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Recap / Law & Order S2 E21 "Silence"

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Councilman James Vogel is found in the middle of the street, stabbed to death. Logan and Cerreta learn that he and others were being blackmailed. Vogel's father is reluctant to cooperate because he does not want to out his son.

  • Armoured Closet Gay: The deceased, who was willing to pay to keep the closet doors shut.
  • Badass Boast: Edward Vogel to Stone when the latter criticizes the former for his failure to cooperate:
    "Watch your tone, sir. I pick up the phone, and your license to be holier than everybody else on this planet can be used to wallpaper the sewer."
  • Outliving One's Offspring: This episode is unusual in that the father is willing to keep secret that his son was gay, even at the expense that his son's murderer go free.

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