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* DirtyCop: Benson arrested Metcalf because she just didn't like him, even after Barba explicitly told her that what he did wasn't illegal. Barba also qualifies for charging him for a non-existent crime.
* InsaneTrollLogic: After telling Benson that a BedTrick is not legally rape, Barba says if they can demonstrate a pattern it might persuade a jury. In other words, Barba believes that if you do something that isn't illegal enough times, it can become illegal.
* KarmaHoudini: Everyone.
** Gary Bell was secretly recording Metcalf and his victims having sex. No punishment.
** Benson and Barba abused their authority in arresting and prosecuting a man for breaking a law that they knew didn't exist, Barba even quoted the legal precedent. As usual, no consequences.
** Metcalf's victims were trying to steal a university admission slot. No punishment. Downplayed since their attempts were AllForNothing, living with the fact that they fell for Metcalf's trick could be considered punishment enough.
* ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife: Metcalf's victims all felt entitled to steal a university admissions slot. The two that were shown kept whining about how hard the admissions process is for rich white people.
* KarmaHoudini: Everyone.
** Gary Bell was secretly recording Metcalf and his victims having sex. No punishment.
** Benson and Barba abused their authority in arresting and prosecuting a man for breaking a law that they knew didn't exist, Barba even quoted the legal precedent. As usual, no consequences.
** Metcalf's victims were trying to steal a university admission slot. No punishment. Downplayed since their attempts were AllForNothing, living with the fact that they fell for Metcalf's trick could be considered punishment enough.
* ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife: Metcalf's victims all felt entitled to steal a university admissions slot. The two that were shown kept whining about how hard the admissions process is for rich white people.
* SkewedPriorities: Bell secretly recorded Metcalf and his victims without their knowledge, making Metcalf and his victims, Bell's victims. Since the cops didn't really have any evidence against Bell, they bluffed to get him to not lie for Metcalf. They probably would have had enough evidence to prosecute Bell if they had made a deal with Metcalf. So they made a deal with a sex offender to prosecute one of his victims for an imaginary crime, instead of making a deal with a person who broke an imaginary law to prosecute a real sex offender, even though the women they said they wanted justice for were Bell's victims as well.
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* ViewersAreGoldfish: Throughout the episode, the characters argue over whether assuming a false identity to get sex constitutes rape, with Benson vehemently insisting that it does. The only way this argument, and Benson's opinion, makes any sense is if everyone in-universe, and the audience, completely forget about Nick Amaro and the fact that he got a woman pregnant while undercover. There was also the Romanian twin from "[[{{Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS2E19Parasites}} Parasites]]" who, under Benson's definition, raped her brother-in-law. But this happened long ago enough that everyone forgetting it is perfectly plausible.
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* ViewersAreGoldfish: Throughout the episode, the characters argue over whether assuming a false identity to get sex constitutes rape, with Benson vehemently insisting that it does. The only way this argument, and Benson's opinion, makes any sense is if everyone in-universe, and the audience, completely forget about Nick Amaro and the fact that he got a woman pregnant while undercover. There was also the Romanian twin from "[[{{Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS2E19Parasites}} Parasites]]" who, under Benson's definition, raped her brother-in-law. But this happened long ago enough that everyone forgetting it is perfectly plausible.plausible.
* WhatTheHellHero: Barba gets one from the judge, who was not impressed by his creative interpretation of rape.
* WhatTheHellHero: Barba gets one from the judge, who was not impressed by his creative interpretation of rape.
