Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Sunk Cost Fallacy (2018)

Sarah Wilson: Jules Hunter

Quotes 

• Jules Hunter : I just needed him to believe I was dead. I don't want him to go to jail.

  Olivia Benson : But he hurt you.

  Jules Hunter : Yes, but then he'd apologize.

  Olivia Benson : And swear that he'd never do it again.

  Alexandra Cabot : Tell her about dinner at the Four Seasons.

  Jules Hunter : Um, it was my birthday. We had the Chateaubriand for two and a fancy bottle of Margaux. He was so sweet.

  Alexandra Cabot : Until...

  Jules Hunter : While we were waiting for dessert, I went to the ladies' room. Uh, when I got back to the table, I realized I forgot my purse, so I went back to get it. Nicholas thought I went back to flirt with the waiter. We skipped dessert. When we were outside, he... slammed me against the hood of the car.

  Alexandra Cabot : She got a concussion.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, did you go to the hospital?

  Ruby Hunter : [entering]  Mommy, I wanna go home.

  Jules Hunter : Mommy's talking. Go watch TV.

  [Ruby leaves] 

  Jules Hunter : I went to St. Vincent's.

  Alexandra Cabot : She told them that she hit her head while she was cleaning her kitchen cabinets.

  Jules Hunter : Once, I brought up divorce, but Nick threw a glass at me.

• Jules Hunter : [explaining the domestic abuse that drove her to fake her death]  I overslept one day last week. I didn't make Nick breakfast. He made his own coffee, and he woke me up by pouring it on me.

  [she shows Benson a burn mark on her stomach] 

  Jules Hunter : [fighting back tears]  I told the doctor I spilled a pot of boiling soup.