The Good Wife (2009–2016): Season 4, Episode 19 - The Wheels of Justice - full transcript

This is my office?

DIANE [CHUCKLES]:
Yes.

You have a $10,000 stipend
to decorate.

And there is an art loan program
for equity partners.

- Here are your keys, and welcome.
- Thank you.

[LAUGHING]

We'll have this cleared out soon.

But this should be good
in the meantime.

- You are highly valued here, Cary.
- Good to hear.

Please keep this between us,

but there is a good chance we will
lose a partner in the next six months.



- Which partner?
- Well, I can't say, unfortunately.

But I would like to see you
join our ranks.

Before she became a partner,
Alicia made herself valuable

by interviewing and hiring
a new associate.

We would like you to do the same.

These are resumes.

Please look them over
and just keep us posted.

I need to hire you.

Okay.

What are you working on
at the moment?

- Employee background checks.
- Pass that off to the new investigator.

I need you to do a background check
on a partner.

- Who?
- Me.

Give me a minute, please.
No calls.



Peter Florrick has offered me the
vacated Illinois Supreme Court seat,

if he wins the governorship.

I know there are always attempts
to smear a potential judge,

so I wanna know
where I'm vulnerable.

- Congratulations.
- Thank you.

Hi.
Where are you and what are you on?

- What am I on?
KALINDA: What case?

Oh, Sweeney. Why?

Okay, I need you to take over
my employee background checks.

- I'm innocent.
- Yes, you've said.

But you don't believe me.

I think you like
that I don't believe you.

I think you like that I represent you
even when I know you're guilty.

I like a lot of things about you,
Mrs. Florrick.

I must have had issues as a child.

You feed my Mary Poppins obsession.

Here's the thing, Mr. Sweeney,

I think you threw a birthday party
that got out of hand

and ended up costing the
Hirschorn Club $80,000 in damage.

That's all. I think that the prosecution
is overreacting,

and I hate to disappoint you,
but I think you're innocent.

You're right. It's not as much fun
when you believe me.

- I thought so.
- Oh. Isobel.

- You know Alicia.
ISOBEL: Yes, I do.

She questioned me in court
a year ago.

Oh, yes, when we were all
on opposite sides.

My, how the wheel turns.

"Mutability is our tragedy,
but it's also our hope."

- I love it when he talks like that.
- Alicia.

- Hello.
- Laura, hi. Good to see you.

Oh. First-name basis.
Should I be jealous?

What, that I like her
more than I like you? Sure.

ALICIA: The prosecution has been
dragging their feet on discovery.

It has been six months

since Mr. Sweeney has been accused
of disorderly conduct, Your Honor.

- A Class C misdemeanor...
- No, he fired a gun at this party.

It was a private club that served
alcohol, that's a Class 4 felony.

Okay, I get it. I get it.
We're both angry.

And we like to express our anger
in loud voices.

But see, here's the thing.

I'm a judge.
I'm unfazed by loud voices.

So here's the long and short of it.

You plead this out.
Get it out of my court.

This was a party that got out of hand,
Madam ASA.

No one died. And as far as I can tell,
no one even got hurt.

- No one did.
- Oh, Mr. Sweeney.

Please know
that you can only hurt your cause

by opening
your frigging mouth.

Okay, you two,
come on, get up here.

Court-mandated bargaining.
Come on.

We wanna plead this out,
but Miss Hellinger...

Shut up.
Nobody talks until I ask.

- Now what will you take?
- Exoneration. My client didn't do it.

Your client is a psychopath

who's lucky he didn't get convicted
for killing his wife.

- And what will you take?
- Six years, the maximum.

- One year. Two years' probation.
- Two years' probation.

Good. Compromise.
See, there we go.

No. Six years. The maximum.

We're not bending.

DIANE:
It's been six months,

- they're still not bargaining?
- They still insist it's a Class Four.

It's about the election. State's
Attorney doesn't wanna bargain

- with Sweeney and look weak.
COLIN: Really?

- Your husband doesn't like me?
WILL: Wait out the prosecution.

In one month,
gubernatorial race will be over.

They'll let Sweeney go
with two months' probation.

Good. We delay.
That's always best.

Well, then let's turn
to your business holdings.

Alicia, Cary, thank you.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Oh. Miss Swift, hello.

I'm supposed to be
in the ladies room.

Just down the hall.

Colin fires lawyers once a week.

But he's kept you on.

You're probably the most successful
relationship in his life.

- I wouldn't call it a relationship.
- He talks about you.

Don't you wanna know
how he talks about you?

- No, actually, I don't.
- Not sexually.

Well, not all the time sexually.

You are pristine to him.

He asked me if I found you desirable,
but I find everyone desirable.

He asked me to marry him.
I'm not sure I will.

Oh, I like him enough.

He's rich.
But the question is...

if I marry him, will he kill me?

As his lawyer, I can't speak to the
rumors that he killed his first wife.

But I do know the supposed reason
for the killing

was his wife's money.

And you have no money, to speak of.

So there would be no reason
to kill you.

Your hair
would look prettier shorter.

Your first interview is here.
Want a rundown?

Yeah.

Have a seat on my lovely couch.

Gregory Steck. He graduated from
Harvard Law School in 2006.

- You can just say Harvard.
- He graduated from Harvard in 2006.

Currently clerks for Wallace.

Illinois Supreme Court
Justice Wallace.

Yes. Illinois Supreme Court Justice.

His Facebook page was scrubbed
clean. Nothing too dramatic.

Okay. And here he is.

He's expecting 150,000 a year.

Other firms are pursuing.

No, no, no, stay.

- Me stay?
- Yeah. Yeah.

It'll look better with two.

- Should I say something?
- No. Don't smile. Look severe.

Greg, how are you?
Cary Agos.

Good to meet you.
Thanks for your interest.

And this is Robyn Burdine,
one of our top lawyers.

I built my own canoe.

Is that a metaphor?

No, no, when I was home over
Christmas, I actually built one.

And I realized I like to get
my fingernails dirty.

You know, like last night, I was writing
Wallace's majority opinion on Miles,

and I thought, what am I doing?

If I die today,
no one will know I did anything.

You know, you clerk for a Supreme
Court justice long enough,

- you wanna see the law in action.
- Robyn can tell you.

Most associates never see the inside
of a courtroom for a few years.

Oh, well, that won't bother me.

I've been Wallace's go-to
on draft opinions long enough.

I've done his last four.
I need new fields, new streams.

Do I know you
from Harvard or someplace?

No. Robyn's from Georgetown.

Oh, Georgetown.
Really? How'd you like it?

Humid.

[LAUGHS]

So, what'd you think?

He is a braggart.

Is that a bad thing?

I don't know.
Do you want a braggart?

If he's got something to brag about,
sure.

People who have something
to brag about usually don't brag.

[SNORES]

- Hello.
- Mm.

- I'm awake.
- The interview today with Steck.

What did he say about an opinion
he was working on?

"I was writing Wallace's majority
opinion on Miles and..."

- He said Miles, didn't he?
- Yeah. Why?

I think I know
why they won't plead on Sweeney.

It has nothing to do
with the election.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

- Hey.
- Hello.

Sorry. I'm Cary Agos
from your mom's work. And I just...

Cary Argus is here.
He's from your work.

[WATER RUNNING]

ALICIA:
Who?

The People v. Miles decision
will affect Sweeney's sentencing.

That's why the State's Attorney's
office won't bargain. A delaying tactic.

- How do you know?
- Interview today.

Someone who clerks for Wallace,
the conservative justice.

He finished writing
the majority opinion.

That would make
the gun firing his third strike.

Yeah. Sweeney's already been
convicted of two other major felonies.

Double enhancement means not only
would Sweeney's firing of the gun

be bumped up to a felony,
but it would count as his third strike.

- He would get life in prison.
- That's right.

No judicial discretion. Sweeney loses
the case, he goes to prison for life.

Oh, my God.

From a possible misdemeanor
to life in prison.

Another thing. You were at
Sweeney's arraignment, weren't you?

- Yes.
- You asked for a speedy trial, right?

Yes, by rote...

- Are we past 160 days?
- No. Tomorrow.

- We're not ready to go to trial.
- I know.

But the prosecution isn't either.

They were thinking
of slow playing this

until the Supreme Court opinion
came down.

- We would have to rush this?
- Yeah.

You have to conduct a defense
and get it to deliberations

before the Supreme Court opinion
comes down.

- Or Sweeney faces life in prison.
- That's right.

We have to run the fastest trial
in history.

Excuse me?

We wanna exercise Mr. Sweeney's
right to a speedy trial.

- Your honor, l... We're not ready.
- You want a speedy trial now?

Well, we wanted a speedy trial
159 days ago,

at Sweeney's arraignment,
when we requested it.

As you can see here

- from the arraignment transcript...
- Your Honor, this is...

Every defense attorney
insists on that

- by rote, but...
- Yes, but we meant it. We still do.

Are you ready to go to trial?

- We are.
- ASA Hellinger?

We are absolutely not.

ALICIA: That really doesn't matter,
Your Honor.

Given that the speedy trial
statute

imposes a 160-day time limit

the prosecution must go to trial today
or release our client.

[CHATTERING]

Quiet down.

We have an unusual situation here.
We have court in two and a half hours,

and we were preparing
for court in four months.

- We'll need all hands on deck.
- Do we have a ballistics expert?

Not yet. We were planning to find
out who the prosecution hired.

- Who is free?
- Who's the best?

Well, Kurt McVeigh is the best.

He's working on a case.

Well, maybe someone could call him
and see if he'd make himself available.

Mm. Am I missing something here?

- No. I'll try him.
- Good. Cary, Robyn,

see if you can get information
on when the opinion will be published.

- We'll try.
- I want one of the partners on this.

- Alicia is a partner.
- No, one of the name partners.

My apologies, Mrs. Florrick,
but I want the biggest guns.

Good. Will is free.

You take the Sweeney case.
I can't.

Why not? You're the litigator.

I'm involved.

With whom? Judge Politi?

The ASA. Laura Hellinger.

You're dating her?

- L... For a week.
KALINDA: Diane.

- I have something for you.
DIANE: Oh, one second.

Just get a sign-off from Sweeney
and we're protected on malpractice.

Maybe it's good.

[TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

[KNOCKING]

Hi, Mr. Sweeney,
could I speak to you for a minute?

Out here?

Certainly.

Are we confessing?

No, no.

You've asked for a partner
to second chair your case.

I feel obligated to warn you

that I'm in a relationship
with the prosecutor in your case.

Ah...

A sexual relationship?

- I'd rather not go into detail.
- Yes.

I know you'd rather not.

But I'm your client, and I bring
22 million a year into your firm.

And before I sign off,
I wanna know.

Is it a sexual relationship?

Not currently.

But you intend it to be?

Mr. Sweeney, it is your prerogative

- to insist on another lawyer...
- That's why I love this place.

Everybody sleeps
with everybody else.

- Mm...
- Yes, I sign off.

As long as I get details.

[CLICKING TEETH]

All right, so we invite him back.

- For a callback interview?
- Yeah.

And fish around
for the release date of the opinion.

He's a braggart. Maybe he'll brag
about when it's being published.

- Um... So you found something?
- Yeah.

Look, I'll only tell you
as much as you wanna know.

So at any moment,
you can say "stop."

[OPENS NOTEBOOK]

"Elena knew it was wrong
to want Damon.

She was about to marry Stefan,
after all.

Yet when Damon drew her close,
Elena found herself

unable to resist his vampire charms.

When Damon's fangs
dug into her neck,

her whole body pulsed with desire.
She needed him.

She needed him bad."

- L...? Huh?
- It's fan fiction.

For the TV show Vampire Diaries.

- So? L...
- You wrote it.

- You... I wrote what? That?
- Yeah.

Kalinda, I've never even heard
of the TV show Vampire Diaries.

And if I had, I wouldn't feel
compelled to write something like...

- Does it go on like that?
- It does.

Elena and Damon have sex in the end.
In a pickup truck.

- Well, I'm happy for them.
- It came from your IP address.

- And your e-mail account.
- Kalinda, l...

I don't know what to say.

Who else has access
to your computer?

No one. No.

- Oh.
- Who?

Um... My housekeeper.

Okay, what's her name?

- I'll talk to her.
- I don't think you understand.

You have to fire her.
And I do need her name.

No, she is a nice lady
with three kids.

I mean, she just obviously doesn't
have any sense of boundaries...

No. You need to create a paper trail
to separate yourself from her.

You are wanting to become an Illinois
Supreme Court justice, Diane.

If your name becomes associated
with vampire fan fiction,

the ridicule factor's
gonna be hard to beat.

You need to fire her.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING
AND PEOPLE YELLING OVER TV]

[GUNSHOT]

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

LAURA: You shot that, Mr. Catalini?
- It's Catalani.

Yeah, the video? Yeah.
I shot that on my cell phone.

I thought the party
was getting out of hand.

And you...

l...

Just to be clear,
you're wearing those gym clothes

because you came straight
from the gym?

Yeah, I got your call
and I was on the treadmill.

I was watching the news, you know,
up there above the treadmill,

and I got your call.

Okay, I think we've established
the reason for the witness's clothes.

- Can we move on?
- Yes. Okay.

So... Strike that. And...

Sorry, Your Honor...

- I usually have more time to prepare.
- I sympathize.

We're all actors without a script.

So Mr. Catalini... Catalani.

You saw Mr. Sweeney,
the defendant over there,

with a gun.

This gun, right?

Yeah, that's it.
It's supposed to be Capone's gun.

And Sweeney wanted to play
William Tell.

He was talking about how some author
did the same thing with his wife.

- William Burroughs.
- Shut up.

Thank you, Mr. Sweeney.

Mr. Sweeney wanted to use this gun

to shoot an apple
off his girlfriend's head?

- Someone's head. Yeah.
- Nothing further.

Do you hold a grudge, Mr. Catalani?

- No.
- Did Mr. Sweeney fire you?

No.

There was a general downsizing,
but no, I wasn't fired.

Was the downsizing
at the behest of Mr. Sweeney?

- Yeah, I guess.
- Nothing further.

- We're ready for the next witness.
- We're not.

Our ballistics expert is stuck
in Salt Lake City...

The defense is ready. We can't
help Miss Hellinger's problem.

POLITl: Yes, you can present him
as your rebuttal witness

when he arrives, Miss Hellinger.

Please proceed.

McVEIGH: As you can see,
the bullet entered the body,

and left what we call
a tail splash.

Now this is basically the hurling
of injured tissue behind.

The bullet moves through the body
and creates a...

The bullet.
The bullet moving through the body,

you can see here,
the bullet as it's...

As... I'm sorry.

What was the question again?

- Thank you.
- You were wonderful.

I was not wonderful.
I was distracted.

You were wonderfully distracted.
Sorry about Mr. Romney.

I almost called you
on election night.

- To gloat?
- No, to sympathize.

I know how it feels.

Kerry in 2004.

Are we really comparing Kerry
to Romney?

[LAUGHS]

I need your help.

- With?
- A case.

An innocent man.

Who?

Just give this a chance.

Colin Sweeney.

[CHUCKLES]

Kurt, just look at this.

Even guilty people
can be innocent sometimes.

Just do it for me, please.

Alicia.

Laura, I'm sorry
about how crazy the trial got.

- We just had...
- Can I ask you?

Do you have a relationship
with Will?

- What?
- Are you two romantically involved?

No. We're not involved.

We were once.
But it was a long time ago.

- It's not still going on?
- No, it's over. I swear.

Laura, you're my friend.

So is Will. And I think
it's great that you two are...

Whatever you are.

[CHUCKLES]

Okay.

We're late.

WILL: So your testimony, Miss Swift,
is that Mr. Sweeney

could not have been firing the gun
because he was with you?

- Yes, in the Rose Salon.
- And that's here?

Oh, sorry,
we didn't have time to put it on a slide.

That's all right.
Just plop it up here on the bench.

ISOBEL: Yes, that's the Rose Salon
right there, off the main lounge.

- And what were you doing there?
- Anal.

Ahem. Well, I think that's clear.

No further questions.

[MOUTHING WORDS]

So you were having...

...anal intercourse with Mr. Sweeney
at the time of the gunshot?

Yes. That is correct, ma'am.

And you're Mr. Sweeney's live-in
girlfriend, is that right, Miss Swift?

Yes, I am.

So why shouldn't this court
dismiss your testimony

- as biased?
- Because I'm not.

- Don't you intend to marry him?
- I'm not sure.

I have my concerns.

Oh, really?

- What might those be?
- He killed his first wife.

Miss Hellinger, any more questions?

I guess not.

I think your girlfriend's
gonna need some makeup sex.

Hmm?

I won't say I was surprised
to get the call. It's just...

Well, it's good to be asked back.

I felt like we just scratched
the surface of Greg Steck.

Robyn and I, we looked
at each other after our interview

and we realized
we hadn't asked you anything

about your duties
at the Supreme Court.

Oh, wow.
You have another three hours?

- We might.
- Ha-ha-ha.

So you've been writing up
all of Wallace's opinions?

Pretty much. You know how it is.

Judges do none of the work
and get all the glory.

And the, the, the...

the Miles opinion.

Did the justice
give you notes on that?

No, no, he's been taking it out
on his...

I'm sorry. This might be my mom.
She's in the hospital.

Sorry, Cary, Robyn.

That was Hockney and Barnes.
They just hired me.

Wait, what?

I told them to get back to me
by 3 p.m.

That was them.
Thanks for your interest.

Wait, we may wanna hire you.

Okay.

I'll check with my friends in Springfield,
see if they know about Miles.

- I'll go after him.
- It won't make any difference.

- He got a job.
- I won't go after him about a job.

KALINDA: Okay, this is the
prosecution's ballistics re-creation.

That's the spot
where they recovered the bullet,

and here their experts say

that they can prove that the bullet
was fired from the door to this room.

The Rose Salon. That only proves
Sweeney was having sex. Damn it.

So we rebut the expert.
That's our only option.

- Kurt?
- Yeah?

We only have a few hours
to rebut their testimony.

Kurt, where are you going?

- Out.
- Where?

To rebut their testimony.

MAN:
There was some debate

whether to spackle it over
or wear it as a badge of honor.

- Inertia took over.
- Thank you, Mr. Creed.

Do you want me
to hold that light for you?

- It'll take as long as it takes.
- I didn't say anything.

So Obamacare.

I'm just joking. Sorry.

Something about you
makes me wanna tease you.

- What is that?
- A laser.

So are you still with your prot?g??

- My?
- Prot?g?. Miranda.

Last time I saw you,
she was spreading her Fox News

pixie dust all over you.

She's heading up
the San Diego crime lab.

Oh, how nice for her.

Very warm there.

Like Baywatch P.D.

- Am I bothering you?
- No, no, this is entertaining. Please.

- What room is that?
- The Rose Salon.

Isn't that bad?

Yes.

DIANE:
Is it still bad?

Yes.

Well, you'll tell me
when it becomes good?

Ahem. You heading back
to the country tonight?

No.

- Are you at the Edgewater?
- Yeah, why?

- No reason.
- Dinner?

Yes. Good.

Um...

What is this?

Where the bullet came from.

It's called the rainbow effect.

To determine
where a shooter stood,

you need to calculate
the bullet's trajectory.

And the arc of a bullet
can look like a rainbow.

And do bullets create
different types of rainbows?

Yes, guns too.
In this case, you have a 1929 pistol

firing a.38 caliber lead bullet,
made circa 1930.

ALICIA: And is the fact it was made
in 1930 important?

Yes. Old ammunition
doesn't have as much power.

Which means that gravity
pulls it down faster.

Modern bullets
are typically copper jacketed,

so they shoot flatter.

So, in your expert opinion, is the
prosecution re-creation accurate?

No. Based on my calculations,
the bullet was fired,

not from outside the Rose Salon,

but from here.

ALICIA: That would be
the Camellia Room?

- Yes.
- Thank you, Mr. McVeigh.

DIANE:
Uh-oh.

- More skeletons in my closet?
- One or two.

Let's, let's start the dentist's drill.

Do you know the name
Jacob Greenberg?

- No.
- He used to work with your father.

Oh, Jake Greenberg, yes.

- They taught together at law school.
- Yeah.

Until Greenberg was brought

before the House Committee
on Un-American Activities.

I know.

He was accused of being
a Communist sympathizer.

He lost his job
and committed suicide.

Yes.

I'm not sure...

I mean, what is this, Kalinda?

My father was Jake's best friend.
He stood by him.

In fact, he was one of the only people
who stood by him.

At great personal expense.

- I know.
- So I don't know what you think...

You don't have to hear this.

- Well, will it affect the judgeship?
- I don't know.

It might.

Well, then...

Yes, I mean, tell me.

Private meetings were held
between House Committee

on Un-American Activities

and several
influential professors.

- And they met with my father?
- Yes.

And you're saying that,

that he named Jake?

But that's a rumor, right?

I mean, it was, there were private
meetings so there was no...

Minutes were taken.

No, yes, l... I think we should stop.

Thank you, Kalinda.

I just...

I need to...

Don't stop investigating.
Please.

Okay.

We recall Isobel Swift.

You testified
that you and Mr. Sweeney

were having sex at the moment
he allegedly fired the gun?

- Yes.
- Would you say the sex was wild?

ISOBEL:
Well, yes.

And this sexual activity
took place in the Rose Salon?

Actually, I believe I was mistaken
when I said that.

Upon further reflection, I remembered
we were in the Camellia Room.

Objection, Your Honor.
Asked and answered.

LAURA: The witness is entitled
to change her testimony

if her recollection of the events
in question changes.

She's badgering the witness.

She doesn't look badgered to me.
Overruled.

Miss Swift, just to be clear.

You're absolutely positive that the two
of you were in the Camellia Room,

the very room
from which the gun was fired,

according to the defense's
own expert?

Yes.

[LAUGHING]

- You were not.
- I was.

Six months in juvie.

It was involuntary manslaughter.

I shot my own brother.

Oh, well, as long
as that's all it was.

It was an accident, of course.
It was my dad's hunting rifle.

And how was I supposed to know
it was loaded?

But the judge didn't care.

You can look it up in the
Ohio Department of Corrections.

- Say hello to J479361.
- Wow.

A felon.

- So, Mr. Fancy Supreme Court Clerk,
- Mm.

What's it like
helping shape the law?

The truth?

Intoxicating.

I mean, the breadth of power
those nine people have.

The Miles opinion sure could make
things harder for criminals with guns.

It's going to. Soon.

Really? You sound like you know
what you're talking about.

Wallace sent over his revisions for me
to check out. Nothing had changed.

Wow.

Can I read it?

I'd love to, but that's against the rules.

- Oh.
- You can read it in...

- Forty hours?
- That's what he said.

Pizza.

Go ahead.

You know, he wasn't such a bad guy.

He was kind of sensitive.

He was talking
about Jackson Pollock.

- Remember Pollock?
- You didn't drive here, did you?

Alicia, it's Cary. People v. Miles
is coming down in 40 hours.

- Give me call when you pick this up.
- I did not drive.

I jogged.

You don't like Jackson Pollock?
He was in a car accident.

- Yes, I know.
- You're really smart.

- Let me take you home.
- No.

- Come on. Time to go home.
- I want more pizza.

Okay.

What time is it anyway?

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

I idolized my father.

People are always
more than one thing, Diane.

Maybe.

But if he was a hypocrite,
I mean, what does that make me?

I patterned my life after his.

You patterned your life after the things
that you admired about him.

You don't need to answer for the sins
you didn't even know about.

You're good at this.

Why do we keep running away
from each other?

I don't know.

We should get married.

Did I just say that?

You did.

Okay, I'm in a transitional place
right now,

but, ahem,
I think I'm just saying things.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Well, now I'm embarrassed.

Forget I just said that.

You're sure?

Our intelligence is pretty good.

The Supreme Court will announce
their decision tomorrow.

Oh.

So...

...where does that leave me?

We have to wrap this case up today.

In other words, I'm screwed.

Isobel hurt us in court yesterday.

There is still time
to turn her around, but to do that...

I need to know what's going on.

You flatter me, Mrs. Florrick.

You assume that, like you,

I'd know and understand the person
I'm romantically involved with,

but, unfortunately, I'm not you.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING
AND PEOPLE YELLING]

[GUNSHOT
THEN PEOPLE SCREAMING]

MAN:
Get down. Get down.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING
AND PEOPLE YELLING]

[DOOR OPENS]

So this is how this should work.

You come to me saying, "I discovered
I was wrong about your father.

And there's something
on this computer that will prove it."

I'm sorry.

No, let's do it.

We looked at Christmas Past,

we looked at Christmas Present,

now for Christmas Yet to Come.

Just let me know
when you want me to stop it.

McVEIGH [OVER COMPUTER]:
There's a reason

that those first ten amendments
were passed.

The founding fathers
had firsthand experience with tyranny.

And I find it curious
that Mr. Obama thinks himself

wiser than Thomas Jefferson

or James Madison when it comes
to my right to bear arms.

Now is it enough for me to want to
secede from the union? I don't know.

And I hope I never have to find out.

But I would not stand in the way
of others who wanted to.

That much I do know.

Would it be too ironic
to ask you to shoot me?

Look, the problem
is not with the court.

The problem is with the campaign.

- The secession talk.
- Yes.

Whatever your relationship
is with McVeigh,

I would advise that you put it on hold
until you've been appointed.

Six months.

ALICIA: I know you have concerns
about Mr. Sweeney's history,

- but if your testing...
- His history?

The other day.
You said you had concerns.

Oh, that. I was kidding.
I'm not worried about that.

I have every intention
of being Mrs. Colin Sweeney.

- Then...
- I don't want a prenup.

Colin's insisting on one.

- So that's why...
- I lied in court? Yeah.

Tell him to forget the prenup
and I'll be good.

You know, I think I was wrong
about your hair.

- It looks good.
- Thanks.

ROBYN:
Greg.

What are you doing here?

I couldn't get you to return my texts,
I thought I'd try you in person.

Ugh. Bad hangover.

Yeah, mine's pretty bad too.

Look, I know what you were
after last night.

What do you mean?
I was after a good time.

I saw the coverage
of the Sweeney case.

And I looked you up too.
You never passed the bar.

[LAUGHS]

Sorry.

The Miles opinion
comes out today at 5 p.m.

The Chief Justice has a wedding in
Bermuda and he wants the extra day.

- Uh-oh.
- Yeah, so I'd hurry.

Uh...

- Thank you, Greg.
- You're welcome.

Hey. Can I see you again?

No. But thanks.

CREED: The lamp you're referring to
was classic Tiffany style.

The glass was shattered
in the tumult.

But we had each individual pane
replaced in the original frame.

- Here it is.
McVEIGH: That's the one.

See? The lamp was intact.

CREED:
Yeah, it got knocked over.

No, it was hit. Ricochet.

Oh. Excuse me.

Don't be embarrassed, Diane.
I'm...

I'm not rejecting it.

- Rejecting what?
- Marriage. I just...

...need time to think.

- Point of ricochet.
- Meaning?

As much as I hate to say it,
your guy's still innocent.

I based part of my calculations
on witness testimony.

Which, of course, is inherently
unreliable, unlike physical evidence. L...

Here you can see
that the lamp is still intact.

It was standing
on the opposite side of the room

from the doorway
into the Camellia Room.

The club thought it was broken
in the melee at the party

which is why it was excluded
from the crime scene evidence.

- It wasn't broken in the melee?
- No. It was shot at.

Objection. Foundation.

Defense Exhibit K, Your Honor.

It's an affidavit from the manager
of the Hirschorn Club,

verifying the provenance
of the lamp.

- Mr. McVeigh, can you tell us...?
POLITl: Counselor. Excuse me.

- I have to rule.
- Yes, I'm sorry, Your Honor.

Overruled.

Can you tell the court what that mark
is on the lampshade?

A nick, consistent
with being hit by a bullet.

Does this change
your original conclusion?

Yes, that the shooter
also had to be standing

on the opposite side of the room
from the Camellia Room doorway.

You mean, where the witness,
Catalani, testified he was standing?

- Given the physics involved, yes.
- Excuse me. Objection.

- To?
- Something two questions ago.

Speculation.

- Oh, okay. Heh. Overruled.
WILL: Nothing further, Your Honor.

No more witnesses.

Defense rests.
We have our summation ready.

Okay, sure. You're excused,
Mr. McVeigh. Go ahead, Counselor.

We're ready for your summation.

The evidence proves that Mr. Sweeney
did not shoot the gun, Your Honor.

He's innocent.

Good.
I like this new way to conduct trials.

[KNOCKS]

- Hi again.
- Hello.

Dropping off your invoice?

Sorry.

It's been an odd series of days.

Any word?

Judge Politi's still deliberating.

I wish I could say good luck on that.

Sweeney's a hard man to cheer for.

I think we should wait
and think about marriage.

I don't know.

I'm worried we'll always be waiting.

Maybe that's fine.

I'll talk to you.

Wait.

I don't want to wait.

Please.

I don't want to wait. I don't.

And then what?

So I've arrived at a decision.

Unfortunately, Miss Hellinger,

I find that there simply
isn't enough evidence

to prove the gun charge
against Mr. Sweeney.

Accordingly, I must find him
not guilty on this charge.

However, Mr. Sweeney,

you're pretty much a scumbag.

I know I'll probably get censured
for that,

but I really don't care.

I do find you guilty
of disorderly conduct.

And I sentence you
to a $1,500 fine,

thirty days incarceration,

to be served immediately.

We're done here.

Thank God.

[GAVEL BANGS]

Thank you, again.

- You still have to serve 30 days.
- I know,

but at least I have something
to look forward to on my release.

So you decided no prenup?

I love her too much.

She's going to cheat you.

I know. It's okay. I'll just kill her.

- I'll wait for you.
- I know, love.

Can he have these?

Hold them for me.

[PHONE BEEPS
THEN LINE RINGING]

WILL [OVER PHONE]: Hello?
- Will, are you busy?

- Um, no, what's up?
- Nothing.

Just something with work.

LAURA: So are you guys
trying to save on electricity?

I will call you back. I'm fine.

- Who was that? Alicia?
- Yeah.

Yes?

- I'm not being honest.
- You're not?

No, and I should be.

Ahem. There was a guy
I dated in the military.

He's recently
come back into my life.

- Oh.
- I'm sorry, but l...

No, no, wait. No, I get it.

Congratulations.

- For?
- The case.