History Recap / LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS5E15Families

* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: Jason Connor also being Barry Coyle is part of how he continued his affair and had a whole other family. Save for the mistress, no one on either side was any the wiser.

* DownerEnding: By the end of the episode, Shannon and Jason are dead, Debra is arrested for murdering Jason, and Susan is arrested for her role in other crimes. This leaves Aidan and Brian as each other's sole family member not dead or in prison, and Aidan still has to deal with the fact that his girlfriend was really his half-sister, who he got pregnant shortly before she died. [[RayOfHopeEnding The only real bright spot is the implication that Aidan and Brian now have a chance to get to know each other]].

* DownerEnding: By the end of the episode, Shannon and Jason are dead, Debra is arrested for murdering Jason, and Susan is arrested for her role in other crimes. This leaves Aidan and Brian as each other's sole family member not dead or in prison, and Aidan still has to deal with the fact that his girlfriend was really his half-sister, who he got pregnant shortly before she died. The only real bright spot is the implication that Aidan and Brian now have a chance to get to know each other.

* AssholeVictim: It's hard to feel bad for Jason since his actions destroy his family.

** After Debra Connor states her belief that the Coyle's thought themselves much better than them, Jason is quick to suggest that maybe the Coyles thought the Connors were too good for them.

* OffingTheOffspring: Jason Connor {{accidental|Murder}}ly kills Shannon (and his unborn grandchild) after pushing him away causes Shannon to trip down the stairs when he reveals what Aidan's true relationship to her.

* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: Jason Connor also being Barry Coyle is part of how he continued his affair and had a whole other family. Save for the mistress, no one in either side was any the wiser.

* BrainBleach: Aidan took the SurpriseIncest reveal as one would expect.

* DoesntLikeGuns: Debra tries to throw suspicion off herself ny telling the court she doesn't like guns.

* AccidentalMurder: Jason Connor has no intention of killing or hurting his daughter Shannon, but unfortunately they were arguing near a staircase and she accidentally fell down the steps shoving him away.

* DownerEnding: By the end of the episode, Shannon and Jason are dead, Debra is arrested for murdering Jason, and Susan is arrested for her role in other crimes. This leaves Aidan and Brian as each other's sole family member not dead or in prison, and Aidan still has to deal with the fact that his girlfriend was really his half-sister, who he got pregnant. The only real bright spot is the implication that Aidan and Brian now have a chance to get to know each other.

* RelativeError: When the main characters discover that Shannon Coyle was impregnated by a relative, her younger brother Brian became the first suspect. It's her half-brother Aidan Connor, and neither were aware of their familial relationship until the events of the episode.

When DNA tests on the remains of a 16-year-old girl show evidence of incest, members of her surviving family become prime suspects in her murder. However, things are more complicated than they seem when the father of the girl's boyfriend and her own father are revealed to share some surprising connections.

%%* FamilyTitle: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Well, duh.]]

%% * NoNameGiven: Demosthenes Chrysan's character from the ColdOpen is credited as "Man". When Olivia is asking for his name, Man says "Screw you". Olivia responds, "Well, Screw You, you're under arrest for attempted rape".

* WomanScorned: When she finds out that Jason Connor is gonna leave her for Susan Coyle, Debra confronts her husband. After he admits and explains everything to her – including the fact that he had inadvertently allowed their son to commit incest unknowingly with his half-sister – she loses her shit and kills him out in a combination of rage and disgust.

* DownerEnding: By the end of the episode, Shannon and Jason are dead, Debra is arrested for murdering Jason, and Susan is arrested for her role in other crimes. This leaves Aidan and Brian as each other's sole family member not dead or in prison, and Aidan still has to deal with the fact that his girlfriend was really his half-sister, who he got pregnant.

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When a pregnant teenager (Creator/JennaGavigan) is murdered, detectives learn that she was involved with a boyfriend (Creator/PatrickFlueger) whom his parents (Creator/TomMason and Creator/JaneSeymourActress) forbade her from seeing. When the squad investigates the boyfriend's parents, the victim's mother (Creator/HelenSlater), and younger brother (Creator/SpencerTreatClark), they learn about a deep family secret.

* FamilyTitle: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Well, duh.]]

* MistakenForPedophile: Subverted by Steve Abruzzo. The main characters dug a supposed past relationship with a former student in his previous work and they assumed he had a relationship with Shannon Coyle. He and Shannon didn't, but he ''is'' having a sexual relationship with Shannon's best friend, Lisa Faber.

* AccidentalMurder: Jason Connor has no intention of killing or hurting his daughter Shannon, but unfortunately they were arguing near a staircase when he accidentally shoved her.

* DownerEnding: By the end of the episode, Shannon and Jason are dead, Debra is arrested for murdering Jason, and Susan is arrested for her role in other crimes. This leaves Aidan and Brain as each other's sole family member not dead or in prison, and Aidan still has to deal with the fact that his girlfriend was really his half-sister, who he got pregnant.

* OffingTheOffspring: Jason Connor {{accidental|Murder}}ly pushes Shannon (and his unborn grandchild) to death.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Debra and Susan knew each other since their kids started kindergarten, but when Susan dodged the question about the two couples going out, Debra perceived Susan and her husband too good for them.
* WomanScorned: When she finds out that Jason Connor is gonna leave her for Susan Coyle, Debra confronts her husband. After he admits and explains everything to her – including the fact that he had inadvertently allowed their son to commit unknowing incest with his half-sister – she loses her shit and kills him out in a combination of rage and disgust.

* IdenticalStranger: Aidan Connor looks a lot like ''Series/ChicagoPD'' regular Adam Ruzek.

* PromotionToParent: With his mother and his father's mistress both in jail, Aidan is the only person left to look after his newly revealed half-brother Brian.

* WomanScorned: When she finds out that Jason Connor is gonna leave her for Susan Coyle, Debra loses her shit and kills her husband.

* YourCheatingHeart: Jason Connor's bigamy is the entire plot of the episode.

When a pregnant teenager (Creator/JennaGavigan) is murdered, detectives learn that she was involved with a boyfriend (Creator/PatrickFlueger) whom his parents (Creator/TomMason and Creator/JaneSeymourActress) forbade her from seeing. When the squad investigates the boyfriend's parents, the victim's mother (Creator/HelenSlater), and younger brother (Spencer Treat Clark), they learn about a deep family secret.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Aidan after the SurpriseIncest reveal.

** When Capt. Cragen tells Debra Winger that they would find who killed her husband, she doesn't appear to be eager.

* MistakenForMurderer: Subverted by Steve Abruzzo. The main characters dug a supposed past relationship with a former student in his previous work and they assumed he had a relationship with Shannon Coyle. He didn't

* AndStarring: "SpecialGuest Star Creator/HelenSlater", plus "And Creator/JaneSeymourActress" in the regular guest-stars lineup.