Changes were inevitable when "Law & Order: Organized Crime" officially debuted as a streaming original rather than rejoining "Law & Order: SVU" in NBC’s 2025 TV schedule primetime lineup, and those changes can’t all be as much fun as unsexy pickup lines and Reyes now having the option for F-bombs. Episode 3 said a big goodbye to a member of the team, and while it makes for a sad way to start Season 5, Stabler’s reaction at least tells me that he learned a valuable lesson from the fallout of his "Special Victims Unit" exit.
Jet had decided to take a break from the OCCB after her close call undercover in the Season 5 premiere two-parter, and the character needing to step away certainly tracks with what one star described as "Organized Crime’s" “more realistic” approach on Peacock. It also wouldn’t have been the first time that a detective took a break from active duty only to return within a few episodes, so that decision didn’t seem to indicate that fans were 100% about to lose Ainsley Seiger’s character.
