The Good Wife (2009–2016): Season 2, Episode 9 - Nine Hours - full transcript

Huh.

Yeah?

Uh, Mrs. Florrick, sorry,
the other bathroom's clogged.

Okay.

Thank you.

Can I go to a jamboree?

Why are you whispering?

Eli said to.

It's something Shannon's going to
next weekend.

It's a Campus Faith jamboree.

No, it's not like what you think.



- It's like a social.
- Ahh.

You don't have to believe in it
or anything.

Why did Eli say we should whisper?

Yeah, he phoned and said that Dad
needed his rest because of his debate.

Thank you, Mrs. Florrick.
Want some French toast?

Shannon made it.
Tell her about the jamboree.

Tell Mom about the jamboree.

It's really cool, Mrs. Florrick.

Like, you sing and you,
like, play games.

It's really good
for preteens' self-esteem.

- The toilet's clogged.
- Shh.

- We're trying to let Dad sleep.
- Eli said.

Today's Dad's debate.

Who's this, Mrs. Florrick?



Oh, a guy who killed his wife
and her boyfriend.

Allegedly killed his wife
and her boyfriend.

They're gonna execute him tonight.

- Unless my mom's appeal works.
- The firm's appeal.

- I got it. Shut up.
- Mwah, mwah.

- He's got a new girlfriend.
- It's a study partner.

Could you all just stop growing up
so quickly? This is really good.

- I told you.
- She'll be with you in a second.

Some guy, uh, Collagan?

Kerrigan?

I'll take it in the...

He got jealous
that his wife was divorcing him,

so he burnt down her home.

Whoa, I wish I lived here.

Yes, this is Alicia Florrick.

Hello, Mrs. Florrick?

Yes.

You filed the final habeas petition
for Carter Wright last night, correct?

- Yes.
- I'm calling to ask

if, uh, you'll be filing an addendum
before tonight's execution.

I'm sorry, can you repeat that?

Will you be
filing an addendum to the brief?

Mrs. Florrick?

Uh, yes, an addendum. We will be.

Let me phone you back,
if you don't mind.

I don't mind, but I'm under a bit of a...

Okay, that's okay.

Call me within the hour.

It's Saturday. I said no calls.

Oh, I'm so sorry, Will. It's Alicia.

Oh, hey. Sorry, I thought it was work.
What's wrong?

Nothing. I mean, it might be nothing.

Last night I turned in the appeal
on the Carter Wright execution, and l...

Approximately two minutes ago,

the Seventh Circuit clerk
phoned me back,

and he asked if I had an addendum.

Will?

So tell me what he said exactly.

He phoned me and he said
they received our appeal,

and he wanted to know
when he could expect an addendum.

And you never said anything
about an addendum?

No. When I turned it in Friday night,
no, I didn't say anything.

But...

Did he phone the office?

No, he phoned my home.

I don't understand. Why your home?

I put that number on the buck slip,
if he had any questions.

Where was it left?

I said I would be phoning him back
about our addendum.

Good.
When does he expect your call?

- Within the hour.
- Okay.

I have to phone Diane. I'll phone you
right back. Stay there, okay?

- Can I just go back and answer that?
- Mm-hm.

What's up?

Alicia just got a call from the clerk
at the Seventh Circuit

asking if we have an addendum
on our appeal.

You're hearing me, aren't you?

Yes.

What did Alicia say?

She said she'd phone him right back.

Good girl.

- Where are you?
- Heading back.

Gonna try to pull in whoever I can
on a Saturday. You're there?

Yes, I was just going in to see him.
Try to keep him calm.

You know the clerk at the Seventh?

No. He didn't say anything else?

No. Hopefully Alicia can get more
when she phones back.

Maybe it should be one of us
phoning.

Guy's breaking rules trying to tell us
there's something we missed

without actually telling us
there's something we missed.

We treat this out of the ordinary,
he'll bolt.

He might also be telling us
we have an opportunity.

Last Hail Mary appeal? You need
to get someplace where you can talk.

I'm sending Kalinda over to Alicia
right now.

Good. I'll phone you in 30 minutes.

Step through, please.

Step back, please.

- Hi.
- Hi.

How you doing?

I slept.

Good.

You hear anything?

The judges didn't say anything?

No,
but we just submitted it last night.

I got the warden to agree
to a phone call with your daughter.

Yeah.

It's okay. It's been ten years.

I don't even blame her.

Ruby's moved on.

You have to know
what you wanna know.

- Hi.
- Your mom?

Yeah, but you can't just throw her
out there.

- You work with my mom?
- Yeah.

Sure.

And you're sure the clerk said
"addendum," not "amendment"?

Yes, I'm sure.

It's important you don't seem

overly eager for information
when you call him back.

The most
important thing to do is sound casual.

You're just proofreading
the addendum.

Keep him talking.
The more he gives us, the better.

Try to get
him to point to a specific section.

Or ask if there is a section missing.

He might get suspicious,

so don't ask him
too many direct questions.

I think that Alicia should
play this one by ear.

Ahh, yes, of course.
Anything he gives us will be helpful.

- Good, Kalinda. Keep us on your cell.
- Sure.

- You're okay.
- Ahem.

Seventh Circuit Appellate Court.

Oh, hi. This is Alicia Florrick,
we spoke about an hour ago.

You had inquired
about an addendum.

Yeah.

Uh, well, I was going through
our appeal...

Jason, they're waiting.

Do you want me to phone back?

No, no, that's okay. I'll be right in.

I was here going through our appeal,

and I was just wondering
which section you were referring to.

Which what?

I can't recall which section, uh,
you said that you felt was incomplete.

Just tell him you'll talk later.

I'm here till 6.

If you have an addendum to file,
he needs it by then.

Do you understand?

I understand, but why don't we
talk later? You sound busy.

Stay by the phone.

Well, we have a deadline, 6 p.m.

Great. Nine hours to figure out
what we missed or Carter dies.

Ladies and gentle...
Ladies and gentlemen. Thank you.

Thank you for your attention, people.

There are two possibilities here,
ladies and gentlemen.

Either we overlooked something, or

we are being pointed
toward an opportunity.

This clerk is telling us
we have a chance.

So we have nine hours.

Nine hours to save a man's life.

Legal Aid,
this case came from your team,

so I want you to head down
to the 27th floor

and look through every sentence,
word, comma.

Did we overlook anything?

Executions have gone through
because of a typo.

Lockhart-Gardner people,
we need to look into this clerk

and the three judges
at Seventh Circuit.

Is this clerk acting on his own here,

or is he doing it
for one of the persuadable judges?

Is there anything to suggest where
we should be focusing our appeal?

We need to focus on two judges.

- What do you mean?
- The clerk said

- "he" needed the addendum by 6.
- Okay, good.

There are two male judges
on the panel hearing our appeal.

Look into both. Kalinda,
what do you have on the clerk?

Um, not much.

Uh, Jason Kerrigan, 29 years old.
Yale undergrad.

Captain of the water polo team.
Harvard Law.

He's too young
to leave much of a paper trail,

but he did work
for the Innocence Project in 2008.

Good. That's good.

Is he seeing something
in the evidence that we should see?

- Look into someone who knew him.
- What?

The Innocence Project, 2008.
You know who worked there?

- Who?
- Cary.

We have a lead on someone
who knew him there. Hanging up now.

You're not gonna try him?

- Of course I am.
- He won't help us.

Uh, on your left here,
this is a, uh, dorm, I think.

Yeah.

I have a crush on you.

Um, that's the science lab over there.

No, you don't.

I'm not a little girl anymore, Cary.
I'm 18.

Molly, you're my first cousin,
and your parents are trusting me

to show you around
Chicago universities.

I looked it up. It's not incest.

Oh, boy. Okay, I gotta take this.

I'll catch up with you. Behave.

- Hello?
- Hey, Cary, guess what I need?

Uh, Kalinda, I imagine you need
something I can't give you till Monday.

No, I can't wait till then.

Listen, I need to know everything
about Jason Kerrigan.

Jason Kerrigan. He's a clerk
at the Seventh Circuit Appellate Court.

Yeah. You two worked
at the Innocence Project together.

- No.
- Yes.

2008.

No. I mean, no,
you're not getting anything from me.

This is about your death-row appeal.

Oh, come on, Cary.

This is Indiana death row.

Your boss never has to find out.

Look, here's an idea.

Come back
to the state's attorney's office.

Start putting these wife-killers
onto death row,

instead of getting them off.

As good as you are
at getting people off.

You didn't really say that, did you?

Good to talk to you, Kalinda.

What's going on?

We're working a Hail Mary pass
with this appeal.

I wanna know why
Zach's not coming here.

Okay. Do you want me to get Mom
to take care of the kids?

Definitely,
because that's all we need here.

Okay, yeah, yeah.

Jim has to take me
through the debate prep.

Sorry, I have to stay by the phone.
The court might call back.

Don't worry about it.

- Did you try the French toast?
- Yep, five times.

Peter,

do you know anything
about the Seventh Circuit judges?

- Which one?
- The men.

Any reason they would tip
on a death-row appeal?

Well, not Oxley.

But I heard that Glendon got remarried
and is going soft.

- Glendon?
- Don't say it came from me.

You have to keep your tough stance
on the death penalty?

It's the only way to win.

There's Jackie. See, you just have
to think her name and she appears.

No.

Oh, my goodness, I forgot my keys.

Glendon?
I thought Glendon was law and order.

I got off with Alicia.

The word is he married a religious
anti-death-penalty type.

Then we should be pursuing
actual innocence.

Our arguments were too technical.

Glendon wants to go our way, but he
needs innocence to hang his hat on.

Yep. We're heading downstairs now.

I'm gonna run through trial transcripts,
see what suspects were overlooked.

Hey, one thing.
Don't let Legal Aid run with this, okay?

I argued for Legal Aid to pursue
innocence, and I think they fumbled.

- Got it.
- Okay, I've got a call coming in.

Hello. I hope to learn each
and every one of your names,

but in the meantime, we're taking
lunch orders for sandwiches.

So if you have a moment...

Just write your orders down there.
Lockhart-Gardner's picking up the tab.

They're gonna try to bully you,
provoke you.

They smell blood in the water
and wanna tear you to pieces.

Stay out.

Is that French toast?

Leave it and go.

Where's my position
on capital punishment?

You're not changing your position
on capital punishment.

You know that Alicia's working on
the Carter Wright appeal, don't you?

Now, some industrious reporter
is gonna point out the contradiction.

They're going after family

because they see you lose your cool
when they come after family. So don't.

You always get quiet
when you get angry.

Just keep talking.
Change the subject.

Ruby?

It's just me here. No family.

There's nobody else.

Ruby?

It just... It hurts so much.

I know.

But if you don't see him,
I think maybe in a week or a year,

it'll hurt more.

- He's saying he's innocent?
- Yes.

Do you believe him?

I don't know.

I wish I could tell you 100 percent
he's innocent or guilty,

but whenever I've been
100 percent certain about anything,

I've been proven wrong.

The only thing I know

is nobody should be without family
when he dies.

How long do I have?

To get here?

Three hours.
They only allow visitation until 2.

I don't think I can make it.
I'm in Avon.

Come. I will talk to the warden.

Just come. Don't go home.

- Ahh, I look like a mess.
- Ruby, please.

Come, right now.

It all started when Carter and
his wife, Caroline, separated in 2000.

One month later,
Caroline's apartment burned down.

The fire was deemed suspicious.

Carter had no alibi for that night
and he had the motive. Jealousy.

Caroline took up with another man,
also killed in the fire.

- Other suspects?
- Public defender took a stab.

A, uh, Frank Gephart.

Testified for the prosecution. Said that
Carter and Caroline fought constantly.

Gephart was a former
business partner of Carter's.

They dissolved their
landscaping business in late 1998.

So Frank wanted Carter dead.

Tried to burn him alive, but didn't know
Caroline already kicked Carter out.

Okay. Find him.

- Don't go in hard. Keep me in touch.
- Okay.

You understand, Miss Lockhart,
the protocols for lethal injection

are regimented and exact. You're
asking me to break my own rules.

I am, sir. I am asking you
to make an exception

and let this man see his daughter
before he dies.

Then I'm going to ask something
in return, Miss Lockhart.

The last hours are very hard
for any man,

and Mr. Wright will be emotional
if he sees his daughter.

I need you to calm him.

I don't want trouble getting him
to the gurney. Do you understand?

To the best of my ability, I will.

Do you agree
to extend the visitation hours?

Hold on a second.
Mr. Barkin, the anaesthetist.

- I have to take this.
- Do I have your approval?

Let me take this, and we'll talk.

Warden Barkin.

I just think we can get a delay
with this.

What's it called again?

It's sodium thiopental,
the first part in the three-drug cocktail.

It's the barbiturate
to put him to sleep.

And they're out of it?
How can they be out of it?

The drug expired.
The executions are so infrequent,

it expired. So they're switching
to another anaesthetic.

Okay,
I'm on my way to request a delay.

Oh, and ask Carter
about Frank Gephart.

Is that the new suspect?

Yeah. A bitter
ex-business partner of Carter's.

I just sent Blake out
to get anything he can on him.

Julius, your tie.

Whatever Carter has will be helpful.

Okay, I'll ask. But we need
another week on all of this.

You're telling me.

- Maybe I won't go to college.
- It's an option.

Become a vagabond,
write about your adventures.

I thought this was a weekend.

No weekend for the wicked. Hello?

Cary, this is Barry Scheck.

Do you have a moment?

Sure I have a moment, Mr. Scheck.

Let me just hang up with F. Lee Bailey
on the other line.

Just hold on a second.

All right, what do you need,
Barry, old buddy?

You know about the
Carter Wright death-row appeal?

Ha, ha, do I know about it? I got tickets.
I'm headed there right now.

I got an extra ticket
if you wanna join me.

Cary, this is Barry Scheck.

Yes, yes, I know, I know.

Do the funny voice
with the Barry Scheck on helium.

Okay, let me start again.

Lockhart-Gardner needs your help
on a death-row appeal.

I thought because of your
internship at the Innocence Project,

and my friendship with your father,

that you might consider helping out
for a few hours.

Michael.

No, Barry.

This isn't Michael in Vice?

No, this is Barry Scheck in here.

Hello, Mr. Scheck.

I'm so sorry. I, uh, this...

Uh, this guy...

What do you need?

I can't, heh.

- Yes, you can. Just like this.
- Yeah, but I don't believe it.

You don't have to.
You just do it, and it works.

It's like a genie.

Okay, I'll pray. What's the name
of the guy who's getting executed?

- I don't think you should do this.
- Why?

I don't know. It feels weird.

Okay,
I'll pray that he won't be executed.

I just need to ask you, Jesus,
please save this man's life.

This man on death row.
Only you know his real heart,

but I just ask you that you stop this
from happening to him.

Carter Wright.

I just pray that you stop this
from happening to Carter Wright.

In Jesus' name I pray.

And my dad's debate.

- That's your husband?
- Ex.

Oh, sorry.

I need to talk to him.
You have any idea where he is?

Well, I know where his ashes are.
Would that help?

- What, did he owe you money?
- No, I'm here about Carter Wright.

I knew it was something like that.

He's going down tonight, I heard.

Midnight.

Carter poached Frank's clients.

Took them with him
to his new company.

- Frank never forgave him.
- Do you have any reason to believe

Frank had something to do
with the fire?

Oh, I got reason to believe anything
about Frank.

But, um, no.
He was with me that night.

At the movies.

Okay, that sucks.

She's willing to say anything we want.
I mean, I could pursue that if you like.

No, we've got another path.

Head back to the office.
We got a lead on the clerk.

We struck out on Frank Gephart.
What do you know, Cary?

Okay, first of all,
I'm here for this and nothing else.

Understood.

What can you tell us
about your old friend, this clerk?

Jason read a New Yorker article

about the execution
of Cameron Todd Willingham,

and it moved him.

He wrote a paper about
flawed science in government cases,

or something like that.

Now, the Harvard Review
never printed it.

It's probably sitting
in a drawer somewhere.

- Can you get us a copy?
- Yeah, I can dig it up for you.

- Alicia, Kalinda, you guys still on?
- Yeah.

- You know what this is about?
- Arson science.

Methods for arson investigation
have developed over the last ten years.

Track down the arson expert
who testified at the trial.

See if his story has changed.

- She's coming?
- Yes.

The warden will make an exception
if she gets here soon.

When?

- Soon.
- Miss Lockhart,

thank you for staying with me,

but I need you to talk to me
like I'm an adult.

You're right, I'm sorry.

Ruby needs to be here by 3.

She's driving from Avon.

It will be close.

Thank you.

Now, why were you asking me
about Frank Gephart?

There may be a chance

our appeal is finding traction
with the Seventh Circuit.

They asked for additional material
and we're trying to supply it.

I don't want you to be disappointed.

That's my business.

Tell me everything,
and I will deal with my disappointment.

I don't care if a horse tranquilliser is
just as effective as sodium thiopental.

The law, heh, doesn't allow...

Counselor,
watch your tone and your sarcasm.

Yes. My apologies, Your Honor.

The law doesn't allow
for a shell game on lethal injection.

And switching drugs

is the very essence
of cruel and unusual punishment.

Mr. Cowan, I understand you...

Please stand.

I understand the state has an interest
in making its execution date,

but why can't the state order
more of this drug?

Hospira is a publicly traded company,
Your Honor,

and the only manufacturer
of sodium thiopental in the country.

They're back-Iogged on orders...

No, they're concerned their drugs
are being used in this man...

Mr. Gardner, your passion is noted
and it is dismissed. Please stop.

The important thing to note

is that the replacement barbiturate
is just as effective,

and that Mr. Gardner is merely
attempting to stall an execution

that, over ten years,
has resisted every appeal.

Be that as it may,

you have other options open to you,
don't you, counselor?

If you want your execution
to proceed,

then you must acquire more
of this drug from neighboring states.

Otherwise, the execution
will be delayed until you do so.

Yes, I'm looking for the arson expert.

Is this Dr. Todd Grossman?

Do you know where he moved to?

Yeah, he testified
in the Carter Wright trial.

So you don't know
where he moved?

Are you sure? I just need one vial.

Sodium thiopental.

In the next eight hours.
Execution's at midnight.

Hi, can I speak to Dr. Grossman,
please?

Yeah, uh, is this the arson expert?

All right,
and when do you expect him back?

Uh, no, it's just that
it's very important.

I understand.
We're having the same trouble.

No, California's too far.

Thanks.

- What?
- He's getting on a plane in Florida.

His aide's gonna try and stop him
before he boards.

I think I need to take a breath.

You know,
you've been different lately.

- I've been different?
- Yeah.

It's prob...

One second.

- What about the olive?
- This tie is going to strobe.

And this one is ugly.

I'm praying for you.

Thanks.

Life's been playing tricks on me
lately,

and I think it's best
not to take it seriously.

Is this about work
or is this about Will?

There's a man sitting somewhere
75 miles from here.

He knows
that in nine hours he'll be dead.

I can't get my head around that.

What does Blake have on you?

Have on me?

I don't think he has anything on me.

Okay, I'm gonna drink.

I didn't like my life before

so I changed it.

You changed it?

How did you change it?

In ways that, ahh,
Blake is trying to use against me.

Are you in trouble?

No.

Were you in trouble?

No.

It's just that when someone
changes their life,

it's usually
because they're in trouble.

Well, you changed your life.

Hello?

Yeah.

Are you sure? What time?

Okay, thanks.

She missed him.

He's on his way to Florida,
but he has to change at O'Hare.

You'll have to buy a ticket
to get through security.

Yep. Heh. Good talking to you.

Hi.

Bye.

- I'm late.
- No, no.

- Thank you for coming.
- Sorry.

- How's he doing?
- He's trying to stay strong.

I think seeing you, it'll be difficult,
but, uh...

It's 3:20, ma'am.

I know, warden, sir,
but she just got here.

She rushed from Avon.

Yes, and I said I'd extend
visitation hours by one hour, to 3.

I'm so sorry. I rushed.

It's okay.

Warden, please.

Ma'am, I live in a world of rules.
I don't try to cut corners.

I don't try to bend the truth.
I make an agreement and I stick to it.

- It's only 15 minutes.
- No, ma'am, it's not.

I was sympathetic, ma'am,
Miss Lockhart.

But you took advantage
of my sympathy

and used my phone call with the
anaesthetist to delay my protocol.

That's when I lost sympathy.

Please, I'm sorry.
It was my fault, not hers.

Warden, please.

- Stay here.
- What?

Stay here and don't say a word.

You'll see a glimpse of him
coming down that hall.

Thank you.

Warden Hiatt.

Sorry to interrupt you
on your Saturday,

but I need some help.
This is Robert Barkin at state.

Yes, hello.
You have an L.I. tonight, don't you?

I do. We've been slapped
with a last-minute injunction

because our sodium thiopental
is three days out of date.

- Do you have any we can use?
- Yeah, I probably do.

It's just that, uh, I'm spending
the weekend with my daughter.

We're going camping.

I wouldn't ask if it weren't important.

I can send somebody to you.

No, they won't make it in time.
Um...

I'll come to you.

- You're sure?
- Yeah.

I'll head up now.

Next weekend, baby.

Welcome to the live
televised democratic debate

for Cook County's State's Attorney.

All passengers remove their shoes

and put them in the gray bins.

All passengers
on Flight 1893 to Orlando

approach the gate for final boarding.

Remove all metal objects
and put them in the bins.

All laptops are to be separated
out of your baggage.

Take them out of the case.

Can you raise your arms for me,
please, ma'am?

Step over here.

I pressed "program"
and then "record,"

but nothing is happening.

Grandma, let me.

- Grace.
- I'm an American,

born and raised in Chicago.

I have deep roots in this city
and this country,

and I am here because I feel
Chicago is in need of a new...

I'm wondering if I should call him back.

The clerk at the Seventh Circuit.
We've only got an hour.

No, not yet.

We may have bought ourselves
some time

with this appeal on the anaesthetic.

How are you doing?

I hate this.

Being powerless.

Yeah.

He saw his daughter today.

Carter did. That's something.

That is more than something.

- Will?
- Yeah.

Could we talk sometime?

We can talk anytime.

No, I mean...

We need a moment.

Just a moment when things
don't seem so all over the place.

Okay, that's probably not now.

Heh, no.

Hi, Mrs. Florrick.

Sorry.
Zach said I could use the bathroom.

Sure.

I'm Zach's study partner. Nisa.

Hi, Nisa.

At this time,
I'd like to ask all passengers

on Flight 1893 to Orlando

to please approach the gate
for final boarding.

Dr. Grossman?

- Um, do you have a minute, please?
- Uh, do I know you?

I'm working
for the Carter Wright defense team.

I really need a minute of your time,
please.

Final boarding
call for Flight 1893 to Orlando.

But the science has changed, sir.
The arson science has changed.

Yes, but the physics hasn't. You see
these, um, V patterns on the wall?

A fire typically burns up and out,
and a V pattern indicates point of origin

for a fire produced by accelerants,
ergo, arson.

But this can also indicate the presence
of a knob-and-tube wiring burn-off.

Are you in the trade, miss?

No, but I just read a paper
by a young clerk in the Seventh Circuit

about changes in arson science,

especially when applied to structures
over 80 years old

as this apartment was.

Well, uh, certainly, uh, V patterns

aren't always indicative
of a point of origin, but...

You see these, uh, brown stains?

They indicate accelerant
in the hallway.

- I really must get on my plane.
- No, sir.

Look, these brown stains are just
as likely to come from flashover burns.

You know about the changes
in arson science.

You know what I'm saying is true.

No, I know what you're saying
is possible. That's all.

Yeah, and all Carter Wright needs
is what's possible.

Look, you said at the trial
that you were 100 percent positive

that these stains were proof
of an accelerant.

Now, if your opinion has changed...

There are other people you can ask.

No, sir.

There are other experts you can get.

Not in an hour,
and not with your authority.

- I'm sorry.
- Actually, I'm sorry.

- I can't help you.
- You can help me.

You're responsible
for Carter Wright being on death row.

It's your responsibility
to correct that mistake.

You're not getting on a plane.

You're gonna write an affidavit
to that effect now.

You just need a moment to realize
that this is the right thing to do.

Why don't I give you that moment?

Thank you. And now that we've...

Good, I got that part.
What time do we have?

We've got 20 minutes.

Kalinda is rushing the affidavit.
We've got the addendum here.

- You just take care of the preamble.
- Got it.

I will phone him in a minute,
tell him it's on its way.

- You phoning Diane?
- Yes. Let me call you right back.

You taking off?

Yeah, unless you got some floors
that need sweeping.

Mom, come in here.
They're talking about you.

Mr. Florrick, the question isn't
about the past. It's about the future.

Well, I'm here to talk about policy.

I'm here to talk
about the future of Chicago.

So if you have any questions
about policy,

I'd be happy to answer them.

But isn't that hypocritical?

You sell yourself
as a happily married candidate.

So I ask you again, sir,

has your wife forgiven you
for your infidelity?

Mom, are you coming?

Mr. Florrick?

- Sir?
- My marriage is none of your

- business.
- Mom!

Sir, heh, are you aware
of what you just said?

Yes, I am.

Do you have any more questions?

Yep, it's me.

My dad swore on TV.

Okay.

- Nothing?
- Nope.

Will said he'd phone
when they tell us a decision.

Look, you get back to your life.
I'll wait.

No. This is my life.

That's Will. Hello?

- Mrs. Florrick?
- Yes?

This is Jason Kerrigan with
the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

I have Judge Jerry Glendon
with a question for you.

- Do you have a minute?
- Uh, yes, I do.

- Please hold.
- Get Will.

- Why?
- It's Judge Glendon.

Yeah, it's Will.

Judge Glendon just phoned Alicia.

- He what?
- Yeah, just now.

She's on the phone
waiting for a question.

This is Judge Glendon.
Whom am I speaking to?

Uh, Alicia Florrick, Your Honor.

Thank you for taking my call.
You have a second?

Yes, um, of course I do.

It's just I'm a second-year associate.
I just delivered the addendum.

Actually, not even the addendum.
I delivered the first...

Shut up. Shut up. You.

I'm sorry,
this is the number I was given.

Am I supposed to be talking
to somebody else?

Actually, I'm sorry, Your Honor.

I can answer your questions.

Kalinda, what's going on?

Shh.
She's still on the phone with him.

I'm reading the new affidavit

from this arson expert,
Dr. Grossman,

and he seems to have left a window
to this being... Let's see.

An accidental fire.
Yes, Your Honor.

He's asking
if it was an accidental fire.

Tell her to push for innocence.

You talked to him today?

Dr. Grossman?
One of my associates did...

And I talked to him, of course,
after that.

So my question is this.

Well, actually, you know
what I'm gonna ask you, don't you?

Yes, I do, Your Honor.

He's innocent.

Carter is innocent.

I can order a new trial,
I can deal with the heat,

but why should I trust this doctor
if he so easily changed his mind?

Because he didn't so easily
change his mind.

He changed his mind
in the face of a man's innocence.

So much of what we do is uncertain,
Your Honor.

So much of my day is working
between right and wrong.

But this has to be right.

To do this to a man,

it has to be right.

Thank you, ma'am. Good night.

You did good.

You did.

Trust me.

Got the paperwork from the court.

Dad?

Just hours before his execution,

Seventh Circuit Judge Jerry Glendon
called for a stay of execution of Wright.

It is expected
that his case will be retried.

Ten years ago,
Wright was convicted

of the first-degree murder
of his wife, Caroline.

Since that time, Wright's execution
has resisted numerous appeals.

- You see Dad?
- I did.

- He swore on TV.
- I know.

- It was cool.
- Congratulations, Mrs. Florrick.

- Zach told me about your appeal.
- Thank you.

I wanna be a lawyer too.

- International law.
- Sounds great.

I wanna get an earring, Mom.

No, I'm serious. Just one ear.

- Where's Grace?
- In her room.

Brad Pitt has an earring in one ear.