures (uncredited)
Distributed by
Buena Vista Pictures
Release date
March 23, 1990 (1990-03-23)
(United States)
Running time
119 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$14 million
Box office
$463.4 million
Pretty Woman is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall from a screenplay by J. F. Lawton. The film stars Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and features Hector Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy (in his final performance), Laura San Giacomo, and Jason Alexander in supporting roles.[1] The film's story centers on down-on-her-luck Hollywood prostitute Vivian Ward, who is hired by Edward Lewis, a wealthy businessman, to be his escort for several business and social functions, and their developing relationship over the course of her week-long stay with him.
Originally intended to be a dark cautionary tale about class and sex work in Los Angeles, the film was reconceived as a romantic comedy with a large budget. It was widely successful at the box office and was the third highest-grossing film of 1990. The film saw the highest number of ticket sales in the U.S. ever for a romantic comedy,[2] with Box Office Mojo listing it as the #1 romantic comedy by the highest estimated domestic tickets sold at 42,176,400, slightly ahead of My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) at 41,419,500 tickets.[3] The film received positive reviews, with Roberts's performance being praised, for which she received a Golden Globe Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In addition, screenwriter J. F. Lawton was nominated for a Writers Guild Award and a BAFTA Award.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Development
3.2 Casting
3.3 Filming
4 Reception
4.1 Box office
4.2 Critical response
4.3 Accolades
5 Music
5.1 Soundtrack
5.1.1 Track listing
5.2 Certifications
6 Musical adaptation
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
High-powered businessman Edward Lewis has broken up with his girlfriend after an unpleasant phone call wherein he asked her to escort him during his business trip - she is offended that he treats her as his "beck and call girl". Edward is a corporate raider, who buys companies that are in financial trouble and tears down the company piece by piece. Leaving a business party in the Hollywood Hills, he takes his lawyer's Lotus Esprit sports car, and accidentally ends up on Hollywood Boulevard in the city's red-light district, where he encounters prostitute Vivian Ward. As he is having difficulties driving the car, she gets in and guides him to the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, where he is staying. It becomes clear that Vivian knows more about the Lotus than he does, and he lets her drive. Vivian charges Lewis $20 for the ride, and they separate. She goes to a bus stop, where he finds her and offers to hire her for the night; later, he asks Vivian to play the role his girlfriend has refused, offering her $3,000 to stay with him for the next six days as well as paying for a new, more acceptable wardrobe for her. That evening, visibly moved by her transformation, Edward begins seeing Vivian in a different light. He begins to open up to her, revealing his personal and business lives.
Edward takes Vivian to a polo match in hopes of networking for his business deal. His attorney, Phillip, suspects Vivian is a corporate spy, and Edward tells him how they truly met. Phillip later approaches Vivian, suggesting they do business once her work with Edward is finished. Insulted, and furious that Edward has revealed their secret, Vivian wants to end the arrangement. Edward apologizes, and admits to feeling jealous of a business associate to whom Vivian paid attention at the match. Vivian's straightforward personality is rubbing off on Edward, and he finds himself acting in unaccustomed ways. Clearly growing involved, Edward takes Vivian by private jet to see La Traviata at the San Francisco Opera. Vivian is moved to tears by the story of the prostitute who falls in love with a rich man. Vivian breaks her "no kissing on the mouth" rule (which her friend Kit taught her) and they have sex; in the afterglow, Vivian tells Edward she loves him, but he does not respond. Edward offers to put her up in an apartment so she can be off the streets. Hurt, she refuses, says this is not the "fairy tale" she dreamed of as a child, in which a knight on a white horse rescues her.
Meeting with the tycoon whose shipbuilding company he is in the process of "raiding," Edward changes his mind. His time with Vivian has shown him a different way of looking at life, and he suggests working together to save the company rather than tearing it apart and selling off the pieces. Phillip, furious at losing so much money, goes to the hotel to confront Edward, but finds only Vivian. Blaming her for the change in Edward, he attempts to rape her. Edward arrives, wrestles Philip off her, punches him in the face and throws him out of the room.
With his business in L.A. complete, Edward asks Vivian to stay one more night with him, but because she wants to, not because he's paying her. She refuses. Edward re-thinks his life and has the hotel chauffeur detour to Vivian's apartment building, where he leaps from out the white limousine's sun roof and "rescues her." Edward asks, "So what happens after he climbed up the tower and rescues her?" to which Vivian responds, "She rescues him right back."
Cast[edit]
Richard Gere as Edward Lewis, a rich corporate raider and womanizer from New York.
Julia Roberts as Vivian Ward, an assertive freelance hooker with a heart of gold on Hollywood Boulevard.
Ralph Bellamy as James Morse, owner of a troubled shipbuilding company Edward plans to take over.
Jason Alexander as Phillip Stuckey, Edward's insensitive lawyer.
Héctor Elizondo as Barney Thompson, the dignified but soft-hearted hotel manager.
Laura San Giacomo as Kit De Luca, Vivian's wisecracking friend and roommate, who has taught her the prostitution trade.
Julie Paris as Rachel, friend of Vivian and Kit.
Alex Hyde-White as David Morse, James Morse's grandson, who is being groomed to take over the company.
Amy Yasbeck as Elizabeth Stuckey, Phillip's wife.
Elinor Donahue as Bridget, a friend of Barney Thompson who works in a women's clothing store.
John David Carson as Mark Roth, a businessman in Edward's office.
Judith Baldwin as Susan, one of Edward's ex-girlfriends.
Laurelle Brooks Mehus as the hotel's night desk clerk.
James Patrick Stuart as the day bellhop.
Dey Young as a snobbish saleswoman in a dress store.
Larry Miller as Mr. Hollister, the manager of a clothing store where Vivian buys her new wardrobe.
Patrick Richwood as Dennis, the hotel elevator operator.
Hank Azaria as a detective. This was Azaria's first speaking role.
Amzie Strickland as Matron
Lynda Goodfriend as a Tourist.
Abdul Salaam El Razzac as a Happy Man.
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
The film was initially conceived as a dark drama about sex work in Los Angeles in the 1980s.[4] The relationship between Vivian and Edward also originally involved controversial themes, including Vivian being addicted to drugs; part of the deal was that she had to stay off cocaine for a week. Edward eventually throws her out of his car and drives off. The original script by J.F. Lawton, called 3000,[5] ended with Vivian and her sex-worker friend on the bus to Disneyland.[4] Producer Laura Ziskin considered these elements detrimental to a sympathetic portrayal of Vivian, and they were removed or assigned to Kit. The deleted scenes have been found, and some were included on the DVD released for the film's 15th anniversary.[4] In one, Vivian tells Edward, "I could just pop ya good and be on my way", indicating her disinterest in "pillow talk". In another, she is confronted by drug dealers, then rescued by Edward.
Though inspired by such films as Wall Street and The Last Detail,[5] the film bears a resemblance to Pygmalion myths: particularly George Bernard Shaw's play of the same name, which also formed the basis for the Broadway musical My Fair Lady. It was Walt Disney Studios then-president Jeffrey Katzenberg who insisted the film be re-written as a modern-day fairy tale and love story, as opposed to the original dark drama. It was pitched to Touchstone Pictures and re-written as a romantic comedy.[6] The title 3000 was changed because Disney executives thought it sounded like a title for a science fiction film.[7]
The film is one of two movies that triggered a resurgence of romantic comedy in Hollywood, the other being When Harry Met Sally. Following this film's success, Roberts became the romantic comedy queen of the 1990s.
Casting[edit]
Casting of the film was a rather lengthy process. Marshall had initially considered Christopher Reeve, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Denzel Washington for the role of Edward, and Al Pacino and Burt Reynolds turned it down.[8] Pacino went as far as doing a casting reading with Roberts before rejecting the part.[9] Gere initially refused but when he met with Roberts, she persuaded him and he eventually agreed to play Lewis.[10] He reportedly started off much more active in his role; but Garry Marshall took him aside and said "No, no, no, Richard. In this movie, one of you moves and one of you does not. Guess which one you are?"[11] Julia Roberts was not the first choice for the role of Vivian, and was not wanted by Disney. Many other actresses were considered. Marshall originally envisioned Karen Allen for the role; when she declined, auditions went to many better-known actresses of the time including Molly Ringwald,[12] who turned it down because she felt uncomfortable playing a sex worker.[citation needed] Winona Ryder auditioned, but was turned down because Marshall felt she was "too young". Jennifer Connelly was also dismissed for the same reason.[4]
Meg Ryan, who was a top choice of Marshall's, turned it down as well. According to a note written by Marshall, Mary Steenburgen was also among the first choices. Diane Lane came very close to being cast (the script was much darker at the time); they had gone as far as costume fittings, but due to scheduling conflicts she could not accept. Michelle Pfeiffer turned the role down, saying she did not like the script's "tone."[13] Daryl Hannah was also considered, but believed the role was "degrading to women".[13] Valeria Golino declined, doubting it would work with her thick Italian accent.[citation needed] And Jennifer Jason Leigh had auditioned.[14] When all the other actresses turned down the role, 21-year-old Julia Roberts, a relative unknown, with only the sleeper hit Mystic Pizza (1988) and the yet-to-be-released Steel Magnolias (1989) to her credit, won the role of Vivian. Her performance made her a star. J.F. Lawton, writer of the original screenplay, has suggested that the film was ultimately given a happy ending because of the chemistry of Gere and Roberts.[5]
Veteran actor Ralph Bellamy, who plays James Morse, appears in his final acting performance before his death in 1991.
Filming[edit]
The film's budget was substantial, at $14 million, so producers could shoot in many locations.[4] Most filming took place in Los Angeles, California, specifically in Beverly Hills, and inside soundstages at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. The escargot restaurant the "Voltaire" was shot at the restaurant "Rex," now called "Cicada". Scenes set in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel lobby were shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Filming commenced on July 24, 1989, but was immediately plagued by problems. These included Ferrari and Porsche declining the product placement opportunity for the car Edward drove, neither firm wishing to be associated with sex workers.[4] Lotus Cars saw the placement value, and supplied a Silver 1989.5 Esprit SE (which was later sold).[15]
Shooting was a generally pleasant, easy-going experience, as the budget was broad and the shooting schedule was not tight.[4] While shooting the scene where Vivian is lying down on the floor of Edward's penthouse, watching reruns of I Love Lucy, Garry Marshall had to tickle Roberts' feet (out of camera range) to get her to laugh. The scene in which Gere playfully snaps the lid of a jewelry case on her fingers was improvised, and her surprised laugh was genuine. The red dress Vivian wears to the opera has been listed among the most unforgettable dresses of all time.[16]
During the scene in which Roberts sang to a Prince song in the bathtub, slid down and submerged her head under the bubbles; she emerged to find the crew had left except for the cameraman, who captured the moment on film. In the love scene, she was so stressed that a vein become noticeable on her forehead and had to be massaged by Marshall and Gere. She also developed a case of hives, and calamine lotion was used to soothe her skin until filming resumed.[4] The filming was completed on October 18.
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
In its opening weekend, the film was at number one at the box office, grossing $11,280,591 and averaging $8,513 per theater.[17] Despite dropping to number two in its second weekend, it grossed more with $12,471,670.[17] It was number one at the box office for four non-consecutive weeks, and in the Top 10 for 16 weeks.[17] It has grossed $178,406,268 in the United States and $285,000,000 in other countries for a total worldwide gross of $463,406,268.[18] It was also the fourth highest-grossing film of the year in the United States[19] and the third highest-grossing worldwide.[20] The film remains Disney's highest-grossing R-rated release ever.[21]
Critical response [edit]
The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 62% of 58 film critics have given it a positive review, with a rating average of 5.7/10. The site's consensus states, "Pretty Woman may be a yuppie fantasy, but the film's slick comedy, soundtrack, and casting can overcome misgivings."[22] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives it a score of 51 based on 17 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[23]
Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a D, saying it "starts out as a neo-Pygmalion comedy" and with "its tough-hooker heroine, it can work as a feminist version of an upscale princess fantasy." Gleiberman also said it "pretends to be about how love transcends money," but "is really obsessed with status symbols."[24] On its twentieth anniversary, Gleiberman wrote another article, saying that while he felt he was right, he would have given it a B today.[25] Carina Chocano of The New York Times said the movie "wasn't a love story, it was a money story. Its logic depended on a disconnect between character and narrative, between image and meaning, between money and value, and that made it not cluelessly traditional but thoroughly postmodern."[26]
Accolades[edit]
Awards
48th Golden Globe Awards
Best Actress - Musical or Comedy – Julia Roberts
Nominations
16th César Awards
Best Foreign Film
63rd Academy Awards
Best Actress – Julia Roberts
48th Golden Globe Awards
Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy – Richard Gere
Best Supporting Actor – Hector Elizondo
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay – J. F. Lawton
Music[edit]
The film is noted for its musical selections. The hugely successful soundtrack features the song "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison, which inspired its title. Roxette's "It Must Have Been Love" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1990. The soundtrack also features "King of Wishful Thinking" by Go West, "Show Me Your Soul" by Red Hot Chili Peppers, "No Explanation" by Peter Cetera, "Wild Women Do" by Natalie Cole and "Fallen" by Lauren Wood. The soundtrack went on to be certified triple platinum by the RIAA.[27]
The opera featured in the film is La Traviata, which also served as inspiration for its plot. The highly dramatic aria fragment that is repeated is the end of "Dammi tu forza!" ("Give me strength!"), from the opera. The piano piece Gere's character plays in the hotel lobby was actually composed by and performed by him. Roberts sings the song "Kiss" by Prince while she is in the tub and Gere's character is on the phone. Background music is composed by James Newton Howard. Entitled "He Sleeps/Love Theme", this piano composition is inspired by Bruce Springsteen's "Racing in the Street".
Soundtrack[edit]
Pretty Woman
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released
March 13, 1990
Recorded
1964, 1988–1989
Genre
Pop
Rock
Length
43:36
Label
EMI
Producer
Various artists
Singles from Pretty Woman
"Show Me Your Soul"
Released: February 14, 1990
"King of Wishful Thinking"
Released: 1990
"It Must Have Been Love"
Released: 20 May 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic link
The soundtrack was released on March 13, 1990 by EMI.[28][29]
Track listing[edit]
No.
Title
Length
1. "Wild Women Do" (performed by Natalie Cole) 4:06
2. "Fame '90" (performed by David Bowie) 3:36
3. "King of Wishful Thinking" (performed by Go West) 4:00
4. "Tangled" (performed by Jane Wiedlin) 4:18
5. "It Must Have Been Love" (performed by Roxette) 4:17
6. "Life in Detail" (performed by Robert Palmer) 4:07
7. "No Explanation" (performed by Peter Cetera) 4:19
8. "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" (performed by Christopher Otcasek) 3:39
9. "Fallen" (performed by Lauren Wood) 3:59
10. "Oh, Pretty Woman" (performed by Roy Orbison) 2:55
11. "Show Me Your Soul" (performed by Red Hot Chili Peppers) 4:20
Total length: 43:36
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[30]
2× Platinum 100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[31]
5× Platinum 500,000^
Germany (BVMI)[32]
Platinum 500,000^
Sweden (GLF)[33]
Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[34]
Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[35]
2× Platinum 600,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
Musical adaptation[edit]
Main article: Pretty Woman: The Musical
A stage musical adaptation of the film opened on Broadway on July 20, 2018 in previews, officially on August 16 at the Nederlander Theatre.[36] This follows an out-of-town tryout at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago, which will run from March 13 to April 15, 2018. The musical has music and lyrics by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance; the late Garry Marshall and J.F. Lawton wrote the book; and Jerry Mitchell is the director and choreographer.[37] The Chicago and Broadway casts will feature Samantha Barks, in her Broadway debut as Vivian and Steve Kazee as Edward.[37] Orfeh will portray Kit, and Jason Danieley will play Philip Stuckey. Eric Anderson will portray the role of Mr. Thompson and Kingsley Leggs will play the role of James Morse.[36]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Pretty Woman". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
Jump up ^ Prince, Rosa (March 21, 2012). "Richard Gere: Pretty Woman a 'Silly Romantic Comedy'". The Daily Telegraph. London.
Jump up ^ "Box Office Mojo". Retrieved July 12, 2007.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Pretty Woman: 15th anniversary (DVD). Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Touchstone. 2005.
^ Jump up to: a b c Kate Erbland, "The True Story of Pretty Woman’s Original Dark Ending, Vanity Fair, March 23, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
Jump up ^ Hilary Lewis (August 26, 2016). "8 Movies With Major Title Changes". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
Jump up ^ Stewart, James B. (2005). DisneyWar. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-7432-6709-0.
Jump up ^ "'Pretty Woman' Casting Information and Trivia". IMDb. Retrieved May 17, 2007. [unreliable source?]
Jump up ^ Pacino, Al (June 15, 2007). ""Al Pacino Interview"". Larry King Live (Interview). Interviewed by Larry King. CNN.
Jump up ^ TODAY (March 24, 2015). "'Pretty Woman' Cast Reunites 25 Years Later - TODAY" – via YouTube.
Jump up ^ Tiffin, George (2015). A Star is Born: The Moment an Actress becomes an Icon. Head of Zeus. p. 493. ISBN 978-1-78185-936-0.
Jump up ^ Corcoran, Monica (June 28, 2008). "Molly Ringwald: Pretty in Pucci". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b "Darly Hannah Pleased to Decline Pretty Woman".
Jump up ^ Kachka, Boris (December 4, 2005). "Lone Star: Jennifer Jason Leigh Plays an Extroverted Striver in Abigail's Party, Now, that's a stretch". New York Magazine: 2.
Jump up ^ "LOTUS ESPRIT SE PRETTY WOMAN MOVIE CAR". Retrieved 22 March 2018.
Jump up ^ Dumas, Daisy (December 6, 2011). "From Pretty Woman and Atonement to The Seven Year Itch, the Most Unforgettable Dresses of All Time". Daily Mail. London.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Pretty Woman (1990)—Weekend Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
Jump up ^ "Pretty Woman (1990)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
Jump up ^ "1990 Yearly Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
Jump up ^ "1990 Yearly Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
Jump up ^ "DOMESTIC GROSSES BY MPAA RATING". Retrieved July 4, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Pretty Woman". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Pretty Woman Reviews at Metacritic.com". Metacritic. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
Jump up ^ Gleiberman, Owen (March 23, 1990). "Pretty Woman". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
Jump up ^ Gleiberman, Owen. "'Pretty Woman': 20 Years after My Most Infamous Review (Yes, I gave it a D), Here's My Mea Culpa—and Also My Defense". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
Jump up ^ Chocano, Carina (April 11, 2011). "Thelma, Louise and All the Pretty Women". The New York Times.
Jump up ^ "Pretty Woman's Soundtrack RIAA Multi Platinum Award". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
Jump up ^ "Pretty Woman Original Soundtrack". Amazon.com. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Pretty Woman Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Austrian album certifications – Various – Pretty woman" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Various in the field Interpret. Enter Pretty woman in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen.
Jump up ^ "Canadian album certifications – Various – Pretty woman". Music Canada.
Jump up ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Various; 'Pretty woman')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
Jump up ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
Jump up ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Various; 'Pretty woman')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
Jump up ^ "British album certifications – Various – Pretty woman". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Pretty woman in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
^ Jump up to: a b Clement, Olivia. " 'Pretty Woman' Musical Finds Its Broadway Home, Sets Summer 2018 Opening" Playbill, November 22, 2017
^ Jump up to: a b McPhee, Ryan. "Jason Danieley Joins Broadway-Bound 'Pretty Woman' Musical" Playbill, October 6, 2017
External links[edit]
Wikiquote has quotations related to: Pretty Woman
Pretty Woman on IMDb
Pretty Woman at AllMovie
Pretty Woman at Rotten Tomatoes
Pretty Woman at Box Office Mojo
hide
v
t
e
Garry Marshall
Director
Young Doctors in Love (1982)
The Flamingo Kid (1984)
Nothing in Common (1986)
Overboard (1987)
Beaches (1988)
The Lottery (1989)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Frankie and Johnny (1991)
Exit to Eden (1994)
Dear God (1996)
The Other Sister (1999)
Runaway Bride (1999)
The Princess Diaries (2001)
Raising Helen (2004)
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
Georgia Rule (2007)
Valentine's Day (2010)
New Year's Eve (2011)
Mother's Day (2016)
Stage
Pretty Woman (2018)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pretty_Woman&oldid=865876555"
Categories:
1990 films
English-language films
1990s romantic comedy films
1990s sex comedy films
American films
American romantic comedy films
American sex comedy films
Films about businesspeople
Films about prostitution
Films directed by Garry Marshall
Films featuring a Best Musical or Comedy Actress Golden Globe winning performance
Films scored by James Newton Howard
Films set in Beverly Hills, California
Films set in Los Angeles
Films set in hotels
Films shot in Los Angeles
Touchstone Pictures films
Hidden categories:
All articles lacking reliable references
Articles lacking reliable references from July 2014
CS1 German-language sources (de)
CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)
Use mdy dates from July 2014
All articles with unsourced statements
Articles with unsourced statements from August 2017
Articles with unsourced statements from July 2015
Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters
Articles with hAudio microformats
Certification Table Entry usages for Austria
Certification Table Entry usages for Canada
Certification Table Entry usages for Germany
Certification Table Entry usages for Sweden
Certification Table Entry usages for Switzerland
Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom
Navigation menu
Personal tools
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Namespaces
Article
Talk
Variants
Views
Read
Edit
View history
More
Search
Navigation
Main page
Contents
Featured content
Current events
Random article
Donate to Wikipedia
Wikipedia store
Interaction
Help
About Wikipedia
Community portal
Recent changes
Contact page
Tools
What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Wikidata item
Cite this page
Print/export
Create a book
Download as PDF
Printable version
Languages
العربية
Asturianu
Български
Català
Čeština
Cymraeg
Dansk
Deutsch
Ελληνικά
Español
Euskara
فارسی
Français
Galego
한국어
Հայերեն
Bahasa Indonesia
Italiano
עברית
ქართული
Кыргызча
Latina
Latviešu
Magyar
Македонски
Nederlands
日本語
Norsk
Polski
Português
Română
Русский
Simple English
Српски / srpski
Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски
Suomi
Svenska
ไทย
Українська
Tiếng Việt
吴语
粵語
中文
34 more
Edit links
This page was last edited on 26 October 2018, at 19:16 (UTC).
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
Privacy policy
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Contact Wikipedia
Developers
Cookie statement
Mobile view
Enable previews

values: mw-page-base noprint

values: mw-head-base noprint

value: i

values: firstHeading firstHeading en

values: siteSub noprint

attrs: class href

values: mw-jump-link #mw-head

values: mw-jump-link #p-search

attrs: href class title

values:
/wiki/Pretty_Women
mw-redirect
Pretty Women

attrs: role class

values:
note
hatnote navigation-not-searchable

values:
/wiki/Pretty_Lady_(disambiguation)
mw-redirect mw-disambig
Pretty Lady (disambiguation)

value: p

attrs: colspan class style

values: A man in a suit stands back to back with a woman wearing a short skirt and thigh high boots.

values:
/wiki/Hector_Elizondo
mw-redirect
Hector Elizondo

values: British Academy of Film and Television Arts

values: checkbox button toctogglecheckbox toctogglecheckbox display:none

values:
/wiki/Regent_Beverly_Wilshire_Hotel
mw-redirect
Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel

values:
/wiki/Larry_Miller_(entertainer)
mw-redirect
Larry Miller (entertainer)

values: Abdul Salaam El Razzac (page does not exist)

values:
/wiki/When_Harry_Met_Sally
mw-redirect
When Harry Met Sally

values: This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2017)

values:
noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact
white-space:nowrap;

values: This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2015)

values:
/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California
mw-redirect
Los Angeles, California

values:
/wiki/Beverly_Hills
mw-redirect
Beverly Hills

values:
/wiki/MPAA_rating_system
mw-redirect
MPAA rating system

values: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

values: Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

values: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

values: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture

values: Recording Industry Association of America

values:
/wiki/La_Traviata
mw-redirect
La Traviata

values: text-align:center;font-size:125%;font-weight:bold;font-style: italic; background-color: gainsboro

attrs: alt src title width height srcset data-file-width data-file-height

values:
nofollow
external text
https://www.allmusic.com/album/r117951

values: float:right;clear:right;width:24.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0

values:
/wiki/Real_Wild_Child_(Wild_One)
mw-redirect
Real Wild Child (Wild One)

values:
/wiki/Christopher_Otcasek
mw-redirect
Christopher Otcasek

values: padding:0 10px 0 0;text-align:right;background-color:#eee

values:
col
headerSort
0
columnheader button
Sort ascending

attrs: scope data-sort-type class tabindex role title

values:
col
number
headerSort
0
columnheader button
Sort ascending

values: International Federation of the Phonographic Industry

values: wikitable sortable plainrowheaders jquery-tablesorter

values:
/wiki/J.F._Lawton
mw-redirect
J.F. Lawton

values: The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. (July 2014)

values:
nofollow
external text
http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin

values:
nofollow
https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/
external text

values:
nofollow
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100405/
external text

values:
nofollow
external text
https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v39093

values: The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

values: nowraplinks collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner mw-collapsible mw-made-collapsible

values: Category:Films directed by Garry Marshall

values: Category:Films featuring a Best Musical or Comedy Actress Golden Globe winning performance

values: Category:Films scored by James Newton Howard

values: Category:Films set in Beverly Hills, California

values: Category:All articles lacking reliable references

values: Category:Articles lacking reliable references from July 2014

values: Category:CS1 German-language sources (de)

values: Category:CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)

values: Category:All articles with unsourced statements

values: Category:Articles with unsourced statements from August 2017

values: Category:Articles with unsourced statements from July 2015

values: Category:Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters

values: Category:Articles with hAudio microformats

values: Category:Certification Table Entry usages for Austria

values: Category:Certification Table Entry usages for Canada

values: Category:Certification Table Entry usages for Germany

values: Category:Certification Table Entry usages for Sweden

values: Category:Certification Table Entry usages for Switzerland

values: Category:Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom

values: Discussion about edits from this IP address [ctrl-alt-n]

values: A list of edits made from this IP address [ctrl-alt-y]

values: You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory

values: You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [ctrl-alt-o]

values:
/wiki/Pretty_Woman
View the content page [ctrl-alt-c]
c

values: Discussion about the content page [ctrl-alt-t]

values: p-namespaces navigation vectorTabs p-namespaces-label

values:
p-variants
navigation
vectorMenu emptyPortlet
p-variants-label

values: Past revisions of this page [ctrl-alt-h]

values: p-views navigation vectorTabs p-views-label

values:
p-cactions
navigation
vectorMenu emptyPortlet
p-cactions-label

values:
mw-wiki-logo
/wiki/Main_Page
Visit the main page

values:
/wiki/Main_Page
Visit the main page [ctrl-alt-z]
z

values: Featured content – the best of Wikipedia

values: Find background information on current events

values:
/wiki/Special:Random
Load a random article [ctrl-alt-x]
x

values: portal navigation p-navigation p-navigation-label

values: Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia

values: About the project, what you can do, where to find things

values: A list of recent changes in the wiki [ctrl-alt-r]

values: portal navigation p-interaction p-interaction-label

values: List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [ctrl-alt-j]

values: امرأة جميلة (فيلم) – Arabic

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ast
display: none;

values: Хубава жена – Bulgarian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-bg
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ca
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-cs
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-cy
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-da
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-el
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-eu
display: none;

values: زن زیبا – Persian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-fa
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-gl
display: none;

values: 귀여운 여인 (영화) – Korean

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ko
display: none;

values: Սիրունիկը (ֆիլմ) – Armenian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-hy
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-it
display: none;

values: אישה יפה – Hebrew

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-he
display: none;

values: ლამაზმანი (ფილმი) – Georgian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ka
display: none;

values: Сулуу айым – Kyrgyz

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ky
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-la
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-lv
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-hu
display: none;

values: Убава жена – Macedonian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-mk
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-nl
display: none;

values: プリティ・ウーマン – Japanese

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-no
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-pl
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ro
display: none;

values: Красотка – Russian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-simple
display: none;

values: Згодна жена – Serbian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sr
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sh
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-fi
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sv
display: none;

values: ผู้หญิงบานฉ่ำ – Thai

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-th
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-uk
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-vi
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue
display: none;

values: All languages (initial selection from common choices by you and others)

values: mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject page-Pretty_Woman rootpage-Pretty_Woman skin-vector action-view


text:
Elliot Stabler
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
[hide]This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
This article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective. (September 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
This article relies too much on references to primary sources. Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources. (December 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)
(Learn how and when to remove this template message)
Elliot Stabler
Law & Order character
First appearance
"Payback"
Last appearance
"Smoked"
Portrayed by
Christopher Meloni
Time on show
1999–2011
Seasons
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Credited appearances
272 episodes (SVU)
2 episodes (L&O)
1 episode (TBJ)
275 episodes (total)
Information
Title
NYPD Detective 1st Grade
Family
Wife: Kathy Stabler
Children:
Maureen Stabler (daughter)
Kathleen Stabler (daughter)
Richard "Dickie" Stabler (son)
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Stabler (daughter)
Elliot "Eli" Stabler Jr. (son)
Parents: Joseph Stabler (father, deceased)
Bernadette Stabler (mother)
Siblings: three brothers
two sisters[1]
Partner
Olivia Benson
Lucius Blaine[2] (temporary)
Danielle Beck (temporary)
Elliot Stabler is a fictional character portrayed by Christopher Meloni and one of the lead characters on the NBC police procedural series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit during the first twelve seasons. As a result of Meloni's sudden departure from the cast at the end of the twelfth season, Stabler abruptly resigns from the police force off-screen during the thirteenth season premiere.
Contents
[hide]
1 Character overview
2 Family
3 Partners
3.1 Olivia Benson
3.2 Dani Beck
3.3 Jo Marlowe
4 Awards and decorations
5 References
Character overview[edit]
Stabler is an NYPD Detective 1st Grade with Manhattan's 16th Precinct, which investigates sex crimes. His partner during the first twelve years is Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay). Stabler is dedicated to his job, but often takes cases personally, thus affecting his judgment. Nonetheless, Stabler has a 97-percent case-closure rate as of 2007.[3] His badge number is 6313.[1][4]
Stabler is an Irish American Catholic[1] and lives in Glen Oaks, Queens with his wife Kathy and five children (Maureen, Kathleen, Richard "Dickie", Elizabeth "Lizzie", and Elliot "Eli", Jr.). Stabler was born October 20, 1966.[1] He is devoted to his family and frequently mentions or thinks about them while working cases. He is also a practicing Catholic whose faith sometimes complicates the cases on which he works.
Stabler was born and raised in Bayside, Queens. His father, Joseph Stabler, was a policeman who lost his pension and eventually died of cancer. Stabler had a difficult relationship with his father, who physically and emotionally abused him.[4] His mother, Bernadette (née McGinley) (Ellen Burstyn), suffers from bipolar disorder and once nearly killed her son during a manic phase. As a result, Stabler has "erased his childhood", and maintains little contact with his mother.[5]
Stabler was a Marine and served in Operation Desert Storm.[6] During his time in the military, he was a hand-to-hand combat specialist.[7] He also has three tattoos, notably the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor tattoo on his forearm (the official emblem of the Marine Corps), and the crucifixion of Christ on his left bicep. One of his best friends died in the September 11 attacks.[1] He has a B.A. from Queens College.[1]
Stabler harbors a great deal of anger that is sometimes fed by his job. He is often openly aggressive and intimidating towards suspects, which can either complicate the case further, or lead to speedy confessions. When his wife Kathy leaves him in season 6, Stabler's anger rises closer to the surface, and in a few episodes, threatens to boil over. During an interrogation, serial killer Gordon Ricketts (Matthew Modine), whom Stabler had investigated 14 years earlier, tells him that they harbor the same kind of rage, and that if it weren't for his family and his job, Stabler would be just like him. When Benson and Stabler catch Ricketts about to kill a young girl, Stabler appears ready to kill him in cold blood; it is only Benson's intervention that prevents him from doing so.[8] In season 7, he goes to see a psychiatrist, Dr. Rebecca Hendrix (Mary Stuart Masterson), after using excessive force on an abusive parent. Stabler eventually opens up to Hendrix about his personal demons,[4] and they become close until Hendrix is transferred.[9] By season 9, he and Kathy reconcile, and Stabler learns to better deal with his problems.
In the season 12 finale, Stabler is forced to shoot and kill a young woman who opens fire in the Special Victims squad room. Before dying in Stabler's arms, she had killed two suspects involved in the rape and murder of her mother and injured a third, as well as killing recurring character Sister Peg (Charlayne Woodard).[10] After the shootout, Stabler is placed on administrative leave by IAB.[11] Although he is eventually cleared, it is nonetheless his sixth career "good shooting" and according to Cragen, IAB "wants to go over his entire jacket...if Elliot wants to keep his job, he's gonna have to submit to a psych eval, anger management, a lot of hoops." Confirming Benson's assurance that he will instead tell them to "go to hell", Stabler subsequently retires from the police force off screen during the thirteenth season premiere.[12] Benson and Cragen agree that he's earned it "and then some". Nevertheless, Benson is quietly devastated by his resignation as she breaks down sobbing in the interrogation room.
Family[edit]
He married his wife, Kathy, when they were both 17 years old, and at the beginning of the series, they have four school-aged children: Maureen (born September 30, 1984),[13] Kathleen Louise (born July 13, 1989),[14] and twins Richard "Dickie", and Elizabeth "Lizzie" (both born February 21, 1993).[15] Richard (he stopped using his nickname upon entering adolescence) is named after Col. Richard Finley, a friend whom Stabler greatly admired. After years of the stress involved with being married to a police officer, Kathy Stabler leaves her husband, taking their children, and temporarily moves in with her mother.[16] Following a case involving a divorce that turned violent, Stabler signs the divorce papers, saying, "when love warps to hate, there's nothing you won't do."[17] However, after being cleared in the death of a suspect, Stabler realizes that he cannot bear to lose either his job or his family, so he seeks reconciliation with his wife.[18] A short time later, Kathy announces that she is pregnant and asks Stabler to come home.[19] After a serious car accident, Kathy delivers a healthy baby boy, Elliot Stabler, Jr. (Eli) (born November 17, 2007); however, the crash nearly cost Kathy her own life as her heartbeat flatlines while en route to the hospital in the FDNY Ambulance, but miraculously, they are able to save her.[20]
Of his five children, Kathleen and Dickie have most directly affected his job. Kathleen is twice charged with DUI;[19] he uses his clout as a police officer to make the first charge disappear, but he eventually realizes that he has to let her face the consequences of her actions, and she is sentenced to community service.[21] Kathleen then steals her father's credit card and gives it to her boyfriend, who rings up thousands of dollars in charges.[22] She is later arrested for breaking and entering and robbery, at which time doctors and her family realize that she suffers from bipolar disorder, which she inherited from her paternal grandmother, Bernadette Stabler (Ellen Burstyn). After speaking with her grandmother, Kathleen agrees to treatment.[5] She later becomes an advocate for sexual assault victims, and in one episode, helps her father on a case.[23] Dickie also occasionally gives his father problems. In an 11th season episode, he runs away from school and tries to join the Army, something Stabler disapproves of. It later turns out that Dickie was acting out because his friend, Shane, had been murdered. Stabler refuses to sign a parental consent form for Dickie to join the Army, but resolves to be a more attentive parent.[24]
Stabler is fiercely protective of his children and becomes defensive if a suspect asks about his family; it is suggested that he sees aspects of his children in every victim. As a result, he harbors an intense hatred of pedophiles, admitting to a police psychiatrist that he sometimes fantasizes about killing them.[25] He almost loses his job as a result.[26] Stabler has occasionally seen aspects of himself in a child abuser; during one case, an abusive parent reminds him of an incident in which he lost his temper and raised his hand to slap his daughter Maureen, then a toddler.[27] In another, he beats up a pedophile (Tom Noonan) who posts a picture of Elizabeth on his website.[28]
Child victims tend to respond to him. For example, Stabler successfully reaches out to a 15-year-old girl (Rachael Bella) who regresses to a childlike state after being attacked by her father. SVU's resident psychiatrist, Dr. George Huang (B.D. Wong), theorizes that only Stabler would be able to reach her, as he is a father, and she is looking for another father figure.[29]
Partners[edit]
Olivia Benson[edit]
Stabler is partnered with Olivia Benson for 12 years. They are best friends, and trust each other completely. Stabler is Benson's longest relationship with a man,[30] and they have even each promised to give the other a kidney should they need a transplant.[20]
Their relationship is not without friction, however. The two sometimes argue over the cases they work on; Benson tends to be quicker to side with the victims. However, during a case in which three women are charged with raping a male stripper, Benson and ADA Alexandra Cabot (Stephanie March) believe the man's story, while Stabler takes a cynical view of his claim from the start.[31]
Benson and Stabler are separated at times during the show. She asks for a new partner after Stabler expects her to jeopardize his life to shoot a convicted sex offender (Lou Diamond Phillips) who had kidnapped two children and killed one of them.[32] Instead, she is briefly reassigned to Computer Crimes and replaced by a Queens SVU detective, Lucius Blaine (Anthony Anderson).[2] Benson and Stabler become partners again after her replacement, Dani Beck, leaves the squad.[33] They remain partners for the rest of Stabler's time in the precinct.
Dani Beck[edit]
Stabler is assigned a temporary partner named Dani Beck (Connie Nielsen) while Benson is on loan to the FBI in season 8 (Mariska Hargitay was pregnant and on maternity leave). Beck takes well to the job, and she and Stabler become close. There is also some sexual tension between the two, and during one case they share a kiss.[34] The relationship goes no further, however, as Beck leaves when she realizes that she will not be able to save every victim.[35]
Jo Marlowe[edit]
Jo Marlowe (played by Sharon Stone) was Stabler's training officer. She is appointed by Jack McCoy to be the new ADA for the SVU squad during a four-episode run in season 11. Stabler reveals that he has not seen her for 15 years when she first arrives as the new ADA. Marlowe was a Lieutenant in 1995 when she left the NYPD after her command decision resulted in the deaths of two of her officers.[36] She was diagnosed with an "aggressive" type of breast cancer and had a bilateral radical mastectomy a year before joining the SVU squad.[37]
Awards and decorations[edit]
The following are the medals and service awards worn by Detective Stabler, as seen in "Dolls".
American Flag Breast Bar
NYPD Medal of Honor
NYPD Unit Citation Bar
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Hate". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 5. Episode 13. January 13, 2004. NBC.
^ Jump up to: a b "Fat". Law & Order: SVU. Season 7. Episode 20. May 2, 2006. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Haystack". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 8. Episode 15. February 20, 2007. NBC.
^ Jump up to: a b c "Ripped". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 7. Episode 4. October 11, 2005. NBC.
^ Jump up to: a b "Swing". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 10. Episode 3. October 14, 2008. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Goliath". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 6. Episode 23. May 24, 2005. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Annihilated". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 8. Episode 20. May 8, 2007. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Rage". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 6. Episode 17. March 1, 2005. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Philadelphia". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 8. Episode 16. February 27, 2007. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Smoked". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 12. Episode 24. May 18, 2011. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Mega Buzz: Tiva Time on NCIS? Plus: Fringe's Future and Stabler's SVU Exit". TV Guide. August 30, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Scorched Earth". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 13. Episode 1. September 21, 2011. NBC.
Jump up ^ Maureen is said to be 15 in episode "Wrong Is Right". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 2. Episode 1. October 20, 2000. NBC.
Jump up ^ Kathleen is said to be 19 in episode "Swing". Law & Order: SVU. Season 10. Episode 3. October 14, 2008. NBC.
Jump up ^ Lizzie is said to be 15 in episode "Confession". Law & Order: SVU. Season 10. Episode 2. September 30, 2008. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Doubt". Law & Order: SVU. Season 6. Episode 8. November 23, 2004. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Burned". Law & Order: SVU. Season 8. Episode 11. January 8, 2007. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Dependent". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 8. Episode 14. February 13, 2007. NBC.
^ Jump up to: a b "Screwed". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 8. Episode 22. May 22, 2007. NBC.
^ Jump up to: a b "Paternity". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 9. Episode 9. November 27, 2007. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Alternate". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 9. Episode 1. September 25, 2007. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Trials". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 10. Episode 1. September 23, 2008.
Jump up ^ "Gray". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 12. Episode 9. November 17, 2010. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Turmoil". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 11. Episode 8. November 11, 2009. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Slaves". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 1. Episode 22. May 19, 2000. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Wrong is Right". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 2. Episode 1. October 20, 2000. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Shaken". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 5. Episode 10. March 25, 2003. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Confession". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 10. Episode 2. September 30, 2008. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Resilience". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 4. Episode 10. December 6, 2002. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Futility". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 4. Episode 22. April 25, 2003. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Ridicule". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 3. Episode 10. December 14, 2001. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Fault". Law & Order: SVU. Season 7. Episode 19. April 4, 2006. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Choreographed". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 8. Episode 9. November 28, 2006. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Underbelly". Law & Ordr: Special Victims Unit. Season 8. Episode 7. November 14, 2006. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Cage". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 8. Episode 8. November 21, 2006. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Ace". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 11. Episode 22. May 5, 2010. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Shattered". Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Season 11. Episode 24. May 19, 2010. NBC.
[hide]
v
t
e
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Characters
Detectives
Elliot Stabler
Olivia Benson
John Munch
Monique Jeffries
Fin Tutuola
Chester Lake
Nick Amaro
Amanda Rollins
Dominick Carisi Jr.
Commanding officers
Donald Cragen
Olivia Benson
Assistant District Attorneys
Alexandra Cabot
Casey Novak
Kim Greylek
Rafael Barba
Doctors
George Huang
Melinda Warner
Other characters
Barry Moredock
Brian Cassidy
Elizabeth Donnelly
Michael Cutter
Sonya Paxton
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Notable episodes
"Payback"
"911"
"Authority"
"Cold"
"Zebras"
"Behave"
"Smoked"
"Scorched Earth"
"Justice Denied"
"Father Dearest"
"Rhodium Nights"
"Lost Reputation"
"Above Suspicion"
"Acceptable Loss"
"Manhattan Vigil"
"Comic Perversion"
"Glasgowman's Wrath"
"Chicago Crossover"
See also
Cast members
Awards and nominations
Law & Order franchise
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elliot_Stabler&oldid=805822519"
Categories:
Fictional American people of Irish descent
Fictional characters from New York City
Fictional Gulf War veterans
Fictional New York City Police Department detectives
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit characters
Fictional United States Marine Corps personnel
Fictional characters introduced in 1999
Fictional victims of child abuse
Crossover characters in television
Hidden categories:
Articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction from September 2015
All articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction
Articles lacking reliable references from December 2011
All articles lacking reliable references
Pages using deprecated image syntax
Articles using Infobox character with multiple unlabeled fields
Navigation menu
Personal tools
Not logged in
Talk
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Namespaces
Article
Talk
Variants
Views
Read
Edit
View history
More
Search
Navigation
Main page
Contents
Featured content
Current events
Random article
Donate to Wikipedia
Wikipedia store
Interaction
Help
About Wikipedia
Community portal
Recent changes
Contact page
Tools
What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Wikidata item
Cite this page
Print/export
Create a book
Download as PDF
Printable version
Languages
Français
Português
Edit links
This page was last edited on 17 October 2017, at 21:13.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
Privacy policy
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Contact Wikipedia
Developers
Cookie statement
Mobile view
Enable previews

key: html

type: local

value: div

attrs: id class

values: mw-page-base noprint

values: mw-head-base noprint

value: a

attrs: id class lang

values: firstHeading firstHeading en

values: siteSub noprint

values: jump-to-nav mw-jump

value: img

attrs: alt src width height srcset data-file-width data-file-height

value: td

value: span

attrs: class role tabindex

values: mw-collapsible-toggle button 0

value: b

attrs: href title

value: small

values: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction

values: plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-in-universe

values: plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Primary_sources

values:
mw-collapsible
width:95%; margin: 0.2em 0;

values: plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-multiple_issues compact-ambox

values: Payback (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

values: Smoked (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 1)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 2)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 3)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 4)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 5)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 6)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 7)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 8)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 9)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 10)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 11)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 12)

values:
/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_Trial_By_Jury
mw-redirect
Law & Order: Trial By Jury

values: Detective 1st Grade (page does not exist)

values: List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit characters

values:
infobox
width:22em;border-spacing: 2px 5px;

values:
/wiki/Irish_American
mw-redirect
Irish American

values:
/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Christ
mw-redirect
Crucifixion of Christ

values:
/wiki/Queens_College
mw-redirect
Queens College

values:
/wiki/Excessive_force
mw-redirect
Excessive force

values:
/wiki/Kathy_Stabler
mw-redirect
Kathy Stabler

values:
/wiki/FDNY_Bureau_of_EMS
mw-redirect
FDNY Bureau of EMS

values:
/wiki/George_Huang_(Law_%26_Order)
mw-redirect
George Huang (Law & Order)

values:
/wiki/Maternity_leave
mw-redirect
Maternity leave

values: Medals of the New York City Police Department

values: New York City Police Department Medal of Honor

values: Scorched Earth (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

values: Template:Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

values: Template talk:Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

values: Chester Lake (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

values: George Huang (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

values: List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 13)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 15)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18)

values: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19)

values: Authority (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

values: Cold (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

values: Zebras (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

values: Behave (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

values: Justice Denied (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

values: Father Dearest (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

values: Above Suspicion (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

values: Acceptable Loss (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

values: List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit cast members

values: List of awards and nominations received by Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

values: nowraplinks hlist collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner

values: Category:Fictional American people of Irish descent

values: Category:Fictional characters from New York City

values: Category:Fictional New York City Police Department detectives

values: Category:Law & Order: Special Victims Unit characters

values: Category:Fictional United States Marine Corps personnel

values: Category:Fictional characters introduced in 1999

values: Category:Fictional victims of child abuse

values: Category:Crossover characters in television

values: Category:Articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction from September 2015

values: Category:All articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction

values: Category:Articles lacking reliable references from December 2011

values: Category:All articles lacking reliable references

values: Category:Pages using deprecated image syntax

values: Category:Articles using Infobox character with multiple unlabeled fields

values: Discussion about edits from this IP address [ctrl-alt-n]

values: A list of edits made from this IP address [ctrl-alt-y]

values: You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory

values: You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [ctrl-alt-o]

values:
/wiki/Elliot_Stabler
View the content page [ctrl-alt-c]
c

values: Discussion about the content page [ctrl-alt-t]

values: p-namespaces navigation vectorTabs p-namespaces-label

values:
p-variants
navigation
vectorMenu emptyPortlet
p-variants-label

values: Past revisions of this page [ctrl-alt-h]

values: p-views navigation vectorTabs p-views-label

values:
p-cactions
navigation
vectorMenu emptyPortlet
p-cactions-label

values:
mw-wiki-logo
/wiki/Main_Page
Visit the main page

values:
/wiki/Main_Page
Visit the main page [ctrl-alt-z]
z

values: Featured content – the best of Wikipedia

values: Find background information on current events

values:
/wiki/Special:Random
Load a random article [ctrl-alt-x]
x

values: portal navigation p-navigation p-navigation-label

values: Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia

values: About the project, what you can do, where to find things

values: A list of recent changes in the wiki [ctrl-alt-r]

values: portal navigation p-interaction p-interaction-label

values: List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [ctrl-alt-j]

values: Recent changes in pages linked from this page [ctrl-alt-k]

values:
/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard
Upload files [ctrl-alt-u]
u

values: A list of all special pages [ctrl-alt-q]

values: Permanent link to this revision of the page

values: Link to connected data repository item [ctrl-alt-g]

values: Printable version of this page [ctrl-alt-p]

values:
uls-settings-trigger
Language settings
0
button
true

values: /static/images/wikimedia-button-1.5x.png 1.5x, /static/images/wikimedia-button-2x.png 2x

values: /static/images/poweredby_mediawiki_132x47.png 1.5x, /static/images/poweredby_mediawiki_176x62.png 2x

values:
suggestions
display: none; font-size: 13px;

values: mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject page-Elliot_Stabler rootpage-Elliot_Stabler vector-experimental-print-styles vector-nav-directionality skin-vector action-view