The Good Wife (2009–2016): Season 1, Episode 13 - Bad - full transcript

Previously on The Good Wife:

- Glenn.
- Peter.

So you put me in with the
general population, huh?

Yes.

Miss Madison...

do you recognize this man?

Prior to your relationship with my client,

you had a similar relationship with him.

You wouldn't.

To protect my family,

you have no idea what I'm capable of.



This is not about sex.

Now let me repeat that
because it bares repeating.

This is not... about sex.

So, what is this really about?

My client was convicted
and sentenced to prison

for a very simple and
almost prosaic reason.

He told his subordinates to DP...

decline to prosecute... certain cases,

and the prosecution
believes this was in trade

for financial and sexual favors.

That... is what it comes down to.

But the prosecution has a problem.

The evidence that they
presented at the trial

was entirely circumstantial,
and to be granted



a new trial, we don't even
have to disprove any of it.

What we need to do, what we intend to do,

is to persuade Your Honor

that if the jury had
heard the new evidence

that you will hear
over the next two weeks,

they likely would have
reached a different verdict.

No, I'm all right.

I'm just, uh, staying
for the opening arguments.

How is it going?

Good. They feel good.

Good. The judge likes Peter. He just needs

to be given a reason to decide for him.

Anyway, sorry to be loading up on you,

but the client's going
to be here in an hour.

What client?

Colin Sweeney.

I love the reaction that name gets.

It's like the horses
in young frankenstein.

Are we really going to represent him?

We are really going to represent him.

And, lucky you, you're now second chair.

Lucky me.

I'll see you in an hour.

Clients are going to bolt.

Your clients.

You mean the bleeding heart feminists

who don't pay the bills?

Don't play that game.

This isn't a feminist issue.

Colin Sweeney killed his wife.

Colin Sweeney was found not
guilty of killing his wife.

So was O.J. Yes, and...

Why am I the one standing up

for "innocent until proven guilty" here?

Because you're not.

- You want his company's business.
- Yes, as should you.

We lost a third of our business
with Stern leaving the firm.

We can't turn our noses up
at any clients these days.

Because we know we're not making

- any money from your pet causes.
- It's not a pet cause.

It's not even a lawsuit yet.

I'm just considering it.

Come on. You can't win.

You don't even want to win.

You just want to harass gun manufacturers.

So, it's the wild west, is it?

Without Stern, you have one vote,

I have one vote, and now
it's every man for himself?

Looks like it.

We're heading into a bad time.

Revolvers,

semiautomatics,
six-shot, eight-shot.

To win, we have to show
that the gun manufacturer

knowingly violated state law

when they allowed guns to
be illegally distributed.

Every single one of them

was bought within two miles of here.

- They're all
unloaded? - Mm-hmm.

Slide the bolt to check
for a chambered round.

Drop the magazine.

Do a physical check of the barrel.

You're unloaded.

It's so odd...

the attraction to handguns.

It's almost primal.

It's a good look... Sarah Palin-esque.

Oh, wow. Thank you.

What about that one?

Walther ppk, seven-shot, 9mm.

And how much would
this cost on the street?

It depends.

- That was 50.
- Check this out.

- It's so small.
- Colin Sweeney?

I heard it was a necrophilia thing.

Nope. Chopped her up.

Put her in the dog food.

Don't know what the hell
that jury was thinking.

Tough to convict when
they never found a body.

It's the perfect crime.

Do people still use
sawed-off shotguns these days

or is pass?

So, why is Alicia on it?

Oh, you know why.

Her husband prosecuted him the first time.

So?

Who better to defend him?

Mrs. Florrick.

A pleasure to meet you.

Don't worry.

I killed her with my other hand.

Joking.

Sorry. I've developed

a perverse sense of the
comic over the last year.

Okay, well, let's try
not to joke like that

in court, shall we?

You think it'll come to that... court?

Cantwell is a top
litigator... he wants a trial.

Our goal is to avoid a jury.

You're in a similar situation to O.J.,

if you don't mind me
continuing the metaphor.

Like O.J., you were found not guilty,

but people think you did it,

and they want to see you hurt.

Your stepdaughter is counting on that

that's why she's suing you in civil court.

Charlotte... we never saw
eye to eye, I'm afraid.

She resented Carolyn
leaving her father for me.

Unfortunately, the
Illinois slayer statute says

you can't inherit someone's
estate if you cause their death.

If Charlotte wins, she
gets the money, the company.

What do you think, Mrs. Florrick?

What do I think about what?

Your husband prosecuted me.

You must have an opinion
as to my guilt or innocence.

My opinion is irrelevant.

Not to me. Not at this moment.

You think I killed my wife?

Of course.

Look, you pay us

to represent your interests...

Even though her body was never found?

I'm sure you found ways to dispose of it.

Chopped her up

and buried her in a landfill somewhere?

Or in Lake Michigan.

And my alibi?

That you were driving

from St. Louis to Chicago at the time?

So you have no problem
representing a murderer?

Oh, I have a great problem with it.

But you'll do it anyway?

Unless you'd like to exclude me.

Oh, not for the world.

Okay, great. Well, now that
we've got that settled...

All rise.

Sit down.

Cory, let's get some wd-40 on that.

Calm down.

Give me that. You. Now.

Don't try to hide it. Now!

Okay, now, I know

you're all are excited about this trial,

but this is a probate
matter, and, as such,

you're just visiting here.
I live here. My rules go.

Mr. Gardner, are you ready?

Yes, Your Honor.

Mr. Cantwell?

Where the hell is cantwell?

I, uh...

Who are you?

Nancy Crozier...

Your Honor. Mr. Cantwell has taken sick,

and the plaintiff has asked me to step in.

Miss Armitage?

Yes.

You can request a continuance
if you would like to

look for other representation.

As you can see, the defense
has spared no expense.

Yes, uh, I know, Your Honor, but

Nancy and I go way back, and I think

I'd rather go with someone I trust.

Ma'am, you're not old
enough to go way back,

but if, uh, Miss...

What is it?

Crozier.

Crozier is your choice...

Come on up here, Miss Crozier.

- Okay.
- That's where you sit.

Slip in a motion for a bench trial

before she knows what hit her.

Your Honor, just a quick
request before we begin.

We respect your judgment
in this matter, and

we would like to ask for
this to be a bench trial.

Miss Crozier?

I'm sorry. Could you...?

What was the question, Your Honor?

They would like this to be a bench trial.

They want not to have a jury.

Do you have an argument?

I don't know.

Well, if you don't know,

then I must decide against you.

Well, the one thing that
I would say, Your Honor,

is that... that I do think
that it would be fairer

to have a cross section
of people, not just one.

Please don't take that the wrong way.

Your Honor,

I think that it would be... fairer

if we decide this matter

on the law, not on the passions of a jury.

Miss Crozier?

That might be true, but I'm
not going to try and, uh...

Rile up those passions.

I just... I want them to hear the truth.

Well, you've won your first
argument, Miss Crozier.

We'll start choosing a
jury tomorrow morning.

Thank you.

What happened?

Cute, perky, 26 just happened.

Thank you for giving us
some of your time, Mr. Brody.

What do you want?

We're going to subpoena you to testify.

You do understand I'll
be a hostile witness?

We understand that you
weren't always so hostile.

That was before you were corrupt.

I think we're saying
that we're not the enemy.

Peter hired you at the
state's attorney's office.

He promoted you four times.

Glenn Childs promoted you once.

He'll never let you rise any higher.

He thinks you have one
leg still in Peter's camp.

Oh, so that's what this is about?

- Influencing my testimony.
- No.

It's about getting you to tell
the truth, even if it hurts Childs.

I have always told the truth.

I know a lot of people
who've always told the truth,

and yet, here I stand.

Let me ask you something.

Are you really fulfilled chasing
my wife from court to court?

I respected you.

Childs has turned you into an errand boy.

Mr. Florrick, you hired me.

I'm grateful for that.

You ran a tough department. I admire that.

But the day you started
slipping your wife information

to use in court, that's the
day I lost respect for you...

Seems like a busy room.

They asked me here.

Yes, they asked me here, too.

They must have wanted us
to bump into each other.

Just a quirk in scheduling.

I told them to go to hell.

I have no doubt.

So that's why I'm here?

To see Matan leaving?

We needed a fourth in our pinochle game.

Next time, phone me

with your strategic plan,

so I don't have to
actually leave my office.

Poor show.

You think it worked?

I think we'll know more
when Matan testifies.

You think he'd sell them
after his wife's death.

My guess is he didn't buy them until then.

So, are they going to go
with electronic monitoring?

- For Peter?
- Yes, if he wins the appeal.

Kids are excited?

Yeah... but nervous.

And you?

Same.

It's going to be weird, huh?

What do you mean?

I don't know what I mean.

We said we'd have dinner, didn't we?

Yes.

We should.

So sorry to keep you waiting.

You're comfortable, I hope.

After Carolyn disappeared,

I sold the house and moved in here.

A bit cramped, unfortunately.

Now, as I understand it,

you're going to try to
make me more likable.

Well, in a civil case, we
can't keep you off the stand.

You have to testify.

Yes, before a jury.

That was unexpected.

Unexpected things happen in a courtroom,

Mr. Sweeney; that's why we
try to avoid them if we can.

And now you're worried

I'll say something
unfortunate on the stand like

what I did with her remains?

Take this seriously, Mr. Sweeney.

If you value your money, you
should take this seriously.

Thank you, Mrs. Florrick.

Of course.

And I do value my money,

so I will.

A civil case can get ugly.

They can pick apart your marital troubles

with a fine-tooth comb.

You two fought a lot, didn't you?

Constantly.

Carolyn and I had a
tempestuous relationship.

But we were devoted to each
other, classically S and M.

- That's her?
- Yes.

She hated that photo,
so I had it enlarged.

They will put on evidence that you

were unfaithful to her
with multiple women.

Is that true?

Well, I had sex with other women.

Carolyn didn't do tricks.

She knew I needed them,

so she was okay with me going elsewhere.

I'm sorry, "tricks"?

Leather, handcuffs, cross-dressing...

Does that make me more likable or less?

I've lost track of the
zeitgeist these days.

But you still claim you were in love?

Yes, madly.

Her accountant testified
at the murder trial

that she demanded to
see the books that day,

and something she saw
apparently upset her.

One of the things she saw was this.

Withdrawals, made by you,

for hundreds and thousands of dollars.

I told you. Carolyn didn't
begrudge me my appetites.

There were rumors that
she wanted to oust you

- from the family business.
- Yes,

and there were rumors you knew

of your husband's whores.

Probably not the best answer in court.

Is it true that

when they told you of your wife's death,

you said, "oh, no, now I'll
need a fourth for bridge."

Yes.

And when Paul McCartney was told

of John Lennon's death,
he said, "what a drag."

I'm not going to be a
very good witness, am I?

No, you're not.

I didn't do it.

How did that sound?

Volquartsen 3.5 compact.

Three pounds, ten-shot mag,

adjustable rear and blade front...

it'll take down any man in his tracks.

What if she doesn't have a foid?

Apply for one. You'll
have a gun in 30 days.

What if she doesn't have 30 days?

Do you have a firearm owner ID?

Then buy it for her.

Excuse me.

That's our case.

That's how illegal guns
get out on the street.

So, do you want to buy it?

Do we need it?

I don't know.

Do you?

I was checking on a court
date and I found out.

You passed on the lawsuit.

So, what are we doing here?

Ten years ago, a drug
dealer named Jeffrey Spellman

was convicted of double
murder in the 24th Ward.

At his sentencing hearing, he threatened

to kill his lawyer when he got out.

You were his lawyer?

I also spoke last week
at his parole hearing.

He saw you speak?

He'd made subsequent threats.

Has he been released?

They decide on Friday.

Okay.

You need a gun.

No, the thing is, I've
been in the forefront

of gun control my entire life.

My father wrote the first legislation

into the Illinois constitution.

You need something easy to shoot.

Light on recoil, 9mm... a beretta.

No, this was a mistake.

Look, I know you're my boss,

and I'll do whatever you want.

You spoke at a killer's parole hearing

and he saw you speak against his release.

That's what I'd call a volatile situation.

So listen to me on this.

You need a gun.

It was a task force focusing
on fraudulent real estate deals.

And these deals were called "land flips"?

Yes. And as you understood it,

there was an attempt to buy land, cheaply,

through fraudulent means,

near the stadiums that were
to be built for the Olympics?

Yes, sir.

And during the time you were

heading up this task force,

you were approached by Mr. Childs

to keep an eye on Mr.
Florrick, isn't that correct?

Could you define "keep an eye on"?

He suggested that Mr. Florrick

had a hidden motive for this task force.

Objection, Your Honor.

I have no idea why you are
objecting to that, Mr. Landry.

A leading question, Your Honor.

I know I might need a
scorecard here, Mr. Landry.

Isn't Mr. Brody a hostile witness?

Isn't he on your side?

It's still leading, Your Honor.

Overruled. You may answer the question.

Yes.

You may have to remind us
all what that "yes" means.

Yes, Mr. Childs suggested

Peter might have a hidden motive.

This hidden motive was that

Mr. Florrick arranged this task force

in order to then shake down

- the real estate developers for payoffs?
- Yes, sir.

And did you agree with
Mr. Childs' estimation?

My opinion was irrelevant.
I did what I was asked.

By whom?

Excuse me.

You said that you did what you were asked.

Who were you referring to?

It was a figure of speech.

I understand,

but figures of speech
mean something, so who

asked you to do something,
was it your boss, Mr. Florrick,

or was it Mr. Childs, your peer?

Mr. Childs.

What did he ask you to do?

He asked me to keep track of Peter.

He thought he was being
bribed to DP cases.

And so,

how are these cases going now?

Excuse me?

These cases that Mr.
Florrick asked you to drop...

I mean, you must be fervently

pursuing them now that Peter Florrick

is no longer around to obstruct them.

- No, sir.
- My goodness.

What happened to them?

We dropped them.

Your witness.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Uh, actually, just to be clear,

you are the defendant's
sister-in-law, Mariel?

The defendant who killed my sister?

Yes. Your Honor, do I
really need to object?

We all need to perform our
roles here, Mr. Gardner.

Yes, you need to object, and,

yes, I need to sustain.

I'm sorry, Your Honor. We
won't let that happen again.

Now, I have to ask you

a question that I am not proud of.

- A sexual question. Do you mind?
- No.

- Please. That's why I'm here.
- Okay.

You and the defendant,

Mr. Sweeney, had

sexual relations?

Yeah.

He had sex with his wife's

- sister?
- Yeah, that's correct.

Sorry.

I think I'm blushing.

I'm from Michigan.

This is all new to me.

She's very good.

Uh, Miss Armitage,

what could possibly have led you

to sleep with your own sister's husband?

I struggled with addiction my whole life,

and my sister and I were

estranged over it.

So I suppose I... I don't know...

I did it just to get back at her.

And Colin was too happy to help.

He used to make me do things.

You know, things his wife wouldn't do.

Like the time he had me tie up his...

I think that that is enough.

I'm just going to sit down.

Thank you.

Great job, Daniel, just outstanding.

Did you see Childs?

I think we're getting really close now.

What?

Roman belikov, the Russian mobster

we used to threaten Amber Madison with?

What about him?

Not such a threat anymore.

Amber told Childs that
she wouldn't testify.

I guess now she'll be out for blood.

It's not going to be pretty.

No. I won't be there.

No, I understand.

It might be rough.

Madison could say anything.

Although golden does
think it would be better

if you were there, so that

the judge could see we...

Golden also says that
the sheriff's department

will be setting up electronic
monitoring at the house

if I am released.

- Are you all right with that?
- Yes.

But I wanted to agree
on a few things first.

Okay.

There's a maid's room.

I've been using it for storage,

but I will clear it out
and put a bed in there.

In the meantime, you
can use the master bath.

Jackie has been helping out
on weekdays while I'm at work,

and I think she should continue...

picking the kids up from
school, making dinner...

And we don't have a study.

I still have your old
rolltop desk; it's in storage.

I will move it to the dining room.

Okay?

Do you love me?

I do.

You're sounding like a lawyer.

I am a lawyer.

Do you ever want to be together again?

Peter...

I've been hurt, deeply.

I imagine I will heal someday,

but for now...

we need a plan, okay?

Okay.

The grip is still.

Focus is on the front sight.

Are you steady?

I think so.

Now the hardest part... the trigger.

There's a natural tendency for the muscles

in the hand and wrist to move
in tandem with the fingers.

You need to resist that.

You need to let your forefinger act

independently, squeezing.

Do you understand?

I think so.

And so, with almost no pressure at all,

concentrate on the center of your target.

Why can't I shoot to injure?

You pick up a gun, you shoot to kill

or you don't pick up a gun.

He got out...

your parolee.

I know.

You're trying to stop with deadly force

somebody who is trying to kill you.

Somebody who has a mother,
a father, birthday parties.

They're a shadow target,

a bull's-eye.

So you dehumanize them?

They are dehumanized.

The world doesn't march to your drummer.

It's sometimes dangerous and cruel,

so slowly and carefully raise your weapon,

make your finger work independently

of your fist and arm,

and gently and indifferently squeeze.

Oh, my God.

Nice.

Raise your arm and try again.

So, um, as I was saying, Mr. Sweeney,

there was blood and skin

found on a rope at your house, right?

Yes, that's right.

And, uh, this blood and skin...

the police say it all matched your wife.

Is that right?

Yes, we like to cut our own firewood

and wrap the kindling in rope,

and I believe my dearest
Carolyn cut herself.

Yeah, that seems
understandable, I get that.

So, I need to ask you this,
Mr. Sweeney, please excuse me.

Go right ahead, dear.

You never strangled your wife, right?

My goodness, no.

Thank God.

So this, uh...

here.

What is this?

Hospital report.

Here it comes.

You object... it'll play better from you.

This-this must be an aberration, right?

I don't know, I can't see it.

It says here that your wife was admitted

to the hospital, April 1997.

Objection, Your Honor.

This was excluded from the
previous trial for relevance.

I'll allow.

Your exception is noted,
counselor. Sit down.

Your wife seems to have
told the medical staff

something extraordinary.

She said that you tried to strangle her.

That's a bit melodramatic.

Yes, I know it is, but

my mom always used to
say "when you don't know,

ask," so...

This is me asking.

Certainly.

Carolyn and I were
practitioners of breath play.

I'm sorry, what is breath play?

Well, I'm sure

they have it in Michigan,
too, Miss Crozier.

Breath play is erotic asphyxiation.

Carolyn liked the feeling

of being strangled
when she was having sex.

Oh, I think I'd better sit down now.

Your witness.

Okay, we go on the offensive.

I'm not going to
let some 26-year-old

law school grad get the better of me.

It's an act.

Well, it's working.

If we can't prove our guy is innocent,

we need to shovel dirt on somebody else.

What about the plaintiff?

Charlotte? The jury felt sorry for her.

She lost her mother.

We can't suggest she's the killer.

Go after the sister Mariel,
suggest she was the killer.

The jury liked her, too.

They didn't like her, they believed her.

I'm listening.

Mariel was jealous of her sister.

She slept with Sweeney to get back at her.

In my experience, that level
of jealousy just doesn't end.

Did the cops even check her alibi?

Supposedly she was in rehab
when Carolyn disappeared.

Okay, get a subpoena for
the records, and, Alicia,

if we're tearing down the sister's alibi,

we need to shore up Sweeney's.

- How fun.
- Yep,

you're the Sweeney wrangler these days.

I told you I was in my car

on the drive back from St. Louis.

With no GPS and no cell phone?

You like manga?

I find the style bracingly visceral.

You weren't on your way back
from St. Louis, were you?

No.

Do you know that we're losing?

Yes.

So no stories, no lies, no diversions.

Where were you?

Marco, this is my lawyer.

I need you to tell her

where I was the day my wife disappeared.

I got here about 3:30 like I always do.

You rolled up after that,
looking to score some opie.

Opium, sometimes mixed with hash.

Now you see why I didn't tell you before?

So you didn't do it?

Kill Carolyn? No.

Then why all the games and the jokes?

Do you guys mind?

I'm working here.

You know when I started getting

the best tables in restaurants?

The day they thought I killed my wife.

Is that really worth

getting the best tables in restaurants?

Of course.

Why do you look at me the way you do?

Why is my picture on the front page of

the Chicago sun-times?

Why does page six care
what play I saw last night?

If your wife is dead, and
everyone thinks you did it,

well, really, what's the difference?

Miss Crozier.

Hello?

Oh, hi.

I'm sorry, I've forgotten your name.

Alicia Florrick.

Right, nice to see you.

I really hope that we
can make a deal today.

I just hate this courtroom fighting.

Yes, well, will suggested
that we get started,

and he will join us later.

You're doing very well in court.

Oh, I don't know about that.

I'm just a beginner.

Hmm, no, you're not.

Why do you say that?

Because I think you know
exactly what you're doing.

I wish I did.

Your witness Mariel...

she doesn't have an alibi
the night of the murder.

She left rehab at 4:00. And what,

rushed over to kill her
sister out of jealousy?

Been known to happen.

The jury didn't hate her.

They hated your client.

We spoke to Mr. Sweeney.

He's willing to offer your
client 50% of the estate.

No.

Charlotte lost her mother to Sweeney.

He has to walk away from the estate.

She'll offer him a yearly
stipend... low six figures.

No.

Mr. Sweeney has an alibi.

Well, I'm sure it's a good one.

It'll be fun to try and prove it.

I guess we don't have
anything to talk about, then.

But it was nice to meet you.

And I really love your jacket.

My mom has one just like it.

Our top story tonight involves
the shocking developments

in the Carolyn Armitage
disappearance case.

Police strongly suspect

that Armitage's remains
have been uncovered.

A construction crew made the grisly

discovery this morning

in the courtyard of Colin
Sweeney's penthouse apartment,

a residency sold after the
disappearance of his wife.

The remains, which were
found in a shallow grave

in the flower garden,
have yet to be identified,

but investigators believe

they belong to the
Missing Carolyn Armitage.

I don't know why I feel bad.

- At least we know for certain now he did it.
- Yep,

and we're still defending him.

... Chicago society figure, Colin Sweeney,

a man who many believe is
entirely capable of murder.

Oh, don't even try it.

What?

To patronize me with your tears.

I thought somewhere in
the back of my mind...

and I will admit that it made no sense...

Carolyn might be still alive.

Like Ken Lay,

faking his own death, and hopping off

to a small island somewhere.

So you're saying you had
nothing to do with this?

I'm saying I've done

some terrible things in my life. I have.

But I did not kill my wife.

Then how did her skull end
up buried in your backyard?

Someone put it there!

Peter's the sort of man

who expects things to be handed to him.

Like I was.

- This was at the hotel?
- Yes.

I had a room.

He called his wife, said he'd be late.

And then afterwards, he asked me

if he could see me again.

How many times?

Two dozen.

It went on for months.

Sometimes two, three times a week.

- And he knew you were being provided to him?
- Yes.

Afterwards, I would make
a call in order to be paid.

He heard me make those calls.

Mrs. Florrick.

... say anything about
having to do something

in return for your...
would you like to come in?

Services?

Yes.

He told me that the men

who paid me had cases against them.

He understood

that he had to do
something about those cases.

"Do something"?

Oh, um, make them go away.

He laughed about it, actually.

Said that was the price

of doing business in Chicago.

Your witness.

Ms. Madison,

you say that Mr. Florrick
knew that someone else

was paying for your services?

- Yes.
- Then,

why would he pay you as well?

- He never did.
- Ah.

Do you... recognize this?

No.

It's bank records

from an account in the
name of Loretta Krispinsky.

That is your real name, isn't it?

Now, this particular account

was closed some time ago,

but the transactions are there.

Repeated deposits in the amount of $3,500.

Now, these are records from one

of Mr. Florrick's personal accounts,

with corresponding withdrawals

in the same amount

of $3,500.

Always within a day or two

of when you deposited the money.

Now, I'm going to remind
you that you're under oath,

Ms. Madison, or should I say,

Ms. Krispinsky?

You were paid twice.

- Isn't that correct?
- No.

You were paid by your procurers,

who thought that they
were bribing Mr. Florrick

for your services, and you
were also paid by Mr. Florrick,

who didn't know that you
were being paid by others.

Isn't that correct?

You can make numbers look
like anything you want.

Well, actually... you can't.

I have no further questions
for this witness, Your Honor.

I think we've had quite
enough of Amber Madison.

I've been going over the books

Sweeney's wife demanded to

see the morning she disappeared,

and look at this.

Renmart? What's that?

It's a dummy corporation
Charlotte Armitage set up.

So I cross-referenced the books

against the other
discovery, and look at this.

Mariel Armitage has been in
rehab several times recently,

all paid for by her
loving niece, Charlotte.

Now, everybody thought Carolyn was angry

about the money Sweeney had been spending.

Maybe she was really angry at Charlotte.

My relationship with my mother?

She was my best friend.

And can you tell me what Renmart is?

Your Honor, I think I
might have to object here.

My only concern is relevance.

Cory, I thought we were gonna get

some wd-40 on those hinges.

Overruled.

Your Honor...

I said, overruled.

So, what is Renmart?

It was a company I
started a few years ago.

I live on a farm.

I was going to market a line
of organic jams and jellies.

And you withdrew a fair amount of money

from the family trust to fund this

fruit stand, didn't you?

My mother okayed that.

But even after your mother disappeared,

you continued withdrawing money,

isn't that correct?

Yet you never produced

a single jar of jam.

Your company has no physical
address, except a P.O. Box.

No assets except a bank
account that you can access

any time you'd like.

Objection... Your Honor.

On what grounds?

Let me look here.

Yeah, well, while you're looking,

overruled.

You were sending money away to your aunt

in rehab, and you didn't
want your mother to know.

That is not true.

So Carolyn was aware you were doing this?

No... I mean...

No, not... not at first, but...

And when she found out, she was angry?

Muscina stabulans.

A maggot?

Not just any maggot.

This little fellow is
usually found in rural areas,

often near Livestock, but this

was buried in the courtyard
of Sweeney's old apartment.

What's even more unusual
is that it's here at all.

Why wouldn't a maggot
be found on a corpse?

Oh, it would, as long as
there was flesh to eat.

But after two years, I'd
expect to find a clean skull.

A head with so much tissue
still preserved suggests

contaminants in the soil... usually lead

or arsenic.

Arsenic was used in pesticides, right?

Until they banned it in the 1970s.

But if it was used before that,

there'd still be concentrations
of it in the soil.

Pesticides like those used on a farm?

Maybe. Why?

Guess who lives on a farm

in a rural area, near Livestock?

Don't tell me. You're the killer.

Thanks, Li. You're a prince.

Justice! Come here.

Oh! You...

Oh, God.

Found something!

The rest of Carolyn Armitage's

remains were discovered buried

behind the New Caledonia farm

of Charlotte Armitage, her daughter.

Arrested at the scene
was Charlotte Armitage.

Don't you see?! He set me up!

I didn't... I didn't do this!

He put her body here!

He killed her for her money!

He set me up! I didn't do it!

Don't you... don't you see?!

Give us a moment, okay?

- Chicken sandwich?
- No.

I have an offer to make.

I can't wait.

Tomorrow, you can go home, free.

I'll argue for your release
on humanitarian grounds.

You should be home with your family.

Why would you do that?

Because I'm a humanitarian.

What's the catch?

The catch is hardly worthy of its name.

The conviction stands.

You know you dp'd those cases, Peter.

Now, it's just you and I here.

We can admit our feelings to each other.

- You want me to let the guilty verdict stand?
- Yes.

With time served, you'd go home tomorrow.

- And my disbarment stands?
- Yes.

And I can never run against you?

That's right.

You have no chance,
Peter. You realize that.

If I have no chance,
what are you doing here?

Okay, you know what?

At a certain point, this has
to move beyond retribution.

For both of us.

You have to think about your family

or risk a failed appeal

and another nine years in prison,

and how old will you be then, Peter?

How old will your kids be?

Birthday parties, boyfriends,

college graduations...

while you were in prison.

A life lived while you grow old in prison.

Now, that's the deal
Peter. Go home tomorrow

or risk nine more years in prison.

You think about it.

I need you to take it.

I don't feel...

comfortable anymore.

You can be made to feel comfortable.

I don't think so.

You're scared of it?

No.

I'm liking it.

- I'll hold it for you.
- No.

I'm not going to change my mind.

I'll send you my bill.

I expect no less.

Mrs. Florrick.

I brought you something.

A token of my esteem.

I thought it, somehow,

strangely appropriate for you.

You did it, didn't you?

Did what?

Killed her.

Your wife.

And then you buried
her in Charlotte's yard.

If I did that,

why would I leave the skull in my yard?

To point us to Charlotte.

You're being paranoid, Mrs. Florrick.

Sometimes things are as they seem.

The unlikely maneuver is exactly that...

unlikely.

I have to go.

Congratulations.

You just have to trust people.

Enjoy the picture.

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