The Good Wife (2009–2016): Season 6, Episode 18 - Loser Edit - full transcript

Happy. That's the word.

Happy that you won the election?

Yes. And very grateful

to all those who shared my vision.

It's really... a shared victory.

A victory that becomes less improbable

when you see Alicia Florrick in action.

What do I love the most
about coming to my law firm?

Well, that's easy. The camaraderie.

If Alicia Florrick's a legal powerhouse,

it's because she commands
the respect of her colleagues.



But it wasn't always so.

St. Alicia came by way
of an arduous journey.

Can we do better than that one?
- Yeah, tell me when.

There. No, back one.

Move in on it slowly.

St. Alicia came by way
of an arduous journey.

One that took her from stay-at-home
mom to scandal

to lowly associate.

The scandal photo...
can we keep her in color

and make everything else black and white?

Yeah, great. Now back to the interview.

Mom to lowly associate,

to founding partner of one
of Chicago's largest firms.

How will my administration differ



from that of my husband's?

Well, it's not... I can't... I...

No, cut the stumble.

Chicago's largest firms.

The better question?

How will my administration be
different from my predecessor?

We will be accountable to victims,

worthy of the public's trust.

I'm sorry, Petra. I need to get

Mrs. Florrick on the phone with
the governor just for a moment.

Sure, Eli. Anything for you.

Going great, though.
Love what you're doing.

Aw, thanks.

There's no one on the phone.

Just turn around and pretend
you're having a conversation.

It's about the hack.

Are you sure the e-mails are safe?

We're hearing that they
might still come out.

Hearing from whom?

I heard Diane and Cary talking.

You want some crackers?
- No.

The hackers want an apology from the firm.

Well, we already resolved it.

I mean, we can't publicly condone piracy.

You don't have to. "We
regret any implication

that the blah-blah-blah shareware
is not legitimate." You know.

I have to consult my partners.

Well, the deadline's
at the end of the week,

or the e-mails go wide, so consult fast.

Thank you.

Set?

Yes, yes. Sorry about that.

No, no, no.
- All set.

I was thinking of using
this stuff for the sit-down.

It looks way better than
the first time she sat down.

I didn't...

I didn't shake her hand that time.

And we will be transparent.

Accountable to victims,
worthy of the public's trust.

Where'd you get these?

An anonymous source.
- They're hacked?

Yes. Alicia Florrick's hacked
e-mails from the past five years.

You have to read them.

Thought this was a puff piece.
- It was.

People don't like when
you tear down their heroes.

Are you kidding?

That's what they live for.

I need independent corroboration.

Talk to her firm, confirm
they've been hacked.

Yes, we did have an attack

on our e-mail services,
but we have since...

Petra Moritz.

But we have since repelled that attack.

No, it's had absolutely no impact...

Okay, Daddy just needs a minute,

so I need you guys to sit quietly.

Come on. Charlie, come on.

Ms. Sharma, hello. Good to see you again.

You, too, Mr. Wiley.
What are you up to today?

Oh, just, you know, the
usual... making trouble.

See you later.
- Bye.

Yes, well, he's in with a client right now.

Sure, I'd be happy to send you
to voice mail if that's okay.

That's no problem at all.

Thank you very much.
That'll be 10:00 tomorrow?

Florrick, Agos & Lockhart.

Hey, everything all right?

Yes, I just have to meet this
Mr. Dipple at his think tank.

No, I mean in there.

Oh, yes. Andrew Wiley.
You know, the investigator?

Yeah. What's he asking?

He's working with Internal Affairs.

Looking into Detective
Prima and how he set up Cary.

Brady Violation.

Yeah, and how he entrapped Cary, too.

Well, they're finding that harder to prove.

Why is he talking to us?
- They want to find out

how we discovered that e-mail from Canada.

The one that Prima deleted.

They want to prosecute him for this.

See you.

Hi.
- Hey.

Can I help you?

Yeah, I need some legal advice.

Okay.

Hypothetically, a cop is going to prison

for something that he didn't do.

Someone else did it.

But there's a lawyer who
made misrepresentations

based on... on, um...

I...
- Just...

Don't use names, and I'm fine.

Look... Someone is guilty

of faking evidence,

but a lawyer who did
not fake that evidence,

and, in fact, thought it to be true,

presented it in court.

Now, is that lawyer in trouble?

What, for using the faked evidence?

Yeah. Even though she
didn't know that it was fake?

Yes.

Ignorance is irrelevant.

The lawyer could be disbarred
or even go to prison.

Okay, and...

what if that person who
faked the evidence swore

to the lawyer's innocence?

Doesn't matter. It's strict liability.

Okay.

Anything else?

No. That's enough. Thank you.

Sure.

Diane,

you brave soul, welcome
to the Plenary Institute.

How am I brave?
- Liberal lawyer

in this lion's den of conservatism?

A lion's den is perfectly safe
when you have God on your side.

Ah, there she is, quoting the Bible. Diane,

may I introduce Max Gauls,
Cole-Harberts-Greyson?

Nice to meet you.
- Justin Partridge of Simkins-Wilde.

It's so good to meet you.
- Diane,

have a seat right over here.
- Okay.

So, what am I doing?

Aside from picking up your retainer check?

I need a liberal viewpoint.

On?

Gay marriage.

You're the devil's advocate.

In what way?
- We're trying to decide

whether to fund a case on gay marriage

and religious accommodation.

And what is the case?
- In May of 2014,

Jane Armisen, a baker in California,

was asked to bake a cake for a gay wedding.

She refused, citing religious objections

to supporting gay marriage,
and was sued for discrimination.

She lost.
- And you're wondering whether

to take up this baker's appeal?

Yup.
- No.

Obviously.
- Well, that's not surprising.

Well, it's not because I'm a liberal.

It's because... you won't win.

I mean, this was a plain wedding cake?

There was nothing about the cake itself

that was offensive to the baker?

That's correct. It's the
fact it would have been used

in a ceremony she believes
dishonored her religious creed.

But this baker

advertises to the public that
she makes these wedding cakes,

and she will sell

these wedding cakes to anyone,

just not gay people.

I'm sorry,

but that's not a strong case.
- Well, the Constitution

guarantees her the free
exercise of religion.

And California's Civil Rights
Act forbids discrimination

against LGBT people.

So, we have two competing freedoms.

Businesses are allowed to
refuse service to anyone.

With certain exceptions to that right.

It cannot be based on race,

color, religion or sexual orientation.

In some states, sexual orientation.
- In many states.

Well, but there are
exceptions to the exceptions.

What did Thomas Jefferson say?

"Among the most inestimable

"of our blessings is that of liberty

"to worship our Creator

in a way we think would
be agreeable to Him."

It's no different from
conscientious objectors to war.

I'm sorry to be blunt.

I know you come to your opinions honestly.

Well, it's not just my opinion.

The Religious Freedom
Restoration Act allows

exemptions in anti-discrimination laws.
- Not in California.

California does not have one.
- Well, let's say

we're not in California.

Let's say we're in Colorado.

Okay, well, we're not in Colorado, but RFRA

would not be your friend there, either.

So, let's say it's in New Mexico.

It doesn't matter.

The baker's refusing

to sell a wedding cake

to a gay couple for who they are.

That is the heart of discrimination.

What if our baker won't sell
a wedding cake to a gay couple,

but he will sell them bear claws?

Cupcakes?
- That's right.

She isn't, in fact, refusing
to serve homosexuals.

She just won't do the one thing

her religion says is a sin.

Okay.

That's a good point.

Great. Let's take a little break.

So, um, where is Diane Lockhart?

I'm sorry?

"That's a good point"?

It was a good point.
- No, it wasn't.

You know it wasn't.
- Well, you wanted me to help.

No, I want you to fight.

I want you to convince
me this is a loser case.

If you're worried about
offending me, don't.

I have a gay nephew, okay?

Love my gay nephew, want him to be happy.

I just don't happen to believe
in gay marriage. You do.

Convince me I'm wrong.
- Go for the jugular?

Right there, ma'am. Right there.

That's insane. Selling someone
something they don't want is

the same thing as refusing
them service altogether.

No, it isn't. You can't even...
- A vegetarian couple walks into a market,

and you refuse to sell them vegetables.

In fact, you'll sell them
anything but vegetables.

You are effectively denying them service.

A gay couple wants to buy a wedding cake,

and you refuse to sell them a wedding cake.

The camaraderie, the relationships

I've built here... it's what
makes coming to work a joy.

Relationships that have been built

with some difficulty... apparently.

Now cut to the e-mail.

Float it in, Star Wars style.

Alicia Florrick to a coworker:

"It's all about money to them.

The partners don't give a damn about us."

Float in the second e-mail.

"The partners don't
give a damn about us."

Two of her coworkers write:

"Alicia is a perfect example

of someone sleeping her way to the top."

Now change the music.

"It's all about money to them.

The partners don't give a damn about us."

Two of her coworkers write:

"Alicia is a perfect example

of someone sleeping her way to the top."

The Good Wife SO6E18 Loser Edit
Original Air Date on Apr 5, 2015

Mrs. Florrick, I want to thank you

for agreeing to sit down
for a second interview.

Absolutely.
- We just need clarification

on a few things.

Mrs. Florrick, you returned

to the practice of law after 12 years...

Thirteen.
- 13 years. Sorry.

And you walk

into this law firm, full of old bulls

and young tigers. Were you nervous?
- Very.

And the only person you
knew at all was Will Gardner.

Yes.
- The two of you

wound up becoming quite close, didn't you?

Will was a terrific lawyer.

He was smart, creative.

Zealous in the best sense of the word.

Maybe more importantly,

a... a trusted friend?

Yes.

And after May 2010, perhaps even more so?

Apologies. I just need to
borrow Alicia for a moment.

I forgot to get an answer
on something time-sensitive.

She has the e-mails.

Or the photos.
- No, she said May 2010.

That's the e-mails.
- What e-mails? What are we talking about?

How bad?
- Give her your phone.

I'm calling this off.

You're saying that a Hindu or
a Muslim can enter a bake shop...

No, that isn't comparable.
- Yes, it is.

They're both protected classes.

A Hindu can enter a bake shop

and be denied a wedding cake.

No, no, because that is
denial of a class of people.

Exactly. Like gays.
- No, that is the

denial of an activity. Of the marriage.
- Which is just

a pretext for discrimination.
- What if it weren't a blank wedding cake?

Yes, but that's not what happened.
- I know that.

I'm trying to determine
where religious freedom ends

and antidiscrimination laws begin.

What if Jane were asked
to attach a figurine

of two men holding hands?

Could she deny that service?
- If she's offering

the service of supplying figurines,

then, no, she cannot deny that service.

Well, what if she's
asked to write on the cake

"Congratulations, Roger and Carl"?

Can she deny that because it's speech

she doesn't approve of?
- Well, now we come around

to the free speech argument.
- Well,

you knew we were gonna end up there.

Okay, well, here's the thing,

it's not her speech.

It's the speech of the
person purchasing the service.

I mean, imagine if she

is a printer and a gay person

comes in needing flyers.

She cannot reject his business,

even though the flyer may be advertising

an LGBT meeting,

because to reject him is to discriminate

based on sexual preference.
- Just as one

can't discriminate based on religion?
- Exactly.

So if a Christian walks into
the cake shop and orders a cake

that says "God sends gays to hell,"

does the baker have to write
that on the wedding cake

even if she doesn't approve of it?

No.
- Because you find it offensive?

No. Because the baker is
not objecting to a religion

but a point of view.

A hateful one at that.
- But the purchaser

finds it essential to
his or her faith. I mean,

isn't the Christian a protected class,

with the same protection as gays?

I'm sorry, there's been a slight hiccup

in the investigation.

What hiccup?

Detective Prima deleted the e-mail

from the Canadian authorities at 3:11 p.m.

on August 28. That's the great thing

about technology. You're never wondering,

you know, when this or that
happened. It's all right there

in black and white.
- So, good. So, what's the problem?

Timmy, Dora, less noise. Okay, here.

Detective Prima was on the stand

testifying in a burglary case

from 2:38 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on August 28,

so, I mean, unless there's a
mistake in the public record

or in the e-mail metadata,

there is no possible way...
- Ow!

Hey, Dora, let go of Timmy's hair.

There is no possible way

that Prima could have deleted the e-mail.
- Okay,

so what's your theory?
- Well,

unfortunately, my theory
involves ASA Geneva Pine,

who was having an affair
with Prima at the time.

You're kidding.
- No. I mean, you know,

she didn't tell anybody.

You know. I mean, for...

Sorry.

Can you... For obvious
reasons. Kids, Cheerios.

You think she deleted the e-mail for Prima?

Well, she was the only
one in the department

with access to his account.

I was wondering if you
guys had any other thoughts.

Why would we have thoughts?

I have no idea.

Do you?

No.

Don't make me count to five.

Will was a terrific lawyer.

He was smart, creative.

Zealous in the best sense of the word.

June 2010.

"Will, sometimes I worry this
is wrong, you being my boss."

Will to Alicia:

"I know, but I can't
get you out of my head.

The touch of you, the taste."

That's a long time to be on one image.

Right. Cut to the scandal.

Make her black and white,
everything else in color.

Alicia to Will:

"You were away at depos
this week. All I could

think about was your hands on me."

"Sometimes this feels too dangerous."

Editing.

You'd better get out there.

She is planning to use
illegally obtained e-mails.

Not just use...
- Broadcast.

Which is so far beyond the
pale, I can't believe Hey.

We're having this conversation.
- I didn't hack

her e-mails... I just received
copies of them.

A distinction without a difference.
- Well, no. The Supreme Court

has spoken to this.
- Bartnicki v. Vopper. As long as we

as we didn't steal the material,
we have a First Amendment right

to publish it.
- If it's a matter of public concern.

Mrs. Florrick is a public official now.
- But that does not

strip her of her right to privacy.
- Exactly. You use

these private e-mails, sir, you and Petra,

you are, you know, blah-blah.
- Co-conspirators.

I'm sorry. You're wrong on the law.

You can go after the
hackers here but not us.

There is a tort for the
disclosure of private facts.

Well, then sue us after it airs.
- Oh,

come on, Charles. You made a speech

to the International Press Commission

about the ethics of journalism.

And now you're looking for cover
to air this kind of, you know...

Scurrilous, sexually charged
innuendo, which, until today,

was the stuff of tabloids and blogs.

Which, it should be noted,
is where you came from.

Your righteous indignation is sweet, Eli,

but you started this.

You created the myth of St. Alicia.
- That is

absolutely not true.
- You love to build people

up and then tear them down.
- That is BS.

The truth, which comes
out in these e-mails...

it puts the lie to all that. And
the public has a right to know.

You've really lost all perspective in this.

Petra. No, you really...
- It's gross.

You're gross.

Thank you.

I'm gonna hold this piece until...
- Charles.

Until I can consider all sides.

Ethically and otherwise.

What are you gonna do?

Who would be interested in this?

TMZ or Gawker?

I don't know. Both.

What about a... Say, a wedding planner?

Hmm.

It's First Amendment,
it's personal services,

it's religious freedom all
rolled into one. Isn't it?

Yes, you would arguably have a better case

with a wedding planner
because of the burden on her...

her time commitment,
her level of creativity,

the list of her personal contacts.

Yes, that would be a
harder case for me to win.

Great.

Well, that was exhausting.

But effective.

I have decided not to
fund the baker's appeal.

Good. I think that's smart.

Not just ideologically but practically.

I think you'd lose.

Do you know what metadata is?
- I do.

Did you know it's
possible to fake metadata?

I didn't.

Yeah, it's very difficult. You have

to first hack into the computer,

then change the code...
- I'm really not sure

what it is that you
need from me, Mr. Wiley.

You used to work in the S.A.'s Office.

I'm just wondering if
you have any information

that might be helpful to me or if you know

of anyone here who might
have faked the metadata.

No.

Sorry.

Eli couldn't make it. Some
blah-blah with the governor.

Good. I don't have the
energy to talk to Eli.

What am I doing here?

I wanted to give you a heads-up.

You're kidding me.

I got no choice. Gawker's
starting to sniff around.

It's just a matter of time before
they dump everything online.

Don't do this.
- I can't afford to get scooped.

But you can afford to be a tool.

That's good to know

the next time I need a, you know... a tool.

Hi. Alicia.

Bit of a problem.

From NPR News in Washington,

I'm Lakshmi Singh. Another salvo

in the ongoing cultural dispute

over same-sex marriage in America,

this time involving a gay couple in Idaho

who were turned down by a wedding planner.

Same-sex marriage is legal in Idaho,

and the couple sued and won.

But now prominent conservative
activist Reese Dipple

has agreed to fund the
wedding planner's appeal.

Do you have a dollar?

Yeah.

Why?

'Cause I need it.

Here you go.

Okay. So I'm your lawyer now, Kalinda,

and this dollar represents
attorney-client privilege.

Sure.

You faked metadata, and
Diane presented it in court

to get Cary released, yes?

Yeah.

But Diane didn't know it was faked.

Yeah.

Anything else?
- Look,

after I faked the data, I had
second thoughts about using it.

But Diane took it from my
computer without my knowledge.

I didn't realize until I got to court

and saw her present it to the judge.

Okay.

Okay. You don't talk to anyone about this.

Not Diane. Not Cary.

And not Wiley.

You just talk to me. Okay?

Do you have any ideas?

No.

You used me.

What?
- That wasn't

a think tank exercise.

You were trying to find a wedge
issue against gay marriage.

Of course I was. And I found it.

And you helped me.
- Great.

So I was your liberal guinea pig.

Why is that a bad thing?

If you think that gay marriage

can withstand all legal assaults,

you should rejoice in
any chanceto defend it.

So you're funding this
wedding planner's appeal now?

Yeah, I am. It's a stronger case.

And you can help me.

I won't defend her.
- You don't have to.

I wouldn't ask you to
be someone you're not.

I want you to represent the plaintiff.

Excuse me?
- We're having

a mock trial here this afternoon
with the real wedding planner.

I want you to sue her. Destroy her.

See what damage you can do.

So you can improve your case?
- Yeah.

But also so you can destroy it.

Who's my client?

Couldn't find the real plaintiff.

You'll have to work with a stand-in.

Who's the judge?

Geoffrey Solomon. So nice to meet you.

Such an honor, sir. Diane Lockhart.

I know.
- Oh.

I think I read your
Harvard book three times.

Really? That's more than
all my ex-wives put together.

R.D.

You got to admit, I'm stacking
the deck against myself here.

Liberal judge, tough plaintiff's attorney.

You lose, all your fault.

Thanks.

Okay, strategy session.

Two-pronged attack.
- Oh, I love the two prongs.

Even as a kid, we had two-pronged attacks.

Marissa. Shh.

We have to delay Petra,

even it's only by 24 hours.
- How do we do that?

Hello, Eli. What do you need?

I just got off the phone with the Governor.

He thinks he can help
you fill out your story.

Really? In what way?

By offering you an on-screen interview.

You know, this is such BS.

What?
- You're just trying to delay me.

Hey, if you don't want
the interview, that's fine.

When can he do it?

There's a chance later tonight.

What kind of chance?

Mm, 60/40.

No restrictions on questions?

None.

Okay.

Get back to me with the time.
- Sure will.

So you don't get back to her?

Oh, you do. 11:30 tonight.

Now prong two.

We pre-spin the e-mails.

What does that mean?

We go to a friendly reporter.

And reporters who hate Petra.
- We give them

the chance to scoop her. If you don't want

a story to be told, it's
better to tell it yourself.

Well, how do we tell it ourselves?
- What's the worst revelation

and the worst e-mail?

"Alicia, I can't get you out of my head.

The touch of you, the taste... "
- Okay. Thanks.

It's just flirtation. There was

no affair, these are flirtatious e-mails.

Eli.
- What?

I think you and I should talk a little.

Alicia, I know this is
embarrassing for you,

but we don't need to explain your life.

All we need to explain are these e-mails,

and these e-mails merely suggest
an obsession... a flirtation.

That's gonna be embarrassing enough.
- Are there any e-mails

that suggest an actual affair?
- "Will, you were away

"at depos this week.

"All I could think about
was your hands on me.

Sometimes this feels too dangerous."

Okay, still pretty embarrassing,

but merely suggestive of an
act... you didn't act on it.

This is just sexting.
- And this was all happening

while your husband was screwing around.

Yeah, I don't think we need
to go too deep into that.

Why not?
- She's right.

Alicia was merely tempted

because her husband moved out on her,

and blah-blah.
- Okay, I don't think

we need to tear down Peter

to build up Alicia.
- It was an affair.

I can't just say this stuff about Will,

because it wasn't true.

But no one would appreciate it more

if you did than Will.

He always knew what had to be said.

I can't. I'm sorry.

Now what?

Get Peter to talk to her.

I'm not prejudiced against gay people.

I'm not prejudiced against anyone.

But I believe the Bible
is the word of God. Period.

And it's nof mine to...

ignore or change as I wish.

Well, honestly, it would
be easier to do that.

I don't want to be

in the position of turning down business.

I'm a wedding planner.
I need your business,

sir... I'm...

I'm supposed to...

treat him like the actual
guy who's suing me, right?

That's right, Ms. Dahl.

Treat this just like court.

Treat me just like a judge.

Look, I certainly

don't want to be sued for
sticking to my beliefs,

but they are what they are.
- Thank you, Ms. Dahl.

Your witness.
- So, Ms. Dahl,

you've been a wedding planner for 12 years,

is that correct?
- Yes.

And in all that time, you
have never been approached

about doing a gay wedding before?
- Never. Of course,

there's a homosexual
community in Pocatello,

and my very favorite florist is gay.

But you are aware that gay marriage

has been legal in Idaho
since October of 2014.

I'm aware it's legal, yes.

Abortion is legal, too.

It doesn't mean I have to agree with it.

But you have to follow the law.

I'm not stopping anyone
from getting married.

I just don't want to be the
one to plan their wedding.

That's all.

I'm helping two people

seal their commitment to
one another before the world

and before God.

I can't do that if I don't believe in it.

Ms. Dahl...

how many times did, um, Jesus

condemn homosexuality?
- Objection. Relevance.

She's claiming religion is the
basis of her refusal, Counselor.

I fail to see how the
specifics of that religion

could not be relevant.

Um, Jesus

never condemned

homosexuality.
- And how many times

did Jesus condemn divorce?
- Three times.

Four times... if you count
Matthew and Mark's account

of the same incident.
- Thank you.

So you've never planned a wedding...

for a couple that had
previously been married?

Um... I haven't asked.

I guess I have.
- Well, in fact,

you have planned...

two weddings in the last year alone

where one or both

of the couple had previously been married.

That sounds right.
- So your religious

objection is selective, at best.

Wouldn't you say?
- Objection. Argumentative.

Sustained.
- No more questions.

Let's talk.

You have no choice.

I'm not gonna lie,

especially not for a reporter.

You have to control the narrative.

To keep me from looking
like the slutty wife.

Yeah.

It'll kill you.
- And you.

You'll be the cuckold.

If you don't control the narrative.

It's kind of odd that we're
discussing this so calmly.

I'm hoping it's maturity.

Really? Is that what it looks like?

Talking calmly.

Not yelling.

Making sense. Yeah.

Have we come through the other side?

What other side?

Of anger.

Jealousy. Disgust.

Did I disgust you?

For a while.

Actually, it's kind of nice
sitting here, drinking together.

It's like watching two other people drink.

And what do those two other people do?

They used to be married.

They like each other.

They forgot that they're
supposed to hate each other.

Mm.

Oh, it's not gonna happen.

What?
- Sex.

I didn't say a word.
- You don't have to.

I can see the look on your face.

I've known you a long time.

A long... long time.

Oh, my God!

You're like an 18-year-old.
Everything's about

where you can stick it.
- No.

Listen...

I know you think I've been a dog, Alicia,

and I know you think I've
been a bad husband, but...

I've never been as bad
as you've wanted me to be.

That's probably true.

And I loved you.

I still love you.

I don't know, Peter.

"Love" is a word that is so exhausted.

I wish it meant something to me.

Can I just leave it tonight

that I like sitting,
drinking with you here?

Sure.

Mr. Andersen, may I call you Nils?

You're my client's
husband, is that correct?

For the purposes of these
proceedings, yes, I am.

We understand you're playing a part here,

Mr...
- My real name's Todd.

Fine. Just answer Ms. Lockhart's questions

as though you were actually Nils Andersen.

Go ahead.

So you're Mr. Taylor's husband?

I am. We were married in January.

Mm. I'd like you to talk about the day

you were turned away by Ms. Dahl...

for being gay.
- Objection.

Misstates facts. Ms. Dahl didn't
turn them away for being gay.

She simply did not want to
participate in their wedding.

Sustained. But barely.

Mr. Andersen, please tell us

how it felt to be turned away.

It felt like crap.

Frankly.
- And was this the first time

you'd been turned away from a business

because of someone's religious objections?

No. Happens a lot.

And so then why sue Ms. Dahl

and not anyone else?

I guess it was the straw
that broke the camel's back.

Sometimes that's the
way it feels, you know?

You feel like a second-class citizen,

and especially in a town like Pocatello,

'cause it's so small.
- In a town that small,

was it easy to find
another wedding planner?

No. There are only three.

Maybe-maybe five or six,
if you count nearby towns.

They were all booked.
- And if Ms. Dahl

had simply told you she was booked?

I would have understood.

I guess that would have been a lie,

but it would have hurt less.

It would have been better than the truth.
- Do you feel

that you have suffered economic harm

due to Ms. Dahl's turning you away?

Yes. We had to go all the way to Boise

to find a wedding planner.

That's 200 miles.

We had to make that drive

four times.
- Your Honor?

Could I request a...

a brief recess before we cross?

Well, of course.

How dare you?

I'm sorry?
- You cast my nephew

as the lover?
- Yes, I did.

You said go for the jugular.

Hey, Uncle Reese.

Hi, buddy.

Will you follow me, please?

Hey.

How did you know how
to change the metadata?

I had a friend show me.

But you did it alone?

Yeah, but he knew I was doing it.

And nobody else knew anything about it?
- Just him.

Do I need to contain this?

That's an understatement.

Whoa.

Where are you off to?

Have you seen Howell?
I thought he was still here.

Who?
- Howell...

The guy who works on the computer.

Oh, yeah. Wiley pulled
him out for something.

They're in the conference room together.

Did you not believe me when
I told you I loved my nephew?

No, I did. That's why I approached him.

I'm not paying you to stage
a family therapy session.

I'm not paying you to use my relative.

I didn't use him... he
wanted to participate.

I'm paying you to act professionally...
- You told me to go for the jugular.

You told me to get personal.

This is more than personal;
this is an insult, Diane.

I'm sorry, sir, but if you
want to decide on gay marriage,

you have to see who you're impacting,

and it can't be an actor.

So finish what you started.

Me, my, mo, may.

May. May, there we go.

Very friendly reporter,

dumb as an ox.

Just keep your answers to single syllables

and you should be fine.

Mrs. Florrick, hello.
- Mr. Willoughby,

I was thrilled when Josh
told me you said yes.

I was, too. I voted for you, ma'am.

Unless I shouldn't say that.
- Oh, well, I won't tell anyone.

Good. I like secrets

and things of that elk.

Ilk?
- No, elk.

Things of that elk.

Well...

shall we get started?

Were Alicia and Mr. Gardner close?

Absolutely.
- Interesting that you're

calling her Alicia and him Mr. Gardner.

Are you trying to manufacture some distance

between them, Eli?
- No, Kim,

I'm trying to give you
a sense of the reality.

Ah. So you did have a relationship

with Mr. Gardner?

Well, it depends on how you
define "relationship."

As in relating to other people.
- This is about

Petra Moritz? Seriously?
- No, it's not

about Petra per se. It's about

a journalistic culture
that increasingly kicks sand

over ethical boundaries...
- Petra has these e-mails?

Yes. Of course, Petra wants
to go with this story tomorrow,

so if you wanted to scoop her,

you'd have to get something out tonight.

So...

if there was nothing going on

between you and your boss,

how do you explain these e-mails?

I'm embarrassed to admit it,

but it was... a flirtation.

An innocent one, but a wrong one.

I was having difficulties with my husband

at that point, and

I was carried away.

I wish that I hadn't,

but I'm deeply embarrassed.

But were you having difficulties

with your husband at that point?

Yes, that's right, I was...

having difficulties.

And were you embarrassed?

And I was embarrassed.

Um... I hate to admit it.

Let's talk about your
relationship with Mr. Gardner.

Hey.
- What's going on?

What did Wiley ask you?

He asked about the metadata, but I lied

for you.
- Howell, I told you to tell the truth.

Don't worry, he believed
me. I told him we stumbled

on the metadata while I
was fixing tickets for you

in the Chicago PD traffic system.

What?
- Speeding tickets.

It's something I actually do. I
told him I fixed two tickets for you.

You had four, but I fixed
two to keep up appearances.

Howell, I don't have four speeding tickets.

I... I don't even have two.
- I will

make it look like you
do. Don't worry so much.

Okay, look...

just tell me everything
that you said, okay?

All right.

Mr. Andersen. Aren't you
and your husband just picking

a fight here?
- Objection, badgering,

inflammatory.
- Try it again, Mr. Partridge.

Did you have an ulterior motive

in bringing suit against Ms. Dahl?

Did I have an ulterior motive?

I guess what I'm asking is,

were you really so offended by what she did

or did you see this as a test case?
- Objection.

It's a fair question, Counselor.

A test?
- A case that would allow

you to change the law in your favor.

Isn't that, in fact, why you

brought this case?
- No.

I'm in love.

That's the only reason I'm doing

any of this, by the way.

I'm in love.

Nothing further.

I have something further.

Why doesn't anyone ever

ask me what I believe?

They take it for granted
I'm not a Christian, but

I am. I believe in God, too.

Am I proud of my wife?

More than you can imagine, Petra.

Winning an election in Chicago is...

difficult.

But winning an election in Chicago

with your integrity still intact...

Well, that's practically a miracle.

And Alicia Florrick has kept hers?
- Always.

Governor, was your wife
sleeping with her boss,

Will Gardner?

Oh, well, I...

I can't answer that question.

Because you don't want to?

No, no. Because I can't
confirm what you're asking.

Just like, listen, I can't confirm

that she was ever at a Neil Young concert.

I can only confirm what
my wife has told me,

which is she did not have an affair

with Mr. Gardner.
- Governor, we have copies of e-mails

between your wife and Mr. Gardner.

Which I'm sure you'd love to take

as evidence of a scandalous

office romance. But as
my wife told the reporter

Ted Willoughby, they are simply an artifact

of a flirtation, not of an affair.

I'm sorry, what?

As she told the reporter Ted Willoughby

of Channel 8 just a few hours ago,

those e-mails were part of an unfortunate

flirtation. That's it.

Well, surely the...

the language in these e-mails

is not everyday talk between a superior and

subordinate.
- Well, that's a picture

you seem intent on painting.
I guess what my chief of staff

Eli Gold said to Kim Masters

in their interview is true.

You're out to get her.
- No, I...

I am just trying to reveal the truth,

Governor, and...
- Look, Petra,

you've been trying to nail
Alicia for the last three years.

Governor...
- You have a grudge against her. You do.

I mean, if you look at any
of your interviews with her...

Okay, thank you, thank you.

I think we have what we need here.

Okay. We're good?
- Yes, and thank you for... coming down.

Oh, no, thank you.

I think that went well.

Hey, thank you. Good to see you.

Okay, thank you.

Speeding tickets? How many?

Four.

There were four, but he only

fixed two for me... I
paid for the other two.

Just to keep it kosher?

Yeah.

Where'd you get 'em?

Two in the Loop

and one on the way back from Springfield.

The other on the South Side.

That's exactly what Howell said.

Almost word for word.

I got to go.

There's a puppet show at the library.

One last thing, Kalinda.

You're caught.

You faked the metadata.

The longer it takes for you to admit it,

the worse it's gonna be for you and Diane.

So, I mean, I hate to say this,

'cause I like you, but...

if I were you, I'd come clean.

Come on.

Well, you've given this old

con law professor a lot to think about.

On the one hand, people

have the right to their religious views,

and they cannot and should not

be barred from the
marketplace because of them.

On the other hand, every
citizen has the right

not to be discriminated against

on the basis of their race,

their color, their nationality,

and yes, their sexual orientation.

Well, given all that,

my task is difficult but clear:

I must weigh whether or not

a religious accommodation

would frustrate the core purpose

of antidiscrimination law.

And in this case...

I find that it would.

Accordingly, I must rule

in favor of the plaintiffs,

Mr. Taylor and Mr. Andersen.

Very well done.

Diane. Can I ask you something?

What do you think would happen

if every case were adjudicated

by someone with a family member

or loved one who'd be
affected by the decision?

Ultimately, perhaps every case is.

But isn't the law
supposed to be impersonal?

In the sense that it should
be the same for everyone?

You know, otherwise we're in China,

right? Everything's
determined by who you know.

The law is supposed to be fair.

Not impersonal.

In fact, I would argue

that the law is always personal.

It has to see the human side, too.

Or else it's meaningless.

Hmm.

You're gonna fund this
defense anyway, aren't you?

The wedding planner?

Yes.

Why?

Three years ago, Barack Obama

was against gay marriage.

So was Bill Clinton. So was Hillary.

You know, basically every Democratic icon

was lined up against gay marriage.

Now they're not. You know?

Because it's politically
expedient for them not to be.

Who knows what they're
gonna be for or against

in another three years, right?

I like people who stand by their opinions.

I like people who stand by their beliefs.

And I think

a religious accommodation

must be made for people who do that.

You know? It's the right thing to do.

And as we've discussed,

you're a highly educated,
very confident woman,

but you walk into this

law firm, full of old bulls

and young tigers. Were you nervous?

Oh, very.

That's nice. Very human.
- Just wait.

During our time together,

Mrs. Florrick talked
about what she had learned

as an attorney. About the importance

of being smart, creative, zealous.

But the question surfacing

in recent days is this: was

Alicia Florrick the candidate too creative,

too zealous, in her pursuit of
the state's attorney's office?

What is she talking about?
- I have no idea.

I recently spoke with a
Chicago election monitor,

and serious accusations are being made

that the voting machines in some wards

registered votes for Frank Prady

as votes for Alicia Florrick.

Mother of...
- And that may have

been the difference
- What?

in the state's attorney race.
- Oh.

We are all in trouble now.
- Was the election stolen? For now

we don't know...