[s23e12] Tommy Baker's Hardest Fight May 2026

It is revealed that Tommy's boyfriend, Phil, and another man, Ricky Nowak, attacked him. The assault was motivated by a mixture of personal jealousy and fear that Tommy's public coming out would expose Phil's own private life. Key Themes and Character Dynamics Tommy Baker's Hardest Fight - Special Victims Unit - IMDb

is the 12th episode of the 23rd season of the long-running police procedural Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . It originally aired on January 20, 2022, on NBC . Plot Overview [S23E12] Tommy Baker's Hardest Fight

The episode begins when Tommy Baker, a popular undefeated professional boxer, fails to show up for the biggest match of his career. The investigation quickly transitions from a missing person case to a violent crime when Tommy is discovered barely alive in a car, having been brutally attacked. Detectives Rollins and Velasco uncover that Tommy had been living a "double life"; while married to his childhood best friend, Chrissy, he was secretly dating a man named Phil. It is revealed that Tommy's boyfriend, Phil, and

Tommy intended to come out publicly after his upcoming victory and had planned a visibility campaign. It originally aired on January 20, 2022, on NBC

The central conflict focuses on the motives behind the attack: