Sam Waterston is Headed Back to the "Law & Order" Universe
by Keisha Hatchett
Sept. 20, 2017


Another alum is returning to the "Law & Order" family.

TV Guide has learned that Sam Waterston, who starred as Jack McCoy for 16 seasons on "Law & Order", is headed to "Law & Order: SVU" for one episode this season.



Details surrounding his appearance are scarce but we think it might have something to do with Peter Stone (Philip Winchester), the "Chicago Justice" alum who is also making his way to the show as an Assistant District Attorney in Season 19.

Peter is the son of Ben Stone (Michael Moriarty), ASA on the first four seasons of "Law & Order" who was then succeeded by McCoy.

http://www.tvguide.com/news/sam-waterston-law-order-svu-return/

I watched an episode recently on ION and I was glad to still see MR STABLER in it!! (and that lady)

Eventually they will run out as I think they both left :(

"Law and Order" Veteran Sam Waterston Previews Jack McCoy's "SVU" Return
by Jean Bentley
Feb. 7, 2018


"Law & Order: SVU" is poised to host both a crossover and a reunion in the same episode when franchise veteran Sam Waterston guest-stars as District Attorney Jack McCoy, reprising his 16-season role from Dick Wolf's flagship drama.

Waterston returns for Wednesday's episode, "The Undiscovered Country," an hour exploring a family's right-to-die court case.





As The Hollywood Reporter revealed at the beginning of "SVU's" current, 19th season, the guest spot reunites the "Grace and Frankie" star with new "SVU" showrunner Michael Chernuchin, who worked with Waterston on the first two seasons of the mother ship and helped create the character of Jack McCoy.

It's Chernuchin who persuaded Waterston to return to the franchise, the actor told THR — though he didn't actually need much convincing. "I knew him well; I know he's a wonderful writer, and so it was really easy to say yes," he said.





Although he didn't necessarily expect that "SVU" would still be running eight years after the original "Law & Order" signed off, Waterston said he's not surprised it endures because of the "genius of the original architecture of the storytelling."

Said Waterston, "It's something that J.P. Morgan said, which is that it's all right to put all your eggs in one basket as long as you watch it very carefully. And of course, it's not one basket for Dick Wolf except in the sense that it is a kind of single universe with many branches. I think that the story, really, is how careful Dick Wolf and his entire organization have been about keeping the standards up."





Jack McCoy has worked with the "SVU" team before, appearing in crossover episodes beginning in the spin-off's first season (and referenced in even more). So while he wasn't a stranger to the SVU team, and it felt a bit unusual to be back in a courtroom.

"At first, for about a half a day it was completely strange and wonderful, like stepping back in time, and then it was just very familiar. It suddenly became like I'd never left," Waterston said — it still helped that star Mariska Hargitay was so happy to have the well-respected actor around.

"I can't tell you how wonderful she was; how welcoming, how generous," he said. "They treated me like visiting royalty, all of them did. But she was at the front of that; she was the leader of that and it was just a delightful time."

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-sam-waterston-jack-mccoys-svu-return-1082633

Thank you Jimmy :)