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Rollins and Declan

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At which point in the show was any type of relationship established between Rollins and Declan Murphy? It was revealed during her pregnancy with Jesse, that Declan was the baby daddy, but I don't recall them ever being a thing in the first place. I know that they had met while he was working undercover in the underground gambling club, but I had no idea that they had also slept together.

I know that they had written Kelly Giddish's real life pregnancy into the show, but who decided that the father would be Declan? It didn't make a lot of sense to me. It's like they just scrambled to find a father for Jesse. I think it would have made more sense that it was her Gambler's anon sponsor, since she was sleeping with him.

Posted Apr 16, 2023, 3:56 PM UTC

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lexiii13Rollins•

Well, he saved her career, and she has a thing for men with authority. Kinda made sense to me

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plantycatlady•

exactly this. i thought that made total sense for her character. i also sorta just…assume these people do things we don’t see because if this was real they would presumably have all sorts of social connections outside of the small amount of their time we see during the show 🤷🏼‍♀️

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lexiii13Rollins•

Yeah I agree. And if I’m not mistaken, he was in a episode with the Super Bowl raid, likely in February. She seemed interested in him then

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Timely_Implement_694•

All her relationships were rushed and poorly established

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pickyveganCarisi•

Yeah, that whole 7 year build-up before kissing Carisi was totally rushed.

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Appropriate_Reach_97•

Great. All but Carisi. It's no secret Rollins played it fast and loose--in Carisi's face, too lol. Nothing unrealistic about it, but let's not pretend she wasn't a Pick Me mess beforehand. Unfortunately she's gone right when the character finally found self esteem and balance in her life.

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Timely_Implement_694•

You mean 7 years of “uncle sonny” and their brother/sister dynamic?

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WATCH-ANDI-MACK-•

Just because you read the situation wrong doesn't mean the writers did anything wrong.

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Purpledoves91Fin•

Brother/sister dynamic? Lol wooooow

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Inevitable_Anxiety67•

but who decided that the father would be Declan?

Kelli did. That's why it was slightly disconnected from the storyline. She didn't want it to be Nick's because he had two kids with two women already.

Her sponsor was much earlier and it ended in that episode in season 14. But before she told Declan she was talking to a detective Dumas played by Scott Winters and they were rather flirty so it could've been him and it would be better IMO.

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Simplynita•

I respectfully disagree with the Scott winter’s comment. Though you are right, it could have been him, it just made more sense that it was Declan’s because it was heavily implied that Amanda was sexually free. So she was open to casual sex and one time hook ups. And that’s what it seemed like happened with Declan. They hooked up with no expectations and she ended up pregnant.

I agree 100% with everything else you stated (This is just my opinion)

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Able-Ad1920Rollins•

They never had an actual "relationship"--it's implied they had a one night stand around the time Declan came back in "Undercover Mother" in Season 16.

Kelli chose Declan to be the father, because they basically gave her a choice between Nick and Declan, and she was worried that Nick had too many kids already. (It also really wouldn't have worked given that Danny wanted off the show and Nick Amaro never would've been an absentee father.)

Their hookup is also kind of gross in that Declan took advantage of her--he was her supervisor, he knew she had a thing for men in power, and it was just after all of the trauma from her rape had resurfaced.

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Simplynita•

Agreed. They briefly spoke on that too.

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muffmuffpass•

I didn’t like that they hooked up! I knew they had chemistry when he said that stuff to her about how good people sometimes have vices that don’t make them bad people, the energy between them was magnetic. But I hated that he specifically mentions she has inappropriate relationships with men of authority in her life (her old captain, her partner, and at the time she was sleeping with Amaro) and still slept with her. 🙄

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bubblebobblegirl•

Kelli can have chemistry with a brick wall, she's just that good.

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sarathev•

The obvious answer was Nick. She even said when she first found out it wasn't Nick's. The writers made Rollins sleep with about every man she met so I wasn't surprised it was Declan. The cardiologist was more of a random than Declan.

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Mistissa•

In 10 years she had like 3 hook ups and 2 bfs.

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IndigoButterfl6•

She did not come close to sleeping with every man she met.

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Simplynita•

Agreed

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CaseyRC•

they mention that she got pregnant after bbieng together in feb whcih suggests they slept together after the undercover in a brother on superbowl sunday thing, when she wasn't his boss, in her department or any way connected to each other. it gives heavy ONS vibes.

if i recall correctly, Kelli chose Declan to be the BD

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ClaritanClear•

Yeah and it totally tracks. They have a clear chemistry in that episode.

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procrastinateReality•

i feel like that was a last minute reveal that immediately became a plot hole.

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ClaritanClear•

I think they showed her having clear chemistry with Declan though so even though they didn’t explicitly state it, it made perfect sense to me he’d be the father. I just rewatched the “Undercover Mother” episode and they are very concerned about each other and supportive of each other and there is an obvious tension to me.

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Loud_Fox_6092•

It had to be Declan because a baby daddy story sucks so him being absent made sense. The Al storyline was so cringe.

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swordfish868686•

"That weekend in February? The blizzard"

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Tall_Influence1774•

Rollins had a baby with Harvey Bullock and Superman

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