The Good Wife (2009–2016): Season 6, Episode 4 - Oppo Research - full transcript
Alicia decides to run for state's attorney, but she is not prepared to hear all the dirt that her campaign manager has gathered about her own family and career.
Come here!
On your knees, Burt.
This is how the world ends.
Someone begs, and someone
stands over him with a gun.
Welcome back to Talking at Noon.
Wow, a rough episode.
Now, we're gonna talk all things
Darkness at Noon in just a sec,
but first, spoiler alert.
Sam is dead, John was arrested,
Linda gave birth, Miguel
did look at the flowers,
and the yellow arm was moved.
Badass stuff. Your thoughts, Carmen?
I was blown away. I mean...
Every assumption I had
was turned upside down.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Come on in.
Would you like a glass
of wine? Red or white?
No, I'm fine.
Wow.
You've really been working overtime.
Well, I didn't know if you'd eaten.
Maybe I will have a glass of wine. Red.
Nervous?
Well, we're just talking, right?
It doesn't mean anything.
Right, right. You can always say "no".
The election is in eight
months, the debates in six,
and the candidate announcement, Monday.
- This Monday?
- Yes. That's the filing deadline.
- Eli, that's in four days.
- Yes, but the good news is
that we're ready to go.
We have a plan in place, we've
done some initial polling.
Alicia, things just move
faster now. They just do.
You have the polling?
Yes. If the election were held today,
and the only candidates
were you and Castro...
You would win by eight points.
So you think it'll just be me and Castro?
Alicia, Alicia, just wait a minute.
You have to hear these things first.
Eight points.
- You would win by eight points.
- Yes.
- That's good, right?
- That's not just good.
That's remarkable. That kind of gap
just doesn't exist in Cook county.
I just don't think it lasts.
Good news tends not to last.
And that's what I like about you.
You're always looking for the bad.
But there are so many
disasters in a campaign
that you have to acknowledge the
non-disasters when they happen.
Good. But people don't really know me yet.
- And Castro will try to define me.
- Yes.
Before you define yourself.
- Go after the clients I represent.
- Correct.
You're a brand now. Saint Alicia.
Eli, I wish you would say that
- with at least a hint of irony.
- No.
Irony is dead now. You're campaigning.
JFK could be funny. You can't.
There's too many bloggers
out there quoting every
- ironic comment as truth.
- Okay.
- "Stop joking."
- Good.
Another part of your brand is
that you stood by your husband.
- Six years ago.
- Yes, but that image of you beside him
is still bumping around the Internet.
You look better now. People like that.
You survived, you prospered. You...
didn't divorce.
I know, but
people don't need to see the messiness.
But Castro will make
them see the messiness.
Yes, but he has to be careful,
or he'll look like a bully.
He knows he can't go too far,
'cause we have some
oppo research of our own.
- Such as?
- Let's not
get ahead of ourselves.
Oh, yeah, right. I invited
your campaign manager
over so you can meet him.
What?! Wait. Eli, you're
my campaign manager.
No, you need someone full-time.
I'm Peter's chief of staff.
No, I can't. I'm... uh...
Who is it? I mean, if I do decide to run?
Johnny Elfman. You'll like him.
He's a top campaign op.
He consulted on the Obama 2012 win.
- He turned around Ohio.
- Eli, wait. No.
Okay, listen.
You know I said things move
faster now? That's this.
Talk to him, meet him, question him.
This is his job interview.
If you don't like him, just
pull me aside after 20 minutes,
and say he's not for you,
and we'll keep looking.
- 20 minutes?
- Mm-hmm.
- I have to answer the door now.
- No. I will.
Hi. I'm Alicia Florrick.
Uh, Johnny Elfman.
- Can I get you some wine, Mr. Elfman?
- No.
Thank you. I'm fine. Is Eli... ?
- Here, Johnny.
- Eli,
do you have a second? Would
you excuse us, Mrs. Florrick?
Eli.
- What the hell?
- You said you'd listen to her.
No, I said I'd listen to you. I
thought this was your apartment.
Well, you're here now. Just listen to her.
If you don't like her, in 20 minutes,
just pull me aside, and say "no, thanks."
- I hate her.
- The wife?
Why? She's just trying to protect him.
Because she took his guns. She wants him
- not to be normal, not a badass...
- I just think
she's so repressed, she had
to do something like this.
Oh, she's definitely repressed, but...
This is so disrespectful.
You're trying to get me pregnant
- with her.
- I knew you'd just say "no"
- if you didn't meet her.
- She's a first-timer.
I'm finished with first-timers.
- They have lives. They have...
- Hi.
Mr. Gold, hey.
- Is my mom here?
- Hi, Grace. Yes.
They have kids.
- What's going on?
- I have school choir tonight.
- I told you.
- Okay, um, I need you
- to do it in your room, okay?
- Okay. Love you.
Everything all right, gentlemen?
- Should we do this another time?
- No. John just
had some questions, but
now they're answered, right?
Yeah.
The plan is a speech on
the steps of the courthouse,
the governor introducing you,
then you speaking for five
minutes introducing yourself.
Isn't it a mistake to use Peter?
Won't it look like I'm in his shadow?
No. The only way your story...
? I will trust in the Lord,
I will trust in the Lord ?
? I will trust in the Lord... ?
The only way your story gets
traction is a good visual.
They'll show the old shot of you
standing by Peter in disgrace.
Then this new shot of Peter
standing by you in triumph.
That's the story.
What do you think, Mr. Elfman?
About?
About what Eli just said.
Uh, I'm reserving judgment.
It doesn't seem like there's
time to reserve judgment.
And yet here I am, reserving it.
Anyway, our first strategic
move is embracing the governor.
Peter brings in the big
bucks, and also reminds voters
- of your constancy...
- Why do you want to run, Mrs. Florrick?
Excuse me?
Why do you want to run for
state's attorney, Mrs. Florrick?
Because the current state's attorney
is using the office politically.
- And how is he doing that?
- He's prosecuting people,
not because they've done
anything wrong, but because
he doesn't like them, or he doesn't
like the people associated with them.
- And how would you... ?
- I'm not finished yet.
Do you want me to finish?
There has been more
corruption in the current
state's attorney's office
than at any point since...
Since your husband?
Do you have an issue with me, Mr. Elfman?
- I don't even know you, ma'am.
- Do you have an issue with my running?
There is always a point
during the campaign where
I'm not proud of myself.
Where I've lied to a reporter,
or smeared an innocent bystander,
or badgered a friend into giving money.
But I do it willingly because
I believe in the candidate,
Mrs. Florrick, so, yes,
I have an issue with you
or anyone who considers running.
Are you up to it? Because
I'm not some dilettante...
- Neither am I.
- I build my life on winning.
On hating the enemy
and loving my candidate.
I've got it.
I'm not your superhero,
Mr. Elfman. You want to go find
someone to restore your faith
in humanity, don't waste my time, or yours.
Mom, it's for you. It's work.
It was nice to meet you, Mr. Elfman.
Well?
What's up? I don't
understand. What happened?
- It's Bishop. He got a subpoena.
- For what?
All records associated with
his real estate holdings.
Well, that's good. There's nothing wrong
- with his real estate holdings.
- Right,
which is why we comply with the subpoena.
Bishop is our client...
They're not after Bishop. They're after me.
We don't know that.
- And it doesn't matter.
- It does matter.
Wait! Bishop's innocent, right?
Of the real estate charge, yes.
They say he failed to pay real estate taxes
on property used for commercial purposes.
Okay, then we comply.
There's nothing there, so we should
show the state's attorney
there's nothing there.
Alicia, they only want us
to comply so they can use that precedent
in front of a judge in my criminal case.
It's the camel nose under the tent.
Hi.
Grace sent up the bat signal.
Sure. In her room.
You're saying every housewife is the same.
- That's not what I'm saying.
- Come on!
Who was that?
- I have no idea.
- It's like a Marx brothers movie in here.
It doesn't matter, Cary! He's our client.
- We can't favor you over him,
- See?
- or him over you.
- See? Tough cookie.
Hi. No, it's going very well.
Yes.
No, I haven't shown that to her yet.
You haven't shown her the
opposition research? Why not?
Because you don't start with the dirt.
You end with it. Same thing I did with you.
- How dirty is it?
- I can't tell you that, Peter.
This is for Alicia, not you.
Anything about me in there?
We can't do this, Peter.
I'm not her campaign manager. Talk to him.
- Oh, uh, who'd you get, by the way?
- Uh, Johnny Elfman.
Johnny Elfman?
I thought he was in Ohio.
He was in Ohio, but he
wanted to broaden his scope.
To a state's attorney's race?
Well, to this state's attorney's race.
How's he looking these days?
Uh, Elfman? What do you mean?
Oh, I heard he was in
a motorcycle accident.
Scar on his face or something like that.
- I can't see anything. Uh, I got to go.
- Uh, listen,
I want to be kept in the loop on this.
- I understand.
- Yes, but all
of your rationales for running
were negative. They were all
about what the current
state's attorney's doing wrong.
That's because he...
Yes, but you need to find a
positive reason for running.
Give me an example.
Why did you get into law?
I like clarity.
I like rules that tell
me what's right and wrong.
And you wanted to help
people with those rules?
No.
I know I'm supposed to
say "yes," but I just
wanted to be inside something
that made sense to me.
I never thought about...
- People?
- Yeah.
Maybe don't put that in the stump speech.
Okay.
"Okay" what?
Okay, Johnny needs to take you
through the opposition research.
- The research of Castro?
- Uh, no, of you.
- The skeletons in my closet?
- Yes.
That's a lot of skeletons.
You ever seen The Matrix?
- Yes.
- Remember when they show Keanu
a red pill and a blue one,
and if he takes the red pill,
he'll keep going down the rabbit hole?
- Yeah.
- This is the red pill.
What's the blue pill?
You tell us you don't want to run.
Let's go.
Your clients.
- I know. Colin Sweeney and Lemond Bishop.
- And the Paisley group.
Why the Paisley group? Mr.
Paisley spoke out on Israel.
And that matters in a
state's attorney's race?
- Israel matters in every race.
- But won't it look opportunistic
if I just drop them as clients?
Yes. Which is why you only drop Bishop.
He's the one that hurts you the most and
there's reason to drop him. The firm's
representation of your law partner
means you're conflicted out, right?
- Right.
- Good. So we need that to happen
before the announcement.
I'll meet with him tomorrow.
Okay, good. Now, your son, Zach.
He got his girlfriend, Nisa Dalmar,
pregnant last year and
they had an abortion.
Now, there's nothing
much to be done about it
as a campaign issue, but you should
be prepared for questions.
Mostly because when the abortion happened
he was 17 and she was 16,
and because she's Muslim.
Alicia, we don't want
to bring these things up,
but we're just afraid you're gonna
be sandbagged during the campaign.
It's the working mother question.
Were your children unsupervised
while you were at work?
It's sexist, I know, but
you may get hit with that
from the conservative press.
You're... How do you know this?
Is this a campaign smear?
Yes, but we can't deny it, unfortunately.
Why?
Because it happened.
When?
Last year.
August.
What day?
August 5.
- How do you know?
- We have a record
from the abortion clinic.
Do you know how many months pregnant?
No.
- She was 16. She was a minor?
- Yes.
Did they have the abortion in Illinois?
Yes.
The parents of a minor have
to be notified in Illinois.
Yes, and they were.
I know this is hard,
Mrs. Florrick, but everything that you're
feeling now will be used against you later.
So it's important to inure yourself.
I'm sorry. Tell me when
you're ready to move on.
I'm sorry, I need to make a phone call.
- Alicia, you can't.
- I'll be right back.
- Are you calling your son?
- That's none of your business.
If you get his voice mail,
you can't leave a message...
Nothing specific... It
can be used against you.
Hey. What's up?
Our son had an abortion. Did you know that?
What?
Did Zach tell you he had
an abortion? On August 5.
When he was supposed to be
touring colleges in Boston.
Wait, where are you hearing this from?
Opposition research. What do you think?
Uh, no, no, he never said anything.
We're cutting him off
without a cent, you know that.
He can buy his own
frigging way though college.
Or get Nisa's parents to do it.
Nisa? Not Becca?
August 5. Nisa.
Every time he's been lying to me.
"It's all in your head, mom.
"I don't smoke pot, mom.
I'm a good boy." Well,
let's see how he deals.
All right, Alicia, listen to me.
Don't you dare tell me to calm down.
He lied to me.
I know, I'm sorry.
- But I want you to let me talk to him.
- No.
This one's mine.
You've reached Zach's
voice mail. I'm in class
right now or sleeping it off.
Leave a message.
Zach...
It's mom.
Call me back.
You have kids?
No.
- No time.
- So what does the elk
- symbolize?
- Oh, easy... the soul of Michael,
rising from the dead, reincarnated.
His master's voice.
Mr. Governor. Good evening.
You told Alicia that Zach got an abortion?
Yes.
Why?
- Because he did.
- Eli,
this is becoming...
Yes?
Are you gonna bring up the intern?
I can't tell you that, Mr. Governor.
Eli, I'm not sleeping with her.
I understand that, but oppo research is not
just about what's true. It's about
- where we're vulnerable.
- Listen, Eli,
you bring her up, and it becomes a thing.
- And I cannot deal with any more things.
- I got to go.
I will deal with this here. Lauren will not
be an issue in Alicia's campaign, okay?
I'll talk to you, Mr. Governor.
Peter?
Asking how you knew about Zach?
Yeah.
You, uh, sure you want to
continue, Mrs. Florrick?
- We can stop right here.
- Why? Let's do it. I'm inured.
Okay. Well, there are some issues
with your brother and your mom.
Of course there are.
Gay support...
Especially financial support...
It matters to your campaign.
That's why your brother's actions matter.
- What'd he do?
- Well, he's been
having an affair with a married
palestinian man who also does
barebacked gay porn
under the name Phil.
I don't know how to answer that.
It's the affair with a married
man that's the most problematic.
Well, that and the barebacked gay porn.
Yeah, and the porn. Yeah.
These issues tend to
create a division within
- the gay community.
- ? I will trust in the Lord ?
? I will trust in the Lord ?
So you want me to break up
- the affair with the palestinian?
- No. It's just
Owen has a tendency to talk. And
Castro will have video trackers.
It's Boston college,
mom. I have to go see it.
- Really, it means a lot to me.
- The story could get pinned
to any visual... Pixilated gay porn...
We need him to lay low for a little while.
? I will trust in the lord ?
Okay.
Talk to Zach and Owen.
Now, mom.
What about mom?
She hit a child in a department store.
What?
A five-year-old child, uh,
Greg Weymouth. Veronica
took him over her knee
and, uh... spanked him.
Why would she do that?
I don't know. But there's videotape.
There's videotape of her hitting a child?
We just need her to apologize
to the family. Fend off any possible suits.
Okay.
Talk to mom about hitting children.
Next.
What about Grace? What did she do?
Turning tricks after school?
Well, actually...
No, that was a joke.
Grace is good.
- Christianity 3, atheism 0.
- Uh, yes,
talking of atheism...
- I know.
- If you need to talk about religion...
And you shouldn't talk about religion...
Just say you're struggling.
Just say you're an agnostic
who's struggling.
Right, I'll get on that.
- Anything else?
- ? I will trust in the Lord ?
? I will trust in the Lord ?
Well, now it's time to
turn to you, Mrs. Florrick.
- Your issues.
- Can't wait.
Yes. This is a photo of me with
my boss, Will Gardner,
at a hotel reception desk
researching a case. A rape case.
Can you substantiate that?
Well, Will's dead. So not from him.
But I'm sure you can from the clerk there.
Do you remember her name?
It was five years ago.
- But I can look back in my files.
- That would be good, thank you. And...
How about this?
Isn't it lovely
how your whole life gets documented?
I lived for 13 years in Highland
Park in complete obscurity.
Going to lunches with my tennis friends,
picking up the kids from school,
drinking a glass of wine at 5:00.
And no one cared.
No one bothered to look in on me.
Now people care.
It almost gives you a warm feeling.
- Castro intends to use this.
- Use what?
- That photo?
- The time stamp reads
8:27 A.M., and Mr. Polmar
is leaving your apartment.
Yes, well, I don't like
my kids seeing who I sleep with.
How could they get out in time
- for their abortions?
- Okay,
remember what I said about
irony during campaigns?
I was taking Finn through
his testimony that morning
- for his S.A. disciplinary panel.
- And he'll back you up on this?
- It's the truth.
- It's our understanding, Mrs. Florrick,
that he's prosecuting your law partner,
and that you have fought...
- In court.
- And that he was asked
to run and then forced to
quit before you decided to run.
- What's that?
- Talk to Zach, Owen, mom and
Finn Polmar. See if any of
them plan to screw me over.
- And Lemond Bishop.
- Right.
And fire him as a client. Anything else?
- Yes. The governor has a few...
- That's okay, John.
That's enough for now.
- No, what is it?
- We just want to do
a little more digging before
we present you with this.
If it's about Peter, I'm ready.
It's okay.
Is it about Kalinda?
- What?
- Is it about Kalinda's
one-night stand with Peter?
- Because I know about that already.
- Uh, who's Kalinda?
She's an investigator
who used to work in the S.A.'s office.
She slept with my husband.
Now she works at my firm.
- Do we have that one?
- We'll look into it.
Kalinda won't talk,
but if you're worried
about what might complicate
my campaign...
Let us do our job. I'll look into it, okay?
Okay.
Well, this was fun.
You've passed basic
training, Mrs. Florrick.
Are you running?
I don't know.
- I'm still contemplating.
- You have till Monday to decide.
If it's any consolation,
Mrs. Florrick, uh...
Alicia.
Anyone who's pawed
through my underwear drawer
should really call me by my first name.
Alicia. I've sat through 18 of these
"come to Jesus" moments
with candidates, and
you've handled it the best.
Great. Thank you.
Nice meeting you, Mrs. Florrick.
You, too, Mr. Elfman.
There are so many badasses in this show.
- What?
- You got Sam, Michael, Gifford...
- There's only one badass.
- No, no, no, no.
He thinks he's a badass. You
know who's really the badass?
Whoa, whoa, whoa. And isn't the whole point
that the badass is
the guy with the gun?
Big badass. Capital...
That the badass is
the guy with the gun?
Hi.
Hello.
What's up?
We've received your subpoena.
The subpoena for your real estate holdings.
We believe it's a good idea
to comply with this subpoena.
Good. I would agree.
- We've done nothing wrong.
- That's right. But,
um, we have run into a bit of a problem.
What problem?
We can't represent you anymore.
- Why not?
- I think I'd better leave
for this discussion.
We represent Cary.
He's being prosecuted because
of his relationship with you,
and we're having difficulty
representing both of you.
Why is that?
- Well...
- We believe that this...
real estate attack by the S.A.
is purely a trojan horse to get at Cary.
- I don't understand.
- Well, if we
comply with the S.A. subpoena,
we think they intend to use that compliance
- as a precedent in Cary's case.
- That's why
we're suggesting you change representation.
This is a list of five
firms that we recommend.
And they are all willing... No, excited...
to take you on. And we can
get you on the phone with them.
Uh, Mr. Bishop, it's best for your business
that you work with another firm.
No.
The problem is, Mr.
Bishop, the state's attorney
is taking advantage of
our conflict of interests.
We need you to consider another firm.
No. But thank you.
Is there anything else?
Mr. Bishop,
I'm gonna have to go to
the judge to remove myself.
Do it.
I'll say I need you as my attorney.
Who do you think the judge will listen to?
Yes?
Did you want to ask me something?
Did you sleep with Peter?
That's why we're meeting
here and not in your office?
Now I understand why
there was so much tension
between you and Peter.
- Did Alicia say... ?
- No.
- Did Peter say... ?
- No.
- Why are you asking?
- Alicia's running for state's attorney.
I need to know where my land mines are.
- Well, this is not a land mine.
- Really?
Peter Florrick sleeps with you while you're
working at the state's attorney's office.
Then he sleeps with prostitutes,
while you become Alicia's best friend.
- Well, not best friend.
- Uh, out
of all those things I just
said, you find objectionable
the best friend charge?
So you slept with him?
Eli, let me put this to you another way.
- You have nothing to worry about.
- Kalinda,
I treat you with respect
because I know that you know
what my job entails. There is nothing
- that will bite me in the ass here?
- Nothing.
Unless you ask me again,
- there is nothing.
- Believe me,
- this is the last lunch I wanted to have.
- Good.
Then we're okay.
So now we have to wait for lunch?
Or we could just go.
Without ordering or paying?
Yeah.
You don't think it's weird
that she invited us both
to her apartment at the same time?
She wants something.
Well, maybe she's pregnant again.
She wants me to be the godfather.
God, what a frightening
thought that would be.
No, she wants money or something.
Wait, why is that a frightening thought?
Oh. Yay.
Here we all are, together.
- Family.
- It's good to see you both.
Have you read The Goldfinch?
It's such beautiful writing.
It's all about art and life.
So, you're probably wondering
- why I needed to meet with you...
- No...
I'm thinking of running
for state's attorney.
And I needed to talk to you
about a few do's and don't's
regarding talking to the press.
- You're what?
- Running.
For state's attorney. Why?
- I think I could do a good job of it.
- How does this work
- with you being a lawyer?
- Well, I'll still have
my ongoing cases that I'll be involved with
- during my campaign.
- But if you win,
- you'll have to quit.
- Yes, I'll be state's attorney.
Where does this come from, Alicia?
So here's what I need from you two.
My team worries that there are
some issues in your
life... Both your lives...
"My team"? You're already
talking about a team?
Why not just take a trip? You'd love Bali.
This is empty nest syndrome.
You know, I read this
great book about it...
Mom, did you hit a kid
in a department store?
What?
Did you hit a five-year-old
kid named Greg Weymouth
- in Browards' dress department?
- That's crazy.
- Where'd you hear that?
- It was videotaped.
Wait, are you kidding?
This is fantastic.
It was a spanking. I didn't hit him.
Well, his parents are thinking of suing.
I was doing them a favor.
That kid was running
around the store, yelling.
He was knocking over things. It was...
- A public service.
- Yes. Even though
- you're making fun of me, it was.
- Well, I set up
an appointment with the parents.
- I need you to apologize.
- No.
They should apologize to me. I was
- doing them a favor.
- Mom, I need you to do this
for me. It will become a news item.
Now, Owen...
What? Um, what did I do?
- Why don't you join me in the kitchen.
- Wait,
why does Owen get privacy and I didn't?
Because mine's way worse.
They just discovered the body.
- Are you careful?
- Am I careful?
I... tend to be. What do you mean?
Safe sex. HIV rates have been
steadily climbing in the past...
I'm all good, sis. Don't
worry your little head.
Phil's married. Did you know that?
Who's Phil?
He also performs in gay porn without...
Protection.
They looked into my background.
And when they did, they
looked into my family's, too.
Owen.
Owen.
Where's Owen going?
Yes.
Eli, do you have some issue with me?
- No.
- Well, just so you know,
I'm not trying to
undercut Alicia's campaign.
I didn't say you were.
Okay.
- Okay what?
- Okay,
fire her.
Get her a new job in Springfield.
- The intern?
- Yes.
Lauren Lytton. The intern.
You've been trying to get
rid of her for a month.
Get her a job in the senate.
I think that, uh, Shaw's
looking for someone.
- Where's Lauren?
- Down the hall.
Take her name off the security logs.
Really?
Lauren.
What?
You're fired.
So...
This is a nice change for us. Not yelling
at each other in court.
There's a photo of you leaving my apartment
at 8:30 A.M. on March 18.
Really?
Is it a good photo?
Depends.
Were we up to something naughty?
Witness prep.
Disgusting.
Thanks.
If they ask you about it, Finn,
you'd say it was about
the disciplinary hearing?
You mean the truth? Sure.
Unless you want me to
say I stayed the night.
Probably not.
Sorry. I'm in a funny
mood. I don't know why.
I know... I know why. Because, uh...
I thought that maybe there'd
be some tension between us
because...
You're trying to put my partner in prison?
Yeah. Kind of has a way
of putting a crimp in a friendship.
And I thought there'd be tension because...
I'm thinking about running.
No.
I think it's great. Honestly.
I'm glad you called.
Come on. Take a cab.
Drink with me. What's wrong with you?
I'd better not.
What, do something you regret, like...
More witness prep?
I'd better go.
Castro wants to scare you from the race
by hitting you where you're vulnerable.
- He said that?
- I heard him say it.
Be careful.
- Don't be vulnerable.
- If you can help it.
You've reached Zach's voice mail.
I'm in class right now or sleeping it off.
- Leave a message.
- Zach,
it's mom. Something's
come up. Call me tomorrow.
Oh, no. No.
One glass of wine. That's all.
Pull to the side of the road.
Good evening, Mrs. Florrick.
Have you been drinking?
How did you know my name?
Please step out of the car, ma'am.
Nine steps forward, ma'am. Turn
on the line, nine steps back.
I've already agreed to a breathalyzer test.
Yes, you said that, ma'am. I
need you to turn on the line,
nine steps back.
I have admitted to
having one glass of wine,
which would make my BAC
well below the legal limit.
This is called a horizontal
gaze nystagmus test.
I need you to follow
my flashlight.
- Hello. What's wrong?
- I was just pulled over, Eli.
Damn it. For a DUI.
Oh, my God. Where are you?
I'm in my car. I passed.
I only had one glass of wine. But...
I think it was a setup.
- Why?
- Because I volunteered a breathalyzer,
but he insisted on a roadside test.
Okay, I'll keep an eye on the blogs.
Good. Call me.
Pull into the traffic, ma'am. Let's go.
Kalinda, hello.
I need a moment.
It's nothing bad.
Five minutes.
I know that's where you have your gun.
You won't need it.
This is Clyde and Jim.
Hi.
Your firm tried to drop me as a client.
This is my best month in five years.
I pay on time, I pay well,
and yet your firm
wanted to drop me.
Why?
I don't know.
I didn't even know that
they had tried to drop you.
Is it the subpoena?
I don't think so. There's nothing there.
Is it about Cary?
Is he in deeper trouble than I thought?
No.
Then I'm confused.
You should talk to Alicia.
Why?
Kalinda?
Alicia's considering
running for state's attorney.
I'm not sure if that's why, but...
It would make sense.
Huh.
Thank you for doing this,
Mrs. Weymouth. Veronica.
We just wanted to apologize for the events
- of last week.
- You mean when she hit my son?
Yes. Veronica realizes now
that she was in the wrong.
Yes, I was in the wrong.
I'm sorry I'm late. Mrs. Weymouth.
You're the governor's wife?
Yes. And this must be Greg. Hi.
I'm sure my mother has
expressed her deepest regrets
- at her overreacting last week.
- No.
I just see her smiling there.
I deeply regret my overreaction.
We're hoping this settles the matter, Myra.
It does.
- That and $50,000.
- What?
You don't want a suit. I get it.
But Greg was scarred
- by this.
- He was not scarred.
If I had wanted to scar him...
Mom. Mrs. Weymouth,
we're not gonna just
give you $50,000.
Okay. I'll see you in court.
I should've spanked you, you bitch.
Oh, you know what, let's go. Just try it.
Mom, is that you?
- Yeah, did Zach call?
- No. Come here.
You have to see this.
What?
- Hi, Mrs. Florrick.
- Jennifer.
- What's going on?
- I'm just editing Grace's video.
But look.
I have a Google alert on
your name, and this popped up.
It's cool, Mrs. Florrick.
- Like Hillary, huh?
- Oh, no. Eli.
But look.
Look how much they've raised.
It just started 24 hours ago,
and you already have $83...
- $84,000.
- But I haven't decided
- to run yet.
- You have to run.
People are giving money.
It's a pac.
And we had nothing to
do with it. I'm serious.
Alicia, it is illegal for us
to have anything to do
with something like this.
And even if it weren't,
we didn't do this. Did you?
No. It's a popular expression
of grassroots approval.
- What's wrong?
- The intern's here.
The intern is...
Alicia, I have to call you back.
- You saw her here?
- No.
I have a security alert on my account
in case the Governor signs
her back in. Right there.
- When was the entrance?
- Ten minutes ago.
- Where's the Governor?
- In his office.
- Door closed.
- Damn it.
It's like a grade school around here.
What are you gonna do?
Mr. Governor, I am seeing...
Hello.
Eli, I'd like you to meet an old
friend of mine, Ramona Lytton.
I'm trying to convince her
not to become a lobbyist.
Eli. Gold.
Ramona Lytton. So you're Lauren's...
Don't you dare butter
me up by saying "sister."
- Mother.
- However,
uh, Ramona did have her at 12.
Oh, stop it.
So, is Eli who I have to thank?
Yep. It was all his idea.
- Mmm. Thank you, Eli.
- My idea?
Getting Lauren a job
in Shaw's senate office.
And thank you for tolerating her here.
She was sad to leave.
Yes, it was sad.
Eli.
See, that's why I didn't
want to fire Lauren.
Her mother was going through a hard time
and she asked me to get her a job.
- How do you know her?
- She's a family friend.
Show a little relief, Eli.
I wasn't sleeping with Lauren.
Hello, Greg.
- Hello, Myra.
- Hi.
Where are we on the money?
Here we are.
- What's this?
- Surveillance video.
These are the store's cameras.
There. See?
I don't know what you
thought this would prove.
This is your mom spanking my son.
Yes, it is. And this is
three minutes earlier.
So?
And this...
Is three minutes before that.
Now, this woman
is an 86-year-old widow
named Mrs. Skreeker,
and she'd like to know who's
responsible for several thousand dollars
in hospital bills.
- Your move, Myra.
- I think
it would be best if you accepted
our apology, ma'am.
It'll make life easier.
Let's go. Let's go.
- Where are you?
- In my room. At school.
Mom, I'm so sorry. Dad told me.
Told you what?
That you're upset about the Nisa thing.
What's the Nisa thing?
I wanted to tell you. Mom, I really did.
I just... didn't want
to get Nisa in trouble.
Were Nisa's parents there?
Where?
At the abortion clinic.
Yes. But, mom, I didn't know that.
And I didn't know what Nisa
wanted. It all happened so fast.
I said you could go to
check out Boston college.
- I saw you leave with your duffel bag.
- I know.
Mom. I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Have you smoked pot, Zach?
What?
When you said that you hadn't smoked pot,
were you lying?
Mom, here's the thing...
No, Zach. Don't embarrass
yourself by saying any more.
I'm running for state's attorney.
My parenting skills will
be called into question.
I need you to say that I am a good parent,
that I knew about your abortion.
We talked about it. I
gave you all the options.
I counseled you to have the baby.
I would help take care of
it. You decided against that.
That was your right. Do you understand?
Why are you running for state's attorney?
Have fun in college, Zach.
_
Mr. Elfman.
Yes, I have to show you something.
I'm running.
Good.
'Cause there's an article coming
out about you going into detox
for your alcohol addiction.
What?
And...
There's a photo.
Mrs. Florrick.
Mr. Bishop, hi. Is everything all right?
It is. I decided to take your
advice and hire another firm.
Good. I think that's for the best.
I'm also saying
that you fired me as a client.
And I'm very upset.
I... you don't need
to do that, Mr. Bishop.
I know. But it's good for you.
Oh. Here.
We can't coordinate, but you can get to me
through my associate.
Get to you, um, about what?
Your pac. I mean,
the pac that I set up in support of you.
$140,000 and counting.
- That's...
- Yes.
The least I could do.
There's more money where that came from.
We'll be in touch.
On your knees, Burt.
This is how the world ends.
Someone begs, and someone
stands over him with a gun.
Welcome back to Talking at Noon.
Wow, a rough episode.
Now, we're gonna talk all things
Darkness at Noon in just a sec,
but first, spoiler alert.
Sam is dead, John was arrested,
Linda gave birth, Miguel
did look at the flowers,
and the yellow arm was moved.
Badass stuff. Your thoughts, Carmen?
I was blown away. I mean...
Every assumption I had
was turned upside down.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Come on in.
Would you like a glass
of wine? Red or white?
No, I'm fine.
Wow.
You've really been working overtime.
Well, I didn't know if you'd eaten.
Maybe I will have a glass of wine. Red.
Nervous?
Well, we're just talking, right?
It doesn't mean anything.
Right, right. You can always say "no".
The election is in eight
months, the debates in six,
and the candidate announcement, Monday.
- This Monday?
- Yes. That's the filing deadline.
- Eli, that's in four days.
- Yes, but the good news is
that we're ready to go.
We have a plan in place, we've
done some initial polling.
Alicia, things just move
faster now. They just do.
You have the polling?
Yes. If the election were held today,
and the only candidates
were you and Castro...
You would win by eight points.
So you think it'll just be me and Castro?
Alicia, Alicia, just wait a minute.
You have to hear these things first.
Eight points.
- You would win by eight points.
- Yes.
- That's good, right?
- That's not just good.
That's remarkable. That kind of gap
just doesn't exist in Cook county.
I just don't think it lasts.
Good news tends not to last.
And that's what I like about you.
You're always looking for the bad.
But there are so many
disasters in a campaign
that you have to acknowledge the
non-disasters when they happen.
Good. But people don't really know me yet.
- And Castro will try to define me.
- Yes.
Before you define yourself.
- Go after the clients I represent.
- Correct.
You're a brand now. Saint Alicia.
Eli, I wish you would say that
- with at least a hint of irony.
- No.
Irony is dead now. You're campaigning.
JFK could be funny. You can't.
There's too many bloggers
out there quoting every
- ironic comment as truth.
- Okay.
- "Stop joking."
- Good.
Another part of your brand is
that you stood by your husband.
- Six years ago.
- Yes, but that image of you beside him
is still bumping around the Internet.
You look better now. People like that.
You survived, you prospered. You...
didn't divorce.
I know, but
people don't need to see the messiness.
But Castro will make
them see the messiness.
Yes, but he has to be careful,
or he'll look like a bully.
He knows he can't go too far,
'cause we have some
oppo research of our own.
- Such as?
- Let's not
get ahead of ourselves.
Oh, yeah, right. I invited
your campaign manager
over so you can meet him.
What?! Wait. Eli, you're
my campaign manager.
No, you need someone full-time.
I'm Peter's chief of staff.
No, I can't. I'm... uh...
Who is it? I mean, if I do decide to run?
Johnny Elfman. You'll like him.
He's a top campaign op.
He consulted on the Obama 2012 win.
- He turned around Ohio.
- Eli, wait. No.
Okay, listen.
You know I said things move
faster now? That's this.
Talk to him, meet him, question him.
This is his job interview.
If you don't like him, just
pull me aside after 20 minutes,
and say he's not for you,
and we'll keep looking.
- 20 minutes?
- Mm-hmm.
- I have to answer the door now.
- No. I will.
Hi. I'm Alicia Florrick.
Uh, Johnny Elfman.
- Can I get you some wine, Mr. Elfman?
- No.
Thank you. I'm fine. Is Eli... ?
- Here, Johnny.
- Eli,
do you have a second? Would
you excuse us, Mrs. Florrick?
Eli.
- What the hell?
- You said you'd listen to her.
No, I said I'd listen to you. I
thought this was your apartment.
Well, you're here now. Just listen to her.
If you don't like her, in 20 minutes,
just pull me aside, and say "no, thanks."
- I hate her.
- The wife?
Why? She's just trying to protect him.
Because she took his guns. She wants him
- not to be normal, not a badass...
- I just think
she's so repressed, she had
to do something like this.
Oh, she's definitely repressed, but...
This is so disrespectful.
You're trying to get me pregnant
- with her.
- I knew you'd just say "no"
- if you didn't meet her.
- She's a first-timer.
I'm finished with first-timers.
- They have lives. They have...
- Hi.
Mr. Gold, hey.
- Is my mom here?
- Hi, Grace. Yes.
They have kids.
- What's going on?
- I have school choir tonight.
- I told you.
- Okay, um, I need you
- to do it in your room, okay?
- Okay. Love you.
Everything all right, gentlemen?
- Should we do this another time?
- No. John just
had some questions, but
now they're answered, right?
Yeah.
The plan is a speech on
the steps of the courthouse,
the governor introducing you,
then you speaking for five
minutes introducing yourself.
Isn't it a mistake to use Peter?
Won't it look like I'm in his shadow?
No. The only way your story...
? I will trust in the Lord,
I will trust in the Lord ?
? I will trust in the Lord... ?
The only way your story gets
traction is a good visual.
They'll show the old shot of you
standing by Peter in disgrace.
Then this new shot of Peter
standing by you in triumph.
That's the story.
What do you think, Mr. Elfman?
About?
About what Eli just said.
Uh, I'm reserving judgment.
It doesn't seem like there's
time to reserve judgment.
And yet here I am, reserving it.
Anyway, our first strategic
move is embracing the governor.
Peter brings in the big
bucks, and also reminds voters
- of your constancy...
- Why do you want to run, Mrs. Florrick?
Excuse me?
Why do you want to run for
state's attorney, Mrs. Florrick?
Because the current state's attorney
is using the office politically.
- And how is he doing that?
- He's prosecuting people,
not because they've done
anything wrong, but because
he doesn't like them, or he doesn't
like the people associated with them.
- And how would you... ?
- I'm not finished yet.
Do you want me to finish?
There has been more
corruption in the current
state's attorney's office
than at any point since...
Since your husband?
Do you have an issue with me, Mr. Elfman?
- I don't even know you, ma'am.
- Do you have an issue with my running?
There is always a point
during the campaign where
I'm not proud of myself.
Where I've lied to a reporter,
or smeared an innocent bystander,
or badgered a friend into giving money.
But I do it willingly because
I believe in the candidate,
Mrs. Florrick, so, yes,
I have an issue with you
or anyone who considers running.
Are you up to it? Because
I'm not some dilettante...
- Neither am I.
- I build my life on winning.
On hating the enemy
and loving my candidate.
I've got it.
I'm not your superhero,
Mr. Elfman. You want to go find
someone to restore your faith
in humanity, don't waste my time, or yours.
Mom, it's for you. It's work.
It was nice to meet you, Mr. Elfman.
Well?
What's up? I don't
understand. What happened?
- It's Bishop. He got a subpoena.
- For what?
All records associated with
his real estate holdings.
Well, that's good. There's nothing wrong
- with his real estate holdings.
- Right,
which is why we comply with the subpoena.
Bishop is our client...
They're not after Bishop. They're after me.
We don't know that.
- And it doesn't matter.
- It does matter.
Wait! Bishop's innocent, right?
Of the real estate charge, yes.
They say he failed to pay real estate taxes
on property used for commercial purposes.
Okay, then we comply.
There's nothing there, so we should
show the state's attorney
there's nothing there.
Alicia, they only want us
to comply so they can use that precedent
in front of a judge in my criminal case.
It's the camel nose under the tent.
Hi.
Grace sent up the bat signal.
Sure. In her room.
You're saying every housewife is the same.
- That's not what I'm saying.
- Come on!
Who was that?
- I have no idea.
- It's like a Marx brothers movie in here.
It doesn't matter, Cary! He's our client.
- We can't favor you over him,
- See?
- or him over you.
- See? Tough cookie.
Hi. No, it's going very well.
Yes.
No, I haven't shown that to her yet.
You haven't shown her the
opposition research? Why not?
Because you don't start with the dirt.
You end with it. Same thing I did with you.
- How dirty is it?
- I can't tell you that, Peter.
This is for Alicia, not you.
Anything about me in there?
We can't do this, Peter.
I'm not her campaign manager. Talk to him.
- Oh, uh, who'd you get, by the way?
- Uh, Johnny Elfman.
Johnny Elfman?
I thought he was in Ohio.
He was in Ohio, but he
wanted to broaden his scope.
To a state's attorney's race?
Well, to this state's attorney's race.
How's he looking these days?
Uh, Elfman? What do you mean?
Oh, I heard he was in
a motorcycle accident.
Scar on his face or something like that.
- I can't see anything. Uh, I got to go.
- Uh, listen,
I want to be kept in the loop on this.
- I understand.
- Yes, but all
of your rationales for running
were negative. They were all
about what the current
state's attorney's doing wrong.
That's because he...
Yes, but you need to find a
positive reason for running.
Give me an example.
Why did you get into law?
I like clarity.
I like rules that tell
me what's right and wrong.
And you wanted to help
people with those rules?
No.
I know I'm supposed to
say "yes," but I just
wanted to be inside something
that made sense to me.
I never thought about...
- People?
- Yeah.
Maybe don't put that in the stump speech.
Okay.
"Okay" what?
Okay, Johnny needs to take you
through the opposition research.
- The research of Castro?
- Uh, no, of you.
- The skeletons in my closet?
- Yes.
That's a lot of skeletons.
You ever seen The Matrix?
- Yes.
- Remember when they show Keanu
a red pill and a blue one,
and if he takes the red pill,
he'll keep going down the rabbit hole?
- Yeah.
- This is the red pill.
What's the blue pill?
You tell us you don't want to run.
Let's go.
Your clients.
- I know. Colin Sweeney and Lemond Bishop.
- And the Paisley group.
Why the Paisley group? Mr.
Paisley spoke out on Israel.
And that matters in a
state's attorney's race?
- Israel matters in every race.
- But won't it look opportunistic
if I just drop them as clients?
Yes. Which is why you only drop Bishop.
He's the one that hurts you the most and
there's reason to drop him. The firm's
representation of your law partner
means you're conflicted out, right?
- Right.
- Good. So we need that to happen
before the announcement.
I'll meet with him tomorrow.
Okay, good. Now, your son, Zach.
He got his girlfriend, Nisa Dalmar,
pregnant last year and
they had an abortion.
Now, there's nothing
much to be done about it
as a campaign issue, but you should
be prepared for questions.
Mostly because when the abortion happened
he was 17 and she was 16,
and because she's Muslim.
Alicia, we don't want
to bring these things up,
but we're just afraid you're gonna
be sandbagged during the campaign.
It's the working mother question.
Were your children unsupervised
while you were at work?
It's sexist, I know, but
you may get hit with that
from the conservative press.
You're... How do you know this?
Is this a campaign smear?
Yes, but we can't deny it, unfortunately.
Why?
Because it happened.
When?
Last year.
August.
What day?
August 5.
- How do you know?
- We have a record
from the abortion clinic.
Do you know how many months pregnant?
No.
- She was 16. She was a minor?
- Yes.
Did they have the abortion in Illinois?
Yes.
The parents of a minor have
to be notified in Illinois.
Yes, and they were.
I know this is hard,
Mrs. Florrick, but everything that you're
feeling now will be used against you later.
So it's important to inure yourself.
I'm sorry. Tell me when
you're ready to move on.
I'm sorry, I need to make a phone call.
- Alicia, you can't.
- I'll be right back.
- Are you calling your son?
- That's none of your business.
If you get his voice mail,
you can't leave a message...
Nothing specific... It
can be used against you.
Hey. What's up?
Our son had an abortion. Did you know that?
What?
Did Zach tell you he had
an abortion? On August 5.
When he was supposed to be
touring colleges in Boston.
Wait, where are you hearing this from?
Opposition research. What do you think?
Uh, no, no, he never said anything.
We're cutting him off
without a cent, you know that.
He can buy his own
frigging way though college.
Or get Nisa's parents to do it.
Nisa? Not Becca?
August 5. Nisa.
Every time he's been lying to me.
"It's all in your head, mom.
"I don't smoke pot, mom.
I'm a good boy." Well,
let's see how he deals.
All right, Alicia, listen to me.
Don't you dare tell me to calm down.
He lied to me.
I know, I'm sorry.
- But I want you to let me talk to him.
- No.
This one's mine.
You've reached Zach's
voice mail. I'm in class
right now or sleeping it off.
Leave a message.
Zach...
It's mom.
Call me back.
You have kids?
No.
- No time.
- So what does the elk
- symbolize?
- Oh, easy... the soul of Michael,
rising from the dead, reincarnated.
His master's voice.
Mr. Governor. Good evening.
You told Alicia that Zach got an abortion?
Yes.
Why?
- Because he did.
- Eli,
this is becoming...
Yes?
Are you gonna bring up the intern?
I can't tell you that, Mr. Governor.
Eli, I'm not sleeping with her.
I understand that, but oppo research is not
just about what's true. It's about
- where we're vulnerable.
- Listen, Eli,
you bring her up, and it becomes a thing.
- And I cannot deal with any more things.
- I got to go.
I will deal with this here. Lauren will not
be an issue in Alicia's campaign, okay?
I'll talk to you, Mr. Governor.
Peter?
Asking how you knew about Zach?
Yeah.
You, uh, sure you want to
continue, Mrs. Florrick?
- We can stop right here.
- Why? Let's do it. I'm inured.
Okay. Well, there are some issues
with your brother and your mom.
Of course there are.
Gay support...
Especially financial support...
It matters to your campaign.
That's why your brother's actions matter.
- What'd he do?
- Well, he's been
having an affair with a married
palestinian man who also does
barebacked gay porn
under the name Phil.
I don't know how to answer that.
It's the affair with a married
man that's the most problematic.
Well, that and the barebacked gay porn.
Yeah, and the porn. Yeah.
These issues tend to
create a division within
- the gay community.
- ? I will trust in the Lord ?
? I will trust in the Lord ?
So you want me to break up
- the affair with the palestinian?
- No. It's just
Owen has a tendency to talk. And
Castro will have video trackers.
It's Boston college,
mom. I have to go see it.
- Really, it means a lot to me.
- The story could get pinned
to any visual... Pixilated gay porn...
We need him to lay low for a little while.
? I will trust in the lord ?
Okay.
Talk to Zach and Owen.
Now, mom.
What about mom?
She hit a child in a department store.
What?
A five-year-old child, uh,
Greg Weymouth. Veronica
took him over her knee
and, uh... spanked him.
Why would she do that?
I don't know. But there's videotape.
There's videotape of her hitting a child?
We just need her to apologize
to the family. Fend off any possible suits.
Okay.
Talk to mom about hitting children.
Next.
What about Grace? What did she do?
Turning tricks after school?
Well, actually...
No, that was a joke.
Grace is good.
- Christianity 3, atheism 0.
- Uh, yes,
talking of atheism...
- I know.
- If you need to talk about religion...
And you shouldn't talk about religion...
Just say you're struggling.
Just say you're an agnostic
who's struggling.
Right, I'll get on that.
- Anything else?
- ? I will trust in the Lord ?
? I will trust in the Lord ?
Well, now it's time to
turn to you, Mrs. Florrick.
- Your issues.
- Can't wait.
Yes. This is a photo of me with
my boss, Will Gardner,
at a hotel reception desk
researching a case. A rape case.
Can you substantiate that?
Well, Will's dead. So not from him.
But I'm sure you can from the clerk there.
Do you remember her name?
It was five years ago.
- But I can look back in my files.
- That would be good, thank you. And...
How about this?
Isn't it lovely
how your whole life gets documented?
I lived for 13 years in Highland
Park in complete obscurity.
Going to lunches with my tennis friends,
picking up the kids from school,
drinking a glass of wine at 5:00.
And no one cared.
No one bothered to look in on me.
Now people care.
It almost gives you a warm feeling.
- Castro intends to use this.
- Use what?
- That photo?
- The time stamp reads
8:27 A.M., and Mr. Polmar
is leaving your apartment.
Yes, well, I don't like
my kids seeing who I sleep with.
How could they get out in time
- for their abortions?
- Okay,
remember what I said about
irony during campaigns?
I was taking Finn through
his testimony that morning
- for his S.A. disciplinary panel.
- And he'll back you up on this?
- It's the truth.
- It's our understanding, Mrs. Florrick,
that he's prosecuting your law partner,
and that you have fought...
- In court.
- And that he was asked
to run and then forced to
quit before you decided to run.
- What's that?
- Talk to Zach, Owen, mom and
Finn Polmar. See if any of
them plan to screw me over.
- And Lemond Bishop.
- Right.
And fire him as a client. Anything else?
- Yes. The governor has a few...
- That's okay, John.
That's enough for now.
- No, what is it?
- We just want to do
a little more digging before
we present you with this.
If it's about Peter, I'm ready.
It's okay.
Is it about Kalinda?
- What?
- Is it about Kalinda's
one-night stand with Peter?
- Because I know about that already.
- Uh, who's Kalinda?
She's an investigator
who used to work in the S.A.'s office.
She slept with my husband.
Now she works at my firm.
- Do we have that one?
- We'll look into it.
Kalinda won't talk,
but if you're worried
about what might complicate
my campaign...
Let us do our job. I'll look into it, okay?
Okay.
Well, this was fun.
You've passed basic
training, Mrs. Florrick.
Are you running?
I don't know.
- I'm still contemplating.
- You have till Monday to decide.
If it's any consolation,
Mrs. Florrick, uh...
Alicia.
Anyone who's pawed
through my underwear drawer
should really call me by my first name.
Alicia. I've sat through 18 of these
"come to Jesus" moments
with candidates, and
you've handled it the best.
Great. Thank you.
Nice meeting you, Mrs. Florrick.
You, too, Mr. Elfman.
There are so many badasses in this show.
- What?
- You got Sam, Michael, Gifford...
- There's only one badass.
- No, no, no, no.
He thinks he's a badass. You
know who's really the badass?
Whoa, whoa, whoa. And isn't the whole point
that the badass is
the guy with the gun?
Big badass. Capital...
That the badass is
the guy with the gun?
Hi.
Hello.
What's up?
We've received your subpoena.
The subpoena for your real estate holdings.
We believe it's a good idea
to comply with this subpoena.
Good. I would agree.
- We've done nothing wrong.
- That's right. But,
um, we have run into a bit of a problem.
What problem?
We can't represent you anymore.
- Why not?
- I think I'd better leave
for this discussion.
We represent Cary.
He's being prosecuted because
of his relationship with you,
and we're having difficulty
representing both of you.
Why is that?
- Well...
- We believe that this...
real estate attack by the S.A.
is purely a trojan horse to get at Cary.
- I don't understand.
- Well, if we
comply with the S.A. subpoena,
we think they intend to use that compliance
- as a precedent in Cary's case.
- That's why
we're suggesting you change representation.
This is a list of five
firms that we recommend.
And they are all willing... No, excited...
to take you on. And we can
get you on the phone with them.
Uh, Mr. Bishop, it's best for your business
that you work with another firm.
No.
The problem is, Mr.
Bishop, the state's attorney
is taking advantage of
our conflict of interests.
We need you to consider another firm.
No. But thank you.
Is there anything else?
Mr. Bishop,
I'm gonna have to go to
the judge to remove myself.
Do it.
I'll say I need you as my attorney.
Who do you think the judge will listen to?
Yes?
Did you want to ask me something?
Did you sleep with Peter?
That's why we're meeting
here and not in your office?
Now I understand why
there was so much tension
between you and Peter.
- Did Alicia say... ?
- No.
- Did Peter say... ?
- No.
- Why are you asking?
- Alicia's running for state's attorney.
I need to know where my land mines are.
- Well, this is not a land mine.
- Really?
Peter Florrick sleeps with you while you're
working at the state's attorney's office.
Then he sleeps with prostitutes,
while you become Alicia's best friend.
- Well, not best friend.
- Uh, out
of all those things I just
said, you find objectionable
the best friend charge?
So you slept with him?
Eli, let me put this to you another way.
- You have nothing to worry about.
- Kalinda,
I treat you with respect
because I know that you know
what my job entails. There is nothing
- that will bite me in the ass here?
- Nothing.
Unless you ask me again,
- there is nothing.
- Believe me,
- this is the last lunch I wanted to have.
- Good.
Then we're okay.
So now we have to wait for lunch?
Or we could just go.
Without ordering or paying?
Yeah.
You don't think it's weird
that she invited us both
to her apartment at the same time?
She wants something.
Well, maybe she's pregnant again.
She wants me to be the godfather.
God, what a frightening
thought that would be.
No, she wants money or something.
Wait, why is that a frightening thought?
Oh. Yay.
Here we all are, together.
- Family.
- It's good to see you both.
Have you read The Goldfinch?
It's such beautiful writing.
It's all about art and life.
So, you're probably wondering
- why I needed to meet with you...
- No...
I'm thinking of running
for state's attorney.
And I needed to talk to you
about a few do's and don't's
regarding talking to the press.
- You're what?
- Running.
For state's attorney. Why?
- I think I could do a good job of it.
- How does this work
- with you being a lawyer?
- Well, I'll still have
my ongoing cases that I'll be involved with
- during my campaign.
- But if you win,
- you'll have to quit.
- Yes, I'll be state's attorney.
Where does this come from, Alicia?
So here's what I need from you two.
My team worries that there are
some issues in your
life... Both your lives...
"My team"? You're already
talking about a team?
Why not just take a trip? You'd love Bali.
This is empty nest syndrome.
You know, I read this
great book about it...
Mom, did you hit a kid
in a department store?
What?
Did you hit a five-year-old
kid named Greg Weymouth
- in Browards' dress department?
- That's crazy.
- Where'd you hear that?
- It was videotaped.
Wait, are you kidding?
This is fantastic.
It was a spanking. I didn't hit him.
Well, his parents are thinking of suing.
I was doing them a favor.
That kid was running
around the store, yelling.
He was knocking over things. It was...
- A public service.
- Yes. Even though
- you're making fun of me, it was.
- Well, I set up
an appointment with the parents.
- I need you to apologize.
- No.
They should apologize to me. I was
- doing them a favor.
- Mom, I need you to do this
for me. It will become a news item.
Now, Owen...
What? Um, what did I do?
- Why don't you join me in the kitchen.
- Wait,
why does Owen get privacy and I didn't?
Because mine's way worse.
They just discovered the body.
- Are you careful?
- Am I careful?
I... tend to be. What do you mean?
Safe sex. HIV rates have been
steadily climbing in the past...
I'm all good, sis. Don't
worry your little head.
Phil's married. Did you know that?
Who's Phil?
He also performs in gay porn without...
Protection.
They looked into my background.
And when they did, they
looked into my family's, too.
Owen.
Owen.
Where's Owen going?
Yes.
Eli, do you have some issue with me?
- No.
- Well, just so you know,
I'm not trying to
undercut Alicia's campaign.
I didn't say you were.
Okay.
- Okay what?
- Okay,
fire her.
Get her a new job in Springfield.
- The intern?
- Yes.
Lauren Lytton. The intern.
You've been trying to get
rid of her for a month.
Get her a job in the senate.
I think that, uh, Shaw's
looking for someone.
- Where's Lauren?
- Down the hall.
Take her name off the security logs.
Really?
Lauren.
What?
You're fired.
So...
This is a nice change for us. Not yelling
at each other in court.
There's a photo of you leaving my apartment
at 8:30 A.M. on March 18.
Really?
Is it a good photo?
Depends.
Were we up to something naughty?
Witness prep.
Disgusting.
Thanks.
If they ask you about it, Finn,
you'd say it was about
the disciplinary hearing?
You mean the truth? Sure.
Unless you want me to
say I stayed the night.
Probably not.
Sorry. I'm in a funny
mood. I don't know why.
I know... I know why. Because, uh...
I thought that maybe there'd
be some tension between us
because...
You're trying to put my partner in prison?
Yeah. Kind of has a way
of putting a crimp in a friendship.
And I thought there'd be tension because...
I'm thinking about running.
No.
I think it's great. Honestly.
I'm glad you called.
Come on. Take a cab.
Drink with me. What's wrong with you?
I'd better not.
What, do something you regret, like...
More witness prep?
I'd better go.
Castro wants to scare you from the race
by hitting you where you're vulnerable.
- He said that?
- I heard him say it.
Be careful.
- Don't be vulnerable.
- If you can help it.
You've reached Zach's voice mail.
I'm in class right now or sleeping it off.
- Leave a message.
- Zach,
it's mom. Something's
come up. Call me tomorrow.
Oh, no. No.
One glass of wine. That's all.
Pull to the side of the road.
Good evening, Mrs. Florrick.
Have you been drinking?
How did you know my name?
Please step out of the car, ma'am.
Nine steps forward, ma'am. Turn
on the line, nine steps back.
I've already agreed to a breathalyzer test.
Yes, you said that, ma'am. I
need you to turn on the line,
nine steps back.
I have admitted to
having one glass of wine,
which would make my BAC
well below the legal limit.
This is called a horizontal
gaze nystagmus test.
I need you to follow
my flashlight.
- Hello. What's wrong?
- I was just pulled over, Eli.
Damn it. For a DUI.
Oh, my God. Where are you?
I'm in my car. I passed.
I only had one glass of wine. But...
I think it was a setup.
- Why?
- Because I volunteered a breathalyzer,
but he insisted on a roadside test.
Okay, I'll keep an eye on the blogs.
Good. Call me.
Pull into the traffic, ma'am. Let's go.
Kalinda, hello.
I need a moment.
It's nothing bad.
Five minutes.
I know that's where you have your gun.
You won't need it.
This is Clyde and Jim.
Hi.
Your firm tried to drop me as a client.
This is my best month in five years.
I pay on time, I pay well,
and yet your firm
wanted to drop me.
Why?
I don't know.
I didn't even know that
they had tried to drop you.
Is it the subpoena?
I don't think so. There's nothing there.
Is it about Cary?
Is he in deeper trouble than I thought?
No.
Then I'm confused.
You should talk to Alicia.
Why?
Kalinda?
Alicia's considering
running for state's attorney.
I'm not sure if that's why, but...
It would make sense.
Huh.
Thank you for doing this,
Mrs. Weymouth. Veronica.
We just wanted to apologize for the events
- of last week.
- You mean when she hit my son?
Yes. Veronica realizes now
that she was in the wrong.
Yes, I was in the wrong.
I'm sorry I'm late. Mrs. Weymouth.
You're the governor's wife?
Yes. And this must be Greg. Hi.
I'm sure my mother has
expressed her deepest regrets
- at her overreacting last week.
- No.
I just see her smiling there.
I deeply regret my overreaction.
We're hoping this settles the matter, Myra.
It does.
- That and $50,000.
- What?
You don't want a suit. I get it.
But Greg was scarred
- by this.
- He was not scarred.
If I had wanted to scar him...
Mom. Mrs. Weymouth,
we're not gonna just
give you $50,000.
Okay. I'll see you in court.
I should've spanked you, you bitch.
Oh, you know what, let's go. Just try it.
Mom, is that you?
- Yeah, did Zach call?
- No. Come here.
You have to see this.
What?
- Hi, Mrs. Florrick.
- Jennifer.
- What's going on?
- I'm just editing Grace's video.
But look.
I have a Google alert on
your name, and this popped up.
It's cool, Mrs. Florrick.
- Like Hillary, huh?
- Oh, no. Eli.
But look.
Look how much they've raised.
It just started 24 hours ago,
and you already have $83...
- $84,000.
- But I haven't decided
- to run yet.
- You have to run.
People are giving money.
It's a pac.
And we had nothing to
do with it. I'm serious.
Alicia, it is illegal for us
to have anything to do
with something like this.
And even if it weren't,
we didn't do this. Did you?
No. It's a popular expression
of grassroots approval.
- What's wrong?
- The intern's here.
The intern is...
Alicia, I have to call you back.
- You saw her here?
- No.
I have a security alert on my account
in case the Governor signs
her back in. Right there.
- When was the entrance?
- Ten minutes ago.
- Where's the Governor?
- In his office.
- Door closed.
- Damn it.
It's like a grade school around here.
What are you gonna do?
Mr. Governor, I am seeing...
Hello.
Eli, I'd like you to meet an old
friend of mine, Ramona Lytton.
I'm trying to convince her
not to become a lobbyist.
Eli. Gold.
Ramona Lytton. So you're Lauren's...
Don't you dare butter
me up by saying "sister."
- Mother.
- However,
uh, Ramona did have her at 12.
Oh, stop it.
So, is Eli who I have to thank?
Yep. It was all his idea.
- Mmm. Thank you, Eli.
- My idea?
Getting Lauren a job
in Shaw's senate office.
And thank you for tolerating her here.
She was sad to leave.
Yes, it was sad.
Eli.
See, that's why I didn't
want to fire Lauren.
Her mother was going through a hard time
and she asked me to get her a job.
- How do you know her?
- She's a family friend.
Show a little relief, Eli.
I wasn't sleeping with Lauren.
Hello, Greg.
- Hello, Myra.
- Hi.
Where are we on the money?
Here we are.
- What's this?
- Surveillance video.
These are the store's cameras.
There. See?
I don't know what you
thought this would prove.
This is your mom spanking my son.
Yes, it is. And this is
three minutes earlier.
So?
And this...
Is three minutes before that.
Now, this woman
is an 86-year-old widow
named Mrs. Skreeker,
and she'd like to know who's
responsible for several thousand dollars
in hospital bills.
- Your move, Myra.
- I think
it would be best if you accepted
our apology, ma'am.
It'll make life easier.
Let's go. Let's go.
- Where are you?
- In my room. At school.
Mom, I'm so sorry. Dad told me.
Told you what?
That you're upset about the Nisa thing.
What's the Nisa thing?
I wanted to tell you. Mom, I really did.
I just... didn't want
to get Nisa in trouble.
Were Nisa's parents there?
Where?
At the abortion clinic.
Yes. But, mom, I didn't know that.
And I didn't know what Nisa
wanted. It all happened so fast.
I said you could go to
check out Boston college.
- I saw you leave with your duffel bag.
- I know.
Mom. I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Have you smoked pot, Zach?
What?
When you said that you hadn't smoked pot,
were you lying?
Mom, here's the thing...
No, Zach. Don't embarrass
yourself by saying any more.
I'm running for state's attorney.
My parenting skills will
be called into question.
I need you to say that I am a good parent,
that I knew about your abortion.
We talked about it. I
gave you all the options.
I counseled you to have the baby.
I would help take care of
it. You decided against that.
That was your right. Do you understand?
Why are you running for state's attorney?
Have fun in college, Zach.
_
Mr. Elfman.
Yes, I have to show you something.
I'm running.
Good.
'Cause there's an article coming
out about you going into detox
for your alcohol addiction.
What?
And...
There's a photo.
Mrs. Florrick.
Mr. Bishop, hi. Is everything all right?
It is. I decided to take your
advice and hire another firm.
Good. I think that's for the best.
I'm also saying
that you fired me as a client.
And I'm very upset.
I... you don't need
to do that, Mr. Bishop.
I know. But it's good for you.
Oh. Here.
We can't coordinate, but you can get to me
through my associate.
Get to you, um, about what?
Your pac. I mean,
the pac that I set up in support of you.
$140,000 and counting.
- That's...
- Yes.
The least I could do.
There's more money where that came from.
We'll be in touch.