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* DeathOfAChild: Tommy dies at age 15.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Mrs. Flanagan outlives her son.
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* InsultBackfire: [=VanBuren=] clearly disagrees with Fontana's hobby of hunting, but he fires back on the hypocrisy of criticizing hunting while eating farmed meat:
--> '''[=VanBuren=]:''' You hunt?
--> '''Fontana:''' Oh, yeah. My uncle Phil used to take us up to Door County, Wisconsin to hunt white tail. Of course, I always preferred using a bow, it kinda levels the playing field.
--> '''[=VanBuren=]:''' Uh-huh, and the deer? What kind of weapon do they use?
--> '''Fontana:''' Same as a cow.
--> '''[=VanBuren=]:''' You hunt?
--> '''Fontana:''' Oh, yeah. My uncle Phil used to take us up to Door County, Wisconsin to hunt white tail. Of course, I always preferred using a bow, it kinda levels the playing field.
--> '''[=VanBuren=]:''' Uh-huh, and the deer? What kind of weapon do they use?
--> '''Fontana:''' Same as a cow.
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* DownerEndingDownerEnding: Several victims have died, and Mrs. Flanagan has now lost both her husband and son. Stoller is lauded for his actions and likely to inspire copycats, even though he contributed to several deaths.
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* VigilanteExecutionVigilanteExecution: What Stoller's actions amount to.
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Directed by Creator/ConstantineMakris
Written by Creator/RichardSweren & Creator/StuartFeldman
Written by Creator/RichardSweren & Creator/StuartFeldman
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the chases of Chai Vang and Carl Robert Brown.
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[=McCoy=] thinks that the public will now be less sympathetic to Stoller, and the [=DA=]'s office could win a case. Tommy's mother still supports Stoller, and won't testify. However, [=McCoy=] insists on prosecuting because he doesn't want Stoller, or anyone else, to be above facing consequences for their actions. In court, [=McCoy=] highlights numerous inconsistencies in Stoller's story including the fact that he lied to police, and wasted several opportunities to call for help rather than chase Wyatt himself. Nevertheless Stoller is found not guilty. Borgia says this is understandable; people are naturally fearful, and want to believe that a "hero" like Stoller would step in to help them if they needed it. [=McCoy=] says that Tommy needed a hero too, and he certainly didn't get one in the form of Stoller.
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[=McCoy=] thinks that the public will now be less sympathetic to Stoller, and the [=DA=]'s office could win a case. Tommy's mother still supports Stoller, and won't testify. However, [=McCoy=] insists on prosecuting because he doesn't want Stoller, or anyone else, to be above facing consequences for their actions. In court, [=McCoy=] highlights numerous inconsistencies in Stoller's story including the fact that he lied to police, and wasted several opportunities to call for help rather than chase Wyatt himself. Nevertheless Stoller is found not guilty. Borgia says this is understandable; people are naturally fearful, and want to believe that a "hero" like Stoller would step in to help them if they needed it. [=McCoy=] says responds that Tommy needed a hero too, and he certainly didn't get one in the form of Stoller.
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[=McCoy=] thinks that the public will now be less sympathetic to Stoller, and the [=DA=]'s office could win a case. Tommy's mother still supports Stoller, and won't testify. However, [=McCoy=] insists on prosecuting because he doesn't want Stoller, or anyone else, to be above facing consequences for their actions. In court, [=McCoy=] highlights numerous inconsistencies in Stoller's story including the fact that he lied to police, and wasted several opportunities to call for help rather than chase Wyatt himself. Nevertheless Stoller is found not guilty. Borgia points out this is reasonable behavior and that people are naturally fearful - they want to believe that a "hero" like Stoller would step in to help them if they needed it. [=McCoy=] says that Tommy needed a hero too, and he certainly didn't get one in the form of Stoller.
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[=McCoy=] thinks that the public will now be less sympathetic to Stoller, and the [=DA=]'s office could win a case. Tommy's mother still supports Stoller, and won't testify. However, [=McCoy=] insists on prosecuting because he doesn't want Stoller, or anyone else, to be above facing consequences for their actions. In court, [=McCoy=] highlights numerous inconsistencies in Stoller's story including the fact that he lied to police, and wasted several opportunities to call for help rather than chase Wyatt himself. Nevertheless Stoller is found not guilty. Borgia points out says this is reasonable behavior and that understandable; people are naturally fearful - they fearful, and want to believe that a "hero" like Stoller would step in to help them if they needed it. [=McCoy=] says that Tommy needed a hero too, and he certainly didn't get one in the form of Stoller.
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The detectives investigate an incident where an SUV was chased off the road and crashed into a restaurant; killing the driver and injuring several people, including the teenage passenger, Tommy Flanagan. It turns out that the driver, John Wyatt, had just murdered a group of people on a hunting trip - then kidnapped Tommy, the son of one of the victims. Randall Stoller, who claims to have witnessed the car chase, is actually the driver who ran Wyatt off the road. Stoller is hailed as a hero by the media, even though his actions could have caused the deaths of Tommy or anyone in the restaurant. Stoller's lawyer successfully gets a manslaughter charge dismissed, but then Tommy dies from complications of his injuries.
[=McCoy=] thinks that the public will now be less sympathetic to Stoller, and the [=DA=]'s office could win a case. Tommy's mother still supports Stoller, and won't testify. However, [=McCoy=] insists on prosecuting because he doesn't want Stoller, or anyone else, to be above facing consequences for their actions. In court, [=McCoy=] highlights numerous inconsistencies in Stoller's story including the fact that he lied to police, and wasted several opportunities to call for help rather than chase Wyatt himself. Nevertheless Stoller is found not guilty. Borgia points out this is reasonable behavior and that people are naturally fearful - they want to believe that a "hero" like Stoller would step in to help them if they needed it. [=McCoy=] says that Tommy needed a hero too, and he certainly didn't get one in the form of Stoller.
!!!This episode contains examples of:
* BerserkButton: [=McCoy=] says that his personal button is people who think they are above the law.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Tommy, although he's around 16 and thus older than most examples of this trope.
* DownerEnding
* HopeSpot: When Tommy's mother discovers her husband wasn't the driver killed in the crash - only to learn he really is dead, and was murdered by John Wyatt.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Randall Stoller's attitude.
* VigilanteExecution
* WhamLine:
--> '''Randall Stoller''': You're treating me like ''I'' killed those people back there.
--> '''Jack [=McCoy=]''': What about the people you did kill? ''Don't they count?''
[=McCoy=] thinks that the public will now be less sympathetic to Stoller, and the [=DA=]'s office could win a case. Tommy's mother still supports Stoller, and won't testify. However, [=McCoy=] insists on prosecuting because he doesn't want Stoller, or anyone else, to be above facing consequences for their actions. In court, [=McCoy=] highlights numerous inconsistencies in Stoller's story including the fact that he lied to police, and wasted several opportunities to call for help rather than chase Wyatt himself. Nevertheless Stoller is found not guilty. Borgia points out this is reasonable behavior and that people are naturally fearful - they want to believe that a "hero" like Stoller would step in to help them if they needed it. [=McCoy=] says that Tommy needed a hero too, and he certainly didn't get one in the form of Stoller.
!!!This episode contains examples of:
* BerserkButton: [=McCoy=] says that his personal button is people who think they are above the law.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Tommy, although he's around 16 and thus older than most examples of this trope.
* DownerEnding
* HopeSpot: When Tommy's mother discovers her husband wasn't the driver killed in the crash - only to learn he really is dead, and was murdered by John Wyatt.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Randall Stoller's attitude.
* VigilanteExecution
* WhamLine:
--> '''Randall Stoller''': You're treating me like ''I'' killed those people back there.
--> '''Jack [=McCoy=]''': What about the people you did kill? ''Don't they count?''
