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Stephanie March gives us more Alex Cabot

Law and Order: SVU fans — and everyone else who enjoys the magnificence of Mariska Hargitay — have been on pins and needles waiting to hear whether she is returning next season.

Although negotiations are still in progress with Hargitay and costar Chris Meloni, Michael Ausiello delivered some SVU news Thursday that will keep me tuning in: Stephanie March has signed a new contract that brings the world’s hottest ADA, Alex Cabot, back for at least 10 episodes.

Just in case you missed the memo, this is the same Stephanie March who told reporters in February that Alex might not be a “men only” kind of woman. March caused many of us to feel that telltale little tingle with her answer to the question of whether Alex and Olivia (Hargitay) are in love: “I’m not saying we’re not… I’m not saying we’re not in love.” (Read Sarah Warn’s blog about it here.)

As Sarah said, the likelihood of our seeing Alex/Olivia (Alexiva? Olex?) on screen is slim. But I do have a casting suggestion. Bring in Tina. I mean, the thought of Alex Cabot trying to convict Liz Lemon of oh, say, impersonating a lesbian would be damn good TV.

Who’s with me?

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  • Ace's picture

    Oh my, this makes me happy.

    I continue to watch SVU despite the egegiously lazy writing. This, however, is a very good thing.
    Meg's picture

    Awesome!

    I have to say, this is the best news I've heard about the show in a while. Alex Cabot has always been my favorite ADA, so I'm very happy to see her return. And I hope she stays this time! :]
    Snorkack's picture

    30 rock!

    Stephanie March was amazing on 30 rock!She was the perfect choice for Tina's Fey lesbian love. And those glasses......wow. Hot.
    chelc's picture

    yay!

    I love Alex Cabot! When she was on a bunch of episodes last season i was very happy because the woman they had as the new ADA was horrible! She left One Tree Hill for a reason, so im soo glad Stephanie March is coming back for more!
    Chantal's picture

    Best news of the day

    I've been in PAIN all day because of a stiff neck, and this just made me do a happy dance despite the pain! Whoo, best news of the day 

     

    The Way The Cookie Crumbles

    No Borders Allowed
    vdpro's picture

    yessssssssss!

    This is the best news I've heard lately! Alex was always the best ADA :) and I love the chemistry between her and Liv.

    Thank you TV Gods (or Dick Wolf;) for bringing her back!

    Anonymous's picture

    I liked Stephanie March a

    I liked Stephanie March a lot on 30 rock, that was a pretty good episode, but I never really got the Alex fever, actually I haven't watched many episodes with her being the ADA, only Casey's.. maybe I'll start to watch SVU again and see what did I miss.. 

    Kay's picture

    Mrs Bobby Flay

    Is it bad that I know Stephanie March better as chef Bobby Flay's wife than I do as Alex Cabot? Shame on me. I don't really watch SVU very much, even though I love Mariska & Chris. And maybe I watch too much Food Network!
    SterlingMB's picture

    Yeay...

    I gotta say the team of Hargitay and March just makes me giddy!! These two have an onscreen chemistry that has more subtext than the Fact of Life ever could ;)

    I'm pleased that Alex Cabot will be in our lives again...the show was really missing a fundamental part of it's mojo without her!

    SMB

    rockinresearcher's picture

    Ditto the yays

    So happy - I can resurrect all my Liv/Alex fantasies again, fabulous!! (as long as Mariska signs up again.. please, please, please do!). And completely agree about the subtext ;-)
    rockinresearcher's picture

    Ditto the yays

    So happy - I can resurrect all my Liv/Alex fantasies again, fabulous!! (as long as Mariska signs up again.. please, please, please do!). And completely agree about the subtext ;-)

    sorry, sitting with laptop on my lap and posted twice by mistake.. sorry...

    strawberrypanic's picture

    While it's not a series

    While it's not a series regular, I would love to see Alex Cabot at all next season.  If the love between Alex and Liv becomes text rather than subtext, even better.

    Way to go, Alex!

    LolitaVida's picture

    Olivia's wife is back!

    So, I just had to run laps around my bedroom in the hopes that my heart would start beating again. Mrs. Olivia Benson is back in black and kicking asses around the courtroom! I just adore Stephanie March.

     ~Lolita

    "But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love forever."

    Katherine's picture

    dear lord yes PLEASE!!!

    and i have a TV now! yessss
    alex's picture

    oh heck yes

    stephanie march is amazing. love her as alex cabot and she was pretty fantastic doing comedy on 30 rock. her staying with SVU = one more season of great television from dick wolf.

    also: how did i not know she was bobby flay's wife???? 

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    Anonymous's picture

    “I’m not saying we’re

    “I’m not saying we’re not… I’m not saying we’re not in love.” lol did she really say that? omg cos I totally let out a fangirl squeal.
    uraveragewhitehomo's picture

    ...OMG...

    ...ok...so i was on the phone w my friend when i was reading this and she was middle of a story and i was...'hold on...HOLD ON!!! OMG!!!!!'lol...and contiued to scream in excitment while reading this...i had to explain to her what i was so excited about...sigh...she has NO idea....lol

    i loved alex...she was fantastic...i SO have to start watching it again...

    Lauren's picture

    NO I am not happy

    My favorite was Casey Novak she beat the other ADA actresses by a mile.
    admirer_of_dimples's picture

    ITA

    I have to agree with you - Casey had a lot more about her IMHO. I really didn't see any depth to Alex Cabot although admittedly I've only seen a few of her episodes so don't shoot me !

    BTW I think Mariska looks beautiful in the most recent series.... just stunning (she's the only reason I still watch it)

    Carolyn's picture

    I saw this

    and I literally gasped. My life = made. Also, every time I see Bobby Flay I want to punch him in the face for being married to her. He seems like a bit of a douche.

     

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    dazeio's picture

    uh-huh!

    I know celebrities personal life arent any of our business but bobby flay?? C'mon Bobby Flay?? Seriously???
    delita24's picture

    i'm with you too

    i was like what?! bobby flay, damn.
    dazeio's picture

    The irony of it all is...

    Mariska's the one who introduced them!!!!! 

     

    -still waitin for my piccy to show up~

    Carolyn's picture

    Ooooh, Mariska

    ...you could have introduced her to someone else whose face doesn't look like one of the million pastries this guy probably makes. Maybe some adorable indie guy who's only really appreciated by his 10 fans. Or maybe -- and I'm just spitballing here -- someone who doesn't have a penis! That would work, too. Anyone but Bobby Flay. I see this guy smile and I think he's a complete smarmodon.

     

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    meatisadelicacy's picture

    Yeah I scared my dog...

    The noise I made startled my poor pooch, but it's okay we're both so happy!! 
    Ashley Maile's picture

    1. oh my god oh my god this

    1. oh my god oh my god this is the best thing I've heard since I heard news of Alex initially returning.. and her bisexuality..

    I didn't think I could make it the 11th season without seeing Alex CAbot glasses, heels and outfits... this is awesome news!!

    2. As far as Tina Fey, if you ever watch her "Ask Tina" answers on NBC she seems to love SVU.. Someone asked her if she would ever want to do a cross over with another show. She said Law & Order SVU.

    On another different segment of Ask Tina, someone asked her to tell a good christmas memory. She said she watched an episode of SVU where a man ate children's hair and how "this is the best christmas ever."

    More evidence she loves SVU.. the amount of SVU stars to have been on 30 Rock. An old detective from the first season of SVU now plays "Dennis Duffy" on 30 Rock..  Mariska's husband was in an episode, Stephanie has obviously been on the show, ex-ADA Casey Novak has been on the show, and 30 rock used a clip of Olivia Besnon on the episode "seinfeldvision."   

    I for one am dieingggg to see some good old Alex & Olivia onscrene heat.. Neal Baer has a twitter now, so we need to make sure we show AO love there to him. I never use it but we need to start to represent alll the lesbians who loove them together so he'll ggive us good eps of them next season (if Mariska comes back, which I think she will)

    "There would be no black and white, the world would just treat my wife right. We could walk down in Mississippi, and no one would look at us twice. That's my dreamworld." - Dreamworld by Robin Thicke

    Baby Honey Child's picture

    Oh-Em-Gee

    HOW did I not connect the dots???

    Well I think my memory of Detective Cassidy was blocked out after his one-night-stand with Olivia. I still want to believe that night was what turned Liv off men for good.....Duffy, on the other hand, is pure love.

    I hate Seinfeld, but Mariska on it? Hello Youtube.

    And I have to go back and find that episode with Novak, which I don't remember at all.  :(

    Anyway....Tina Fey's love for SVU might rival MY love for SVU. And I thought she couldn't be more awesome. 

     

    ackat's picture

    Woot!

    The glasses of justice are back for more? I love it!
    dazeio's picture

    Someone else...

    posted the same thing and got only TWO comments!!! *lol* i LOVE Alex Cabot but dislike Stephanie March (only cos she's MARRIED, and to a chef(??)) Looking forward and hoping that NBC writers develop the A/O storyline!
    delita24's picture

    i can't wait for the new

    i can't wait for the new episodes!!!
    Dani's picture

    Great News

    Alex is my favorite DA, its good to have a DA who actually win her cases back!

    http://twitter.com/Dani_po

    cornflakegirl's picture

    So excited!

    SVU is one of the few TV shows I watch, and Alex is absolutely my favorite ADA! Hopefully next season they will give her more to do then they did at the end of the last one, and hopefully the writing will get a little better.

    I'm definately pushing for the AO relationship. Please oh please let it happen ;).

    dazeio's picture

    This is for OP...

    Fans of Alex and Olivia are calling the pair Cabenson ... if I'm not mistaken... hehe.. but Olex sounds hillarious!

     

    -still waitin for my piccy to show up~

    Baby Honey Child's picture

    Olex?

    Sounds like a knockoff watch brand.

     

     

    dazeio's picture

    More Like...

    I think it sounds more like smth u take when ur havin Diarrhea!!!Still hillarious tho...
    Ari's picture

    Awesome news! I loved loved

    Awesome news! I loved loved loved Alex...but, i'm still not gonna watch SVU without the magnificence that is Mariska Hargitay, alias Olivia Benson. Sara Ramirez could make an appearance and i might still not watch it..well..not really though..SVU wouldn't be the same without Olivia&Elliot ^.^

    Lakshmi is my homegirl <3

    Katja's picture

    Yippee!

    I love Alex Cabot and even more I love her and Olivia Benson together. I hope that they'll both be there next season and well, I also hope that things between them will get a little more romantic and closer...

    And Stephanie March is also one very attractive woman :)

    Connie42's picture

    Fanfics delight

    I still watch the show here in Aus but mainly so I can better follow the fanfic story lines. Ms March signing on for longer should give readers and writers alike much pleasure. 

    You cannot find peace by avoiding life - The Hours

    dazeio's picture

    Your Favourite?

    I love 'Different' by Bluebriefs and Hobbess... Storyline was amazing! And I've just finished one called 'Cabin Fever' It was kinda sad...
    Ashley Maile's picture

    Haha I never made the

    Haha I never made the connection until months after watching 30 rock. I didn't realize it until I saw a rerun of the first season on TV and I was like "That's the beeper king!" lol. 

    The episode with novak is when Liz goes to her high school reunion. Third season I think. It's hilarious.

    "There would be no black and white, the world would just treat my wife right. We could walk down in Mississippi, and no one would look at us twice. That's my dreamworld." - Dreamworld by Robin Thicke

    7Up's picture

    cool!

    Now, please Mariska come back and let Alex and Olivia be a couple.... :-)
    Forza Roma's picture

    Oh Stephanie March

    It's a good thing I didn't have a TV last school year, she would have made studying absolutely imposible. Especially since I have decided to draw no distinction between her 30 Rock guest role and Law and Order and believe with all my heart in Alex's gayness. :D I'm sure Olivia will help her get over Liz Lemon. 
    LolitaVida's picture

    Sidebar...

    Can I get a "WTF" on how Alex Cabot was conspicuously absent from this year's season finale?

    Non-Alex ADA: "I'm Sorry, Your Honor. Ms. Cabot is stuck in traffic."

    Me: "Are you ABSOLUTELY kidding me, Dick Wolf? Traffic?!"

    That's some lazy-ass writing right there. If they're gonna bring her back next season, USE her...and make her have all of her scenes with Liv ;)

     ~Lolita

    "But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love forever."

    Forza Roma's picture

    Seriously.

    They could have just been honest and said "I'm sorry, Your Honor. Ms. Cabot is stuck in bed with her lesbian lover." At least she's coming back, anytime such pitiful writing is pulled out at the end of a season I have to wonder if it was the writers waiting for word on contracts as to whether to send/kill the character off or not.

    Lame.

    dazeio's picture

    Uh-huh

    Must be one helluva traffic!!!!
    Anonymous's picture

    Glad...

    ..."Alex" is back for even more eps. But I still can't watch this show if Mariska Hargitay quits. :(
    WindRyderX's picture

    JOY!

    I love the whole crew of SVU and all, especially Hargitay, but March was the main reason I looked forward to SVU in the early years... I am sooo happy to hear I can look forward to new episodes again without having to worry about seeing that newbie lawyer again for a while! YEA!!! And hopefully this time around, there are alot more Benson/Cabot interactions, cause the last couple of episodes were definitely lacking...

    Musicplayer's picture

    There is a god..

    I seriously couldn't be happier. I'm still a huge fan of the old eps when Cabot was still the ADA and then, when I FINALLY got used to miss Casey Novak they got rid of her as well. But nooowww I'm so happy!

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    only cheaper

    Mara's picture

    Woo-hoo!

    Too bad ADA Cabot isn't going to stick around for an actual Cabenson storyline.

    Excuse me while I'm off doing a little happy dance ;)

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    "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." (Dr. Seuss)

    critic8lmas's picture

    Will watch SVU...

    Only if Hargitay returns. She's the only reason why I watch SVU. I love the Law & Order franchise but having Mariska on SVU is definitely worth tuning in even more.