they are children yeah but roman going feral and yelling at kendall not to lay a hand on his (their) sister was what made this scene peak for me
#SuccessionHBO
I just think it’s very special that this moment exists cause I know cragen, cabot, cassidy munch and literally every 1.0 character saw them on tv and thought “Yea, I always knew they were gonna find their way back to each other” 🥹
Remember when Elliot could determine via certain micro expressions whether Olivia benson had spent the night wrecking some other man’s world, and how he gave her coffee in the morn, and how positively insane that must have made him the entire time🙂
“Why didn’t you call me?”
“Because I knew you would try to protect me.”
“And there’s something wrong with that?”
PLEASE ELLIOT STABLER LOVES HER SO SOFTLY SO COMPLETELY, IM GONNA SCREAM
this moment right here was CANON, curling her fingers behind his neck and pulling him in as he seemed to be saying “why not?” idc it’s all very soul consuming and pleasing to me even after all these months of being robbed
For Elliot, Tia represents his old life that he had in Italy (with his wife & kid) and saying goodbye to her means he has to officially say goodbye to that chapter of his life
It’s so crazy that elliot stabler’s the optimistic one with “what if it does work out?” when his life has been a dumpster fire the last 2 years and despite it all, he gently looked her in the eye and really said “You and I will be fine, I promise.”
There’s about a million different things that could’ve been asked, that could’ve been relaid in that one defining moment they had together, alone, finally alone, but his first question was … ??
Literally love your work Elliot Stabler, love IT👏🏼✨
the fact that it was CANON how eo’s reunion had olivia looking fine in a dress with heels on in the street!! like in this economy?! VERY intentional on the endgame front
It’s funny how Barba thinks Elliot would’ve been the neighbourhood bully when in reality he would’ve protected that dude when he was a kid because THATS who Elliot is
🥹 I will forever be stuck on “dime sized pupils” because its true, elliot stabler studies her face and manerisms like a famous art piece in the fucking louvre
crazy how in the past chriska’s chemistry has often led to the accidental sexy-in-love look on screen, but here they are intentionally doing it as eo😭 which means endgame, which means more of this, which means me bouncing off the walls
not to be that person but him watching her be a captain here, watching her tell carisi and fin to go home, and then making her smile for the rest of the night was everything wow
let’s reflect on olivia already being inside his home before he even arrived, vs every other hot female having to stand outside the door and be invited in >>> I love foreshadowing
crazy how the gift, the mac & cheese scene, liv letting herself be normal & happy and him commenting on it every damn time was him saying “I know you’re not ready to open things but I want you to see what you can have.. with me.” like light pressure!! he wants her A LOT
Remember when Elliot Stabler said out loud, “Liv, you mean the world to me.” Throat torn up and everything??
Jesus if that wasn’t him ripping his entire heart out for her then idk what is
“the only reason it lasted was cause k*athy made it last”
aka elliot admitting he was never in love in his marriage, that he fully idealised kathy after her death bc of his sheer guilt, and now he’s free to be the better husband with his one true love
M - “I didn’t realize it was so sexy. It came out. I had no idea.”
Chris - *touches her hand, looks at the host: “Not now Seth we’re talking.”
ARHIRDSDDDJJKJTT!!
“detectives bensons have a degree of mutual reliance and emotional dependence that compromises their effectiveness as police officers… They’re too close.”
BACK IN OUR PHILADELPHIA BABY
elliot stabler gave liv a compass to help navigate her in the direction of home (him) on the cusp of being reminded of how precious life is, because SHE IS precious to him.. I am gonna djksksk
can we please talk about how incredibly healthy it is they are ALREADY talking so openly about grief, trauma, past and the dead wife??? their endgame is about to be so wholesome im pulling my hair😭
when wheatley called him out and tia got turned down and the parallel universe line happened and maybe even beyond that, Elliot was saying “Yes yes, it’ll always be her” and I wanna die cuz that’s what he thinks every time he see’s her face???!!
She looked at him and said, “I care, I know this isn’t working, I want to help you, tell me what to do.”
And he said the first thing that comes to mind when he looks at her face🥹