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* NeverMyFault: As she's being arrested for her crimes, Mrs Krug tries to deny any wrongdoing, claiming that her way of striking Jerry repeatedly with frying pans and other hard objects was done as a way to "fixing him" and even says that she's NOT the one who is sick.
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* NeverMyFault: As she's being arrested for her crimes, Mrs Krug tries to deny any wrongdoing, claiming that her way of striking Jerry repeatedly with frying pans and other hard objects was done as a way to of "fixing him" and even says that she's NOT the one who is sick.
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* NeverMyFault: As she's being arrested for her crimes, Mrs Krug tries to deny any wrongdoing, claiming that her way of striking Jerry repeatedly with frying pans and other hard objects was done as a way to "fixing him" and even says that she's NOT the one who is sick.
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* AbusiveParents: Mrs. Krug, Jerry's mother struck her son repeatedly with a frying pan]] that caused his behavior to shift towards uncontrollable outbursts. She is also known to abuse her younger son, but not as severely as Jerry.
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* AbusiveParents: Mrs. Krug, Jerry's mother struck her son repeatedly with a frying pan]] pan that caused his behavior to shift towards uncontrollable outbursts. She is also known to abuse her younger son, but not as severely as Jerry.
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Mrs Krug, Jerry's mother struck her son repeatedly with a frying pan]] that caused his behavior to shift towards uncontrollable outbursts. [[spoiler: She is also known to abuse her younger son, but not as severely as Jerry.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: What convinces Jerry to testify against [[spoiler:his mother is that with him in prison she'll only have his younger brother to direct her aggression to.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: What convinces Jerry to testify against [[spoiler:his mother is that with him in prison she'll only have his younger brother to direct her aggression to.]]
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Mrs Mrs. Krug, Jerry's mother struck her son repeatedly with a frying pan]] that caused his behavior to shift towards uncontrollable outbursts. [[spoiler: She is also known to abuse her younger son, but not as severely as Jerry.]]
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* BigBrotherInstinct: What convinces Jerry to testify against[[spoiler:his his mother is that with him in prison prison, she'll only have his younger brother to direct her aggression to.]]
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: Shoe fetishist Jerry Dupree kills a woman for her boots. Dr. Huang insists that fetishism is a harmless sexual variation, and a very tragic story is gradually revealed. [[spoiler: It turns out that the murderer's mother hated her son for being sexually "abnormal". She tried to "cure" his fetishism by beating him in the head with frying pans and other hard objects, and eventually this abuse caused him permanent brain damage that made him unstable enough to kill a woman by mistake.]]
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: Shoe fetishist Jerry Dupree kills a woman for her boots. Dr. Huang insists that fetishism is a harmless sexual variation, and a very tragic story is gradually revealed. [[spoiler: It turns out that the murderer's mother hated her son for being sexually "abnormal". She tried to "cure" his fetishism by beating him in the head with frying pans and other hard objects, and eventually this abuse caused him permanent brain damage that made him unstable enough to kill a woman by mistake.]]
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* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Kunsong went into Jerry Dupree's apartment by [[StumbledIntoThePlot sheer happenstance]] because she [[spoiler: mixed up the apartment number for a couch seller (she went to #642 instead of #462). Had she not done so, she would not have met such a grisly fate.]]
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* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Kunsong went into Jerry Dupree's apartment by [[StumbledIntoThePlot sheer happenstance]] because she [[spoiler: mixed up the apartment number for a couch seller (she went to #642 instead of #462). Had she not done so, she would not have met such a grisly fate.]]
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** Preston, off screen, in response to Benson and Stabler demanding that Ryan come to the station with them, as Ryan opens the door to reveal him, thus revealing that they're a couple.
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** Preston, off screen, in response to Benson and Stabler demanding that Ryan come to the station with them, as Ryan opens the door to reveal him, thus revealing that they're a couple.couple.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Preston disappears once it's established that he's gay and wasn't his wife's killer. Given that he clearly genuinely cared about her, even if only in a platonic sense, it's odd that he wouldn't still be invested in seeing her murderer brought to justice.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Preston disappears once it's established that he's gay and wasn't his wife's killer. Given that he clearly genuinely cared about her, even if only in a platonic sense, it's odd that he wouldn't still be invested in seeing her murderer brought to justice.
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** Additionally, the detectives realize that Preston and Ryan are innocent of Kunsong's murder upon discovering that they're a couple, but in truth, either of them could still have been her killer, wanting to get rid of the obstacle to their relationship.
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A Tibetan woman who was tortured in her home country is found murdered, with her foot missing. After an exhaustive search of potential suspects, the killer (Creator/CharlieHofheimer) is found to be a victim of torture at the hands of his mother (Creator/MargaretColin) who tried to use violence to cure him of his shoe fetish.
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Mrs Krug, Jerry's mother struck her son repeatedly with a frying pan]] that caused his behavior to shift towards uncontrollable outbursts.
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Mrs Krug, Jerry's mother struck her son repeatedly with a frying pan]] that caused his behavior to shift towards uncontrollable outbursts. [[spoiler: She is also known to abuse her younger son, but not as severely as Jerry.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: What convinces Jerry to testify against [[spoiler:his mother is that with him in prison she'll only have his younger brother to direct her aggression to.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: What convinces Jerry to testify against [[spoiler:his mother is that with him in prison she'll only have his younger brother to direct her aggression to.]]
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* MistakenForCheating: The detectives assume Kunsong was having an affair when they learn that she had lunch with another man the day she was killed. It turns out he was her ''husband's'' boyfriend.
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* MistakenForCheating: The detectives assume Kunsong was having an affair when they learn that she had lunch with another man the day she was killed. It turns out he was her ''husband's'' boyfriend.boyfriend; his meeting with Kunsong was to bury the hatchet after her citizenship marriage put a strain on the husband and boyfriend's relationship.
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* CitizenshipMarriage: What it turns out Kunsong and her husband Preston were in--he's ''gay'' and married her to get her out of the hellish conditions in Tibet.
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* CitizenshipMarriage: What it turns out Kunsong and her husband Preston were in--he's ''gay'' in; he's gay and married her to get her out of the hellish conditions in Tibet.Tibet. His partner is aware of the whole situation.
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* {{Irony}}: Kunsong survives and escapes torture in her native Tibet, only to be brutally murdered in the US.
** Benson and Stabler realize that Preston and Ryan are innocent when they learn that they're a couple, but them being gay really doesn't make it any less likely that neither of them killed her. Ryan outright stated that the fake marriage was putting a strain on their relationship. Either of them could have decided to get rid of her.
** Benson and Stabler realize that Preston and Ryan are innocent when they learn that they're a couple, but them being gay really doesn't make it any less likely that neither of them killed her. Ryan outright stated that the fake marriage was putting a strain on their relationship. Either of them could have decided to get rid of her.
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* {{Irony}}: As [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Cragen, Kunsong survives and escapes torture in her native Tibet, only to be brutally murdered in the US.
** Benson and Stabler realize that Preston and Ryan are innocent when they learn that they're a couple, but them being gay really doesn't make it any less likely that neither of them killed her. Ryan outright stated that the fake marriage was putting a strain on their relationship. Either of them could have decided to get rid of her.US.
** Benson and Stabler realize that Preston and Ryan are innocent when they learn that they're a couple, but them being gay really doesn't make it any less likely that neither of them killed her. Ryan outright stated that the fake marriage was putting a strain on their relationship. Either of them could have decided to get rid of her.
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* StraightGay: Neither Kunsong's husband Preston or his boyfriend Ryan display a single stereotype.stereotype, aside from Ryan's apparent fondness for tanning salons.
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** Benson and Stabler realize that Preston and Ryan are innocent when they learn that they're a couple, but then being gay, really doesn't make it any less likely that neither of them killed her. Ryan outright stated that the fake marriage was putting a strain on their relationship. Either of them could have decided to get rid of her.
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** Benson and Stabler realize that Preston and Ryan are innocent when they learn that they're a couple, but then them being gay, gay really doesn't make it any less likely that neither of them killed her. Ryan outright stated that the fake marriage was putting a strain on their relationship. Either of them could have decided to get rid of her.
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* CitizenshipMarriage: What it turns out Kunsong and her husband Preston were in--he's ''gay'' and married her to get her out of the hellish conditions in Tibet.
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* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Kunsong went into Jerry Dupree's apartment by [[StumbledIntoThePlot sheer happenstance]] because she [[spoiler: mixed up the apartment number for a couch seller (she went to #642 instead of #462). Had she not done so, she would not have met such a grisly fate.]]
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* {{Irony}}: Kunsong survives and escapes torture in her native Tibet, only to be brutally murdered in the US.
** Benson and Stabler realize that Preston and Ryan are innocent when they learn that they're a couple, but then being gay, really doesn't make it any less likely that neither of them killed her. Ryan outright stated that the fake marriage was putting a strain on their relationship. Either of them could have decided to get rid of her.
* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Kunsong went into Jerry Dupree's apartment by [[StumbledIntoThePlot sheer happenstance]] because she [[spoiler: mixed up the apartment number for a couch seller (she went to #642 instead of #462). Had she not done so, she would not have met such a grisly fate.]]]]
* MistakenForCheating: The detectives assume Kunsong was having an affair when they learn that she had lunch with another man the day she was killed. It turns out he was her ''husband's'' boyfriend.
* MotiveEqualsConclusiveEvidence: Stabler and Benson show up at the apartment of the man who had lunch with Kunsong the day she was killed and accuse him of being her lover and her murderer, with ''absolutely zero'' evidence to support either accusation.
* RedHerring: The detectives first wonder if Kunsong was murdered by one of her tormentors from Tibet, then by either her husband or who they think is her lover. They're wrong on all counts. In particular, her husband's furtive behavior is not because he's her killer, it's because their CitizenshipMarriage was fake and he could easily end up in jail for that too.
* StraightGay: Neither Kunsong's husband Preston or his boyfriend Ryan display a single stereotype.
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**--> "That won't be necessary"
** Preston, off screen, in response to Benson and Stabler demanding that Ryan come to the station with them, as Ryan opens the door to reveal him, thus revealing that they're a couple.
** Benson and Stabler realize that Preston and Ryan are innocent when they learn that they're a couple, but then being gay, really doesn't make it any less likely that neither of them killed her. Ryan outright stated that the fake marriage was putting a strain on their relationship. Either of them could have decided to get rid of her.
* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Kunsong went into Jerry Dupree's apartment by [[StumbledIntoThePlot sheer happenstance]] because she [[spoiler: mixed up the apartment number for a couch seller (she went to #642 instead of #462). Had she not done so, she would not have met such a grisly fate.
* MistakenForCheating: The detectives assume Kunsong was having an affair when they learn that she had lunch with another man the day she was killed. It turns out he was her ''husband's'' boyfriend.
* MotiveEqualsConclusiveEvidence: Stabler and Benson show up at the apartment of the man who had lunch with Kunsong the day she was killed and accuse him of being her lover and her murderer, with ''absolutely zero'' evidence to support either accusation.
* RedHerring: The detectives first wonder if Kunsong was murdered by one of her tormentors from Tibet, then by either her husband or who they think is her lover. They're wrong on all counts. In particular, her husband's furtive behavior is not because he's her killer, it's because their CitizenshipMarriage was fake and he could easily end up in jail for that too.
* StraightGay: Neither Kunsong's husband Preston or his boyfriend Ryan display a single stereotype.
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**--> "That won't be necessary"
** Preston, off screen, in response to Benson and Stabler demanding that Ryan come to the station with them, as Ryan opens the door to reveal him, thus revealing that they're a couple.
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* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Kunsong went into Jerry Dupree's apartment by [[StumbledIntoThePlot sheer happenstance happenstance]] because she [[spoiler: mixed up the apartment number for a couch seller (she went to #642 instead of #462). Had she not done so, she would not have met such a grisly fate.]]
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: Shoe fetishist Jerry Dupree kills a woman for her boots. Dr. Huang insists that fetishism is a harmless sexual variation, and a very tragic story is gradually revealed. [[spoiler: It turns out that the murderer's mother hated her son for being sexually "abnormal". She tried to "cure" his fetishism by beating him in the head with frying pans and other hard objects, and eventually this abuse caused him permanent brain damage that made him unstable enough to kill a woman by mistake.]]
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: Shoe fetishist Jerry Dupree kills a woman for her boots. Dr. Huang insists that fetishism is a harmless sexual variation, and a very tragic story is gradually revealed. [[spoiler: It turns out that the murderer's mother hated her son for being sexually "abnormal". She tried to "cure" his fetishism by beating him in the head with frying pans and other hard objects, and eventually this abuse caused him permanent brain damage that made him unstable enough to kill a woman by mistake.]]]]
* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Kunsong went into Jerry Dupree's apartment by sheer happenstance because she mixed up the apartment number for a couch seller (she went to #642 instead of #462). Had she not done so, she would not have met such a grisly fate.
* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Kunsong went into Jerry Dupree's apartment by sheer happenstance because she mixed up the apartment number for a couch seller (she went to #642 instead of #462). Had she not done so, she would not have met such a grisly fate.
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A Tibetan woman who was tortured in her home country is found murdered, with her foot missing. After an exhaustive search of potential suspects, the killer (Creator/CharlieHofheimer) is found to be a victim of torture at the hands of his mother (Creator/MargaretColin) who tried to use violence to cure him of his shoe fetish.
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A Tibetan woman who was tortured in her home country is found murdered, with her foot missing. After an exhaustive search of potential suspects, the killer (Creator/CharlieHofheimer) is found to be a victim of torture at the hands of his mother (Creator/MargaretColin) who tried to use violence to cure him of his shoe fetish.fetish.
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: Shoe fetishist Jerry Dupree kills a woman for her boots. Dr. Huang insists that fetishism is a harmless sexual variation, and a very tragic story is gradually revealed. [[spoiler: It turns out that the murderer's mother hated her son for being sexually "abnormal". She tried to "cure" his fetishism by beating him in the head with frying pans and other hard objects, and eventually this abuse caused him permanent brain damage that made him unstable enough to kill a woman by mistake.]]
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* HeteronormativeCrusader: Shoe fetishist Jerry Dupree kills a woman for her boots. Dr. Huang insists that fetishism is a harmless sexual variation, and a very tragic story is gradually revealed. [[spoiler: It turns out that the murderer's mother hated her son for being sexually "abnormal". She tried to "cure" his fetishism by beating him in the head with frying pans and other hard objects, and eventually this abuse caused him permanent brain damage that made him unstable enough to kill a woman by mistake.]]
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Written By Creator/DawnDeNoon and Creator/LisaMariePetersen
Directed By Creator/SteveShill
A Tibetan woman who was tortured in her home country is found murdered, with her foot missing. After an exhaustive search of potential suspects, the killer(Charlie Hofheimer) (Creator/CharlieHofheimer) is found to be a victim of torture at the hands of his mother (Margaret Colin) (Creator/MargaretColin) who tried to use violence to cure him of his shoe fetish.
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