History Recap / LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS2E13Victims

* AssholeVictim: Serial rapist Thomas Marchak is found murdered.

'''Marchak's mother:''' What do you care?\\

'''Louise:''' No. I have AIDS. I'm dying. Drugs don't work for me anymore.

-> '''Winfield, to Stabler:''' Just another day on the thin blue line, huh, detective? You better watch out, or you'll wind up just like me.

-> '''Benson:''' Your son was murdered, and we're trying to find out who did it.
-> '''Marchak's mother:''' What do you care?
-> '''Stabler:''' Because it's our job.

-> '''Stabler:''' I had my own Allen Crider. Insurance salesman, ran his business out of a converted garage in Queens. Well-liked, would invite the neighborhood kids up for ice cream and stories. One day a six-year-old girl goes missing from a playground in Soho, actually. Long story short, we find her underneath the floorboards of his office along with three other children, all in various stages of decomposition, but he is gone, and I'm left with a cold case. Two years, nothing but silence. And, uh, headaches. I developed these debilitating headaches, I wasn't sleeping, I kept having these recurring nightmares where my own children would be under these floorboards that I couldn't pry up. And then one day, I'm just gassing up my car in Chelsea and there he is. And before I know it, I've got his face sandwiched between his windshield and the muzzle of my gun, and I'm yelling, "Freeze!" And I realize I'm yelling at myself. Because I can't stop my finger from pulling the trigger and I'm praying for him to blink, I'm praying for him to twitch, just do something to give me an excuse. And then I see a face inside of his car, It's a girl, this beautiful little six-year-old girl, these big eyes. I figured she'd seen enough.
-> '''Winfield:''' Yeah, she'd seen enough. Your headaches go away?
-> '''Stabler:''' Yeah.
-> '''Winfield:''' [[NotSoDifferentRemark That's the only difference between us.]]

-> '''Louise:''' It's bad enough to be raped, detective, but when the rapist has HIV, he leaves you with a daily reminder that lasts you for the rest of your life. I know. I was raped nine years ago.
-> '''Benson:''' You're HIV-positive?
-> '''Louise:''' No. I have AIDS. I'm dying. Drugs don't work for me anymore.

-> '''Stabler:''' I had my own Allen Crider. Insurance salesman, ran his business out of a converted garage in Queens. Well-liked, would invite the neighborhood kids up for ice cream and stories. One day a six-year-old girl goes missing from a playground in soho, actually. Long story short, we find her underneath the floorboards of his office along with three other children, all in various stages of decomposition, but he is gone, and I'm left with a cold case. Two years, nothing but silence. And, uh, headaches. I developed these debilitating headaches, I wasn't sleeping, I kept having these recurring nightmares where my own children would be under these floorboards that I couldn't pry up. And then one day, I'm just gassing up my car in Chelsea and there he is. And before I know it, I've got his face sandwiched between his windshield and the muzzle of my gun, and I'm yelling, "Freeze!" And I realize I'm yelling at myself. Because I can't stop my finger from pulling the trigger and I'm praying for him to blink, I'm praying for him to twitch, just do something to give me an excuse. And then I see a face inside of his car, It's a girl, this beautiful little six-year-old girl, these big eyes. I figured she'd seen enough.

-> '''Louise:''' No. I have AIDS. I'm dying. Drugs don't work for me any more.

Elliot has a rough time when he helps investigate the murders of sex offenders (one of whom Elliot put away) and it is soon discovered that a former cop turned community activist may be responsible for the murders.

** Marchak has a girlfriend who knows what he did and is okay with it because she's in love with him, and is outraged because people persecute her for being with him.
** Former cop and vigilante Sam Winfield tries to prevent statutory rapist James Campbell from registering his daughter in Winfield's school, and puts a bullet through Campbell's window with his wife and young daughter inside.

* FalseConfession: Gloria confesses to murders but she's covering for someone else.
* HamToHamCombat: Stabler and Cragen, going at each other like bellowing walruses about whether the squad will have to prosecute the murderer of a pedophile.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Winfield's StartOfDarkness came when he murdered a perp who'd kidnapped a kid after raping and torturing the mother. Because he had eight commendations he was allowed to take an early retirement.

-> '''Benson:''' Your son was murdered, we're trying to find out who did it.

* SecretlyDying: After confessing to murders Louise reveals she has AIDS. The detectives speculate she's unlikely to live long enough to serve her sentence if convicted.

-> '''Stabler:''' I had my own Allen Crider. Insurance salesman, ran his business out of a converted garage in Queens. Well-liked, would invite the neighborhood kids up for ice cream and stories. One day a six year old girl goes missing from a playground in soho, actually. Long story short, we find her underneath the floorboards of his office along with three other children, all in various stages of decomposition, but he is gone, and i'm left with a cold case. Two years, nothing but silence. And, uh, headaches. I developed these debilitating headaches, I wasn't sleeping, I kept having these recurring nightmares where my own children would be under these floorboards that I couldn't pry up. And then one day, I'm just gassing up my car in Chelsea and there he is. And before I know it I've got his face sandwiched between his windshield and the muzzle of my gun, and I'm yelling, "Freeze!" And I realize I'm yelling at myself. Because I can't stop my finger from pulling the trigger and I'm praying for him to blink, I'm praying for him to twitch, just do something to give me an excuse. And then I see a face inside of his car, It's a girl, this beautiful little six year old girl, these big eyes. I figured she'd seen enough.

-> '''Louise:''' It's bad enough to be raped, detective, but when the rapist has HIV he leaves you with a daily reminder that lasts you for the rest of your life. I know, I was raped nine years ago.
-> '''Benson:''' You're HIV positive?
-> '''Louise:''' No, I have AIDS. I'm dying. Drugs don't work for me any more.

-> '''Winfield:''' [[NotSoDifferentRemark That's the only difference between us.]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Winfield's StartOfDarkness came when he murdered a perp who'd kidnapped a kid after raping and torturing his mother. Because he had eight commendations he was allowed to take an early retirement.

-> '''Stabler:''' I had my own Allen Crider. Insurance salesman, ran his business out of a converted garage in Queens. Well liked, would invite the neighborhood kids up for ice cream and stories. One day a six year old girl goes missing from a playground in soho, actually. Long story short, we find her underneath the floorboards of his office along with fhree other children, all in various stage of decomposition, but he is gone, and i'm left with a cold case. Two years, nothing but silence. And, uh, headaches. I developed these debilitating headaches, I wasn't sleeping, I kept having these recurring nightmares where my own children would be under these floorboards that I couldn't pry up. And then one day, I'm just gassing up my car in Chelsea and there he is. And before I know it I've got his face sandwiched between his windshield and the muzzle of my gun, and I'm yelling, "Freeze!" And I realize I'm yelling at myself. Because I can't stop my finger from pulling the trigger and I'm praying for him to blink, I'm praying for him to twitch, just do something to give mr an excuse. And then I see a face inside of his car, It's a girl, this beautiful little six year old girl, these big eyes. I figured she'd seen enough.

* SecretlyDying: After confessing to murders Louise reveals she has AIDS. The detectives speculate she's unlikely to live long enough to serve her sentence if convicted.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Winfield's StartOfDarkness came when he murdered a perp who'd kidnapped a young girl after raping and torturing her mother. Because he had eight commendations he was allowed to take an early retirement.

-> '''Winfield, to Stabler:''' You better watch out, or you'll wind up just like me.

** The vigilante Sam Winfield tries to prevent statutory rapist James Campbell from registering his daughter in Winfield's school, and puts a bullet through Campbell's window with his wife and young daughter inside.

** The vigilante Winfield tries to prevent sratutory rapist Campbell from registering his daughter in Winfield's school, and somebody puts a bullet through Campbell's window with his wife and daughter inside.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Marchak has a girlfriend who knows what he did and is okay with it because she's in love with him, and is outraged because people persecute her for being with him.

* FaceRevealTurn: Marchak's 12-year-old victim carefully keeps the left side of her face turned away from the camera until it's time for her to explain to Stabler why she thinks she's so ugly she needs to be home-schooled - because Marchak cut up the left side of her face.

* FalseConfession: Gloria confesses to murders but she's covering for someone else.

* AssholeVictim: Serial rapist Thomas Marchak is found murdered.