The Good Wife (2009–2016): Season 3, Episode 21 - The Penalty Box - full transcript

I was devastated.

All my life savings,

they were gone

just like that

because of him.

The defendant?

You blame him for
this pyramid scheme?

- Objection, calls for speculation.
- Mrs. Florrick,

can we save our objections
for issues that really matter?

I'm just trying to keep
the prosecution honest,

Your Honor.



Oh, sure, why not?

Well, I'm in a good mood
today, so I'll sustain that.

I'm, uh, sorry to do this,
ladies and gentlemen.

I'll need attorneys in chambers.

And, Sheriff, if you
would return the jury

to the jury room, please.

Looks like it
might rain, right?

Um, yes, Your Honor,
by-by this afternoon.

Yeah, I was in Mexico in April,
not a drop.

Uh, was Mexico beautiful?

I liked it,
I liked it a lot.

I'm declaring a mistrial.

Did I say that
you could all talk?

This is not about you.



I have been put
in the penalty box.

You'll be assigned a
new judge in a month.

I've been transferred
to the 13th floor,

and all my cases
will be reassigned as of, uh,

11:00 a.m. this morning.
Great.

I'm sorry, Your Honor.

Yeah, a 15-year judicial career
down the drain,

but hey, politics is politics.

Stop crying, Judy.

So, you're all dismissed.

You can all go and gossip
to all your lawyer friends.

Ms. Lockhart, could you stay?

Don't worry, it's
not ex parte.

The trial is over.

Get out.

You can head
out, too, Judy.

Civil or criminal?

Possibly both.

Uh, what is the case?

You agree to take it?

Uh, no, I need to know
the case first.

I was a prosecutor 20 years ago.

I put a wife-killer in prison.

And now a recent DNA test

has proved that he
might not be guilty,

and they're looking at how
I handled the prosecution.

They're saying I kept
things from the defense.

- And that's why the penalty box.
- Yes, I'm being

investigated by the
state's attorney.

I've been transferred to
review pauper petitions

until such time as I am cleared.

I want you to know
that Mrs. Florrick

has no sway over her husband.

Ms. Lockhart, you
don't know me, do you?

I'm not hiring you for
your political connections.

I'm hiring you because I
respected the way that

Mr. Gardner battled his recent
judicial bribery accusations.

Now, do you think I should
be getting another lawyer?

I'm not sure it's a good idea.

We said we're overburdened
as it is.

No new clients
until we hire a new litigator.

It's a judge; a judge is
when you make an exception.

Why?

We represent Cuesta,
he'll have to recuse himself

from any future cases
we have before him.

Yes, but it's
the halo effect.

Other judges will know
we have their back.

Howard, everything
all right?

Yeah, I saw you were having
a meeting of the name partners,

and I thought,
since I'm a name partner,

I should be here.

Okay.

Uh, we were just talking

about whether to take
on a new client, a judge.

What kind of judge?

A criminal judge.

Oh, criminal, sounds smart.

Mm-hmm.

Okay, it's been settled.

We should take on Judge Cuesta
as a client; Howard approves.

Then we'll have to hire
a new litigator.

Howard,

- isn't that a good idea?
- Litigator, yeah.

Got a few names,
if you want.

Actually,
Alicia had a suggestion.

- Cary Agos.
- Alicia?

Who's Alicia?

Uh, I-I am.

- Oh, hi.
- Hi.

Uh, Cary's been demoted

at the state's
attorney's office.

He's ready to make the jump.

But are we ready
to be jumped?

I've worked on 140 cases
since I've been away,

and I've learned a lot
about myself and the law.

We're a bit shorthanded

at the moment, Cary.

We need someone
immediately.

Will that work for you?

Well, I'd need to offer
a two-week's notice,

but, uh, otherwise yes.

And why are you leaving the
state's attorney's office?

My responsibilities
have been curtailed,

and I wanted to face
greater challenges.

Why curtailed?

Well, unfortunately, I'm not
in a position to answer that.

That's confidential
state's attorney business.

But it shouldn't worry us?

No.

No, Peter will give me
a very strong recommendation.

And you won't have
any difficulty

going up against
your old boss?

Didn't have any difficulty
going up against you two.

Will,

I'm sorry about how all that
went down the last few months.

You mean the attempted
indictment of me?

Yes. I want you to know

I was assigned that prosecution.

I never would have chosen it.

Who would you
most want to spend time

with on a desert island?

Hey.

Hey, thanks.

- They said you put in a good word for me.
- You're getting

pretty hard to beat in court these
days; better to have you here.

How'd it go?

Good, I think,
but I don't want to jinx it.

Don't tell Peter,
by the way.

I haven't told him yet.

No problem.

He's everything we need
right now: a go-getter,

knows the ins and outs of
the state's attorney's office.

The conflicts of interest
here could sink a battleship.

Are we really suddenly worried
about conflicts of interest?

We face 50 between here
and the elevator.

I say we hire him.

I disagree.

Howard?

Is he gay?

He only wants to take boys
to a desert island.

That's why I'm asking.

Thurgood Marshall
and Keith Richards?

Mm-hmm. No girls.

That bothered me.

I see.

And, did that, uh,
bother you, too, Will?

Well, I'm glad we reached
such a sensible decision.

If we don't find someone better,
we go back to Cary.

It sounds sensible to me.

Is Judge Cuesta
coming here today?

Yes, we discuss strategy
in a half hour.

Which is when I have a sit-down
with Lemond Bishop.

The city's top
meth dealer

in the waiting room
with its top judge.

Yes, that qualifies
as awkward scheduling.

I still think you can
keep your stance.

Well, then why are we arguing?

We're not arguing.

I just don't like being told
what I'm doing

is politically smart
when I'm doing it anyway.

Okay, Peter,

you're making an epically
courageous decision.

How is that?

When did we become an old,

bickering couple?

Oh, hey, did you kick out
that kid, um, Cary...

Uh, what's his name?

- Did I what?
- That kid.

I saw him here at Lockhart/
Gardner looking for a job.

Cary something.

Cary Agos?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I saw him here
being interviewed.

I didn't know
you were letting him go.

Terri Rooney, 24 years
old, stabbed to death

in 1992.

She was pregnant;
He didn't want a baby.

So, he insured
her for $850,000

- and he killed her.
- Her husband,

Patrick, said he returned
home from the supermarket

to find her mutilated with a
knife taken from the kitchen.

But no one at the supermarket
remembered him,

- and he had no receipt.
- Yes, it was a weak alibi.

Try nonexistent.

And look, he had her blood
on his shirt and his jacket.

The defense claimed that it was
from his attempts to revive her.

As were the defensive
wounds on his face? - Okay,

we're not here to retry this,
Your Honor.

Mr. Rooney's sentence
has been vacated,

and he has been released,

- and why is that?
- The killer's hand thrust down

on the sharp edge of the knife
when he stabbed her,

leaving his blood;
It was never tested

for DNA

until his appellate lawyers
petitioned it last year.

Turns out
it was somebody else's.

Look, we didn't test DNA
back then.

Patrick Rooney was released
last August,

- when the DNA matched...
- Just to be clear...

- ...a truck driver--
- I did nothing less than any prosecutor...

Yes, yes, just to be clear,

this isn't your
court, Your Honor.

This is our offices.

You need to drop
the entitlement.

Excuse me?

I thought
I was explaining myself.

You were acting as if you
were the injured party.

I have been barred
from the bench, ma'am,

and I have done nothing wrong.

No, Patrick Rooney
did nothing wrong,

and he spent 20 years
in prison for it.

He had his wife
snatched from him,

and then he was
accused of her murder.

Your attitude,
Your Honor,

it will do more to condemn
you than the evidence.

You're on this side

of the bench now.

You have to show humility.

Continue.

A court of inquiry is being
commenced in two days

to review the evidence
against His Honor

and decide if criminal
charges should be brought.

Why a court of inquiry?

My guess is, due
to the personal animosity

- of the players.
- All right, well, it still needs a judge.

Your Honor knows

most of the judges
in Cook County.

They'll have to
recuse themselves,

so who?

Would you excuse me?

Which leaves me
with two months left

on my suspension.

Still, I want you
to know, Mr. Bishop,

your team is intact and
firing on all cylinders.

And how are you doing?

How am I doing?

I'm good, thank you.

I just worry about my clients.

I'm fine.

I don't think a lawyer's
working hard enough

unless they get

into a little legal trouble
now and then.

Damon is handling
your tax issues.

Roger, your trust.

Mark and Eve, your criminal.

And Jordan and Alicia,
your civil litigation.

Mrs. Florrick, hello.

Mr. Bishop.

How am I doing civilly?

Well, sir, no complaints.

Good.

Actually,

where is that little
investigator you have?

Kalinda? I think she's
in another meeting,

but we can get her.

Please; in fact,

can I have a quick word
with Mrs. Florrick and Kalinda

in private?

We've represented
lawyers before, Your Honor,

and they all share one trait:
Backseat driving.

They have trouble letting us
drive their defense.

I will, uh, endeavor to behave.

Mr. Bishop wants to talk to us.

You can give us a minute, too,
Mr. Gardner.

You sure?

Yeah, legal stuff.

You can't be helping
on it anyway...

your suspension.

I was approached by an FBI
agent named Lana Delaney.

She seems to think I
have some tax issues

due to some work
you did for me.

When did she approach you?

I was surprised by
this, of course.

I didn't remember you
had done work for me

and I was surprised to have an
FBI agent approach me at all.

Yeah, I'm surprised, too.

But you don't pay me
to be your client.

I pay you.

I pay you not to be surprised.

That's my fault, sir.

Due to attorney-
client privilege

I was limited in
what I could share

with you.

You're only limited
if she tells you

to be limited, right?

Yes.

So what's
my exposure?

We're taking care of it.

Listen to me.

I don't like the
FBI coming to me,

so take care
of it... fast.

Are we understanding?

We are.

That wasn't good.

No.

Your FBI friend is
gonna get you killed.

No word yet on a judge?

No, it's still
a political hot potato.

The suspicion is,
they'll choose by lottery.

Ms. Lockhart.

Counselor.

Judge Cuesta.

Seth, they put you on this?

No, I volunteered,
Your Honor.

Oh, how nice,

and Brutus volunteered
to govern Gaul.

If nobody stepped up

justice would not be served,
so I stepped up.

Hmm.

Always watch out
for the true believers.

All stand.

The Special Court of
Inquiry is now in session.

The Honorable Murphy
Wicks presiding.

Who the heck?

Hey there.

Oh, please,
you can all sit on down.

Uh, I'm new
to this court,

so things may go a little
slowly at first here.

I'm, I'm Judge Murphy Wicks.

Murph is fine with me.

I'm from downstate,
Harrisburg,

uh, Gateway to the
Shawnee National Forest.

Population: 10,790.

Yep.

Oh, my gosh,
he's an idiot.

So our defense is simple.

Prosecutorial discretion
is not misconduct.

You cannot convict a prosecutor

for the choices he makes
in pursuing a prosecution.

Good, and Kalinda
is on the judge?

She's checking his background,

but it seems
he's exactly what he says:

Just a small-town judge.

Alicia, what do you
think of Callie Simko?

Callie from our last case?

Good, a bit cutthroat
but smart.

Why?

What do you think
of her coming here

to Lockhart/Gardeer?

In addition to Cary?

No.

Well, I don't know, maybe.

Sh-She's smart.

I can't speak
to how she'd fit in.

Okay, thanks.

So, Callie,

tell us about
your life.

Basically I have no life.

I live for litigation.

And you were suspended
for a year?

Yes, I had
some overbilling issues,

mostly because I had
a cocaine habit.

I know, I think it's best to
state that right at the top.

For the last two years
I have been in recovery.

If you have any doubt

you should talk
to my past employer

and my clients.

Thank you, I will.

And why are you leaving
Hockney & Barnes?

Too big, too corporate,
too many fiefdoms,

and one more reason... you.

Me?

Yes.

I have respected
how you've shattered

the glass ceiling
for the rest of us,

and I'm sorry if it sounds
kiss-butty, but... I'm a fan.

Who would you take
to a desert island?

Who would I take?

Yeah, a serious
question.

Okay, I guess...

Yo-Yo Ma.

- Mm-hmm.
- With his cello.

Mm-hmm.

And, uh, Brad Pitt
for a bit of eye candy.

I hope that's

not too
superficial.

Oh, no.

I like her.

Good choices
for a deserted island.

Yes, let me call some
of her references.

Whatever.

She's my choice.

Hey, Howard.

- How are you?
- Eli.

Hey, um, you know,

I was thinking, we
should really talk.

♪ I can't tell you
that I love you ♪

♪ I can't say
I think of you... ♪

What do you think?

What do I...?

I don't know,
I'm just here.

What do you think?

I think I'm fine.

You didn't need
to do it.

I have other options.

I... what are we
talking about?

Work.

I have another firm
after me.

Huh?

You didn't arrange
the interview at your firm?

You had an interview
at my firm?

Yeah, yesterday.

They asked
if I'd come in again.

You didn't have anything
to do with that?

Nothing.

Well, that's weird.

Lockhart must have
been impressed

by our last case
together.

I guess so.

You going home?

Yeah, it's getting late.

So you're weirded out
by this?

This weirded you out?

No, I'm just
getting dressed.

Lynn Cuesta.

I'm the daughter of... him.

You just nodded to the
defendant Richard Cuesta?

Yes,

I saw where she nodded.

Thank you, Your Honor.

And do you remember
the events of July 1992,

when your father prosecuted
Patrick Rooney?

Yes, he was pretty
passionate back then.

He missed my
graduation preparing.

And did you strike up
a relationship

with one of the jurors
in that case?

Objection, Your Honor,
no foundation.

Okay, wait.

Just let her tell
her story, okay?

No more objections
for a minute here.

So... what does

the prosecutor
want you to say?

I dated Larry Gibbs,
one of the jurors.

Mm-hmm, and was this

a very serious relationship,
Ms. Cuesta?

We were together
about a year.

I thought we were gonna get
married, but, you know, men.

Yes, I'm sorry
for our gender.

And did you

and Mr. Gibbs discuss
any of this case he was on?

Yeah.

He liked talking
about it.

His deliberations?

And did you talk

about your knowledge
of the case?

I me... I mean, I
knew a few things

just from around
the dinner table.

I told him
that stuff.

Okay.

I think I get it.

Uh, is there anything else

you wanted to get from her,

Mr. Klinenberg?

No, thank you,
Your Honor.

Just a few questions,
Your Honor.

No, don't, don't do that.
Richard,

we talked...
no backseat driving.

Lynn,

do you talk that much
to your father?

No. Why?

Objection, Your Honor,
relevance.

No, no, Mr. Klinenberg,
you got what you wanted.

Now it's
their turn.

We were never very close.

In fact didn't you try to change
your last name in 1993?

So, given
the difficulties

in your relationship
with your father,

did you ever tell him about what
you learned from this juror?

No.

And did he ever ask you

about what
you talked about?

No.

In fact did he even know
you were dating this juror?

He never gave a damn
who I was dating.

The day of my wedding
he didn't even send a present.

No further questions.

Thank you, Ms. Cuesta.

Lynn.

Too late, Dad.

Are you crazy?

I have a gun.

Just seeing how
you're doing,

Special Agent Delaney.

How did you even find me?

Nice place.

Thanks.

I'm getting
ready for bed.

Yeah, I can see that.

Come on, I have
to get up early.

I chase you for two
years and nothing.

What, now
you're into me?

♪ Big fat breakfast...

You're gonna
get me killed.

I'm getting you what?

♪ Big fat bluebird...

You talked
to Lemond Bishop.

♪ Big fat breakfast...

So that's what
this is about?

You talk to Lemond Bishop,
you get me killed.

No, I talk to Lemond Bishop
and it turns up the heat.

He's going
to kill me, Lana.

Stop it.

♪ Just like a breeze to me...

I can't.

♪ Just like a breeze to me...

I can't.

It's my job.

♪ Just like a breeze

♪ To me

♪ Just like a breeze to me.

We haven't gotten

a new judge yet
on the Ponzi scheme,

but that gives us time
to recalibrate our attack.

Okay.

And that's what you were
doing... recalibrating?

Yes, sir.

This case could take
a couple of months.

You up to it?

Yes. It's a good case.

Ah. You'll see
it through?

I hope to. Why?

You know the one thing I prize
more than anything, Cary?

It's loyalty.

I had to learn it
the hard way... scandal.

Going to prison.

I thought I knew the people
that I could count on.

Turns out there's only
a handful that stuck by me.

I got a call.

Somebody saw you

being interviewed
at Lockhart/Gardner.

- Sir, I wasn't...
- You weren't being interviewed?

No, I was.

I was intending
to tell you.

But it just happened
to slip your mind?

No.

That was wrong.

I didn't know whether
I wanted to leave.

You wanted to know
if there was a soft landing

- before taking off?
- Sir.

I have lost respect here
ever since I took a step down.

Yeah, I know that.

Do you respect me, Cary?

Of course I respect you.

Not enough to
confide in me?

You're right.

My mistake.

Well...

I want you to hand off
your cases to Geneva Pine.

We'll still offer
a month's severance.

Thank you.

I'm sorry
it happened like this.

You got to do
what you got to do.

Frank Peel. I reside

at the Parnall
Correctional Facility

in Jackson County, Michigan.

And you testified

in the original
Patrick Rooney murder case?

Yes, I testified
for the prosecution.

Hey, Dick.

Okay, let me step in here.

What do you want
to say, Mr. Peel?

Well, it's not
what I want to say.

It's that I was a cellmate
of Patrick Rooney's,

and Dick over there paid me
to say that he confessed.

He paid you?

- With money?
- No.

He gave me a conjugal visit
with my girlfriend, you know.

And it was worth it.

Thank you. Anything more,
Mr. Klinenberg?

No, Your Honor.

A few questions,
Your Honor.

Mr. Peel, your testimony is,

you were promised
a conjugal visit in trade

for your testimony
against Rooney?

That's right. What I said.

And what promised to you
to testify against Judge Cuesta?

What do you mean?

You're still in prison,
aren't you?

Uh-huh.

Did the prosecution do
what prosecutors often

- do when they want damaging testimony?
- Objection.

No, Mr. Klinenberg.
Go ahead, ma'am.

Did they offer you leniency
in trade for your testimony?

Well, they offered to speak
at my parole hearing,

if that's what you
mean, but I wouldn't

call that paying, you know?

It's just what friends do
for friends.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Peel.

We don't need anything more
from you.

That was nicely done.

Thank you, Your Honor.

You what?

I'm dating her.

You're dating
Callie Simko?

Yes. Just recently.

Will, I-I...
I don't mean to intrude,

but could you please
keep your pants zipped?

I didn't know you were bringing
her in for an interview.

If you had invited me
in for the interview...

Oh, yes, I'm the problem.
The only reason

we're interviewing anyone
at all is because

you vetoed Cary.

She's good, isn't she?

Callie.

Yes. Howard liked her.

She wanted men
on her deserted island.

Okay, let me figure
something out.

See?

They really don't
include you in the group.

- Hmm.
- They're using you.

So, um...

what do I do?

Well, Julius Cain
and I would like you

to join us in
voting Will out.

I'm embarrassed to say,

I used to be a heavy smoker.

I'm embarrassed to say...
I still am.

You're kidding,
Your Honor.

You're killing yourself.

Yeah, I know.
My wife says

she's kicking me
out unless I quit.

Have you tried the patch?

No, but I will.

- Anyway, you were the jury foreman?
- Yes.

And I was one of the last
holdouts for not guilty.

But you changed your
vote to guilty?

I'm sorry, Your Honor.

- Do you mind if I take over?
- Please.

Yes. Once I voted guilty,
we were unanimous.

And why did you
change your vote?

There was this smoking area...

a little courtyard
outside the jury room...

and I saw some evidence there
during our last lunch break.

First, I thought it was
left there accidentally.

And what
was that evidence?

Photos of the husband,

Mr. Rooney, the accused,
covered with blood.

And this was
evidence that was excluded

from the trial because it
was considered prejudicial?

Yes, I guess we weren't
supposed to see it.

And why do you say
that this evidence

wasn't left there accidentally?

Because I saw that man...
the prosecutor over there...

leaving the evidence
there in the courtyard.

Well, I didn't do that.

I would never do that.

We could play off
faulty vision.

The foreman used
to wear glasses.

It'll be hard to undercut her.

Judge Wicks believed her.

You had a co-counsel
on the case, Your Honor?

Yes, an ASA

I supervised. Why?

I saw a photo
of him

in the file
somewhere.

Yes, that's Lloyd Bullock.

But he had nothing to do with
the crime scene evidence.

- He was a good man.
- And you were balding,

then, too, in 1992?

He had nothing to do
with the crime scene evidence.

Yes, but during deliberation

you weren't in complete control
of that evidence.

No, I was.

Your Honor, they're saying
that you leaked

excluded evidence to the jury

to win a verdict
against an innocent man.

Which you did not do, right?

That's correct.

Then we need to point our finger
at someone else.

Yes, but not at someone
who's innocent.

Well, how do you
know he's innocent?

I mean, this was a
photo that was leaked.

You had access to it.

Your co-counsel
had access to it.

He was with me
during deliberations.

That's how I know
that he didn't do it.

During the whole deliberations?

- Yes.
- And you know that

- for a fact?
- I do.

He didn't leave you once,
even to go to the restroom?

Oh, come on, what is
this, the 3rd grade?

I'm not naive.
I know what you're doing here.

You're defense attorneys.

You poke holes in the
prosecution's case,

which is everything I've been
disgusted by my entire life.

Playing games with the truth.

And when you're
back on the bench,

you can be disgusted again,

but for the moment, we need

to defend you, or you won't
get back on the bench.

Hey, Callie.

I'm not going to be able
to make it tonight.

Yeah, sorry.

Family stuff. Yeah.

Yeah, I'll talk to you.

What do you think?

Don't touch it.

It'll take care of itself.

My name is Lloyd Bullock.

I was an ASA and His Honor
Cuesta's co-counsel in 1992.

Hey, Richard.

Lloyd.

And you looked nothing
like you do now back then?

Well, we've all gotten older.

Not all of us.

I'm sorry to be delving
into this, sir, but your hair...

Objection, Your Honor.
Relevance.

No, I see where Mrs. Florrick
is going with this.

You used to be
bald, Mr. Bullock?

Balding.
Yes, this is a hairweave.

Ah, very good one.

Thank you. I'm in
real estate now.

It's almost
an occupational necessity.

So, you used to look a bit
like Judge Cuesta in 1992?

I guess.
With glasses, my hairline...

And you were a smoker back then
in 1992, weren't you?

Yes. Not a heavy
one, but yes.

And so, you had access

to the courtyard smoking area
outside the jury room?

Well, yeah,
it was the one smoking area.

And you were left in charge

of all the evidence
during deliberations?

No.

You weren't in charge
of the prosecutorial evidence?

No.

My mistake.
But you did have access to it?

And you were to keep charge

of admissible and
inadmissible evidence?

I think they're trying

to suggest you left
some inadmissible evidence

in this smoking area

to be seen by a juror.
Is that what happened?

No, Your Honor.

No further questions.

Yeah, well, I have a few.

Mr. Bullock, did you go out

into that courtyard
during deliberations?

- No, Your Honor.
- Where were you during deliberations?

With Mr. Cuesta.

We were together
the whole time.

That true, Judge?

Objection. Judge Cuesta isn't
on the stand, Your Honor.

Yes, and if this were a trial
and not a Court of Inquiry,

I wouldn't be doing this,

but I am doing this.

Your Honor, as one
judge to another,

was Mr. Bullock with you
during deliberations,

and therefore, unable

to leave this excluded evidence
for a juror?

Yes, Your Honor, he was with me.

For the whole deliberations?

Yes, for the whole
deliberations.

Thank you.

Think we can excuse
this witness.

Just a few questions.

Quit while you're
ahead, Mr. Klinenberg.

These are the checks in question
from Mr. Bishop's corporation.

But this is a copy of an e-mail
from Will Gardner.

You will note

that it is dated three weeks
prior to the first check.

"Kalinda, the client
asked me to have you look

"into matters we
discussed at the meeting.

"Please keep me posted.

Thanks. Will."

Seriously?

It was work

that was done for
Lockhart-Gardner, and as such,

it is covered
by attorney-client privilege.

If this is work done
for Lockhart-Gardner,

then why did Lemond Bishop
pay Kalinda directly?

That was an accounting error.

- Mr. Bishop...
- Come on.

Mr. Bishop's
business manager

incorrectly cut the checks
to Ms. Sharma directly.

Having done so,
the firm didn't want

to double-bill their client,

so they let it stand.

You do realize I don't believe
a word of this, don't you?

Whatever.

You tell Kalinda
this isn't over.

I think what we should do
is push Diane out, also.

- Hmm? - I mean, the
question is, "Value added."

Who adds, who doesn't, right?

Yeah. Yeah, you're right.

Hey, you.

Coffee lid on
the coffee cup.

What are you thinking?

Excuse me, Howard.
I got to make a call.

I think we should make our move
before the summer.

Summer's when things slow down.

You know?

I don't know, Howard.

I really don't know.

Please just forget
I said anything.

Can we just go back
to us not talking? Please?

Excuse me.

You, uh, Mara Stokes?

You prosecution or defense?

I'm sorry?

When I heard that Cuesta's head
was on the chopping block,

I figured one of you would come
looking his investigator up.

Plus, this place doesn't get
too many customers like you.

Then maybe you could help me.

Did Cuesta bend the rules to get
a conviction on Patrick Rooney?

Straight shooter.

I like your M.O.

Kalinda.

Well, Kalinda,

Richard Cuesta fancied himself
a true public servant,

and he was gonna nail
Patrick Rooney,

come hell or high water.

And did hell or
high water ever come?

May have.

If you're like me,

you have access to the state's
attorney evidence locker, right?

Yeah.

Well, there's something
that never... quite...

sat right with me.

- What is it?
- Well, you'll find out.

Thanks.

Um... can I offer you a
little life advice, Kalinda?

Sure.

Get out while you can.

Just don't go into retail.

Four purchases, all on

Terri Rooney's credit card
the day after her death.

And more importantly,

the day after Patrick
Rooney was in custody.

Meaning Rooney probably
wasn't the killer.

- You never saw these?
- Do you have any idea

how much evidence
I had to sift through?

Plus, I was carrying a dozen
other cases... - Your Honor,

- that is not an answer.
- It was

20 years ago, okay?

I don't remember.

I do not... recall

seeing this
evidence.

You used to carry
a big case load.

Would you review every piece
of evidence on every case?

- That depended on how busy I was.
- So what would you do

with the evidence
you couldn't review?

- I'd farm it out.
- To your co-counsel?

No.

I have to draw

- a line somewhere.
- Really?

And this is where you
choose to draw it?

- Yes.
- You had prosecutorial blinders on.

You saw these photos
of a mutilated wife,

and you wanted
to put someone away.

That made you focus
on the evidence that helped,

and ignore
the evidence that hurt.

Well, then...
I'm guilty.

Your Honor, if you
farmed out the review

of this evidence
to Lloyd Bullock

and he didn't
inform you of it,

then this really is
his fault, not yours.

Do you think there's a hell?

No.

I don't, either.

But then I meet lawyers...

and I change my mind.

Callie.

I thought we
were gonna...

I didn't take the job.

I just called Diane

and told her.

- You didn't take the job?
- Nope.

Look,

I feel like I need
to be very clear here.

I never asked you...

Oh, Will, just be quiet.

You think it's about you?

Men always think
it's about them.

I got a better offer...
Bonnie, Abrams & O'Connell.

They're gonna make me
junior partner.

Plus, it's closer
to my apartment.

I have baggage.

Well, let's see it.

Come on.

You'll see it soon enough.

Oh, yeah?

Promises, promises.

This is...

is very generous.

We think the salary is
befitting our first choice.

This is where you
grew up, Cary.

We'd love to have
you come home.

I'd be honored.

Oh, we're gonna
need you

to hit the ground sprinting... we're
stretched pretty thin right now.

Load me up.

Oh, I'm needed in court.

Welcome back, Cary.

Thank you.

So...

Yeah. Look, the only way
this is gonna work

is if we start
with a clean slate.

So I hereby declare
any unresolved issues

between us...

officially resolved.

Thank you.

I'll get you
an office lined up.

And given your experience
as Deputy S.A.,

we'd like you to take on some
managerial responsibilities.

Personnel related,
if you're game.

Yeah, sure.
What is it?

We need a slush fund.

- Slush fund.
- Yeah.

For, uh, discretionary
expenses. You know.

Getting clients laid.

This isn't my first
lousy economy.

That's a surefire way

to keep business
from walking out that door.

Uh, hey. Hey.

Excuse me.

Hey. So, you're back.

I am.

- Is it gonna be okay for you?
- Why wouldn't it?

Um, I'm going for a drink later
with some of the third-years.

You want to meet us?

Um...

I don't know. I...

- I have a lot on...
- At Brando's.

But thanks. Um,
maybe next time.

Nope. Never seen those credit
card receipts before in my life.

There are four receipts
from Ms. Rooney's credit card,

all after Patrick Rooney
was in custody.

I can understand

missing one, but four?

- Objection. Asked and answered.
- Withdrawn.

Was one of the tasks

delegated to you by my client

the compiling
of all financial information

- in this case?
- Yes.

So all the credit
card receipts

would have to cross your desk

first, and then

it would be your
responsibility to alert

- ASA questions.
- If they had been discovered.

And if they had, yes,

I would have
turned them over to Richard.

You were injured in a car
accident earlier in the year?

- New Year's?
- Yes. So?

In May of that year,

two months before
Terri Rooney's case,

did you register yourself
at the CLR Clinic

for an addiction
to hydrocodone

that you developed
after that accident?

Objection. Your Honor,
this credit card information,

it really incriminates the accused, not
Mr.Bullock. - Except the accused was not

the one addicted
to painkillers.

Which has nothing
to do with these

- credit card receipts.
- Credit card receipts

you didn't even know
existed until we

brought them
to this court's attention.

Yes, which you're only
doing to reassign blame.

Excuse me?
Why would we do that?

Why would we
bring forward evidence

that would be damaging to us?

Because you were afraid
I would bring it forward.

Oh, Your Honor, I'm not sure

whether to be flattered
or outraged

by the prosecutor's regard
for our malevolence

- and our...
- Okay, okay. Okay.

Both said your piece? Good.

Let's just sit on down,
stop posturing.

Let's just
talk, okay?

Mr. Bullock...

were you addicted to painkillers

in 1992?

Yes, Your Honor, I had a
dependency problem, but I never...

I understand that, sir.

Did you mention this dependency
to your co-counsel over there?

No.

Okay.

Judge Cuesta...

did you ever see any
of these credit card receipts?

No.

Mm.

And who had the responsibility

- for this evidence?
- Your Honor, I never saw--

Wait your turn, sir.
I'm asking His Honor.

Judge?

My co-counsel had
the responsibility.

That is not true.

Thank you, Mr. Bullock.

Okay.

You may step down, sir.

I have no more questions.

♪ One, two,
one, two, three, four! ♪

To Cary Agos.

Welcome back
to the dark side.

To the dark side!

And to Alicia Florrick,

who got a judge
off today.

Ooh! Uh...

correction...

got a judge out of
the penalty box today.

Congratulations!

You're running with
the pack these days.

What?

Doing well.

You're light.

Oh, I don't know, Cary.

Sometimes I get it,
I get the law,

I get what I'm doing here,

and then there are moments
where I think, "What the..."

what am I doing?"

Um... you're helping people.

- A judge, like today?
- Wasn't he innocent?

Does it matter?

Alicia...

I went away for two years,

now I'm back,

and I haven't
learned a thing.

Two years of my life gone,

and I'm just as stupid as I...
I was when I left law school.

Oh, it's okay.

What is there to learn?

That people lie.

And the people who judge,
they lie the most.

What?

I'm here
cheating with you.

Would you excuse me?