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Recap / Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S13 E21 "Learning Curve"

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Written By Warren Leight and Julie Martin

Directed by Jonathan Herron

Fin's potential son-in-law is beaten by a gay-bashing gang just as Ken is ready to announce the marriage to his father. Then another victim-this one a teacher from a private school- turns up, and investigation into the victim's past for any connections to the previous turns up past allegations of molestation towards his students.

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  • Asshole Victim: Natalie Relais.
  • Disc-One Final Boss: The gay-bashers who attacked Alejandro. They get caught early and are sent away for life.
  • Homophobic Hate Crime: The first part of the episode is about a series of hate crimes involving homosexual men being abducted, beaten, and sodomized with a baseball bat.
  • Hostage Situation: Luca snaps and holds Natalie hostage before immediately killing her when she rejects him.
  • Trailers Always Lie: Previews made it seem like Tutuola was going Vigilante Man on the gay-bashers who beat Alejandro (his son Ken's fiance) into a coma; actually, the gay-bashers were found fairly quickly and the real story was about a copy-cat.

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