History Recap / ColdCaseS2E7ItsRainingMen

* ClosetGay: Carson Finch is a closeted conservative newspaper columnist who took offense at Jeff's suggestion of a mass coming out. His friend Leonard had a fling with Jeff's brother Paul.

* IWasQuiteALooker: Carlo knows of his lost good looks.

* CainAndAbel: Jeff was killed by his brother Paul, who didn't take kindly to Jeff trying to edge into the family business all of a sudden for the sake of his lover while he himself had been TheDutifulSon all this time. Jeff also found out that Paul had a gay fling years ago, which the latter thought Jeff might use to blackmail him.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Many characters in 1983 did not know how AIDS infected people. Carlo thought that it was a form of cancer so it's not contagious. Another character that it could be transmitted through touch.

** In the ColdOpen, Artie realizes he has AIDS. In those days (the early '80s), it was believed to be a certain death sentence, and he was accepting of his fate. Fast forward twenty years and he's a long-term survivor due to experimental drugs he took, while ''Jeff'' is the one who was dead within months (albeit via murder, not disease).

** Downplayed; A male-male example. Twenty years after Jeff was brutally murdered, his then-boyfriend, Artie, is engaged to be married but is still in need of closure. To get it, he gets Jeff’s case reopened in the hope they can solve his murder.

* ClosetGay: Carson Finch is a closeted conservative newspaper columnist who took offense at Jeff's suggestion of a mass coming out. His partner died of AIDS, and he had a fling with Jeff's brother Paul.

* DepravedHomosexual: Carlo, who slept with other men to purposely give them HIV [[ForTheEvulz for his own amusement]].

* TheLostLenore: Downplayed; A male-male example. Twenty years after Jeff was brutally murdered, his then-boyfriend, Artie, is engaged to be married but is still in need of closure. To get it, he gets Jeff’s case reopened in the hope they can solve his murder.
* PetTheDog: The DepravedHomosexual Carlo who deliberately gave other men AIDS in 1983 grew to become a kindly pet shop owner in 2004. The MedleyExit literally shows him playing with the puppies in the store window.

* CainAndAbel: Jeff was killed by his brother Paul, who didn't take kindly to Jeff trying to edge into the family business all of a sudden for the sake of his lover while he himself had been TheDutifulSon all this time. [[spoiler:Jeff also found out that Paul had a gay fling years ago, which the latter thought Jeff might use to blackmail him]].
* ClosetGay: Carson Finch is a closeted conservative newspaper columnist who took offense at Jeff's suggestion of a mass coming out. His partner died of AIDS, [[spoiler:and he had a fling with Jeff's brother Paul]].

* AmbiguouslyBi / [[AmbiguouslyGay Gay]]: Paul had flings with men in the past but ends up engaged to a woman in 1983. It's never confirmed whether he’s an Armored Closet Gay, whether he likes both men and women, or his flings were experiences that were unsuccessful and merely confirmed his attraction to women.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted and inverted with the same character. Melvin "Carlo" Fishmen is a stud who slept with several other men just to give them AIDS in 1983. But when we meet him in 2004, he hasn’t aged well, [[OlderAndWiser but he's become a much better person]].

* CainAndAbel: Jeff was killed by his brother, who didn't take kindly to Jeff trying to edge into the family business all of a sudden for the sake of his lover while he himself had been TheDutifulSon all this time.
* DeathOfAChild: Implied. A man is shortly suspected of Jeff's murder because he lashed out at Jeff for not getting him a drug for his own son, who was dying of AIDS at the time. It’s never confirmed whether or not the child survived.
* DepravedHomosexual: Carlo, who slept with other men to purposely give them AIDS.
* ForTheEvulz: Carlo slept with other men deliberately to give them AIDS just for his own entertainment.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Paul killed his brother Jeff partly because Jeff found out that Paul was AmbiguouslyGay, and was afraid he might accidentally reveal the secret to their homophobic father in his efforts to save his boyfriend, despite Jeff's reassurances.

* ReallyGetsAround: Carlo slept with several men in the eighties, just so he could spread his AIDS.

* {{Irony}}: In the ColdOpen, Artie realizes he has AIDS. In those days (the early '80s), it was believed to be a certain death sentence, and he was accepting of his fate. Fast forward twenty years and he's a long-term survivor due to experimental drugs he took, while ''Jeff'' is the one who was dead within months (albeit via murder, not disease).

* DepravedHomosexual: Carlo Fishmen, who slept with other men to purposely give them AIDS.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Paul killed his brother partly because Jeff found out that Paul was Ambiguously Gay, and was afraid he might accidentally reveal the secret to their homophobic father in his efforts to save his boyfriend.
* {{Irony}}: In the ColdOpen, Artie realizes he has AIDS. In those days (the early '80s), it was believed to be a certain death sentence. Fast forward twenty years and he's a long-term survivor while ''Jeff'' is the one who was dead within months (albeit via murder, not disease).

* PetTheDog: The Depraved Homosexual who deliberately gave other men AIDS in 1983 grew to become a kindly pet shop owner in 2004. The MedleyExit literally shows him playing with the puppies in the store window.
* PreserveYourGays: Jeff's lover, himself also HIV-positive at the time of the murder taking place, has survived to the present. The episode ends with him being newly wed to another man.

* DeathOfAChild: Implied. A man is shortly suspected of Jeff’s murder because he lashed out at Jeff for not getting him a drug for his own son, who was dying of AIDS at the time. It’s never confirmed whether or not the child survived.

* AmbiguouslyBi / [[AmbiguouslyGay Gay]]: Paul had flings with men in the past but ends up engaged to a woman in 1983. It’s never confirmed whether he’s an Armored Closet Gay, whether he likes both men and women, or his flings were experiences that were unsuccessful and merely confirmed his attraction to women.
* ArmoredClosetGay: Paul is so armored he’s willing to kill his own brother just to keep from being ForcedOutOfTheCloset.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted and inverted with the same character. Melvin “Carlo” Fishmen is a stud who slept with several other men just to give them AIDS in 1983. But when we meet him in 2004, he hasn’t aged well, [[OlderAndWiser but he's become a much better person]].

* AmbiguouslyBi / [[AmbiguouslyGay Gay]]: Paul had flings with men in the past but ends up engaged to a woman in 1983. It’s never confirmed whether he’s an ArmoredClosetGay, whether he likes both men and women, or his flings were experiences that were unsuccessful and merely confirmed his attraction to women.

* DepravedHomosexual: Carlo Fishmen, who slept with other men [[ForTheEvulz to purposely give them AIDS]].
* ForTheEvulz: Carlo slept with other men deliberately to give them AIDS just for how own entertainment.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Paul killed his brother partly because Jeff found out that Paul was AmbiguouslyGay, and was afraid he might accidentally reveal the secret to their homophobic father in his efforts to save his boyfriend.

* PetTheDog: The DepravedHomosexual who deliberately gave other men AIDS in 1983 grew to become a kindly pet shop owner in 2004. The MedleyExit literally shows him playing with the puppies in the store window.

* ReallyGetsAround: Carlo slept with several men in the eighties, [[ForTheEvulz just so he could spread his AIDS]].

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted and inverted with the same character. Melvin “Carlo” Fishmen is a stud who slept with several other men just to give them AIDS in 1983. But when we meet him in 2004, he hasn’t aged well, but he’s [[OlderAndWiser become a much better person]].

* {{Irony}}: In the ColdOpen, Artie realizes he has AIDS. In those days (the early '80s), it was believed to be a certain death sentence. Fast forward twenty years and he's a long term survivor while ''Jeff'' is the one who was dead within months (albeit via murder, not disease).

* DepravedHomosexual: Carlo Fishmen, who slept with other men [[ForTheEvuls to purposely give them AIDS]].

* DepravedHomosexual: Carlo Fishmen, who slept with other men to purposely give them AIDS ForTheEvulz.

The detectives reopens the murder case of a 25-year-old gay man, which took place in 1983, at the request of his then-lover.

* AmbiguouslyBi / [[AmbiguouslyGay Gay]]: Paul had flings with men in the past, but ends up engaged to a woman in 1983. It’s never confirmed whether he’s an ArmoredClosetGay, whether he likes both men and women, or his flings were experiences that were unsuccessful and merely confirmed his attraction to women.
* ArmoredClosetGay: Paul is so armored, he’s willing to kill his own brother just to keep from being ForcedOutOfTheCloset.

* BuryYourGays: The victim is Jeff, a HIV-positive gay man.
* CainAndAbel: Jeff was killed by his brother, who didn't take kindly to Jeff trying to edge into the family business all of a sudden for the sake of his lover, while he himself had been TheDutifulSon all this time.

* ForTheEvulz: Carlo slept with other men deliberately to give then AIDS, just for how own entertainment.

* {{Irony}}: In the ColdOpen, Artie realizes he has AIDS. In those days (the early '80's), it was believed to be a certain death sentence. Fast forward twenty years and he's a long term survivor while ''Jeff'' is the one who was dead within months (albeit via murder, not disease).
* TheLostLenore: Downplayed; A male-male example. Twenty years after Jeff was brutally murdered, his then-boyfriend, Artie, is engaged to be married, but is still in need of closure. To get it, he gets Jeff’s case reopened in the hope they can solve his murder.

* PreserveYourGays: Jeff's lover, himself also HIV-positive at the time of the murder taking place, has survived to the present. The episode ends with him being newly wed to another man.

* TheLostLenore: A male-male example. Twenty years after Jeff was brutally murdered, his then-boyfriend, Artie, is engaged to be married, but is still in need of closure. To get it, he gets Jeff’s case reopened in the hope they can solve his murder.

* BuryYourGays: The victim is a HIV positive gay man.