The Good Wife (2009–2016): Season 3, Episode 20 - Pants on Fire - full transcript

- He could be president.
- Oh, please, stop.

What? He's handsome enough.

He's certainly tall enough.

Oh, Peter isn't even sure
if he's running for governor.

Oh, he'll run for governor.

I don't know.

He has to decide by next week.

Hello, Jackie.

Alicia.

You have a moment?

I do.



I haven't seen you
for a while, Alicia.

- How are you?
- Why, Jackie? Why'd you do it?

Why did I... do it?

The house.

The house Zach and Grace grew up in.

The house I lived in for 13 years.

- Why did I... put a down payment on it?
- Yes.

I didn't want to see it go

- to another family.
- You knew I put

an offer on it, and you didn't
want me to get it.

I-I was visiting

a friend in Highland Park,

and I saw the "for sale" sign, and...

I decided to put a
down payment on it.



Because you just so happened
to need a four-bedroom,

- 3,400-square-foot house?
- No, it's not for me. It's for Peter

- and the kids.
- We struggled for three years, Jackie.

We lost our home.

We took Zach and Grace out of school.

Where was all this generosity...

Alicia, I offered you
a place in my home,

I offered you loans,

and every time you said,
"I want to do it on my own."

Well, I don't have
that many years left,

and I'd like to leave
something for my children.

And you'll live there with them.

- What?
- You're giving

Peter and the kids the house,

and you will live there with them.

I don't know.

And what is that?

Replacing me.

Oh, Alicia, I am not replacing you.

You left.

I'm stopping you.

I'm not really sure
how you'll do that.

I'm a lawyer; watch me.

Lindsey...

Megan...

and Pamela.

These three young women

have spent five years
in prison, Your Honor,

five years, for a murder they
did not commit. - Excuse me,

Your Honor, that is still unproven.

Yes, but what is proven
is that the DNA

tying these girls to
the body was bogus.

- Again, Your Honor, an assertion.
- Yes,

but it's not looking good
for you, is it, Mr. Agos?

This is the fifth case

I've had through here
due to the malfeasance

of the Illinois Crime Lab,
and I've overturned all of them.

But those four cases
were built only on DNA.

Here, there was physical evidence.

The shoe prints
of all three of these women

- were found in the vicinity of the body.
- 'Cause it was on a trail

- that they used every day.
- And witnesses at the summer camp

testified to them
repeatedly bullying...

Rosa Torres on the day
of her murder, Your Honor.

It is unfair to discount
the totality of that evidence

- due to one simple infraction.
- "One simple infraction"?

Really? The cornerstone of your case

was the DNA... the jury was lied to.

- Not by the state's attorney's office.
- Which is why

the state's attorney's office should
share in our anger at this injustice.

They should be agitating for the
immediate release of these women,

not fighting against it.

Okay. Thank you, everyone.
You can sit down now.

Given the egregious nature of
these crime lab infractions,

I have no choice other than
to vacate these convictions.

Your Honor, we would
move for an immediate release.

Mr. Agos, do you intend to proceed

on the original charges?

We do, Your Honor.
And we would oppose bail.

It was denied in the original trial,

and we see no compelling reason for
it to be granted now. - I would agree.

The defendants are held for retrial.

What's that mean?
I stay inside?

Just for the moment.
But this was the big one,

- getting the conviction vacated.
- I'm gonna cry.

- It's good, Lindsey.
- I know, it's just, I don't think they'll let me out.

I have this nightmare
of this open door.

Every time I get close to it,
it shuts in my face. - It's okay.

Damn it.

Key thing is, we
kept them behind bars.

You know what this is, don't you?

I'm paying for the sins of the past.

Crime lab screws up under Childs...

I have to pay the price.

- Do we retry?
- They bullied

and killed that girl.

Not only that...

I promised the Torres family
that I wouldn't let the killers

of their daughter go unpunished.

Well...

Judge Romano seems
to be leaning against this.

It's crime lab fatigue.

Offer them an Alford plea.

I've got to get this off our ledger.

Hello?

Yeah. Hold on. Cary.

Everybody has to sign on though.

If that's what you want.

Hey, Alicia, what's up?

What?

She said she bought the house
for you and the kids.

She said what?

This is the first I've heard of it.

It's not that I don't want you
in there, Peter,

it's just weird being separated
and having the kids wanting

to be in the house with you
while I'm on the outs.

Yeah.

But... y-you were thinking
of buying the house, too, right?

Well, yeah, because
of this condo conversion.

Yeah, but then it would've
been you in the house

with the kids and me on the outs.

Um... you're right.

I-I'm sorry, we should've talked.

Okay. Well...

Don't worry, I will speak to Jackie.

Thank you.

Must be odd

working in the same
town as your husband.

Nope, it isn't.

What can I help you with,
Mr. Kresteva?

Mike. Nice kids.

Thanks, Mike.

Eh, it's just, how do you handle it,

fighting criminal cases

when your husband's
on the other side?

With great delicacy.

I like you, Alicia.

- You have wit.
- Thank you.

I didn't think it ended so well
the last time we spoke, Mike.

- So what is it that you need?
- I thought it ended pretty well.

I never try to make enemies.

Whenever I disagree
with someone, I think:

Today I can't see their side,

but tomorrow, who knows?

- So y-you see my side?
- Well, I've come

to present you with the report
from our blue ribbon panel.

- I recused myself.
- Yes, but we've changed

our conclusions...
you convinced us.

We censure the officers for
not announcing themselves,

shooting an unarmed man, and
possibly even placing a drop gun

in his hand to cover their tracks.

And it also censures my husband
for covering it up?

Well... yes.

Truth is truth, isn't it?

You wouldn't have us
compromise the truth

out of some misplaced deference
to family connections?

No. So then you understand
why I have to recuse myself.

That's why I'm here.

I'm offering you a chance
to write a minority report.

- And what would that say?
- Whatever you want.

Whatever your conscience
guides you to say.

Mm-hmm.

I think I'll decline.

Mrs. Florrick, I know
you don't trust me,

but I've come around to your side.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold

is for people of good conscience
to remain silent, so...

don't remain silent.

Michael?

- Hello. How are you?
- I'm good, Diane.

- You look great.
- You, too.

Now, don't you dare think
about poaching Alicia.

- We've got our hooks into her.
- Actually, I was here

- to poach you.
- Ha!

Alicia just asked me in to discuss

- our blue ribbon panel.
- Really?

Well, I hope that all works out.

I'm sure it will.

Anyway, Alicia, thank you.

It was most helpful.

And thank you, Diane, for
putting Alicia on the panel.

Well... odd that.

Yes.

So, uh, Cary called, and we have

an Alford plea.

- Really?
- Yes.

My guess is they're worried

about a lawsuit.

Lindsey will need some hand-holding.

We don't want her to take it?

Oh, no, we just...

want her to know all the facts.

So, what do I do?

Don't sleep with other people.

And that will get me elected?

I'd vote for you.

Here's how people

will elect you as
Illinois state senator.

- You're a woman.
- Thank you.

There are three other
men in the race.

They will split the male vote.

You will win the female vote,

but... only if you
win the female vote.

- Meaning...?
- Female voters are traditional.

- They don't like a modern woman.
- And that's why you're going

to stand beside me,
stand by your woman?

Vanessa, that is not
what I was saying.

But it's the point, isn't it?

Having my ex-husband
approving of me

makes me more traditional.

- Vanessa.
- What?

I'm not saying we have to mean it.

I'm talking about politics.

Just politics?

Yes.

What else is there?

I don't know.

You tell me.

♪ ♪

Uh-oh.

A what?

An Alford plea.

It's a form of a...

a guilty plea.

- No.
- Wait, just... just hear us.

- I already said...
- Lindsey, listen.

We'll do whatever you want,

but with an Alford plea, you get out.

You acknowledge to the prosecution

that they have enough
evidence to convict,

but you get out.

- Do they?
- Have enough evidence to convict?

Without the DNA,

normally we would say no,
but you never know

for sure what a jury will do.

So if I take this... plea...

The state's attorney agrees
to a sentence of time served.

You go free.
Now. Immediately.

- Really? - Yeah, Megan, but
there are drawbacks.

You won't be able to clear your name.

You'll be a convicted felon
for the rest of your life.

And one parole violation,
and you're right back here.

But if I don't take it,
I have to stay here?

Yes. At least until
you get a new trial.

And that's how long?

I don't know.

I want you to have
a complete picture here, Pamela.

The state's attorney offers this plea

because they're afraid of being sued.

As part of the plea agreement,
you have to promise not to sue.

But I get out?

Yes. That's why they do it.

They dangle freedom
in front of your eyes

to get a guilty plea.

And if I turned it down and sued?

The last crime lab
lawsuit against Cook County

resulted in a $10 million reward.

$10 million?

- That's...
- Not a guarantee.

And any award you would
get, you would have

to split three ways.

Do you think I should
reject this plea?

No. We're just laying
out the options.

We have a very good case

against the state's
attorney's office.

We won a lawsuit last year on exactly
these kind of crime lab missteps.

And it's important to hold
these people responsible.

- But... - We're not the ones
who have to sit in prison

for another year.

You have no idea what that
kind of money would mean.

My family...

It would change everything for us.

I guess the question, then, is...

is it worth it to spend
another year in prison

to maybe change everything?

More or less.

And how long do I have to decide?

72 hours.

What would you do?

I have no idea.

So, what do you think?

I think she needs the money.

Who doesn't?

A recently released report

from an independent
police review authority

has found evidence of a cover-up

meant to protect
a Chicago police officer.

This panel investigated
the controversial shooting

of an unarmed man

on Chicago's El Train.

This report,

exhaustively investigated

by a prestigious blue ribbon panel

that even included the wife

of the state's attorney himself,

has found a cover-up
by local officials,

including the state's attorney.

Kresteva also dropped a bombshell

that should complicate

the ongoing Illinois political scene.

I am running for governor
of the great state of Illinois.

Together, we need to stop
corruption like this.

We need to stop people
like the state's attorney

from covering up
police shootings like this one.

What's wrong?

Everything.

I was never
the best father or husband

or person, really.

But then something happened to me.

My son was diagnosed

as having acute
lymphoblastic leukemia,

and I just woke up,

like Paul on the road to Damascus,

except I was at a Bears tailgater

stripped down to my underwear.

Damn it. Damn it.

What's wrong?

I just didn't see something coming.

Have you seen my shoe?

It's on your foot.

Yeah, the other one.

Who's that?

The competition.

My competition?

- No, Peter's.
- Peter's.

You're thinking about him,
aren't you?

You're in bed with me,

but you're thinking about him.

You're joking, right?

That was a joke?

Come here.

- No, I need my shoe.
- Eli, come here.

Oh, my God, look at this,
ten messages.

He's been trying to reach me
all morning.

Come over here.

You're referring to Peter Florrick,

the state's attorney?

This was a mistake, wasn't it?

Yes.

Now go off to your Peter.

Not without my sh...

Our first date.

Now that would be bad enough,

- Yeah, this was a mistake.
- but then something else happened.

The wife of the state's attorney,

Alicia Florrick,
asked me into her office

and told me if I changed this report

and exonerated her husband,

that she would sign it, too.

Damn it. Damn it!

So, we only get the Alford
plea if we all agree.

So, where are we?

Pamela wants to
hold out for a civil suit.

Oh, I'm sure she does
after your sales job.

Excuse me, are you accusing me?

It's money to you.

It's a potential $10 million lawsuit,

and you get 20% of that.

You can't get 20% of freedom.

Okay, let's keep it civil.
Tommy?

Megan wants to take the plea.

She was beaten up
in prison yesterday.

So, here we go
with the emotional blackmail.

No, it's not blackmail;
I'm just telling you the facts.

She's being targeted in prison.

And this talk of a civil suit's
just making it worse.

What about your client?

Lindsey hasn't made up her mind yet.

She doesn't want to admit to
something she didn't do.

- Exactly.
- But she doesn't want to spend

the rest of her life
in prison, either.

Look, we all know this case
is a slam dunk.

The only reason the state's attorney

is even offering us the Alford plea

is because he's on the run.

You're married to him, right?
Tell us.

I can't speak to that.

Well, none of us can.

We all know of cases
which seemed like

- slam dunks and turned out not to be.
- Okay, so we have

three days to figure out
whether we have a slam dunk.

I agree.

Our clients are looking

for an assessment of their chances,

and the prosecution is using
our dissention against us.

So let's use this remaining time
to see what case we have, okay?

You're on it, right?

Yeah, I put a call into
the medical examiner's office.

Oh, and, um,

Kalinda, can I hire you to
look into something for me?

Sure, what is it?

Just a...

I think there might
be something wrong

in a financial arrangement.

Okay, sure, whose?

I will need to know.

My mother-in-law's.

- Hey, bum.
- Callie.

What are you up to here?

The slumber camp murder?

Yeah, we're trying
to win them some money,

but what happened to kids today?

They don't want money.

They want freedom.

You look good suspended.

Yep. You got any pointers?

Don't get rusty.

You've been suspended, what,
six months, right?

Yep.

I was a year.

Addiction. Cocaine use.

I didn't know that.

Yeah, some of my best summations

were done high.

But don't I seem calmer these days?

You do.

So, what are you doing?

I'm reading a book I wrote.

How is it?

Not good.

Oh, sorry.

No, it's just one more
thing I know I can't do.

I have something
you might be interested in.

Behind the Bar.

It's a support group
for sanctioned lawyers.

Disbarment, suspension,

drugs...

Sounds exciting.

Oh, come on,
what are you doing anyway?

Just lying around all day?

Didn't we almost go out
on a date three years ago?

Yeah, you stood me up.

I was in rehab.

So, we'll make this our date.

Come on.

What are you doing tomorrow night?

Kalinda, where you been?

Oh, hibernating.

You guys haven't been
too forthcoming lately.

Yeah, well, that's all changing.

We're all loosening up around here.

Really? Why's that?

I don't know, but, uh,
your name is no longer dirt.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Into the lab.

No, that way.

What do you need?

Summer camp killing, 2007.

Three girl killers.

Oh, yeah, that one.

I thought that was getting kicked.

Yeah, state's attorney's office
is considering retrying.

Ah, yes, dead horse beaten yet again.

Come on.

Uh, 16-year-old girl.

Three other girls brought
her into the woods.

They stabbed her eight times,

slashed her carotid.

Weapon was never found.

Ah, ooh, and look at this.

What?

A note for you.

ASA Agos, he's, uh,

one step ahead of you.

Mm, for the moment.

Oh, she was found

- without her clothes?
- Yeah, they thought rape at first...

cops always think rape...

but no semen, no penetration,
so they thought

the killer stripped her down
to make it look like a rape.

What's this?

Hypostasis.

Lividity caused

by the blood settling after death.

No, this.

I don't know.

But no lividity there.

Probably something in contact

with her body,
something on the ground.

No.

It's on the other side
of the ankle, too.

Oh, my God,

you're right.

You solved it.

Alicia Florrick asked me

into her office and told me
if I changed this report

and exonerated her husband
that she would...

It's a lie, Eli; He's lying.

So, you weren't on this
blue ribbon panel?

No, I was, but I...

So, you didn't meet with him?

I met with him.

I mean, he met with me.

He came here,

but he came here to ask me
if I wanted to write

a minority report, and I said no.

So, all that stuff about Peter
trying to cover up a shooting,

that's not true?

Unfortunately, I can't

say anything about those proceedings

because they were confidential.

Okay, so that's it.

Wait, Eli, you have
to put out a statement

or something.

- Saying what?
- Saying that it's not true.

I-I didn't ask him
to stop the report.

Why would we do that?

Because he's lying, Eli.

Alicia,

people lie, and politicians

are just people.

The problem is when you run
around putting out statements

saying that people
lied, it just brings

more attention to the lie.

People think there's
something wrong with you

for making such a fuss about it.

People think you lied

because you're making
a fuss about a lie.

- That's crazy.
- It's a 24-hour news story.

It'll go away

- unless we take the bait.
- But it's...

It makes me look bad,
and-and he gets away with it?

Yep.

You have to let it go, Alicia.

It's the big leagues.

You file a few off.

It's a bicycle clip.

You wear it on your
ankle to keep your pants

from getting caught
in the bike chain.

Which one is this for,
my mother-in-law?

The victim's body.

Something was pressed
against her ankles

when she was murdered.

Here and here; that's why
there was no lividity.

But there's nothing
in the police report

that says she was riding
a bike that night.

I know.

And yet...

So, where was she riding it?

A bicycle?

There was a chance that Rosa

rode a bicycle that night
just before she was killed.

But she didn't have a bike.

I mean, we weren't allowed
to bring anything.

They didn't want
any of us off grounds.

What about the counselors?

Mary Jane had a bike.

The counselor in Rosa's cabin,
she had a mountain bike.

She was always going off riding.

Good, thanks.

That's helpful.

Wait.

What about the plea?

What are Pamela and Megan

- gonna do?
- Oh, yes.

Pamela doesn't want
to take the Alford plea,

but Megan does.

Megan's being beaten up in prison.

Oh, my God, I'm so sorry.

Maybe I should take the plea.

Here's what we're trying
to do, Lindsey.

We want to line up the evidence
to demonstrate to Judge Romano

that the state's attorney

has no evidence to hold you to trial.

They're merely trying
to neutralize a civil suit.

If we're successful,

you won't have to plead guilty.

You'll just be released.

But you have to do that
before the plea expires?

Yes, that's why
we're pursuing this evidence.

Okay, and you want me to sit tight?

Yes, just for a little while longer.

Then I will.

Tell Megan to stay strong.

Thank you,

Alicia.

You still having nightmares?

No.

So, we have evidence that

the victim, Rosa Torres,
might have ridden a bike

the night she was killed.

I understand that, uh,
you had a bike, right?

Yeah. Why?

And you reported it stolen?

But then you found it, right?

Yeah, a week later. Why?

Uh, Rosa borrowed it that night,
intending to return it,

but then, she was murdered.

How do you know all this?

- Where did you find it?
- What does it matter?

Well, it matters, because
Lindsey is innocent,

and my guess is, Rosa borrowed
your bike that night

to meet someone off the grounds,

and he or she moved her body
back onto the grounds,

but never knew about the bike.

So, where'd you find it?

I want complete separation

between the legal and the political.

Anyway, I think you all get it,

and with that, I need a moment.

Alicia, good to see you.

I'm sorry I didn't say anything

about my press conference yesterday.

I didn't want to let my campaign
get in the way of the panel.

So, I invited you to my office?

You...

- Excuse me?
- You said, I invited you

to my office, and tried
to get you to change the report

- about Peter?
- Yes.

Which is a lie.

Which part?

All of it.

First of all, do you want some water,

- or something to drink?
- No.

And second of all,

I'm not... I'm not sure

what you're disagreeing about.

I'm not disagreeing about anything.

I'm telling you to stop

lying about me.

Alicia, I'm not lying about anything.

You invited me into your office.

No, I didn't.

You came to my office.

Because you invited me.

And then you asked me
to change the report.

No. You came to my office,

and you asked me

if I wanted
to write a minority report.

Alicia, uh...

I'm sorry. I...

Our memories seem to diverge here.

You invited me into your office,
and I was stunned

when you asked me
to change the report.

I asked you if this was
covered by confidentiality.

You said, "No."

Otherwise, I never
would have mentioned it

in my press conference.

What are you talking about?

- You're lying!
- No.

I'm not.

How can you pretend
that isn't what happened?

One second,

Ginger. I'll be right out.

You're gonna lose.

I am? To whom?

- Peter.
- No.

You know why I won't?

Because he isn't gonna
enter the race.

He's too smart. He
knows he's vulnerable.

Stop... lying about me.

Alicia...

Don't pretend what I'm saying
isn't the truth.

I know a lie can travel
halfway around the world

while the truth
is putting its shoes on.

But still...

I found it here,

a week later just leaning
there against a tree.

Chain broken.

Who lives here?

Some people who work in town.

And counselors?

A few.

Hi. I'm so sorry to bother you.

I was thinking of sending my daughter

to the summer camp up the road.

Do you think it's a good...?

Hi. Uh, my name is Kalinda,

and I was thinking
of working as a counselor...

Hi. Uh, I was just
in the neighborhood,

and working as an investigator
for a reality TV show,

looking into the slumber camp murder.

Really? I worked at the camp then.

Really?

Yeah, Rosa was a great girl.

That was a tragedy, what happened.

Yeah. Must have been tough.

Were you guys close?

Thanks.

No, just, um...
just the usual

instructor-camper relationship.

You ran a photography program?

Yeah.

I also taught at the
community college

before everything went digital.

There was an art form to film.

Now everybody just worries
about computer bytes.

Nobody cares about process any more.

I loved working at that camp, though.

Those kids inspire me.

In-in what way?

Mm, their reverence for nature.

There's not a lot of
reverence any more.

There she is.

There's Rosa.

Nice girl.

I don't know.
He hasn't decided yet.

Well, which way is he leaning?

Well, to be honest, Peter is leaning

against running for governor.

Why?

He feels the Democratic
Committee is yanking him around.

They promise him a speech at
convention, then they back down.

It doesn't help that
Kresteva has declared.

He's pretty popular, you know.

I spoke to him.

You... When?

Today.

You spoke to him about lying.

Didn't you?

You couldn't help yourself.

And he said, he wasn't lying, but

you misremembered, right?

Yes.

Alicia, I am good at my job.

I know what people do.

So when I say,
don't speak to them again,

please believe me, I know what

I speak of.

Peter should run.

I know.

He needs your help.

Kresteva is dangerous.

He's like Blagojevich dangerous.

Stop selling, Eli.

- Quit while you're ahead.
- Okay.

I'm ahead?

You tell me what you need,
and I will think about it.

No kids.

I know.

And there it is.

You didn't have to say that, Alicia.

I know.

I'm not sure if I'm running.

Yes.

That's what Eli said.

Hmm.

Well, Kresteva's no worse than most.

Mm.

I'm not sure I agree, but either way,

this isn't about him.

It's about you wanting
to see me elected?

Peter, we have had our...

issues, but I've always respected

your political abilities.

And I've always thought you were
better in office than...

the alternative.

You know, to be honest, Alicia,

I'm finally enjoying
what I'm doing here.

Maybe that's why I'm thinking
of not running.

Okay... if that's the reason.

Hey.

Your support means a lot to me.

Run, Peter.

You'd be a good governor.

That's when I found out

I was disbarred.

I've worked... I worked
my life to become a lawyer.

It was everything to me.

This was fun.

There are usually more people.

Yup, that's all this needs.

You know, one of the dangers

of not having the law
to fall back on?

Coming here with you?

Distractions.

Drugs, alcohol, gambling.

Anonymous sex with strangers.

It's a good thing
we're not strangers.

I could pretend to be a stranger.

My apartment
is ten minutes from here.

I'll leave first.

If we left,

he'd be alone.

My address.

Mom, how are you?

Good.

Oh, I love seeing you here.

Seems so... appropriate.

Don't buy the house, Mom.

Oh, she talked to you?

Yes, Alicia talked to me.

She doesn't understand.

She thinks I'm doing this
to hurt her.

I'm doing this for you

and the kids.

I know, and thank you.

Now, don't buy the house.

You know, she wants to buy it.

She wants to live there without you.

Mom, it's not your house.

I put a down payment on it.

I'll lose that.

No, you'll lose
the earnest money at the most.

I can't afford losing that.

Yes, you can.
You'll be fine.

Peter, I love you.

You have a good heart, but

you don't know when people
are manipulating you. I do.

Alicia is manipulating you.

Alicia and I are trying
very hard to act like adults.

I need you to butt out.

Peter, I-I can't believe it.

No, listen to me.

Sit down.
Listen to me.

Do not buy that house.

Do you understand me?

- Peter, she's controlling you.
- Mother!

Do you want me in your life?

Yes or no?

Yes.

Then stop it.

Stop it right now!

Call the seller tomorrow, or I will.

Do you understand me?

Mm.

Good.

Thanks for coming in.

You think he was having
a sexual relationship with her?

I checked his record.

Two years after the murder,
another camper accused him

of sexual harassment.

So you're saying, Rosa
took Mary Jane's bike

and rode it to this
counselor's house?

Yeah. Justin Varney,
but no one ever knew,

because the body was found in
the woods back near her cabin.

The killer must have dumped it there.

Why would he kill her?

Accusations of criminal sexual abuse.

She was 16, he was 25.

So, call an emergency hearing,
ask for

a reconsideration on bail.

It's worth a shot.

Okay.

I'll prepare the motion. Mm.

No.

You take it head-on.

We had problems in our marriage,

but we've worked hard to mend fences.

Mend fences?

Do you have a better cliché?

Just a second.

Hey, Frank.
What's up?

You tell me.

You saw Mike Kresteva
announce for governor.

I did.

Is Peter running against him?

Is the Democratic Committee
supporting him?

You come out for Peter,

he'll run.

Is that your ex-wife?

Yes. Vanessa.

And she's running for state senate?

- Yes. - And you're
running her campaign?

Consulting.
I can do both

at the same time; Don't worry.

And what if you can't?

What's up, Frank?

We don't want her to run.

What about Robert Mulvey
for state senator?

Don't do this to me, please.

She jumped the line, Eli.

We don't want a woman in the race.

Mulvey wins the women's
vote without her...

- Then let Mulvey compete.
- No.

That's not how this works.

He loses the women's vote, he loses.

You want us to help Peter,

you drop out of your
ex-wife's campaign.

This is crazy.

- No, it's not.
- I can't do that to her.

Yes, you can.

She can run in four
years; help her then.

Damn it!

Uh... don't go getting
melodramatic on me, Eli.

You don't care

about the state race.

Peter's the ball game.

Just tell her you can't
help with her campaign.

Good to see you, Eli.

And what do we have today,

- Counselors?
- We're here because,

Your Honor, my client
and her codefendants

don't have the luxury
of waiting for a trial.

Hey, Justin Varney has an alibi.

He was at a bar with some friends

at the time of the murder.

The timeline could be off?

Yeah, but there's

something else.

That's a friendship bracelet,
the kind teenage girls

give to their boyfriends
and keep one for themselves.

And that is Megan.

Megan gave Justin her
friendship bracelet.

Justin didn't do it.

He was dating girls from the camp,

but he wasn't at home
the night of the murder.

Rosa went there to see him, and...

- Megan was jealous.
- Yeah, and Megan laid in wait for her.

Is Cary anywhere near this?

Not yet, but I wouldn't chance it.

- And our client?
- I don't know,

I think the only one
involved is Megan, but...

Their fates are tied.

Uh, okay, go show it to Diane.

And thanks for the help
with my mother-in-law.

Yes, Jackie.
The money for the down payment,

you borrowed it
from Zach and Grace's trust,

and that is...

What?

I had a stroke.

You... Oh, come on, Jackie.

Alicia, I can't reach Peter.

Please, you need to call him.

I'm in the hospital.

And here we are.

Yep, here we are.

Have you decided?

No private lives.

Ah. Mafia rules?

We can come after each other
but not the families.

Nope.

Peter, sorry, my one play here is...

Sorry, guys,
can you grab the next one?

Thanks.

My one play here is to
keep you out of the race.

And how do you keep an
ambitious man from running?

Tell him you'll go after his family

with everything you got.

You're a real piece
of work, aren't you?

I try to be.

Well, I'm gonna come after you

with everything I've got,

everything I can find.

Sure.

Why not.

Peter, you enter the race,
I can promise you one thing:

You may not regret it,
but your wife will.

Oh, and...
your phone's ringing.

Hi, Alicia.

What?

I forgive you.

Is she all right?

I don't know.

Mom, I'm sorry, I'm
sorry I yelled at you.

It's gonna be all right.

I'm sorry.

Really?

I thought I could handle
two campaigns at once,

but I just don't have the bandwidth

- to do either well.
- So you chose him.

I chose the campaign I was
managing, not consulting.

I'm sorry.

This is because we slept
together, isn't it?

No.

- I don't believe you.
- Look, Vanessa, it pains me to do this.

Well, I'm so sorry for your pain!

- Look, I just...
- What?

I just hope that we can
still be friends, because...

this has been nice.

Good-bye, Eli.

Okay, run this by me again.

- Hypothetically...
- Of course.

If I could convince you

that one of the codefendants
was actually guilty but

- the other two weren't...
- That's a big if.

Would you drop the charges
against the other two?

Alicia, it's not my call to make.

I still have a job to protect here.

For the time being, at least.

But I thought you liked the...
what did you call it?

Clarity.

Well, let's just say

it's getting murkier by the day.

I'm sorry, Alicia, honestly.

- You don't seem happy here, Cary.
- Really?

Here in my cubicle?

Got my Family Circus
cartoons and my ficus.

What more could I want?

- I'll talk to you.
- Yeah.

Peter, it's time to do this.

It's time to decide.

Yeah, I know.

Which way are you going?

Let's do it.

Good.

We'll win this.

I don't know about that, but...

it's been decided.

- No.
- Callie,

all our clients are gonna sit in jail

for another year, while the
state's attorney's office

devotes every resource they have

to figuring out how
to prove them guilty.

Do you really think they're not
gonna find this? - It's not about

what I think, Diane... my
client has made up her mind.

Then your client needs
to be told the facts.

This evidence against Megan looks
equally bad for all of us.

There's no way to prove that Lindsey

and Pam didn't help Megan do this.

We'll take our chances.

No. You want the money
from a lawsuit...

- that's why you'll take your chances.
- Oh, grow up.

Don't play the martyr here.

You were just as much
into the money as I was.

And what if... Lindsey
testifies against your client?

What?

It's a new trial.

Cary needs new witnesses

to replace the DNA evidence.

Lindsey would make a good witness.

- She'd lie? - She wants out of
prison; she's desperate.

You never know what
a desperate person will say.

So I'm wrong to want money,

but you are not wrong to blackmail?

That's right.

How's that door looking?

Within reach.

You have any idea
what you're gonna do?

No.

I used to like volleyball.

I wouldn't mind playing
some volleyball.

This is where

the nightmare always ended.

Lindsey.

Oh, my baby!

- It's over.
- Oh, sweetheart!

We've had it for far too
long in the state of Illinois.

It's the politics
of divisiveness and discord,

personal attacks
instead of public achievement,

negative campaigning
instead of positive creation.

And that is why today

I am throwing my cap into the race

and announcing my candidacy
for the governor of Illinois.

Our next governor!