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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Darren Bickford, who had reportedly witnessed Gia's rape whilst in the institution, isn't seen again after the detectives look into said rape with his trial verdict remaining unknown or any mention of him after his story checked out.

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* {{Streaking}}: The man from the opening scene runs around naked through Central Park.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Darren, the streaker, is still coming off of his drug-induced high and tries to escape the hospital as soon as the officer watching him leaves him alone to deal with an emergency. He hears the rape, goes to investigate, then immediately reports it multiple times and insists on getting SVU to investigate it without caring about his own charges.

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* {{Streaking}}: The man from the opening scene A man, Darren Bickford, runs around naked through Central Park.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Darren, the streaker, is still coming off of his drug-induced high and tries to escape the hospital as soon as the officer watching him leaves him alone to deal with an emergency. He hears the rape, goes to investigate, then immediately reports it multiple times and insists on getting SVU to investigate it without caring about his own charges.charges.
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* AllTakeAndNoGive: Gia's mother Diane and her sister Bella have this kind of relationship. Diane cooks for Bella and her husband George and Bella has a more domineering personality than her sister, at one point grabbing Diane's arm to drag her out of the police station.



* TheBully: Gia's aunt Bella has shades of this to her sister Diane once her husband is accused of raping Gia.



* ExtremeDoormat: Gia's mother, Diane. This causes her to not see the signs that her daugher was being sexually abused for 10 years by her brother-in-law.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Gia's mother is horrified to learn that her brother-in-law had abused her daughter, even giving the detectives critical information to help them find the necessary evidence.

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* GrewASpine: Gia's mother starts realizing that Gia really wasn't lying about her sexual abuse at George's hands and pushes back at her sister's attempts to deny his actions. Her refusal to not lie to SVU about George's [[ChekovsGun toolbox]] where he kept his photos of Gia's abuse is the first step.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Gia's mother is horrified to learn that her brother-in-law had abused her daughter, even giving daughter when the detectives critical information to help them find the necessary evidence.photos he took of his abuse are discovered.
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* Foreshadowing: This is the first time we hear Rollins mention her sister and her troubles with drugs. Throughout the episode, Rollins reveals a knowledge of drug abuse and patients who are institutionalized.

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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: This is the first time we hear Rollins mention her sister and her troubles with drugs. Throughout the episode, Rollins reveals a knowledge of drug abuse and patients who are institutionalized.
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* Foreshadowing: This is the first time we hear Rollins mention her sister and her troubles with drugs. Throughout the episode, Rollins reveals a knowledge of drug abuse and patients who are institutionalized.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Darren, the streaker, is still coming off of his drug-induced high and tries to escape the hospital as soon as the nurse leaves him alone to deal with an emergency. He hears the rape, goes to investigate, then immediately reports it multiple times and insists on getting SVU to investigate it without caring about his own charges.

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Darren, the streaker, is still coming off of his drug-induced high and tries to escape the hospital as soon as the nurse officer watching him leaves him alone to deal with an emergency. He hears the rape, goes to investigate, then immediately reports it multiple times and insists on getting SVU to investigate it without caring about his own charges.
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* {{Streaking}}: The man from the opening scene runs around naked through Central Park.

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* {{Streaking}}: The man from the opening scene runs around naked through Central Park.Park.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Darren, the streaker, is still coming off of his drug-induced high and tries to escape the hospital as soon as the nurse leaves him alone to deal with an emergency. He hears the rape, goes to investigate, then immediately reports it multiple times and insists on getting SVU to investigate it without caring about his own charges.
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* DecoyProtagonist: Darren Bickford, the man caught streaking through Central Park in a drug-induced haze, is set to be this. However, upon witnessing a woman he claims to have been raped at a mental hospital, the episode shifts the focus away from him to the alleged rape victim, Gia Eskas.

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* DecoyProtagonist: Darren Bickford, the man caught streaking through Central Park in a drug-induced haze, is set to be this.the focus of the episode. However, upon witnessing a woman he claims to have been raped at a mental hospital, the episode shifts the focus away from him to the alleged rape victim, Gia Eskas.



* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite only appearing in the opening of the episode, the streaker's claims about witnessing Gia's rape in the mental hospital he's confined to prompts the SVU detectives to discover the horrible truth about her "alleged" rape.

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite only appearing in the opening of the episode, the streaker's claims about witnessing Gia's rape in the mental hospital he's confined to prompts the SVU detectives to investigate what he saw and discover the horrible truth about her "alleged" rape.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Gia's mother is horrified to learn that her brother-in-law had abused her daughter, even giving the detectives critical information to help them find the necessary evidence.
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%%* DecoyProtagonist: Darren Bickford, the man caught streaking through Central Park in a drug-induced haze, is set to be this. However, upon claiming to witness a woman being raped at a mental hospital, the episode shifts the focus away from him to the alleged rape victim, Gia Eskas.

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%%* * DecoyProtagonist: Darren Bickford, the man caught streaking through Central Park in a drug-induced haze, is set to be this. However, upon claiming to witness witnessing a woman being he claims to have been raped at a mental hospital, the episode shifts the focus away from him to the alleged rape victim, Gia Eskas.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite only appearing in the opening of the episode, the streaker's claims about witnessing a Gia's rape in the mental hospital he's confined to prompts the SVU detectives to discover the horrible truth about her "alleged" rape.

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite only appearing in the opening of the episode, the streaker's claims about witnessing a Gia's rape in the mental hospital he's confined to prompts the SVU detectives to discover the horrible truth about her "alleged" rape.
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* CreepyUncle: George Zane, Gia's uncle is this who has been raping Gia since she was 14.

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* CreepyUncle: George Zane, Gia's uncle is this who Zane has been raping Gia since she was 14.

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* CreepyUncle: George Zane, Gia's uncle is this who has been raping Gia since she was 14.



* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite only appearing in the opening of the episode, the streaker's claims about witnessing a woman's rape in the mental hospital he's confined to prompts the SVU detectives to investigate the alleged victim's rape.

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite only appearing in the opening of the episode, the streaker's claims about witnessing a woman's Gia's rape in the mental hospital he's confined to prompts the SVU detectives to investigate discover the alleged victim's horrible truth about her "alleged" rape.

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%%* DecoyProtagonist:

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%%* DecoyProtagonist:DecoyProtagonist: Darren Bickford, the man caught streaking through Central Park in a drug-induced haze, is set to be this. However, upon claiming to witness a woman being raped at a mental hospital, the episode shifts the focus away from him to the alleged rape victim, Gia Eskas.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite only appearing in the opening of the episode, the streaker's claims about witnessing a woman's rape in the mental hospital he's confined to prompts the SVU detectives to investigate the alleged victim's rape.

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A man in custody at a mental hospital after having streak through Central Park claims to have witnessed a rape in a break room. The alleged victim, Gia Eskas, denies being assaulted and her credibility is shaky due to false rape accusations in the past.

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A man in custody at a mental hospital after having streak streaked through Central Park claims to have witnessed a rape in a break room. The alleged victim, Gia Eskas, Eskas (Creator/NatashaLyonne), denies being assaulted and her credibility is shaky due to false rape accusations in the past.



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* DecoyProtagonist:BrokenBird: Gia, as a result of being sexually abused by her uncle. Her history includes an emotional breakdown, drug use, and suicide attempts.
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* {{Streaking}}: The man from the opening scene runs around naked through Central Park.
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A man in custody at a mental hospital after having streak through Central Park claims to have witnessed a rape in a break room. The alleged victim, Gia Eskas, denies being assaulted and her credibility is shaky due to false rape accusations in the past.

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A man in custody at a mental hospital after having streak through Central Park claims to have witnessed a rape in a break room. The alleged victim, Gia Eskas, denies being assaulted and her credibility is shaky due to false rape accusations in the past.past.

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[This description was copied A man in violation of our Administrivia/{{Plagiarism}} policy. Please replace it with original writing.]custody at a mental hospital after having streak through Central Park claims to have witnessed a rape in a break room. The alleged victim, Gia Eskas, denies being assaulted and her credibility is shaky due to false rape accusations in the past.
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A man in custody at a mental hospital claims to have witnessed a rape in a break room. Despite the witness' shaky credibility the SVU begins an investigation, but the alleged victim, Gia Eskas (Creator/NatashaLyonne), denies being assaulted. Detectives Benson and Rollins struggle to piece together what really happened to this young woman, especially when her aunt and mother say Gia has been repeatedly institutionalized, and has cried rape in the past.

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A man [This description was copied in custody at a mental hospital claims to have witnessed a rape in a break room. Despite the witness' shaky credibility the SVU begins an investigation, but the alleged victim, Gia Eskas (Creator/NatashaLyonne), denies being assaulted. Detectives Benson and Rollins struggle to piece together what really happened to this young woman, especially when her aunt and mother say Gia has been repeatedly institutionalized, and has cried rape in the past.violation of our Administrivia/{{Plagiarism}} policy. Please replace it with original writing.]
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Directed By Creator/ArthurWForney

A man in custody at a mental hospital claims to have witnessed a rape in a break room. Despite the witness' shaky credibility the SVU begins an investigation, but the alleged victim, Gia Eskas (Creator/NatashaLyonne), denies being assaulted. Detectives Benson and Rollins struggle to piece together what really happened to this young woman, especially when her aunt and mother say Gia has been repeatedly institutionalized, and has cried rape in the past.

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