History Recap / LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS2E15Countdown

* DefiledForever: Sophie's mother announces that the rapist has "killed her daughter's childhood".

** Mrs. Guzek blames herself because she let Kirsten stay in the car because it was cold outside.

** Stabler forgets to pick up the twins' birthday presents. His wife has to bring them over to the station for them to have a few seconds with him on their birthday. They give him presents instead of the other way around, a dress shirt and some hygiene product which he leaves behind as he rushes off to the next break in the case.

* CouldThisHappenToYou: The New York Ledger's headline is
-> LOCK UP YOUR CHILDREN! KILLER ON THE LOOSE!

* BeardOfSorrow: halfway through the episode Munch begins sporting stubble to show how taken he is by the case. The rest of the squad manages to find time to remain clean-shaven.

* BritishTeeth: the rapist's distinguishing feature is teeth that look like [[Film/AustinPowers Austin Powers]]. The rapist feeds his victims (and presumably eats) only cupcakes, corn candy and fruit punch. He has a fetish for seasonal candy.

* CouldThisHappenToYou: the New York Ledger's headline is

* FauxAffablyEvil: the rapist gives each child a party and tries to entertain them before he photographs and rapes them.

** Benson has to cancel a date with "Mr. Perfect" when cragen calls the squad back because another child has been kidnapped. She tells Munch she has only managed to go on one date with him that hasn't been canceled due to her work emergencies.

** Stabler forgets to pick up the twins' birthday presents. His wife has to bring them over to the station for them to have a few seconds with them on their birthdays. They give him presents instead of the other way around, a dress shirt and some hygiene product which he leaves behind as he rushes off to the next break in the case.

** Stabler forgets to pick up the kids' birthday presents. His wife has to bring them over to the station for them to have a few seconds with them on their birthdays. They give him presents instead of the other way around, a dress shirt and some hygiene product which he leaves behind as he rushes off to the next break in the case.

* MarriedToTheJob: Benson has to cancel a date with "Mr. Perfect" when cragen calls the squad back because another child has been kidnapped. She tells Munch she has only managed to go on one date with him that hasn't been canceled due to her work emergencies.

* BritishTeeth: the rapist's distinguishing feature is teeth that look like [[Film/AustinPowers Austin Powers]]. The rapist feeds his victims (and presumably eats) only cupcakes, corn candy and fruit punch.

* FauxAffablyEvil: the rapist gives each child a party before he photographs and rapes them.

* BritishTeeth: the rapist's distinguishing feature is teeth that look like [[Film/Austin Powers Austin Powers]]. The rapist feeds his victims (and presumably eats) only cupcakes, corn candy and fruit punch.

* BritishTeeth: the rapist's distinguishing feature is teeth that look like Austin Powers.

* ItsAllMyFault: Sophie blames herself for being kidnapped and raped because she broke the rules and went to see the puppies the rapist claimed to have.

* MamaBear: Sophie's mother cuts the interview prematurely short because she can't bear to see her child distressed.

* ItsAllMyFault: Sophie blames herself for being kidnapped and raped because she broke the rules and went to see the puppies the rapist claimed to have.

* ItIsAllMyFault: Sophie blames herself for being kidnapped and raped because she broke the rules and went to see the puppies the rapist claimed to have.

* FauxAffablyEvil: the rapist gives each child a party before he photographs and rapes them.

** The Queens detectives whom Elliot and Olivia go to for information. At first, the Queens guys make it clear they don't appreciate having another precinct question their police work, but after Olivia makes it clear that they are running on limited time to save a little girl, they drop the sarcasm and start taking the conversation seriously.

SVU investigates the rape and abduction of 8-year-old Sophie Douglas, but her mother's reluctance to have Sophie questioned interferes with the investigation at first.

But when another little girl named Kirsten Guzek is abducted from a parking lot, SVU discovers that Sophie & Kirsten's cases are connected to a serial killer who kills his victims after three days, prompting them to work around the clock to find the identity of the killer before it's too late.

* BittersweetEnding: Clayton Mills is caught and arrested, and his latest would-be victim is rescued. The bitter part: Mills negotiates to disclose the location of his first victim, a little girl whose body was never recovered, in exchange for life imprisonment instead of the death penalty. And the episodes ends just as Elliot and Olivia are about to inform said girl's mother about her daughter's fate.

** The Queens detectives whom Elliot and Olivia go to for information. At first, the Queens guys make it clear they don't appreciate having another precinct question their police work. But after Olivia makes it clear that they are running on limited time to save a little girl, they drop the sarcasm and start taking the conversation seriously.

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* BittersweetEnding: Clayton Mills is caught and arrested, and his latest would-be victim is rescued. The bitter part: Mills negotiates to disclose the location of his first victim, a little girl whose body was never recovered, in exchange for life imprisonment instead of the death penalty.

But when another little girl named Kirsten Guzek is abducted from a parking lot, SVU discovers that Sophie & Kirsten's cases are connected to a serial killer who kills his victims after three days, prompting them to work around the clock to find the identity of the killer before it's too late.

SVU investigates the rape and abduction of 8-year-old Sophie Douglas, but her mother's reluctance to have Sophie questione interferes with the investigation at first.