Initially i was conflicted by this episode because i didn't know how the message and meaning of this case was going to play out with regards to the struggle of sexual transition and possibly contributing to a stigma and hate towards these individuals in the end, not to mention adding to the stigma, the act of a crime. By the end it felt like it opened the door to conversation if anything which is important. I don't think the crime was in anyway justified but it gave the show the vehicle to examine the subject. The cast in this case was stellar as always.