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* WidowWoman: Beck mentions that her husband was killed in the line of duty.
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* AbsenteeActor: This is the second episode with Creator/MariskaHargitay in her maternity leave.
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* BeautyIsBad: The VillainOfTheWeek is played by the TallDarkAndHandsome Creator/CharlesShaughnessy.
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A young woman is raped and a identifies prominent lawyer, Martin Trenway, as her rapist. The squad has difficulty making the charges stick until another victim comes forward, but her testimony cannot be proven reliable. Finally, Beck manages to track down a third woman, whose testimony may be difficult to obtain given that she remains mostly silent and has been silent for decades for decades.
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A young woman (Creator/LilyRabe) is raped and a identifies prominent lawyer, Martin Trenway, Trenway (Creator/CharlesShaughnessy), as her rapist. The squad TheSquad has difficulty making the charges stick until another victim (Creator/RobinWeigert) comes forward, but her testimony cannot be proven reliable. Finally, Beck manages to track down a third woman, woman (Creator/LeslieCaron), whose testimony may be difficult to obtain given that she remains mostly silent and has been silent for decades for decades.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Charles Shaughnessy (who plays Martin Trenway) is from London. His accent slips in several places during the interrogation scene with Stabler and Beck.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Charles Shaughnessy Creator/CharlesShaughnessy (who plays Martin Trenway) is from London. His accent slips in several places during the interrogation scene with Stabler and Beck.
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Stabler and Cragen have concerns about Beck's reputation as an overzealous investigator. She works with Stabler to help a woman (Creator/LilyRabe) who was raped by a prominent lawyer (Creator/CharlesShaughnessy). The squad's credibility is damaged when another woman (Creator/RobinWeigert) comes forward, mistakenly claiming that she was raped by the same man. The people are unable to make the charges stick until a surprise witness (Creator/LeslieCaron) comes forward.
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* BittersweetEnding: Martin Trenway will never get charged for his rape of Lorraine Delmas, but evidence that Ms. Delmas kept the night Trenway raped her is what finally proves that he's a SerialRapist and gets imprisoned for his more recent crimes. The episode even ends with Ms. Delmas smiling triumphantly.
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* BittersweetEnding: Heather Stark's rapist will never face justice and Martin Trenway will never get charged for his rape of Lorraine Delmas, but Delmas. But evidence that Ms. Delmas kept the night Trenway raped her is what finally proves that he's a SerialRapist and gets imprisoned for his more recent crimes. The episode even ends with Ms. Delmas smiling triumphantly.
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* KarmaHoudini: Heather Stark's rapist. Forensics prove Trenway didn't attack her, and even if DNA evidence could be used to identify Heather's rapist, the statute of limitations has run out.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A crestfallen Heather Stark disappears from the story after Martin Trenway is proven not to have been her rapist and she realizes the statute of limitations means she'll never see her attacker brought to justice.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Charles Shaughnessy (who plays Martin Trenway) is from London. His accent slips in several places during the interrogation scene with Stabler and Beck.
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* ChekhovsGun: Beck mentions to Eliot early in the episode that she's European (Danish) and studied European language and culture. This came in handy in finally having Lorraine Delmas to open up about her rape, when beck spoke to her in her native French.
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* ChekhovsGun: Beck mentions to Eliot early in the episode that she's European (Danish) and studied European language and culture. This came in handy in finally having Lorraine Delmas to open up about her rape, when beck Beck spoke to her in her native French.
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Written By Creator/JonathanGreene
Directed By Creator/JuanJCampanella
Directed By Creator/JuanJCampanella
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* HonoraryAunt: Lorraine Delmas was a close friend of Martin Trenway's mother, causing her to take on the role of a surrogate aunt toward him. That ended when she became his first victim.
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Stabler and Cragen have concerns about Beck's reputation as an overzealous investigator. She works with Stabler to help a woman (Creator/LilyRabe) who was raped by a prominent lawyer (Creator/CharlesShaughnessy). The squad's credibility is damaged when another woman (Creator/RobinWeigert) comes forward, mistakenly claiming that she was raped by the same man. The people are unable to make the charges stick until a surprise witness (Creator/LeslieCaron) comes forward.
Her performance for this episode won Creator/LeslieCaron the Primetime UsefulNotes/EmmyAward for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* AbsenteeActor: This is the second episode with Creator/MariskaHargitay in her maternity leave.
* AmoralAttorney: Martin Trenway, a former ADA and a SerialRapist since he was [[TeensAreMonsters a teenager]].
* AndStarring: "SpecialGuest Star Creator/ConnieNielsen", "SpecialGuest Appearance By Creator/LeslieCaron", plus the regular guest stars lineup ending with "And Creator/JamesNaughton".
* BittersweetEnding: Martin Trenway will never get charged for his rape of Lorraine Delmas, but evidence that Ms. Delmas kept the night Trenway raped her is what finally proves that he's a SerialRapist and gets imprisoned for his more recent crimes. The episode even ends with Ms. Delmas smiling triumphantly.
* BookEnds: The episode begins with a lowly perp escaping Stabler and Beck's clutches. The episode ends with them successfully incarcerating a high profile suspect.
* ChekhovsGun: Beck mentions to Eliot early in the episode that she's European (Danish) and studied European language and culture. This came in handy in finally having Lorraine Delmas to open up about her rape, when beck spoke to her in her native French.
* ChekhovsGunman: The old woman who Eliot sees in Martin Trenway's first trial.
* DarkSecret: Lorraine Delmas was one of Martin Trenway's earliest victims and kept that to herself for ''forty years''.
* DirtyOldMan: Martin Trenway, a man in his mid-fifties who is a SerialRapist since he was [[TeensAreMonsters a teenager]].
* HelloAttorney: Martin Trenway is a good looking man in his mid fifties. Unfortunately, him being a notorious SerialRapist makes it moot.
* RapeAsDrama: The episode centers around three rape victims.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: The main characters are well-aware that Martin Trenway may pull this trope due to him being a former ADA with friends in the department.
* SerialRapist: Martin Trenway has been raping women since he was [[TeensAreMonsters a teenager]].
* SilverFox: Martin Trenway. Of course being a SerialRapist takes away from that.
* VillainousBreakdown: Martin Trenway finally loses it once Ms. Delmas is on the witness stand.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Martin Trenway is a former ADA and an upstanding citizen. He's also a notorious SerialRapist.
* WidowWoman: Beck mentions that her husband was killed in the line of duty.
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Her performance for this episode won Creator/LeslieCaron the Primetime UsefulNotes/EmmyAward for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* AbsenteeActor: This is the second episode with Creator/MariskaHargitay in her maternity leave.
* AmoralAttorney: Martin Trenway, a former ADA and a SerialRapist since he was [[TeensAreMonsters a teenager]].
* AndStarring: "SpecialGuest Star Creator/ConnieNielsen", "SpecialGuest Appearance By Creator/LeslieCaron", plus the regular guest stars lineup ending with "And Creator/JamesNaughton".
* BittersweetEnding: Martin Trenway will never get charged for his rape of Lorraine Delmas, but evidence that Ms. Delmas kept the night Trenway raped her is what finally proves that he's a SerialRapist and gets imprisoned for his more recent crimes. The episode even ends with Ms. Delmas smiling triumphantly.
* BookEnds: The episode begins with a lowly perp escaping Stabler and Beck's clutches. The episode ends with them successfully incarcerating a high profile suspect.
* ChekhovsGun: Beck mentions to Eliot early in the episode that she's European (Danish) and studied European language and culture. This came in handy in finally having Lorraine Delmas to open up about her rape, when beck spoke to her in her native French.
* ChekhovsGunman: The old woman who Eliot sees in Martin Trenway's first trial.
* DarkSecret: Lorraine Delmas was one of Martin Trenway's earliest victims and kept that to herself for ''forty years''.
* DirtyOldMan: Martin Trenway, a man in his mid-fifties who is a SerialRapist since he was [[TeensAreMonsters a teenager]].
* HelloAttorney: Martin Trenway is a good looking man in his mid fifties. Unfortunately, him being a notorious SerialRapist makes it moot.
* RapeAsDrama: The episode centers around three rape victims.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: The main characters are well-aware that Martin Trenway may pull this trope due to him being a former ADA with friends in the department.
* SerialRapist: Martin Trenway has been raping women since he was [[TeensAreMonsters a teenager]].
* SilverFox: Martin Trenway. Of course being a SerialRapist takes away from that.
* VillainousBreakdown: Martin Trenway finally loses it once Ms. Delmas is on the witness stand.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Martin Trenway is a former ADA and an upstanding citizen. He's also a notorious SerialRapist.
* WidowWoman: Beck mentions that her husband was killed in the line of duty.
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