History Recap / LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS3E17Surveillance

* {{Yandere}}: Aimee, she's only Terry's landlord, but she's grown obsessed over him, to the point where she piggy-backs on Terry's own stalking and assumes the relationship he thinks he has with Cassie is real. She ends up assaulting Cassie, defacing Cassie's cello, sending her a dead rat, and even tries murdering Cassie by shooting her in the back to "make her stay away from Terry" (Cassie doesn't know who Terry ''or'' Aimee are). When none of that works and Terry refuses to flee the state with her, she finally flies off the handles and stabs him to death, the detectives find her nonchalantly drying her hair after a shower with Terry's body on the floor of the bathroom.

* ThereShouldBeALaw: When the detectives finally find Terry, he vehemently denies any acts that would have harmed or frightened Cassie, claiming to only be in love with her. In spite of the fact they have evidence that Terry set up several hidden cameras in Cassie's apartment and has a stalker shrine dedicated to her, the only thing they could charge him for is "Burglary" for initially stealing stuff out of the original security company worker's van. They even make a comment that the laws in Ney York just haven't caught up the technology yet, so they end up letting him go.

* {{Yandere}}: Aimee

* SmokingGun: Cassie is assaulted but not raped, however the detectives continue treating the crime as a sexual assault because her clothes were ripped off and profanity was written across her naked chest. Because the detectives are only looking for men who could have attacked Cassie (her boyfriend, ex-boyfriend, and her stalker), this allow the actual assailant, Aimee, to keep getting close to her cumulating in Aimee shooting Cassie in the back at point-blank range.

* InTheBack: Aimee tries killing Aimee by shooting her twice in the back ... Cassie survives, which is likely what drives Aimee to end up killing Terry, instead, who refused to give up his stalker crush for ''her'' stalker crush on him.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Terry is ''not'' a good nor sane person; after meeting her once in another state he grew obsessed with her, stole her Social Security number to track her down in New York, and stole a dead man's credit card and another man's work order in order to install spy cameras in Cassie's apartment. That being said, in spite of seeing her with at least two different boyfriends Terry never grew jealous or violent towards Cassie, he seemed fine loving her from afar and was honestly aghast when the detectives accused him of assaulting and harassing her (aside from sending her flowers after every single performance). That isn't to say that someday Terry's obsession ''wouldn't'' have turned violent, but he was not responsible for the attack on Cassie (at least not directly).

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Terry is ''not'' a good nor sane person; after meeting her once in another state he grow obsessed with her, stole her Social Security number to track her down in New York, and stole a dead man's credit card and another man's work order in order to install spy cameras in Cassie's apartment. That being said, in spite of seeing her with at least two different boyfriends Terry never grew jealous or violent towards Cassie, he seemed fine loving her from afar and was honestly aghast when the detectives accused him of assaulting and harassing her. That isn't to say that someday Terry's obsession ''wouldn't'' have turned violent, but he was not responsible for the attack on Cassie (at least not directly).

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Terry is ''not'' a nice nor sane person; after meeting her once in another state he grow obsessed with her, stole her Social Security number to track her down in New York, and stole a dead man's credit card and another man's work order in order to install spy cameras in Cassie's apartment. That being said, in spite of seeing her with at least two different boyfriends Terry never grew jealous or violent towards Cassie, he seemed fine loving her from afar and was honestly aghast when the detectives accused him of assaulting and harassing her. That isn't to say that someday Terry's obsession ''wouldn't'' have turned violent, but he was not responsible for the attack on Cassie (at least not directly).

* BlamingTheVictim: Aimee, Terry's landlord (and nothing more) is obsessed with him, but Terry has a stalker crush on Cello player Cassie Germaine. Aimee, in turn, completely blames Cassie for "stealing her man", and proceeds to assault her in her own apartment, deface her cello, send her a dead rat, and finally shoot Cassie in the back in hopes of getting her to "stay away" from Terry (Cassie doesn't even know who Terry is). Only when she learns Cassie survived being shot does she finally turn her attention onto Terry, and stabs him to death for choosing Cassie over her.
* BoringButPractical: While the detectives are going through Prescott's videos of himself having sex with his musician girlfriend, they comment that the man really had a fondness for only one sexual position, as every single video has him doing it the exact same way.

* ThereShouldBeAlaw: When the detectives finally find Terry, he vehemently denies any acts that would have harmed or frightened Cassie, claiming to only be in love with her. In spite of the fact they have evidence that Terry set up several hidden cameras in Cassie's apartment and has a stalker shrine dedicated to her, the only thing they could charge him for is "Burglary" for initially stealing stuff out of the original security company worker's van. They even make a comment that the laws in Ney York just haven't caught up the technology yet, so they end up letting him go.

* BadBoss: Orchestra conductor Prescott; he plies young female musicians with money and attention, seduces them, only to thereafter blackmail them against quitting once they catch on he's just using them so he can make money off their talent.

* CouldntFindAPen: After Aimee attacks Cassie in her apartment, she writes "WHORE" in blood across her chest. Later, when the detectives find out Aimee had destroyed Cassie's Cello, with note with "DIE BITCH" again written in what appears to be blood. However, since Cassie wasn't around for the second attack, the detectives wonder ''who's'' blood was used for the note.

* CouldntFindAPen: After Aimee attacks Cassie in her apartment, she writes "WHORE" in blood across her chest. Later, when the detectives find out Aimee had destroyed Cassie's Cello, with note with "DIE BITCH" again written in what appears to be blood.

* StalkerWithACrush: Both Terry and Aimee.