History Recap / ColdCaseS2E10Discretion

* MistakenForCheating[=/=]MistakenForGay: Anna and Harold assumed Greg was was gay and having affairs because they caught him looking at ads in the paper for teenage male escorts. In actuality, Greg was searching for a specific escort, not for sex, but because the escort in question was a witness who could have proven Antonio's innocence.

The team reopens the 2000 murder of Connecticut prosecutor Greg Vizcaino at the request of his widow, who is set on disproving claims that he was involved in a financial scandal.

The team reopens the 2000 murder of Connecticut prosecutor Greg Vizcaino at the request of his widow, who is set on disproving recent claims that he was involved in a financial scandal.

The Cold Case team get an out-of-town case. The widow of Greg Vizcaino (prosecutor for New Haven, Connecticut who was somehow murdered in Philadelphia) pleads to the Philly PD to solve his murder when he is posthumously implicated in a financial scandal.

* BittersweetEnding: Stacey and Greg's real killers are arrested, Greg's reputation is restored, and Antonio is finally freed after spending four years in jail, reuniting with his mother. However, Antonio was almost broken from his imprisonment and attempted suicide. Plus, Greg is still dead and Ramon is still turning tricks on the street.

* BittersweetEnding: The real killers are arrested and Antonio is finally freed after spending four years from jail, but he was almost broken from jail and attempted suicide. Plus, Greg is still dead and Ramon is still turning tricks on the street.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Greg's friend Kiki (played by Creator/PhilLaMarr) claims that the Kennedy Brothers were the ones who killed Stacey Hall. Scotty and Jeffries assume he was talking about [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy John]] and [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy Bobby]] Kennedy and dismiss him as a quack, not helped by Kiki acting like a weirdo with a questionable grip on reality. When they interview Ramon, the detectives realize the Kennedys Kiki was talking about were two college boys who were nicknamed the Kennedys, not the famous politicians.

* BittersweetEnding: The real killers are arrested and Antonio is finally freed after spending four years from jail, but he was almost broken from jail and attempted suicide. Plus, Greg is still dead.

* CrimeAfterCrime: Sal Martin coerced Antonio Mendez into falsely confessing to the murder of Stacey Hall. When he learned that a male escort named Ramone had seen the real murderers and could prove Antonio innocent, Martin threatened him to keep silent as the reveal he'd coerced a confession would have likely ruined his career. When Greg Vizciano discovered the truth about all of this, Martin murdered him.

* BittersweetEnding: The real killers are arrested and Antonio is finally freed from jail after spending four years there, but he was almost broken from jail and attempted suicide.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: [[spoiler:The real name of Stacey Hall's murderers are never revealed. They are simply referred to by their nickname, the Kennedy Brothers]].

* CrimeAfterCrime: [[spoiler:Sal Martin coerced Antonio Mendez into falsely confessing to the murder of Stacey Hall. When he learned that a male escort named Ramone had seen the real murderers and could prove Antonio innocent, Martin threatened him to keep silent as the reveal he'd coerced a confession would have likely ruined his career. When Greg Vizciano discovered the truth about all of this, Martin murdered him]].
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Greg's friend Kiki (played by Creator/PhilLaMarr) claims that the Kennedy Brothers were the ones who killed Stacey Hall. Scotty and Jeffries assume he was talking about [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy John]] and [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy Bobby]] Kennedy and dismiss him as a quack, not helped by Kiki acting like a weirdo with a questionable grip on reality. [[spoiler:When they interview Ramon, the detectives realize the Kennedys Kiki was talking about were two college boys who were nicknamed the Kennedys, not the famous politicians]].
* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:Sal Martin coerced Antonio into making a false confession to the murder of Stacey Hall by beating the kid and threatening his mother. He also intimidated the sole witness to the real culprits into leaving town and murdered Greg when he found evidence of Antonio's innocence]].

* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:When he is exposed as a DirtyCop, Sal Martin tries to appeal to Scotty's mercy and sense of brotherhood by invoking their shared Latino heritage. Note that Antonio, Ramon and Greg being Latino didn't stop Martin from threatening the former two and murdering the latter to protect his career]].
* MistakenForCheating[=/=]MistakenForGay: Anna and Harold assumed Greg was was gay and having affairs because they caught him looking at ads in the paper for teenage male escorts. [[spoiler:In actuality, Greg was searching for a specific escort, not for sex, but because the escort in question was a witness who could have proven Antonio's innocence]].
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Greg found out that Antonio was innocent and was going to clear his name, at the risk of ruining his first big case as District Attorney, and possibly his political career. [[spoiler:Of course, doing so would have also jeopardized the career of Detective Martin, who personally arrested Antonio for the crime after goading him into confessing. To save his glorious future, Salvador stabbed Greg to keep him silent]].

* SheepInSheepsClothing: While looking into Greg Vizcaino's last days as a living man, the team comes across circumstantial evidence suggesting the beloved attorney was not as squeaky clean as the public was led to believe, such as him embezzling money to pay off a drug dealer and looking up male escorts. [[spoiler:It turns out that it was Greg's wife who was into drugs and the reason Greg was looking for a male escort was because a particular male escort was the witness who could have acquitted Antonio]].

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Nick manages to coax a confession out of Martin by pretending to be a dirty cop while hitting the bars with him.

* ButNotTooBlack: Greg's Afro-Latino friend Kiko claims that Greg being a light-skinned Latino played a factor in why he was so popular.
* CrimeAfterCrime: [[spoiler:Sal Martin coerced Antonio Mendez into falsely confessing to the murder of Stacey Hall. When he learned that a male escort named Ramone had seen the real murderers and could prove Antonio innocent, Martin threatened him to keep silent as the reveal he'd coerced a confession would have likely ruined his career. When Greg Vizciano discovered the truth about all of this, Martin murdered him.]]
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Greg's friend Kiki claims that the Kennedy Brothers were the ones who killed Stacey Hall. Scotty and Jeffries assume he was talking about [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy John]] and [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy Bobby]] Kennedy and dismiss him as a quack, not helped by Kiki acting like a weirdo with a questionable grip on reality. [[spoiler:When they interview Ramon, the detectives realize the Kennedys Kiki was talking about were two college boys who were nicknamed the Kennedys, not the famous politicians.]]
* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:Sal Martin coerced Antonio into making a false confession to the murder of Stacey Hall by beating the kid and threatening his mother. He also intimidated the sole witness to the real culprits into leaving town and murdered Greg when he found evidence of Antonio's innocence.]]

* FallGuy: Antonio was the first person the cops saw at the scene of the Stacey Hall murder. Between his heft, poor background and ethnic heritage, he made a convenient scapegoat despite his protests that he was innocent.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:When he is exposed as a DirtyCop, Sal Martin tries to appeal to Scotty's mercy and sense of brotherhood by invoking their shared Latino heritage. Note that Antonio, Ramon and Greg being Latino didn't stop Martin from threatening the former two and murdering the latter to protect his career.]]

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Greg found out that Antonio was innocent and was going to clear his name, at the risk of ruining his first big case as District Attorney, and possibly his political career. [[spoiler:Of course, doing so would have also jeopardized the career of Detective Martin, who personally arrested Antonio for the crime after goading him into confessing. To save his glorious future, Salvador stabbed Greg to keep him silent.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: [[spoiler:The real name of Stacey Hall's murderers are never revealed. They are simply referred to by their nickname, the Kennedy Brothers.]]
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Replace “Money” with “Political Power”. When he found out Antonio was innocent, Greg was willing to save him and probably dampen his promising career and path to become Senator, not feeling it was worth it if it meant an innocent man went to prison.

* SheepInSheepsClothing: While looking into Greg Vizcaino's last days as a living man, the team comes across circumstantial evidence suggesting the beloved attorney was not as squeaky clean as the public was led to believe, such as him embezzling money to pay off a drug dealer and looking up male escorts. [[spoiler:It turns out that it was Greg's wife who was into drugs and the reason Greg was looking for a male escort was because a particular male escort was the witness who could have acquitted Antonio.]]

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Too bad his friend Detective Martin didn’t feel the same way.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Greg's friend Kiki claims that the Kennedy Brother were the ones who killed Stacey Hall. Scotty and Jeffries assume he was talking about [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy John]] and [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy Bobby]] Kennedy and dismiss him as a quack, not helped by Kiki acting like a weirdo with a questionable grip on reality. [[spoiler:When they interview Ramon, the detectives realize the Kennedys Kiki was talking about were two college boys who were nicknamed the Kennedys, not the famous politicians.]]

* MistakenForCheating[=/=]MistakenForGay: Anna and Harold assumed Greg was was gay and having affairs because they caught him looking at ads in the paper for teenage male escorts. [[spoiler:In actuality, Greg was searching for a specific escort, not for sex, but because the escort in question was a witness who could have proven Antonio's innocence.

* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:When he is exposed as a DirtyCop, Sal Martin tries to appeal to Scotty's mercy and sense of brotherhood by invoking their shared Latino heritage. This is pretty rich considering Martin threw one Latino under the bus, threatened another into silence and murdered a third to protect his career.]]
* MistakenForCheating[=/=]MistakenForGay: Anna and Harold assumed Greg was was gay and having affairs because they caught him looking at ads in the paper for teenage male escorts. [[spoiler:In actuality, Greg was searching a specific escort, not for sex, but because the escort in question was a witness who could have proven Antonio's innocence.

* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler:The real name of Stacey Hall's murderers are never revealed. They are simply referred to by their nickname, the Kennedy Brothers.]]

* CrimeAfterCrime: [[spoiler:Sal Martin coerced Antonio Mendez into falsely confessing to the murder of Stacey Hall. When he learned that a male escort named Ramone had seen the real murders, Martin threatened him to keep silent as the reveal he'd coerced a confession would have likely ruined his career. When Greg Vizciano discovered the truth about all of this, Martin murdered him.]]

* FallGuy: Antonio was the first person the cops saw at the scene of the Stacey Hall murder. Between his heft, poor background and ethnic heritage, he made a convenient arrest despite his protests that he was innocent.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:When he is exposed as a DirtyCop, Sal Martin tries to appeal to Scotty's mercy, invoking their shared Latino heritage. This is after we learn that he threw one Latino under the bus, threatened another one into silence and murdered a third to protect his career.]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:When he is exposed as a DirtyCop, Sal Martin tries to appeal to his and Scotty's shared heritage to make the latter show mercy. This is pretty rich when you consider Martin had no issue throwing a fellow Latino under the bus for the sake of his own career,]]

* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:Sal Martin coerced a false confession to the murder of Stacey Hunter out of Antonio. He also intimidated the sole witness to the real culprits into leaving town and murdered Greg when he found evidence of Antonio's innocence.]]

* TheFallGuy: Antonio was framed for the murder of Stacy Hall.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Greg found out that Antonio was innocent and was going to clear his name, at the risk of ruining his first big case as District Attorney, and possibly his political career. [[spoiler:Of course, doing so would have also jeopardized the career of Detective Martin, who personally arrested Antonio for the crime after goading him into confessing. To save his glorious future, Salvador stabbed Greg to keep him silent.]]

* TheFallGuy: Antonio was framed for the murder of Stacy Hall.