Christopher Meloni reveals his favoriteSVUscene with Mariska Hargitay: 'We were bound to each other'

The actress was expecting her eldest child, August, while filming the episode in question.

She would later become mother to children Amaya and Andrew, whom she adopted in 2011 with fellowSVUactorPeter Hermann.

It was a hard adjustment, because there was so much unknown.

Christopher Meloni as Det. Elliot Stabler and Mariska Hargitay as Det. Olivia Benson on ‘Law & Order: SVU’.Will Hart/NBC

So it was going into uncharted territory.

Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay in the ‘Law & Order: SVU’ season 7 episode, ‘Fault’.NBC