Quotes
Melanie: You know that thing, the idea that we’re supposed to slow down, pay attention to things?
Sugar: Mm-hm.
Melanie: You know, we slow down, we put down our phones, maybe we see the world as beautiful?
Sugar: Yeah. Stop and smell the roses.
Melanie: Might be the opposite.
Sugar: What do you mean?
Melanie: Might be the reason we don’t look is because it’s all so sad and ugly.
Sugar: Yeah, but not everything. We have sea lions, Patti Smith, Cyprus trees. The sound of your little sister laughing after having fun.
I think of us as friends. And I'm sure you'll do the same for me one day.
Captain Wagner
Elsbeth: I love those ball kids. They're so quiet. Feels like they could really sneak right up on you.
Cliff: Maybe you should try out next year.
Elsbeth: Oh. No, I don't think I'd be good at that. Plus, my knees.
Detective Smullen: Is there anything else that you can think of?
Cliff: Yeah, this-this doesn't have any kind of special insight. I just follow Yoyo like any other tennis player. But if you ask me, you should be looking at the Russians.
Detective Smullen: The Russians?
Cliff: Yeah, he was pretty outspoken after the invasion. I think he got under Putin's skin. I mean, it wouldn't be the first time this guy put a hit out on someone.
Detective Smullen: This is why people don't like lawyers
Elsbeth: Really? I thought it was the frivolous lawsuits and overbilling.
Cliff: I'm sorry. I didn't get your name.
Elsbeth: Oh, Eslbeth Tascioni.
Cliff: I actually have a cousin named Elsbeth.
Elsbeth: Tell her I'm sorry.
Anything can happen in those matches. You know that.
Cliff
Jet: They found blood at the scene. I had the lab rush sequencing it. And it's...
Bell: It's Sam's blood.
Randall: Sam, the cop that went m — Wait, they found his blood at the place my brother works? What does this mean?
Stabler: Seems like cutting ties was a mutual thing.
Angus: Seems like that. Well, if he wants a war, I guess I got one more in me.
Angus: I heard of users leaving their families, but I never thought... Nolan is not that guy!
Stabler: Yeah well everyone has something. You see the man but you don't see his demons.
Bad things happen but we have to have each other's back. At the end of the day, we are all we've got.
Stabler
The guy is like Teflon. If he gets a whiff of danger, he cuts and runs.
Trish