History Recap / LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS14E7VanitysBonfire

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Even though Dia is dead by the end of the episode, we never find out if Tessa was returned to her adoptive parents.]]
* VerbalTic: When they first talk to [[spoiler: Jillian Webster]], SVU notices that she has a tendency to mix up words due to her disease. Later when they pull up the 911 call for Dia's [[spoiler: murder]], the caller also mixes up her words (says "skirt" instead of "hurt").

* MyNaymeIs: Tessa's adoptive father is named Braydon, instead of Brandon.

* {{Yandere}}: Dia Nobile will stop at nothing to have Kent Webster for herself, even if she has to break up his family to do so.

* AdultFear: The episode begins with baby Tessa being abducted from a playground, while both of her parents are present and only distracted for a moment. The kidnapper turns out to be their baby's biological mother, and then poking around in their adoption papers reveals that Tessa isn't even biologically their child because their lawyer went behind their back, faked her adoption papers, and lied to them about her being the child of Braydon and a surrogate mother. The judge orders Tessa remanded to foster care until everything can be sorted out, and her parents' heartbreak is clearly evident.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: To Dia, it doesn't matter that her baby daughter was adopted by loving parents and her lover has a wife and daughter of his own--she'll do whatever she has to in order to make both of them hers.

The abduction of a baby named Tessa Leddy from a city playground quickly turns into a custody dispute when the kidnapper, Dia Nobile (Creator/BijouPhillips), swears she is the child's biological mother. The Leddys claim their daughter was born by a surrogate mother, whom they never met, but later learn that the girl isn't their daughter at all. Nobile also claims the father is a high-powered legal expert, Kent Webster (Creator/ScottBakula), who is married to a cancer stricken wife (Creator/JessicaHecht), sending the unit on an investigation that forever changes the lives of two unsuspecting families.

* ItsAllAboutMe: To Dia, it doesn't matter that her baby daughter was adopted by loving parents and her lover has a wife and daughter of his own--she'll do whatever she has to in order to make them hers.

* {{Malaproper}}: Jillian is recovering from a terminal brain tumor, which causes some of her words to come out wrong, such as saying "block" instead of "clock".

* VerbalTic: When they first talk to [[spoiler: Jillian Webster]], SVU notices that she has a tendency to mix up words due to her disease. Later when they pull up the 911 call for Dia's [[spoiler: murder]], the caller also mixes up her words (says "skirt" instead of hurt").

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: A politician with a sick wife cheats on her seems to be based on the John Edwards extramarital affair. The politician's tendency to send pictures of his private parts seems to be based on Anthony Weiner

* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: Dia's voice is high-pitched with a childlike tone.

* AdultFear: The episode begins with baby Tessa being abducted from a playground, while both of her parents are present. The kidnapper turns out to be their baby's biological mother, and then poking around in their adoption papers reveals that Tessa isn't even biologically their child because their lawyer went behind their back, faked her adoption papers, and lied to them about her being the child of Braydon and a surrogate mother. The judge orders Tessa remanded to foster care until everything can be sorted out, and her parents' heartbreak is clearly evident.

* TakeMeInstead: The episode ends with Jillian Webster, whose terminal brain tumor left her reliant on a cane to walk and too weak to handle a pitcher of water, confessing to beating in the head of her husband's physically healthy mistress with a 20 pound hunk of crystal, while also swearing under oath that [[LetOffByTheDetective her 15 year old daughter]] came straight home from school that afternoon and never left the townhouse.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The family court judge overseeing Tessa's case reassures her adoptive parents that she knows they've raised the girl with love and care, but needs to further investigate to make sure they're not guilty of adoption fraud.

* AmoralAttorney: Without their knowledge, Braydon and Josie Leddy's unseen lawyer forged adoption papers claiming that Tessa was the biological child of Braydon and a surrogate mother. Her birth parents are actually Dia Nobile and Kent Webster, which causes huge trouble for the Leddys when Dia shows up wanting her daughter back, using the fraudulent adoption papers as evidence.

* AdultFear: The episode begins with baby Tessa being abducted from a playground, while both of her parents are present. The kidnapper turns out to be their baby's biological mother, and then poking around in their adoption papers reveals that Tessa isn't even biologically their child because their lawyer went behind their back and faked adoption papers to get her to them. The judge orders Tessa remanded to foster care until everything can be sorted out, and her parents' heartbreak is clearly evident.

* AdultFear: The episode begins with a baby being abducted from a playground, while both of her parents are present.
* AmoralAttorney: Without their knowledge, Braydon and Josie Leddy's unseen lawyer forged adoption papers claiming that Tessa was the biological child of Braydon and a surrogate mother. Her birth parents are actually Dia Nobile and Kent Webster.

* TakeMeInstead: The episode ends with Jillian Webster, whose terminal brain tumor left her reliant on a cane to walk and too weak to handle a pitcher of water, confessing to beating the head of her husband's physically healthy mistress in with a 20 pound hunk of crystal, while also swearing under oath that [[LetOffByThedetective her 15 year old daughter]] came straight home from school that afternoon and never left the townhouse.

* VerbalTic: When they first talk to [[spoiler: Jillian Webster]], SVU notices that she has a tendency to mix up words due to her disease. Later when they pull up the 911 call for Dia's [[spoiler: murder]], the caller also mixes up her words (says "skirt" instead of hurt").

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: A politician with a sick wife cheats on her seems to be based on the John Edwards extramarital affair.

* TakeMeInstead: The episode ends with Jillian Webster, whose terminal brain tumor left her reliant on a cane to walk and too weak to handle a pitcher of water, confessing to beating the head of her husband's physically healthy mistress in with a 20 pound hunk of crystal, while also swearing under oath that [[LetOffByThedetective her 15 year old daughter]] came straight home from school that afternoon and never left the townhouse.

The abduction of a baby named Tessa Leddy from a city playground quickly turns into a custody dispute when the kidnapper, Dia Nobile (Creator/BijouPhillips), swears she is the child's biological mother. The Leddys claim their daughter was born by a surrogate mother, whom they never met, but later learn that the girl isn't their daughter at all. Nobile also claims the father is a high-powered legal expert, Kent Webster (Creator/ScottBakula), who is married to a cancer stricken wife (Creator/JessicaHecht), sending the unit on an investigation that forever changes the lives of two unsuspecting families.