Law & Order: SVU Season 28 is going to premiere on NBC for the 2026 fall season soon, and a fan-favorite character is going to return as a guest star. Season 28 of the show will premiere on NBC on October 8, 2026.Christopher Meloni, who starred as Elliot Stabler in Law & Order: SVU for the first 12 seasons and has returned as a guest star multiple times, will be reprising his role for the 600th episode of the show.Law & Order: SVU Season 28 Christopher Meloni return and moreLaw & Order: SVU Season 28 will premiere on NBC on October 8, 2026, at 9 pm ET. The episode will be available for streaming on Peacock from the next day, that is October 9, 2026. In the upcoming season, besides leading the squad on new cases, we will also see Captain Olivia Benson (played by Mariska Hargitay) face new challenges that push her leadership skills to their limits while she works her way through new dynamics and allies within the precinct. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostLaw & Order: SVU Season 28 is also the season that will feature the show's 600th episode. As GiveMeMyRemote reports, Christopher Meloni is going to return as Elliot Stabler for the 600th episode. Meloni appeared as Detective Elliot Stabler from Seasons 1 to 12 of Law & Order: SVU. Since then, the character has returned in guest and crossover roles in Seasons 22, 24, and 27.Moreover, Meloni has also starred as Stabler in his Law & Order spinoff show, Law & Order: Organized Crime. Although Meloni left SVU in 2011, fans have loved to see him appear in guest and crossover roles. In the first 12 seasons of the show, his character Detective Elliot Stabler was partnered up with Olivia Benson when she was a detective as well.Elliot and Olivia also shared (and still do) a will-they-won't-they relationship, which makes fans even more eager to watch episodes in which Elliot returns. Elliot's return this time will most likely be a meaningful one because of what the show's showrunner, Michele Fazekas, had said last season. As TVLine reports, Fazekas, who was also a writer on the show from Seasons 3 to 7, said:"When I was on the show, it was Benson and Stabler... I want to use him as much as he can, but also, I don't want to stunt it, or do it for no reason. It has to mean something."Thus, Elliot is most likely being brought back for the 600th episode not only to make sure all original characters are part of the episode but also because he will have a meaningful part to play. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostThere's yet another guest star to look forward to in Law & Order: SVU Season 28Meloni isn't the only guest star we will see in Law & Order: SVU Season 28. Jalen Brunson, the New York Knicks point guard, will also guest-star in the fifth episode of the upcoming season. Whether he will play a new character or a fictionalized version of himself is yet to be confirmed.Brunson is scheduled to appear in a guest role in episode 5 of Law & Order: SVU Season 28, which will be released on NBC on November 5, 2026, at 9 pm ET.Law & Order: SVU Season 28 will premiere on NBC on October 8, 2026, at 9 pm ET.For more articles like this, follow Soapcentral.