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* TooMuchInformation: Jerry insists on gushing about his adulterous love for Cassandra in front of his teen daughter even after Stabler tries to shelter her from it.
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* TooMuchInformation: Jerry insists on gushing about his adulterous love for Cassandra in front of his teen daughter even after Stabler tries to shelter her from it.it, giving an early indication of the irrationality of his obsession.
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* TooMuchInformation: Jerry insists on gushing about his adulterous love for Cassandra in front of his teen daughter even after Stabler tries to shelter her from it.
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* StealthHiBye: While Stabler and Benson arrest Doug, Cassandra [[Series/{{Charmed|1998}} orbs out.]]
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* CaptainObvious:
-> '''Huang:''' His insomnia, sweating and extreme myosis are all symptoms of a kind of genetic neurodegenerative disease called fatal familial insomnia.
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-> '''Huang:''' His insomnia, sweating and extreme myosis are all symptoms of a kind of genetic neurodegenerative disease called fatal familial insomnia.
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* AbsenteeActor: Creator/RichardBelzer (Munch) and Creator/TamaraTunie (Warner) do not appear in the episode.
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* InformedAttractiveness: A mild case. Creator/RoseMcGowan is not exactly a slouch in the looks department, but Cassandra is talked about as so incredibly, irresistibly beautiful that nearly every man (and not-fully-straight woman, for that matter) that she comes across practically falls at her feet. Given how widely different people's taste in women can differ, a woman who has virtually everyone agreeing that she's potentially the most beautiful women they've ever seen would have to have an almost otherworldly level of beauty, and not even [=McGowan=] can live up to that.
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* WomanScorned: Jerry's wife did not take it well that he's seeing Cassandra on his own. Him giving their daughter's college funds to Cassandra causes Mrs. Bullard to finally snap and stab him.
* YourCheatingHeart: {{Defied|Trope}}, the swing club naturally has married people sleeping with other married people.
* YourCheatingHeart: {{Defied|Trope}}, the swing club naturally has married people sleeping with other married people.
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* WomanScorned: Jerry's wife did not take it well that he's seeing Cassandra on his own. Him giving their daughter's college funds to Cassandra causes Mrs. Bullard to finally snap and stab him.
* YourCheatingHeart: {{Defied|Trope}}, the swing club naturally has married people sleeping with other married people.him.
* YourCheatingHeart: {{Defied|Trope}}, the swing club naturally has married people sleeping with other married people.
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* TheInsomniac: Aldo suffers from Fatal Familial Insomnia, which makes him appear crazy (the victim's blood on his clothes doesn't help). Dr. Huang looks really guilty when the guy perks up and asks if he'll get better.
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Written By Creator/DanielTruly
Directed By Creator/PatrickCreadon
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* BrotherSisterIncest: Cassandra and Doug are revealed to be twin siblings who are partners in crime.
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After Jerry Bullard is found stabbed in a parking garage, Detectives Benson and Stabler discover that the family man might have had an illicit hobby. When the detectives go undercover at a swingers club they meet a popular lady named Cassandra Davina (Creator/RoseMcGowan) and her jealous boyfriend, Doug Loveless (Creator/RyanHurst). As tensions grow, the detectives learn that Cassandra and Doug are con artists working together, and Jerry is her latest mark.
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After Jerry Bullard (Creator/TomIrwin) is found stabbed in a parking garage, Detectives Benson and Stabler discover that the family man might have had an illicit hobby. When the detectives go undercover at a swingers club they meet a popular lady named Cassandra Davina (Creator/RoseMcGowan) and her jealous boyfriend, Doug Loveless (Creator/RyanHurst). As tensions grow, the detectives learn that Cassandra and Doug are con artists working together, and Jerry is her latest mark.
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* ArcWords: "Everyone loves Cassandra". And boy do we mean ''[[{{Twincest}} everyone]]''.
* TheArtifact: Cassandra and Doug are still addressed with said names even after SVU discovers that those weren't their real ones.
* DownerEnding: The episode ends with Jerry killing Doug, leaving his daughter with two incarcerated parents.
* TheArtifact: Cassandra and Doug are still addressed with said names even after SVU discovers that those weren't their real ones.
* DownerEnding: The episode ends with Jerry killing Doug, leaving his daughter with two incarcerated parents.
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* DumbMuscle: Fin describes Doug as "all muscles, no brains".
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* EvilVersusEvil: Jerry's wife castrated him. Jerry himself is obsessed with Cassandra, despite the fact that she's using him, and isn't particularly sympathetic, what with draining his daughter's college fund for a woman he doesn't know, even before [[spoiler:he kills "Doug."]] And that's without even getting started on Cassandra and Doug, who are unrepentant con artists [[spoiler:and murderers.]]
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* EvilVersusEvil: Jerry's wife castrated him. Jerry himself is obsessed with Cassandra, despite the fact that she's using him, and isn't particularly sympathetic, what with draining his daughter's college fund for a woman he doesn't know, even before [[spoiler:he he kills "Doug."]] " And that's without even getting started on Cassandra and Doug, who are unrepentant con artists [[spoiler:and murderers.]]and murderers.
* FanserviceExtra: A good chunk of the episode is set in a swing bar, so of course there are plenty of almost or completely naked good looking people around.
* FanserviceExtra: A good chunk of the episode is set in a swing bar, so of course there are plenty of almost or completely naked good looking people around.
* GroinAttack: Jerry is introduced stabbed in the crotch.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Jerry's wife was the one who introduced him to the swing club to "expand his sexual horizons". He ended up falling in love with Cassandra and everything goes to hell for their family.
* IHaveManyNames: Cassandra and Doug have several identities in the different states they lived. Even said names are aliases.
* IHaveManyNames: Cassandra and Doug have several identities in the different states they lived. Even said names are aliases.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Cassandra manages to get very little punishment for her cons and [[spoiler:probably assisting her brother/lover in murder]] but [[spoiler:the death of her brother]] is probably worse for her than anything the legal system could do to her anyway.
* PsychoticLoveTriangle: Doug and Cassandra routinely play this trick on everyone for money, but get a taste of their own medicine when [[spoiler:Jerry takes Cassandra up very literally on it and murders her brother/lover.]]
* {{Twincest}}: [[spoiler:Cassandra and Doug.]]
* VillainousIncest: [[spoiler:Cassandra and Doug, too.]]
* PsychoticLoveTriangle: Doug and Cassandra routinely play this trick on everyone for money, but get a taste of their own medicine when [[spoiler:Jerry takes Cassandra up very literally on it and murders her brother/lover.]]
* {{Twincest}}: [[spoiler:Cassandra and Doug.]]
* VillainousIncest: [[spoiler:Cassandra and Doug, too.]]
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* IronicName: Cassandra means always telling the truth. To hammer the point home, Cassandra is not even her real name.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Cassandra manages to get very little punishment for her cons and[[spoiler:probably probably assisting her brother/lover in murder]] murder but [[spoiler:the the death of her brother]] brother is probably worse for her than anything the legal system could do to her anyway.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Jerry falls head over heels over Cassandra, to the point of using ''his daughter's college fund'' to support her. He even kills Doug in the climax, without consideration about leaving his daughter without any parents as his wife is already in jail.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Jerry murders Doug in the closing scene so he and Cassandra "could be together".
* OneHeadTaller: Creator/RyanHurst (6'4") and Creator/RoseMcGowan (5'3") play a {{Twincest}} couple.
* OutlawCouple: Cassandra and Doug, [[{{Twincest}} doubling]] as SiblingsInCrime.
* PsychoticLoveTriangle: Doug and Cassandra routinely play this trick on everyone for money, but get a taste of their own medicine when[[spoiler:Jerry Jerry takes Cassandra up very literally on it and murders her brother/lover.]]
brother/lover.
* PutOnABus: This episode is Creator/BDWong's final appearance as a series regular, though he will still be credited for the duration of the season. His departure won't be officially confirmed until after the SeasonFinale.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Elliot and Olivia dressed to the nines when they go UndercoverAsLovers in a swing club. Twice.
* SiblingsInCrime: Twin siblings Cassandra and Doug, who [[{{Twincest}} are also]] an OutlawCouple.
* {{Twincest}}:[[spoiler:Cassandra Cassandra and Doug.]]
Doug. Elliot even name-drops the trope.
* UndercoverAsLovers: Elliot and Olivia pretended to be a married couple while infiltrating a swing club.
* VillainousIncest:[[spoiler:Cassandra Cassandra and Doug, too.]]too.
* WomanScorned: Jerry's wife did not take it well that he's seeing Cassandra on his own. Him giving their daughter's college funds to Cassandra causes Mrs. Bullard to finally snap and stab him.
* YourCheatingHeart: {{Defied|Trope}}, the swing club naturally has married people sleeping with other married people.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Cassandra manages to get very little punishment for her cons and
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Jerry falls head over heels over Cassandra, to the point of using ''his daughter's college fund'' to support her. He even kills Doug in the climax, without consideration about leaving his daughter without any parents as his wife is already in jail.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Jerry murders Doug in the closing scene so he and Cassandra "could be together".
* OneHeadTaller: Creator/RyanHurst (6'4") and Creator/RoseMcGowan (5'3") play a {{Twincest}} couple.
* OutlawCouple: Cassandra and Doug, [[{{Twincest}} doubling]] as SiblingsInCrime.
* PsychoticLoveTriangle: Doug and Cassandra routinely play this trick on everyone for money, but get a taste of their own medicine when
* PutOnABus: This episode is Creator/BDWong's final appearance as a series regular, though he will still be credited for the duration of the season. His departure won't be officially confirmed until after the SeasonFinale.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Elliot and Olivia dressed to the nines when they go UndercoverAsLovers in a swing club. Twice.
* SiblingsInCrime: Twin siblings Cassandra and Doug, who [[{{Twincest}} are also]] an OutlawCouple.
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* UndercoverAsLovers: Elliot and Olivia pretended to be a married couple while infiltrating a swing club.
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* WomanScorned: Jerry's wife did not take it well that he's seeing Cassandra on his own. Him giving their daughter's college funds to Cassandra causes Mrs. Bullard to finally snap and stab him.
* YourCheatingHeart: {{Defied|Trope}}, the swing club naturally has married people sleeping with other married people.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Cassandra manages to get very little punishment for her cons and [[spoiler:probably assisting her brother/lover in murder]] but she's [[AlasPoorVillain genuinely devastated]] when [[spoiler:Jerry kills him.]]
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Cassandra manages to get very little punishment for her cons and [[spoiler:probably assisting her brother/lover in murder]] but she's [[AlasPoorVillain genuinely devastated]] when [[spoiler:Jerry kills him.]][[spoiler:the death of her brother]] is probably worse for her than anything the legal system could do to her anyway.
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* InformedAttractiveness: A mild case. Creator/RoseMcGowan is not exactly a slouch in the looks department, but Cassandra is talked about as so incredibly, irresistibly beautiful that virtually every man she meets immediately falls madly for her, and [=McGowan=] isn't quite at that extreme.
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* InformedAttractiveness: A mild case. Creator/RoseMcGowan is not exactly a slouch in the looks department, but Cassandra is talked about as so incredibly, irresistibly beautiful that nearly every man (and not-fully-straight woman, for that matter) that she comes across practically falls at her feet. Given how widely different people's taste in women can differ, a woman who has virtually every man she meets immediately falls madly for her, everyone agreeing that she's potentially the most beautiful women they've ever seen would have to have an almost otherworldly level of beauty, and not even [=McGowan=] isn't quite at that extreme.can live up to that.
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* InformedAttractiveness: A mild case. Everyone agrees that Cassandra is incredibly, irresistibly beautiful. Creator/RoseMcGowan is certainly far from ''un''attractive, but what's attributed to Cassandra is an almost otherworldly beauty, and she doesn't quite reach that level.
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* InformedAttractiveness: A mild case. Everyone agrees that Creator/RoseMcGowan is not exactly a slouch in the looks department, but Cassandra is talked about as so incredibly, irresistibly beautiful. Creator/RoseMcGowan is certainly far from ''un''attractive, but what's attributed to Cassandra is an almost otherworldly beauty, beautiful that virtually every man she meets immediately falls madly for her, and she doesn't [=McGowan=] isn't quite reach at that level.extreme.
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* InformedAttractiveness: Everyone agrees that Cassandra is incredibly, irresistibly beautiful. It isn't that Creator/RoseMcGowan isn't, but the ''everyone'' thinks so.
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* InformedAttractiveness: A mild case. Everyone agrees that Cassandra is incredibly, irresistibly beautiful. It isn't that Creator/RoseMcGowan isn't, is certainly far from ''un''attractive, but the ''everyone'' thinks so. what's attributed to Cassandra is an almost otherworldly beauty, and she doesn't quite reach that level.
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After Jerry Bullard is found stabbed in a parking garage, Detectives Benson and Stabler discover that the family man might have had an illicit hobby. When the detectives go undercover at a swingers club they meet a popular lady named Cassandra Davina (Creator/RoseMcGowan) and her jealous boyfriend, Doug Loveless (Creator/RyanHurst). As tensions grow, the detectives learn that Cassandra and Doug are con artists working together, and Jerry is her latest mark.
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* AerithAndBob: Cassandra Davina and Doug Loveless alongside the Bullards and the regulars.
* DramaticIrony: Cassandra and Doug love pretending to be in a PsychoticLoveTriangle to their marks. They actually end up in one after Jerry falls in MadLove.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cassandra ''adores'' Doug above anyone else in the world.
* EvilVersusEvil: Jerry's wife castrated him. Jerry himself is obsessed with Cassandra, despite the fact that she's using him, and isn't particularly sympathetic, what with draining his daughter's college fund for a woman he doesn't know, even before [[spoiler:he kills "Doug."]] And that's without even getting started on Cassandra and Doug, who are unrepentant con artists [[spoiler:and murderers.]]
* FemmeFatale: Cassandra.
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: Starts off being about Jerry's stabbing, ends being about Cassandra and Doug working as con artists.
* InformedAttractiveness: Everyone agrees that Cassandra is incredibly, irresistibly beautiful. It isn't that Creator/RoseMcGowan isn't, but the ''everyone'' thinks so.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Cassandra manages to get very little punishment for her cons and [[spoiler:probably assisting her brother/lover in murder]] but she's [[AlasPoorVillain genuinely devastated]] when [[spoiler:Jerry kills him.]]
* PsychoticLoveTriangle: Doug and Cassandra routinely play this trick on everyone for money, but get a taste of their own medicine when [[spoiler:Jerry takes Cassandra up very literally on it and murders her brother/lover.]]
* {{Twincest}}: [[spoiler:Cassandra and Doug.]]
* VillainousIncest: [[spoiler:Cassandra and Doug, too.]]
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* AerithAndBob: Cassandra Davina and Doug Loveless alongside the Bullards and the regulars.
* DramaticIrony: Cassandra and Doug love pretending to be in a PsychoticLoveTriangle to their marks. They actually end up in one after Jerry falls in MadLove.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cassandra ''adores'' Doug above anyone else in the world.
* EvilVersusEvil: Jerry's wife castrated him. Jerry himself is obsessed with Cassandra, despite the fact that she's using him, and isn't particularly sympathetic, what with draining his daughter's college fund for a woman he doesn't know, even before [[spoiler:he kills "Doug."]] And that's without even getting started on Cassandra and Doug, who are unrepentant con artists [[spoiler:and murderers.]]
* FemmeFatale: Cassandra.
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: Starts off being about Jerry's stabbing, ends being about Cassandra and Doug working as con artists.
* InformedAttractiveness: Everyone agrees that Cassandra is incredibly, irresistibly beautiful. It isn't that Creator/RoseMcGowan isn't, but the ''everyone'' thinks so.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Cassandra manages to get very little punishment for her cons and [[spoiler:probably assisting her brother/lover in murder]] but she's [[AlasPoorVillain genuinely devastated]] when [[spoiler:Jerry kills him.]]
* PsychoticLoveTriangle: Doug and Cassandra routinely play this trick on everyone for money, but get a taste of their own medicine when [[spoiler:Jerry takes Cassandra up very literally on it and murders her brother/lover.]]
* {{Twincest}}: [[spoiler:Cassandra and Doug.]]
* VillainousIncest: [[spoiler:Cassandra and Doug, too.]]
