The Good Wife (2009–2016): Season 3, Episode 1 - A New Day - full transcript

WASIM AL-SAID:
It was e-mailed to campus in-boxes.

- Do you know who sent it?
- My guess is Tau Kappa Theta,

the Jewish fraternity.

- I'm not saying anything bad.
- No, of course not.

WASIM AL-SAID: It was this video
that provoked the fight at the rally.

DIANE:
And you want us to defend?

Jimal Mifsud.

Scholarship student in Science.

His family is in Jidda,
and he can't afford a lawyer.

Do you know his family?

No, I am purely
an interested bystander here



- who wants to see justice done.
- Purely?

There's a campus fistfight

between a dozen Palestinian
and Jewish youths,

and the state's attorney only charges
one Palestinian?

DIANE:
He doesn't have a record,

so it should be
a simple misdemeanor battery.

- Court supervision.
WASIM AL-SAID: No.

The new state's attorney wants
to appear tough on his first day.

It was deemed a hate crime.

Seven years.

Alicia, meet Wasim Al-Said,
an old friend who, until recently,

retained our competitor,
Young, Bachman and Meyers

- for his legal interest.
- To my eternal regret.

- Very nice to meet you, Mrs. Florrick.
- Alicia's fine.



WASIM AL-SAID:
Your husband was good

to the Muslim community
his first term.

My fear is that's changed.

Of course, Alicia can't influence
her husband in any way,

but she is still
one of our best lawyers.

Well, that's all Jimal needs.

This is a good kid they're painting
as, uh, a suicide bomber.

Bond hearing's today. I'll be there.

Good. That's one piece of business.

What else might we handle that
Young, Bachman and Meyers can't?

I know that Eli Gold
is working with you these days.

I'm in need
of some crisis management.

- What's the crisis?
- Where's the management?

Will you get, uh, Eli for us?

And ask Will to step in.

Will? Sure.

GRACE [ON RECORDING]: Mom,
pick up the phone. Mom, pick up...

Hello, dearest daughter.

GRACE:
You sound happy.

I am happy.

I have my daughter on the phone.
What more could I desire?

Look, I don't think I need a tutor.

Grace, we discussed this.
It's just a month.

GRACE: It was one report card.
- And it's one month.

Dad just thinks
I need to apply myself.

Oh, I agree,
and a tutor will help you do that.

Eli. The meeting.

Mom, Nisa's parents want you
to come over for dinner.

ZACH: You and Dad. Both of you.
- Why?

Just to be nice.
I didn't tell them anything.

Like you said, I haven't let anyone
know you are separated.

Okay, I'll talk to your father about it.
I've gotta go.

- So who is this guy again?
- Wasim Al-Said.

- He's a commodities trader.
- Wasim?

Diane's been trying to sign him
for two years.

He has 10 million in charitable assets
to spend.

On what?

A campaign against
anti-Muslim bigotry.

Mr. Al-Said, you do know
that I'm not a PR specialist?

I handle lobbying
and crisis management.

Do you watch the evening news,
Eli?

Religiously.

Then you know there was a murder
of a Jewish Poli-Sci major

at Chicago Polytech last night.

Unsolved, but the police
are questioning Muslim students.

Ten minutes later, uh, a riot broke out
at the other end of campus

at a rally intended to encourage
interfaith dialogue,

and only one Muslim was arrested.

Now, I'm used to reading
the tea leaves in this country,

and the best way to manage a crisis
is before it becomes one.

Isn't that true?

It is.

So are you hiring me because I'm good
or because I'm Jewish?

Because I imagine it might look
quite good

having a Jew campaign for Muslims.

Can't it be both?

- I don't like being used.
- Really? Since when?

He knows Jewish money is going
to Peter for his next campaign

- and he wants to buy influence.
- And?

Don't you get so knowing on me.

What's up with you anyway?

- You seem different.
- Heh.

- Where you going?
- Court.

- Why?
- I'm a lawyer.

Okay, glad we cleared that up.

This is a hate crime, Your Honor, and
we ask that bail be set at $100,000.

Have you ever been in a fistfight,
counselor?

Have I, Your Honor? Um, no.

Well, let me educate you.

It's chaos, chaos in there.

No one can tell who hits who.

Fists are flying,
you get hit in the head.

Next thing you know,
you're on the ground...

- I'm sorry to be late.
CARY: Jimal assaulted someone

because he was Jewish.
That is not chaos.

And Jimal was hit
because he's Palestinian, Your Honor.

Alicia Florrick, Your Honor.
Twenty students were fighting.

Only one was charged. One Muslim.

- Religion had nothing...
- Everything to do with it.

KARPMAN:
All right, okay.

Your passion is preserved
for the record.

Bond is set at $5,000.

And I do suggest
that the state reconsider its charge.

Thank you, Your Honor.

[GAVEL BANGS]

ALICIA:
Jimal, I was just put in on this.

You have a benefactor
who asked me to step in.

- You all right?
- Yeah, but I didn't do anything.

I know. A lot of this is posturing
by the prosecution

to get you to accept a higher plea.

The good news
is the judge is on your side.

Want me to call your parents or...?

No. No, they wouldn't...
Look, I'm ashamed.

I understand.

Hopefully, we can handle this
by admitting simple battery.

But I didn't. I wasn't even there.

ALICIA: He wasn't at the rally, Cary.
He was at the library.

Oh, my God, really? That's terrible.

This isn't about Jimal,

and this isn't about
some stupid fistfight.

This is about that Jewish kid
stabbed to death,

and you can't find the killer
so Jimal is the scapegoat.

We have an eyewitness
who saw Jimal throw the first punch.

Is the eyewitness Caucasian?

[CHUCKLES]

Oh, wow, how quickly we slip
the bonds of political correctness.

- Why not ask if he's Jewish?
- Cross-racial identification.

Caucasians have difficulty
discerning unique characteristics.

Six months in county,
one year probation.

- No.
- Then I'll see you in court.

Tell Peter there has to be a better way
to firm up his campaign contributions.

Using everything we can, are we?

PETER:
It's a new day.

We're running a clean office.

Let me say that again

because we're all prone
to the same cynicism.

We are running a clean office.

Clean, ethical, honest, but not weak.

I know our budgets
have been slashed.

I know we're the underdog here.

But our strategy will be this:

No plea bargains.

That's right.

Defense attorneys will be expecting
the opposite.

So for the next two months,

I want you to hold the line
on every single plea.

After that,
you won't have to work as hard.

Get your enemy flinching,
you'll never have to hit him hard again.

Your first complaint will be about
investigator hours.

That's why I've hired
an outside contractor

until we can budget full-time.

I want you to meet Sophia Russo.

- She's good, and she's cheap.
- Thanks.

PETER: Relatively.
CARY: Mr. Florrick.

I offered the defense six months
on the college hate crime.

Should I walk it back?

What's the law say?

- Three to seven years.
- There's your answer.

The lawyer's Alicia,

and she might come after
your campaign contributions.

- Really?
- Yeah. What do you want?

Follow the law.

You can't go wrong
if you follow the law.

All right.

- Jeez, what a pit.
- Thank you.

You're working on the, uh...
The Jewish-Muslim thing, right?

Yeah. The hate crime.
Why? What do you need?

Oh, it's not what I need.

What is this?

You used to work
with Kalinda Sharma, didn't you?

- Yeah.
- If I were you, I'd slip it to her.

[BLUES MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]

So kind of odd
not seeing you around much.

Yeah. I've been busy.

Yeah.

And here I thought
you didn't need me anymore.

[CHUCKLES]

What's that?

It's a peace offering.

Peter Florrick wants to run
a clean office, so...

This is me being clean.

You're welcome.

You know, you can't make Chicagoans
feel good about Islam

with pathos.

You need to go positive.

Link the Arab Spring
to the American Revolution.

Who is the Islamic
George Washington?

Who is the Islamic Paul Revere?

Morning in the Middle East.
Islam turns...

- Do you need something?
- It's on your desk. It's self-explanatory.

ALICIA:
That's your car?

Good. Now, I know you said
you were at the library.

But the time code on that traffic light

shows that the driver of your car
was running a red light

just outside the campus gates

at the exact moment
of the interfaith rally.

That means that the driver of your car,
if that is you,

couldn't have been involved
in the rally fight.

- Do you understand?
- I do.

So I want you to take your time
before you answer.

Is that you driving your car?

It is.

Are you certain, young man?

It's a very roundabout way
to come from the library.

I'm sure.

We ask Mr. Mifsud state under oath
that he was the driver in this photo

which we will mark
as People's Exhibit Number 1.

Your Honor,
is that really necessary?

CARY:
Only way we'll drop the hate charge.

KARPMAN:
Very well.

Mr. Mifsud, you are under oath.

Do you swear that that's you
in the photo?

- Yes.
KARPMAN: Good.

Well,
I think that just about, uh, wraps it up.

Doesn't it, Mr. Agos?
I'm late for the gym.

It does, Your Honor, and the state
has made a terrible mistake

in charging Mr. Mifsud
with this battery.

But this car with this license plate
was seen racing away from the scene

- of the murder of Simon Greenberg.
- Objection!

CARY:
That is why he ran the red light.

- Outrageous.
- He killed Simon Greenberg.

Prosecutorial misconduct!

His alibi means
he committed this murder.

You overcharged him with a hate
crime so he would grab at any alibi.

Your client perjured himself?

No, I am saying he took my advice,
that's all.

Then congratulations, Alicia.

You just advised your client
to admit to murder.

Your Honor,
the people charge Jimal Mifsud

with first degree murder.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

Alicia dropped by for you.

- Why?
- I don't know.

You want me to get her?

No. Later.

So this isn't you?
It's your car, but you're not driving it?

JIMAL:
I'm sorry, I, uh...

I thought it was the easiest way out.

- So who is it? Who's driving it?
JIMAL: I don't know.

Jimal, they have a witness who swears
that that car,

your car,

was driven away
by Simon Greenberg's killer.

- So don't cover for anyone.
JIMAL: I'm not covering.

My two roommates don't have a car,

I let Amir and Tariq use mine.
I just leave my keys in the room.

So which is driving it, Amir or Tariq?

I don't know.

But he swore that was him
driving away?

He didn't know it would implicate him
in a murder.

It's my fault. I encouraged him
to place himself in the car

to give him alibi from the hate crime.

Yes. Now, I have a multimillion-dollar
client thinking that we're amateurs.

KALINDA: I got the pictures
from the ASA's office.

- I should've checked.
- Great. It's everybody's fault.

Now let's make it right.

I'm questioning Jimal's roommates.
One of them is the real driver.

And I'm filing a motion

to dismiss Jimal's alibi statement
during preliminary.

DIANE: I don't know what's going on
with you two, but make it better.

Whatever you have to do.
Make it better.

So are we supposed to do
something?

- Sure. What subject?
GRACE: I don't know.

You're the tutor.

What does your mom want?

She wants me to get better grades,
so that I'll get into Briarcrest.

- You don't like public school?
- No, I do.

It's just that there was a mugging
on the field,

and all the parents got really scared.

Is this your first job tutoring?

Yeah, heh.

- How am I doing?
- Not so good.

Darn.

Can we go outside?

Yeah, I think it's up to you.

MAN: Cary, the man!
Throwing down that opposition.

[CHUCKLES]

Nicely played.

Thanks.

So this is the new Cary?

No, just a new day.

So can I see the crime-scene photos,
Cary?

Well, come on, you're in the big leagues
now. What can it hurt?

- I'll think about it.
SOPHIA: Oh.

- Well, lookie who's here.
KALINDA: Sophia?

In the flesh.

Strange bedfellows, huh?

The strangest.

Well...

You two have a nice time.

[SOPHIA CHUCKLES]

What'd she want?

[GROANS]

Crime-scene photos.

Damn it.

Okay, uh, Simon Greenberg, 22,

found in his dorm room gagged,
hands bound, stabbed 45 times.

- Little overkill?
KALINDA: Yep.

Police think it was an execution.
No sign of a struggle.

- Witnesses?
KALINDA: Neighbor heard a scream,

looked out his window and saw a dark,
possibly black Middle Eastern man

running to his car.
They got a number plate, ET27.

Damn.

That's not a partial plate.

Yeah, I know. Jimal's plate.

Um, one other thing. Something
that wasn't released to the press.

- What?
- Killer drew a swastika

- with the victim's blood.
- Ugh.

KALINDA: Yep.
I know this is not looking good, is it?

Okay. Um, let me know
what you get from the roommates.

Got it. Oh, by the way, the swastika,

the police don't know why,
but it was drawn backwards.

Okay.

Hi. Am I interrupting?

Nope.

How are you?

Good.

Do you have a moment to talk?

About last night?

Yeah.

[DOOR SLAMS]

Don't act like this is nothing, Eli. You're
running a pro-Palestinian campaign.

It's an anti-Muslim bigotry campaign,
and I am a crisis...

You are a Jew.

- We are both...
- Oh, come on, Michael.

What is this? Ultimate Frisbee?

We only win by making them lose?

Yes.

You act
like you're not paying attention,

but I know you're paying attention.
This is a PR war.

And I'm a traitor?

In February, Israeli soldiers helped
a Palestinian woman give birth.

You didn't read about it unless you
subscribed to the Israel National News.

Two days later, an Israeli woman
gave birth in a Palestinian hospital.

Where did you read it?
AP, CBS News, every major paper.

Google it, go ahead.
This is a PR war and they are winning.

Michael.

I do not go to your house
and tell you what novels to write.

I do not go to your committee
and tell you what lobbyists to hire.

Oh.

That's it.

Now I get it.

I didn't hire you. There it is.
I hired Tarkovsky and Associates.

With a $20-million Jewish League Fund
to fight intolerance? Yes, you did.

So this isn't Israel-Palestine to you.
It's Gold versus Tarkovsky.

You're paying a competitor, Michael.

And as moved as I am
by your plea for Jewish brotherhood,

I'm not that moved.

Four thousand years

and we are always
our own worst enemy.

So you were driving Jimal's car
that night, right?

This is just like the cops.

Racist.

They think an Arab had to do it.

Yeah, but this is you, isn't it, Amir?

Driving your roommate's car
that night, right?

No.
And do you know why it's not me?

Look at your time code, lady.

I was in my living room. For salah.

- Evening prayers.
- Anybody else see you there?

AMIR: Yes.
- Who?

The prophet Muhammad.

Peace be upon him.

Yeah, Amir's in the living room
five times a day praying.

Okay, Tariq. Did you see him praying
on the night of the murder?

- No.
- So you were home?

You were home
to be able to not see him there?

No, I was out.

In Jimal's car?

No, I wanted to take it,
but the keys were gone already.

- So where were you?
- I was here.

- In the quad at the interfaith rally.
- Hmm.

Sophia.

Kalinda.

Hi. I didn't see you over there.

This is how you investigate these days?
By just following me?

Yep. Makes things a lot easier.

So you and Cary, huh?

That's why you've been ignoring me,
right?

It's not because I'm married.

Yep. You got me.

Listen, I'm gonna go
and question eyewitnesses

at the Jewish frat.
Do you want the address?

Where's the fun in that?

ALICIA:
Your Honor, this is...

- This is prosecutorial misconduct.
KARPMAN: Okay, okay.

ALICIA: This is absolutely unethical.
KARPMAN: All right. To your corners.

Mrs. Florrick, your client already swore
that that was him in the car.

Is he now trying to say he lied?

He's saying he was misled
by the prosecution.

- How did I mislead?
ALICIA: Jimal was given an opportunity

to avoid a hate-crime prosecution
and he took it, that's all.

This murder charge is based
on nothing else.

There's no evidence that Jimal
and the victim even knew each other.

Where's the motive?

Mr. Greenberg was Jewish
and Jimal was Muslim.

As you can see,
a swastika was drawn on the victim's...

ALICIA: Oh, come on. Anti-Semitism
isn't some cookie-cutter motive

- you can apply to any dark-skinned...
- Counselors, listen.

Nobody likes a street fight
better than me,

but that's for in the street, not here.

Mr. Agos, do you have any further
probable cause?

Because if it's just that statement,
I am prone to overturn.

We do, Your Honor.

FINEMAN:
Professor Noah Fineman.

I teach Political Science.

And did the accused show
a particular interest

- in one of your lectures?
- He did.

Uh, it's a lecture that I give
on the anniversary of 9/11

about chickens
who come home to roost

for the United States
and Zionist regime in Israel.

Objection. Your Honor, is Mr. Agos
really trying to find a motive

in Jimal's classes?

Why not Home Ec?
Maybe that's where

- Heh.
- The knife came from.

KARPMAN:
Overruled.

I think we can stand a bit
of rough-and-tumble here, counselor.

So, professor, you would argue
that Israel's a criminal regime?

FINEMAN:
Oh, I don't argue it.

I think that's fairly self-evident.

CARY: Given this,
what do you think of suicide bombings

and the death of Jewish citizens?

FINEMAN: If you're asking me
if I approve of such a thing? No, never.

But I do understand them.

These are understandable movements
against a Zionist oppression.

And how did your student Jimal

take an added interest
in this lecture?

Well, he was, uh,
very engaged in class, yes.

And afterwards, he approached me
to ask me questions

about my newest book:

Zionist Occupation - The Need
for Realignment and New Thinking.

Borderday Press.

Thank you, professor.

No further questions, Your Honor.

Actually, professor,
I have a few questions.

My client was very engaged
in your lecture, you said?

How did you witness this?

Well, if you teach students
long enough, you get a sense.

And for how long did you teach
Jimal?

Well, it's been four weeks
since the beginning of the semester.

So, uh, four weeks,
that's, uh, 20 sessions.

And for how many of those sessions
were you actually present?

I don't understand.

How many of those 20 sessions
were you actually there teaching

and not having one of your TAs
do it?

Uh...

Didn't you only lecture the class twice,
professor?

Well, I would question your use
of the word "only."

But, uh...

Yes.

And yet you really focused
with your laser-like perception

on Jimal and his engagement.

- You're being a bit rude.
ALICIA: Yes.

And I'm just getting started.

So after one of your lectures,

Jimal came to you to ask you about
your book. How do you know this?

Because I keep a record
next to my attendance. See?

That asterisk tells me
that I must send them an e-mail

- about my book.
- And, of course, you recognize Jimal,

- over there?
FINEMAN: Oh, yes.

This record attendance,
the students sign themselves in, yes?

- Yes, it's a very efficient way to work.
ALICIA: I'm sure.

- Do you see Jimal's name there?
- It's in here.

- That's not his handwriting.
CARY: Objection.

That's the handwriting
of his roommate, Tariq,

also a student in your class
who signed him in

so that Jimal could cut class.

Well, I'd say things have been
pretty easy for you up until now.

Really? How's that?

In court, these people don't really know
how you think.

But you do?

Hate to tell you this,
but we're gonna beat you.

[CHUCKLES]

Good luck with that.

[PETER LAUGHS]

[BOMB EXPLODES ON TV]

[MAN SPEAKING IN ARABIC ON TV]

[MAN GROANS]

"Battle M. E: Gaza Strip"
It's one of my best MMOGs.

And what is an MMOG?

Massive multiplayer online game.

CARY: Meaning people log
onto their computers

- and battle each other.
STEVE: Yep.

What are we looking at now?

Uh, well, that's the recorded actions
of Samson 5.

That's the avatar of the accused,
Jimal...

ALICIA:
Objection.

Your Honor, what does this have to do
with the death of Simon Greenberg?

- Goes to motive.
- What is that assault weapon there?

- Is that an Uzi?
- No. It's a Galil 5.56.

KARPMAN: What's the range?
STEVE: Four hundred and fifty meters.

Cool.

Proceed.

Well, that's Jimal's avatar there.

The guy running.

And what is he wearing?

Oh, that? That's a suicide vest.

[MAN SPEAKING ARABIC ON TV]

[GUNFIRE ON TV]

He's wearing a suicide vest?

And what is he entering?

STEVE:
That's a civilian Israeli building.

That's a school, in fact...

Your Honor, this is a game.

Mr. Al-Said was just here.

He wants us to pull out
of Jimal's defense.

He is afraid defending a youth
who makes light of a suicide bombing

will undercut Eli's
pro-Muslim campaign.

He wasn't making light of it.
He was playing a video game.

In which he killed
a schoolhouse full of kids.

Yes, but in a video game.
Have you seen video games lately?

We can't abandon Jimal.

He was looking
at misdemeanor battery.

We helped him
into a murder charge.

We?

I helped him into a murder charge,

which I did as a representative
of this firm.

- We made a commitment to him.
- What do you think?

I think your friend
will pull out of Eli's campaign

and go right back to his old firm
with his $10 million.

Yeah.

Still, retail rules.

We broke it, we own it?

Okay.

We'll stick with Jimal.

Win this one.

- No.
- No what?

No, Mr. Al-Said?

[CHUCKLES]

I'm coming here as a courtesy.

I don't need your campaign anymore.

I'm taking my business back
to my old firm.

Oh, that's too bad
because I already cashed your check.

You did not.

I did. You know us Jews.

- Heh, you'd do anything
to piss me off.

You're right. But I still have a great
pro-Muslim campaign for you.

[SCOFFS]

Good doing business with you.

Did you hear the one
about the Arab and the Jew?

No. But I'm sure it's very funny.

An Arab and a Jew walk into a bar.

And then they kill each other.

JENNIFER: "Energy is radiated
and absorbed in quanta,

matched to?"

Patterns of black body radiation.

You know that's bad for you?

Uh-huh.

GRACE: It's like the equivalent
of three buckets of popcorn.

But I don't want
three buckets of popcorn.

[TRAIN DOOR CHIMES]

- Oh, my God.
- What?

Okay, I need your help.

[TEDDYBEARS' "ROCKET SCIENTIST"
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

Don't shake the camera.

Just keep it steady.

- What are you doing?
- Look at the color.

It's Bollywood.
You can't pass up Bollywood.

Do you know them?

No. It's chance.

I do this all the time.

Grace, camera up.

What are you doing?

Good to have you back, Mr. Sartori.

Yeah.

So tell me, what is a power-up?

[CHUCKLES]

Sorry, this is the only place
in the world

where I have to explain a power-up.

Um, in a video game,
it's something that you collect

to give you extra power.

Like a gun.
Or, you know, ammunition.

So would anyone ever pass up
a power-up?

[SCOFFS]

No. Not unless you're crazy.

You never know when you'll run out
of ammunition.

So this suicide vest that Jimal's avatar
is wearing, what is that?

It's a power-up.

And everybody who plays your game
grabs one?

At one point or another.

ALICIA:
In fact, according to your own logs,

many ASAs in Mr. Agos' office...

- Objection.
KARPMAN: Overruled.

Many ASAs in Mr. Agos' office
have collected such suicide packs?

Yeah. It's a part of the game.
It's not a thing.

But doesn't that mean

these ASAs are more likely
to have murdered Simon Greenberg?

- Heh, Your Honor.
- Psst.

KARPMAN:
Mrs. Florrick?

Mrs. Florrick, any further questions?

Yes, Your Honor.

Mr. Sartori,
Jimal's roommate, Amir Al-Fulan,

- he played your online game too?
- I have no idea.

ALICIA: This is a record
of your subpoenaed logs.

- Can you read that there?
STEVE: Oh, yeah.

And you had to reduce his privileges

because he fought
with another player, didn't he?

Yeah, he, uh, got in a fight online.

Uh, on the "Battle M.E." board.

And who did he fight with?
Can you read that there?

You had to reduce
both their privileges.

Simon Greenberg.

ALICIA:
Thank you.

Jimal's roommate, Amir,
is the most likely suspect.

But he has an alibi. Praying.

Yes, but he was alone.

What about the other roommate?
Tariq.

We can't find any contact
between Tariq and the victim.

And he doesn't have
the political motive.

Amir is the Palestinian hardliner.
Tariq could care less.

Okay. Thank you, Alicia.

Uh, keep us in touch.

What do you think?

I think

you're holding something
against her.

- I'm what?
- Alicia.

Maybe it's unconscious,
maybe it's not,

but you're being hard on her.

No.

She's a third-year associate
on a partner track,

and she's treating us like peers.
That's all you're seeing.

My God,
am I the only adult left here?

Could everybody
just put their emotions away?

I gotta get to a meeting

unless you have some other
stray observations for me.

[SCOFFS]

Are we overdoing it?

Diane thinks
I'm going too hard on you.

Am I?

Going too hard?

[ALICIA CHUCKLING]

All those late nights.

No time off.

Buried

in work.

[ALICIA MOANS THEN GASPS]

- Up to my knees.
WILL: Mm-hm.

[DOOR OPENS]

GIRL: He's doing it again, Mom!
He's doing it again!

It's just my neighbors.

GIRL:
Just give it to me already.

- Come on, let's go to the bedroom.
- No, no, no.

Don't move. Don't move.

GIRL:
Mom! Tell him to give it to me.

Mom!

Leg is done,
the chops are ready to go.

I'm just warming up
the leg of lamb piece

after it's been reposing
for ten or 15 minutes just to...

We need to eat better.

I like what we eat.

No, I need to cook.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

You're happier without Dad.

No, I'm happier with you.

Okay, that was such a mom thing
to say.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

No, it's about Dad.

Does that upset you?

No.

I don't know.

You know I love Dad.

I know.

I'm sorry.

No.

I found you a new tutor. Dana.

I think you'll like her, she's social.

Actually, I think I like this one now.

You... I thought you said
she was too different.

She is, heh.

But sometimes different
isn't always bad.

She's coming over to help me set up
my computer tomorrow.

- What?
- She's setting up your computer?

I asked her to.

Please tell me you're learning
something, that this isn't all pointless.

I'm learning something.

So how do you explain that, Amir?

I don't explain it.

You said you didn't know the victim,
Simon Greenberg,

and here you are on a video game
fighting with him.

I don't need to talk to you.

You got no authority here.

Hey, you wanna make yourself useful
in here?

I just got the authority.

He claims it wasn't him.

It wasn't him what?
Fighting against Greenberg?

On the video game.

Amir says it was Tariq.
He let him use his screen name.

These roommates,
they share everything.

So I'm checking Tariq,
but we're back to square one.

Amir had a motive:
Politics, fanaticism.

Tariq isn't political or religious.

I wonder if we're making a mistake

thinking it's about
Middle Eastern politics.

These kids, they're just college kids.

BAILIFF:
All rise.

Okay, I'll keep checking,
but I'll need some time.

BAILIFF:
Judge Karpman presiding.

Thank you.

Please be seated.

So this is where we stand.

There is sufficient evidence
for a finding of probable cause.

Further,
we set this case on my trial...

Your Honor,
we ask that you recuse yourself.

- Excuse me?
ALICIA: We believe

you have shown bias
against our client.

Believe? Really?

In what way?

Your religion.

This is outrageous.

I'm...

My Jewish background
is completely irrelevant in this case.

Your Honor, you have given money
to the Outlook for Israel,

an organization that supports
the settlements in Israel.

We believe you have shown bias
against our client,

and we ask that a new judge
hear further proceedings.

I'll give you my answer in an hour.

[GAVEL BANGS]

- He's not gonna recuse himself.
- He will.

Karpman always backs down
when he's pushed.

He's afraid he'll be overturned
on appeal.

- So we start over with a new judge.
- No.

I know what Alicia's doing.

Oh, hi, Michael. How are you?

I was just sitting here
going over this campaign.

Arab Spring.

Sort of like Irish Spring.

But with Arabs.

- Do you want some coffee?
- How much?

For the coffee?

How much for six months if I brought
the Jewish League Fund here?

How much are you paying
Tarkovsky and Associates?

You know how much.

Well, of course,
we would have to tell Mr. Al-Said

we can't handle his account
anymore,

so if you'd help us defer
those costs...

You're really a son of a bitch.

I am.

But now I'm your son of a bitch.

BAILIFF:
All rise. Judge Karpman presiding.

Please be seated.

I've taken a great deal of time
with this motion

because I believe that part
of being a tough judge

is also being a fair judge.

Your Honor, may I quickly interrupt?

Can't imagine why, counselor.
I'm ready to rule.

Yes, but, I believe Mrs. Florrick
is attempting to manipulate this court.

Excuse me!

If you recuse yourself, the court will
choose a new judge tomorrow?

- Is that correct?
- Yes, it is.

- You were about to make your ruling?
- That's what she's counting on.

You know what tomorrow is,
Your Honor?

- What tomorrow is?
CARY: The holiday.

That has nothing to do
with my motion.

It's Rosh Hashanah.

There will be no Jewish judges
in court,

the case will be assigned
to a non-Jewish judge.

Why she's asking you
to recuse yourself.

Your Honor, this is offensive!

KARPMAN:
Mrs. Florrick,

I am disappointed in you.

The motion is denied.

Case remains on my trial call.

[POP MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]

Hi, Tariq. How are you?

So, what, are you following me?

No.

I'm following her.

Hey, Tariq.

You know, if you're looking
for a more discreet gay bar,

- I'd try Scarlet's on Halsted.
KALINDA: No.

I'd try Sidetrack.

- It's too leathery.
- What do you need?

You used Amir's avatar
on "Battle M.E.,"

- the online video game.
- So?

So that's where you met
Simon Greenberg.

- No.
- Yeah.

Actually, yeah.

Checked your alibi.

Didn't hold up, Tariq.
You weren't at the interfaith rally.

Why would I kill Greenberg?
It makes no sense.

We spoke to the bartender.

He said you met Greenberg here
quite a few times.

My guess is you two fell in love.

You argued, he met someone else.

You got jealous.

You stabbed him.

Made it look like a hate crime.

[TARIQ GROANS]

I didn't mean to hurt him. I didn't!

Why the reversed swastika?

SOPHIA: What?
- When you set it up as a hate crime,

why draw the swastika backward?

What do you mean?
Isn't that how you draw it?

[SCOFFS]

Is it good for the Jewish League Fund?
I don't know.

The Muslim was the killer,
but he was also gay,

and sleeping with our guy, so, uh...

I would call that
a classic mixed message.

[WHISPERS]
Crisis management.

[IN NORMAL VOICE] If it helps,
I could find out if he's a top.

[CHUCKLES]

That was a joke.

Yeah. Okay, I gotta go.

Important work?

ELl:
Fate of the world.

- What do you think?
- It's very flattering, Eli.

But I can't be thinking about the
governorship when I'm doing this job.

So do this job.

Let me think
about the governorship.

Just an observation from work:

If you're worried
about Alicia and Will Gardner...

I'm not worried.

I know. I know, but, uh, if you were,

I think that whatever was there
is no more.

They barely look at each other.

Eli.

You don't want a divorced candidate,
do you?

No, l...

Forget it.

[LAUGHS]

[COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]

You need a friend, K.

Why do I need a friend?

Or a dog.

Maybe you need a dog.

Kalinda and pooch.

- Out investigating.
- Heh.

I'm fine, Will. Really.

WOMEN:
I mean, what's wrong with me?

We're not like normal people,
are we?

What are normal people like?

Emotional.

- You're emotional.
- No.

Sometimes I'm in the middle
of an emotion,

and I just look at myself and realize

I'm not feeling anything.

I just like acting like someone
who feels something.

You wanna stop acting
and actually feel?

Yeah.

Yeah.

[BANGS TABLE]

Ow.

That's what it feels like.

- Thanks.
- Heh.

All right, I gotta go.

I gotta be somewhere at 8:45.

Really?

That specific.

Yup.

Be good.

PETER:
I'll get them to school on Monday.

- You sure?
- Yeah.

[SIGHS]

ZACH:
Do we take our homework?

ALICIA & PETER [IN UNISON]:
Yes.

- So you've hired a tutor for Grace?
ALICIA: Yes, I did.

She's good, I think,
and Grace likes her.

Or she likes her now.

I'll keep an eye on that.

Oh, um, also, Zach's girlfriend, Nisa,

her parents wanted us
to come for dinner.

I'll tell her you're busy.

Yeah, yeah. Tell her I'm busy.

ZACH: Love you.
- Love you.

GRACE: Love you.
- I love you.

You call if you need anything.
I'll be here.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]