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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Parodied when Lake says "It was an honor serving under you, sir" to Cragen, who's been temporally reassigned. Cragen replies: " I'm not dead yet, Detective Lake."
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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Parodied when Lake says "It was an honor serving under you, sir" to Cragen, who's been temporally reassigned. Cragen replies: " I'm [[DeadpanSnarker "I'm not dead yet, Detective Lake.""]]
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* PyrrhicVictory: Janis manages to obtain a "not guilty" verdict and is committed to a mental institution thanks to faking her multiple personalities, but the detectives arrest Cass as a co-conspirator, to their mutual shock, which will presumably lead to Cass's daughter April being put into foster care.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Janis manages to obtain a "not guilty" verdict and is committed to a mental institution thanks to faking her multiple personalities, but the detectives arrest Cass as a co-conspirator, to their mutual shock, which will presumably lead to Cass's daughter April being put into foster care.care.
* TakingTheHeat: After the events experienced by his detectives during the season 8 finale (Stabler's daughter finally being arrested/charged for her DUI in season 6, Benson assisting her fugitive brother and Fin's stepson walking on two murders), Cragen must do so and is temporarily reassigned, with Munch briefly taking over the former's post until he returns.
* TakingTheHeat: After the events experienced by his detectives during the season 8 finale (Stabler's daughter finally being arrested/charged for her DUI in season 6, Benson assisting her fugitive brother and Fin's stepson walking on two murders), Cragen must do so and is temporarily reassigned, with Munch briefly taking over the former's post until he returns.
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* AbusiveParents: Janis and Cass claim their father raped Cass while their mother was in the room and did nothing, which is stated to be the reason for Janis' Dissociative Identity Disorder. It's never made clear if that really happened, and [[spoiler:the DID diagnosis being fake muddies the water even further. But we are not given any other motive for the sisters to murder them either.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The multiple personality act on Janis's part turns out to be just that.]]
* EvilGloating: [[spoiler: After getting her "not guilty by reason of insanity" verdict Janis gloats to detectives how she was able to fool everyone. It backfires when they immediately arrest Cass to whom the Double Jeopardy rule doesn't apply, since she hasn't been tried as co-conspirator before.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The multiple personality act on Janis's part turns out to be just that.]]
* EvilGloating: [[spoiler: After getting her "not guilty by reason of insanity" verdict Janis gloats to detectives how she was able to fool everyone. It backfires when they immediately arrest Cass to whom the Double Jeopardy rule doesn't apply, since she hasn't been tried as co-conspirator before.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Janis and Cass claim their father raped Cass while their mother was in the room and did nothing, which is stated to be the reason for Janis' Dissociative Identity Disorder. It's never made clear if that really happened, and [[spoiler:the the DID diagnosis being fake muddies the water even further. But we are not given any other motive for the sisters to murder them either.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing:[[spoiler: The multiple personality act on Janis's part turns out to be just that.]]
that.
* EvilGloating:[[spoiler: After getting her "not guilty by reason of insanity" verdict Janis gloats to detectives how she was able to fool everyone. It backfires when they immediately arrest Cass to whom the Double Jeopardy rule doesn't apply, since she hasn't been tried as co-conspirator before.]]
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* InsanityDefense: [[spoiler:Janis manages to get off by reason of insanity despite being perfectly sane.]]
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* PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: The episode begins as a GenderFlip of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Milligan the Billy Milligan rapes]] before it's revealed that [[spoiler:it's also ripped from the headlines of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_and_Erik_Menendez the Menendez brother murders]], in which two brothers killed their allegedly violent and sexually abusive parents.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Janis manages to obtain a "not guilty" verdict and is committed to a mental institution thanks to faking her multiple personalities, but the detectives arrest Cass as a co-conspirator, to their mutual shock, which will presumably lead to Cass's daughter April being put into foster care.]]
* PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: The episode begins as a GenderFlip of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Milligan the Billy Milligan rapes]] before it's revealed that [[spoiler:it's also ripped from the headlines of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_and_Erik_Menendez the Menendez brother murders]], in which two brothers killed their allegedly violent and sexually abusive parents.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Janis manages to obtain a "not guilty" verdict and is committed to a mental institution thanks to faking her multiple personalities, but the detectives arrest Cass as a co-conspirator, to their mutual shock, which will presumably lead to Cass's daughter April being put into foster care.]]
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* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:Janis Janis ''doesn't'' have multiple personalities, having learned how to fake it from a prison library book. Stabler even admits that she did a good job fooling him]].
him.
* PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: The episode begins as a GenderFlip of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Milligan the Billy Milligan rapes]] before it's revealed that[[spoiler:it's it's also ripped from the headlines of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_and_Erik_Menendez the Menendez brother murders]], in which two brothers killed their allegedly violent and sexually abusive parents.]]
parents.
* PyrrhicVictory:[[spoiler:Janis Janis manages to obtain a "not guilty" verdict and is committed to a mental institution thanks to faking her multiple personalities, but the detectives arrest Cass as a co-conspirator, to their mutual shock, which will presumably lead to Cass's daughter April being put into foster care.]]
* PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: The episode begins as a GenderFlip of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Milligan the Billy Milligan rapes]] before it's revealed that
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* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Janis manages to obtain a "not guilty" verdict and is committed to a mental institution thanks to faking her multiple personalities, but the detectives arrest Cass as a co-conspirator, to their mutual shock.shock, which will presumably lead to Cass's daughter April being put into foster care.]]
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* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:Janis ''doesn't'' have multiple personalities, having learned how to fake it from a prison library book. Stabler even admits that she did a good job fooling him]].
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* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:Janis ''doesn't'' have multiple personalities, having learned how to fake it from a prison library book. Stabler even admits that she did a good job fooling him]].
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* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Janis manages to obtain a "not guilty" verdict and is committed to a mental institution thanks to faking her multiple personalities, but the detectives arrest Cass as a co-conspirator, to their mutual shock.]]
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:Janis ''doesn't'' have multiple personalities, having learned how to fake it from a prison library book. Stabler even admits that she did a good job fooling him]].]]
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:Janis ''doesn't'' have multiple personalities, having learned how to fake it from a prison library book. Stabler even admits that she did a good job fooling him]].
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* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Janis manages to obtain a "not guilty" verdict and is committed to a mental institution thanks to faking her multiple personalities, but the detectives arrest Cass as a co-conspirator, to their mutual shock.]]]]
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:Janis ''doesn't'' have multiple personalities, having learned how to fake it from a prison library book. Stabler even admits that she did a good job fooling him]].
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:Janis ''doesn't'' have multiple personalities, having learned how to fake it from a prison library book. Stabler even admits that she did a good job fooling him]].
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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Parodied when Lake says "It was an honor serving under you, sir" to Cragen, who's been temporally reassigned. Cragen replies: " I'm not dead yet, Detective Lake."
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* AbusiveParents: Janis and Cass claim their father raped Cass while their mother was in the room and did nothing, which is stated to be the reason for Janis' Dissociative Identity Disorder. It's never made clear if that really happened and [[spoiler:the DID diagnosis being fake muddies the water even further. But we are not given any other motive for the sisters murdering them either.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Janis and Cass claim their father raped Cass while their mother was in the room and did nothing, which is stated to be the reason for Janis' Dissociative Identity Disorder. It's never made clear if that really happened happened, and [[spoiler:the DID diagnosis being fake muddies the water even further. But we are not given any other motive for the sisters murdering to murder them either.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Janis and Cass claim their father raped Cass while their mother was in the room and did nothing, which is stated to be the reason for Janis' Dissociative Identity Disorder. It's never made clear if that really happened and[[the and [[spoiler:the DID diagnosis being fake muddies the water even further. But we are not given any other motive for the sisters murdering them either.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Janis and Cass claim their father raped Cass while their mother was in the room and did nothing, which is stated to be the reason for Janis' Dissociative Identity Disorder. It's never made clear if that really happened and[[the DID diagnosis being fake muddies the water even further. But we are not given any other motive for the sisters murdering them either.]]
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* EvilGloating: [[spoiler:: After getting her "not guilty by reason of insanity" verdict Janis gloats to detectives how she was able to fool everyone. It backfires when they immediately arrest Cass to whom the Double Jeopardy rule doesn't apply, since she hasn't been tried as co-conspirator before.]]
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* EvilGloating: [[spoiler:: [[spoiler: After getting her "not guilty by reason of insanity" verdict Janis gloats to detectives how she was able to fool everyone. It backfires when they immediately arrest Cass to whom the Double Jeopardy rule doesn't apply, since she hasn't been tried as co-conspirator before.]]
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* HoneyTrap: Downplayed example. Elliot flirts a little with one of Janis' personalities to get her to cooperate.
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A woman (Creator/CynthiaNixon) with multiple personalities may have abused and killed her daughter and the detectives are trying to prove it despite daughter. The real issue, though, is whether said personalities making the investigation more challenging than usual.
are genuine or if it's all just an act to avoid prison.
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A woman (Creator/CynthiaNixon) who switches between five different personalities is suspected of harming her daughter. The investigation is met with initial resistance from her psychiatrist (Creator/BronsonPinchot). When the woman's sister (Creator/LauraAllen) is released from jail, their parents are found murdered the next day and the two of them become the prime suspects.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The multiple personality act on Janis's part turns out to be just that.]]
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* PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: The episode begins as a GenderFlip of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Milligan the Billy Milligan rapes]] before it's revealed that [[spoiler:it's also ripped from the headlines of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_and_Erik_Menendez the Menendez brother murders]], in which two brothers killed their allegedly violent and sexually abusive parents.]]
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* PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: The episode begins as a GenderFlip of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Milligan the Billy Milligan rapes]] before it's revealed that [[spoiler:it's also ripped from the headlines of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_and_Erik_Menendez the Menendez brother murders]], in which two brothers killed their allegedly violent and sexually abusive parents.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Janis manages to obtain a "not guilty" verdict and is committed to a mental institution thanks to faking her multiple personalities, but the detectives arrest Cass as a co-conspirator, to their mutual shock.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Janis manages to obtain a "not guilty" verdict and is committed to a mental institution thanks to faking her multiple personalities, but the detectives arrest Cass as a co-conspirator, to their mutual shock.]]
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* FamilyThemeNaming: Janis and her sister Cass are named after Janis Joplin and "Mama Cass" Elliot, both female inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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* FamilyThemeNaming: Janis and her sister Cass are named after Janis Joplin and "Mama Cass" Elliot, both female inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Fame.
* PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: The episode begins as a GenderFlip of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Milligan the Billy Milligan rapes]] before it's revealed that [[spoiler:it's also ripped from the headlines of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_and_Erik_Menendez the Menendez brother murders]], in which two brothers killed their allegedly violent and sexually abusive parents.]]
* PatchedTogetherFromTheHeadlines: The episode begins as a GenderFlip of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Milligan the Billy Milligan rapes]] before it's revealed that [[spoiler:it's also ripped from the headlines of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_and_Erik_Menendez the Menendez brother murders]], in which two brothers killed their allegedly violent and sexually abusive parents.]]
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Benson and Stabler investigate the case of a woman (Creator/CynthiaNixon) with multiple personalities who may have abused and killed her daughter; the detectives must adjust to sweeping changes in the SVU.
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* FamilyThemeNaming: Janis and her
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Written By Creator/NealBaer and Creator/DawnDeNoon
Directed By Creator/DavidPlatt
Benson and Stabler investigate the case of a woman (Creator/CynthiaNixon) with multiple personalities who may have abused and killed her daughter; the detectives must adjust to sweeping changes in the SVU.
Directed By Creator/DavidPlatt
Benson and Stabler investigate the case of a woman (Creator/CynthiaNixon) with multiple personalities who may have abused and killed her daughter; the detectives must adjust to sweeping changes in the SVU.