Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Agent Provocateur (2015)

Raúl Esparza: ADA Rafael Barba

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• A.D.A. Rafael Barba : [to Olivia about Lenny Simmons]  Guess who didn't show? I just spent the past two hours with 23 grand jurors playing sudoku.

  Olivia Benson : [while playing with Noah]  It's Friday. How about we pick him up at the end of the day?

  A.D.A. Rafael Barba : So he can't get processed until Monday and has to spend the weekend at the tombs? Motherhood has really changed you, Liv. Brought out your sweet side.

• Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : You can put a UC in his cell.

  A.D.A. Rafael Barba : He's under arrest. NYPD can't have an ex-parte conversation.

  Olivia Benson : Not on his case, but if he gives us information about somebody else? That's fair game.

  A.D.A. Rafael Barba : Is it? I didn't hear any of this.

  [walks away smiling] 

• Olivia Benson : [about Madison]  She's finally telling the truth.

  A.D.A. Rafael Barba : Good for her. Too bad she's lied so many times, the jury won't believe a word she says.

• Olivia Benson : Lenny's a third-rate hack, although he wants everyone to think he's Woodward and Bernstein. You know, he may not show.

  A.D.A. Rafael Barba : Don't forget before he became a vulture, he was a lawyer.

  Olivia Benson : Yeah, a distinction without a difference.

  A.D.A. Rafael Barba : It means he knows if he doesn't show, he goes to jail.

  Nick Amaro : Yeah, he doesn't have the stones for that.

  A.D.A. Rafael Barba : Agreed. All bat, no balls.

• Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr. : [about Madison]  If I'm Russo's lawyer, I'm gonna paint her as a crazy fan who admitted to using drugs and alcohol, who stalked him...

  A.D.A. Rafael Barba : [cuts him off]  Save it for night school.

• Lydia Lebasi : Lenny dropped my name? That little bitch. Let him give you the missing footage if he knows so much.

  A.D.A. Rafael Barba : Didn't you hear the news? Lenny Simmons is a free press crusader.

  Nick Amaro : You, on the other hand are just Scott Russo's cleaning lady.

• Olivia Benson : Do we have enough to charge?

  A.D.A. Rafael Barba : Charge, sure. Make the case, no. The drugs and the condoms are circumstantial. What does the girl say?

  Olivia Benson : Last time we spoke to Madison, she said she didn't recall going to his hotel room.

  A.D.A. Rafael Barba : Talk to her again.

• A.D.A. Rafael Barba : An ethical lapse by LMZ. I'm shocked.

• Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr. : He picks up an underage girl, she OD's in his bed, he makes some calls, goes away.

  Nick Amaro : Then why leave the last part to chance?

  A.D.A. Rafael Barba : You mean killed her? You're watching too many movies.

• A.D.A. Rafael Barba : Thorough. Thoughtful. Stupid.

• A.D.A. Rafael Barba : [while rolling his eyes as Scott Russo begins a smarmy speech to his fans]  Check, please.