History Recap / LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS12E21Reparations

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty / LaserGuidedKarma: Although unable to be prosecuted for raping Dwight's mother due to the statute of limitations on the case having long since expired, Grant ultimately pays the price for his bigotry and crimes in the end after watching his granddaughter both get arrested for committing perjury due to his manipulations and angrily disown him for using her trauma and vulnerability to try and sway her towards his racist views.

* FalseRapeAccusation: Catherine's grandfather convinced her to say the intruder raped her by telling her the police wouldn't believe her story otherwise (and even tried to convince her that she was misremembering and there ''had'' been a rape). When she realizes he was just being a racist jerk who was dragging her into his bigotry, she's genuinely upset and remorseful. Catherine winds up making two false rape accusations, since she falsely accused the RedHerring suspect before she falsely accused Grant.

* FalseRapeAccusation: Catherine's grandfather convinced her to say the intruder raped her by telling her the police wouldn't believe her story otherwise (and even tried to convince her that she was misremembering and there ''had'' been a rape). When she realizes he was just being a racist jerk who was dragging her into his bigotry, she's genuinely upset and remorseful.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Twisted up in this episode, where Terrence Howard's DA from ''Series/LawAndOrderLA'' [[CrossOver appears]] to defend his cousin Dwight Talcott, who [[spoiler: raped teacher Catherine Harrison, who turned out to be the granddaughter of Grant Harrison, the leader of three men who raped his mother when he was a child ''and made him watch'' (and called her a whore to escape justice on top of it). Except... he didn't ''actually'' rape her -- he just couldn't bring himself to do it in the end, and Catherine only claimed that he ''did'' rape her because grandpa told her that no one would believe she was "just" assaulted and that "black men always rape". Although Dwight is still sent to jail for up to 15 years on a breaking and entering charge as part of a plea deal, he does still ultimately get some measure of revenge though, because at the end, his mother's rapist A) is forced to watch his granddaughter go to jail for perjury because of the false accusations he manipulated her into making, and B) must now face that the grandchild who once loved and adored him even in spite of his racism now utterly despises him for even just briefly turning her into the same kind of evil bigoted person that he is.]]

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A woman (Creator/VirginiaKull) is raped in her apartment and her friend (Creator/AftonWilliamson) suspects that the rapist is one of the students from the inner city school where she teaches. However, the teacher accuses someone else (Creator/VondieCurtisHall), who happens to be the cousin of Los Angeles Deputy DA Joe Dekker (Creator/TerrenceHoward). ADA Casey Novak (Creator/DianeNeal) returns to Special Victims after a three year censure and challenges Dekker in court. The detectives discover a history of racism involving the victim's family and the suspect's family and Novak must convince both sides to tell the truth. Novak and Stabler learn that the intruder entered the victim's home intending to commit rape to get revenge for his mother (Creator/IrmaPHall), who was raped by the teacher's grandfather (Creator/RobertHogan).

* BittersweetEnding: On the downside, Dwight, in his averted, misguided attempt to avenge his mother's gang-rape, avoids rape and assault charges after telling the whole truth of what he attempted to do to Catherine as revenge against her grandfather Grant (who was the leader and sole survivor of the men who committed the gang-rape), but is still facing up to 15 years behind bars after pleading to a breaking-and-entering charge. On the upside though, his mother's rapist finally pays the price for his crimes and racism as his granddaughter now faces jail time her after giving into his manipulations to trump up the charges against Dwight, and has angrily disowned him for dragging her into his racist viewpoint.

KarmaHoudiniWarranty / LaserGuidedKarma: Although unable to be prosecuted for raping Dwight's mother due to the statute of limitations on the case having long since expired, Grant ultimately pays the price for his bigotry and crimes in the end after watching his granddaughter both get arrested for committing perjury due to his manipulations and angrily disown him for using her trauma and vulnerability to try and sway her towards his racist views.

* BittersweetEnding: On the downside, Dwight, in his averted, misguided attempt to avenge his mother's gang-rape, avoids rape and assault charges after telling the whole truth of what he attempted to do to Catherine as revenge against her grandfather Grant (who was the leader and sole survivor of the men who committed the gang-rape), but is still facing up to 15 years behind bars after pleading to a breaking-and-entering charge. On the upside though, his mother's rapist finally pays the price for his crimes and racism as his granddaughter now faces jail time her after giving into his manipulations to trump up the charges against Dwight, and has angrily disowned him for dragging him into his racist viewpoint.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Twisted up in this episode, where Terrence Howard's DA from ''Series/LawAndOrderLA'' [[CrossOver appears]] to defend his cousin Dwight Talcott, who [[spoiler: raped teacher Catherine Harrison, who turned out to be the granddaughter of Grant Harrison, the leader of three men who raped his mother when he was a child ''and made him watch'' (and called her a whore to escape justice on top of it). Except... he didn't ''actually'' rape her -- he just couldn't bring himself to do it in the end, and Catherine only claimed that he ''did'' rape her because grandpa told her that no one would believe she was "just" assaulted and that "black men always rape". Although Dwight is still sent to jail for 15 years on a breaking and entering charge as part of a plea deal, he does still ultimately get some measure of revenge though, because at the end, his mother's rapist A) is forced to watch his granddaughter go to jail for perjury because of the false accusations he manipulated her into making, and B) must now face that the grandchild who once loved and adored him even in spite of his racism now utterly despises him for even just briefly turning her into the same kind of evil bigoted person that he is.]]

* YoureNotMyFather: At the end of the episode, Catherine disavows her grandfather for his bigotry.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Catherine's reaction when she realizes that her grandfather was just spewing bigoted lies and she bought them.

* FalseRapeAccusation: Catherine's grandfather convinced her to say the intruder raped her by telling her the police wouldn't believe her story otherwise. When she realizes he was just being a racist jerk who was dragging her into his bigotry, she's genuinely upset and remorseful.

* SinsOfOurFathers: Dwight Talcott attempted to rape Catherine Harrison as an act of revenge against her grandfather Grant, who was a Klansman involved in the brutal rape of his mother during his childhood. However, in the end, Dwight couldn't bring himself to stoop to Grant's level and backed off, leaving Catherine unscathed but shaken.

* FalseRapeAccusation: Catherine's grandfather convinced her to say the intruder raped her by telling her the police wouldn't believe her story otherwise. When she realizes he was just being a racist jerk and dragging her into his racism, she's genuinely upset and remorseful.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Twisted up in "Reparations" where Terrence Howard's DA from ''Series/LawAndOrderLA'' [[CrossOver appears]] to defend his cousin Dwight Talcott, who [[spoiler: raped teacher Catherine Harrison, who turned out to be the granddaughter of Grant Harrison, the leader of three men who raped his mother when he was a child ''and made him watch'' (and called her a whore to escape justice on top of it). Except... he didn't ''actually'' rape her -- he couldn't bring himself to do it in the end, and Catherine only claimed that he ''did'' rape her because grandpa told her that no one would believe she was "just" assaulted and that "black men always rape". Although Dwight is still sent to jail for 15 years on a breaking and entering charge as part of a plea deal, he still ultimately gets some measure of revenge though, because at the end, his mother's rapist A) is forced to watch his granddaughter go to jail for perjury because of the false accusations he manipulated her into making, and B) must now face that the grandchild who once loved and adored him even in spite of his racism now utterly despises him for even just briefly turning her into the same kind of evil person that he is.]]

* FalseRapeAccusation: Catherine's grandfather convinced her to say the intruder raped her by telling her the police wouldn't believe her story otherwise. When she realizes he was just being a racist jerk and dragging her into it, she's genuinely upset and remorseful.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Twisted up in "Reparations" where Terrence Howard's DA from ''Series/LawAndOrderLA'' [[CrossOver appears]] to defend his cousin Dwight Talcott, who [[spoiler: raped teacher Catherine Harrison, who turned out to be the granddaughter of Grant Harrison, the leader of three men who raped his mother when he was a child ''and made him watch'' (and called her a whore to escape justice on top of it). Except... he didn't ''actually'' rape her -- he couldn't bring himself to do it in the end, and Catherine only claimed that he ''did'' rape her because grandpa told her that no one would believe she was "just" assaulted and that "black men always rape". Although Dwight is still sent to jail for 15 years on a breaking and entering charge as part of a plea deal, he still gets some measure of revenge though, because at the end, his mother's rapist A) is forced to watch his granddaughter go to jail for perjury because of the false accusations he manipulated her into making, and B) must now face that the grandchild who once loved and adored him even in spite of his racism now utterly despises him for even just temporarily turning her into the same kind of evil person that he is.]]

* SinsOfOurFathers: Dwight Talcott attempted to rape Catherine Harrison as an act of revenge against her grandfather Grant, who was a Klansman involved in the brutal rape of his mother several years ago. However, in the end, Dwight couldn't bring himself to stoop to Grant's level and backed off, leaving Catherine unscathed but shaken.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Twisted up in "Reparations" where Terrence Howard's DA from ''Series/LawAndOrderLA'' [[CrossOver appears]] to defend his cousin Dwight Talcott, who [[spoiler: raped teacher Catherine Harrison, who turned out to be the granddaughter of Grant Harrison, the leader of three men who raped his mother when he was a child ''and made him watch'' (and called her a whore to escape justice on top of it). Except... he didn't ''actually''' rape her -- he couldn't bring himself to do it in the end, and Catherine only claimed that he ''did'' rape her because grandpa told her that no one would believe she was "just" assaulted and that "black men always rape". Although Dwight is still sent to jail for 15 years on a breaking and entering charge as part of a plea deal, he still gets some measure of revenge though, because at the end, his mother's rapist A) is forced to watch his granddaughter go to jail for perjury because of the false accusations he manipulated her into making, and B) must now face that the grandchild who once loved and adored him even in spite of his racism now utterly despises him for even just temporarily turning her into the same kind of evil person that he is.]]

* RevengeBeforeReason: Twisted up when Terrence Howard's DA from ''Series/LawAndOrderLA'' [[CrossOver appears]] to defend his cousin, who raped a woman who turned out to be the granddaughter of one of three men who raped his mother when he was a child ''and made him watch'' (and called her a whore to escape justice on top of it). Except he didn't -- he couldn't bring himself to do it and Catherine only said that because grandpa told her no one would believe she was "just" assaulted and "black men always rape". The DA's cousin still gets a measure of revenge because Catherine A) is going to jail because of the false accusations and B) now utterly despises her grandfather.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Dwight Talcott raped Catherine Harrison as an act of revenge against her grandfather, who was a Klansman involved in the brutal rape of his mother several years ago.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Twisted up when Terrence Howard's DA from ''Series/LawAndOrderLA'' [[CrossOver appears]] to defend his cousin, who [[spoiler: raped a woman who turned out to be the granddaughter of one of three men who raped his mother when he was a child ''and made him watch'' (and called her a whore to escape justice on top of it). Except he didn't -- he couldn't bring himself to do it and Catherine only said that because grandpa told her no one would believe she was "just" assaulted and "black men always rape". The DA's cousin still gets a measure of revenge because Catherine A) is going to jail because of the false accusations and B) now utterly despises her grandfather.]]

A woman (Creator/VirginiaKull) is raped in her apartment and her friend (Creator/AftonWilliamson) suspects that the rapist is one of the students from the inner city school where she teaches. However, the teacher accuses someone else (Creator/VondieCurtisHall), who happens to be the cousin of Los Angeles Deputy DA Joe Dekker (Creator/TerrenceHoward). ADA Casey Novak (Creator/DianeNeal) returns to Special Victims after a three year censure and challenges Dekker in court. The detectives discover a history of racism involving the victim's family and the suspect's family and Novak must convince both sides to tell the truth. Novak and Stabler learn that the intruder entered the victim's home intending to commit rape to get revenge for his mother (Creator/IrmaPHall), who was raped by the teacher's grandfather (Creator/RobertHogan).