| "Sunk Cost Fallacy" | ||
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| ← | SVU, Episode 19.19 | → |
| Production number: 19019 First aired: 18 April 2018 | ||
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| Written By Michael S. Chernuchin & Allison Intrieri Directed By Michael Pressman | ||
Summary[]
The search for an abducted woman and her young daughter leads Benson cross paths with Cabot. Meanwhile, Stone must make a tough decision on behalf of his sister.
Plot[]
plot
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Mariska Hargitay as Lieutenant Olivia Benson
- Kelli Giddish as Detective Amanda Rollins
- Ice-T as Detective Odafin Tutuola (credit only)
- Peter Scanavino as Detective Dominick Carisi, Jr.
- Philip Winchester as A.D.A. Peter Stone
Recurring cast[]
- Stephanie March as Alexandra Cabot
- Amy Korb as Pamela Stone
- Richard Kind as Attorney William Biegel
- Olga Merediz as Judge Roberta Martinez
- Brian Keane as Pamela Stone's Doctor
Guest Cast[]
- Scott Porter as Nick Hunter
- Sarah Wilson as Jules Hunter
- Katie Flahive as Sherry
- Joan Porter as Vera Hunter
- Kaitlin Mesh as Paisley Adams
- Ceasar F. Barajas as Jorge Garcia
- Philip Galinsky as Mechanic
- Debra Walton as Meredith Scott
- Jennifer Brito as Uni
- Eddie K. Robinson as CSU Tech
- Bret Shuford as Billy
- Raelynn Zofia Stueber as Ruby Hunter
- Christopher Parker as Caleb Pierce
References[]
Quotes[]
- Benson: You can't break the law, Alex.
- Cabot: Why the hell not?
- Benson: Because it makes you a criminal, that's why.
- Benson: What happened to you?
- Cabot: I opened my eyes. I opened them wide and I saw that for 12 years, I was a cog in a holier-than-thou wheel, and the wheel just keeps spinning and tossing off bodies as it goes. Some remain standing, some fall. Nobody cares. Nobody gives a damn as long as the wheel keeps turning.
- [about Jules Hunter]
- Cabot: We never should've brought her back!
- Benson: For God's sake, Alex, I followed the law.
- Cabot: And it got her killed!
- Benson: You cannot be serious.
- Cabot: That man belonged in prison.
- Benson: This is America, Alex. You can't lock someone up without proof.
- Benson: You know, today, on the I was on the subway platform, and I saw these two cockroaches, and they were pulling at different ends of a crust of bread. And then the bread tore, and it fell onto the tracks, and and neither bug got their dinner.
- Cabot: Are you proposing we work together?
- Benson: I could never do what you do, Alex.
Background Information and Notes[]
- This marks the first appearance of ADA Alexandra Cabot since Season 13.
- "Sunk cost fallacy" is a financial term for dropping an unlikely or lost investment in order to walk away with the already-obtained profits.
- The episode "Desperate" also deals with a battered wife, Kim Hoffman, who stages her disappearance with the aid of a rescue group. Cabot was the prosecutor assigned to SVU at the time.
- In a deleted scene, Rollins and Stone talk about the case and share some Chinese food.[1]
Episode scene cards[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Remington Mall |
230 Woodlawn Avenue |
Flower Mart |
Finish First Tires |
Murray Hill Trust |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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Biegel Griffin Kimbell |
Family Court |
Maxwells |
Biegel Griffin Kimbell |
Footnotes[]
| Previous episode: "Service" |
"Sunk Cost Fallacy" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 19 |
Next episode: "The Book of Esther" |