The Good Wife (2009–2016): Season 3, Episode 5 - Marthas and Caitlins - full transcript

[FOOTSTEPS]

DIANE:
This is about a plane crash.

A Hammett GR-6 carrying
35 passengers and five crew.

All 40 dead.

Many of their widows
and widowers are here today.

And all want to know one thing.

Why did this plane just
drop from the sky?

Like Kyle Lidke. He lost his wife
and two daughters in this crash.

The CEO of Hammett Aerospace

would have him believe
it's the pilot's fault, and not their plane.

But we ask you to reject
this cynical "blame the victim" defense.



Because this is
a very simple case of a...

Flawed airplane design.

My co-counsel, Ms. Lockhart,

represents the families
of the passengers.

I represent the families of the crew,

but we decided to
combine our lawsuits.

Because we agree on one thing.

Hammett Aerospace
put a jet into service

that they knew was defective.

How do we know this?

How do we know that they knew
their jet was defective?

Because there is a very brave
whistle-blower

from within Hammett
who has agreed to testify for us.

[GUNSHOT]



Damn.

Not to sound too cynical,
but this could be a good thing.

Guilt-ridden whistle-blower testifying
from beyond the grave?

They didn't do a great job
cross-examining in the depo.

And it's hard to
cross-examine a corpse.

- The problem was in the wings.
DIANE: The deicing in the wings?

Yes, it was a system of tubes

that distributed fluid
to deice the wings during flight.

Not bad.
We admit this into evidence.

- And avoid further cross-examination.
- Yep, falling forward.

Well, that's the problem.
She's a great tutor.

Grace's physics grades
are the best this year.

- And where did you find her?
ALICIA: The tutor? Eli suggested her.

- And Grace is friends with her now?
- Yes, I'll talk to her.

PETER: Who, Grace or the tutor?
- The tutor.

Well, I can find some tutor referrals
around here.

I didn't think
I was handling it with a bazooka.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Uh... Okay, we'll talk. I gotta go.

- Yes, sir.
- David Lee's here.

We need more
conference room space.

I'm like an itinerant farmer out here.

WILL: So, Alicia, David and I head up
the hiring committee,

and we've decided the firm
needs a new first-year associate.

So we want you to interview
and hire someone.

Really?

These are the new graduates
from U of C. See who you like.

You want me to do the actual hiring?

In consultation with the committee.
Now, you'll be mentoring him too,

- so choose well.
- Or her.

Alicia, I need to talk to you a minute
about the Cole divorce.

- Thank you for this.
- No, not me, David.

I'm still supposed to be tense with you,
remember?

And by the way,
I know how Celeste works.

ALICIA: Don't worry about it.
- No, she thrives on chaos.

She'll say a lot of things about me
just to see how you react.

Then I won't react.

So we can't use Cole Divorce
as our cover word anymore

because I actually have
a Cole divorce.

Oh, well, we don't need a cover word.
I'm still undecided about it.

Ah, yes, the fiction of separation.

You're putting your kids
in private school?

- A new item in your financial journal.
- I'm thinking of it, yes.

That's 35,000 to 50 a year.

- I know.
- My advice is you don't.

- Thank you. But I'm fine.
- No, you don't understand.

I'm not your accountant. You can
overspend on anything you like,

but you need to get your husband
to pay half.

Uh...

- Why?
- To preserve your dependency.

You pay that amount on your own,

you lose your best argument
against spousal maintenance.

Well, I'm not asking Peter
for spousal maintenance.

No, not you, him.

[LAUGHING]

Hey, don't blame me.
You guys wanted equal treatment.

Thank Gloria Steinem.

Peter makes less in
the State's Attorney office than you.

He could come after you for support.

Peter's not coming after me
for support.

Alicia, he'll come after you
for everything.

No, he wants the governorship.

That's what Eli's plotting over there
right now.

Give him the keynote.

[FRANK LAUGHS]

Are you kidding?
At the Democratic Convention?

Peter has the best story. He went
to prison on a trumped-up charge,

fought it, and made it back
into office.

- It's a story of rebirth.
- Eli, he's a State's Attorney.

And Obama was a State Senator
when he got the keynote.

And a black man.

- Who is it?
- Who's what?

Who are you championing?
You must have somebody already.

- Adam Spellman.
- Oh, come on.

No to the State's Attorney,
but yes to a dogcatcher?

He's not a dogcatcher.
He's a strong businessman...

You think that's what America wants
to see up on that dais?

Eli, it's already in the works.
We're pushing Spellman.

Don't worry about it.

Peter Florrick's marriage
is his secret weapon,

not some keynote address.

So how is she doing?

They knew the deicing fluid
tended to freeze in the wing lines,

but they decided to save money
and do nothing about it.

We move to introduce this deposition
into evidence, Your Honor.

And we object, Your Honor.
It's hearsay.

- We can't cross-examine a corpse.
- Really, Mr. Roda?

RODA:
Sorry, Your Honor, inelegantly put,

but I can't cross-examine
the deceased.

Your Honor,
Rule 212 expressly permits

the use of a recorded deposition
when a witness dies...

Only if the court, in its discretion,

determines it won't do
a substantial injustice,

such as in the case of perjury.

Which is why in the current matter,

I redirect the court's attention
to Mr. Ritter's suicide note.

It consists of two lines,
"It's a lie. I'm sorry."

Your Honor,
Mr. Ritter's wife was claiming

he slept with their 16-year-old
babysitter. The note refers to that.

We don't know that. He could be
referring to his testimony in this trial.

At the very least,
the meaning is unclear.

DIANE: Unclear? Are you serious?
- Oh, really? Ha.

I'm not prepared to interpret the law.

Just... You can all wear yourselves out.
Tell me when you're ready.

What do we do now?

- We have other options.
- Like what?

We'll ask for a continuance.
We still have our expert witnesses.

You thought they weren't enough.

Hold them accountable, please.

For my wife and daughters.

Kalinda, what are you doing?

Eli business. What do you need?

Yeah, I'm already on it.

Yeah?

Adam Spellman.
Do you know who that is?

Adam Spellman, um, businessman.

Head of the
Chicago Black Leadership Council.

Yeah. I need you to look into him.

- Look?
- As in find dirt.

Why?

He's the likely keynote speaker
at the next Democratic Convention,

and if he has a skeleton in his closet,
I do not want him blowing up

in the face of
the Democratic Committee.

Really? How selfless of you.

Yeah, well, I'm a caring individual.

- I need it quick.
- Yeah.

Everybody needs it quick.

Ah.

That was quick.

It was a blind CC.

Ritter e-mailed the CEO about
the deicing problems,

and on Ritter's copy there were only
two addresses included in the CC.

But on the CEO's copy,
he BCC'd someone else.

"CS@HeraldEquityGroup."
Who's that?

- Oh, no.
- What?

He's a client of ours
from two years ago.

He was a venture capitalist
on the IPO.

CEO kept him in the loop.

Oh, great.

What?

Well, he's not the most
dependable of witnesses.

- He might not even talk to us.
- He won't.

- Call Alicia.
- Why?

He'll talk to her.

Here I didn't think we'd get
a chance to work together.

See, isn't this fun?

So you and I should get some drinks,
trade whore stories.

- Horror?
- Yeah.

What'd I say?

He's not allowed to touch you
or hand you anything.

There's a panic button at the end
of the table if there's any problems.

That's not his style.
How much does he know?

Nothing. I thought I'd let you
broach it.

Just like Clarice Starling, huh?

Mrs. Florrick, what a pleasure.

You seem well.

Oh, under the circumstances,
I do the best I can.

[HUMMING]

- You have a tattoo, I see.
- What?

Oh. Oh, yeah, this old thing?

I wanted William Blake's
The Ancient of Days,

but beggars
really can't be choosers here.

And you, Mrs. Florrick,
I imagine you're well.

Your husband's back in office.

You're thriving in your profession.
The world must be your oyster.

I would say
the grass is always greener, but...

Yes. Although,
there's a refreshing honesty to prison.

People don't dissemble here.
They just take.

My firm needs your help,
Mr. Sweeney.

So that's it for small talk?

We're suing a company,
Hammett Aerospace.

- There was a plane crash.
- The Dorset crash. Yes, I know.

You were the financier on their IPO.

We had a witness
who knew there was a problem

with the deicing system on the plane.
But he committed suicide.

- Oh, dear.
- Yes.

Anyway, he was testifying
to a meeting you attended.

And you were wondering
if I might testify in his stead?

- Yes.
- Why me? Why not O. J?

Won't the jury be likely to mistrust
the word of a renowned wife-killer?

You were never convicted.

Oh, yes, one of those
fine distinctions in the law.

Imprisoned on something
I didn't even do.

I hate irony.

I heard America's irony-free
these days.

Yes, it's been outlawed.

[CHUCKLES]

I like you, Alicia.

Why don't you like me?

You killed your wife.

And there's nothing
I can do about that?

Testify.

Would that help you?

It would help 40 families suing
Hammett Aerospace.

Yes, and I'm sure they're all adorable,
but will it help you?

- Yes.
- Then of course I'll help.

[SLEIGH BELLS' "RIOT RHYTHM"
PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES]

Oh, thank you for waiting. Work.

Um... I think you're doing a great
job as a tutor.

I just... Do you want something.
You want a latte or?

No.

So these videos, um, that you make,
these dance videos,

they're, they're just...

- How old are you, Jennifer?
- I'm 22.

And you and Grace
have become friends?

- Yes.
- And these dance videos are...

What are they for?

The Internet.

Uh-huh.

- Do you make money off of them?
- No.

- You just do them?
- Yes.

I don't understand.

I like doing them.

Okay. Um, Jennifer, I...

I just want you to be a tutor, okay?

I want you to work with Grace
on her homework.

I don't want Grace making
these videos with you anymore.

Okay.

- Is that it?
- Yes.

- Oh, my God, you're good.
KALINDA: Thanks.

So Adam Spellman, a Democrat,

really gave money to support
the Defense of Marriage Act?

His wife did.

She's a devout Baptist
and knew it would be a problem.

That's why the money
came through her company.

And then they tried to hide it.

[LAUGHS]

I mean, I think this is good

that the DNC knows this now,
long before the convention.

Yeah. That's very selfless of you.

Okay, I need you to
look into these other names

they're considering for keynote.

- They may get in the way.
- In the way of what?

Peter Florrick.

I didn't know this was for
Peter Florrick.

Oh, don't worry.
I'll pay out of my own pocket.

The list.

No, but thanks, though.

- What's wrong?
- Nothing, I have other work.

- Thank you for coming in, Caitlin.
- No, thank you.

- This is so cool.
- A very impressive resume.

You did a summer
at Wyler and Wolf in New York.

- So why us?
- Well, in a word, litigation.

Transactional's fine, but litigation
is what really turns me on.

And the University of Chicago,
what turned you on there?

Moot Court.

It was an opportunity
to dig deep into an area of law,

but still keep my feet
grounded in something real.

- And did you win?
- Well, my partner and I did.

It was a team effort.

I can work on my own,
but I love being part of a team.

So after your summer at Wyler,
did you get a job offer or?

No, they had a hiring freeze.

The economy, but I would rather
be here anyway.

Just an odd question.

It's a question they asked me
when I first interviewed here.

What's your favorite hobby?

Well, I'm embarrassed to say it.

ALICIA:
Oh, come on, Martha, let's hear it.

What was your hobby?

No, I'm the one asking
the questions here.

Okay, I like foreign movies, old
movies like Truffaut and Godard.

Tramp-boarding.

Um...

- What... What's that?
- Skateboarding on a trampoline.

Without wheels. I know. Heh, heh.

But I can do a double somersault
from a full-blown ollie.

To be honest, I've had
an offer from Canning and Meyers.

But I really do want to work here.
I like the family spirit.

Well, if you could hold off
Canning and Meyers,

we can get back to you
in a few days.

That's great. Thank you, Alicia.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

WILLARD: Ladies and gentlemen, you
will now hear testimony from a convict

housed at the
Pine Creek Penitentiary.

Under agreement
between the attorneys,

the questioning will be
conducted via closed-circuit video.

- How's my hair?
ALICIA: It's fine.

You might want to cover...

- Oh.
- So are we clear on what you say?

I'm to answer honestly
and completely.

Yes, but not too completely.

Just keep your answers short
and on point.

- How long?
GUARD: About five minutes.

Something about you two,
some kind of tension there.

- What is it?
- Are you gonna tell him?

I would like to just concentrate
on his testimony.

Oh, come on.
You can't leave it like that.

There won't be any testimony
unless you tell me what it is.

We're lovers.

We've been keeping
it secret for months. Alicia.

I really don't want to talk
about it right now.

She's breaking up with me for
a man who is not worthy of her.

- If only it were true. Mm.
GUARD: Ready to go.

- One, two, go.
- Short and to the point.

Hello, Mr. Sweeney.
Can you hear me?

Yes, ma'am. Good morning.

Good morning to you.
I understand you've been sworn in.

May I ask you a few questions?

Yes. I've been wonderfully
prepped here

by two of your beautiful attorneys.

DIANE: Mr. Sweeney, can you tell us
how you became acquainted

with Hammett Aerospace?

Yes, I, er, rather, my company...

My company was retained
to provide financing

for their initial public stock offering.
How's that?

And in that capacity,
did you attend a meeting

at which Hammett executives
discussed potential problems

with the GR-6?

Uh... Yes, I believe I did.

DIANE: And at this meeting
can you tell us what was discussed

regarding the deicing system
on the airplane?

Um...

I'm sorry, I...
Could you repeat the?

At this meeting, can you?

We need to cut him off. He'll hurt us.

DIANE: Regarding the deicing system
on the airplane?

Mr. Sweeney,
do you need a moment?

I don't... I don't know.

Uh...

Your Honor, I have to ask
for a brief continuance.

Clearly my witness is having
health issues.

Your witness is having
second thoughts.

Mr. Sweeney, what are you doing?

What am I doing?
I'm undercutting your case.

- Why?
- Because I want something.

- What?
- Freedom.

He'll testify if we free him?

With good behavior, he's got
two years left on his sentence.

He says that he has something
to offer the State's Attorney.

Evidence on drugs in prison.

Well, I think I can find
a way to get around

the private school money situation.

- Hold on, Margie. Hold on.
- Well, thank you.

No problem.
So how are the interviews going?

Great. I re-interviewed
my top two choices,

- and I think I've made a decision.
- Great.

Isn't Caitlin fantastic?

- Caitlin?
- Yes.

Did she tell you how much
she loves competition?

She did. You know her?

Yes, she's my niece.
I told her not to mention it

because I didn't want her to win out
based on nepotism.

I'm glad you liked her.

- Well, I did, um...
- What?

No, oh, come on.

Next time I'll get some long
benches in here.

Colin Sweeney wants to
make a deal.

Yes, read your e-mail.

Oh, yes, Imani, hello.
Come on in. Come on in.

This is Imani Stonehouse.

She's an AUSA assigned to our office
to review racial bias in sentencing.

And she keeps me honest
with all my plea bargains.

Okay, so our good friends
from Lockhart Gardner...

- And Monty and Columbech.
- Yes.

They have an offer to make us
in trade

for releasing the wife-killer
Colin Sweeney.

The defensive killer of his stalker,
Colin Sweeney.

And I'm sure, Imani, you'll have
something to say about that.

ALICIA: Cary, you have seen
an increase in heroin distribution

at the
Cook County Prison Complex.

Mr. Sweeney can tell you who
and how. Including guards.

- In trade for his freedom.
- Yes.

I don't think that's gonna fly,
but thank you...

DIANE: Why don't you check
with your boss?

Peter Florrick promised to fight
corruption in the prison system.

This could go a long way
towards that.

Okay. I'll be right back.

CARY:
So where did you go to school?

- Brown. You?
- Harvard. Siblings?

- Three brothers.
- Lawyers?

No, the family was happy to have
just one lawyer.

One's a painter, one's a writer,
one teaches at the Sorbonne.

Really? That's in France, isn't it?

[IMANI SIGHS]

Okay.

Talked to Peter
and he has a counteroffer.

DIANE:
Okay. What counteroffer?

CARY: Donny Pike, senior
acting member of the Aryan Warlords.

He's finishing up a five-year stretch
at Pine Creek Penitentiary...

ALICIA:
Oh, come on.

The most dangerous man
in the Illinois system?

Yes, he is. And a confidante
of Colin Sweeney.

Mr. Sweeney gives him stock tips
and Pike gives him protection.

You want Sweeney
to testify against him?

Yes, if he wants a reduction in
his sentence.

Last witness you tried to turn
against him was murdered.

Yes, well, we have learned
from our mistakes.

Here, you can keep this.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

PINE: I was the ASA
who won that plea bargain.

You're considering reversing it?

Not reversing it.
He served two years.

- For killing a woman.
- No, involuntary manslaughter

with good behavior.

PINE: This is Colin Sweeney
we are talking about.

The public knows his name.

If we release him,
we will be crucified.

Not if we're using him to stop
a neo-Nazi

from committing more murders
from prison.

What do you think, Imani?

I think it's worth it if we can stop
this white supremacist.

Yeah, if you stop him.
If Colin Sweeney takes the stand,

I don't know a jury in the world
who would trust him.

Okay, we are gonna make the deal.

Peter, this is a mistake. You'll be
the man who released O.J.

Would you make the deal
if it was just anybody?

- It's not just anybody.
- I know.

But if it were,
would you make the deal?

Two years left
on an involuntary manslaughter?

There's your answer.

But Geneva makes a good point
about the testimony.

We're gonna make the deal,
but he's got to give us more.

CARY: What more?
- A wire.

Eli.

What have you got?

Keynote address
at the Democratic Convention.

They were going with Spellman, but he
has an issue opposing gay marriage,

so I got you the hearing
with Donna Brazile.

- I'm stunned.
- That's why you hired me, Peter.

To stun you.

Look, you don't have to decide
about running for governor.

Just take the meeting,
sweep her off her feet,

keep hitting the prison thing.
That's your selling point.

Yeah.

- What?
- I may be in the news this week.

Okay.

Plea bargain that could gain
a lot of attention.

- Couldn't you delay it?
- I could.

But I won't.

So this ethical thing is for real, right?

I would love to give
that keynote speech.

Then don't get in the news.

And what does Kalinda Sharma
have against you?

The investigator at
Lockhart Gardner,

she won't do any work for you.
What's that about?

I don't know.

Really? I didn't know that.
Is she good?

Caitlin? Yes. It's just
she's David Lee's niece.

I'm feeling a little pressure.

- Who's the better lawyer?
ALICIA: They're both good.

I just... I don't know,
there's something about Martha.

I like her.
And Caitlin is a classic C student.

Well, you know what they say:
A students make great professors.

B students make great judges.
C students make partner.

GRACE: Mom.
- Okay, I got to go. Thanks, Will.

Did you tell Jennifer not to be friends
with me?

- Did l...
- Did you tell her not to be my friend?

No, I told her that I wanted her
to concentrate more on your studies.

- Why? What did she say?
- Nothing.

She left after we studied.

Why would you tell her that?

Because Grace...

She's 22 and you're 14.

So?

So why isn't she with friends
her own age?

- Because she's my friend.
- No, she's your tutor. I'm paying her.

Why can't she be both?

Because it's unprofessional. It's...

I don't have friends, Mom.

Don't you know that?
She's my only real friend.

She's my friend and with you at work
all the time, I can't just...

Oh, no, you do not get to play
that card.

Look, maybe I overreacted. I just don't
want you doing these videos.

I just think it's dangerous to do them
in the street.

- It's not.
- Grace,

would you let me be the parent
for a minute here?

- If you want to take dance...
- I don't want to take dance.

- I just want to do this.
- Why?

Because it's cool.
Because nobody else is doing it.

[PHONE RINGING]

Okay, let me think on it.

Alicia Florrick.

[SIGHS]

My goodness, the quality
of convicts has really gone downhill.

We have a deal for you, Mr. Sweeney.
That's why we're meeting you here.

They will give you your freedom

in exchange for evidence
against Donny Pike.

- Donald?
CARY: Yes, he's ordered the death

of four witnesses from prison.

- You want me to testify against him?
- No, the deal's not for what you know.

It's for what you'll find out.

CARY: We don't think you're the most
trustworthy witness.

That's why we'll need you
to wear a wire.

CELESTE: That wasn't the deal.
- Well, that's the new deal.

We're arranging to have Pike
transferred to another prison.

They'll route him through County.

Mr. Sweeney and Pike will have
three hours together in the yard.

Get him to admit to his newest murder,
and you're free.

No, it's too dangerous.

Is it, Mr. Sweeney?
Is it too dangerous?

- You don't want to do this.
- Alicia, it's his decision.

You're gonna have to
supervise the wire.

He thinks you care about him.

What's even weirder,
you do care about him.

No.

I don't want him getting killed.
That's a pretty low bar for caring.

It's a pretty high bar for a wife-killer.

You're very interesting, Alicia.
How'd you end up with Will?

What makes you think
we ended up together?

- Will's attitude. He's smitten.
- Really?

- Smitten.
- Feels like the right word.

It's sweet and high school
and very vanilla.

- That's no slam on you.
- No, of course not.

What about you? You broke up
with Will nine years ago?

And yet here you are trying to hurt him.
Talk about high school.

[LAUGHING]

[DOOR OPENS]

- What do you think you're doing?
- David...

She's my niece.
I told you she's my niece.

Wait. You... You told me
to hire who I wanted.

Yes, and I told you she was my niece.
What else do you need to know?

David, Caitlin's good. She's very good,
and she'll find another job.

This isn't about another.
Don't you dare cross me again.

- You said you didn't want nepotism.
- No, I said there was no nepotism.

You are a third-year associate.
You were given this task

because you are unimportant
and you can take a hint.

So take the hint or
we'll take it out of your hands.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Let's get a drink.

[BLUES MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]

- You know the best revenge?
- Hide his Bluetooth?

No, hire his niece
and then make her life hell.

- My God, you're right.
- You'll never do it.

- No, I will do it. I'm not a good person.
- Yes, you are. Shut up.

I just don't like women.
I find them uninteresting.

- Excuse me?
- I don't like women.

- They all compete with me.
- Don't men compete with you?

No, they don't.

- You have female friends?
- No.

But I don't have
any male friends either.

[CELESTE CHUCKLES]

That's so sad.
I'd be your friend, but I can't.

- Why not?
- Because. Will.

[GASPS]

That's right.

Yeah, I don't like you being with him.

I'm gonna break you two up.

Okay. How?

How will I do it?
I will tell you about him.

Well, go ahead. Give me your worst.

- No. I like you.
- See, that's your problem.

You built it up too much, so if he hasn't
buried a hobo in the desert,

I will be unimpressed.

No, well,
that's ancient history anyway.

And it was only $45,000.

- That's all?
- Yeah. And he put it back.

[LAUGHING]

You're so bad at this.

[CHUCKLING]

Yeah, I know. I'm sorry.
I'm transparent as cellophane.

- I gotta go.
- You're kidding.

Nope. Just remember,
Will is like me.

He'll always disappoint you.

[CHATTERING]

[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
OVER PA]

MAN: The microphone is sewn
into your collar, Mr. Sweeney.

Just keep your hands away from it.

Very clever. Testing, testing.

Just a normal voice, Mr. Sweeney.

Okay, so, just to remind you.
Pike, you know.

This fine citizen here is Darryl Boyd.
Pike's lieutenant on the outside.

Pike orders a hit in here,
Boyd carries it out on the street.

This is Garfield Park. Just last week.

CARY: You get Pike to admit
he ordered the Garfield Park hit,

- I sign your release authorization.
- Simple as that, huh?

I'll be right here, Mr. Sweeney,
watching.

Anything goes wrong, just walk away.
They have security guards standing by.

They won't get there in time.

When things happen, Mrs. Florrick,
they happen fast.

- Well, don't get yourself killed, okay?
- Words to live by.

CARY: Okay, here we go.
- Break a leg.

PIKE:
Hey, it's Sweeney.

[INMATES CHATTERING
ON MONITOR]

COLIN: Hey, Donald.
- Hey, what are you doing here?

COLIN: Testifying in some civil case.
Just an excuse for a vacation, actually.

I talked it up so they'd go for it.

PIKE: So, what's going on with
the market? Do you see HP?

COLIN:
Don't worry. Sell at 20, you'll be fine.

Listen, uh, Donald, want to ask you
about something.

I read about Garfield Park
in the paper.

Was that you?

What is he doing?

PIKE: Why are you talking about stuff
that don't concern you, Sweeney?

- No, no, no, I was just wondering.
- Don't.

You know, you're funny.

Like a pet.

Don't make me put you down.

- I like him.
ELl: I like him too.

- He has a good story.
- He does. Prison.

Wrongful conviction. Back from
the dead. He'd make a good keynote.

- He speaks well.
- He does.

So?

I just don't want him
to blow up in our face.

- How would he blow up in your face?
- His marriage.

- Are you hearing something?
- Of course I am.

I'm hearing they live apart.

And if I'm hearing it,
the Republicans are hearing it too.

- If they were hearing it, they'd use it.
- No, they would do what we would do.

Release it the day before he speaks.

Of course you don't have
an issue with it, Eli.

Peter Florrick is in office. When he
runs for governor, they will use it.

They will use all of it.
Not just on him, but his wife too.

What if I promised
they'd be together?

- Is that a promise you can keep?
- Yes, it is.

Then we'll consider him for keynote.

Again, Eli, I like him.
He's a thoroughbred.

But I just can't risk...

...risk.

[CARY SIGHS]

Okay, here he goes.

We've got about ten minutes before
they return to their cells.

PIKE:
I thought we were done talking.

I want to know about Garfield Park.

Is he out of his mind?

MAN 1: Look at this guy.
PIKE: What are you, stupid?

Get the guard ready.

- Go now, Cary.
MAN 2: He looks like a snitch.

MAN 3:
He's a snitch.

- You gotta pull him out now.
- We pull him out now, no deal.

Wait. Listen.

Hey, Hey, Donald,
I didn't mean anything by it.

Why the hell do you keep asking?

Because I need your help.
You know what they did.

They took my company from me.

PIKE: Everybody here's got a story,
paperboy.

What makes you so special?

COLIN:
I have money.

I want the man who did this dead.

Gerald Drescher.
Used to be my vice president,

till he stabbed me in the back.

You're serious?

How much would it cost?

PIKE:
A guy like that has security.

Oh, nothing worse than the security
at Garfield Park.

PIKE: Ajob like that.
It'll cost a lot of money.

That's why I gotta know
what I'm getting.

Okay, here he goes. Nice move.

- You're pushing it, Sweeney.
- You're in prison.

I'm asking,
how can you get it done?

All right, sure.

Garfield Park? Yeah, that was me.

My boy on the outside
I get word to through my sister.

I give the green light,
he does the hit.

[SIGHS]

A hit on his vice president, huh?

Oh, come on.
He had to say something.

You have the release authorization?

Already blessed by Judge Romano.

Pleasure doing business with you.

DIANE: Is your health issue from
the other day better, Mr. Sweeney?

Much better, thank you.

My goodness, I must've made
a fuss here. Food poisoning.

DIANE: Mr. Sweeney, you testified that
you were present at the IPO meeting.

That's right.

And did you hear any discussion
about the deicing in the wings?

Oh, yes. I heard everything.
And it's not good.

ELl:
Good job.

I hear you saved
some kind of case today.

Oh, I just... We got a settlement.

Great, great.
We should talk sometime.

- About?
- The future. Heh. What else?

I'm so sorry I'm late. Thank you
for coming back in, Martha.

I just had a few more questions
before we decide.

Before you?

What are you talking about?
They already decided.

- I'm sorry. What?
- I didn't get the job here.

I turned down my other job because
I thought I had this, and now...

I can't believe this.

- Who told you you didn't get this?
- The hiring committee. They called.

Well, there must be some sort of
mistake because I haven't decided yet.

No, they did.

He said I was close,
but they had a vote.

So, what happened?

Now, your office is on the
27th floor,

but I want to show you
around here first.

- Now, this is...
- Alicia.

Thank you so much. I am just
so thrilled. David said it was all you.

You picked me. And you're going
to be my mentor.

Yes, Alicia, thank you.

You're welcome.

Anyway, I am really looking forward

to working with you.
Thank you again.

I don't get it. Why put me through
the charade if you...?

- Alicia...
- No, I want to know.

I never had any power, did I?
It was all rigged.

David Lee appealed
to the hiring committee,

and the hiring committee voted to go
another way. That's all. It happens.

- Which way did you vote?
- On what?

The committee voted for Caitlin against
Martha. Which way did you vote?

I voted with David Lee.

Why?

Because I owed him.

- For what?
- You don't want to know.

I do want to know. I feel used, Will.
I feel like I was given a job,

and it was taken away from me.

There was a Martha
when we hired you, Alicia.

On paper, she was the better
candidate and you were the Caitlin.

You were gonna lose in a vote.
I asked David Lee to vote with me.

So I owed him.

You okay?

Thank you.

Caitlins often surprise you.