Peter Scanavino: Detective Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.

Sunk Cost Fallacy

Detective Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.

Alexandra Cabot: Betty Bluestone. It was a case I had about five years ago. Her husband, Mitch, used her face like a leg of lamb in a "Rocky" movie. I filed charges, and Betty fell apart on the stand.
Olivia Benson: Case dismissed?
Alexandra Cabot: So the happy couple goes home, and he blows her brains out on the bathroom tile. I did my job, and in the end, all I did for Betty was delay the inevitable.
Olivia Benson: So you decided to take matters into your own hands.
Alexandra Cabot: So I started volunteering at a women's shelter, and it grew from there.
Dominick Carisi Jr.: How many women have you disappeared?
Alexandra Cabot: Hundreds. It's not just me. You wouldn't believe how deep and far this network goes.
Olivia Benson: Alex, this is cruel. These women, their... their families, their friends think that they've been murdered.
Alexandra Cabot: No, no, every case is different. In Jules' case, death was the only way Nick Hunter was ever gonna let her leave.

Amanda Rollins: I almost dyed my hair purple in college.
Dominick Carisi Jr.: [laughs] Oh, yeah? What were you gonna do? Audition to be the sixth member of the Spice Girls?
Amanda Rollins: I would be an excellent backup vocalist.

Dominick Carisi Jr.: Okay, the-the-the call. Did you recognize the voice?
Nick Hunter: Yes! It's my... we've been married ten years. I think I know my wife's voice.
Dominick Carisi Jr.: No, no, I'm-I'm-I'm talking about the male voice.
Nick Hunter: Right. Um, sorry.
Dominick Carisi Jr.: No, that's... that's fine. Mr. Hunter, please, take your time.
Nick Hunter: Wait, hold on. You think this is someone we know?
Dominick Carisi Jr.: Well, we have to consider every possibility.

Olivia Benson: [on a stakeout, her phone rings] Hey. Well, I can't say that I'm upset. Yeah. Thank you.
[hanging up]
Olivia Benson: That was Rollins. Nick Hunter got roughed up last night at Rikers.
Dominick Carisi Jr.: We reap what we sow.

Dominick Carisi Jr.: [searching Jules' abandoned car] I got blood on the steering wheel. Blood on the console.
Amanda Rollins: Yeah. Pink backpack. A kid's shoe. Ruby was definitely with her.
Dominick Carisi Jr.: I got fingernail scratches. Looks like she fought like hell.

Olivia Benson: That the contractor?
Amanda Rollins: Yeah, Jorge Garcia. He has two DUIs and an assault collar.
Olivia Benson: Okay. Doesn't make him a kidnapper.
Dominick Carisi Jr.: Or worse.
Amanda Rollins: I'm not done. One of the neighbors, Mrs. Rhonda Persky, says she saw Jorge and Jules arguing outside their apartment the day before yesterday, and apparently, it got pretty heated.
Olivia Benson: Talk to him.