History Recap / LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS15E14WednesdaysChild

* BeleagueredBureaucrat: The "re-homing" worker that Fin & Rollins talk to in Connecticut seems nice enough but she appears overworked or stressed, with bags under her eyes and a messy desk. This leads her to overlook things like double checking the address of the new parents (they put down the address for Yankee Stadium) and verify the home study form from the government to see if they are legit.

** The other children in Roger and Alexa's custody were all stated to be given to them by parents that didn't want them anymore, with the exception of CJ/Baby Boy Doe/[[spoiler:Noah]], who Roger allegedly found in a public bathroom. [[spoiler:He was lying about that too. He bought the baby from a pimp.]]

-->'''Lisa:''' I know what you're thinking. I was having a breakdown.
-->'''Olivia:''' I'm sure you were. But you call someone. You ask for help. You don't just ''discard'' a child.
-->'''Lisa:''' I know that now.
-->'''Olivia''': Do you? Do you have any idea how lucky you are that your child came back alive? Unharmed? If there were any better options for Nicky, I would, uh, recommend that you don't get him back.
-->'''Lisa:''' It's going to be different!
-->'''Olivia:''' I hope so.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The story of Nicky, a special-needs child who is rehomed by his adoptive mother to child pornopgraphers, who in turn try to send him a on plane ride home back to his native country of Georgia, is partially inspired by the 2010 international incident where a 9-year-old Russian boy named Artyom Savelyev was flown back home by his adoptive mother, claiming he has "severe psychopathic issues".

* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: A recurring theme through the episode is that Olivia wants to have a child

* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Tom Moore is a doctor who has saved the lives of many babies and even won a humanitarian award for third-world neonatal care. He is so busy with his job that he has no time to care for his adoptive son, Nicky, who suffers from severe psychological issues and has violent tendencies as a result of being abandoned by his birth parents. The primary burden of Nicky's care falls on Tom's wife Lisa, who suffers so much trying to take care of him that she ends up giving him away.

* ChildhoodBrainDamage: Of the psychological rather than physical kind, but Nicky lived in an orphanage where no one held him for the first five years of his life, giving him (implied) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_attachment_disorder reactive attachment disorder]]. He screams, throws things, bites, and self-harms by banging his head.

'''Lisa''': Now you want to know? Where were you? ''Where were you?'' Saving the children of the world?!

* BookEnds: The episode opens with Olivia having a nightmare of William Lewis saying "Tick tock, Olivia" while holding a clock, and it ends with her sitting in Family Court while a clock ticks loudly.
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Tom Moore is a doctor who has saved the lives of many babies and even won a humanitarian award for third-world neonatal care. He is so busy with his job that he has little time to care for his adoptive son Nicky, who suffers from severe psychological issues and has violent tendencies as a result of being abandoned by his birth parents. The burden of Nicky's care falls on Tom's wife Lisa, who suffers so much trying to take care of him that she ends up giving him away.

* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Tom Moore is a doctor who has saved the lives of many babies and even won a humanitarian award for third-world neonatal care, but he's so busy with his job that he has little time to spend with his adoptive son Nicky, who suffers from severe psychological issues and has violent tendencies as a result of being abandoned by his birth parents. The burden of Nicky's care falls on Tom's wife Lisa, who suffers so much trying to take care of him that she ends up giving him away.

When a father (Creator/JohnBenjaminHickey) discovers his son missing from his bed, detectives suspect the boy wandered off alone because of his history of behavioral problems. The search becomes more urgent when the boy's insulin pump runs out and a dangerous criminal couple is spotted with the boy. With the boy still missing, detectives try to turn the wife (Creator/RosannaArquette) against her husband (Creator/MarkBooneJunior).

* BeleagueredBureaucrat: The "re-homing" worker that Fin & Rollins talk to in Connecticut seems nice enough but she appears overworked or stressed, with bags under her eyes and a messy desk. This leads her to overlook things like double checking the address of the new parents (they put down the addeess for Yankee Stadium) and verify the home study form from the government to see if they are legit.

* BeleagueredBureaucrat: The "re-homing" worker that Fin & Rollins talk to in Connecticut seems nice enough but she appears overworked or stressed, with bags under her eyes and a messy desk. This leads her to overlook things like double checking the address of the new parents and verify the home study form from the government to see if they are legit.

* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title of the episode is from the "Monday’s Child Nursery Rhyme", with

* TantrumThrowing: A more dramatic example than usual. Nicky has psychological issues resulting from his abandonment that cause him to react violently, doing things like throwing objects, biting people and banging his head. He once opened the car door while his adoptive mother was driving at 70 miles an hour, nearly killing them both.

* BeleagueredBureaucrat: The "re-homing" worker that Fin & Rollins talk to in Connecticut seems nice enough but she appears overworked or stressed which leads her to overlook things like double checking the address of the new parents to see if they are legit.

* TantrumThrowing: A more dramatic example than usual. Nicky has psychological issues resulting from his abandonment that cause him to react violently, doing things like throwing objects, biting people and banging his head.

When a father (Creator/JohnBenjaminHickey) discovers his son missing from his bed, detectives suspect the boy wandered off alone because of his history of behavioral problems. The search becomes more urgent when the boy's insulin pump runs out and a dangerous criminal couple is spotted with the boy. With the boy still missing, detectives try to turn the wife (Creator/RosannaArquette) against her husband (Creator/MarkBooneJunior).