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* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: This is the message of the episode. A man wrongly convicted of rape is released after serving 16 years in prison. After making friends with the woman formerly believed to be his victim, he's accused of her daughter's rape and murder. It turns out he ''did'' do it, after 16 years of PrisonRape and {{No-Holds-Barred Beatdown}}s by fellow prisoners. He became attracted to her daughter, and when she laughed him off after he'd told her, he then (while drunk) flew into a rage.
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* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: This is the message of the episode. A man wrongly convicted of rape is released after serving 16 years in prison. After making friends with the woman formerly believed to be his victim, he's accused of her daughter's rape and murder. It turns out he ''did'' do it, after 16 years of PrisonRape and {{No-Holds-Barred Beatdown}}s NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by fellow prisoners. He became attracted to her daughter, and when she laughed him off after he'd told her, he then (while drunk) flew into a rage.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Shawn Roberts was falsely accused of rape by Melanie 16 years prior and imprisoned, where he then ended up raped while in prison. He was exonerated but found himself ill-adjusted. [[spoiler: While he got along with Melanie's daughter Ashley, he ended up raping and killing her in a drunken rage after trying to confess his love for her. Melanie even agonizes over testifying as if she were right this time, it would acknowledge that she held a bit of responsibility in setting off the chain of events that turned a once-falsely innocent man into a killer and the demise of her daughter.]]
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Shawn Roberts was falsely accused of rape by Melanie 16 years prior and imprisoned, where he then ended up raped while in prison. He was exonerated but found himself ill-adjusted. [[spoiler: While he got along with Melanie's daughter Ashley, he ended up raping and killing her in a drunken rage after trying to confess his love for her. Melanie even agonizes over testifying as if she were right this time, it would acknowledge that she held a bit of responsibility in setting off the chain of events that turned a once-falsely innocent man into a killer and the demise of her daughter.]]
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* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: This is the message of the episode. A man wrongly convicted of rape is released after serving 16 years in prison. After making friends with the woman formerly believed to be his victim, he's accused of her daughter's rape and murder. [[spoiler: It turns out he ''did'' do it, after 16 years of PrisonRape and {{No-Holds-Barred Beatdown}}s by fellow prisoners. He became attracted to her daughter, and when she laughed him off after he'd told her, he then (while drunk) flew into a rage.]]
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* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: This is the message of the episode. A man wrongly convicted of rape is released after serving 16 years in prison. After making friends with the woman formerly believed to be his victim, he's accused of her daughter's rape and murder. [[spoiler: It turns out he ''did'' do it, after 16 years of PrisonRape and {{No-Holds-Barred Beatdown}}s by fellow prisoners. He became attracted to her daughter, and when she laughed him off after he'd told her, he then (while drunk) flew into a rage.]]
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Charlie embellishes his testimony against Shawn (who is actually guilty) in order to curry favor with Detective Rollins.
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* NeverMyFault: Shawn's allocution turns into a roaring rampage of this, as we learn that Ashley's rape and murder was her own fault because she laughed at Shawn, and after that "it just happened".
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* NeverMyFault: Shawn's allocution turns into a roaring rampage of this, as we learn that Ashley's rape and murder rape/murder was her own fault because she laughed at Shawn, and after that she laughed at him "it just happened".
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* BittersweetEnding: Ashley is dead, Shawn gets a mild break on his sentence in compensation for the 16 years taken away from him, and Barba [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] how everyone was put through the ringer on this one to get justice.
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* NeverMyFault: Shawn's allocution turns into a roaring rampage of this, as we learn that Ashley's rape and murder was her own fault because she laughed at Shawn, and after that "it just happened".
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Charlie Dobkins. See also ThePeepingTom below.
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* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: This is the message of the episode. A man wrongly convicted of rape is released after serving 16 years in prison. After making friends with the woman formerly believed to be his victim, he's accused of her daughter's rape and murder. [[spoiler: It turns out he ''did'' do it, after 16 years of [[PrisonRape anal rape]] and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beatings]] by fellow prisoners. He became attracted to her daughter, and when she laughed him off after he'd told her, he then (while drunk) flew into a rage.]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Ashley Harper was blonde and described as being very sweet by Sean.
* LikesOlderWomen: Charlie expresses this trope when he starts to become attracted to Rollins. Rollins didn't even mind it.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Ashley Harper was blonde and described as being very sweet by Sean.
* LikesOlderWomen: Charlie expresses this trope when he starts to become attracted to Rollins. Rollins didn't even mind it.
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* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: This is the message of the episode. A man wrongly convicted of rape is released after serving 16 years in prison. After making friends with the woman formerly believed to be his victim, he's accused of her daughter's rape and murder. [[spoiler: It turns out he ''did'' do it, after 16 years of [[PrisonRape anal rape]] PrisonRape and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beatings]] {{No-Holds-Barred Beatdown}}s by fellow prisoners. He became attracted to her daughter, and when she laughed him off after he'd told her, he then (while drunk) flew into a rage.]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Ashley Harper wasblonde and described as being very sweet by Sean.
* LikesOlderWomen: Charlieexpresses this trope when he starts to become attracted to Rollins. Rollins didn't Rollins, who doesn't even mind it.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Ashley Harper was
* LikesOlderWomen: Charlie
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* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: While not strongly explored, Charlie and his girlfriend Shyvon Stevens. However, Shvyon is actually Hispanic not Black.
* ChivalrousPervert: Despite being an embodiment of AllMenArePerverts, Charlie isn't violent.
* ChivalrousPervert: Despite being an embodiment of AllMenArePerverts, Charlie isn't violent.
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* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: While not strongly explored, Charlie and his girlfriend Shyvon Stevens. However, Shvyon is actually Hispanic Dominican not Black.
* ChivalrousPervert: Despite being an embodiment ofAllMenArePerverts, the AllMenArePerverts trope, Charlie isn't violent.violent and didn't kill Ashley Harper.
* ChivalrousPervert: Despite being an embodiment of
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* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: This is the message of the episode, A man wrongly convicted of rape is released after serving sixteen years in prison. After making friends with the woman formerly believed to be his victim, he's accused of her daughter's rape and murder. [[spoiler: It turns out he ''did'' do it, after 16 years of PrisonRape and NoHoldsBarredBeatdowns by fellow prisoners. He became attracted to her daughter, and when she laughed him off after he'd told her, he then (while drunk) flew into a rage.]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Ashely Harper was blonde and described as being very sweet by Sean.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Ashely Harper was blonde and described as being very sweet by Sean.
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* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: This is the message of the episode, episode. A man wrongly convicted of rape is released after serving sixteen 16 years in prison. After making friends with the woman formerly believed to be his victim, he's accused of her daughter's rape and murder. [[spoiler: It turns out he ''did'' do it, after 16 years of PrisonRape [[PrisonRape anal rape]] and NoHoldsBarredBeatdowns [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beatings]] by fellow prisoners. He became attracted to her daughter, and when she laughed him off after he'd told her, he then (while drunk) flew into a rage.]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold:Ashely Ashley Harper was blonde and described as being very sweet by Sean.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Charlie Dobkins.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Charlie Dobkins. See also ThePeepingTom below.
* ChivalrousPervert: Despite being an embodiment of AllMenArePerverts, Charlie isn't violent.
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* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: This is the message of the episode, A man wrongly convicted of rape is released after serving sixteen years in prison. After making friends with the woman formerly believed to be his victim, he's accused of her daughter's rape and murder. [[spoiler: It turns out he ''did'' do it, after 16 years of [[PrisonRape rape]] and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beatings]] by fellow prisoners. He became attracted to her daughter, and when she laughed him off after he'd told her, he then (while drunk) flew into a rage.]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Ashely Harper.
* LikesOlderWomen: Charlie expresses this trope when he starts to become attracted to Rollins.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Ashely Harper.
* LikesOlderWomen: Charlie expresses this trope when he starts to become attracted to Rollins.
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* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: This is the message of the episode, A man wrongly convicted of rape is released after serving sixteen years in prison. After making friends with the woman formerly believed to be his victim, he's accused of her daughter's rape and murder. [[spoiler: It turns out he ''did'' do it, after 16 years of [[PrisonRape rape]] PrisonRape and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beatings]] NoHoldsBarredBeatdowns by fellow prisoners. He became attracted to her daughter, and when she laughed him off after he'd told her, he then (while drunk) flew into a rage.]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: AshelyHarper.
Harper was blonde and described as being very sweet by Sean.
* LikesOlderWomen: Charlie expresses this trope when he starts to become attracted to Rollins. Rollins didn't even mind it.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Ashely
* LikesOlderWomen: Charlie expresses this trope when he starts to become attracted to Rollins. Rollins didn't even mind it.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Shawn Roberts was falsely accused of rape by Melanie 16 years prior and imprisoned, where he then ended up raped while in prison. He was exonerated but found himself ill-adjusted. While he got along with Melanie's daughter Ashley, he ended up raping and killing her in a drunken rage after trying to confess his love for her. Melanie even agonizes over testifying as if she were right this time, it would acknowledge that she held a bit of responsibility in setting off the chain of events that turned a once-falsely innocent man into a killer and the demise of her daughter.
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: This is the message of the episode, A man wrongly convicted of rape is released after serving sixteen years in prison. After making friends with the woman formerly believed to be his victim, he's accused of her daughter's rape and murder. [[spoiler: It turns out he did do it, after years of rape and beatings by fellow prisoners. He became attracted to her daughter, and when she laughed him off after he'd told her, he then (while drunk) flew into a rage.]]
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* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: While not strongly explored, Charlie and his girlfriend Shyvon Stevens. However, Shvyon is actually Hispanic not Black.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Shawn Roberts was falsely accused of rape by Melanie 16 years prior and imprisoned, where he then ended up raped while in prison. He was exonerated but found himself ill-adjusted. [[spoiler: While he got along with Melanie's daughter Ashley, he ended up raping and killing her in a drunken rage after trying to confess his love for her. Melanie even agonizes over testifying as if she were right this time, it would acknowledge that she held a bit of responsibility in setting off the chain of events that turned a once-falsely innocent man into a killer and the demise of her
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: This is the message of the episode, A man wrongly convicted of rape is released after serving sixteen years in prison. After making friends with the woman formerly believed to be his victim, he's accused of her daughter's rape and murder. [[spoiler: It turns out he
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Ashely Harper.
* LikesOlderWomen: Charlie expresses this trope when he starts to become attracted to Rollins.
* ThePeepingTom: Charlie has a habit of watching women undress at their windows at his rooftop hideout.
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When a DNA rape kit is tested 16 years later, the man originally convicted of the crime, Sean Roberts (Creator/HenryThomas), is released from prison. He befriends the victim and her daughter (Creator/AlexisCollins), being invited to the daughter's wedding. One month after Roberts' release, the daughter is found raped and murdered with evidence pointing to him. Meanwhile, Fin Tutuola is accused of framing Roberts as payback for tarnishing his arrest record, having been the original arresting officer. UsefulNotes/JoeBiden makes a cameo appearance in the cold open.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Shawn Roberts was falsely accused of rape by Melanie 16 years prior and imprisoned, where he then ended up raped while in prison. He was exonerated but found himself ill-adjusted. While he got along with Melanie's daughter Ashley, he ended up raping and killing her in a drunken rage after trying to confess his love for her. Melanie even agonizes over testifying as if she were right this time, it would acknowledge that she held a bit of responsibility in setting off the chain of events that turned a once-falsely innocent man into a killer and the demise of her daughter.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Shawn Roberts was falsely accused of rape by Melanie 16 years prior and imprisoned, where he then ended up raped while in prison. He was exonerated but found himself ill-adjusted. While he got along with Melanie's daughter Ashley, he ended up raping and killing her in a drunken rage after trying to confess his love for her. Melanie even agonizes over testifying as if she were right this time, it would acknowledge that she held a bit of responsibility in setting off the chain of events that turned a once-falsely innocent man into a killer and the demise of her daughter.daughter.
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: This is the message of the episode, A man wrongly convicted of rape is released after serving sixteen years in prison. After making friends with the woman formerly believed to be his victim, he's accused of her daughter's rape and murder. [[spoiler: It turns out he did do it, after years of rape and beatings by fellow prisoners. He became attracted to her daughter, and when she laughed him off after he'd told her, he then (while drunk) flew into a rage.]]
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: This is the message of the episode, A man wrongly convicted of rape is released after serving sixteen years in prison. After making friends with the woman formerly believed to be his victim, he's accused of her daughter's rape and murder. [[spoiler: It turns out he did do it, after years of rape and beatings by fellow prisoners. He became attracted to her daughter, and when she laughed him off after he'd told her, he then (while drunk) flew into a rage.]]
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When a DNA rape kit is tested 16 years later, the man originally convicted of the crime, Sean Roberts (Creator/HenryThomas), is released from prison. He befriends the victim and her daughter (Creator/AlexisCollins), being invited to the daughter's wedding. One month after Roberts' release, the daughter is found raped and murdered with evidence pointing to him. Meanwhile, Fin Tutuola is accused of framing Roberts as payback for tarnishing his arrest record, having been the original arresting officer. UsefulNotes/JoeBiden makes a cameo appearance in the cold open.
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When a DNA rape kit is tested 16 years later, the man originally convicted of the crime, Sean Roberts (Creator/HenryThomas), is released from prison. He befriends the victim and her daughter (Creator/AlexisCollins), being invited to the daughter's wedding. One month after Roberts' release, the daughter is found raped and murdered with evidence pointing to him. Meanwhile, Fin Tutuola is accused of framing Roberts as payback for tarnishing his arrest record, having been the original arresting officer. UsefulNotes/JoeBiden makes a cameo appearance in the cold open.open.
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*CreateYourOwnVillain: Shawn Roberts was falsely accused of rape by Melanie 16 years prior and imprisoned, where he then ended up raped while in prison. He was exonerated but found himself ill-adjusted. While he got along with Melanie's daughter Ashley, he ended up raping and killing her in a drunken rage after trying to confess his love for her. Melanie even agonizes over testifying as if she were right this time, it would acknowledge that she held a bit of responsibility in setting off the chain of events that turned a once-falsely innocent man into a killer and the demise of her daughter.
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*CreateYourOwnVillain: Shawn Roberts was falsely accused of rape by Melanie 16 years prior and imprisoned, where he then ended up raped while in prison. He was exonerated but found himself ill-adjusted. While he got along with Melanie's daughter Ashley, he ended up raping and killing her in a drunken rage after trying to confess his love for her. Melanie even agonizes over testifying as if she were right this time, it would acknowledge that she held a bit of responsibility in setting off the chain of events that turned a once-falsely innocent man into a killer and the demise of her daughter.
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Written By Creator/KevinFox
Directed By Creator/MichaelPressman
When a DNA rape kit is tested 16 years later, the man originally convicted of the crime, Sean Roberts (Creator/HenryThomas), is released from prison. He befriends the victim and her daughter (Creator/AlexisCollins), being invited to the daughter's wedding. One month after Roberts' release, the daughter is found raped and murdered with evidence pointing to him. Meanwhile, Fin Tutuola is accused of framing Roberts as payback for tarnishing his arrest record, having been the original arresting officer. UsefulNotes/JoeBiden makes a cameo appearance in the cold open.
Directed By Creator/MichaelPressman
When a DNA rape kit is tested 16 years later, the man originally convicted of the crime, Sean Roberts (Creator/HenryThomas), is released from prison. He befriends the victim and her daughter (Creator/AlexisCollins), being invited to the daughter's wedding. One month after Roberts' release, the daughter is found raped and murdered with evidence pointing to him. Meanwhile, Fin Tutuola is accused of framing Roberts as payback for tarnishing his arrest record, having been the original arresting officer. UsefulNotes/JoeBiden makes a cameo appearance in the cold open.
