The Good Wife (2009–2016): Season 5, Episode 17 - A Material World - full transcript

[DAWN LANDES' "HOME"
PLAYING]
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If I die before you,

please don't let them read
"Wind Beneath My Wings"

at my funeral.

Who knew it had so many verses?

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Do you think that we didn't know him,
or his family didn't?

Maybe he changed.

Well, they said he liked
nighttime walks in the snow?

- He hated the snow. Heh.
- Heh.

What about all that food?
I didn't know he cooked.



He didn't. They're crazy.

[BOTH LAUGH]

- I need another drink.
- Mm.

We were like the two mistresses
at the Irish funeral.

Yup.

Oh, I'm sorry.
I meant that metaphorically.

I know. Ha, ha.

Thank you.

[ALICIA CLEARS THROAT]

To Will.

To Will, a real man.

He shall be missed.

DIANE:
My dad was a sloppy drunk.

- I said I'd never be like him. Ha, ha.
- Ha, ha.



You're not sloppy.

You're elegant.

Hmm.

- I always wanted to be like you.
- No.

No, I did.

When I came to Lockhart Gardner,

the way you held yourself.

I was a great disappointment
to my mother.

- She wanted me to be a nurse...
- Heh.

...get married, have three kids.

Be a nurse.

My mom thinks I'm a prude.

[DIANE LAUGHS]

I know.

She thinks I should loosen up

- and get laid more.
DIANE: Ha, ha.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Oh, no. Oh. Let me guess.

Yup.

It's David Lee.

Hey, let me answer.

It'll terrify him.

Come on. He'll think we're merging
or something. Come on.

[ALICIA LAUGHS]

I'm so alone there.

Partners look at me
like I'm a gazelle on the savanna.

ALICIA:
They always looked at you like that.

No, this is different.

Will was on a buying binge.

- Now we're overextended.
- Yeah, we are too.

Well, we should merge.

- What?
- We should merge our firms.

How would we do that?

By saying we will.

You would want that?

DIANE:
Well, I would want ChumHum back.

That would solve a lot of my issues.

You'd take ChumHum and,
khh-khh, get rid of us.

DIANE:
No. We'd draw up a contract.

I have to have someone
to take Will's place anyway.

Our firms are fighting
on a lot of fronts.

Oh, and your client
is divorcing our client.

No, your client is divorcing ours.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, so let's keep talking.

We'll make peace and...

Come on, we'll figure out
how to make this work.

CARY: Your husband's divorce lawyer
is named David Lee.

He can be very contentious,
so don't get thrown by anything.

I don't get thrown
by anything anymore.

We have leverage.

- Your husband...
- Ex-husband.

No, no, Carol, remember,

he's only your ex-husband
when you grant a divorce.

Otherwise, according to Illinois law,
he has to wait six months.

- That's my leverage.
- That's your leverage.

Okay, now, he wants
to get remarried right now,

but he can only do that if you say yes,
okay? Excuse me.

- Alicia.
- Am I early?

CARY:
No, l...

What are you doing here?
You don't have to be here.

- I thought you were taking the week off.
- No, I'm good.

Ready to go.

Cary, please, I'm fine.

Don't worry,
I'm not gonna fall apart on you.

Let's go.

Hello, Carol. How are you?

I'm good, Asher.

- Wow, you're tan.
- I was in California.

Oh. Huh.

The book. How's it selling?

Okay, that's enough small talk for now.
Alicia, Cary, welcome.

Hello, Cary and Alicia.

Uh, excuse me a minute.
Diane, what are you doing here?

- Sitting in.
- Why?

Because I'm here.

Okay, we'd rather
this not be contentious,

so we're willing to compromise.

Carol will grant Mr. Mercer's request
for a divorce.

Mr. Mercer is not asking
for a divorce. He...

We don't want this
to be contentious either.

Good. Then to answer Mr. Lee,

yes, your client did ask for a divorce
after sleeping with...

But we don't need to go into that here
if we're all agreed to our terms.

A grant of divorce in trade for leniency
on the postnuptials?

Yes. So the only question is custody.

DIANE: And since we all want
what's best for Nico,

that would prove to be a simple matter
of visitation rights.

Good. So basically, we're done.
Carol?

- Um, if Asher agrees.
- All I want is for this to be over.

Mr. Mercer, if you can give me
some wiggle room, I can get...

David. He's already stated
his preference.

- Yes, and I'm offering my opinion.
- Mr. Mercer?

All I want is for everybody
to be happy.

Good. Well, then we have a deal.

Except for custody.

What the hell was that?

That was called
turning down the temperature.

You ought to try it sometime.

Diane, if this is about Will,

you should take a break
and go on vacation.

David, I have some advice for you.

Whenever you're tempted
to bring up Will's death

and credit my behavior to it, resist.

Diane, I have some advice for you.

When in mourning,
don't make big decisions,

at least for a year.

Really?

Gretchen, move David Lee
out of his current office

and into that office back there.

- You can't do that.
DIANE: I can.

I'm on the infrastructure committee.
Too bad you're not.

Is that a big enough decision
for you?

Do you know why
she's doing what she's doing?

Why?

I went to a bar after Will's funeral.
I wanted to be alone.

I liked him.

I miss him.

Why is she doing what she's doing?

And I happened to hear
two women talking over a deal,

suggesting their two firms merge.

And do you know what, David?

Those two women looked an awful lot
like Diane and Alicia Florrick.

Is this true?

She wants someone
who will be in her back pocket.

So we should do something about it.

CARY: That was interesting.
- We got the result we wanted.

ZEPPS:
Cary, do you have a minute?

Sure, what's up?

WOMAN: Florrick/Agos.
ZEPPS: Mr. Grant, this is Cary Agos.

Mr. Grant has a case
and he's without representation.

NED:
Yes, that's the problem.

Lockhart Gardner won't take the case
for obvious reasons.

ZEPPS: Because of Will.
NED: Yes.

Listen, I don't think my son
is responsible for Will Gardner's death.

Jeffrey was out of his mind.

The state's attorney's office
prosecuted him

for a crime he didn't commit.

That's what forced him
to grab the gun.

It's the state's attorney that's at fault
and I'm gonna sue them.

CARY:
Sue them for what?

NED:
Wrongful prosecution.

CARY: A wrongful-prosecution suit
is extremely hard to win.

ZEPPS: Except he's already had
a meeting with the state's attorney.

- He came to my house.
CARY: He came to you?

Yes, Castro. He apologized.

He assured me that heads would roll
in his department.

ZEPPS: He wants this to be over.
He wants to clear the decks.

Uh, Mr. Grant,
you know Alicia Florrick?

- Yes. Mrs. Florrick, hello.
- Hello.

You were very nice to Jeffrey.

ZEPPS: All right, let's take a step back
and discuss the idea of you filing suit.

Cary's gonna tell you there's a very
high bar for a wrongful prosecution,

- which is true.
- What heads?

- What?
- You said Castro said

heads would roll.

Which heads?

He didn't say.
Is that important to the suit?

ZEPPS: No. We're just getting
more of a sense of the facts.

Why? Why'd you ask that?

- We can't take this case.
- Because of Will?

Oh, we just... We have to listen.

He'll just take the case
to someone else.

Cary, listen to me.
You take this case, I quit the firm.

I understand.

I'll talk to him.

I don't give a damn.

Alicia, his meeting
with the state's attorney,

he told us that in confidence.
You cannot use it.

Thank you, Cary.

Yes. Hello. Can you put me through
to a Finn Polmar's room?

I think he's in the ICU.

He had the gunshot wound
to his shoulder.

Mrs. Florrick, your appointment.

Oh, I see.

When? Thank you.

Sondra, I need you to locate
the number of a Finn Polmar.

He's the new ASA
at the state's attorney's office.

He just got released
from the hospital.

Sure.
Do you want me to connect you?

Just let him know I need to talk to him
and I'll be right back.

Well, the Sinclair Mission
is exactly what families in Illinois need.

And I really have to thank my wife
for bringing it to my attention.

My husband is being humble.

It didn't need to be brought
to his attention.

Well, we'll agree to disagree.

At any rate, if you'll excuse us,

Alicia and I have to discuss
our son's SAT scores.

[CROWD CHUCKLES]

Thank you very much.

MAN: Can you stand back, please?
Thank you.

Are you all right?

I'm here posing with you
for a photo op. Why wouldn't I be?

Because of Will.

I'm here for you, Peter.
What do you want from me?

- Well, I'd like my wife back.
- I'm here.

- Are you?
- Oh, dear God.

Would everyone just stop thinking
I'm falling apart at the frigging seams?

Everyone?
When did I become everyone?

[PHONE RINGS]

WOMAN: Florrick/Agos.
CARY: Good.

I think we can handle
shared custody now.

Nico is 5 years old, and we don't
wanna disrupt his home life.

- Are we agreed?
DAVID: Hello.

DIANE: Hello, David.
We're almost settled here.

Good. What nice offices, Cary.
Very 1990s T-shirt factory.

- Thanks.
DAVID: Where's Alicia?

I thought she'd wanna
be here for this.

She'll be here in a minute.
What do you got?

A nanny-cam video.

What nanny-cam video?

DAVID: You and Asher agreed
to have installed in your house.

- Heh. What's this about, Ash?
- Uh, David, we're decided.

[CAROL & MAN PANTING
ON COMPUTER]

Oh, my God.

You took that of me?

You were sleeping
with one of my students.

CAROL: You ran off with your nurse.
- I didn't run off.

- What would you call it?
- Grounds for voiding your postnup.

- Infidelity.
CAROL: Trying to make me the villain?

Maybe we should settle this in court.

DIANE:
No. Stop it. Before anyone else...

Wait a minute.
You want to settle this,

you don't want this video shown
in court,

- then take 20 cents on the dollar.
- Like hell, I will.

Then we'll see you in court.

WOMAN:
Lockhart Gardner.

DIANE:
Kalinda.

I was just about to call you.

- I, uh... I need a favor.
- Okay.

I, uh, need you to go
to Will's apartment.

Okay. Why?

I need to know how many
commitments we've made

in New York and L.A.

His family boxed up his work things.

- Bring them back here.
- Okay. I'll, uh...

I'll head over.

Diane?

David Lee and Damian are trying
to remove you as managing partner.

- How do you know?
- I heard them talking.

Without Will, they feel

you're unprotected.

What do you want me to do?

[SIGHS]

DIANE:
Heh. I don't know.

Well, you have to gather votes
to fight them.

It'll never end, Kalinda.

I can't fight them anymore.

If they wanna come after me,
let them frigging come after me.

Well, let me see what I can do.

- What do you mean?
- Let me see what I can do for you.

Okay. Thanks, Kalinda.

The postnup is clear.

Any actual evidence of infidelity
by either spouse

invalidates the agreement.

Actual evidence
means evidence you can admit.

Like this footage
from Mrs. Mercer's own nanny cam.

Excuse me. Mrs. Mercer didn't
even know the nanny cam was there.

- This evidence can't be admitted.
- Simmer down, everybody.

Illinois privacy laws forbid videotaping
someone in their own house

- without their consent.
DAVID: Oh, please.

- Her husband was spying on her.
- Who's deaf in here?

Thank you very much.

So the videos
are from a nanny cam?

It shows clear as day...

I don't need your testimony, Mr. Lee,
just an answer.

Yes, Your Honor. They had cameras
in locations throughout the house.

Not "they," him. Mrs. Mercer
didn't even know they were there.

I don't need yours either,
Mrs. Florrick.

That's what the witnesses are for.

Do you have a witness?

You had no idea your husband bought
a home-surveillance system?

- Absolutely not.
- And that he put cameras

all over your house,
including in your bedroom?

- He never said a word.
ALICIA: So you had no idea

- your private activities were recorded?
- None.

And you have an expectation
of privacy in your home,

- especially in your bedroom?
- Of course I do.

Carol asked me
to install the nanny cams.

- Ah!
DAVID: And when was this?

- Right after our son was born.
- Why did she want them?

She had an emergency C-section
with Nico,

and she was in bed recovering
for a few weeks.

And since I'm limited physically,
we needed help in the house.

So your wife wanted
to keep an eye on the help.

Yes, that was the plan.
But then her mother came.

- Don't bring my mother into this.
- Mrs. Mercer.

I'm only saying I bought this high-tech
system and she never used it.

Look, she champions the use
of these things on her mommy blog.

It's not my fault
if one caught her cheating.

- In your bed, in your house.
- Objection. It's a shared home.

DAVID: Only Mr. Mercer's name
is on the mortgage.

- That's a technicality.
- Okay, thank you. Always a pleasure.

I will decide on this issue
in a few hours.

Do you wanna see the video,
Your Honor?

Nicely argued.

Where you going?

WOMAN:
Lockhart Gardner.

ALICIA:
Mr. Polmar? Hello.

Mrs. Florrick. Hello.

I'm sorry, I had a hard time getting you
on the phone.

My assistant thinks she's doing me
a favor by screening my calls,

but unfortunately, the only ones that
she lets through are family members.

Thanks, Maria.

- How are you?
- Oh, this?

It's very Indiana Jones.

Um...

How close are you
with James Castro?

Jimmy? Close.
Why, do you need something?

No, I need to tell you something
in confidence.

The SA is looking for a scapegoat
in the Jeffrey Grant prosecution.

And you are afraid that it's me?

- Yes.
- Don't worry about it.

ALICIA:
Well, he has an election coming up,

and this Grant issue
could haunt him.

Jimmy's an old friend.

I've known him since law school.
I was best man at his wedding.

He's the one
who dragged me out here.

Okay. Good to know.

But a word of advice.

If he does bring you in
for a casual chat

about the Grant prosecution,
I would call a lawyer.

Okay.

- You think I'm being cynical.
- No, no. I just, uh...

I have to trust someone.

Especially after this.

You're right.

- Well, it was good to see you again.
FINN: You too.

And if you ever wanna talk...

Thanks, but I'm good.

Alicia.

- Mr. State's Attorney.
- That sounds odd. "Jimmy" is fine.

I never congratulated you
on your appointment, Jimmy,

so congratulations.

Thanks. It's a challenge,
but I like challenges.

I'm sorry about your old boss.

- I liked Will Gardner.
- Thank you.

If I can do anything, please tell me.

ALICIA:
Oh, I will.

And just know
I'm doing everything I can here.

I always ask myself
what would your husband do

when he was state's attorney.

And then I try to do the opposite.

No, I'm joking. He's a good guy.

Well, good luck, Jimmy.

I don't know exactly
what's on this nanny-cam video,

but I do know this.

The court's interest in ruling
on the viability of this postnup

is not as great
as Mrs. Mercer's privacy.

DAVID: Your Honor, if I may...
ADELSON: You may not.

I forthwith enter
a six-month separation order.

If Mr. And Mrs. Mercer can't work
this out over the next half year...

Your Honor, a new issue
has come to our attention.

Oh, really? Just now? My goodness.

My client would like to file
an emergency petition

- for full custody of his son.
- What?

- Sit down. On what grounds?
- Child endangerment.

- Carol is the primary caretaker.
- That's the emergency.

This video will prove
that Carol Mercer is an unfit mother.

Your Honor, you already ruled
the recording inadmissible.

Only as to viability of the postnup,
but child welfare trumps privacy.

I'm sorry, Your Honor,
but I fail to see,

even if the video shows
what Mr. Mercer contends,

- how that would endanger their child.
- Allow me to show you.

Your Honor, this is a ploy,
a way for you to see evidence

that you already ruled inadmissible.

I'm sorry, but if we're talking
about the best interests of a child,

I'm looking at everything.

The video's admissible.

Just don't make a meal of it,
Mr. Lee.

[BOTH PANTING]

Sit up.

And don't look embarrassed, okay?

NICO [ON COMPUTER]:
Mama.

[CAROL & MAN CONTINUE
PANTING ON COMPUTER]

Okay, got it.

I'll hear testimony on Professor
Mercer's petition for full custody.

Your Honor,
what the video shows is unfortunate,

but it doesn't rise to the level
of child endangerment.

The video's showing irresponsibility
on the part of Mrs. Mercer.

Anthony and I have been friends
for years.

- And it only happened once.
- So you say.

I'll hear testimony on Professor
Mercer's petition for full custody.

- Alicia.
ALICIA: Yeah.

Always nice to see
how Lockhart Gardner works.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Kalinda, I'm...

[SOBS]

When I'm in town,
I make sure to be home to tuck him in.

I wheel up next to his bed
and read to him.

- And when you aren't in town?
- He's always on my mind.

Thank you. No further questions.

Let me cross.

- Why?
- Because I have this.

Professor Mercer, would you describe
yourself as a materialist?

- Excuse me?
- Your book,

The Philosophy of Materialism,

describes you
as an empirical materialist.

I'm just wondering if it's accurate.

Uh, yes, that's a general term
for the philosophy I teach.

The basic contention of which is
all humans are a collection of atoms?

That's a very simplistic view of it.

Give me the nonsimplistic view.

- Do you have three hours?
- Yes.

The basic contention
of empirical science

is that the universe is knowable.

And we're all made up
of physical matter.

Including
the human consciousness?

- Of course.
ALICIA: Including emotions we feel?

Objection, Your Honor. I'm at a loss
for what this has to do with anything.

The subject of this hearing
is custody.

Professor Mercer argued
that he was a good parent

and that my client was a bad parent,
based on the activities he videotaped.

I'm just trying to figure out
the components of his good parenting.

- By questioning his teachings?
ALICIA: Yes.

ADELSON:
Get specific fast, counselor,

unless you want
the objection sustained.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Professor, do you believe
that free will is a fiction?

- No, l...
ALICIA: Chapter two, "On Choice."

"The physical interaction
of our atoms

is the sine qua non of thoughts,
feelings, actions.

We may believe we have free will,

but it is, in fact,
the illusion of free will."

- Did you write that?
- That is the position I take in my book.

So it's not really a position you believe,
the illusion of free will?

But you're taking my positions
from a book and suggesting...

That's how you'll bring up your son,
yes.

- Do you believe in right and wrong?
- Of course.

In what way do you believe
in right and wrong?

Objection. Asked and answered.

No, not really. You may answer.

ALICIA: Do you believe
in right and wrong, professor?

If your son shoplifted a soda
from a grocery store,

why would that be wrong?

Because it would impact
the grocer's business.

But why is that bad? If the grocer
is made up of a collection of atoms,

why does that matter?

Because it's wrong to hurt people.

- Really?
- Objection.

- That time, asked and answered.
ADELSON: Sustained.

Your Honor,
may we take a short recess?

So have things, uh,
settled down for you yet?

CASTRO:
A bit.

State AG keeps pushing for a timeline
on the Jeffrey Grant case.

- Why?
- Well, it's bureaucracy.

- They don't get what we do here.
- Hmm.

Could you put that together for me?

- Yeah. Sure.
- Thanks.

Hey, when did you drop the professor
as a suspect, by the way?

When did I?

Oh. When was he dropped?

I don't know. Let me, uh...

- Let me take a look back.
- Great.

Hey, we're okay, right?

Sure. What do you mean?

Nothing.

- I'll talk to you later.
- All right.

Maria, can you get me the number
for Alicia Florrick

of Florrick/Agos, please?
Thank you.

How did you know I was off today?

Lucky guess.

Shouldn't you be working?

What happened with Jeffrey Grant?

Jenna.

Okay.

When we left off, professor,

you said you believed
in right and wrong,

and that it was wrong to hurt people.

Professor?

I said that
this was a custody hearing.

My scientific materialism
doesn't apply here.

Chapter five, "On Morality."

"Humans create value systems
to organize the world.

Pleasure is good, pain is bad.

Charity is good, murder is bad.

But they are random
and, in fact, meaningless."

Do you not believe this?

- Professor.
- I do.

Your Honor, objection.
Mrs. Florrick has a new guest in court.

- Who is it?
- Counselor?

Yes, Your Honor.
It's Professor Thomas Nile.

He's the leading nonmaterialist
and Professor Mercer's rival.

- Welcome, sir.
ALICIA: So, professor,

you believe your son, Nico, is nothing
more than a product of his atoms?

My son is a glorious result
of the miracle of nature.

Yes. Which means
a product of his atoms?

Yes.

ALICIA: So when he dies,
what remains of him?

He's gone.

When someone dies,
there's nothing left of them?

That's why I plan to value
every moment with my son.

I will hold him and love him
and teach him.

But to what end?

Why?

[GASPING]

[DYNAMIK DAVE'S
"IN THE MOMENT" PLAYING]

Hey.

[MUSIC STOPS]

How's Grace?

She's good.

You're very brave out there.

Thanks. Heh.

I got arrested at Wrigley Field.

That was pretty cool.

I think I made a mistake.

JENNIFER:
What mistake?

Being a lawyer.

JENNIFER:
You don't like it?

No.

I don't know. Sometimes I do.

What would you do instead?

I have no idea.

I wish I did.

Do you wanna dance with me?

No.

Hmm?

I think I'm going home now.

ZACH:
Mom.

Mom.

Diane Lockhart's on the phone.

GRACE: Yeah, and you missed
a few other calls too.

- Hello?
- I'm sorry to call you at home, Alicia,

but you weren't picking up your cell,

and your office didn't know
where you were.

It's okay.

Um, things are moving quickly here,
and I don't want us to lose momentum.

I just need to know if we're...
If we're still talking merger.

Can I call you back?

Well, Alicia, if you're trying
to leverage this to get a better deal...

- No.
- ... it's not...

I can't...

I'm a little under the weather.

Let's talk when I'm feeling better.

Well, Alicia, ca...?

[LINE CLICKS]

Mom, are you okay?

You want us to get you a NyQuil
or something?

- I don't know.
ZACH: I'll get you a NyQuil.

- Can you make her a tea?
GRACE: Yeah.

Well, Finn, good.

You know, this job is like building track
in front of a bullet train.

Are you ready?

Yeah, absolutely.

- Sorry to drag you through this.
- Yeah, no problem.

So I went back through the Grant files,
and I found a bunch of e-mails

about the professor, Delaney,
rejecting him as a suspect.

- When was this?
- October.

Okay, good.

E-mails between you and Geneva.

No, between you and me.

- Really?
- Yeah.

I guess you thought
Professor Delaney's alibi

was a little bit dodgy,

but then Jeffrey Grant's name
popped up,

and all those concerns
just disappeared, so...

I'll have to go through my records.

Yeah.

That's a good idea.

You know what we're trying
to do here, Finn?

We're trying to bring something
to Chicago it's never seen.

A state's attorney's office that is fair.

Fair in prosecution,
investigation and sentencing.

That's why I'm here.

Good.

One of these days,
I'm gonna need your help.

- With?
- If I don't get elected next year,

this office will go right back
to what it was.

Yeah. Okay.

I'll talk to you.

To what do I owe the pleasure?

- What's this?
- It's a copy of a retainer agreement

for a new client
that Diane just signed.

And she thinks this will save her?

I think she does.

- "William Donnelly"?
- Yeah.

The Donnelly family has one
of the big import-export businesses

in your old neighborhood.

Diane really wanted
to represent them,

so she offered them a discount
to come aboard.

She?

- Come onboard here?
- Mm-hm.

Lockhart Gardner.
Our newest client.

- She can't.
- It's done.

A copy of the retainer agreement

is already in the mail
to a friend of yours.

Liam Gerraghty?

His organization
has had quite a few disagreements

with Mr. Donnelly over the years,

all of which have been sorted
with some struggle.

I wonder how Mr. Gerraghty
will view your firm

representing his competition.

So how did you find out
about me and the Gerraghtys?

The copy was sent by express mail,
by the way.

So unless you fancy
explaining yourself,

you have about 18 hours
to quit the firm.

Goodbye, Damian.

[SIRENS WAILING]

MAN [ON TV]: People just think
there are black hats and white hats.

But there are black hats
with white linings.

And white hats

with black linings.

And there are hats
that change back and forth

between white and black.

And there are striped hats.

Hey, Mom.

- Evil rests in the soul of all men.
- Hey. Do you want some dinner?

I'm all right.

Are you sure? You should probably
just eat something.

I will later.

MAN: And there is nothing you can do
but curse God.

Thank you both
for agreeing to sit down.

Make it quick. I have work to do.

DIANE: Where's Alicia?
- She asked me to step in for her.

We're prepared to compromise
on the divorce settlement.

We're not.

David, both our clients
have been bloodied here,

and there's no way to predict
which way the judge will go.

Professor Mercer
will honor the terms of the postnup

regarding child support and alimony.

In return, our client will grant him
a swift and uncontested divorce

so he can remarry. It's a win-win.

Here's my counter.
No proceeds from the book,

no alimony,
massive reduction in child support,

or you can get the hell out of here.

Your proposal is accepted, Cary.

Diane, a word?

I don't know
what you think you're doing.

I'm making an executive decision.

- I'm the ranking partner here.
- Not for long. I have the votes.

You had them. You just lost one.

- What?
- You lost one vote.

You'll have a hard time
finding your friend Damian

for tomorrow's partner meeting,
or any other one.

You think I'm bluffing? Hmm?

Go. Check.

You make a deal with Alicia,
half the partners will rebel.

I make a deal with Alicia and
bring ChumHum back into the tent,

half the partners will be too busy
counting their bonus money.

You're no Will Gardner, Diane.

You'll only hurt yourself trying to be.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, then fasten your seat belts.

We're heading for a lot of hurt.

MAN [ON TV]:
Pigs in mud.

That's all we are.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

God looks down on us...

FINN:
Sorry to bother you.

I just need to ask a question.

I'm a client of your mom's.

GRACE: Oh, I'm sorry.
She's really sick right now.

Grace, it's okay.

FINN:
Thank you.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Hey. You okay?

I'm so sorry.

There's no excuse
for missing your meeting.

No, no, please.
If you're sick, you're sick.

- I should have called.
- No, it's okay.

I just need to know,
should I be hiring another lawyer?

No, no, I...

I just... I needed a day.

I just needed to sort through
a few things. I'll be well.

Will really mattered to you.

Yes.

Look, um...

Uh...

My wife and I lost a child
in a miscarriage.

It doesn't get solved quickly,
and you can't just shake it off.

So if there's anything I can do...

Thanks.

I mean, I know people always say that,
but, um, I mean it.

I know you do.

All right.

I'll see you soon.

- Hello.
- Hi.

I'm Finn Polmar.

Oh.

I'm Peter Florrick.

Yes, the governor, I know.
I voted for you.

That's good to know.

Your wife was just helping me
with a case.

- Well, then you're in great hands.
- Yeah.

Yeah.

You okay?

I really wish everyone would stop
asking me that. I'm fine.

Oh.

You missed the Founders' Dinner.
I just was worried about you.

Sorry.

I don't often ask you to come
to these political events, but...

ALICIA:
I'll go to the next one.

Alicia,

the way you're handling
this Will thing...

I'm doing my best.

Oh, well, if this is your best,
then I think we need to talk.

Look, you lost a friend.

You didn't lose your child,
you didn't lose your husband.

I lost my husband a long time ago.

Oh, my...

You cannot go back there.

I don't have to.
I'm still living it every day.

Oh, my God.
How many times do I have to tell you?

When I cheated,
it didn't mean anything.

Well, then that was a waste,
because when I cheated, it did.

Well, I can't compete
with a dead man.

If you think life would've been better
with Will, you're kidding yourself.

- Stop it, Peter.
- No. I'm not gonna let you

throw away this marriage because
you have some idealized notion

of a man who you're not even sure
cared about you.

- You're a bastard.
- And you're a selfish bitch.

But you know what?

We're all that we have.

No.

Not anymore.

Don't worry,
I'm not gonna divorce you.

You're too valuable to me
professionally, just like I am to you.

But we're not gonna
see each other anymore,

not unless we have to.

If you need me at a political event,
you call the office.

My assistant will put it
on my calendar.

- Really?
- I'm not finished.

You are free to see
and sleep with whomever you like,

but I don't wanna know,

and under no circumstances
are our children to know.

Understood?

Is this because you wanna
sleep with someone else?

Get out of my house, Peter.

Get...

This is David Lee at Lockhart Gardner.
Do you have a minute?

Uh-huh.

[OVER PHONE]
What do you think about a merger?

What do I think?

I think that sounds interesting.
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