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-> '''Rollins, after the conviction:''' What, you think she's going to change her life, I don't, I think she'll be drinking again by Friday night.
* {{Bookends}}: early in the episode Rollins goes on a rant about how mothers who get intoxicated are unacceptable (referring to the rape victim). The episode ends with Benson, sitting alone, looking at a photo of noah while drinking wine.
* {{Bookends}}: early in the episode Rollins goes on a rant about how mothers who get intoxicated are unacceptable (referring to the rape victim). The episode ends with Benson, sitting alone, looking at a photo of noah while drinking wine.
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* HeelFaceDoorSlam:
** After the surprise witness testimony the youngest perp's lawyer says he wants to testify against the others and should get lenience because he was "a bystander". Barba blows him off.
** The surprise witness goes to the victim, after his testimony, to apologize for not calling 911. She [[NoSell no-sells]] his apology.
** After the surprise witness testimony the youngest perp's lawyer says he wants to testify against the others and should get lenience because he was "a bystander". Barba blows him off.
** The surprise witness goes to the victim, after his testimony, to apologize for not calling 911. She [[NoSell no-sells]] his apology.
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* {{Bookends}}: early in the episode Rollins goes on a rant about how mothers who get intoxicated are unacceptable (referring to the rape victim). The episode ends with Benson, sitting alone, looking at a photo of noah while drinking wine.
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-> '''Rollins, after the conviction:''' What, you think she's going to change her life, I don't, I think she'll be drinking again by Friday night.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Barba puts the surprise witness on the stand knowing he is intoxicated (and the judge allows it).
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* AddledAddict: both the victim and the surprise witness, who met her in AA and who shows up to court drunk. He didn't call 911 in part because of his shame over his relapse into drinking.
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* AddledAddict: both the victim and the surprise witness, who met her in AA and who shows up to court drunk. He didn't call 911 in part because of his shame over his relapse into drinking.drinking (he relapsed after watching the assault after five years of sobriety).
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* AddledAddict: both the victim and the surprise witness, who met her in AA and who shows up to court drunk. He didn't call 911 in part because of his shame over his relapse into drinking.
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* AssholeVictim: this is Rollins' assessment of the victim, she goes on a long rant about how there's no such thing as a perfecr victim but this one is unacceptably irresponsible because women with kids mustn't go out and use drugs.
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* AssholeVictim: this is Rollins' assessment of the victim, she goes on a long rant about how there's no such thing as a perfecr perfect victim but this one is unacceptably irresponsible because women with kids mustn't go out and [[DrugsAreBad use drugs.drugs]].
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* AssholeVictim: this is Rollins' assessment of the victim, she goes on a long rant about how there's no such thing as a perfecr victim but this one is unacceptably irresponsible because women with kids mustn't go out and use drugs.
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When an intoxicated woman is attacked outside of her apartment building, the SVU team investigates, only to find out that there are multiple witnesses who didn't call for help. While the woman struggles to remember what happened to her, Benson and Barba must deal with the unreliability of those witnesses in making an ID of the attackers. The case catches a break when Carisi is able to convince an unassuming witness to step up and testify in court.
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* BystanderSyndrome: Not only were the neighbors unwilling to help, they're also unwilling to even testify. Also, when Carisi was pursuing one of the perps, people were just watching him without helping. But once Carisi catches the perp, the bystanders were all too eager to flip open their phones and shoot video of the arrest.
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* BystanderSyndrome: Not only were the neighbors unwilling to help, help the rape victim, they're also unwilling to even testify. Also, when Carisi was pursuing one of the perps, people were just watching him without helping. But once Carisi catches the perp, the bystanders were all too eager to flip open their phones and shoot video of the arrest.
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When an intoxicated woman is attacked outside of her apartment building, the SVU team investigates, only to find out that there are multiple witnesses who didn't call for help. While the woman struggles to remember what happened to her, Benson and Barba must deal with the unreliability of those witnesses in making an ID of the attackers. The case catches a break when Carisi is able to convince an unassuming witness to step up and testify in court.
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When an intoxicated woman is attacked outside of her apartment building, the SVU team investigates, only to find out that there are multiple witnesses who didn't call for help. While the woman struggles to remember what happened to her, Benson and Barba must deal with the unreliability of those witnesses in making an ID of the attackers. The case catches a break when Carisi is able to convince an unassuming witness to step up and testify in court.court.
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* BystanderSyndrome: Not only were the neighbors unwilling to help, they're also unwilling to even testify. Also, when Carisi was pursuing one of the perps, people were just watching him without helping. But once Carisi catches the perp, the bystanders were all too eager to flip open their phones and shoot video of the arrest.
* PhotographicMemory: The surprise star witness has one.
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* BystanderSyndrome: Not only were the neighbors unwilling to help, they're also unwilling to even testify. Also, when Carisi was pursuing one of the perps, people were just watching him without helping. But once Carisi catches the perp, the bystanders were all too eager to flip open their phones and shoot video of the arrest.
* PhotographicMemory: The surprise star witness has one.
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Written By Creator/RobertBrooksCohen
Directed By Creator/MichaelPressman
When an intoxicated woman is attacked outside of her apartment building, the SVU team investigates, only to find out that there are multiple witnesses who didn't call for help. While the woman struggles to remember what happened to her, Benson and Barba must deal with the unreliability of those witnesses in making an ID of the attackers. The case catches a break when Carisi is able to convince an unassuming witness to step up and testify in court.
Directed By Creator/MichaelPressman
When an intoxicated woman is attacked outside of her apartment building, the SVU team investigates, only to find out that there are multiple witnesses who didn't call for help. While the woman struggles to remember what happened to her, Benson and Barba must deal with the unreliability of those witnesses in making an ID of the attackers. The case catches a break when Carisi is able to convince an unassuming witness to step up and testify in court.
