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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: While comforting Brent Allan Banks' original victim, Beck empathizes with her desire to see him be given the death penalty, even saying she'd "put the needle in his arm herself" if she could. Unbeknownst to her, Andrew overheard her and was driven into a psychotic break, going after Brent and killing him after he was released. He subsequently refuses to be institutionalized, deciding instead to go to jail and go without medication to pay for what he did.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: While comforting Brent Allan Banks' original victim, Beck empathizes with her desire to see him be given the death penalty, even saying she'd "put the needle in his arm herself" myself" if she could. Unbeknownst to her, Andrew overheard her and was driven into a psychotic break, going after Brent and killing him after he was released. He subsequently refuses to be institutionalized, deciding instead to go to jail and go without medication to pay for what he did.



* SmugSnake: the perp, Brent Allen Banks, banters with the detectives in the supreme confidence that he's smarter than they are, but he's dumb enough to let Beck manipulate him into chewing some gum[[note]] by chewing gum herself during the interrogation, he has an oral fixation [[/note]] so the team can get teeth impressions to compare to the victims' bite marks.

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* SmugSnake: the The perp, Brent Allen Banks, banters with the detectives in the supreme confidence that he's smarter than they are, but he's dumb enough to let Beck manipulate him into chewing some gum[[note]] by chewing gum herself during the interrogation, as he has an oral fixation [[/note]] so the team can get teeth impressions to compare to the victims' bite marks.
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* RailroadTracksOfDoom: Munch's uncle follows the detectives as they tail the perp to the subway, then shoves him under the approaching subway train and expects the detectives to celebrate with him.
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* SmugSnake: the perp, Brent Allen Banks, banters with the detectives in the supreme confidence that he's smarter than they are, but he's dumb enough to let Beck manipulate him into chewing some gum so the team can get teeth impressions to compare to the victims' bite marks.

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* SmugSnake: the perp, Brent Allen Banks, banters with the detectives in the supreme confidence that he's smarter than they are, but he's dumb enough to let Beck manipulate him into chewing some gum[[note]] by chewing gum herself during the interrogation, he has an oral fixation [[/note]] so the team can get teeth impressions to compare to the victims' bite marks.
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* SmugSnake: the perp, Brent Allen Banks, banters with the detectives in the supreme confidence that he's smarter than they are, but he's dumb enough to let Beck manipulate him into chewing some gum so the team can get teeth impressions to compare to the victims' bite marks.
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* ItNeverGetsAnyEasier:
-> '''Stabler:''' Just so you know, everybody loses it, their first kid case
-> '''Beck:''' I'll get used to it
-> '''Stabler:''' When that happens, transfer out.
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* CowboyCop: Beck, in an establishing character moment, pulls a gun on a suspect (guilty of solicitation) for suggesting she must have traded sex for money at some point in her life.
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* NayTheist: Beck, to the practicing Catholic Stabler, regarding the death grip the ten-year-old victim has on the crucifix she was clutching as she was raped and tortured to death:
-> She was praying for help, that never came.
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A mother and her 10-year-old daughter are found raped and butchered in their apartment and the main suspect is a homeless man who turns out to be Munch's uncle, Andrew (Creator/JerryLewis), who's in New York after escaping his Florida home. They quickly prove Andrew's innocence and find a new suspect, however, when their only evidence against Brent Allen Banks is thrown out in court, Andrew takes matters into his own hands.

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A mother and her 10-year-old daughter are found raped and butchered in their apartment and the main suspect is a homeless man who turns out to be Munch's uncle, Andrew (Creator/JerryLewis), who's in New York after escaping his Florida home. They quickly prove Andrew's innocence and find a new suspect, however, when their only evidence against Brent Allen Banks is thrown out in court, Andrew takes matters into his own hands.
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[This description was copied A mother and her 10-year-old daughter are found raped and butchered in violation of our Administrivia/{{Plagiarism}} policy. Please replace it with original writing.]their apartment and the main suspect is a homeless man who turns out to be Munch's uncle, Andrew (Creator/JerryLewis), who's in New York after escaping his Florida home. They quickly prove Andrew's innocence and find a new suspect, however, when their only evidence against Brent Allen Banks is thrown out in court, Andrew takes matters into his own hands.
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The detectives investigate the case of a mother and her ten-year-old daughter who were found brutally murdered in their apartment. Stabler and Beck discover a homeless man whom the daughter befriended at the park with clippings of SVU cases and label him a suspect. It is then discovered that the homeless man is Munch's uncle, Andrew (Creator/JerryLewis), who is mentally ill. The detectives learn that evidence shows that a man, Brent Allan Banks (Creator/TimothyAdams) , is responsible for the murders. But unfortunately, the squad's only evidence against Brent is thrown out and he is attempting to leave the jurisdiction. Andrew takes matters into his own hands and Stabler and Beck attempt to stop him.

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* DeathOfPersonality: The episode ends with Munch's clinically depressed Uncle Andrew coming off his medication to "kill" himself as penance for murdering a suspect while in a mania caused as a side effect of his (different) medication.

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* AssholeVictim: Brent Allan Banks definitely qualifies, being an unrepentant sexual sadist and murderer.
* BittersweetEnding: ''Much'' heavier on the bitter, though. The only real positive is that Brent Allan Banks is dead and unable to hurt anyone else. But it also leads to Andrew deciding to go to jail unmedicated rather than be admitted to a hospital to get better, believing he needs to pay for what he did. Munch and Stabler are visibly upset, with Beck not even being able to visit Andrew out of guilt for inadvertently causing his psychotic break.
* DeathOfPersonality: The episode ends with Munch's clinically depressed Uncle Andrew coming off his medication to "kill" himself as penance for murdering a suspect while in a mania caused as a side effect of his (different) medication.medication.
* ItsAllMyFault: Brent Allan Banks' original victim, Maryellen Seaver, blames herself for Gabriella and Illaria Travino's deaths, believing Brent would've gone to jail for longer than he had if she'd testified against him for raping her.
** Beck has a similar reaction to inadvertently causing Andrew's manic episode that drove him to kill Brent Allan Banks. The guilt is enough to where she can't bring herself to visit Andrew and John in the hospital.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: While comforting Brent Allan Banks' original victim, Beck empathizes with her desire to see him be given the death penalty, even saying she'd "put the needle in his arm herself" if she could. Unbeknownst to her, Andrew overheard her and was driven into a psychotic break, going after Brent and killing him after he was released. He subsequently refuses to be institutionalized, deciding instead to go to jail and go without medication to pay for what he did.
* WouldHurtAChild: Brent Allan Banks raped, tortured, and murdered 10-year-old Illaria Travino alongside her mother.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Munch got to shine when his uncle Andrew (played by none other than Creator/JerryLewis) got involved as a suspect.
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The detectives investigate the case of a mother and her ten-year-old daughter who were found brutally murdered in their apartment. Stabler and Beck discover a homeless man whom the daughter befriended at the park with clippings of SVU cases and label him a suspect. It is then discovered that the homeless man is Munch's uncle, Andrew (Creator/JerryLewis), who is mentally ill. The detectives learn that evidence shows that a man, Brent Allan Banks (Creator/TimothyAdams) , is responsible for the murders. But unfortunately, the squad's only evidence against Brent is thrown out and he is attempting to leave the jurisdiction. Andrew takes matters into his own hands and Stabler and Beck attempt to stop him.

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The detectives investigate the case of a mother and her ten-year-old daughter who were found brutally murdered in their apartment. Stabler and Beck discover a homeless man whom the daughter befriended at the park with clippings of SVU cases and label him a suspect. It is then discovered that the homeless man is Munch's uncle, Andrew (Creator/JerryLewis), who is mentally ill. The detectives learn that evidence shows that a man, Brent Allan Banks (Creator/TimothyAdams) , is responsible for the murders. But unfortunately, the squad's only evidence against Brent is thrown out and he is attempting to leave the jurisdiction. Andrew takes matters into his own hands and Stabler and Beck attempt to stop him.him.

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* DeathOfPersonality: The episode ends with Munch's clinically depressed Uncle Andrew coming off his medication to "kill" himself as penance for murdering a suspect while in a mania caused as a side effect of his (different) medication.
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Written By Creator/DawnDeNoon

Directed By Creator/DavidPlatt

The detectives investigate the case of a mother and her ten-year-old daughter who were found brutally murdered in their apartment. Stabler and Beck discover a homeless man whom the daughter befriended at the park with clippings of SVU cases and label him a suspect. It is then discovered that the homeless man is Munch's uncle, Andrew (Creator/JerryLewis), who is mentally ill. The detectives learn that evidence shows that a man, Brent Allan Banks (Creator/TimothyAdams) , is responsible for the murders. But unfortunately, the squad's only evidence against Brent is thrown out and he is attempting to leave the jurisdiction. Andrew takes matters into his own hands and Stabler and Beck attempt to stop him.

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