The Good Wife (2009–2016): Season 5, Episode 2 - The Bit Bucket - full transcript

NARRATOR:
Previously on The Good Wife:
Ripped By mstoll

Neil Gross. I'm CEO of Chumhum.

ALICIA:
Chumhum is a worldwide company,

like Yahoo, Google, Facebook.

They do business
in Canada, Mexico, China.

Peter Florrick has offered me

the vacated
Illinois Supreme Court seat

- if he wins the governorship.
- I'm in.

- With Agos/Florrick?
- Florrick/Agos.

ALICIA: Look,
we can't keep skulking around.

We have to cut the cord
at some point.



People wanna wait for bonuses.

Our client, Mr. Marwat,
was a translator in Afghanistan.

His daughter was dying
from dysentery.

I brought him medicine, that's all.

I took it to his home in Badula Qulp.

[PHONE LINE RINGING]

WOMAN 1: Hi.
MAN 1: Hey, it's me.

I can't believe Jim.
He was acting so weird.

WOMAN: I know.
What's all that Middle Eastern stuff

he was talking about?

MAN 2: Have you seen Team America?
It's so cool. I saw it last night.

"Dinka, dinka, jihad, jihad, dinka..."

MAN 3: How about
when they say "weapons"...?

WOMAN 2: Probably be there
about ten, 15 minutes.



WOMAN 3:
This sewer kind of smells.

It smells like sarin gas or something
like that. So I'm thinking...

MAN 4:
I went to Taliban down the street.

The cover charge is outrageous.
I mean...

MAN 5: So I'm doing a
Chumhum search on al Qaeda,

and I started thinking,
you think this puts me on a list...

[MAN 6 SPEAKING IN ARABIC]

[MAN 7 SPEAKING IN ARABIC]

MAN 8 [IN ENGLISH]:
Diane Lockhart.

[MAN 7 CONTINUES
SPEAKING IN ARABIC]

Hey, I need a translation.

I need a translation.

Is it a new call?

No, it's two years old.

Then send it downstairs.

Mentioned one
of the Lockhart Gardner lawyers.

It's two years old.

Some of us
are working present-day here, okay?

MAN 9:
I understand, but I think you'll find...

WOMAN 4: Next time. I'm sure...
WOMAN 5: I can't believe he said that.

MAN 10:
You're getting yourself a Glock.

[PHONE VOICES
CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

DIANE:
What's wrong, David?

DAVID:
The fourth-years have stopped.

They've stopped texting each other.

DIANE:
That's good news, isn't it?

DAVID:
No. It means they've been warned.

I have an appointment
with the governor, and Will is here.

WILL: You wanted their texts,
and there are no texts.

Take good news as good news.

DAVID [OVER PHONE]: The absence
of bad news is not good news.

Okay, David, I have to go.

[PHONE LINE RINGING]

CARY:
Hey, Alicia, where are you?

ALICIA:
I think in reception.

- Wow. It's big. Where am I going?
CARY: I'm coming to you.

Twenty-five dollars a square foot?

I know.

You like it?

I think it's

a real law firm.

Heh, yeah. Let me show you
your office, it's right here.

[CARY CHUCKLES]

- No, no, it's over here.
- Funny.

Oh, hey, everyone, thank Alicia
for the heads-up on the phones.

Bought burners for everybody.

Only use the company phones
for Lockhart Gardner calls.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

It's Will.

Hey. Hey. Shh.

- Quiet down.
ALICIA: Hey, Will.

Alicia, we have a scheduling problem
here. Where are you?

Lunch.

When can you get back?

Diane's heading out to a meeting
on her judgeship,

and I can't take the Chumhum
meeting, Neil Gross hates me.

- Cary was taking that meeting.
WILL: He is.

It's just
we want a partner there too.

Mr. Gross
has expressed some concern

about Cary being up to the job.

[CARY MOUTHS INDISTINCTLY]

We just want the best.

Sure, I'll be there.

- Bye.
- What was that?

Will wants me
in the Chumhum meeting.

Why?

He wants a partner there.

Cary, you're sure Chumhum
is coming with us when we leave?

Yeah. Why? What did he say?

Nothing. I just...

Due diligence.

If Chumhum doesn't come with us,
we don't have a firm.

I know. We're fine, Alicia.

I'm in touch with Neil Gross
every day.

Don't worry, he's coming.

All I wanna do is speak the truth,

and I wanna tell our users

how little my company's cooperated
with these NSA subpoenas.

We know, and we're going...

Oh, and the NSA has asked us
over and over

to provide user information
from our social networking sites.

Over and over and over. I can't tell you
how much we've pushed back.

Actually, yes, I know, Barney,

I can't tell you
how much we've pushed back,

because according to this gag order,

if I do tell you, I will spend
the next five years in prison.

Could we get a copy of that, sir?

My users think I have sent
every text and personal e-mail

over
to the United States government.

This gag order prevents me
from denying it.

So, what do I do?

Well, first good thing you did
is come to us.

Good. I'm a good boy.
So now what?

ALICIA: Sue them.
GROSS: Sue who?

The National Security Agency.

- Sue them for what?
- Anything.

The whole point
is to look like they're gagging you,

- that you are the injured party.
- Sue them with anything. Great.

That gains more billable hours for you,
and for me gains nothing.

- Sue them for prior restraint.
GROSS: What does that mean?

E. Y: Well, the government can't ban
the expression of an idea

prior to its publication.

That's exactly
what they're doing here.

Stopping you from speaking
with this gag order.

You have same rights
as The New York Times.

CARY: Lt'll also help if we can get
other social networking sites on board:

Yahoo, Google, Sleuthway.
They're all in town for Techweek.

We get them to sign on
to an amicus brief

in support of your claim.

Okay. Good. Do it.

- Excellent job.
- Thank you.

Hey, Kalinda.

We need help
on this Chumhum case.

We're suing the NSA.

KALINDA:
Okay, what do you need from me?

CARY:
Well, Techweek is in town...

Hey. They're suing us.

- What?
- The law firm, Lockhart Gardner,

they're suing us.

- You and me?
- No. The NSA.

Yeah, take that one
to the Systems Admin.

Check out the link I just sent you.

[GOAT BAAING]

[BOTH MIMIC GOAT BAAING]

You have 1.3 million.

Now, many advisors
would suggest stocks.

Uh, I tend to advise
interest-bearing bonds.

My second husband
always advised against bonds.

Really? And how long
were you married to him?

[BOTH LAUGH]

Have you ever been married,
Mr. Liebenbaum?

Uh, I have not. But then,
I have an excuse. I'm selfish.

You know what you are,
Mr. Liebenbaum?

Hmm?

You're a carnivore.

You're a jungle cat.

Well, it's a dangerous place here
on the savannah.

The cat survives.

VERONICA: Hmm.
- Mom. Hi.

Oh, hi, darling. How are you?

Good, Mom. L...

What are you doing here?

David and I are running off together.

[ALICIA AND DAVID LAUGH]

We're estate planning.

- I was advising bonds.
- Ah.

Uh, Mom, could you come by my office
and...?

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

Um, hold on.

I'll be right back.

Can you talk? We have a problem.

ALICIA [OVER PHONE]:
Not yet. Hold on.

Okay, what's the problem?

We don't have the office space.

What do you mean?
We put down earnest money.

I know. And the bank loan
was supposed to come through

to make up the difference,
but the bank wanted to talk

- to our current employers.
- Will and Diane?

Yeah.
And we couldn't let them talk to them.

Uh, Mom, I'll be right out.

No, I'll just wait here. Go ahead.

How did that happen?

I don't know.
John made some assumptions.

But now we need 140,000,
or we're out the earnest money.

- The 60,000 we already put down?
- Yeah. It sucks.

- Mom.
- It's better by the door.

CARY: So now we need
to get the full amount.

Cary, I don't have $140,000.

CARY:
Do you have any way to get it?

ALICIA:
This is really wrong, Cary.

I put up 10,000 of my own money
for that earnest money.

[KNOCK ON DESK]

CARY: I know. I did too...
DELLINGER: Hey. We're up.

HOFFMAN:
It's the Marwat warrant.

FISA court warrant 30-879.

DELLINGER:
Danny Marwat.

He's an Arab-American translator
who worked for the military

until he was accused
of collaborating with the Taliban.

He hired the law firm
Lockhart Gardner to defend him.

Why we're following
all these lawyers?

Just two lawyers:
Alicia Florrick and Diane Lockhart.

And we've only gone back two years
in the bit bucket.

So we have a warrant for Marwat,
he hires two lawyers

and we've been listening to their calls.
I don't see the problem.

Well, these lawyers
also represent Chumhum.

Yeah. This firm's all over the map.

The problem is, they're suing us.

- These lawyers are?
- Yeah.

But not for Marwat.

For Chumhum.

[GOAT BAAS ON VIDEO
THEN BOTH MIMIC GOAT BAAING]

Okay, don't do that again.

- So you wanna know whether?
- Does our warrant restrict listening

to a law firm in active litigation with us
for a non-terroristic action?

Sometimes I can't tell

if you're the stupidest people
in the world or the smartest.

We're the smartest.

Okay, I'll check with counsel,
and in the meantime,

if anyone refers to this Chumhum suit,
mark it down as a possible omit.

- Thank you, sir.
- We respect you greatly, sir.

Hey, have any of these lawyers
done anything illegal?

Not yet.

I mean, not glaringly yet.

Uh, the one lawyer, Florrick,

her husband's about
to be governor of Illinois.

- What?
HOFFMAN: Yeah, in about a month.

Alicia's wondering what to wear
to the inaugural.

All right, keep an eye on this.

We can direct Justice
to illegality these days.

Maybe this case can prove its worth
in another way.

- Any illegality?
- Any illegality.

- By the governor?
- By anyone.

You're the smartest people
in the world, don't limit yourselves.

Real hostile energy.

[MEN LAUGHING NEARBY]

RECEPTIONIST:
Governor-elect Florrick's office.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, I've wrapped a three-iron
around a tree many a time, so...

So do you think you can get
behind this, chief justice?

- This?
- Diane Lockhart's nomination

for the Supreme Court seat.

We'd like to announce tonight.
If that's possible.

How did you like my gift,
Mr. Governor-elect?

Fiat justitia, ruat caelum.

The engraved gavel. He loved it.

It was supposed to be
back here today, sir.

- We are having it mounted.
- I'm gonna hang it on the wall.

Words to live by.
Fiat justitia, ruat caelum.

Let justice be done
though the heavens fall.

It's beautiful.

Okay. Diane Lockhart? We'd like you
to attend a press conference tonight.

Diane Lockhart
is a perfectly charming woman

with an unobjectionably
appropriate r?sum?,

who, when I met her,
took every opportunity

to defend
her perfectly corrupt legal partner.

- And you'd like her to?
- Explain herself.

Publicly. I wanna know

why her firm still represents
Chicago's top drug dealer.

I wanna know how she disagrees
with her disbarred partner.

I want what you want, sir.
Fiat justitia, ruat...

Oh, this is such idiotic crap.

You don't want her
because you're a sexist old fool.

PETER: Eli.
- You are a rude backroom huckster.

But that is irrelevant to this.

Chief justice,
Diane Lockhart is my choice.

It is so good to see you, sir.

Well, this is a pleasant surprise.
How nice...

- Chief justice...
- Don't get up.

What do you wanna do?

Well, we can't lose him.
It'll cost us too much politically.

I'll tell Diane we're delaying.

See if you can give him what he wants,
for God's sakes.

- Done.
- What about this gift?

This gavel? Have you lost it?

No. It's probably in the gift room
with the other 900 presents.

I'll make sure it's out here
the next time you see him.

- Mounted.
ELl: Mm-hm.

ELl:
It's a gold-plated gavel

given to the governor
by the chief justice, with Latin on it.

Mr. Gold,
remember Damian the intern?

- No.
- The one in the Hawaiian shirt?

Oh, yes, the one I fired. What?

Well, he was in here,
in the gift room,

- and I'm just guessing...
- He took it?

I just checked on Clarkswap,
and look.

[ELI SIGHS]

Call him, arrange a meeting.
Don't say who it is.

Just say I'm interested,
and I want to inspect it.

- So any word from Google?
- No.

- Yahoo?
- No.

- Facebook?
- No.

- Is this 20 questions, Kalinda?
- No.

- So Sleuthway, Patric Edelstein?
- Yes.

Ah. Edelstein
will support our amicus brief?

No.

Kalinda, what do you have?

Clearly you have something because
I can see the file under your arm.

When are you leaving?

To start our own firm? Soon. Why?

You're putting me
in an awkward position.

That's not my intent.

You intend on taking Neil Gross and
Chumhum with you as clients, right?

You're improving your position
at the expense of Lockhart Gardner.

No. I'm doing my job as a lawyer
at Lockhart Gardner.

Kalinda, what do you have?

Something for Lockhart Gardner,
not Agos & Associates.

Kalinda,
this is a Lockhart Gardner case.

Any money derived from it
stays at Lockhart Gardner,

so whatever you have
helps Lockhart Gardner.

You have to change your strategy.

Yes, yes. I heard your argument,

and I was mightily impressed,
but, no.

Prior restraint doesn't apply here.

The Second Circuit has ruled
that NSA subpoenas are legal,

and gag orders are required
for national security.

That ruling wasn't precedential,
Your Honor.

Oh, yes, it was,
and you wanna know why?

Because I just said so.

So if there's no other business
before this court...

- Your Honor, just one more matter.
- What might...? I know you.

- You were just in here last week.
- Yes. Good to see you again.

Lovely to see you.
What, you're the only lawyer in town?

Heh. No. We just had so much fun
last time, we thought we'd do it again.

Actually, counselor, I'm the one
who makes the jokes here, not you.

Apologies, Your Honor.

We'd like to change our suit
to selective enforcement.

Your Honor, is the plaintiff
really accusing the United States

of selectively enforcing its gag order?

We are, and we'd like to call a witness.

Tingles, counselor. Tingles.

Patric Edelstein.

I'm CEO of the social networking site,
Sleuthway.

CARY: And you were just served
a subpoena at Techweek today?

Yes. Thank you, Neil.

CARY: Uh, what is the size
of Sleuthway, Mr. Edelstein?

The size?

900 million users, and growing.

CARY: And you have been served
with FISA warrants

to grant access to your users' e-mails
and chatting functions, isn't...?

ROBERT:
Objection, Your Honor.

All discussions
of hypothetical FISA court warrants

are classified
and cannot be discussed.

As Kafkaesque as that sounds,
I will sustain.

Have you ever been served
with a gag order

regarding the NSA's requests...

Sorry. Hypothetical requests
for access to users' data?

- No.
CARY: Thank you, sir.

Sorry.

That was just preamble.

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
ON VIDEO]

PATRIC [ON VIDEO]: We can do
so much with technology,

and yet, when I was served
with a warrant, I caved.

We gave the NSA
e- mails, data, phone calls.

Not that many.
Less than a hundred.

But still, we gave it to them.

- Rip into him.
- Definitely.

- So that was you, right?
- Yes.

And you were discussing the extent
of your cooperation with the NSA?

- Do you mind voicing your answer?
- Yes, I was.

And did you receive a cease and desist
letter from the NSA after that talk?

PATRIC: No.
- Were you warned of your gag order

- either before or after that talk?
- No.

Were there NSA recruiters
in the audience?

Okay, okay, okay.
I get it. Selective enforcement.

And I'm prone
to let this suit go forward,

unless the government
has something up its sleeve.

- We request a recess, Your Honor.
- Of course you do.

[BELL TOLLS]

ELl: What time did he say?
- Three o'clock. He's late.

You're not gonna make a scene,
are you, Mr. Gold?

No, I'm gonna get my gavel back

and scare the hell
out of Mr. Hawaiian Shirt.

I'm not gonna...

What? What's wrong?

Oh, Mr. Gold. Hello.

I should have known.

I'm not as fast as I used to be.

Oh, I see.

You're my Clarkswap contact.

You can go now, Deborah.

She seems a little young for you,
Mr. Gold.

So Zach took the gavel home,
you stole it, and now you're selling it?

No. I am selling it for $890.

I found it at the flea market
under a stack of old pottery.

It's amazing what you can find
at the flea market these days.

And it's just a coincidence
you found the gavel

belonging to the father
of your boyfriend?

Zach's not my boyfriend.
I'm in college now.

I don't really have time
for high-school seniors.

Becca, I work for the governor now.

I'm his chief of staff.

- Congratulations.
- You can't steal from the governor.

You'll be arrested.

Excuse me, Mr. Gold.

That'll be $890.

[CHUCKLES]

Oh, no, no, dear Becca.

My gift to you
is you not being arrested.

No, Mr. Gold. Only one of us is taking
something they haven't paid for.

- Excuse me, officer? Hello.
- Yeah?

Could you help me out?
I'm a student here,

and this man is trying to take one
of my father's antiques,

- and won't pay me.
- Are you serious?

Officer, uh, my name is Eli Gold...

Sir, are you a student here?

ELl:
Peter and I have a problem, Alicia.

ALICIA: And it's going
to become my problem, Eli?

ELl:
Uh... I mean, yes.

It's about Zach's girlfriend, Becca.

Hey, Frick and Frack, let's go.

FROINES:
And so our question is,

does this lawsuit change anything,
or can we continue our surveillance?

Last time a person of interest contacted
these lawyers was two years ago?

You mean Danny Marwat? Yes.

And you're a two-hop warrant?

Yup. We can go from Marwat
to his lawyer

to his lawyer's contacts, that's all.

And this has taken you
to the governor-elect of Illinois?

Well, yeah,
but we're not actively pursuing him.

Doesn't matter. You're going
into the governor's mansion,

you need a more recent
terrorist connection.

Get it to me in 36 hours
and we'll take it to the FISA court.

Wait, wait.
That's not why we brought this to you.

It was about the lawsuit.

ATTORNEY: I don't have any issue
with the lawsuit.

My issue is taking
a two-hop programmatic warrant

into the governor's mansion.

Thank Edward Snowden.
Everybody's cracking down now.

FROINES:
Why do you guys care?

Move on to one of your other cases.

I don't know.
We were getting interested.

Well, then find
a more recent terrorist connection.

Okay, here we are.
We're back together.

What do you have, Bobby?

Bobby? Bobby, I intend
to move this suit forward

- unless you guys got something.
- We do.

We request a very brief SCIF.

Uh, excuse me, Your Honor.
A what?

SCIF. S-C-l-F.

Sensitive Compartmented
Information Facility.

For the communication
of classified information.

- This is really necessary, counselor?
- It is, Your Honor.

- The matter is quite sensitive.
- Okay. I have no choice

but to move this
into the courthouse's SCIF.

Uh, excuse me, Your Honor.

Plaintiff's counsel doesn't have
security clearance for this SCIF.

Excuse me?

The data to be imparted
is highly classified,

and it requires a security clearance
only available to His Honor.

- The AUSA cannot just determine...
- Ridiculous. This is not a FISA court.

Okay, okay, okay.
I know you're outraged, but he's right.

You don't have security clearance.

You have to wait in court.

[GAVEL BANGS]

ELl: We have a problem
you can help us with.

We need you to do
a Chicago Law interview tomorrow.

An interview? Really?

- On, uh, what subject?
- Your work here.

Putting your career in perspective.

Your excitement at being considered
for the judgeship.

The interviewer is Mandy Post.
She's good.

She won't sabotage you.

Why do I feel
another shoe is about to drop?

You need to put the past
behind you, Diane.

- How do I do that?
- There'll be questions about Will.

His disbarment.

- Is this from the chief justice?
- Yes.

He won't stand behind my nomination
unless I declare my antipathy to Will?

No. Not to Will.
To his past behavior.

Oh.

Eli, has any other nominee ever
been asked to disavow his or her past?

- Not that I know of.
- And what happens if I don't?

Peter really needs you
to get the chief justice on your side.

- So I trash Will or I'm not nominated?
- No. Trash his past.

Oh, of course.

This is insane. We can't just...

[DOOR OPENS]

After a discussion in SCIF
with AUSA Hortense, I rule

for the government.

[GAVEL BANGS]

Uh, excuse me, Your Honor,
that's crazy.

You haven't even heard our rebuttal.

What rebuttal? You weren't even privy
to the government's argument.

That's because we were left
out here.

All right, now listen to me.

If you are arguing, Mrs. Florrick,
that this is absurd, I'll agree with you.

But if you are arguing that this
is illegal, unfortunately you are wrong.

Lawsuit based
on selective enforcement is denied.

Court is adjourned.

Wow.

- I'm pissed.
- Good. Use it.

I just don't understand. You said
you didn't wanna see anyone.

Nisa, listen. I'm not seeing Becca.
But you have to stop calling.

- Who's Nisa?
- Zach's old girlfriend.

Oh, that cute little black girl.
I liked her.

You're not supposed to say "black."
It's "African-American."

But she's Somalian, so I don't know.

- Somalian? Wow.
- What are you guys doing?

We bought clothes.
Some very, very pretty clothes.

- Mom's not gonna like that.
VERONICA: Oh, sure she is.

She wore this kind of thing
in high school. Except it had rips in it.

Her father said it looked like
a young man's rape fantasy.

Wouldn't let her wear it.
But she found a way.

How did she find a way?

She put them in my car
and changed on the way to school.

[VERONICA & GRACE LAUGH]

Now, makeup. You're gonna want
to wear more than you should.

What happened to Christian Grace?
Thought you were religious.

- I'm getting stuff for school.
- Now, now.

Jesus has no problem
with Grace looking her best.

That's what Jesus believed in. Here.

[PHONE RINGING]

That's Nisa. I'm letting it ring.

Is anyone answering the phone?

It's Nisa, we're letting it ring.

Oh, hey, Mom. How was shopping?

Oh, so much fun.

Grace got three dresses.

You know she wears a uniform,
she doesn't need dresses.

- Well, she does for dances.
- Am I going to approve of these?

Ugh. They're perfectly appropriate
evening attire for a young lady.

- I'm gonna start drinking.
VERONICA: Pour me one too.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

Hey, Cary.
Any thoughts on Chumhum?

Not yet. But thanks so much.

This is... This is incredible.

- Uh, what's incredible?
- Your check.

My check? That I wrote
for the $60,000 contribution?

No, your check for 140,000.

We got the offices,

and you will get first out with interest
from all the other partners.

Cary, I didn't give you a check.

You did.
Yeah, the envelope, it's from you.

Okay, what...?
What's the name on the check?

It's a trust.

Ivy Road Trust.

Alicia.

Where do you keep your earrings?

I heard you on the phone,
and I wanted to help.

But, Mom, that's a lot of money.

Oh, I know it is.
It's my money, I wanna spend it.

But you're...

- This is crazy.
- Yeah, consider it a loan.

If you pay me back in six months,
I won't come after you.

[CHUCKLES]

Mom, what's this about?

Why does everything have to be about
something? Can't someone be nice?

Okay, if it makes you feel better,
you have to have dinner with me.

I've met someone.

- Who?
- Michael Barnwright.

Very nice widower.

Retired.

He used to race dogs.

Okay, good. Dinner.

- Okay, next adventure.
- Mom, I'm not seeing Becca.

ALICIA:
It's about the governor's mansion.

People are going to want things
from you.

And not even big things.

Little things like this gavel.

Why does everybody think
I'm seeing Becca?

I haven't seen her
since she went off to college.

Mom, I told her that I never wanted
to see her again.

Then how did she get Dad's gavel
from the apartment?

What's wrong with this blush?

That is not even blush.

That is grandma blush.
Throw it away.

For your skin,
you need a skin illuminator.

MANDY: Obviously, you are aware
of the rumors floating around

that you are next in line
for State Supreme Court.

If I had a dollar for every time
I've been rumored for something.

Heh. But right now, I'm just trying
to run my law practice.

- Coming out of bankruptcy helped.
- Yes, definitely.

It wasn't just bankruptcy, was it?

I mean, you were also dealing with
the suspension of a named partner.

Yes, um, that was
a tough period for us.

But we got through it.

You kept Will Gardner's name
on the letterhead.

Was there ever any thought
to taking it off?

I, um... I won't say the question
never came up, but, um...

- Here we are.
- You don't sound thrilled about it.

Wasn't it almost disbarment?
Will Gardner's suspension, I mean.

I'm probably not the best person
to ask about that.

You don't harbor resentment
at your partner

for almost single-handedly
destroying your firm?

- Our firm.
- Correction. Your firm.

Will Gardner single-handedly won five
of this firm's top awards.

He's the reason
we survived bankruptcy.

- By bending the law?
- By using it.

By understanding its limits
and its complications.

And by using everything he can,
within the law, to win cases.

Really?

Yes.

Oh, wait.

Uh... Heh.

I didn't even turn this on. Heh.

Silly me.

[RECORDER BEEPS]

Shall we start over again?

Okay, now what?

My West Coast lawyers
are suggesting that it was a mistake

to try this in the Midwest
from your offices.

Your West Coast lawyers
are saying this? Really?

Oh, what do you think, Ben?
This kid thinks he can take you.

The Seventh Circuit
is very sympathetic to business issues.

And it was our mistake to take
a constitutional argument to them.

When you lose with the constitution,
try money.

Okay.

And how do we do that?

Interference with prospective
economic gain, Your Honor.

Really?

The government is interfering
with Mr. Gross' economic gain by?

Ruining his company's good name
with his customers.

Your Honor,
Federal Tort Claims Act...

Specifically allows for suits
for damages against the government.

Not if the government employees
were acting in a discretionary capacity.

Then produce someone from the NSA,
so we can ask them

if they were acting
in a discretionary capacity.

Got you there, Bobby.

Your Honor, I have to request
we go back into the SCIF.

Mm. No, no, counselor. This isn't about
national security, this is about money.

- What damages Chumhum claiming?
- $3 billion.

- What?
ALICIA: The amount of stock value

Chumhum has lost due
to its forced association with the NSA.

Okay.
We'll hear testimony tomorrow.

[GAVEL BANGS]

[LATIN FOLK MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

ALICIA:
Hey, Mom.

- Where's your date?
- He isn't coming. Margarita?

- Is everything all right?
- No.

He's going back to his wife.

I thought you said
he was a widower.

He was.

I guess she didn't die.

Oh, come on. Have a margarita.
Let's get drunk.

Maybe your good mood
will rub off on me.

- Mom, I'm so sorry.
- No.

The worst thing in the world
is have someone feel sorry for you.

- Ow.
- You remember that?

I used to do that to you
when you were 5.

I know.
And I didn't understand it then.

You know what I don't understand
about you?

Why I ever divorced your father?

No. I mean, yeah.

But we'll save that for another time.

You never liked me as a kid.

I mean, you like my kids now, but...

But you never really liked me.

- I liked you.
- No.

We never did anything together.

I think you liked Owen.

And I was a likable kid.

People liked me.

God, if we could just start over,

do everything just all over again
from the beginning.

Me too.
I think we'd be better at it now.

Don't make me cry.

I'm the one who should be crying.
I'm alone.

Oh, Mom.

Okay. Okay. That's enough.

ROBERT:
So you blame the NSA

for losing you 20 percent
of your user base?

GROSS:
Yes.

ROBERT: No other reason for the loss
of so many users?

- Not in such sizable amounts.
- And on what date

did you see the beginning
of this sizable loss of users?

GROSS:
Well, I would trace it

to the Edward Snowden leak
around June 10th.

Thank you, Mr. Gross.
No further questions.

I'd like to call Simon Fishbein.

Simon Fishbein?
Who's that, your podiatrist?

FISHBEIN:
I'm Simon Fishbein.

Oh, yes, sir. I'm sorry, sir.

Nice to meet you.
Would you please join us?

ROBERT: You were once
a user of Mr. Gross' networking site,

Mr. Fishbein?

I was. It was a good way of keeping up
with my grandkids.

Ten grandkids
and three great-grandkids.

Each generation
is having fewer and fewer kids.

- Have you noticed?
- I have, sir.

But you quit Chumhum?
Why is that, Mr. Fishbein?

They allowed Holocaust deniers
to organize on their site.

- And why is that a problem for you?
FISHBEIN: Well...

ROBERT: Let the record reflect
that Mr. Fishbein

has just exhibited a numbered tattoo
from Auschwitz.

Now, you're not the only camp survivor
to be offended

by these Holocaust denier pages,
are you?

No, there's a group of us.
We meet every month at Manny's.

We sent a letter to this putz here,
Gross.

Your parents should be ashamed
of you.

Mr. Fishbein, I'm sorry,
but it's free speech.

- We don't take down objectionable...
- Forced breast-feeding support group

to take down
instructional photographs.

[GAVEL BANGS]

There's no cross-talk.

So did anything come
of your writing Mr. Gross?

We got a nice letter back.
They spelled my name wrong.

But they didn't take down the pages.

So we contacted
the Zionist Defense Council,

and they organized a boycott.

ROBERT:
When was that boycott organized?

FISHBEIN:
June 10th.

The same day Mr. Gross pointed
to his losing users.

So we can't really be sure
why users are leaving Chumhum.

Objection. Counselor is testifying.

All right, I'll give it to you.
Have fun with it.

Sustained.

Thoughts?

I don't understand.

- I didn't do it.
- Oh, that part I understand.

What I don't understand is why.

She kept fishing.

It was like she wanted me
to sell Will out.

Yes, people fish
because the fish are biting.

Everyone knows
about Will's troubles.

He's my partner.

We built this firm together.
I mean, that means something.

I hope it means everything, because
that's what you've traded it for.

I wanna be on the court, Eli,
of course I do,

but I can't betray Will, not like that.

Hardly matters now.

What's done is done.

Where are you going?

To put together a short list
for the Supreme Court.

North Korea?

Yeah. Apparently, the U.S.
Government is investigating Neil Gross

because he had a meeting
with some North Korean nationals

in Seoul last year.

And how do we know this?

One of Robyn's contacts
at the Treasury.

So that's why he's being singled out
and not Edelstein or any of the others?

Looks like that.

The man never ceases
to amaze me.

It was a pro-democracy group.

North Korean dissidents,

they wanted us to help them
with, uh, equipment:

Cell phones, encryption software.

Civilians or government officials?

- Uh, some of both. Why?
- If they were government officials,

they can get you under
the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

It was the good guys
I was talking to,

the ones who were
against Kim Jong-un.

Maybe you can argue that in court.

What is your problem?

Clearly, I don't have one.

GROSS: I was trying to help the
North Koreans until they backed out.

CARY: Why did they back out?
GROSS: They were afraid of the NSA,

the same as everybody else.

Did you give them this technology
for free?

GROSS:
At cost.

- But they were supposed to pay you?
- Yeah. Why?

Because if they were supposed
to pay you, then you have damages.

Sorry.

David, can this wait?
I'm in a meeting.

It's about your mother, you tell me.

I'm concerned about her.

I know, it surprises me too.

I think she's making
investment decisions

without understanding
the consequences.

- What do you mean?
- I got off the phone

with her broker just now.

She wrote a check for $140,000,
and he doesn't know what it's about.

You wouldn't have any idea
what it's about?

No idea.

Because I looked up the check
online.

As her advisor,
I have access to her account.

It was written out to a Threshold
Commercial Realty here in Chicago.

She's probably
making an investment.

I told her real estate is a bad idea.

Well, she's coming in in a minute.
We'll talk.

She's coming in today?

Yes, in a few minutes.

Come on, Mom.

Mom. Where are you?

VERONICA: I'm in the car,
coming to your offices to see David.

Yes. Um, David's gonna ask you
about the check you wrote for me,

and I need you to tell him
that it's an investment.

VERONICA: It is an investment.
ALICIA: No.

But it can't be an investment for me.
You can't...

- Hey, did you find something?
- I don't know.

- Another terrorist connection?
- I went back to metadata.

Forget it. I already did.
There's nothing there.

No, no. This is from yesterday.

Twelve calls from a Hamas
sympathizer on the BOLO list.

You're kidding.
To who, Diane Lockhart?

No. Alicia Florrick.

It must be a client.

No. Twelve calls to her home.

Left messages on her machine.

A Somali national.

- What is that?
- It's, uh, Taiwanese porn.

Real sick stuff.

Teo Dalmar.

He's a financial supporter
of the Mouharib Mousalim.

- What was his call about?
- I don't know.

[GIRL CRYING ON RECORDING]

Sounds like crying?

Any further witnesses,
Mrs. Florrick?

Actually, Your Honor,
we ask to be heard in a SCIF.

KLUGER:
You ask to be heard in a SCIF?

Yes. We have information
of a delicate matter

that may prejudice our client
with the government.

Objection, Your Honor.

The SCIF exists
to protect the government, not...

The people, Mr. Hortense?

- Well, yes, Your Honor.
KLUGER: Whatever protections

the government enjoys,
people should enjoy as well,

don't you think, Mr. Hortense?

Overruled.

[GAVEL BANGS]

- North Korean dissidents?
- Freedom fighters, Your Honor.

Due to their association with the NSA,
Chumhum has lost the contract

to supply freedom fighters
with cell phones.

And other technologies.

That's why we asked
to be heard in here, Your Honor.

Since Mr. Gross had the temerity
to question the NSA's gag order,

we were afraid the government may
seize on any excuse to prosecute him.

Even his attempts
to spread democracy in North Korea.

Mm. Heaven forfend.

So just how much
was this technology contract worth?

- With the freedom fighters?
KLUGER: Yes.

It's $14,000, Your Honor.

- Fourteen thousand?
CARY: Yeah.

Well, that's not quite as impressive
as 3 billion.

We would argue the nature
of this intrusion into our liberties...

Save it, Mrs. Florrick.

We both know it's not about our
liberties, not about the money, either.

It's about the publicity value
of Neil Gross standing up to the NSA.

Okay, let's get going.
I've made my decision,

and no one is gonna like it.

DAVID: One hundred and forty
thousand dollars?

I know.
It was a spontaneous investment.

I'm kooky that way.

- It's a suite of offices.
- Yes.

A very beautiful suite of offices.

When I saw it, I just had to have it.

- You did?
- Yeah. Gorgeous.

It's just that the commercial
real estate market is so depressed,

it's not the best time.

Well, you know how I am.
I'm just a real girl with money.

[BOTH LAUGH]

Well, I can call the realtor
and get out of it.

We'll put the money
toward a stronger investment.

No, no, no. I'm good.

I mean, once I'm committed,
I'm committed. That's me.

Are you sure?
Veronica, it's a lot of money...

David.

Don't do this.

It's my money.

I invested it.

I'm good. Okay?

Okay.

KLUGER:
So appreciating the government's

legitimate national security concerns,

I'm gonna find that the NSA's
gag order should remain in place.

However, appreciating the legitimate
free enterprise concerns of Mr. Gross,

I also find that Chumhum
has been damaged in the amount of

$14,000.

Uh, $14,000?

Mm-hm.
That's what I said, Bobby, $14,000.

You better call
the General Accounting Office.

It may take them a while
to raise that kind of cash.

One more thing. At the request
of Chumhum's counsel,

I'm going to place a gag order

on any and all discussion
of damages. You got it?

I'm sorry, Your Honor,
what's the point of that?

I'm very happy to report that I've
just come back from federal court,

where my legal team
won a major victory for Chumhum

against these intrusions on all
of our privacy rights by the NSA. Yes.

[AUDIENCE CHEERING]

Now, um, due to, uh, this gag order,

I am not at liberty to discuss
the terms of the judgment,

but suffice to say,

we are pretty happy today.

[AUDIENCE CHEERS
AND GROSS LAUGHS]

Thank you.

[RINGS]

Hello. Alicia Florrick.

GROSS:
Alicia, it's Neil Gross.

Just wanted to thank you all.
You did a great job.

Oh, thank you, Mr. Gross.

You like me to get Cary for you?

GROSS: No, no, no, it's all right.
I'm just heading to the airport.

Um, I wanna make sure...

Is everything all right?

Yes.

We have permission
to expand the scope.

- The Danny Marwat warrant?
ATTORNEY: Yes.

Though we're more concerned
about the 12 calls you discovered

to the Alicia Florrick voicemail.

We didn't catch that.

So we want to expand the warrant
to a three-hop.

Three? Really?

Yes. The proximity
to the governor-elect is our concern.

We need to keep an eye on that.
Anything you find,

kick it up to Mr. Froines
and to myself.

Good job. Good catch, both of you.

ELl: Thank you so much
for coming by again, chief justice.

Certainly, Eli.

What do you need?

Peter would like you to reconsider.

He would? Reconsider what?

Your hesitation
to the Diane Lockhart nomination.

Well, I'm not hesitant, Eli.

I am concerned.

Uh-huh.

Peter would like you
to stop being concerned.

Heh. I'm not sure how that happens
unless Ms. Lockhart is...

- Mr. Governor-elect.
- Virgil.

You're gonna have to reconsider.

- Mr. Governor-elect...
- No, Virgil.

You're going to have to reconsider.

Sir, I have strong concerns.

Well, then you'll have to keep
those concerns to yourself.

I know you think this is about you.

But it's not. It's about my choice.

And I'm going to make my choice,
whether you like it or not.

[PHONE RINGS]

Diane Lockhart's office.

Heh. Mr. Gold, hello.

Actually, Diane is in a meeting
at the moment.

Would you like to leave a message?

ELl: Yes. Tell her she does not have
to give the interview again.

Everything's fine.

Thank you, Diane. Great interview.

No problem.
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