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* YouWillBeSpared: Henry murdered his five-year-old half-brother and held a gun to Ruby's head. Although he tells Rollins he wouldn't have hurt Jesse, who he approached at a playground and used as a messenger for Amanda, saying Jesse wasn't on his "list," and only incapacitates Ruby’s friend, her mother, and their police bodyguard rather than killing them. So apparently EvenEvilHasStandards, but like, really, ''really'' skewed ones.

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* YouWillBeSpared: Henry murdered pitilessly murders his five-year-old half-brother along with their parents and held holds a gun to Ruby's head. Although he tells Rollins he wouldn't have hurt Jesse, who he approached at a playground and used as a messenger for Amanda, saying Jesse wasn't on his "list," and only incapacitates Ruby’s friend, her mother, and their police bodyguard rather than killing them. So apparently EvenEvilHasStandards, but like, really, ''really'' skewed ones.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Henry murdered his five-year-old half-brother and held a gun to Ruby's head. Although he tells Rollins he wouldn't have hurt Jesse, who he approached at a playground and used as a messenger for Amanda, saying Jesse wasn't on his "list." So apparently EvenEvilHasStandards, but like, really, ''really'' skewed ones.

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* WouldHurtAChild: YouWillBeSpared: Henry murdered his five-year-old half-brother and held a gun to Ruby's head. Although he tells Rollins he wouldn't have hurt Jesse, who he approached at a playground and used as a messenger for Amanda, saying Jesse wasn't on his "list." "list," and only incapacitates Ruby’s friend, her mother, and their police bodyguard rather than killing them. So apparently EvenEvilHasStandards, but like, really, ''really'' skewed ones.
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* FamilyExtermination: Henry murders every member of his family except for his little sister Ruby, who was staying with a friend.

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* FamilyExtermination: Henry murders every member of his family except for his little sister Ruby, [[SerendiptiousSurvival who was staying with a friend.friend]].
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* SequelEpisode: To "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS14E19BornPsychopath Born Psychopath]]".
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* ProperlyParanoid: Henry’s sister, Ruby believed that her brother hadn’t changed and that he should never have been released, much less in their family’s custody. The mere premise of this episode, proves her worries correct.

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* AdultFear: Amanda finds out that Henry Messner has been released from prison when her four-year-old daughter tells her she was given a white stuffed dog named Snowball by a strange man at the park. "Snowball" was the name of the neighbor's dog Henry drowned in his previous episode.


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* HarmfulToMinors: Amanda finds out that Henry Messner has been released from prison when her four-year-old daughter tells her she was given a white stuffed dog named Snowball by a strange man at the park. "Snowball" was the name of the neighbor's dog Henry drowned in his previous episode.

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* AdultFear: Amanda finds out that Henry Messner has been released from prison when her four-year-old daughter tells her she was given a white stuffed dog named Snowball by a strange man at the park. "Snowball" was the name of the neighbor's dog Henry drowned in his previous episode.



* WouldHurtAChild: Henry murdered his five-year-old half-brother and held a gun to Ruby's head.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Henry murdered his five-year-old half-brother and held a gun to Ruby's head. Although he tells Rollins he wouldn't have hurt Jesse, who he approached at a playground and used as a messenger for Amanda, saying Jesse wasn't on his "list." So apparently EvenEvilHasStandards, but like, really, ''really'' skewed ones.
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* AdultFear: While Rollins is on the phone with her mom, Jesse disappears. When she reappears with a stuffed animal, she says that a man gave it to her.
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* PunkInTheTrunk: Henry put one of the cops guarding Ruby in his own squad car after distracting the rest of them by calling in a fake bomb threat.
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*BoundAndGagged: Henry does this to two of his victims in the episode, once to a police officer who is then left in the trunk of a police car, and then to Charlotte, (his sister's friend) who is left with her hands tied to a shower head with duct tape over her mouth after he captures his sister for his killing spree.
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* IllKillYou: The end of the episode has Rollins visiting Henry after he'd gone after her daughter ''and'' stabbed [[ImpliedLoveInterest Carisi]] in the ear. She tells him that if he ever gets out and decides to go after her family again, "that'll be [his] last day on Earth."
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* {{Flashback}}: During the opening scene at Henry's hearing, multiple flashbacks are shown of his previous appearance.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Henry murdered his five year old half-brother and held a gun to Ruby's head.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Henry murdered his five year old five-year-old half-brother and held a gun to Ruby's head.
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** Also back is Andre De Shields as Keys, a homeless man who does alternate side parking last seen in "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS15E14WednesdaysChild Wednesday's Child]]".

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** Also back is Andre De Shields as Keys, a homeless man who does alternate side parking last seen in "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS15E14WednesdaysChild Wednesday's Child]]".Child]]".
* CallBack: Multiple references are made to "Born Psychopath".
* EarAche: Henry stabs Carisi in the ear with a pencil in court because he was declared fit to stand trial. Apparently, he just barely missed piercing Carisi's eardrum.
* FamilyExtermination: Henry murders every member of his family except for his little sister Ruby, who was staying with a friend.
* KilledOffscreen: Viola Mesner died in a car accident prior to the episode.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Rollins explicitly states that Henry understands that what he did was wrong, and that she believes that he only attacked Carisi in court to help with his plea of "not guilty by reason of insanity".
* PsychopathicManChild: Henry. He missed eight years of his childhood while in the mental institution, and he clearly hasn't mentally aged much beyond his ten year old self.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Henry murdered his father and step-mother.
* SpreeKiller: Henry killed three members of his family, and then attacked his former psychiatrist's daughter.
* WouldHurtAChild: Henry murdered his five year old half-brother and held a gun to Ruby's head.

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* TheBusCameBack: This episode marks the return of [[Creator/BDWong B.D. Wong]] as Dr. George Huang, five years after his last appearance in season 17's "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS17E9DepravityStandard Depravity Standard]]".
** Along with him are Henry Mesner and his family, last seen in season 14's "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS14E19BornPsychopath Born Psychopath]]".

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* TheBusCameBack: This episode marks continues the return story of [[Creator/BDWong B.D. Wong]] as Dr. George Huang, five years after his last appearance in season 17's "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS17E9DepravityStandard Depravity Standard]]".
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Henry Mesner and his family, last seen in season 14's "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS14E19BornPsychopath Born Psychopath]]".

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* AdultFear: While Rollins is on the phone with her mom, Jesse disappears. When she reappears with a stuffed animal, she says that a man gave it to her.



** Along with him are Henry and Viola Mesner, last seen in season 14's "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS14E19BornPsychopath Born Psychopath]]".

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** Along with him are Henry Mesner and Viola Mesner, his family, last seen in season 14's "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS14E19BornPsychopath Born Psychopath]]".Psychopath]]".
** Also back is Andre De Shields as Keys, a homeless man who does alternate side parking last seen in "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS15E14WednesdaysChild Wednesday's Child]]".
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Rollins must revisit an [[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS14E19BornPsychopath old case]] when a child sent to juvenile detention is released after his 18th birthday.
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* TheBusCameBack: This episode marks the return of [[Creator/BDWong B.D. Wong]] as Dr. George Huang, five years after his last appearance in season 17's "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS17E9DepravityStandard Depravity Standard]]".
** Along with him are Henry and Viola Mesner, last seen in season 14's "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS14E19BornPsychopath Born Psychopath]]".

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