"Death Roe" is the 15th episode of the fourth season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Goren and Eames investigate the murder of a restaurant critic and uncover a a dysfunctional family's dark secrets.
Tropes
- Abusive Parents: Tommy Onerato, who emotionally and sexually abuses his daughter Beatrice.
- Child Hater: When Onerato is caught deliberately preventing Beatrice from getting pregnant, he excuses his actions by saying that "kids just ruin everything".
- Evil Is Petty: Onerato has a woman killed because she gave his restaurant a bad review.
- Ground by Gears: Onerato disposes of Josh's body in a meat grinder.
- Hate Sink: A murderer, child molester, master manipulator, and all-around creep, Onerato is one of the vilest criminals in the history of the Law & Order franchise, which is saying something.
- Manipulative Bastard: Onerato pulls strings to prevent Beatrice from having children, and then tricks her husband into killing for him.
- Parental Incest: Onerato began sexually abusing 12-year-old Beatrice right after his wife, Beatrice's mother, died.
- Post-Rape Taunt: After being exposed for raping his own daughter, Onerato spitefully tells Beatrice that no one will want her now that the truth is out.
- Troubled Teen: Referred to; Goren and Eames discover that Beatrice began acting out as a teenager, lending credence to his theory that her father began molesting her around that time.
