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"Gambler's Fallacy"
SVU, Episode 15.17
Production number: 15017
First aired (US): 12 March 2014
First aired (UK): 20 April 2014
First aired (CAN): 12 March 2014
First aired (AUS): 17 April 2014
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Teleplay By
Julie Martin & Warren Leight

Story By
Kevin Fox

Directed By
Alex Chapple

Rollins's gambling addiction costs her more than money when a misstep puts her on the wrong side of the law.

Summary[]

Rollins is in a heap of trouble when her addiction gets the better of her when she sneaks to an illegal gambling club and when troubled Clare Wilson recognize her as a cop. Amanda finds herself between her job and her life!

Plot[]

Detective Amanda Rollins's addiction drives her to an illegal gambling club, where waitress Clare Wilson recognizes her as a cop. To protect her job, Rollins strikes a deal with the club managers to make their illegal transgressions disappear. But when the debt isn't paid to their liking, she doubles down and loses, forcing Sergeant Benson and Detective Tutuola to suspect one of their own of an unthinkable crime.

Cast[]

Main Cast[]

Recurring Cast[]

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Quotes[]

Tutuola: [to Rollins] Whatever you're doing, I want you to stop now. I am not ready for another partner.

Rollins: [to Sondra and Declan] They're not just taking my shield. I'm an accessory to rape. That means prison time!
Sondra Vaughn: I've never met you. And if you try to cut a deal, my boss will put a bullet in your head. He's done it before. That cop from the 12th last summer who ate his gun. It wasn't a suicide.
Rollins: [grabs a gun and points it at Sondra Vaughn's pregnant stomach] Get up.
Sondra Vaughn: Okay. Okay.
Rollins: And if you don't think I'd shoot, you don't know me at all.

Rollins: [to Anton] Now I need a passport and $1 million in cash.
Anton Nadari: What fantasy world are you living in?
Rollins: You have galleries in Geneva, Montreal, Monte Carlo, Shanghai. They're all laundromats, right?
Anton Nadari: Yes.
Sondra Vaughn: We can wire you the money.
Rollins: In cash. And you have a private jet?
Anton Nadari: How far do you think you'll get?
Rollins: As far as I want because I'm taking your baby mama here with me for insurance.
Sondra Vaughn: I'm too far along. I can't fly.
Rollins: Yes, you can 'cause I.A.B. is on to me. So tomorrow, we're gonna be in Switzerland or you're gonna be giving birth to a baby boy in prison.

Rollins: You could've busted me when I first walked in that club and saved yourself a lot of grief.
Murphy: I could have, but when you came in that back room, I saw someone about to hit rock bottom.
Rollins: My higher power looking out for me, huh?
Murphy: I don't know about that, but I do know this: Declan Murphy believes in the possibility of redemption, that one or two venal sins don't define you. The choice is yours. Let's hope you make a better one than the ones you've been making lately.

Benson: I'm not happy about any of this. I had to lie to Fin. I had to lie to Amaro. A woman was raped. Lieutenant Murphy swore that neither he nor you knew about that.
Rollins: And that's right, I didn't. There's no way I would've gone along with this if I had.
Benson: Do you want to tell me how you wound up working undercover in a gambling club?
Rollins: You already know. I fell behind at the club. They found out I was a cop and they used it as leverage. I just got lucky that, um... Lieutenant Murphy was U.C., didn't I?
Benson: You know, Lieutenant Murphy may trust you. I don't. And if we weren't so short-staffed, I'd transfer you... today.
Rollins: I deserve that. I don't know if I can get back into your good graces, but I'm gonna try, Sergeant.
Benson: Okay. We're done here.

Background information and Notes[]

  • The song that plays when Rollins is at the card club in the open of the episode is "Black Out Days" by Phantogram.
  • Benson tells Amaro that his wife, Maria Grazie, has called him a few times to ask about him. The first of these calls was seen at the end of the episode "Jersey Breakdown" (which also had the previous appearance of Clare Wilson).
  • Rollins attempts to check out a gun from evidence using the credentials of Megan Wheeler, a detective from Law & Order: Criminal Intent. She also wears a cap to make her hair appear more like the shorter cut of Wheeler. Amaro later states that Wheeler retired from the NYPD 4 years ago, which is close to the time of her last appearance on CI.
  • A crime committed against a foreign diplomat would not be investigated by the NYPD, it would fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of State and would be investigated by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, which is the law enforcement arm of the State Department. The Bureau of Diplomatic Security's jurisdiction is visa fraud, passport fraud, protection of the Secretary of State, visiting foreign dignitaries, U.S. ambassadors overseas, and U.S. embassies and consulates. They may ask local law enforcement for assistance, but they would be the lead investigating agency for an assault committed against a visiting diplomat and his/her family.

Episode scene cards[]

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New York City Civil Court
111 Centre Street
Monday, March 3

Nadari Gallery
591 West 27th Street
Thursday, March 6

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