Law & Order SVU "Perverted Justice" Episode Discussion

learned:

* now this is what i'm talkin bout. much much better, i mean we actually had an episode that wasn't a soap opera. it wasn't about gambling debts or ex-wives or babies. it was a case. how refreshing. we were introduced to a new family and the show focused on that family, not the squad. and, gasp, there was a MYSTERY here! there was a messy ending. it was left to the viewer to decide. what is this, the first season of the mothership show?

* the biggest star of this episode turned out to be someone no one was expecting: frickin' Wilson is back! but he's turned into an asshole lawyer. House would love him now!

* Carisi: hey boss, i didn't know yous was Unitarian.
Liv: i'm not but it's good for my son to have something to hang onto.
Carisi: something to rebel against when he gets older.
Liv: what are you, Carisi?
Carisi: i believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster. nah just bustin' ya chops, but i do love spaghetti.

* Pembleton: oh my god what i would have done if i was out on the streets of Baltimore during that one day of riots...

* Liv: those kids are so cute! so Captain, how are you and Mel Harris?
Cragen: i'm not with her anymore, i'm with Nicole Wallace.
Amaro: come on Captain.
Cragen: i know, i know, but she's hot.
Amaro: the station's fallen apart without you, Captain.
Cragen: i know, this show basically died when Stabler left.

* Rollins: Captain!
Cragen: hello blondie, do i know you? sorry it's just i'm getting older and every blonde i see now registers in my brain as Nicole Wallace.
Carisi: hello, Captain.
Cragen: hello, sonnyboy.
Carisi: that's exactly right, sir, that's exactly my name.

* spaced-out former lawyer: i used to practice law till they disbarred me. is it a crime to have 1723 hand puppets in one's apartment? got any weed? it's legal now, right?
Amaro: ma'am do you know anything about a certain letter?
spaced-out former lawyer: E is my favorite letter. i watch Sesame Street everyday. on E.
Rollins: thank you ma'am, goodbye. so Nick, wanna fuck somewhere before lunch?

* cranky judge: step away, counselor, i read the paperwork, i'm prepared.
Pembleton: what really happened to the sympathetic judge i wanted?
cranky judge: i stole her paperwork and locked her in my office. happy?

* at the bar.
Pembleton: i'll have what she's having.
Liv: i'm having prune juice.