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* ItsAllMyFault:
** It turns out that Reverend Curtis believed his wariness to accept Paul being gay had driven him to kill his boyfriend Richard, thus leading him to take the blame for the crime.
** Ironically, Paul had a similar attitude, but to a more self-loathing degree: he believed his father ''had'' killed Richard and that it was his fault for continuing to see him, despite his father's attempts to break them up.
** It turns out that Reverend Curtis believed his wariness to accept Paul being gay had driven him to kill his boyfriend Richard, thus leading him to take the blame for the crime.
** Ironically, Paul had a similar attitude, but to a more self-loathing degree: he believed his father ''had'' killed Richard and that it was his fault for continuing to see him, despite his father's attempts to break them up.
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* TakingTheHeat: Reverend Curtis and his son are trying to do it for each other. Turns out neither has actually committed the crime, and they both are cleared at the end.
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* TakingTheHeat: Reverend Curtis and Curtis' confession is an attempt to do this for his son. However, he eventually learns his son are trying to didn't do it for each other. Turns out neither has actually committed the crime, it, and they both are cleared at the end.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very loosely]] based on the Ted Haggard scandal and other evangelical sex scandals around 2006-07.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very loosely]] based on the Ted Haggard scandal and other evangelical sex scandals around 2006-07.2006-07.
* TakingTheHeat: Reverend Curtis and his son are trying to do it for each other. Turns out neither has actually committed the crime, and they both are cleared at the end.
* TakingTheHeat: Reverend Curtis and his son are trying to do it for each other. Turns out neither has actually committed the crime, and they both are cleared at the end.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Reverend Curtis forgives his wife for trying to kill him and has learned to accept his son's sexuality. Moreover, both he and his son have been cleared of all charges after the real killer is caught.
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* NeverTheObviousSuspect: Either Reverend Curtis or Paul is the prime suspect for 90% of the episode. Neither did it.
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* PapaWolf: Reverend Curtis was willing to go to prison for murder and let the world believe that he was gay (with the latter being ''at least'' as bad as the former in the eyes of their religion) in order to protect his son Paul, who he believed was the real killer. He only reveals the deception when he finds out that Paul didn't do it either.
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* PapaWolf: Reverend Curtis was willing to go to prison for murder and let the world believe that he was gay (with the latter being ''at least'' as bad as the former in the eyes of their religion) in order to protect his son Paul, who he believed was the real killer. He only reveals the deception when he finds out that Paul didn't do it either.either.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very loosely]] based on the Ted Haggard scandal and other evangelical sex scandals around 2006-07.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory Very loosely]] based on the Ted Haggard scandal and other evangelical sex scandals around 2006-07.
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: Reverend Curtis used to be one, but started to come around after learning that his son was gay. Meanwhile, the real killer killed the victim for this reason, and set up Curtis to take the fall because he felt that Curtis' softening opinions on the matter were a betrayal of the cause that needed to be punished.
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: Reverend Curtis used to be one, but started to come around after learning that his son was gay. Meanwhile, the The real killer is an even more adamant one; he killed the victim to "punish" him for this reason, being gay, and set up Curtis to take the fall because he felt that Curtis' softening opinions on the matter were a betrayal of the cause that and he needed to be punished."punished" too.
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* ArmouredClosetGay: Reverend Curtis is thought to be this, as he supposedly carried on an affair with another man while having a wife and ten children, but it turns out he's actually not gay but rather was covering for his gay son, who was the victim's actual lover.
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* ArmouredClosetGay: Reverend Curtis is thought to be this, as he supposedly carried on an affair with another man the victim, a young man, while having a wife and ten children, but it turns out he's that it's actually not Curtis' son Paul who is gay but rather was covering for his gay son, who and was the victim's actual lover.lover; Curtis was only pretending it was him because he erroneously believed Paul was the killer and didn't want the police turning their attention to him.
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* EasilyForgiven: Reverend Curtis forgives his wife almost immediately for trying to kill him, saying that it was his own deception that pushed her to the brink.
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An evangelical preacher confesses to killing a male prostitute, but it turns out there may be more to the story.
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* ArmouredClosetGay: Reverend Curtis is thought to be this, as he supposedly carried on an affair with another man while having a wife and ten children, but it turns out he's actually not gay but rather was covering for his gay son, who was the victim's actual lover.
* CureYourGays: Deconstructed. Paul Curtis was sent away for "treatment" after his parents found out he was gay, but it turned out that it hadn't actually worked; Paul just lied and told his parents it did, presumably so he could get out of there.
* DelayedFamilyAcceptance: The Curtises initially did not react well to learning their son Paul was gay (see CureYourGays), but as time went on, Reverend Curtis began to realize that being gay was just who Paul was and wasn't something that needed to or even could be cured, and his preaching on the topic apparently began to change to reflect that. At the end of the episode, he tells Paul that he accepts him.
* ExactWords: Stabler eventually notices that Curtis keeps saying he's ''responsible'' for the murder but has never outright said he actually ''committed'' it, which leads him to wonder if there's more to it.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Reverend Curtis used to be one, but started to come around after learning that his son was gay. Meanwhile, the real killer killed the victim for this reason, and set up Curtis to take the fall because he felt that Curtis' softening opinions on the matter were a betrayal of the cause that needed to be punished.
* PapaWolf: Reverend Curtis was willing to go to prison for murder and let the world believe that he was gay (with the latter being ''at least'' as bad as the former in the eyes of their religion) in order to protect his son Paul, who he believed was the real killer. He only reveals the deception when he finds out that Paul didn't do it either.
!!Tropes
* ArmouredClosetGay: Reverend Curtis is thought to be this, as he supposedly carried on an affair with another man while having a wife and ten children, but it turns out he's actually not gay but rather was covering for his gay son, who was the victim's actual lover.
* CureYourGays: Deconstructed. Paul Curtis was sent away for "treatment" after his parents found out he was gay, but it turned out that it hadn't actually worked; Paul just lied and told his parents it did, presumably so he could get out of there.
* DelayedFamilyAcceptance: The Curtises initially did not react well to learning their son Paul was gay (see CureYourGays), but as time went on, Reverend Curtis began to realize that being gay was just who Paul was and wasn't something that needed to or even could be cured, and his preaching on the topic apparently began to change to reflect that. At the end of the episode, he tells Paul that he accepts him.
* ExactWords: Stabler eventually notices that Curtis keeps saying he's ''responsible'' for the murder but has never outright said he actually ''committed'' it, which leads him to wonder if there's more to it.
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Reverend Curtis used to be one, but started to come around after learning that his son was gay. Meanwhile, the real killer killed the victim for this reason, and set up Curtis to take the fall because he felt that Curtis' softening opinions on the matter were a betrayal of the cause that needed to be punished.
* PapaWolf: Reverend Curtis was willing to go to prison for murder and let the world believe that he was gay (with the latter being ''at least'' as bad as the former in the eyes of their religion) in order to protect his son Paul, who he believed was the real killer. He only reveals the deception when he finds out that Paul didn't do it either.
