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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Briscoe's daughter dies in this episode. He himself continues to appear in the series beyond.
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* WhamEpisode: Briscoe's daughter is murdered in retaliation for testifying.
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* WhamEpisode: Briscoe's daughter is murdered in retaliation for testifying.testifying.
* WhatTheHellHero: Understandably, Briscoe calls out the assistant district attorney who forced his daughter to testify against the guy who killed her.
-->'''Briscoe''': You did this! You son of a bitch!
* WhatTheHellHero: Understandably, Briscoe calls out the assistant district attorney who forced his daughter to testify against the guy who killed her.
-->'''Briscoe''': You did this! You son of a bitch!
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* BigSisterInstinct: Inverted; Sally is protective of her older sister Valerie.
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* BigSisterInstinct: Inverted; Sally is protective of her older sister Valerie.Valerie due to Valerie's disability. Valerie herself is aware of the inversion and at one point [[LampshadeHanging notes that it should be the other way around]].
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* BigSisterInstinct: Inverted; Sally is protective of her older sister Valerie.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Ridge_rape 1989 Glen Ridge rape case]].
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Briscoe and Curtis investigate the shooting of a teacher. They eventually learn that she was not the intended target; the shooter, Sally Maxwell, was trying to get the boys who took advantage of her intellectually disabled sister, Valerie (Creator/LaurenAmbrose).
!!Tropes present in this episode
* DownerEnding: [=McCoy=] wins his case, but the judge sets aside the guilty verdict with a NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization. Valerie's father wants to protect her and refuses to have her subjected to more testifying. Despite her disability, Valerie, who thought the boys really were her friends, realizes they exploited her and other kids in the school are calling her "the [r-word] who got raped". And on top of that, Catherine Briscoe is found murdered—and her father gets to see the site where her body was unceremoniously dumped.
* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Comes from the judge who sets aside a guilty verdict at the defense's request, to [=McCoy=]'s shock:
-->'''[=McCoy=]''': Objection! The prosecution proved its case!\\
'''Judge Wright''': What case, Mr. [=McCoy=]? Have we gone so far down the road of political correctness that sex between willing partners is now called rape?! The girl said yes!\\
'''[=McCoy=]''': She has the mind of a child!\\
'''Judge Wright''': Well, she's mature enough to be plenty intrigued by her own sexuality. Face it, counselor. She had the time of her life. Case dismissed.
* WhamEpisode: Briscoe's daughter is murdered in retaliation for testifying.
!!Tropes present in this episode
* DownerEnding: [=McCoy=] wins his case, but the judge sets aside the guilty verdict with a NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization. Valerie's father wants to protect her and refuses to have her subjected to more testifying. Despite her disability, Valerie, who thought the boys really were her friends, realizes they exploited her and other kids in the school are calling her "the [r-word] who got raped". And on top of that, Catherine Briscoe is found murdered—and her father gets to see the site where her body was unceremoniously dumped.
* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Comes from the judge who sets aside a guilty verdict at the defense's request, to [=McCoy=]'s shock:
-->'''[=McCoy=]''': Objection! The prosecution proved its case!\\
'''Judge Wright''': What case, Mr. [=McCoy=]? Have we gone so far down the road of political correctness that sex between willing partners is now called rape?! The girl said yes!\\
'''[=McCoy=]''': She has the mind of a child!\\
'''Judge Wright''': Well, she's mature enough to be plenty intrigued by her own sexuality. Face it, counselor. She had the time of her life. Case dismissed.
* WhamEpisode: Briscoe's daughter is murdered in retaliation for testifying.
