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* OutOfCharacterMoment: In "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS4E14Mercy Mercy]]", when Alex says she assumed Munch was pro-euthanasia, he says he is, 'for legal, consenting adults'. Here, he seems to be vehemently against it.
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* SuicidePact: Amy Solwey, who had a chronic illness that caused her great pain, brought insulin and two syringes to Christina's hospital room so they could go together. Per Cabot, her failure to follow through on the pact qualifies as second-degree murder.

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* SuicidePact: Amy Solwey, who had a chronic illness that caused her great pain, brought insulin and two syringes to Christina's hospital room so they could go together. Per Cabot, Novak, her failure to follow through on the pact qualifies as second-degree murder.

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* TheAntiNihilist: Munch, surprisingly. In spite of how much of a cynic he is and complains about life (which Fin lampshades), he still believes it's worth living.


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* GetOut: Amy tries to order Munch out of her hospital room when he tries to convince her to accept the kidney transplant.
* GlassesPull: Munch does this after he admits his father's suicide to Amy when he was a teenager.
* {{Irony}}: Amy Solwey works as an IVF specialist whilst also helping people to commit suicide.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After Munch's shocking confession about his own father, Amy immediately cries out that she's sorry, not only for manipulating Christina into killing herself, but for Munch's own grief after his father's death.
* SleepingWithTheBoss: Christina is dumped by her married boss over breakfast, which (in part) prompted her suicide.


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* WhamLine: When Munch visits Amy in the hospital and tries to convince her to accept the kidney transplant:
-->'''Amy:''' What do you care whether I live or die?\\
'''Munch:''' Because my father killed himself.
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When a woman is found handcuffed to her bed and with a plastic bag over her head, she claims to have been assaulted. In reality, she tried to kill herself. The SVU tries to go after IVF specialist Amy Solwey (Creator/MarleeMatlin), the creator of a website that appears to promote suicide.


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* DrivenToSuicide:
** Christina had depression and that led to her first attempt at suicide and her final and successful one.
** Munch reveals that his father died by suicide.
* SuicidePact: Amy Solwey, who had a chronic illness that caused her great pain, brought insulin and two syringes to Christina's hospital room so they could go together. Per Cabot, her failure to follow through on the pact qualifies as second-degree murder.
* YouWontFeelAThing: Rather than accept a kidney transplant, Amy Solwey has plans to refuse food or drink, claiming that death by starvation is painless.

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