Character mistake: Once Cabot's law-breaking is revealed to her, Benson, as an officer of the law, would be obligated to arrest her but doesn't.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
1 mistake in Sunk Cost Fallacy
Starring: Christopher Meloni, Richard Belzer, Mariska Hargitay, Dann Florek
Dr. Huang: I'm conflicted about labeling a ten year old a psychopath. But...
Don Cragen: "But"?
Dr. Huang: I've had a chill like that two times in my life. With death row serial killers.
More trivia for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Question: Why does Oliver Gates come up with ridiculous reasons for the people he defends whenever they commit murder? In the episode "Hate", Sean Webster was killing Muslims and Oliver claims that his hatred was genetic but, it was found out that Sean had been raised to hate Muslims after his dad left his mom and married a muslim. In the episode "Game" a guy is murdering people the exact same way that's done in a video game when it's clear the suspect is using the video game as a scapegoat for his crimes.
Answer: His clients are guilty and won't take a plea. He's using desperate defenses in hopes of swaying a juror or two. Also makes for better television. "Temporary insanity" isn't nearly as compelling as "the video games made me do it."
Brian Katcher