History Recap / LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS7E11Alien

-->'''Olivia''': Here's your proof that Sean's a bully. "I wanna teach you a game after school. It might hurt, but it'll cure you from being a queer." Does that sound like a sweet kid? And that's not the worst of 'em. You know that I have to share this with the Defense. The minute that I do, Sean's credibility goes right out the window and so does yours.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Emma's maternal grandparents claim that Zoe is molesting her because they were convinced of such by a religious conservative attorney so they could get custody. After Casey shows them how the huckster lied to them, they go apologize. But Zoe is so offended by the implication and accusation that she tells them they can't be trusted anymore and will never see Emma again.

* VillainHasAPoint: While James Decker is no doubt a homophobic bigot who doesn't care about Emma's well-being and only sees her as a pawn in his own agenda, he is justified in chastising Zoe on the stand for having kept Emma at St. Victor's, despite how much the bullying she received there was hurting her. Stabler is even shown sharing the same sentiment earlier in the episode, and Zoe concedes Decker is right and she should've pulled Emma out sooner.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Sean comes off as not just a bigoted bully, but a budding sociopath and sexual predator in his harassment of Emma, casually using vulgar slurs and even trying to forcefully kiss her.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Sean comes off as not just a bigoted bully, but a budding sociopath and sexual predator in his harassment of Emma, calling her homophobic slurs and even trying to forcefully kiss her.

* HidingBehindReligion: Every PoliticallyIncorrectVillain in the episode uses their religious teachings to justify their bigotry.

* SkewedPriorities: Emma is being viciously bullied at the Catholic school she attends for being the daughter of a lesbian couple, to the point of needing therapy twice a week. When the detectives ask Zoe why Emma hasn't been transferred to another school if the bullying is so bad, her response is that they want their daughter to have a Catholic education because it's important to their family. Her daughter's life is a complete hell... but it's okay, because she's getting a Catholic education! The prosecutor eventually calls her out on this, pointing out that because Zoe forced her daughter to stay at the school, where Emma's main bully continued to torment her, he pushed her far enough that she eventually stabbed him in the back with a pair of scissors, severing his spinal cord and paralyzing him for the rest of his life. Thankfully, Zoe seems to have learned better by the end.
** Stabler highlights the seeming contradiction of sending a child to a school that disagrees with the family's lifestyle choices, comparing it to a pacifist sending their child to military school.

* HasTwoMommies: Emma, which got her into trouble with nearly everyone from her very conservative Catholic school.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Sean Hamill and James Decker.

** Sean Hamill gives Emma a TraumaticHaircut. Finally snapping for Sean's perpetual harassment, Emma stabs him InTheBack with scissors, resulting in him being left paralyzed from the waist down.

* TraumaticHaircut: Sean forcibly chops-off Emma's hair so "she could look like a dyke".

** Zoe when she realizes how making Emma stay at the Catholic academy led to her suffer months of bullying and harassment, causing her to attack Sean.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: James Decker.

* SkewedPriorities: Emma is being viciously bullied at the Catholic school she attends for being the daughter of a lesbian couple, to the point of needing therapy twice a week. When the detectives ask Zoe why she hasn't been transferred to another school if the bullying is so bad, her response is that they want their daughter to have a Catholic education because it's important to their family. Her daughter's life is a complete hell... but it's okay, because she's getting a Catholic education! The prosecutor eventually calls her out on this, pointing out that because Zoe forced her daughter to stay at the school, where Emma's main bully continued to torment her, he pushed her far enough that she eventually stabbed him in the back with a pair of scissors, severing his spinal cord and paralyzing him for the rest of his life. Thankfully, Zoe seems to have learned better by the end.

* TheBully: Sean's revealed to be this and had been bullying Emma for months before he was hospitalized, having cut off her hair when she finally stabbed him. The messages he sent to Emma are used as evidence needed to get the case thrown out of court, since no jury would convict Emma after realizing what a horrible brat Sean really is, wheelchair or not.

* AmicableExes: Emma's biological parents. Her father doesn't seem to hold beef against Emma's biological mother for using him as TheBeard.

* IllGirl: Emma's biological mother has lupus. She later succumbs to it.

* VillainHasAPoint: While James Decker is no doubt a homophobic bigot who doesn't care about Emma's well-being and only sees her as a pawn in his own agenda, he is justified in chastising Zoe on the stand for having kept Emma at St. Victor's, despite how much the bullying she received there was hurting her. Stabler is even shown sharing the same sentiment earlier in the episode.

* TheBully: Sean's revealed to be this and had been bullying Emma for months before he was hospitalized, having cut off her hair when she finally stabbed him. The messages he sent to Emma are used as evidence needed to get the case thrown out of court, since no jury would convict Emma after realizing what a horrible brat Sean really is wheelchair or not.

* TheDogBitesBack: After being constantly bullied by Sean Hamill, Emma finally snaps and stabs him InTheBack using scissors.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The grandparents have this reaction when shown how thoroughly Decker manipulated them into thinking Emma was sexually abused by Zoe. It gets worse for them when this proves to be the last straw for Zoe.

* SkewedPriorities: Emma is being viciously bullied at the Catholic school she attends for being the daughter of a lesbian couple, to the point of needing therapy twice a week. When the detectives ask Zoe why she hasn't been transferred to another school if the bullying is so bad, her response is that they want their daughter to have a Catholic education because it's important to their family. Her daughter's life is a complete hell... but it's okay, because she's getting a Catholic education! The prosecutor eventually calls her out on this, pointing out that because she forced her daughter to stay at the school, where her main bully continued to torment her, he pushed her far enough that she eventually stabbed him in the back with a pair of scissors, severing his spinal cord and paralyzing him for the rest of his life.

* AbsenteeActor: Melinda Warner (Creator/TamaraTunie) does not appear in the episode.

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A school boy (Creator/DanielManche) becomes paralyzed after being stabbed in the back and detectives learn that the alleged perpetrator (Creator/SashaNeulinger) was trying to protect his half-sister (Creator/RaquelCastro). While attending a Catholic school, the girl had been tormented continuously for having two mothers. One of her guardians (Creator/AmyPietz) who never legally adopted her, is accused of sexual molestation by the girl's biological grandparents (Creator/EdmundGenest and Creator/MaryBethPeil). While trying to decide if the claims are real or frivolous, Novak begins to suspect that their lawyer (Creator/StephenBogardus) is committing perjury.

* RealityEnsues: Zoe does not forgive her in-laws for accusing her of molesting Emma.