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* "Probability of Doom" reveals what became of Maria, the little girl Benson fought tooth and nail to save in Season 7's "911": She grew up and [[FollowingInTheirRescuersFootsteps became a police officer]]. At the end of the episode, Benson goes to visit Maria and, after wordlessly revealing who she is, the women share a tight hug.
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* "Transitions" features a trans girl, Hailey, who has trouble believing people support her gender identity because her own father can't. She asks Stabler how he would react if his own son wanted to wear dresses, and he tells her the truth: "I would try to understand. It'd probably be very hard and I'd probably make a lot of mistakes. I'd never stop loving him." The display of unconditional love from a parent is enough to make Hailey tear up.
** At the end of the same episode, Hailey's father overcomes his transphobia and decides to get to know his daughter, implying they will start over with a healthier relationship.
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** Barba assuring the victim, a female navy officer getting [[SlutShaming shamed]] left and right, that he'll be "in her corner" during the trial.

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** Barba assuring the victim, a female navy officer getting [[SlutShaming [[BlamingTheVictim shamed]] left and right, that he'll be "in her corner" during the trial.
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* At the end of "Conned", Joyce is seen holding Andrew and Dr. Stanton's son at his mother's allocution, implying that Andrew wants to be different from his absentee father by raising his child with his mother's help.
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** It turns out Sheila was not Noah's only living blood relative after all, as Johnny D fathered another son, Connor [[=McCann=]], who was adopted by loving parents. They welcome Noah and Olivia into the family, with us being treated to scenes of Noah and his big brother bonding.

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** It turns out Sheila was not Noah's only living blood relative after all, as Johnny D fathered another son, Connor [[=McCann=]], [=McCann=], who was adopted by loving parents. They welcome Noah and Olivia into the family, with us being treated to scenes of Noah and his big brother bonding.
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** It turns out Sheila was not Noah's only living blood relative after all, as Johnny D fathered another son, Connor {{McCann}}, who was adopted by loving parents. They welcome Noah and Olivia into the family, with us being treated to scenes of Noah and his big brother bonding.

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** It turns out Sheila was not Noah's only living blood relative after all, as Johnny D fathered another son, Connor {{McCann}}, [[=McCann=]], who was adopted by loving parents. They welcome Noah and Olivia into the family, with us being treated to scenes of Noah and his big brother bonding.

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** At the start of the episode, Nick surprising her.

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* At the start of "And A Trauma In A Pear Tree," Carisi and Rollins tie the knot.
** It turns out Sheila was not Noah's only living blood relative after all, as Johnny D fathered another son, Connor {{McCann}}, who was adopted by loving parents. They welcome Noah and Olivia into the family, with us being treated to scenes of Noah and his big brother bonding.
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* "Design" ends with Barclay Pallister receiving custody of his daughter Sarah. Even though Sarah's conception was the result of him being raped by April Troost, he doesn't hold April's crimes against her and clearly adores her, having prepared her room while waiting to be given custody. As Barclay is wealthy, Sarah will want for nothing.

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* "Design" ends with Barclay Pallister receiving custody of his daughter Sarah. Even though Sarah's conception was the result of him being raped by April Troost, he doesn't hold April's crimes against her their daughter and clearly adores her, having prepared her room while waiting to be given custody. As Barclay is wealthy, Sarah will want for nothing.
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* "Design" ends with Barclay Pallister receiving custody of his daughter Sarah. Even though Sarah's conception was the result of him being raped by April Troost, he doesn't hold April's crimes against her and clearly adores her, having prepared her room while waiting to be given custody. As Barclay is wealthy, Sarah will want for nothing.

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* Regardless of [[WhatTheHellCastingAgency how you feel]] about [[Creator/MikeTyson his actor]] being on the show in the first place, it's hard not to smile at Reggie Rhodes [[GroupHug hugging Olivia and Bayard]] at the end of "Monster's Legacy" when he finds out they got him a stay of execution[[note]]just ''two days'' before his was scheduled[[/note]] and a transfer to a different prison (alongside the possibility of a retrial in the future), after [[RapeAsBackstory learning of everything]] that lead up to him murdering his last abuser.

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* Regardless of [[WhatTheHellCastingAgency [[QuestionableCasting how you feel]] about [[Creator/MikeTyson his actor]] being on the show in the first place, it's hard not to smile at Reggie Rhodes [[GroupHug hugging Olivia and Bayard]] at the end of "Monster's Legacy" when he finds out they got him a stay of execution[[note]]just ''two days'' before his was scheduled[[/note]] and a transfer to a different prison (alongside the possibility of a retrial in the future), after [[RapeAsBackstory learning of everything]] that lead up to him murdering his last abuser.
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* A brief one in "Wildlife", but when the criminal throws the basketball containing a rare monkey at the cops, Cragen catches it. He then opens the ball to free the monkey and even hug said animal to give comfort.
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* Regardless of how you feel about [[Creator/MikeTyson his actor]] being on the show in the first place, it's hard not to smile at Reggie Rhodes [[GroupHug hugging Olivia and Bayard]] at the end of "Monster's Legacy" when he finds out they got him a stay of execution[[note]]just ''two days'' before his was scheduled[[/note]] and a transfer to a different prison (alongside the possibility of a retrial in the future), after [[RapeAsBackstory learning of everything]] that lead up to him murdering his last abuser.

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* Regardless of [[WhatTheHellCastingAgency how you feel feel]] about [[Creator/MikeTyson his actor]] being on the show in the first place, it's hard not to smile at Reggie Rhodes [[GroupHug hugging Olivia and Bayard]] at the end of "Monster's Legacy" when he finds out they got him a stay of execution[[note]]just ''two days'' before his was scheduled[[/note]] and a transfer to a different prison (alongside the possibility of a retrial in the future), after [[RapeAsBackstory learning of everything]] that lead up to him murdering his last abuser.
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* The final scene of "Gone, Baby, Gone" Benson watches the entire squad (including ''Barba'' play with Noah and Jessie like a family.

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** When Olivia breaks down over Noah in her office and Barba [[SociallyAwkwardHero tries to comfort her]]. He obviously has ''no'' idea what he's doing (and says just that), but he's ''trying''. Barba embraces her, gives her his handkerchief, and, very briefly, pets her hair.

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** When Olivia breaks down over Noah in her office and Barba [[SociallyAwkwardHero tries to comfort her]]. He obviously has ''no'' idea what he's doing (and says just that), but he's ''trying''. After awkwardly offering her coffee, Barba embraces her, gives her his handkerchief, and, very briefly, pets her hair.

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* The final scene of "Gone, Baby, Gone" Benson watches the entire squad (including Barba) play with Noah and Jessie like a family.
** Before that, watching the whole team launch into a frenzy doing everything they can to track Noah and help Benson through this crisis. Obviously, finding any missing child warrants a level of urgency, but its clear in everyone's faces that they all care about Noah and his kidnapping hits the team on a personal level.

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* The final scene of "Gone, Baby, Gone" Benson watches the entire squad (including Barba) ''Barba'' play with Noah and Jessie like a family.
-->'''Noah:''' We saw a mommy deer and her baby when we were driving home. They ran right in front of us.\\
'''Barba:''' In front of you? [[FelonyMisdemeanor That's jaywalking. They're lucky they weren't in New York.]]\\
'''Noah: ''' A deer, in New York? You're silly.\\
'''Barba:''' ''[laughs]''
** Before that, watching the whole team launch into a frenzy doing everything they can to track Noah and help Benson through this crisis. Obviously, finding any missing child warrants a level of urgency, but its clear in everyone's faces that they all care about Noah and his kidnapping hits the team on a personal level. level.
** When Olivia breaks down over Noah in her office and Barba [[SociallyAwkwardHero tries to comfort her]]. He obviously has ''no'' idea what he's doing (and says just that), but he's ''trying''. Barba embraces her, gives her his handkerchief, and, very briefly, pets her hair.
** Barba's convo with Olivia at the end counts as this, too.
--->'''Olivia''': But you didn't come over to, uh, listen to me talk about that.\\
'''Barba''': ''[chuckles just a bit]'' I came here to talk to my friend about whatever she wants to talk about. ''[[{{Beat}} [looks at the door] ]]'' She gonna ask me in?\\
'''Olivia''': ''[chuckles the same way]'' Of course.
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* Another small Barba-and-victim-breaking-down-on-the-stand moment from "Contrapasso": After the victim smashes a conch shell and starts bleeding profusely from her hand as a result, Barba can be seen running to the stand to help her out.

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** There's also the ending, with Noah holding onto Olivia's and Tucker's hands as they walk together. It's a nice scene to emotionally wind down with after everything that happened.


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* During "Heightened Emotions", the victim, a women with untreated bipolar disorder, [[ItMakesSenseInContext takes off her shirt while on the stand]]. In the midst of the courtroom chaos, Barba runs over while removing his suit jacket and uses it to cover her up, without any hesitation. He then speaks to her in a quiet voice to try and get her to calm down.
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** At the end, Benson comes home to Munch babysitting Noah. The two detectives agree that they are glad that they learned there is more to life than SVU. The ending is simply adorable with Noah saying "Bye-Bye, Munch" as he falls asleep in Olivia's arms.

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** At the end, Benson comes home to Munch babysitting Noah. The two detectives agree that they are glad that they learned there is more to life than SVU. The ending is simply adorable with Noah saying "Bye-Bye, Munch" as he falls asleep in Olivia's arms. Doubles as a TearJerker in hindsight with the death of Richard Belzer, as it's his final appearance as Munch.

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* In "Pursuit", after Sonya Paxton is murdered, Elliot leaves the FBI academy he'd been visiting for most of the episode and meets up with Olivia in the hospital. Olivia rushes to him and says "I'm really glad you're back." in a choked-up voice, before the two embrace. Also doubles as a {{Tear Jerker}}.
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-->'''Barba''': Where will you be at 85?\\

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-->'''Barba''': Where will What are you gonna be at doing when you're 85?\\
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** Doubling as both heartwarming and funny is Munch saying Fin is his 'long-time partner', with Alejandro afterwards calling him Fin's 'better half'.

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** Doubling as both heartwarming and funny is Munch saying Fin is his 'long-time partner', companion', with Alejandro afterwards calling him Fin's 'better half'.

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