Okay, the line from Sars's recap that still has me giggling? "But it's Amaro, so nobody really listens to him, and overall that's fine by me." Heh, awesome.

Anyway, the episode was interesting, but—pardon me a wee rant for a moment—are TPTB allergic to showing the closing arguments these days?  They could've cut two minutes of ANYTHING else and just shown highlights of Barba's and Cohen's final statements so we weren't going into the verdict blind.  Y U NO WRITE SUMMATIONS, SVU WRITERS?  I WANT TO BASK IN THE GLORY OF BARBA'S SNARK AND SPIFFY SUITS!  ::incoherent sounds of rage::

As for Murphy's discussion with Rollins about authority figures, I took it to mean that he thought she had a blind spot because she looked up to them (and thus was predisposed to presume their innocence...which, granted, should be done of all potential suspects, but whatever), not because she had intimate relationships with them.

Meanwhile, the second the "ugly duckling" sister came on the screen, I was all "Okay, what is her role?  Did she coach the kid?  How does she fit into this mess, because clearly she can't just be an innocent bystander."  Oh well, I suppose they don't have the luxury of introducing lots of superfluous characters to mask those who are actually important and add a minor air of mystery.  Le sigh.

If nothing else, I'm excited for all the guest stars next week!  And BD Wong is back!!  GLEE!!

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