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Maureen "Mo" Stabler is the oldest child of Detective Elliot Stabler and Kathy Stabler.

History[]

Maureen Stabler

As a teenager

Maureen was born when her parents were 17 years old; they married after finding out that she was on the way. Elliot wanted to be a fighter pilot and astronaut like his idol, Dick Finley, but chose his pregnant wife. He then went into the Marines to take care of his family and become a cop. Elliot was present at Maureen's birth, and her parents took turns taking care of their baby while working shifts to support themselves with Kathy working days and Elliot working nights. While Kathy was working, Elliot used to take baby Maureen to the park and to the grocery store, although he was very tired and wanted to sleep while the baby wanted to cry (SVU: "Stolen", "Tragedy", "Wanderlust").

Elliot had difficulty adjusting to the fact that his oldest daughter was growing up, and hitting puberty. He was very protective of her (SVU: "Wanderlust"). Maureen once managed to sneak out of her parents house undetected, but was caught by her father while trying to sneak back in. Elliot was called in to the crime scene of Jeanne Gallagher, and was up at 2:30 in the morning. He suspected that she had been drinking, and grounded her for a couple of days. While dropping her off at her school, he realized that he’d overreacted to the situation (SVU: "Sophomore Jinx"). He inadvertently exposed Maureen to a crime scene while he was driving her home from a party; this was something for which he would never forgive himself (SVU: "Wrong Is Right").

Maureen wanted to go Columbia University (SVU: "Pixies", "Monogamy"), but Elliot was distracted with his job and forgot to send in a check for the application. Thus, Maureen went to Hudson University (SVU: "Grief"). Maureen, despite being in college, continued to live at home even when her parents separated. When this occurred, she went to live with Kathy's mother (SVU: "Doubt", "Contagious"). By "Annihilated", Maureen had already moved out when Elliot went to check on Kathleen, Elizabeth, and Dickie in bed after a horrible night of tragedy he discovered.

Following the death of Kathy, Maureen, her siblings, Elliot and Benson attended her funeral. Maureen comforted Eli during the funeral. Upon leaving, Maureen noticed Eli was still standing in front of Kathy's coffin and called him over but Eli, in a state of shock, broke down crying. (OC: "What Happens in Puglia")

Maureen was revealed to be in a relationship with a man named Carl. Elliot and Kathleen advised Eli to move in with them, but he declined to do so. (OC: "Say Hello To My Little Friends")

Maureen and her siblings held an intervention for their father and had Benson attend. They all told him they cared about him and wanted him to get help for his issues regarding Kathy's death. However, Elliot turned down their help, stating that while he appreciated the family being concerned he was fine. Elliot later mentioned to his coworkers that Eli later moved in with Maureen and Carl. (OC: "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of")

Maureen attended the ill-fated dinner party alongside her partner Carl and their two boys that Elliot threw at his apartment following a birthday party. She greeted her father warmly and went to see her siblings. Before dinner, she actively engaged with her siblings, grandmother and Eli's girlfriend and was clearly very happy. At dinner when Randall, Elliot and Bernadette started fighting, an uncomfortable Maureen told Carl to go and get the boys from Eli's bedroom where they were watching a DVD so they could leave before the fight became more intense but was told to sit down and stay by Elliot, Bernadette and Randall. When Randall and Elliot's fight turned physical, a disgusted Maureen angrily told Elliot that now she, Carl, Kieran, Seamus, her siblings and Eli's girlfriend were definitely leaving and left the party, feeling angry, upset and uncomfortable by the behavior she had witnessed. (OC: "The Last Supper")

Eli told Maureen, Bernadette and Randall about his decision to join the police force just as Elliot came home. Elliot told Eli he didn't think it was a good idea that he joined the police force as the world had become a lot more dangerous since when he first joined the police force, which annoyed Eli. This was witnessed by Maureen who told her father that her life was impacted when Elliot became a police officer when she was a child. (OC: "Stabler's Lament")

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