The Good Wife (2009–2016): Season 4, Episode 15 - Going for the Gold - full transcript

I understand there are some questions

about my opponent's hiring
and promotion practices

over at the State's Attorney's office.

I don't intend to speak to that.

But I do think diversity is a fair...

- "But I do think diversity..."
- (Alicia sneezing)

(sneezing)

DIANE: A little under the weather?

Oh, just a little.

You needed me?

Yes, how's it feel to
be an equity partner?



Good.

The power surging through you?

Something's surging through me.
(chuckling)

So the, um, Bishop defense.

I was looking over the billable hours.

They're coming in a bit high.

That's usually not a problem,

but Bishop is a top legacy client.

We don't want him to
think we're padding him.

So, I need you to rein it in.

Um, that's Cary's team.

Do you want me to get him?

No. That's your team.

You're the equity partner in charge,



as of now.

Right, I will get right on that.

Just find out if the
hours are being inflated.

And if they're not,

steer the group onto a
more conservative path.

- What's up?
- Oh, I need to head out this afternoon.

I was hoping you could look
over the civil proposal.

(sneezing)

There's another cold.

You two need to stay away from me.

Um, do you need anything else, Diane?

- No, thank you.
- (Alicia coughing)

(sneezing)

♪

Hi.

I was thrilled to get your call.

This is a working lunch.

I know.

But I was thrilled.

Your wiretap has been
thrown out, Mr. Perrotti.

Uh, Josh.

Your wiretap has been
found inadmissible, Josh.

You have nothing on my client

so we ask the Department of Justice

to cease and desist
from harassing Eli Gold.

I ordered for us.

I hope that wasn't presumptuous.

Well, I'm not that hungry.

(clears throat)

You were saying?

I was? What was I...?

Oh.

Here you are in Petra Moritz's column.

Mm-hmm.

"Is Florrick strategist,
Eli Gold, off the hook yet?

Not according to a conversation

overheard at Parrillan

between a certain unnamed
source and AUSA Josh Perrotti."

Well, they misspelled my name.

"I know personally Eli
Gold was buying votes.

He's going down; he's
going down hard."

So, Josh, are we on a witch hunt?

The problem is, Elsbeth,

you and I are a lot alike.

We're competitive.

Onion naan?

No, thank you.

And I know Eli is guilty.

So, I found another
way to prove the charge.

Conspiracy.

Really?

Mm-hmm.

Well, conspiracy
requires a co-conspirator.

And who might that be?

This unnamed source at Parrillan?

That's for me to know
and you to find out.

No, that's for me to know, too.

Discovery.

Then take me to court.

You want me to take you to court?

I can't wait for you
to take me to court.

I love the shape of your lips.

- You leave my lips out of it.
- I can't.

They're so pillowy.

PETER: Look...

all you have to do
is go to prison once

on a false corruption charge,

and you're going to take
it very, very seriously.

MODERATOR: Thank you, Mr. Florrick.

Miss Hayward, you have
two minutes to respond.

I don't need two minutes to respond.

I just need two words: "Eli Gold."

Peter's own campaign manager

is accused of corruption...

PETER: Uh, he is no
longer my campaign manager.

Eli Gold has resigned.

Yes, but you can understand

why I should take your intolerance

for corruption with a grain of salt.

Well, unlike Miss Hayward,

I like to get all the facts
before I make a judgment.

But you said that Eli Gold
is off of your campaign.

No, I said he resigned.

So you do accept corruption
or you would've fired him.

What I don't accept
are having my words

- twisted into something...
- Uh, Peter.

- Peter. Peter.
- Which is not what I...

Let's take ten.

Peter.

Here's the thing:

- You're tall.
- Uh-huh.

And you're much taller
than the actual Maddie.

So, when you go after her like that,

it looks like you're bullying.

Should I crouch?

No, she's the one down in the polls.

Make her look desperate.

Keep your words calm, non-combative.

Don't go aggressive.

You know, absorb the punches.

Like Obama, in his first debate.

No, this is different.

This is about the women's vote.

You go angry, you're
going to remind women

- of their first husbands.
- (phone vibrating)

Excuse me.

Yeah.

I hope that was all right.

No, that's why you're here.

Don't let up on me, because she won't.

By the way, thanks for doing this.

Oh, my pleasure.

So, I hear the
State's Attorney's office

is looking for a new outside firm

to represent it on its civil suits.

You heard about Brandelsky
& Turner going bankrupt?

Yeah, that seems to
be happening a lot.

I know we were allowed to
pitch the first time around.

I hope we're allowed
to pitch the second.

Well, unfortunately,
it's not up to me.

I've put together a team
of ASAs to interview.

But, you know what?

I'm going to... I'm going to

tell them that you're interested.

Thank you.

That'd be great.

Once more into the fray?

Oh, you're going down.

Oh, we'll see.

(laughing)

ELSBETH: How're you going to do this?

KALINDA: Do what?

Find out who this co-conspirator is?

I don't know.

You don't know?

Don't you have a plan?

I don't plan.

(gasps)

You're a crazy woman.

Reservation?

Hello.

I'm Mr. Joshua Perrotti's
personal assistant,

and he came in here
yesterday for lunch.

He was supposed to give his number

to his waitperson

regarding a personal matter.

But he doesn't remember
the name of his waitperson.

(giggling)

Um, is there... is there any way

you could find out who served him?

He was here for lunch?

Uh, 12:30, 1:00 reservation.

Perrotti, Perrotti.

I don't see it.

Do you know who he was
having lunch with?

May I take a peak?

ELSBETH: Frank Landau of the DNC.

- You turned on me?
- What?

You went to the Feds?

What do you want, Eli?

They're using you to get to me.

Who said that?

You got yourself printed
up in Petra Moritz

saying I paid for votes.

They're coming after me, Eli.

So you threw me to them?

My head and my career
were on the chopping block.

You'd do the same.

What do they have, Frank, huh?

What did you give them?

(keys fall to floor)

You got to calm down, Eli.

They're coming after me.

- You calm the hell down.
- I don't know you.

Anything I did wrong was
at your prompting, Frank.

I don't know you, and this
encounter never happened.

- I will find a way to bring you down.
- I'm going into my office,

and I'm not listening to
another word being said.

(door closes)

So all our attempts
at bail have failed.

Lemond Bishop is still
considered a flight risk.

We have three briefs ready
for pretrial hearings.

Hello, Alicia.

Alicia's recently been
named equity partner.

Let's give her a hand.

Thank you.

Okay, so, we're good to
go on all three briefs.

Everyone should pull on

four or five more associates
get to those ready...

Actually...

Yes?

Do we really need all three?

The jurisdictional brief,

it seems like...

well, it seems the same
as brief number two.

Well, last time we were together,

we all thought that was a good idea.

Yes, and I'm wondering now
if it's a doubling of effort.

Well, let's vote again.

Who thinks we should pull back on

the jurisdictional brief?

Just raise your hands.

Maybe it's not about
dropping the brief.

Is there any way we
could be more conservative

in our approach to it?

Sure.

Do you want to take charge of that?

Okay, sure.

ELSBETH: He's playing keep-away.

PERROTTI: We are not withholding.

- ELSBETH: Due course passed a long time ago.
- We are following the law.

No, no, no, that is not...

That is right, we have
complied with every request...

They clearly haven't
complied with every request

- or I wouldn't be...
- Stop.

Let us stop, please.

Mr. Perrotti, this is
not justice by ambush.

We must offer the
defense discovery here.

Once we have it, Your Honor.

But any premature release

may damage our case.

How would it damage your case?

- JUDGE: Counselor, please.
- By allowing the defense

to dissuade our witnesses
from testifying.

ELSBETH: Excuse me, when did we...

Ah, ah, ah.

Mr. Perrotti,

do you have any reason
for this charge?

We have, Your Honor.

We'd like to call Mr.
Frank Landau to the stand.

And you were a witness to
Eli Gold purchasing votes?

Yes.

- And you conspired with him?
- Yes.

And you had a pang of
conscience and you came to me?

Yes.

Hmm, and what happened yesterday?

LANDAU: Eli Gold discovered
that I was going to accuse him.

He showed up at my office.

He was violent and disruptive.

PERROTTI: Did you fear he
might hurt you?

Yes, he knocked my keys from my hand.

Oh, my God, he knocked away your keys?

Counselor, please.

PERROTTI: Your Honor,
the point is clear.

Defense can't be trusted
with discovery,

not at such an early stage, anyway.

Okay, that was my mistake.

What does Landau have on you, Eli?

I don't know, there's nothing.

No scheme to buy votes?

No, and if he says there
was, he is lying.

Well, they need some kind of
corroboration to convict you.

So we need to know what
he's going to say.

And how do we do that?

I don't know.

We have to think.

- Yes?
- What?

You just had a thought.

I think I did.

Hello.

The real estate office
is two doors down.

Is this the Democratic headquarters?

Yeah.

And you're Frank Landau?

Yeah, why?

You've been served.

Oh, hell.

What for?

Defamation.

Are you kidding me?

I'm just the messenger.

Damn it, Eli.

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So, I hear you want our business.

I want your business?

The State's Attorney's
business, our civil suits?

Oh, yes, are you on the committee?

Don't sound so surprised.

That wasn't surprise, it was awe.

Here's our application...
please fill it out.

We're starting to hear
pitches this afternoon.

(sneezes)

Aw, poor boy, you have a cold.

Ah, getting over it.

And we'll be judged fairly?

Why wouldn't you be?

I don't know, we won

a few cases against you.

Oh, yes, well, we'll just have

to overcome our bitterness at
your one-case winning streak.

(elevator bell dings)

Alicia, good, there you are.

- Do you have a minute?
- I do.

Um, I need some help
with the Eli Gold case.

Actually I don't think we
can help you in federal court.

Yes... oh, no, not that;
this is in civil court.

Civil court... how did
this end up in civil court?

Well, it's in both courts,
actually. (chuckles)

It's not as confusing as it sounds.

We're suing the... ooh,
I like those earrings.

Thanks. So...

We're suing the head of the
Democratic Committee for defamation.

Why?

He said some nasty things
about Eli in a gossip column.

Okay, I don't understand
the connection.

You know how hard it
is to win in defamation.

Yes, we don't want to win.

You don't?

No, we want the defense
to ask for a dismissal.

Then we'll be able to put

Frank Landau on the
stand in civil court

to find out what he intends to say

against Eli in federal court.

It's not as strange as it sounds.

Really?

(laughs)

You're funny.

(chuckles)

So you'll help us?

You want me to playact a lawyer

in your sham defamation lawsuit?

Pretty much, yes.

This is not a sham, Your Honor.

We take the defamation of
our client very seriously.

Their motive is so nakedly obvious,

Your Honor, it's almost comical.

There is nothing comical about
the ruining of our client's...

We strenuously insist that this
case be dismissed with prejudice.

I can hear perfectly.

Nobody needs to yell.

Counselor, I've read the petitions.

This is third-party defamation?

Exactly... Mr. Landau
didn't print this comment.

He didn't scream it from the rooftops.

Yes, because he didn't have to.

He was in a public place...
Parrillan...

and he should have known

his comments could
be easily overheard.

MARX: She's right, Counselor.

Third-party public declaration
is still defamatory.

Are you arguing for a dismissal?

Yes, Your Honor, we move for
a dismissal with prejudice.

PERROTTI: No. (clears throat)

Excuse me, sir,
do you have business here?

I seem to now.

You don't want a dismissal.

Your Honor, the plaintiff asks

to present witnesses
against this motion.

Okay, what's going on?

Mr. Perrotti is a Department
of Justice lawyer...

who wants to use this defamation suit

to fuel his prosecution of our client.

PERROTTI: Wait a minute,
just the opposite.

You're with the Department of Justice?

I am, Your Honor.

Good, well, then, shut up.

Present your witnesses, Counselor.

ALICIA: We call Mr.
Frank Landau to the stand.

Damn it.

LANDAU: What?

Did you say the following, sir?

"I know personally Eli
Gold was buying votes."

I did. And you still insist

this was not defamatory?

- I do.
- And why is that?

- It's true.
- Really?

And how do you know it's true?

Your Honor,

this testimony will
seriously undermine

a current Department of
Justice investigation.

We ask that it be delayed.

Mr. Perrotti...

AUSA Perrotti.

(chuckling) Yes.

You have no standing in this court,

and furthermore I don't like
the Department of Justice,

so please sit down and
stop interrupting.

Again, Mr. Landau, how do you know

- this statement to be true?
- I arranged the meeting

- for Eli to buy votes.
- Any ideas?

ALICIA: And with who did
you arrange this meeting?

You must answer, Mr. Landau.

The meeting was with Hugh Saxon.

And what is Mr. Saxon's
job description?

He's CEO of
Greengate Retirement Centers.

Are you crazy?

That wasn't to buy votes.

Mr. Gold, stop.

ALICIA: And you witnessed this meeting

- between Mr. Saxon and Mr. Gold?
- LANDAU: Yes.

Mr. Florrick's mother was to speak

at one of his convalescent homes.

ALICIA: And in what way
were these votes bought?

LANDAU: Mr. Gold was worried

that he wouldn't get
enough votes to make

a strong enough showing at
the Democratic straw poll,

so Mr. Saxon promised to bus 600
senior citizens to the straw poll

to pack the vote for Peter Florrick...

your husband.

Alicia, do you mind
giving us a moment?

I do, actually.

This has nothing to do with Peter.

You packed the vote?

I did what everyone does, I...

Wait a minute.

No, Alicia, you may be subject
to subpoena in federal court.

No, I enjoy attorney-client privilege.

Only if you have no
previous knowledge of this

- as the wife of the candidate.
- Peter doesn't know

- you packed the straw poll?
- I didn't pack it.

It was a Democratic
outreach to involve seniors

in the process.
In trade for a discount

on Greengate's crisis management?

Not in trade.

Coincidentally, at the
same time. That's all.

You didn't rein in your hours, Alicia.

We're still working on it.

Well, there are more
associates involved

in the Bishop case than before.

You need to assert your authority.

I've gone over the work,
Diane, it's all necessary.

Part of asserting my authority

- is telling you that.
- Well, here's another part.

Find a way to cut ten percent
of their billable hours.

(elevator bell dings)

It's all right.

You over your cold?

Yes.

You?

Getting there.

Alicia, it's okay.

We're not gonna act on it.

Again.

Yes, again.

It was a mistake, it
happened, but that's it.

We can't... avoid each other.

You're right.

(elevator bell dings, doors open)

- I'll see you around.
- See you.

(doors close)

MAN: Yes, I met with Eli Gold.

You're with his defense team?

I am.

The prosecution says
that you met with Mr. Gold

for the purposes of voter fraud.

I have an agreement with
the Department of Justice

which prevents me from
going into these matters.

Yeah,

is that regarding arranging transport

for seniors staying in your homes?

- Again, I really can't say.
- All right, then, let me just say this.

I think that the Department of Justice

is trying to scare you...

this, um, this picture,

this one here... is that
taken from the straw poll?

Yes.

Do you have any more from that day?

We probably do.

Why?

PETER: Hey, do you want
to have dinner tonight?

ALICIA: What?

- Do you want to have dinner tonight?
- Why?

What do you mean, why?

No, I mean, who with?

Oh, no, not the campaign, just us.

What?

A date?

No, not a date,

uh... just...

Okay, a date.

Okay.

Good.

You know that Jordan says
that if Maddie attacks me

in tomorrow's debate,
that I should back off

so that I don't look like a bully.

You think that's smart?

I think you should
call Eli and ask him.

I haven't, uh, been talking to Eli.

I know.

I think you should call Eli.

We book over $55 million
in yearly client fees

and we do this by providing

individualized service.

The primary reason we're
one of the few large firms

left standing is because
we don't forget

it's all about the client.

Now, I was told ten minutes,
but I could go on for another 30.

- You have any questions?
- No, this is great.

Good presentation.

Thank you.

Actually I have a question.

Ms. Hellinger.

You represent the drug dealer
Lemond Bishop, don't you?

I don't think we need to go into that.

Won't that prove difficult,

representing Chicago's top drug dealer

while at the same
time representing us?

Obviously there's
always a Chinese wall

between the service I
would supply for you

and the service others in our firm

would supply for Mr. Bishop.

Thank you, very helpful.

That's it, a Chinese wall?

Well, if we had to make other
adjustments, we'd be willing.

Okay, thank you.

ELSBETH: Have you seen these photos

- before, Mr. Saxon?
- SAXON: Yes, I took them.

And could you tell this
court what event is documented

in these photos?

Yes, the Democratic straw
poll four months ago.

ELSBETH: And you arranged
transportation

for the seniors pictured
here to be at this straw poll?

Yes.

Now, the prosecution,

in the form of the
formidable Mr. Perrotti...

he has suggested that this was

an attempt to stack the
deck in favor of Mr. Florrick

at this poll.

- Is that true?
- No.

Uh, as you can see, the
seniors involved voted

for all three of the candidates.

You're referring to their T-shirts?

The shirts represented

- which candidates they support?
- Yes.

Only a third of the seniors
voted for Mr. Florrick.

Objection...
we don't know how they voted.

We just know what color
shirts they wore.

That is true as far as it goes.

Now, the prosecution...
Josh Perrotti...

also has presented a witness.

This witness... Mr. Landau...

claims that you had a deal:

that Mr. Gold discounted
his services in trade

- for this transport of seniors.
- That is untrue.

Your Honor, Mr. Landau's testimony

swearing to this supposed
conversation isn't enough.

He needs corroboration.

Mr. Saxon was that corroboration,

and as you can see, Mr. Saxon insists

that conversation never took place.

Yes, Mr. Perrotti, we are
prone to dismiss this suit.

Actually, Your Honor, Mr. Saxon
was not the only eyewitness.

Really, who else?

A witness I will make available

tomorrow, Your Honor.

JACKIE: My father used
to have dinner with him

every night... well, not every night.

MAN: Mrs. Florrick?

Yes, hello. Do I know you?

No, you don't, but you look
exactly like my grandmother.

Really?

Yes, and I'm sorry to say
this, but you've been served.

Yeah, yeah, I agree.

All right, well, hang in there.

No, I'll be fine.

We'll talk later.

Hey, I'm ready. (clears throat)

Let me have it.

Have what?

Your phone.

Are you feeling threatened?

No.

No, but I do know that there
can only be one captain.

Eli will tell you the same thing.

The surest way to screw up a campaign

is to listen to two captains.

Hmm.

Do you trust me?

Yeah.

Then, give me your phone.

I trust you, but I like my phone.

Peter... you can't call Eli.

Okay.

Is this a courting, a stalking or a...

casual drop-by?

What am I missing?

- (laughs) What are you missing?
- With the pitch.

You were a little north of hostile.

- You're joking, right?
- Was this just to show me up,

bring me into the pitch so
you can cut me off at the knees

in front of Geneva Pine?

- Yep, that's me.
- Well, thanks a lot.

Are you really this dense?

I got the message.

Geneva Pine was against you.

She wasn't against me until you
started asking your questions.

She was being polite.

That's why I was asking
the hard questions.

She doesn't want Lockhart-Gardner

because you represent a drug dealer.

That's why I was asking...
I was giving you a chance.

But thanks for your understanding.

♪

Hello, Jackie.

I don't think we should
be talking, Mr. Gold.

Jackie, I need to know
if you're gonna...

what you're gonna say.

I'm going to tell the truth, Mr. Gold.

(phone beeps)

Alicia, I could use your help.

Yes. I am on my way right now.

Mm-hmm. Bye.

- Got a second?
- No.

Got the revised billing
statement on the Bishop case.

- You cut my hours?
- It's coming from the top.

Forgive me, but aren't you
also a partner on this case?

Let's talk about this later, Cary.

Alicia, you cut my billables,

it screws me come promotion time,

and I prefer not to have the
rug yanked out from under me

- a second time.
- Right now

let's just focus on
winning for Bishop.

Jacqueline Florrick.

You're the mother of current

Cook County State's
Attorney Peter Florrick?

And future Illinois Governor

- Peter Florrick, yes.
- Mm. Mrs. Florrick,

on October 18, 2012,
did you give a speech

in support of your son's campaign

to the residents of the Greengate

Retirement Center in Northbrook?

Yes.

- Was Eli Gold also present?
- Yes.

He arranged for me to speak there.

I'm sure he wanted to
ensure I stayed on point.

PERROTTI: At the reception afterwards,

did you talk with Mr. Gold

and Greengate CEO Hugh Saxon?

- Why, yes.
- And what was discussed?

Arthritis.

(laughter)

I don't mean to be funny.

- New therapy...
- Was anything else discussed, Mrs. Florrick?

Well... Jewish stuff.

"Jewish stuff""

And... and what is "Jewish stuff"?

Mm, the Sabbath and... and a Seder.

A Seder is a dinner.

- She's doing this to get back at me.
- For what?

- For everything.
- PERROTTI: Was anything of a political nature discussed?

Actually, much of a political nature

was discussed, but Mr. Gold doesn't
like it when I discuss politics,

so often I just listen.

When you were listening, did
you hear Mr. Gold and Mr. Saxon

- agree on a deal?
- I don't know if I would call it a deal.

They had an agreement.

PERROTTI: Did Mr. Gold agree
to cut his crisis-management fee

in return for Mr. Saxon
transporting Greengate residents

to the Cook County straw
poll to vote for your son?

That sounds about right.

We need to poke a hole
in what she heard.

We could impeach her as a witness.
How?

Well, Jackie had a stroke last year.

She's had problems with
her memory and orientation.

That's right. Exactly!

She's easily confused?

- Like a blind donkey.
- ALICIA: But she

does not like it being pointed out,

so you have to be very careful.

She also doesn't like me,

'cause I cut down on
her speaking schedule.

And the Jewish stuff?

And the Jewish stuff.

Looks expensive.

It is.

You don't know wine.

You bought it 'cause you
like the picture on the label.

Pretty mountain.

- See the wagon?
- It's very lovely.

Okay. I forgive you.

- I didn't know I was apologizing.
- You were...

in your own way.

By the way, you... you
didn't get our business.

You were cut after the first round.

You, uh... you want your bottle back?

No. Keep it.

- Hello, Mrs. Florrick.
- Hello.

You testified that you
gave a campaign speech

at the Greengate Retirement Center

in Northbrook on October 18th?

- Yes.
- What specifically

- did you talk about in this speech?
- Objection.

- Relevance.
- The alleged deal

took place after a
speech by Mrs. Florrick.

It's all part of a whole,

- Your Honor.
- Yes,

but the fact that Mrs. Florrick

spoke about the retirement
age hardly matters.

Objection, Your Honor.

If the counselor wants
to get on the stand,

I'll swear him in.

JUDGE: Okay. You're both overruled.

You can answer, Mrs. Florrick.

I spoke on the retirement
age and other things.

ELSBETH: Mrs. Florrick, you
testified that after your speech

you participated in a
conversation with Eli Gold

and Greengate CEO Hugh Saxon?

If you say so.

Yes...

you said this, during Mr.
Perrotti's questioning.

Well, I... I go to so
many of these events,

for Peter, and, uh,
they... they all tend

- to blur into each other.
- Mrs. Florrick,

are you saying you don't
remember this meeting?

I suffered a stroke several months
ago, and it's left me with, uh,

shall we say...

cognitive...

- issues.
- Did you talk to her about this?

- No.
- ELSBETH: Do you recall if Eli Gold

- was even at this event?
- Objection. Asked and answered.

And the witness may have erred

- in that earlier testimony.
- Overruled.

Again, Mrs. Florrick, do you recall

if Mr. Gold was present when you spoke

at the Greengate Retirement Center?

Ms. Tascioni...

there are days when I can't
even recall my own name.

Thank you. No more questions.

So, why'd you do that?

It's the truth, isn't it?

(gavel banging)

The issue on the table

is whether there is
sufficient evidence

to demonstrate Mr. Gold

arranged and agreed to

a vote-bribery deal.

I was fully convinced there was,

until Mrs. Florrick's admission
about her cognitive challenges.

Which I'm afraid, Mr. Perrotti,

leaves you with only
Frank Landau's testimony,

and that is not enough
to bring to the jury.

So we have no choice
but to disqualify...

Your Honor,
we wish to amend out complaint

- Objection! - and add a new
co-conspirator to the charge.

I know Mr. Perrotti
is highly competitive

and aggressive

and wants to assert himself,
but you were about to dismiss.

Your Honor, you previously
approved our extension

for the production of our discovery.

We submit that the
extension is still in force.

We ask merely for the 24 hours.

Granted.

DIANE: We need to talk
about the Bishop case.

Oh. We'll have all the
motions ready well before...

I already revised this bill.

- I cut the hours.
- You cut your hours.

You were instructed to
cut the associates' hours.

I thought we were trying
to keep the bill down.

Does it make a difference
where the hours come from?

A considerable one.

Clients like to see partner hours.

It reassures them.

A disproportionate
number of associate hours

leaves them to wonder whether
their case is still a priority.

The associates are the ones
doing all the heavy lifting.

- It doesn't seem right to penalize them.
- They'll find other

opportunities to make up the hours.

You're management now, Alicia.

You're not an associate...
stop pretending that you are.

Will the other associates
grumble about you? Yes.

But if you pretend
you're still their peer,

they will grumble all the more,
and they will come to hate you.

This is not the Queen's Hamlet.

You cannot dress up as a peasant here.

So stop it.

It is galling to them,

and it is galling to me.

WOMAN: Did Saint Alicia
sign off on the brief?

I didn't get a chance
to show it to her.

She's in with Diane.

Any idea what they were talking about?

Probably other ways to shaft us.

She's been the golden girl
since the day she got here.

(sighs) Yeah, well, life
lesson: be nicer to her,

so she doesn't cut our
hours on the next case.

Hi. Everything good in here?

Yeah. Just plowing away
on the Bishop case.

Good. Don't let up.

By the way, the issue with
the bill has been resolved.

Alicia cut her own hours
instead of yours.

But keep up the good work.

(instrumental music plays) MAN:
All right, we're live in 20 minutes.

MADDIE: Wrong side.

I believe your group

is going to be watching
from the other wing.

- Thank you.
- It's not going to work, you know.

- What's that?
- Jordan...

sent you over here to
unsettle me before the debate.

It's not going to.

(laughing)

You know, they're always wondering if
men and women can really be friends.

But the real question is:

Can women?

I mean, there's no question that
immigration is a complex issue.

But let me just say this...

we are Illinois, not Arizona.

MODERATOR: Thank you,
Mr. States Attorney.

Oh, I'm sorry. I think,
according to your...

pre-agreed rules, I'm
supposed to refer to you as

- Mr. Florrick.
- That's all right, Petra.

I won't hold it against you.

Thank you.

And I'll let you call me... Petra.

Now, let's see. Ms. Hayward,
do you have any response?

I do.

(clears throat) I am thrilled
that the State's Attorney

has found the Latino vote.

Our state is only 16% Hispanic,

and yet of the nearly 10,000
inmates of Cook County Prison,

which you oversee, 36% are Hispanic.

- Wow. She's really going after him.
- Oh, he's doing fine.

Well, those statistics tell
a very frightening story

if you live in Mr. Florrick's county

and your skin is not white.

How many of the lawyers

working under you are
African-American, Mr. Florrick?

Less than five percent.

Yes, and that is a problem
which we are addressing...

You were told about
this lack of diversity

in a staff memo two years
ago, and you've done nothing.

PETRA: Thank you. Ms. Hayward...

JORDAN: How did she know that?

From me. She's using it.

PETER: ...the question we were
addressing was immigration?

I thought we were encouraging
a free range of topics here.

PETRA: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Everyone.

Mr. Florrick, would you like
to respond to Miss Hayward

on the issue of preferential hiring?

No, thank you.

Come on, Peter.

We have just one more
witness, Your Honor.

Good to hear, Counselor.

We call Josh Perrotti.

ATTORNEY: We object to
this witness, Your Honor.

Strenuously.

The defamatory comments that

Frank Landau made about my client...

they were made to AUSA Perrotti.

His testimony is more than relevant.

Your Honor, the
always-creative Ms. Tascioni

is using this suit to
obstruct my federal case.

Which is not my problem, Mr. Perrotti.

Here you're a private citizen

who's out of order in my court.

The witness sounds perfectly
relevant to this case.

Mr. Perrotti, come get
a view from the front.

Enunciate. I want to
make sure he hears you.

Oh, he will.

MADDIE: I will fight for you.

That's what your vote means to me.

If you want someone who's polite

and calm, vote for Peter, but

if you want a fighter, vote for me.

PETRA: Thank you, Maddie.

Well, that brings us
to our halfway point.

We'll take a short break now.

This is the Illinois
Democratic gubernatorial debate.

And we'll be right back.

(instrumental music
plays, indistinct shouting)

Oh, she's trying to bait you.

You stick with the
plan, we'll be okay.

Hmm. How am I doing?

Mostly good.

That's all we need is mostly good.

(whispering) Tell me the truth.

I don't know strategy,
but you need to call Eli.

- How much time do I have?
- Hey, Peter?

- Three minutes.
- Peter? Peter, we need to talk.

Jordan, I actually have
to ask you a question.

(talking indistinctly)

ELSBETH: But isn't it true,
Mr. Perrotti...?

You can call me Josh.

But isn't it true, Mr.
Perrotti, that you failed

to objectively prove this
vote-purchasing charge

in federal court?

For the moment.

Time is irrelevant

- here, isn't it?
- You either prove this...

How bad?

PETER: Oh, well, clearly,
she's treating this debate

like it's a game changer.

Jordan wants me to stick to policy

and not push back.

Ugh! You can't play
rope-a-dope, Peter.

You bland out when you don't punch.

MAN: Back in two minutes, everyone.

And don't let her near you.

My guess is, she got the advice

that she should stand near
you when you start bullying.

Don't let her.

Well, I can't have her
chasing me around the stage.

Just be aware of the camera
frame. There are three cameras.

Keep her from getting
in the frame with you.

How do I do that?

Walk the outskirts of the arena,

closest to the bleachers.

The cameras can't get cross-angles.

Sure...

Okay?

Your three minutes are up?

Yeah.

(sighs)

I forgot how good you are at this.

Thank you.

I really miss having
you run the show, Eli.

ELSBETH: You can't prove the
federal charges against Eli Gold...

I know.

Yeah, I... I miss you, too.

(talking indistinctly)

Okay. Good luck.

Yeah. You, too.

(phone beeps off)

ELSBETH: ...can't prove it
at this moment?

PERROTTI: Correct.

And isn't it true that Frank Landau

was disqualified as a co-conspirator?

Well, in the judge's opinion,
yes, but that doesn't make it

any less true.

(laughing) Really? How is that?

The federal court has decided...

No, it hasn't decided.

It has left the question open.

Until you bring in
another co-conspirator?

Yes.

And have you found
another co-conspirator?

Again, Your Honor, this
testimony is being used

purely to shake me down.

Again: that's awful.

Please answer.

Yes, I have found
another co-conspirator.

And who is that?

Mr. Perrotti. Josh?

I'm afraid you need
to cough up the name,

or be held in contempt.

Who is the new co-conspirator?

Diane Lockhart.

Simply put, Mr. Florrick has spent

the last dozen years
being a politician.

I've spent them building
and running a company.

PETRA: Thank you, Maddie.

And thank you for staying
within your time limit.

Mr. Florrick, do you
have anything here?

Would you like to pass?

Mr. Florrick, you can
bank your time if you like.

(quietly) Come on. Come on. Come on.

PETRA: Mr. Florrick?

Um, you know, you... you talk
about creating jobs, ma'am,

but isn't it true that recently

you closed your company's
semiconductor plant

in Schaumburg and shipped
1,200 jobs to Mexico?

We also opened a
distributing center in Aurora,

creating 1,000 new jobs.

60% of which are part-time
and don't see benefits.

I... I... I... I don't
think that's exactly true.

Oh, it is true.

62.5, to be exact.

Added to the 30% of your
employees recently furloughed...

- What's he doing?
- He's trying to win.

MADDIE: They were furloughed

because the economy was hit.

Now that the economy is coming back...

You'll try to union-bust them.

Excuse me.

Last month, in a conference
call with Wall Street analysts,

didn't you say that within five years,

you would drive the
unions from your plants?

I did not... that is not what I said.

That is not what I said.
I said... I said,

union costs, union demands,

were increasing costs and making
it difficult to be competitive.

Uh, so it's okay to cut
your employees' wages

while you renovate your
summer home on Lake Geneva?

Petra, I believe the audience member

asked a question about
over-regulation,

- not... me.
- PETRA: Yes, but I believe

we're encouraging a free
range of topics here.

Diane Lockhart, senior
partner at Lockhart-Gardner.

Ms. Lockhart, this is a
Lockhart-Gardner invoice

to Greengate Retirement Centers.

It includes a 25%
discount for Eli Gold's

crisis management services.

Would you please read
the handwritten initials

at the bottom?

- D.L.
- Hmm.

You initialed this invoice?

Yes. Will Gardner or I
sign off on every bill

before it is sent to a client.

Hmm. Your Honor, Ms. Lockhart

conspired with Eli Gold
to offer Greengate services

at a discount. She's
the co-conspirator.

Your Honor, that is a stretch.

Not at all.

There are two ways to show
conspiracy... the agreement

of services received, and the
agreement of services offered.

This is for services offered.

We would agree. Ms. Lockhart,

did you approve Eli Gold's
25% discount to Greengate?

No.

You just testified you
initialed this invoice.

Yes, but I didn't approve it.

I only signed off on it because

my supervisor instructed me to.

I'm sorry. Aren't you and
Will Gardner the bosses?

When this invoice came due,
our firm was in bankruptcy.

We were under the control
of a court-appointed trustee,

Mr. Clarke Hayden. He
was the one in charge.

He was eager to boost cash flow and

had us offer clients
discounts for quicker payment.

If Ms. Lockhart did not
approve that discount,

it rules her out as a
co-conspirator, Your Honor.

No, the charge still stands.

It will be amended to
reflect Lockhart-Gardner

as the co-conspirator...

Yes, but the trustee, Mr.
Hayden, was an employee

of the creditors, not
Lockhart-Gardner.

Isn't that right, Ms. Lockhart?

It is.

So, Mr. Perrotti, are
you going to continue

to play musical co-conspirators,

or are we done here?

Well done.

Thank you.

- Do you like the ballet?
- No.

Me, neither. Let's not go together.

Dinner?

No.

May I ask why?

No.

(door opens)

CARY: You did right
by us on those hours.

Thank you.

Do I want to know the
names I was called?

(sighs) Ugh.

Let's just say,

some of your fairy tale
favorites got some play.

Well, you might want
to break 'em out again.

My notes are in the margins.

Don't worry about the preamble.

I thought we were set.

We were.

I'll need the revised brief tomorrow.

No later than 10:00.

PETER: Well,

polling says that 56%
of the viewers think

that I won the debate.

It's probably a couple
of points higher.

They always under-sample
younger voters.

No landlines.

You're still packing.

I'm still damaged goods.

Well, I want you back.

Kresteva will use this.

Ugh! Kresteva will use
anything and everything.

You can't be sentimental,
Peter. (laughs)

You think that's sentimental?

How about this?

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Well, are you gonna stay?

Because I don't see myself

getting to Springfield without you.

Or Washington?

Or Washington.

Okay, I'll stay.

Good. Now, unpack all that
crap, and let's get to work.

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