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* CommonalityConnection: Anthony, the gay bar bartender, was OnlyInItForTheMoney and is willing to drop gay slurs about most of his former customers in the present day, but says he genuinely got along with Daniel due to their shared interest in baseball.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: The TerribleTrio of homophobic bullies was constantly egged on by the ringleader's mother, who never appears in person.
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* RetiredMonster: The head of the homophobic bullies is still homophobic and uneager to accept responsibility for his actions in the present day, but is a blue-collar worker who doesn't seem to be an active gay basher anymore and says his kids would be upset to learn about his past.
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* TheUnReveal: Why the {{Dirty Cop}}s raided the gay bar they had been accepting money to leave alone in the lead-up to the murder and who sent the cops a note saying to talk to Tinkerbell (and exactly what they hoped she would tell the cops) are never confirmed.
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Per the request of a dying mother, the team reopen the 1964 murder of Daniel Holtz, a college baseball player who had been beaten to death in an alley behind a gay bar. As they investigate further, they discover that a policeman had a hand in the homicide.
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Per the request of a dying mother, the team reopen reopens the 1964 murder of Daniel Holtz, a college baseball player who had been beaten to death in an alley behind a gay bar. As they investigate further, they discover that a policeman had a hand in the homicide.
* BatterUp: Daniel was beaten to death with his own baseball bat.
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* CoolOldGuy: George "Tinkerbell" Polk was a drag queen singer in the 60s, and still [[WholesomeCrossdresser cross-dresses with pride]], in spite of enduring decades of assaults and abuse. Tinkerbell offers the detectives information that eventually led to the arrest of the killers.
* {{Determinator}}: When asked by Scotty why Tinkerbell withstood decades of ridicule, prejudice and physical harm over his sexuality, the old man just answered that he "was never a practical girl".
* {{Determinator}}: When asked by Scotty why Tinkerbell withstood decades of ridicule, prejudice and physical harm over his sexuality, the old man just answered that he "was never a practical girl".
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* CoolOldGuy: George "Tinkerbell" Polk was a drag queen singer in the 60s, and still [[WholesomeCrossdresser cross-dresses with pride]], in spite of enduring decades of assaults and abuse. Tinkerbell He offers the detectives information that eventually led to the arrest of the Daniel's killers.
* {{Determinator}}: When asked by Scotty why Tinkerbell withstood decades of ridicule,prejudice prejudice, and physical harm over his sexuality, the old man just answered answers that he "was never a practical girl".
* {{Determinator}}: When asked by Scotty why Tinkerbell withstood decades of ridicule,
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* HonorBeforeReason: Daniel decides to defend himself against three bigots who are harassing him. Unfortunately he is easily overpowered and has his bat turned against him.
* MyGreatestFailure: One of the police who saw the crime happening was convinced to look the other way and leave Daniel to his fate. Forty years later, it’s one of his biggest regrets.
* MyGreatestFailure: One of the police who saw the crime happening was convinced to look the other way and leave Daniel to his fate. Forty years later, it’s one of his biggest regrets.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Daniel decides to defend himself against three bigots who are harassing him. Unfortunately Unfortunately, he is easily overpowered and has his bat turned against him.
* MyGreatestFailure: One of the police who saw thecrime murder happening was convinced to look the other way and leave Daniel to his fate. Forty years later, it’s one of his biggest regrets.
* MyGreatestFailure: One of the police who saw the
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* TraumaCongaLine: Daniel last day alive was also his worst. He was outed and forced to quit the baseball team. He went his local gay bar to have a drink but the place gets raided. He is confronted by a bunch of bigots who have been harassing him and he is killed when he stood up to them.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Daniel last day alive was also his worst. He was is outed and forced to quit the baseball team. He went goes his local gay bar to have a drink but the place gets raided. He Outside, he is confronted by a bunch of bigots who have been harassing him and he is killed when he stood stands up to them.
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* HardTruthAesop: Run! Hide! Never confront your problems, or you'll end up dead like Daniel.
* MyGreatestFailure: One of the police who saw the crime happening was convinced to look the other way and leave Daniel to his fate. Forty years later, it’s one of his biggest regrets.
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* MyGreatestFailure: One of the police who saw the crime happening was convinced to look the other way and leave TraumaCongaLine: Daniel to last day alive was also his fate. Forty years later, it’s one of worst. He was outed and forced to quit the baseball team. He went his biggest regrets.local gay bar to have a drink but the place gets raided. He is confronted by a bunch of bigots who have been harassing him and he is killed when he stood up to them.
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* {{Determinator}}: When asked by Scotty why Tinkerbell withstood decades of ridicule, prejudice and physical harm over his sexuality, the old man just answered that he "was never a practical girl".
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* BlatantLies: When the one who killed Daniel is arrested, he tries to claim it was "self-defense". As a flashback immediately shows, he and his friends were the ones who were harassing Daniel and chasing him down, until he pulled out a baseball bat to defend himself. But they took it from him and beat him to death with it.
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* CoolOldGuy: George "Tinkerbell" Polk was a drag queen singer in the 60s, and still cross-dresses with pride, in spite of enduring decades of assaults and abuse. Tinkerbell offers the detectives information that eventually led to the arrest of the killers.
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* CoolOldGuy: George "Tinkerbell" Polk was a drag queen singer in the 60s, and still [[WholesomeCrossdresser cross-dresses with pride, pride]], in spite of enduring decades of assaults and abuse. Tinkerbell offers the detectives information that eventually led to the arrest of the killers.killers.
* HonorBeforeReason: Daniel decides to defend himself against three bigots who are harassing him. Unfortunately he is easily overpowered and has his bat turned against him.
* HonorBeforeReason: Daniel decides to defend himself against three bigots who are harassing him. Unfortunately he is easily overpowered and has his bat turned against him.
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* CoolOldGuy: George "Tinkerbell" Polk was a drag queen singer in the 60s, and still cross-dresses with pride, in spite of enduring decades of assaults and abuse. Tinkerbell offers the detectives information that eventually led to the arrest of the killers.
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Per the request of a dying mother, the team reopen the 1964 murder of Daniel Holtz, a college baseball player who had been beaten to death in an alley behind a gay bar. As they investigate further, they discover that a policeman had a hand in the homicide.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Patrolling cops saw Daniel get harassed and beaten up by the thugs, but since they had caught Daniel at a gay bar earlier, and it was the 1960s, they simply walked away and left Daniel at the hands of his tormentors.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Patrolling cops saw Daniel get harassed and beaten up by the thugs, but since they had caught Daniel at a gay bar earlier, and it was the 1960s, they simply walked away and left Daniel at the hands of his tormentors.tormentors.
* MyGreatestFailure: One of the police who saw the crime happening was convinced to look the other way and leave Daniel to his fate. Forty years later, it’s one of his biggest regrets.
* MyGreatestFailure: One of the police who saw the crime happening was convinced to look the other way and leave Daniel to his fate. Forty years later, it’s one of his biggest regrets.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Daniel admits that he loves Deborah, but not as much as he loves Hank.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Daniel admits that he loves Deborah, but not as much as he loves Hank.Hank.
* BuryYourGays: Daniel was killed in a hate crime by some men who witnessed him in a secret gay bar.
* PoliceAreUseless: Patrolling cops saw Daniel get harassed and beaten up by the thugs, but since they had caught Daniel at a gay bar earlier, and it was the 1960s, they simply walked away and left Daniel at the hands of his tormentors.
* BuryYourGays: Daniel was killed in a hate crime by some men who witnessed him in a secret gay bar.
* PoliceAreUseless: Patrolling cops saw Daniel get harassed and beaten up by the thugs, but since they had caught Daniel at a gay bar earlier, and it was the 1960s, they simply walked away and left Daniel at the hands of his tormentors.
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Season 1, Episode 7 of ''Series/ColdCase''.
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Directed by Creator/DeranSarafian
Written by Creator/JanOxenberg
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Written by Creator/JanOxenberg
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Daniel admits that he loves Deborah, but not as much as he loves Hank.
