Watch the official "Third Man Syndrome" clip from the NBC crime drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Season 25 Episode 8, created by Dick Wolf.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Cast:
Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Kelli Giddish, Peter Scanavino, Richard Belzer, Greg Grunberg, Dann Florek, Michelle Hurd, Stephanie March, Ice-T, BD Wong and Diane Neal
Stream Law & Order: SVU Season 25 now on Peacock!
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Cast:
Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Kelli Giddish, Peter Scanavino, Richard Belzer, Greg Grunberg, Dann Florek, Michelle Hurd, Stephanie March, Ice-T, BD Wong and Diane Neal
Stream Law & Order: SVU Season 25 now on Peacock!
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00:00 So the homeless guy confirmed that he heard anti-gay slurs.
00:03 Yeah, he was reluctant, but cooperative.
00:05 But he didn't see the perps.
00:06 No, but he saw somebody who did.
00:08 Well, don't keep me in suspense, Detective.
00:10 There's a third witness, a woman who lives on the block,
00:13 saw the entire attack from her window,
00:15 and she described the perps in detail.
00:18 Then why isn't she here making a statement?
00:19 Well, because from what I gathered, she's agoraphobic,
00:24 and she hasn't left her apartment in years.
00:27 OK.
00:28 How is she going to get to court to testify?
00:30 Well, one step at a time, Counselor.
00:32 She heard the perps' names.
00:34 First and last?
00:36 Zach and Mo.
00:39 OK, that's better than nothing, I suppose.
00:41 We can run the names through Vycam.
00:43 Got a hit on a black 4x4 with jersey plates.
00:46 How many is the good news?
00:48 As good as it gets.
00:48 Car is reported stolen two days ago
00:50 from a garage in Roselle Park.
00:52 Where's the car now?
00:54 Recovered an hour ago.
00:55 It was abandoned eight blocks from where it was stolen.
00:57 What about the condition of the car?
00:59 Any evidence?
01:00 Fast food containers, beer bottles.
01:01 Great.
01:02 We can pull prints and DNA.
01:04 Roselle Park precinct's going to expedite.
01:06 They're aware that this could be related
01:08 to our hate crimes case.
01:09 We have an even better shortcut.
01:11 First names, Zach and Mo.
01:14 Roselle Park's a small suburb.
01:16 These idiots, it can't be the first time
01:17 they got in local trouble.
01:18 So head to Jersey and run their names and descriptions
01:22 by the precinct cops.
01:23 And oh, did you find the witness from the bar
01:25 where they were singing show tunes?
01:26 Not yet.
01:28 Well, he may not exist.
01:31 Because the woman who saw the whole attack
01:35 said that Javier was alone.
01:38 Could be a case of the third man syndrome.
01:40 Third man syndrome?
01:41 It's a weird hiccup in the human brain
01:43 when it's trying to comfort itself in survival situations.
01:47 So you're saying that he saw someone that wasn't there?
01:51 It's not too different than an imaginary friend
01:53 or a guardian angel.
01:55 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:57 We'll pick up the three guys from Roselle Park, because we
02:00 know that they're not angels.
02:03 [MUSIC PLAYING]
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02:10 [BLANK_AUDIO]