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* SympatheticMurderer: Eric's murder was done to protect his daughter from unnecessary surgery which is illegal in the US, which he repeatedly calls "mutilation".
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* RaisedByGrandparents: For the foreseeable future, Eric's daughter will be raised by his parents.
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Directed by Creator/BrianMertes

Written by Creator/KathyMcCormick, Creator/RichardSweren, & Creator/ICRapoport
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An Egyptian man named Josef Moussad is killed in what appears to be a mugging gone wrong. Witness testimony puts Eric Martin, the husband of Moussad's niece Ari, in the frame and he is arrested. Moussad hired a doctor to perform female circumcision on Eric's young daughter, as is common in Egyptian cultural tradition; so Eric killed him. Eric believed there was no other way to keep his daughter safe, since the family was so adamant that she have the procedure.

Meanwhile, Ross petitions a family court to have the Martins' daughter removed from her mother. Ari testifies that she thought she was protecting her daughter, but is pushed to admit how she herself has suffered as a result of being circumcized. [=McCoy=] and Ross make a deal with the Martins: Eric will accept a lesser sentence for manslaughter, and Ari will cede custody of their daughter to Eric's parents until he and social services agree otherwise. The [=DAs=] are satisfied, but aware they could only help in this case because they knew about it; there are thousands more girls they can't protect.

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An Egyptian man named Josef Moussad is killed in what appears to be a mugging gone wrong. Witness testimony puts Eric Martin, the husband of Moussad's niece Ari, Nari, in the frame and he is arrested. Moussad hired a doctor to perform female circumcision on Eric's young daughter, as is common in Egyptian cultural tradition; so Eric killed him. Eric believed there was no other way to keep his daughter safe, since the family was so adamant that she have the procedure.

Meanwhile, Ross petitions a family court to have the Martins' daughter removed from her mother. Ari Nari testifies that she thought she was protecting her daughter, but is pushed to admit how she herself has suffered as a result of being circumcized. [=McCoy=] and Ross make a deal with the Martins: Eric will accept a lesser sentence for manslaughter, and Ari Nari will cede custody of their daughter to Eric's parents until he and social services agree otherwise. The [=DAs=] are satisfied, but aware they could only help in this case because they knew about it; there are thousands more girls they can't protect.



* CallingTheOldManOut: Ari gets to do this with her mother; who had Ari circumcized and was going to do the same to her granddaughter.

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* CallingTheOldManOut: Ari Nari gets to do this with her mother; who had Ari Nari circumcized and was going to do the same to her granddaughter.



* SlutShaming: Ari did this, upset that her daughter had a boyfriend and wanted to wear makeup.

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* SlutShaming: Ari Nari did this, upset that her daughter had a boyfriend and wanted to wear makeup.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Eric's wife gets to do this with her mother; who had her own daughter circumcized and was going to do the same to Ari.

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* CallingTheOldManOut: Eric's wife Ari gets to do this with her mother; who had her own daughter Ari circumcized and was going to do the same to Ari.her granddaughter.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Ari gets to do this with her mother, who had Ari herself circumcized and was going to do the same to her granddaughter.

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* CallingTheOldManOut: Ari Eric's wife gets to do this with her mother, mother; who had Ari herself her own daughter circumcized and was going to do the same to her granddaughter.Ari.
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* DownerEnding: The Martins' twelve-year-old daughter has lost both parents and her great-uncle, knows what her family was planning to do to her, and has to move out of state to live with relatives she doesn't know well. Meanwhile, the [=DAs=] know that thousands of girls all over America are suffering because of FGM.

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An Egyptian man named Josef Moussad is killed in what appears to be a mugging gone wrong. Witness testimony puts Eric Martin, the husband of Moussad's niece Ari, in the frame and he is arrested. Moussad hired a doctor to perform female circumcision on Eric's young daughter, as is common in Egyptian cultural tradition; so Eric killed him. Eric believed there was no other way to keep his daughter safe, since the family was so adamant that she have the procedure. Meanwhile, Ross petitions a family court to have the Martins' daughter removed from her mother. Ari testifies that she thought she was protecting her daughter, but is pushed to admit how she herself has suffered as a result of being circumcized. [=McCoy=] and Ross make a deal with the Martins: Eric will accept a lesser sentence for manslaughter, and Ari will cede custody of their daughter to Eric's parents until he and social services agree otherwise. The [=DAs=] are satisfied, but aware they could only help in this case because they knew about it; there are thousands more girls they can't protect.

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An Egyptian man named Josef Moussad is killed in what appears to be a mugging gone wrong. Witness testimony puts Eric Martin, the husband of Moussad's niece Ari, in the frame and he is arrested. Moussad hired a doctor to perform female circumcision on Eric's young daughter, as is common in Egyptian cultural tradition; so Eric killed him. Eric believed there was no other way to keep his daughter safe, since the family was so adamant that she have the procedure.

Meanwhile, Ross petitions a family court to have the Martins' daughter removed from her mother. Ari testifies that she thought she was protecting her daughter, but is pushed to admit how she herself has suffered as a result of being circumcized. [=McCoy=] and Ross make a deal with the Martins: Eric will accept a lesser sentence for manslaughter, and Ari will cede custody of their daughter to Eric's parents until he and social services agree otherwise. The [=DAs=] are satisfied, but aware they could only help in this case because they knew about it; there are thousands more girls they can't protect.
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An Egyptian man named Josef Moussad is killed in what appears to be a mugging gone wrong. At the time of his death he had been about to meet a Dr. Nasser who was flying over from Egypt to visit him. Witness testimony puts Eric Martin, the husband of Moussad's niece Ari, in the frame and he is arrested. Moussad hired Dr. Nasser to perform female circumcision on Eric's young daughter, as is common in Egyptian cultural tradition; so Eric killed him. Eric believed there was no other way to keep his daughter safe, since the family was so adamant that she have the procedure. Meanwhile, Ross petitions a family court to have the Martins' daughter removed from her mother. Ari testifies that she thought she was protecting her daughter, but is pushed to admit how she herself has suffered as a result of being circumcized. [=McCoy=] and Ross make a deal with the Martins: Eric will accept a lesser sentence for manslaughter, and Ari will cede custody of their daughter to Eric's parents until he and social services agree otherwise. The [=DAs=] are satisfied, but aware they could only help in this case because they knew about it; there are thousands more girls they can't protect.

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An Egyptian man named Josef Moussad is killed in what appears to be a mugging gone wrong. At the time of his death he had been about to meet a Dr. Nasser who was flying over from Egypt to visit him. Witness testimony puts Eric Martin, the husband of Moussad's niece Ari, in the frame and he is arrested. Moussad hired Dr. Nasser a doctor to perform female circumcision on Eric's young daughter, as is common in Egyptian cultural tradition; so Eric killed him. Eric believed there was no other way to keep his daughter safe, since the family was so adamant that she have the procedure. Meanwhile, Ross petitions a family court to have the Martins' daughter removed from her mother. Ari testifies that she thought she was protecting her daughter, but is pushed to admit how she herself has suffered as a result of being circumcized. [=McCoy=] and Ross make a deal with the Martins: Eric will accept a lesser sentence for manslaughter, and Ari will cede custody of their daughter to Eric's parents until he and social services agree otherwise. The [=DAs=] are satisfied, but aware they could only help in this case because they knew about it; there are thousands more girls they can't protect.
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An Egyptian man named Josef Moussad is killed in what appears to be a mugging gone wrong. At the time of his death he had been about to meet a Dr. Nasser who was flying over from Egypt to visit him. Witness testimony puts Eric Martin, the husband of Moussad's niece Ari, in the frame and he is arrested. Moussad hired Dr. Nasser to perform female circumcision on Eric's young daughter, as is common in Egyptian cultural tradition; so Eric killed him. He believed there was no other way to keep his daughter safe, since the family was so adamant that she have the procedure. Meanwhile, Ross petitions a family court to have the Martins' daughter removed from her mother. Ari testifies that she thought she was protecting her daughter, but is pushed to admit how she herself has suffered as a result of being circumcized. [=McCoy=] and Ross make a deal with the Martins: Eric will accept a lesser sentence for manslaughter, and Ari will cede custody of their daughter to Eric's parents until he and social services agree otherwise. The [=DAs=] are satisfied, but aware they could only help in this case because they knew about it; there are thousands more girls they can't protect.

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An Egyptian man named Josef Moussad is killed in what appears to be a mugging gone wrong. At the time of his death he had been about to meet a Dr. Nasser who was flying over from Egypt to visit him. Witness testimony puts Eric Martin, the husband of Moussad's niece Ari, in the frame and he is arrested. Moussad hired Dr. Nasser to perform female circumcision on Eric's young daughter, as is common in Egyptian cultural tradition; so Eric killed him. He Eric believed there was no other way to keep his daughter safe, since the family was so adamant that she have the procedure. Meanwhile, Ross petitions a family court to have the Martins' daughter removed from her mother. Ari testifies that she thought she was protecting her daughter, but is pushed to admit how she herself has suffered as a result of being circumcized. [=McCoy=] and Ross make a deal with the Martins: Eric will accept a lesser sentence for manslaughter, and Ari will cede custody of their daughter to Eric's parents until he and social services agree otherwise. The [=DAs=] are satisfied, but aware they could only help in this case because they knew about it; there are thousands more girls they can't protect.

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An Egyptian man named Josef Moussad is killed in what appears to be a mugging gone wrong. At the time of his death he had been about to meet a Dr. Nasser who was flying over from Egypt to visit him. Witness testimony puts Eric Martin, the husband of Moussad's niece Ari, in the frame and he is arrested. Moussad hired Dr. Nasser to perform female circumcision on Eric's young daughter, as is common in Egyptian cultural tradition; so Eric killed him. Meanwhile, Ross petitions a family court to have the Martins' daughter removed from her mother. Ari testifies that she thought she was protecting her daughter, but is pushed to admit how she herself has suffered as a result of being circumcized. [=McCoy=] and Ross make a deal with the Martins: Eric will accept a lesser sentence for manslaughter, and Ari will cede custody of their daughter to Eric's parents until he and social services agree otherwise. The [=DAs=] are satisfied, but aware they could only help in this case because they knew about it; there are thousands more girls they can't protect.

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An Egyptian man named Josef Moussad is killed in what appears to be a mugging gone wrong. At the time of his death he had been about to meet a Dr. Nasser who was flying over from Egypt to visit him. Witness testimony puts Eric Martin, the husband of Moussad's niece Ari, in the frame and he is arrested. Moussad hired Dr. Nasser to perform female circumcision on Eric's young daughter, as is common in Egyptian cultural tradition; so Eric killed him. He believed there was no other way to keep his daughter safe, since the family was so adamant that she have the procedure. Meanwhile, Ross petitions a family court to have the Martins' daughter removed from her mother. Ari testifies that she thought she was protecting her daughter, but is pushed to admit how she herself has suffered as a result of being circumcized. [=McCoy=] and Ross make a deal with the Martins: Eric will accept a lesser sentence for manslaughter, and Ari will cede custody of their daughter to Eric's parents until he and social services agree otherwise. The [=DAs=] are satisfied, but aware they could only help in this case because they knew about it; there are thousands more girls they can't protect.


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* RippedFromTheHeadlines; There had been an increasing number of cases of FGM reported in the United States at the time of the episode airing.

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An Egyptian man named Josef Moussad is killed in what appears to be a mugging gone wrong. At the time of his death he had been about to meet a Dr. Nasser who was flying over from Egypt to meet him. Witness testimony puts Eric Martin, the husband of Moussad's niece Ari, in the frame and he is arrested. Moussad hired Dr. Nasser to perform female circumcision on Eric's young daughter, as is common in Egyptian cultural tradition; so Eric killed him. Meanwhile, Ross petitions a family court to have the Martins' daughter removed from her mother. Ari testifies that she thought she was protecting her daughter, but is pushed to admit how she herself has suffered as a result of being circumcized. [=McCoy=] and Ross make a deal with the Martins: Eric will accept a lesser sentence for manslaughter, and Ari will cede custody of their daughter to Eric's parents until he and social services agree otherwise. The [=DAs=] are satisfied, but aware they could only help in this case because they knew about it; there are thousands more girls they can't protect.

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An Egyptian man named Josef Moussad is killed in what appears to be a mugging gone wrong. At the time of his death he had been about to meet a Dr. Nasser who was flying over from Egypt to meet visit him. Witness testimony puts Eric Martin, the husband of Moussad's niece Ari, in the frame and he is arrested. Moussad hired Dr. Nasser to perform female circumcision on Eric's young daughter, as is common in Egyptian cultural tradition; so Eric killed him. Meanwhile, Ross petitions a family court to have the Martins' daughter removed from her mother. Ari testifies that she thought she was protecting her daughter, but is pushed to admit how she herself has suffered as a result of being circumcized. [=McCoy=] and Ross make a deal with the Martins: Eric will accept a lesser sentence for manslaughter, and Ari will cede custody of their daughter to Eric's parents until he and social services agree otherwise. The [=DAs=] are satisfied, but aware they could only help in this case because they knew about it; there are thousands more girls they can't protect.



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* YourNormalIsOurTaboo: Very much the case with regard to female circumcision.
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An Egyptian man named Josef Moussad is killed in what appears to be a mugging gone wrong. At the time of his death he had been about to meet a Dr. Nasser who was flying over from Egypt to meet him. Witness testimony puts Eric Martin, the husband of Moussad's niece Ari, in the frame and he is arrested. Moussad hired Dr. Nasser to perform female circumcision on Eric's young daughter, as is common in Egyptian cultural tradition; so Eric killed him. Meanwhile, Ross petitions a family court to have the Martins' daughter removed from her mother. Ari testifies that she thought she was protecting her daughter, but is pushed to admit how she herself has suffered as a result of being circumcized. [=McCoy=] and Ross make a deal with the Martins: Eric will accept a lesser sentence for manslaughter, and Ari will cede custody of their daughter to Eric's parents until he and social services agree otherwise. The [=DAs=] are satisfied, but aware they could only help in this case because they knew about it; there are thousands more girls they can't protect.

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* CallingTheOldManOut: Ari gets to do this with her mother, who had Ari herself circumcized and was going to do the same to her granddaughter.
* CultureJustifiesAnything: Moussad and his family thought so, but it's definitely averted by the legal system.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Ross gets Nasser's lawyer to co-operate by threatening him over his unpaid parking fines.
* SlutShaming: Ari did this, upset that her daughter had a boyfriend and wanted to wear makeup.
* VerySpecialEpisode

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