Law & Order SVU "Surrendering Noah" Episode Discussion

learned:

* but she didn't.

* slimeball defense lawyer: see what i did there, Barba? i'm schooling you.
Barba: okay, you know all the legal loopholes but why u gotta look so smug while doing it?

* Johnny D: please give this stuffed giraffe to my baby boy.
Amaro: pshhhh, yeah we'll get right on that for ya.
Johnny D: don't worry, i took the cocaine out of it.

* IAB: Amaro could cure cancer and he still wouldn't be accepted by the higher-ups.
Liv: no, if he cured cancer he could be sergeant.
IAB: wanna fuck?

* Liv: Nick i don't know how to put this but everyone hates you.
Amaro: as long as you live you never really escape high school, huh? it would have been easier to take if they just thought i was too dumb to pass the test.

* Carisi: they're casting shade.
the squad looks at Carisi with bewilderment.
Peter Scanavino: sorry, that's not in the script, i get all juiced when i'm doing the accent and everything i can't stop myself.

* pimp: yeah i've been reading books while i've been in here, Malcolm X, Martha Stewart.
Carisi: the only book you should be reading in the joint is the one that shows you how to build a suit of armor for yourself out of spoons.

* after the courtroom shootout:
Liv: are you okay, judge?
judge: i'll live.
Liv: the tv made it seem you got shot in the face.

* babysitter: how was your day?
Liv: courtroom shootout, people dead, just another Wednesday.
babysitter: OMG the day i had! first i chipped a nail. then Ellen was a frickin' repeat! and then i was on the phone for hours with my man and he said...
Liv: who's your boyfriend? on second thought, don't tell me, i don't care...
babysitter: Cassidy.
Liv: *sigh*

* isn't it so Dave that of all the songs from all the bands and singers and artists out there over that span of years, out of the entire history of music, crusty old Dave's favorite song is "Everlong" by Foo Fighters?

* judge: everything seems to be in order. i'm gonna go ahead and approve this adoption. who is this handsome man representing you today, Liv?
Liv: my husband.
judge: conflict of interest.
Liv: how so?
judge: well he's your husband but i'm interested in him.

* Liv (crying): Nick, i'll miss you so much. i grew with you. i didn't grow with my ex. with my previous partner, that whole situation, all those years with him, suffocated me, stunted my growth. i didn't have the heart to tell the shippers that it was never gonna happen cos i secretly hated him.
Amaro: who was your old partner again? Unstable something?
Liv: i'd rather not say his name.