The Good Wife (2009–2016): Season 7, Episode 11 - Iowa - full transcript

Six years ago, you got a call
from Will Gardener,

on your voice mail,
and I erased it.

You were about
to go on stage

and stand beside Peter
for his SA run,

and I didn't want
to hurt that.

I listened to the message.

Will said he loved you

and would give up
everything to be with you.

And I erased it.

I don't want to stand in the way
of your happiness again.

That's why I'm sorry.



Get out.

ELI:
I'm sorry.

It's bothered me
for the last six...
Eli.

I need you not to talk.

Okay.

Get out of my house.

I'm afraid if
I don't explain...

Do-do you want me to...

(grunting)

(panting)

Alicia, I'll be on the bus,
so I think we should...

(screams)
I think...

(screams)

(grunts)



♪ ♪

(screaming)

(wails, gasps)

(sobbing)

(sniffles)

(clears throat)

(knocking at door)

JASON:
Alicia, you in there?

(knocking at door)

Alicia?

Hey.

Hey.

You having a party?

No.

Just... came from the shower.

Ah.

Anyway, I was just, um...

heading out, and there was
one more thing.

Uh, prenup,
the one hour capped.

Uh, your husband
wanted me look into

Howard Lyman's
finances.

Oh, right.
Jackie's prenup.

Seems like your potential
stepfather-in-law

secreted away $2.2 million.

It was sheltered
in Relic Holdings,

a Delaware corporation.

Okay, thanks.

Are... are you all right?

Yes.

You look... distracted.

No, just... packing.

You know, trying
to get out the door.

Right, uh...

Iowa.

The caucus.

Good luck.

Thanks.

Okay, um...

I'll see you.

Yes.

Good.

(acoustic guitar playing
the melody of "O Tannenbaum")

♪ You ask what land
I love the best ♪

♪ Iowa, 'tis Iowa ♪

♪ The fairest state
in all the west ♪

♪ Iowa, O Iowa ♪

♪ From yonder
Mississippi stream ♪

♪ To where Missouri... ♪

(clamoring)

Wait, wait, wait!
This is not a democracy.

I'll decide
which way we're gonna be...

In consultation
with the candidate...

Yes, Eli, thank you,
in consultation with Peter.

I've run five campaigns in Iowa,

and this is the first time

we have the "Full Grassley"
in sight.

The "Full Grassley"
doesn't mean anything.

Yeah, when we were
all driving Studebakers...

I've already decided.

I don't need
to hear from you.

JOSH:
But there's this thing

called the Internet now.

It's this marvelous device.
You should take a look at it.

Yes, and the Internet
still doesn't have

the reach of
the nightly news.

(clamor resumes)

Whatcha reading?

Jane Eyre.

Why?

I want to.

Mom, are you okay?

I am great.

ZACH:
I don't know how
people live out here;

there's nothing to do.
You're on a bus with an Xbox.

Yeah, but they don't
have Xboxes.
How do you know that?

This isn't Amish Country.

ZACH:
That's not the point.

The point is that...
well, look out there.

I mean, what is this?
Cornfield County?

There's nothing
out there.

GRACE:
Relax. Just enjoy it.

♪ No one's more happy ♪

♪ Than you ♪

♪ Even the sky's
feeling blue... ♪

♪ And you don't believe ♪

Getting carsick?

♪ Believe, but it's true... ♪

(song fades)
Nope.

Because when you read,
you get carsick.

I'm not now.

RUTH:
Peter!

Can you help us decide?

Are you all still arguing?

JOSH: We're coming
to the fork,

Mr. Governor, in ten miles.

We either head east
toward Des Moines--

which is the smart choice--

Or continue north toward
Rock Valley, as we agreed.

Ruth says that
the "Full Grassley"

will give us the lead story
on the nightly news.

Yeah, nightly news
coverage worked

when Kennedy was running, so...

ELI: Peter, we built
this campaign

using sophisticated
voter targeting

based on computer models

and micro-advertising...

Alicia, have you got a minute?

Candidates have proven that
completing the "Full Grassley"

translates to huge support.

Rick Santorum did it, and
went from dead in the water

to coming within eight votes
of winning the state.

JOSH: And by the spring,
he'd dropped out of the race.

Well, I know that covering
three counties

before 5:00 p.m. is difficult,
but we also have to...

Alicia.

We have to hit
three counties

to hit to complete
"The Full Grassley."

Do you know what that is?

It's named after
Senator Chuck Grassley.

A candidate visits
all 99 counties

in Iowa in
a campaign cycle.

RUTH: It shows the candidate
cares for the state...

It shows the candidate's
desperate.

RUTH:
We stop for 15 minutes,

Peter eats some local delicacy,

like a loose meat sandwich...

What's a loose meat sandwich?

A sandwich with loose meat.

PETER:
Just one second.

All right, here is our dilemma:

Hitting three counties
before 5:00 p.m.

is going to be extremely
difficult. Do we risk it?

What does Ruth want?

The Full Grassley.

Then I'd do that.

(phone ringing)

Alicia.

Hi, it's Lucca.

I'm about to go
into the prenup.

I just wanted to know
how contentious

we're willing to let this get.

Well, I guess you should just

let Jackie and Howard
take the lead.

Well, they're like love birds
right now.

ALICIA: So go easy.

But your husband seemed
to want to push this.

Oh.

Uh-oh, I better get in there.

Okay. Good luck.

DAVID:
This is a pro-forma prenup;

I see no reason
to belabor it.

Neither do I.

A pen.
My kingdom for a pen!

(both laugh)

LUCCA: Before we sign,
we need to talk

about Relic Holdings.

Relic what?

Sounds like a rash
I once had.

(Howard and Jackie laugh)

LUCCA:
You've never heard of it?

No. Why?

Relic Holdings was
incorporated last year,

in Delaware,
under your name.

It's a shell corporation,
a paper entity

used to conceal
$2.2 million.

Howard, are you trying
to hide money from me?

No.

Really.

I have no idea
what this is about.

We're going to need a recess.

We have a problem.

Yes, David, we're in a meeting
with someone right now.

No, it can't wait.

This is Ms. Creech...

Nice to meet you.

It's very important.

...from the Illinois Fair
Employment Practices Agency.

Why, hello, Ms. Screech.

Creech.
Creech.

It's always good to have
someone like you drop by.

I'm investigating
your firm

for discriminatory
hiring practices.

DIANE: I was just
telling Ms. Creech

that we recently hired
an exceptionally diverse

group of associates.

Unfortunately,
we received a complaint.

From whom?
That's confidential,

as I'm sure you understand.

This has Canning's
fingerprints all over it.

No, I don't think so.

He's in full
take-down mode.

It's retribution
for the Dipple case.

No, FEPA doesn't work that fast.

We have another
problem, too.

Do you remember the DePietro
settlement? $2.2 million?

David, can we focus like we...
I hid the money in
a shell corporation

so Alicia wouldn't
get her hands on it

when she was trying to screw us
over her exit package.

And we're...

What?

Seriously? "What"?

You committed fraud.

No. I committed...
selective depositing.

Oh, dear God.

Just take care of it.

(triumphant brass intro
playing)

♪ Let's sing of
Grand Old Ioway ♪

♪ Yo-ho, yo-ho, yo-ho ♪

♪ Our love is stronger
every day ♪

♪ Yo-ho, yo-ho, yo-ho ♪

♪ So come along
and join the song... ♪

So this was a good idea.

Good rally, Ruth.
Shut up.

Do you have any advance at all?

Yes, but we're stretched thin.

Let's do it.

♪ Ioway ♪

♪ State of all the land ♪

♪ Joy on every hand ♪

♪ We're from Ioway, Ioway... ♪

RUTH: It's not about
the crowds, Governor.

You'll never beat Hillary
and Bernie's crowds.

Apparently not.

MAN:
Yay!

Peter Florrick for president!

Peter is the man!

Is that the advance?
No.

Mr. Florrick--
sorry, Governor Florrick--

and soon to be
President Florrick--

I am a Florrick fanatic.

I am an honest-to-God,
Number One Florrick fanatic.

Neil Howard Sloan-Jacob.

Uh, thank you, Mister...

Sloan-Jacob.

You don't remember
me, do you?

Well, I remember you.

(rapping): ♪ Peter's gonna
be an amazing president ♪

♪ He'll make the country great
for every resident ♪

♪ It's evident he's relevant
to our government! ♪

(sings a rhythm,
then chuckles)

You want to do a selfie?

Yeah?
Um...

Where's your
advance team, Ruth?

Stop poisoning Peter.

It's not about the crowds,
it's about how it's reported.

And who will report it?

Any reporter worth his salt
is gonna photograph

how empty this all is.

Well, that's why
I got a reporter

who isn't worth his salt.

Democratic Presidential
candidate Peter Florrick

is on pace to complete
"the Full Monty,"

a feat only attempted
by the bravest politicians:

visiting all of the 70...
89 Iowa counties

by the 5:00 p.m. cutoff.

And here to tell the tale

is none other than the candidate
himself, Peter Florrick.

Good to see you, Ted.

And good to see you, too.

And it looks like your fans
are out in force today.

(whoops)

We love you, Peter!

(cheering)

They sure seem
to love you.

Nice costume.

Thanks, I'm
a Florrick fanatic.

(chuckles) Uh, three more
counties to go, Ted.

Just three more counties.

And you have four
and a half hours to go.

SLOAN-JACOB (chanting):
We can do it. Who can do it?

ALL:
We can do it!

SLOAN-JACOB: Who can do it?
ALL: We can do it!

(slow electric guitar
intro playing)

♪ No one's more happy ♪

♪ Than you ♪

♪ ♪

(song fading):
♪ Even the sky... ♪

Don't worry.

Peter will be happy

when you surround him
with cheering people.

I hope this campaign
isn't over tomorrow.

I'd really like to get
to know you, Alicia.

Why?

You're...

interesting.

You don't let
things confuse you.

I'm not sure that's true.

I used to think I knew
what life was about,

but I don't have a clue.

Cherish that moment.

When you realize you don't
know what life's about.

That's truth.

You think you could
ever be happy?

If you had taken a...
left instead of a right

or went up instead of down,
you would've been happy?

No.

Really?

You can't control fate.

It's in your genes.

Can't change that.

So whatever I do,
whatever I did...

I'd end up right back here?

Well, maybe not here,
but someplace like here.

At the end of every fork,
there's a cliff.

Go ahead, take
"the road less traveled."

You'll still find that cliff.

I think if I could go back
to Georgetown right now...

...back to Criminal Law 101,

seat 35L--

that was my seat--

I would've said yes.

Yes to what?

There was a young man...

in love with me.

Um, why don't we go
on the bus, Alicia?

No, I'm good.

(fading in):
♪ ...happy than you ♪

(no voices)
♪ Even the sky's ♪

♪ Feeling blue ♪

♪ ♪

♪ And you don't believe ♪

♪ But it's true... ♪

♪ ♪

♪ No one's more happy ♪

♪ Than you. ♪

Did you file a discriminatory
hiring claim with FEPA?

Excuse me?

Did you file a discriminatory

hiring claim with FEPA?

You know you can't ask me that.

You did, didn't you?

I didn't file it with FEPA,

I filed it with the EEOC.
But I withdrew it.

As soon as I started working
here, I withdrew the complaint.

Unfortunately, Illinois has
a work-share agreement

with the Feds.

Well, then I'll just
withdraw the complaint.

CARY: You can't-- not once
they start investigating.

They started?

Yes, the rep is in our
conference room right now.

That's too bad, isn't it?

Is that sarcasm?

Because we hired you.

Yes.

After you didn't.
Monica...

this is serious.

I need you
to drive faster.

We have to get
to Merrill by 2:00.

So tell us about
"the Full Monty," Mr. Gold.

The Full Grassley.

The Full...
I don't understand.

Uh, Grassley, I think
that's what you mean.

"Monty" means taking
off your clothes.

(chuckles) We certainly
don't want any of that here,

do we, sir?
(chuckles)

Could you just
give me a second?

Alicia, give me
five minutes.

You don't need to talk.

Just listen to me
for five minutes.

It's a nightmare just
watching you like this.

You know what
the nightmare is?

Being here,
when I want to be home.

Being on a bus
in the middle of Iowa.

That's the nightmare.

Now leave me alone.

DAVID: It was a clerical
error, Howard.

I'm sorry if it caused
you and Jackie strife.

Well, maybe it wasn't
a clerical error.

Maybe the money
really is mine.

(both laugh)

No, it was a mistake.

But for tax reasons, it's
a little difficult to unravel.

So what I'd like you to do
is just play along,

admit the money is yours.

And we will make it
worth your while.

What, um, what does that
mean, "worth my while"?

It means I'll be appreciative.

(chuckling):
No. No, no, no.

How much?

$10,000.
(chuckles)

Half of it.

(laughing): What?

Are you kidding?

It's all in my name,
all 2.2 million.

(chuckling): I don't see why
I shouldn't keep all of it.

Governor Florrick is on pace

to complete the Full Grassley.

It's a bold move and one...

"Bold move."
That's what we want.

No one's counting the
crowd in Rock Valley.

Matthews is an outlier.
No one else is talking about it.

ZACH: Backroom is.
JOSH: Backroom...

talks about Trump sneezing
if it gets them more clicks.

(triumphant brass intro
playing)

♪ Let's sing
of grand old Ioway ♪

♪ Yo-ho, yo-ho, yo-ho ♪

♪ Our love is stronger
every day ♪

Here we go. Merrill.

Oh...

What delicacy do we eat here?

Loose meat sandwiches.
Again?

Don't let anyone hear
you say that.

Iowans have no sense of humor

about their loose meat
sandwiches.

♪ Ioway!
State of all the land... ♪

Well, at least
there's more people here.

Yeah. Press is doing their job.

Governor! Alicia!
Kids, let's go.

We have to hurry.
Ten minutes here,
eat a sandwich,

back on the bus, or we'll never
make it to Anthon! Let's go!

(crowd booing)

(angry shouting and booing)

Peter Florrick for president!

Peter Florrick
for president!

SLOAN-JACOB:
Peter! Peter Florrick

for president! Peter...

("Iowa Corn Song" finishes
with a flourish)

Would anyone mind telling me
what the hell is going on

in Plymouth County?
We didn't spend
on the media budget.

And that makes them
angry?

You guys
should probably check out Glare.

ALICIA:
You know what the nightmare is?

Being here when I want
to be home. Being on a bus

in the middle of Iowa.
That's the nightmare.

What the...? How did...?
ALICIA: Now leave me alone.

You're not here to record
private conversations.

You're here to
record the news.
Yes, sorry. That wasn't me.

That was my producer.

Yeah, but you recorded it.
Not intentionally.

Please don't be mad at me.

ALICIA:
What do you want me to do?

I need you to apologize for
the "nightmare" comment.

Okay.

Say it was only a nightmare
to be here because you were

concerned for your children.
Grace has a cold,

and you wanted
to be home with her.

Does Grace have a cold?

Sniffles.
All the media attention

is hard on a mother
who's protective

of her children.
Can you say that?

Yes.
I'll get Ted to
interview you.

We need to get this out there
before we hit the last county.

Still thinking about first love?

Sit back down.

I was in love.

A long time ago.

He was a pollster.
I was a lowly volunteer.

I won't tell you what campaign,
'cause it'll date me.

He wanted children; I didn't.
So that was it.

I remember the last time
I saw him.

Everything about it.

It was the middle of a sidewalk.

The light just turned yellow,

and I had to go one way
and he had to go the other.

And it was the best kiss
of my life.

The absolute best.

For a long time,
I wondered

how my life would've changed
if I'd said yes to him.

Until I saw last year he was
sent to prison for mail fraud.

That looked like
it was gonna go somewhere.

Whatever you think you
could've changed in your life

or in his, you couldn't have.

Oh.

I don't know if that's true.

(whispers):
It is true.

You know why?

I just told you.

WILLOUGHBY:
Mrs. Florrick,

how are you?
Good, Ted.

It's a beautiful day in Iowa.

And we are sampling
all the great food

in each town as we pass through.
And I guess

that you feel that some remarks
that we reported were...

misreported on you.
Yes. When I was caught

saying it was a nightmare
to be here.

What I actually meant was
it was a nightmare to be away

from my kitchen,
when one of my kids has a cold.

I was hoping to take care
of my kids.

I'm sure every mom can relate.

I'm so sorry, my dear,
but I wasn't trying

to hide anything from you.
It's just that I simply forgot.

$2.2 million?
It happens

all the time.
Just last week...

We're going to need
a full accounting.

Times, dates,
all the specifics.

Be my guest. But I am
innocent of everything,

except being old.

Last night, I left
the fridge door open.

Everything melted,

including that marzipan
you gave me.
That's unfortunate,

but we're still going
to need documentation.

(whispers)

Excuse us for a moment.

Would you?

You're buying this?

When you get to my age,

you see this happen.

And it only gets worse,
which is why this prenup

will need to account
for more than just finances.

What do you have in mind?

If I'm going to be
taking care of Howard,

I'll need
full power of attorney.

CARY: Do you think she's
selling us out?

No.

How'd it go?

She saw the interview video
I posted online.

I thought you took that down.
I did.

But I might have
included a link to it

in my EEOC complaint.

Of course.

She thinks you hired me

just so I'd withdraw
the complaint.

I kept telling her
that's not true,

but... she wants to talk
to both of you.

(triumphant brass
intro playing)

♪ Let's sing
to grand old Ioway ♪

♪ Yo-ho, yo-ho, yo-ho... ♪

SLOAN-JACOB (distant): Are you
ready for Peter Florrick?

Are you ready
for the man himself?

(crowd cheering)

♪ Peter's smarter... ♪

The important thing
is we did it--

the Full Grassley with
five minutes to spare.

♪ ...I'm right, Peter's gonna
win come election night! ♪

So now, you get off,

you shake a few hands,
eat a last loose meat sandwich--

Oh, please, please,
not another one.

Five minutes
of the stump,

and we're back on the
bus for Des Moines.

Is this really gonna matter?

We do what we can.

The good Lord does the rest.

Hmm.

♪ Peter's smarter
than Einstein ♪

♪ He's got brains
like L.A.'s got sunshine ♪

♪ Let me hear you now ♪

♪ Tell me that I'm right ♪

♪ Peter's gonna win
come election night ♪

♪ I never hesitate
to talk about my Peter ♪

♪ There are other names,
but Peter's gonna beat 'em ♪

♪ Peter's gonna win
come election night ♪

(crowd clamoring, cheering)

♪ Peter's gonna win
come election night... ♪

It sounds like a party's
going on there.

WOMAN: Yes, Chris,
the mood here is infectious,

as Peter Florrick finishes
the Full Grassley

with five minutes to spare.

CHRIS MATTHEWS:
Five minutes? Wow!

We did it.
Yeah.

I need a drink.

(chuckles)
REPORTER: ...here's a highlight
from the rally.

♪ I need to hear you now,
tell me that I'm right ♪

♪ Peter's gonna win
come election night! ♪

So, 24 more hours?

Just the caucus tomorrow
and all will be revealed.

What's considered winning?

For us?

Second place.

And... losing?

Third place.

Can we do it?

Do you want to do it?

I have no idea.

Well, then fasten your seatbelt.

You think today was crazy?

Tomorrow will show you
how insane democracy can get.

Catch Florrick Fever!
You've got Florrick Fever!

Peter Florrick, 2016!
Uh-oh.

NEWSWOMAN:
Chris, is Governor Florrick

spitting out
his loose meat sandwich?

So, turning to the next issue:
power of attorney.

Power of attorney?
In case of incapacitation?

Power of attorney now.

Why?
JACKIE: Howard...

you're not in the same
shape you once were.

I do the Jack LaLanne thing
every morning.

I am ripped.

I mean mentally.

You're... declining.

I'm sharper than
the serpent's tooth.

LUCCA:
That's King Lear.

And he lost his mind.
It's from the first act,

and Lear was still completely
in charge of his faculties.

And what about the $2.2 million

you just forgot about?

People of sound mind
don't just forget

about money like that.
But...

And if you can't face
the reality of your situation...

I need the room.

David...

young ethnically
ambitious woman,

I need a moment alone

with my intended.

(door closes)

It's all a sham, baby.

Howard...
I didn't forget about the money.

I never knew about the money.

The firm was trying to do
this thing to hide some cash,

and I played along,
hoping they would

cut me in--
uh, cut... us in.

This has all been
very taxing.

We can resume these
discussions later.

How'd it go?
I think the storm
is setting in.

He's not just losing his memory,
he's becoming delusional.

That's what FEPA needs,

and that's what
we're going to give them.

An apology.

We're too far down
the rabbit hole
for anything else.

Who do you have in mind?

You.

No way.

You saw the video.

Howard Lyman was
the worst offender.

Cary, you blatantly stated
that Lockhart/Agos/Lee

doesn't employ
African-Americans
in every position.

And you made it seem
like a badge of honor.

That is not what I meant.
That doesn't matter.

You need to do it for the firm.

The firm with your name.

Hurry! Caucus starts
in three minutes.

This is
the bellwether precinct.

We need this one
to go our way.

But, Ruth,
how bad was Dad's...?

Loose meat incident?

The goodwill we generated
with the "Full Grassley"

might have dissipated.
That just sounds
so wrong.

But Iowans are savvy voters.

If we lost some votes,

this is our shot
to get them back-- right here

on the caucus floor.

GRACE: Oh, wow. I did not
expect it to be this crazy.

Unlike the GOP,
Democrats don't do

secret ballots.

This is old-style

Athenian democracy.

A what?
Athenian democracy.

Literally,
a gathering of neighbors

trying to convince each other
to support their candidate.

Every candidate has a corner.

Okay, that's Hillary's corner.

PEOPLE (chanting):
Hillary! Hillary!

And there's Bernie's.

(chanting): There's no debate.
Bernie's great, great, great!

Eh, oh, and those are
the people for O'Malley.

(chanting): Martin O'Malley!
Martin! O'Malley!

Where's Dad's corner?

Oh, there it is.

RUTH:
Oh... my... God.

GRACE: Where is everybody?

RUTH: There are supposed
to be 30 people here.

How do you know
there were supposed to be 30?

We had promises
from people.

Well, what do we do now?

Peter can't be on the floor,
but you can.

You've got to convince
people to vote for him.
How?

You can't approach
caucus-goers directly.

What? Why not?
You're not registered
Iowa voters.

How do we convince people
to vote for Dad if we
can't approach them?

You get them
to come to you.

Who are you phoning?
The cavalry.

How-how do we get them
to come to us?

You've been
all over the local news.

You make yourself visible,

people will come to you--
and when they do,

you talk about
how much Peter loves Iowa

and everything it stands for.

Josh, what are you doing?

Poll numbers.
How's it going?

ALICIA: Disaster.
What do you mean?

There's no one here.
No one for Peter.

We need 30 people in 30 minutes

to stand under his sign,
or he's out.

Are you kidding me?
Where are the local workers?

Where's the volunteers?

ALICIA:
Uh, Josh, Josh...

less anger, more action.

Where are you going?
I'll be right here
circulating.

Just remember the number 29.

We need 29 supporters
in our group when
they call the vote

if we want to stay in the game.

(buzzer sounds)

Now, go!
We have half an hour.

29 people.

Yeah.

We can do this!

It's not about the
sandwiches, it's about
doing unpleasant things.

Yes...
Every other candidate
showed up and did it--

just ate those sandwiches,
and didn't go

spitting it out, and
that tells you something.

I-I can just...
It makes you
think, maybe

he doesn't have the stomach
for the job.

ALICIA: I don't think he...
Being able to handle
what's being given to you

is a big part of...

Hey. You go?

Uh, next year.
I got early acceptance.

Congrats. Yeah.
I'm there, too.

Oh.
A freshman. Yeah,
you're gonna love it.

It's a great school.

I can tell you're
really smart.

Oh, is that right?
Which is why
I'm wondering

why you're voting for
this guy and not my dad.

You're Zach Florrick?

Your sister is Grace, right?

Uh, yeah.

Look, my dad accepted
Jesus Christ five years ago,

and he is trying to bring
Christian stewardship
into his office.

I'm from Iowa.

I went to Roosevelt High School
in Des Moines,

and I wouldn't be here

if I didn't believe
in Governor Florrick.

WOMAN:
Look at Obama with health care.

That was an unpleasant thing.

But he did it.
If Hillary...
Edna,

we appreciate
your insights,

but if you don't mind,
I think we'd all like to hear

what Mrs. Florrick has to say.

I'm not stopping her.

I could make a laundry list
of all the hard things

my husband's done,
but I'll just say...

that when he's faced

with any tough decisions, my
husband always asks himself

one question: will this
make a positive impact

(buzzer sounds)
on people's lives.

MAN:
Time's up!

Join your preference group
for viability call!

(overlapping, indistinct
conversations)

...25, 26, 27...

28-- ah!

we're short one.

We just need one person.

Just... one.

Someone call someone.
Come on!

Come on, Sam.
Your candidate

doesn't need you-- we do.

And we got pretty signs.
We have pretty signs.

Pretty blue-- just...
come on over here.

I can get you a signed photo.

(laughs)

Tell her to come over.

If she doesn't come for you,
she won't for me.

She likes you.

Me?

Hey! I'm Grace.

Sam.

Hey, come on-- I've got
an extra sign for you over here.

I have one over here, too.
You come here.

I'm sorry, I can't.

But it was
really nice meeting you.

(group jeering, booing)

(chanting):
We need Florrick!

29. We got it.

We're viable!

(chanting): We need Florrick!
We need Florrick!

We need Florrick!
We need Florrick!

We need Florrick!

We need Florrick!

Hi, Jason?
I'm still in the prenup.

Do you think
you can find anything

on the provenance
of Howard's shell company?

Um, I'm having trouble
hearing you.
(bell clanging)

Is it my phone or yours?

I'm in San Francisco.

Reception can't get any clearer.

Alicia didn't say anything
about you being in California.

Is everything all right
with you two?

(clanging fades)

Yeah. I took a job.
She knows.

Oh!

Well, if I'd known you were

out of state,
I wouldn't have called.

No, I can still take care of it.

Multitasking is
all the rage out here.

Good. Well,
whatever you can find.

We're mid-battle, and I think
there's something suspicious.

Thanks. Bye.

CREECH:
It seems quite clear

that Lockhart/Agos/Lee

has in fact fostered
a racist culture.

I was afraid you'd say that,

but...

frankly, I don't disagree.

DIANE: Well, your
investigation has forced some

unstinting self reflection.

CARY: Things like this,
things that are so embedded

in the corporate culture,

they... they don't
happen overnight.

In our case, it was handed down

by a longstanding senior partner
named Howard Lyman,

you may recall him from

Ms. Timmons' undercover tape.
Uh...

Mm.
Cary, why don't
we discuss this?

I just want to tell her
about her position.

We've decided
to invite Howard

to take emeritus status.

This will limit
his voting rights

and his contact
with the associates.

Would that be a satisfactory
remedy for your agency?

Yes.

Yes, I think it would.

Consider it done, then.

You used the FEPA complaint

to get what you wanted
all along.

No.

I did what needed to be
done to save the firm.

MAN:
25, 26,

27, 28-- you're one short.

No, we're not.
What happened?

Sorry, Ruth, you're not viable.

Wait, we had 29.
What happened?

It's the youth minister.
She's gone.

I'm not giving you additional
time to find your lost sheep.

Come on, Carl.

Even a youth minister has
to powder her nose.

No.

I have worked six caucuses,

and never once seen a precinct
chair reject a request

for a reasonable
accommodation on time.

Letter of the law,
spirit of it, too.

ALICIA: Sir, your denial
of our request

violates procedural
due process.

I may not be a high-priced
lawyer, Mrs. Florrick,

but I know the rules:
no extra time.

Mr. Peltola?

Pursuant to Rule 7B,
a precinct chair must certify

all votes cast

and the number of voters
registered at the precinct.

I know the rules.
If a voter is missing,

it is encuincumbentmbent upon
you

to find out whether
or not the voter has,

in fact, left the premises.

First Ruth tells me
she's powdering her nose,

now you tell me Elvis
left the building.

No, I checked the ladies' room.
She's not there.

Listen up, everybody!

We're adding
five additional minutes

to the vote to locate a voter.

(all groaning, murmuring)

Nice job, ladies.

Let's just find that minister.

Yeah, Jason, what do you got?

Ugh. Enough antioxidants

running through my system
to ensure that I never die.

Where are you?
You don't want to know.

I followed the paper trail
on the whole Howard thing.
That was fast.

I found out who moved the money.
It wasn't Howard.

Who was it?

David Lee.

Makes sense.

What's his angle?
Is he embezzling?

No idea.

Alicia probably has
a better sense of it than me.

Okay.
I'll see if I can use this.

And don't become
a stranger, okay?

Hey, never, Lucca.
You know me.

That's what I mean.

I do know you.
And I like Alicia.

Ouch. What'd I do?

What you always do.

Flirt with everyone.

(chuckles)

All right, can I go now, Mom?

Behave. Please.

Always.

I found her--
the youth minister.

Oh, thank God.
Where is she?

She joined
the Hillary supporters.
What?!

Since when?

We're not gonna be viable.

(fanfare playing over speaker)

♪ Mine eyes have seen
the glory ♪

♪ Of a dozen tiny towns ♪

♪ He is trampling out
the bullying... ♪

Oh, my God, make it stop.
♪ The sadness,
and the frowns ♪

Please.
♪ He has loosed his ♪

♪ Faithful Alicia
on every Iowan town ♪

♪ His campaign
is marching on... ♪

He's working for one of the
other candidates. He has to be.

We can't drag him out of here.

♪ Peter, Peter ♪
We'll just create a scene.

♪ Peter Florrick ♪
It already is a scene.

♪ Peter, Peter ♪

♪ Peter Florrick ♪

I can't stop it.

Why not?
♪ Peter ♪

♪ Peter, Peter Florrick ♪

♪ His truth ♪

♪ Is marching on ♪

RUTH: People like him.
This can't really

be happening, can it?
♪ Peter, Peter ♪

♪ Peter Florrick ♪
I told you:
Iowa is different.

♪ Peter, Peter ♪

♪ Peter Florrick ♪

♪ His truth is marching on ♪

To the White House!

We've just gotten word
of the projected winner

at the 79th precinct
in Polk County.

In a surprise upset,
it's Governor Peter Florrick.

(Ruth shrieking happily)
(laughter, cheering)

That's quite an upset
for Hillary.

Oh, 123 votes,
Governor.

Congratulations.

That's
a 79-vote margin--

in this bellwether precinct
that counts

as an order of magnitude.

Ruth, I'm a convert.

I don't know
what you did in there!

It was a group effort.

Well, keep on paving the way

to the Promised Land.

Doing my best, sir.

This next precinct
is pivotal.

One second.

Hillary won't be pleased.
(scoffing laugh)

It's one precinct.
We got a very long way to go.

Listen, as long as I have
you here, I have to ask.

That argument you had with
Eli-- what was it about?

I think you'd prefer
not to know.

Well, is there something
going on between you and Eli?

It's about the past.

RUTH:
Sorry to interrupt, folks.
Moment of truth time.

The networks
are about to announce

the projected winner
of the caucus.

Okay.

REPORTER: ...we have the final
coming in-- Chris.

CHRIS MATTHEWS: We now can
project the winner of the 2016

Iowa caucuses. It is,

with 51 counties in her column,

Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Uh, second place, Governor--
that keeps us in the game.

MATTHEWS: And for second place,
here it is,

it's coming through now...

with 27 counties,
Bernie Sanders.

And for third place,
Martin O'Malley.

It looks like all
the candidates finished

pretty much as predicted.
The big surprise, though,

is Peter Florrick,
from neighboring Illinois.

He finished a distant fourth.

A very distant fourth.

Florrick won a meager four
out of 99 counties:

Polk and the three
he visited yesterday.

It looks like his Full Grassley
wasn't full enough.

Florrick won a meager four
of 99 counties--

Polk and the three
he visited yesterday.

It looks like his Full Grassley
wasn't full enough.

(turns off TV)

Jackie...

I'm sorry.

(sighs heavily)

Do you know
what was invented in Iowa?

No.

Neither do I. Because Iowa
has contributed nothing

to our union, and I don't
understand why a state

so insignificant
gets the right

to kick off
a presidential primary.

Do you want to go home?

No.

I want to settle this tonight.

Well, the $2.2 million
in Howard's account--

it was put there by David Lee.

Howard knew nothing about it.

So Howard was telling the truth?

Yes.

And he isn't senile?

He isn't.

(sighs with relief)

That is good news.

Where are you going?

To my fiancé.

Howard...

I'm awake. I'm awake.

(grunting)

I'm sorry, sweetheart,
I should never have doubted you.

(wry chuckle)
Everybody makes mistakes.

Worst one of all:
doubting me.

Let's just forget about
this silly prenup.

You sure?

It seemed your son was
pretty serious about it.

He won't push it.
Not after tonight.

What do you mean, tonight?

He lost the presidency.

Ooh.

Sorry.

So am I.

(sighs contentedly):
Mm.

I hope we have
some time together.

Mm. We will.

Promise.

You overreached.

You sweet-talked Peter,

convinced him
he could win the presidency.

You attacked the frontrunner
and ended up alienating voters.

I don't need the Monday morning
quarterbacking, Eli.

I did exactly as you would have:

followed the polling data...
For any other candidate, yes.

But not this one.

You were with him
24/7 for months,

and you missed
the most fundamental

thing about the man.

Peter Florrick
is not number one.

Not nationally.

She is.

Yes, Eli, we all know

Hillary Rodham Clinton
is a giant.

No, not Hillary.

Alicia.

♪ No one's more happy ♪

♪ Than you ♪

♪ Even the sky's ♪

♪ Feeling blue ♪

♪ And you don't believe ♪

♪ But it's true ♪

♪ No one's ♪

♪ More happy ♪

♪ Than you ♪

♪ No one's ♪

♪ More happy ♪

♪ Than you ♪

♪ No one's ♪

♪ More happy ♪

♪ Than you ♪

♪ No one. ♪