Benson crosses paths with Alexandra Cabot while searching for an abducted woman and her daughter.Benson crosses paths with Alexandra Cabot while searching for an abducted woman and her daughter.Benson crosses paths with Alexandra Cabot while searching for an abducted woman and her daughter.
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- Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola
- (as Ice T)
- (credit only)
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Did you know
- TriviaStephanie March reprises her role as Alexandra Cabot who was a main character on SVU from seasons 2-4 and has been a recurring character ever since, she returned as a main character in seasons 10, 11 & 13, to stack up over 90 appearances throughout the series. Her last appearance before this episode was in season 13's Learning Curve (2012).
- Quotes
Olivia Benson: You can't break the law, Alex.
Alexandra Cabot: Why the hell not?
Olivia Benson: Because it makes you a criminal, that's why.
- ConnectionsReferences Rocky (1976)
Featured review
Truth and lies
Of all the Season 19 episodes, "Sunk Cost Fallacy" stuck in my mind quite vividly and in a good way, especially the first half. At the time it aired, it was one of the season's most hyped episodes with the promos promising a tense episode. Not to mention the return of fan favourite Alexandra Cabot after so long, but not in the way that she was before which was very interesting in a good way. First watch thoughts were very positive, though the first half was better than the second.
"Sunk Cost Fallacy" also fared as a good episode on rewatch and one of the better ones of the season (certainly of the second half of it). It doesn't quite live up to the hype and my feelings about the first half being better than the second are still the same, but there are a lot of good qualities about "Sunk Cost Fallacy" that is proof that Season 19 wasn't a complete and utter loss and that 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' hadn't completely lost its mileage despite it looking that way generally post-Olivia promotion.
The good things shall be mentioned first. It's well made, intimately photographed and slick with no signs of under-budget or anything. The music didn't sound melodramatic or too constant and the direction is accomodating while still having pulse. The script is tight and thought provoking. The story is also compelling for most of the length with a first half that keeps one glued, with some nice suspense. "Sunk Cost Fallacy" is also one of the few episodes of Season 19 where the truth really surprised me.
Furthermore, the episode boasts great performances from Mariska Hargitay, whose acting is closer to older seasons Olivia than newer seasons Olivia, and Stephanie March, one would never know that there was a long absence with her interpretation being full of what made Cabot such a great character with no sense of tiredness. Their chemistry is fantastic. Cabot's character writing here is very interesting, looking at how she was written in the early seasons you'd never think she'd become the person she is here but actually here her point of view and actions are understandable once the whole truth comes out.
Having said all this, there are a few drawbacks as well. Was not crazy about Olivia's attitude, don't like it when she says she's by the book and tells everybody else to be but seems to make herself the exception. This attitude has been apparent for some time on the show and it had gotten tiring a few seasons ago, that it's still happening is milking things.
Phillip Winchester is still very bland and the legal portion lags in momentum and lacks tension.
Overall, good but not great. 7/10.
"Sunk Cost Fallacy" also fared as a good episode on rewatch and one of the better ones of the season (certainly of the second half of it). It doesn't quite live up to the hype and my feelings about the first half being better than the second are still the same, but there are a lot of good qualities about "Sunk Cost Fallacy" that is proof that Season 19 wasn't a complete and utter loss and that 'Law and Order: Special Victims Unit' hadn't completely lost its mileage despite it looking that way generally post-Olivia promotion.
The good things shall be mentioned first. It's well made, intimately photographed and slick with no signs of under-budget or anything. The music didn't sound melodramatic or too constant and the direction is accomodating while still having pulse. The script is tight and thought provoking. The story is also compelling for most of the length with a first half that keeps one glued, with some nice suspense. "Sunk Cost Fallacy" is also one of the few episodes of Season 19 where the truth really surprised me.
Furthermore, the episode boasts great performances from Mariska Hargitay, whose acting is closer to older seasons Olivia than newer seasons Olivia, and Stephanie March, one would never know that there was a long absence with her interpretation being full of what made Cabot such a great character with no sense of tiredness. Their chemistry is fantastic. Cabot's character writing here is very interesting, looking at how she was written in the early seasons you'd never think she'd become the person she is here but actually here her point of view and actions are understandable once the whole truth comes out.
Having said all this, there are a few drawbacks as well. Was not crazy about Olivia's attitude, don't like it when she says she's by the book and tells everybody else to be but seems to make herself the exception. This attitude has been apparent for some time on the show and it had gotten tiring a few seasons ago, that it's still happening is milking things.
Phillip Winchester is still very bland and the legal portion lags in momentum and lacks tension.
Overall, good but not great. 7/10.
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