Season 04. Episode 01 - "I Fought The Law" [+/-]
Alicia goes on the offensive when Zach is targeted by an overzealous state trooper. Meanwhile, after her ex-husband tracked her down in last season’s finale, Kalinda decides to stand her ground rather than continue hiding, and Diane and Will delve into the firm’s financial problems.
- Directed by: Michael Zinberg
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- Original Air Date: September 30, 2012
- Directed by: Michael Zinberg
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- Original Air Date: September 30, 2012
Season 04. Episode 02 - "Sing The Culling Song"
- Original Air Date: October 7, 2012
Season 04. Episode 03 - "Two Girls, One Code"
- Original Air Date: October 14, 2012
Season 04. Episode 04 - TBA
- Original Air Date: October 21, 2012
Season 04. Episode 05 - TBA
- Original Air Date: October 28, 2012
Season 04. Episode 06 - "Anatomy Of A Joke"
- Original Air Date: November 4, 2012
Season 04. Episode 07 - TBA
- Original Air Date: November 11, 2012
SEASON 3
Season 03. Episode 22 - "The Dream Team" [+/-]
On the heels of a huge win against Louis Canning and a pharmaceutical company, Will and Diane are sent scrambling when Canning teams up with Patti Nyholm in a suit against the firm for fraud and malicious prosecution. When issues from Will’s bribery investigation are raised yet again, it appears as if Lockhart/Gardner’s two old nemeses have a new source of outside information – and they’re trying to use it to bankrupt the firm. As Peter temporarily moves back in to the old house, Alicia begins to wonder what her role in the family is becoming. Meanwhile, her new, open friendship with Kalinda hits a snag when Alicia accidentally unearths a dangerous loose end from Kalinda’s past.
- Directed by: Robert King
- Written by: Corinne Brinkerhoff & Meredith Averill
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.97
- Original Air Date: April 29, 2012
- Directed by: Robert King
- Written by: Corinne Brinkerhoff & Meredith Averill
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.97
- Original Air Date: April 29, 2012
Season 03. Episode 21 - "The Penalty Box" [+/-]
Alicia and Diane are put in the odd position of representing a judge, the honorable Richard Cuesta, who has been accused of misconduct in a murder trial he handled for the state as a prosecutor twenty years earlier. New DNA evidence has overturned the conviction, and Cuesta faces removal from the bench if he’s found guilty. With Cuesta backed against a wall, the Lockhart/Gardner team realizes that they must stretch the truth in order to mount their best defense. With tensions rising, Alicia and Diane realize that Judge Cuesta’s adherence to the truth might make him his own worst enemy. When FBI agent Lana Delaney approaches LeMond Bishop, the drug dealer blames Kalinda for the federal attention – an accusation that might have grave consequences. Meanwhile, as new named partner Howard Lyman grows increasingly erratic, Will and Diane discuss hiring a new litigator. After two years, in the state’s attorney’s office, Cary Agos returns to his old home at More...Lockhart/Gardner.
- Directed by: Michael Zinberg
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Ted Humphrey & Julia Wolfe
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.42
- Original Air Date: April 22, 2012
- Directed by: Michael Zinberg
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Ted Humphrey & Julia Wolfe
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.42
- Original Air Date: April 22, 2012
Season 03. Episode 20 - "Pants on Fire" [+/-]
Alicia and Diane represent one of a trio of girls who was convicted of murder at a summer camp five years ago. Recently, however, it was discovered that the crime lab mishandled the DNA evidence and a judge has overturned their sentence pending a new trial. Not wanting to face a wrongful conviction lawsuit, the state has offered the girls an Alford plea – they can go free, but only if they all sign a statement admitting that they were guilty of committing murder. While the girls weigh their options, Alicia and Kalinda work to try and prove the girls’ innocence before the window to accept the plea runs out. Mike Kresteva (Matthew Perry) kicks off his candidacy for the governorship of Illinois by blatantly lying about an interaction with Alicia that makes Peter look bad. Infuriated, Alicia starts to realize that she really does want Peter to run. Meanwhile, she and Jackie duel over control of their old family house.
- Directed by: Roxann Dawson
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.16
- Original Air Date: April 15, 2012
- Directed by: Roxann Dawson
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.16
- Original Air Date: April 15, 2012
Season 03. Episode 19 - "Blue Ribbon Panel" [+/-]
As Diane scrambles to keep the firm’s partners placated while they attempt to fill the power vacuum created by Will’s suspension, she delegates one of her responsibilities – a seat on a blue ribbon panel that’s investigating alleged police misconduct – to Alicia. The case involves a police officer who shot and killed a man on a subway platform. When Alicia begins to suspect that the other members of the panel are unwilling to get to the bottom of what actually happened, Alicia goes toe-to-toe with some of the most influential judges and politicians in Chicago in order to find the truth. Meanwhile, Kalinda’s tax audit takes a turn for the personal as she learns the motivation behind the IRS investigation may be about more than money. When Alicia’s offer on her old house is rejected, she re-lives both pleasant and painful memories of her old life with Peter in the process of writing a letter to the seller in the hopes of changing their mind.
- Directed by: Rosemary Rodriguez
- Written by: Courtney Kemp & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.77
- Original Air Date: March 25, 2012
- Directed by: Rosemary Rodriguez
- Written by: Courtney Kemp & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.77
- Original Air Date: March 25, 2012
Season 03. Episode 18 - "Gloves Come Off" [+/-]
Lockhart/Gardner represents a client who suffered severe injuries and lost his wife when a snowmobile malfunctioned and struck a tree. With a sympathetic judge and video evidence, the case seems like a slam dunk. All of that changes, however, when the opposition argues that our client’s ability to maneuver the snowmobile was impaired during a fight on the ice when he was a professional hockey player. In order to counter, Alicia and her legal team decide to add the hockey league to the lawsuit as well. Unfortunately the league is represented by Lockhart/Gardner nemesis Louis Canning, who never goes down without a good fight. Without enough money to make a down payment on her old house, Alicia begins to take Canning’s job offer overtures much more seriously. Things heat up between Diane and process server Jack Copeland. When Will’s old girlfriend Tammy comes back to cover the hockey trial, Alicia realizes that she wronged Tammy in the same way that More...Kalinda wronged her.
- Directed by: Michael Zinberg
- Written by: Matthew Montoya & Leonard Dick
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.58
- Original Air Date: March 18, 2012
- Directed by: Michael Zinberg
- Written by: Matthew Montoya & Leonard Dick
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.58
- Original Air Date: March 18, 2012
Season 03. Episode 17 - "Long Way Home" [+/-]
After being released from prison, Lockhart/Gardner client Colin Sweeney attempts to convince the shareholders of his former company to vote him back in as CEO. At the eleventh hour, however, a former employee publically accuses Sweeney of sexually harassing her, going as far as to produce a baby who was allegedly fathered by Colin. With time running out, Alicia and the firm have 72 hours to prove the allegations are false before Sweeney is forced out of his company for good – a task made more difficult due to the fact that Sweeney will lie to anyone, including his own lawyers, to get what he wants. After getting engaged, Caitlin decides to leave Lockhart/Gardner and give up her career in order to start a family. At the state’s attorney’s office, Cary is forced to investigate employee fraternization on Peter’s behalf, putting him in an awkward position thanks to his own transgressions with Dana Lodge. When Alicia’s apartment building decides to convert to More...condos, she is faced with the possibility of having to move.
- Directed by: Nelson McCormick
- Written by: Keith Eisner
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.88
- Original Air Date: March 11, 2012
- Directed by: Nelson McCormick
- Written by: Keith Eisner
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.88
- Original Air Date: March 11, 2012
Season 03. Episode 16 - "After the Fall" [+/-]
Alicia defends a documentary filmmaker who is accused of being responsible for the suicide of a college girl while making a movie about people who kill themselves. But their path to victory is blocked by old nemesis Nancy Crozier and a judge who seems to buy Nancy’s folksy, innocent act at every turn. When the firm again turns to Caitlin in order to try and win over the judge and jury, Alicia begins to wonder if her protégé might be her biggest competition at Lockhart/Gardner. As Will serves out his suspension at home under the watchful eyes of his two nosy and manipulative sisters, the power vacuum at Lockhart/Gardner draws the attention of Eli, Julius, and David Lee, all of whom want their name on the company letterhead. Meanwhile, Peter struggles with his political campaign as he realizes that his decision to hire people based solely on merit has cost him many of his former allies.
- Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
- Written by: Meredith Averill
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.83
- Original Air Date: March 4, 2012
- Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
- Written by: Meredith Averill
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.83
- Original Air Date: March 4, 2012
Season 03. Episode 15 - "Live From Damascus" [+/-]
Lockhart/Gardner represents the families of three Americans who were detained and killed by the Syrian government during the revolution. They claim that the tech company ChumHum knowingly sold infiltration and decryption software to Syria in violation of US law – software that allowed the government to track down and murder its enemies. But if ChumHum knowingly sold their software to Syria, proving it is another matter entirely. And when the defense produces a photograph that shows that one the missing dissidents may still be alive, Will, Diane, and Alicia must decide whether or not it’s worth jeopardizing their case for the chance to bring her home. The mood at the firm is exuberant following the grand jury’s decision not to indict Will. But as a parting shot, Wendy Scott-Carr tipped the Chicago Bar Association off about Will’s indiscretions 15 years ago in Baltimore. And, Will learns, there is no statute of limitations on disbarment.
- Directed by: Brooke Kennedy
- Written by: Ted Humphrey & Robert King & Michelle King & Leonard Dick
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.73
- Original Air Date: February 19, 2012
- Directed by: Brooke Kennedy
- Written by: Ted Humphrey & Robert King & Michelle King & Leonard Dick
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.73
- Original Air Date: February 19, 2012
Season 03. Episode 14 - "Another Ham Sandwich" [+/-]
A grand jury has been empanelled, and it appears to be a foregone conclusion that Will Gardner will be indicted for bribing a judge. As Lockhart/Gardner circles the wagons and prepares for the worst, Alicia is brought into the fold and learns how bad things have gotten for the first time. Will’s strategy is to try and tie Peter in as much as possible, hoping that Cary will persuade him to see that he might hurt himself by going after Will, but the SA’s office has a secret weapon – inside information provided by Kalinda in exchange for keeping quiet about a document that might send Alicia to jail. With the future of the firm in the balance, Alicia herself is called to the stand and asked, under oath, to answer a tough question that she was not expecting – has she ever had a sexual relationship with Will Gardner? Eli’s feud with David Lee continues when he realizes Caitlin’s connection to his nemesis and decides to bury her with meaningless More...clerical work. His feud with rival crisis manager Stacie Hall also takes an interesting twist when she admits to having feelings for him while the two battle over a lucrative account.
- Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by: Leonard Dick
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.08
- Original Air Date: January 29, 2012
- Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by: Leonard Dick
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.08
- Original Air Date: January 29, 2012
Season 03. Episode 13 - "Bitcoin for Dummies" [+/-]
Alicia and Lockhart/Gardner face off against the US Treasury Department once again, this time aiding Dylan Stack, a lawyer who represents the creator of Bitcoin - an online currency with mysterious origins. Alicia’s client is being pressured to reveal the name of the anonymous Bitcoin creator so that the government can prosecute him for creating what they believe to be a currency in direct competition with the US Dollar. But when the judge rules that attorney/client privilege prevents Stack from having to reveal the name of his client, the Treasury Department changes tactics and decides to prosecute Stack himself as the creator of Bitcoin. Wendy Scott-Carr’s investigation into Will continues. When Dana Lodge discovers some damning information that could send Alicia to prison, she approaches Kalinda with an ultimatum: help the SA’s office prosecute Will, or they’ll go after Alicia.
- Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by: Courtney Kemp Agboh & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.45
- Original Air Date: January 15, 2012
- Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by: Courtney Kemp Agboh & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.45
- Original Air Date: January 15, 2012
Season 03. Episode 12 - "Alienation od Affection" [+/-]
Alicia, Will, Diane, and David Lee are being sued by a couple whose divorce Lockart/Gardner handled during Alicia’s first year with the firm. The couple, having now reconciled, claim that the firm deliberately split them up in order to make a commission on the liquidation of the company they started together. Their argument has some merit, too – David Lee used some less-than-savory methods in order to get full custody of the children for his client. But as the partners squabble over who was really at fault, the onus falls on Alicia, who as a first year associate was assigned to get their client to sign the crucial document that would let Lockhart/Gardner off the hook. A document that is now missing. As Wendy Scott-Carr’s investigation of Will heats up, he hires Elsbeth Tasconi to represent him and fight back.
- Directed by: Michael Zinberg
- Written by: Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.65
- Original Air Date: January 8, 2012
- Directed by: Michael Zinberg
- Written by: Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.65
- Original Air Date: January 8, 2012
Season 03. Episode 11 - "What Went Wrong" [+/-]
When the jury in a murder case comes back with a guilty verdict after the legal teams on both sides assumed there would be an acquittal, Will, Alicia, and Diane work to figure out what went wrong. With Kalinda’s help, the firm learns that something made over half the jurors change their mind during deliberations. With time running out before sentencing, it’s up to Lockart/Gardner to convince the judge to vacate the ruling. Her romance with Will over, Alicia looks to rekindle old friendships in order to find some companionship. When she learns that Kalinda played a major role in finding Grace, (Ep. 310), she realizes that a friendship she once thought was dead forever might be worth salvaging.
- Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
- Written by: Keith Eisner & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.56
- Original Air Date: December 11, 2011
- Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
- Written by: Keith Eisner & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.56
- Original Air Date: December 11, 2011
Season 03. Episode 10 - "Parenting Made Easy" [+/-]
Alicia mentors Caitlin through her first arbitration case, defending a college professor who claims she was laid off after refusing her bosses sexual advances. But when Alicia learns that opposing counsel is Martha, the associate that she wanted to hire over Caitlin in Ep. 305, the proceedings swiftly become more antagonistic. When testimony reveals another possible cause for the defendant’s job loss – her staunch right wing beliefs – the case becomes an issue of freedom of expression. This twist removes the damages cap originally imposed by the arbitrator, making it potentially far more lucrative for Lockart/Gardner. With so much more at stake, Martha’s boss Louis Canning starts taking a more active role in the case. It’s Alicia vs. Louis once more, this time clashing as the puppet masters of their first year associates.
While Alicia meets with Louis Canning, she checks her phone and realizes that she has twelve missed calls from her More...daughter Grace. When all attempts to track down Grace fail, Alicia fears the worst. As the hours pass, Alicia wonders if she’s been prioritizing her work and her relationship with Will above her family.
- Directed by: Rosemary Rodriguez
- Written by: Courtney Kemp Agboh & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.94
- Original Air Date: December 4, 2011
While Alicia meets with Louis Canning, she checks her phone and realizes that she has twelve missed calls from her More...daughter Grace. When all attempts to track down Grace fail, Alicia fears the worst. As the hours pass, Alicia wonders if she’s been prioritizing her work and her relationship with Will above her family.
- Directed by: Rosemary Rodriguez
- Written by: Courtney Kemp Agboh & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.94
- Original Air Date: December 4, 2011
Season 03. Episode 09 - "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" [+/-]
Will and Alicia are back in military court, this time defending a young female remote drone operator accused of murdering twelve civilians in Afghanistan. The prosecution argues that the order to fire the rocket was remanded, but the defendant fired anyway. When their only witness decides to testify for the prosecution, Will and Alicia must find a new way to persuade an all-military jury of their client’s innocence. Faced with losing the cheese lobby, one of their biggest clients, Lockhart/Gardner turns to Eli in the hopes that he can convince the FDA to reinstate the food pyramid and promote cheese consumption. But in his counterpart for the fruit lobby, Eli finds an opponent who always seems to be one step ahead of him. The state’s investigation into Will Gardner heats up when Peter assigns the case to Wendy Scott-Carr – a woman who will stop at nothing to weed out corruption.
- Directed by: Rosemary Rodriguez
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Meredith Averill
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.79
- Original Air Date: November 20, 2011
- Directed by: Rosemary Rodriguez
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Meredith Averill
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.79
- Original Air Date: November 20, 2011
Season 03. Episode 08 - "Death Row Tip" [+/-]
An interview with a gang member on death row leads Cary and the SA’s office to two dead bodies that had been buried in a vacant lot. One victim was another gang member, but the second was an innocent young woman who went missing several months ago. Ballistics evidence points to the woman’s boyfriend, Lockhart/Gardner’s client, as her killer. Will, Diane, and Alicia, however, believe that the murders were related and both victims were probably shot by a third gang member who is still at large. Because the only person who might know the truth is a vicious killer slated to be executed by the state in 36 hours, the Lockhart/Gardner team must find a way to get a stay of execution for a guilty man before time runs out for their client. Campaign manager Mickey Gunn comes to Eli for help. He has a promising young politician with a humorous skeleton in his closet: a drunken Facebook picture showing his client stooping in front of a Santa Claus statue, as if More...performing fellatio. Eli must figure out a way to spin the story before it sinks Mickey’s client’s campaign hopes for good.
- Directed by: Joshua Marston
- Written by: Matthew Montoya & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.24
- Original Air Date: November 13, 2011
- Directed by: Joshua Marston
- Written by: Matthew Montoya & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.24
- Original Air Date: November 13, 2011
Season 03. Episode 07 - "Executive Order 13224" [+/-]
Lockhart/Gardner takes on the United States Government on behalf of a military contractor who claims that he was imprisoned and tortured by the army in Afghanistan. While Diane and the team plow through boxes of censored documents looking for evidence, Alicia must meet with a government monitor whose authority overrides attorney/client privilege. When opposing counsel reveals damning new evidence about her client, Alicia is asked by the monitor to reveal information that would lead to his imprisonment…and if she doesn’t, she could end up in jail herself. At the State’s Attorney’s office, Peter decides to follow up on a fifteen-year-old case claiming that Will Gardner stole $45,000 from a client at his old firm in order to fund his gambling addiction.
- Directed by: Brooke Kennedy
- Written by: Leonard Dick
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.07
- Original Air Date: November 6, 2011
- Directed by: Brooke Kennedy
- Written by: Leonard Dick
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.07
- Original Air Date: November 6, 2011
Season 03. Episode 06 - "Affairs of State" [+/-]
Cary clashes with Lockhart/Gardner yet again when two male students are accused of murdering a female classmate on a college booze cruise. Complicating matters is that both of the accused men are sons of foreign dignitaries and appear to be protected from prosecution thanks to diplomatic immunity. While one of the suspects walks, the other must stand trial because his father is from Taiwan – a country not recognized by the US thanks to our close ties with China. As Cary attempts to pin the murder on Lockhart/Gardner’s suddenly vulnerable client, Alicia and Caitlin look for a way to prove that the other diplomat’s son was the one who did the deed. Meanwhile, Eli is approached by his ex wife in a professional capacity – she wants him to vet her in preparation for a possible state senate run.
- Directed by: Dean Parisot
- Written by: Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.60
- Original Air Date: October 30, 2011
- Directed by: Dean Parisot
- Written by: Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.60
- Original Air Date: October 30, 2011
Season 03. Episode 05 - "Marthas and Caitlins" [+/-]
Lockhart/Gardner’s case against an aviation company takes a huge hit when their key witness commits suicide and his testimony is ruled inadmissible. The only other person with inside knowledge of the plane’s design flaw is Colin Sweeney, a venture capitalist that Alicia defended on a murder charge two years ago who has been in jail ever since. But his testimony comes with a price – his freedom. And Cary won’t let him go unless he agrees to wear a wire and get a jailhouse confession from one of the most dangerous killers in the Illinois prison system. At the same time, Eli tries to get Peter the keynote address at the upcoming DNC while Alicia is told that she can take part in the hiring of a new first year associate.
- Directed by: Felix Alcalá
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.77
- Original Air Date: October 23, 2011
- Directed by: Felix Alcalá
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 9.77
- Original Air Date: October 23, 2011
Season 03. Episode 04 - "Feeding the Rat" [+/-]
Alicia works a pro bono case, defending a man who stands accused of committing murder during a convenience store robbery gone wrong. Even though her client is innocent, a witness has identified him as the shooter. Matters are complicated further when Diane, trying to keep the firm afloat during hard economic times, tells her to plead it out – she wants all of her attorneys on paid cases only. When Diane discovers that Celeste’s old firm has gone under and his former partner is looking for a new place to take her lucrative bankruptcy division, Will attempts to get her on board at Lockhart/Gardner. Celeste, however, has other plans: she wants Will to leave the firm and come work with her.
- Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by: Keith Eisner
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.33
- Original Air Date: October 16, 2011
- Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by: Keith Eisner
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.33
- Original Air Date: October 16, 2011
Season 03. Episode 03 - "Get a Room" [+/-]
Will and Alicia are stuck together in a hotel for a week of mandatory mediation in Lockhart/Gardner’s latest case. Their client is suing her doctor for implanting a surgical device of his own design in her back during a medical procedure. She claims she had no idea she was being subjected to experimental medicine and has been in constant pain ever since. Complicating matters is that opposing counsel is Will's old flame Celeste Serrano (Lisa Edelstein). She knows all his tricks, and her strong connection with Will seems to spark a little jealousy in Alicia. Meanwhile, Eli takes charge of a crisis management case when a batch of tainted cheese leads to a listeriosis outbreak in an elementary school.
- Directed by: David Platt
- Written by: Julia Wolfe & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.28
- Original Air Date: October 9, 2011
- Directed by: David Platt
- Written by: Julia Wolfe & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.28
- Original Air Date: October 9, 2011
Season 03. Episode 02 - "The Death Zone" [+/-]
The author of a book about a Mount Everest expedition is being sued for libel, and Lockhart/Gardner is handling his case. The plaintiff claims that the book makes it look like he let a man die near the top of the mountain in order to get to the peak, and his reputation has suffered ever since. After Will gets the case dismissed in US court, though, the plaintiff decides to re-sue in the British courts. Lockhart/Gardner must defend their case again, this time in an unfamiliar judicial system where the burden of proof lies with the defendant. Meanwhile, Eli and Kalinda work together in order to try and uncover a political scandal before it happens.
As part of Peter’s duties as the new state’s attorney, he must find a law firm to handle the county’s civil needs. Diane believe that Lockhart/Gardner has the inside track to win the job, and she's startled when Peter seems to be setting them up by telling her that the firm will need to submit to a voluntary More...audit if they want to be considered for the contract. For the first time, the partners of Lockhart/Gardner question Alicia's true allegance.
- Directed by: Jim McKay
- Written by: Leonard Dick & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.08
- Original Air Date: October 2, 2011
As part of Peter’s duties as the new state’s attorney, he must find a law firm to handle the county’s civil needs. Diane believe that Lockhart/Gardner has the inside track to win the job, and she's startled when Peter seems to be setting them up by telling her that the firm will need to submit to a voluntary More...audit if they want to be considered for the contract. For the first time, the partners of Lockhart/Gardner question Alicia's true allegance.
- Directed by: Jim McKay
- Written by: Leonard Dick & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.08
- Original Air Date: October 2, 2011
Season 03. Episode 01 - "A New Day" [+/-]
A new, more confident Alicia takes center stage in defending a Muslim college student accused of assaulting a Jewish student during a campus brawl. At first, the case seems relatively easy – there’s no physical evidence linking their client to the crime, and the trumped up hate crime charge they’re fighting smacks of Peter trying to make a statement during his first week back in the job. When Kalinda finds a photo that seems to prove their client was elsewhere at the time the crime was committed, it appears that Lockhart/Gardner has secured the win. The trial takes a turn, however, when Cary and the prosecution reveal their plan: this new evidence may have exonerated Alicia’s client from the assault, but it makes him the primary suspect in a murder investigation.
- Directed by: Brooke Kennedy
- Written by: Meredith Averill & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.66
- Original Air Date: September 25, 2011
- Directed by: Brooke Kennedy
- Written by: Meredith Averill & Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.66
- Original Air Date: September 25, 2011
SEASON 2
Season 02. Episode 23 - "Closing Arguments" [+/-]
In the season finale, Alicia and Kalinda put aside their strained relationship to prove their client's innocence of murder. After a mistrial is declared, Alicia and Will celebrate and end up taking a hotel suite together.
- Directed by: Robert King
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.58
- Original Air Date: May 17, 2011
- Directed by: Robert King
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.58
- Original Air Date: May 17, 2011
Season 02. Episode 22 - "Getting Off" [+/-]
Lockhart/Gardner defends the operator of an adultery website against doe-eyed prosecutor Nancy Crozier. Feeling that Alicia's story helps the client seem more sympathetic, Will makes her first chair. But what seems like a simple civil case turns criminal when Crozier works with Cary to pin a murder on L/G's client as well.
No longer on speaking terms with Alicia, Kalinda contemplates leaving the firm.
- Directed by: Roxann Dawson
- Written by: Leonard Dick
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.73
- Original Air Date: May 10, 2011
No longer on speaking terms with Alicia, Kalinda contemplates leaving the firm.
- Directed by: Roxann Dawson
- Written by: Leonard Dick
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.73
- Original Air Date: May 10, 2011
Season 02. Episode 21 - "In Sickness" [+/-]
Lockhart/Gardner nemesis Patti Nyholm returns, this time defending a hospital in a liver transplant case. A woman with only weeks to live has been bumped from the transplant list, and our firm only has days to reverse the hospital’s decision before the liver goes to someone else. The case takes an unexpected turn when Nyholm turns the tables – she’s been wrongfully terminated by her firm due to her pregnancy, and she wants to hire Will and Alicia to take her case. But can she be trusted?
With the revelation of Peter's one night stand with Kalinda, Alicia takes action, throwing Peter out of their home, and deals with the emotional fallout from Peter, their children, and her mother-in-law Jackie.
- Directed by: Félix Alcalá
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Steve Lichtman
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.38
- Original Air Date: May 3, 2011
With the revelation of Peter's one night stand with Kalinda, Alicia takes action, throwing Peter out of their home, and deals with the emotional fallout from Peter, their children, and her mother-in-law Jackie.
- Directed by: Félix Alcalá
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Steve Lichtman
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.38
- Original Air Date: May 3, 2011
Season 02. Episode 20 - "Foreign Affairs" [+/-]
Lockhart/Gardner represents a small drilling contractor in a contract dispute against a major oil conglomerate. Things seem straightforward at first, but quickly get out of hand when a South American dictator nationalizes the drilling company and takes over the case. Suddenly, Lockhard/Gardner is forced to cater to the dictator’s whims, including taking orders from an aging actor who played a famous lawyer on television. Meanwhile, Peter and Wendi are neck-and-neck in the polls leading up to Election Day. In order to win over the people, Eli tells Alicia that she must enter the fray and show her support for Peter in a televised interview.
- Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Meredith Averill
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.05
- Original Air Date: April 12, 2011
- Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Meredith Averill
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.05
- Original Air Date: April 12, 2011
Season 02. Episode 19 - "Wrongful Termination" [+/-]
Alicia and LG take a class action suit against GoView, a video-on-demand company that created working conditions so miserable that several employees committed suicide. Opposing counsel is once again Louis Canning, this time taking the case over from former LG partner turned rival Jonas Stern. Stern had been on the verge of settling, but Canning insists on a trial. When Alicia finds an internal memo proving that GoView looted the employee pension fund, they are stuck with a case that is slowly becoming unwinnable and a piece of evidence that would leave their class with nothing if it came to light.
- Directed by: Phil Abraham
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.82
- Original Air Date: April 5, 2011
- Directed by: Phil Abraham
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.82
- Original Air Date: April 5, 2011
Season 02. Episode 18 - "Killer Song" [+/-]
Jarvis Bowes has spent the last 30 years in a psychiatric hospital after being convicted for the rape and murder of Malory Cerone. While institutionalized, he wrote a song which was covered by a pop band and has recently hit the top of the charts. Now Alicia and Lockhart/Gardner are helping Malory's daughter sue Jarvis for the proceeds from the song, claiming he wrote it about killing her mother. But when Alicia looks into Bowes' crime, she finds that the roots of the song may be even more disturbing than they had initially thought. Meanwhile Alicia and Diane help Eli attempt to secure citizenship for Natalie, but their case hits a snag when Natalie's father is wrongfully arrested and threatened with deportation.
- Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
- Written by: Karen Hall
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.16
- Original Air Date: March 29, 2011
- Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
- Written by: Karen Hall
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.16
- Original Air Date: March 29, 2011
Season 02. Episode 17 - "Ham Sandwich" [+/-]
When LeMond Bishop's wife leaves him, LG represents the drug kingpin in a series of increasingly nasty divorce proceedings. LeMond is intent on trying to reconcile with the woman he still loves, but she is resolute. He cheated on her, and now he has to pay. Alicia and Will must convince the court that their client is fit to be a father despite his underworld dealings or he could lose his family for good. Meanwhile, Kalinda is subpoenaed by a grand jury to answer for a variety of crimes she’s committed in the past. But is Glenn Childs actually after Kalinda, or is he really trying to take down Alicia and LG? Kalinda meets with Blake and Blake teaser her that he knows her secret and reveals that Kalinda slept with Peter in exchange for helping her with a situation.
- Directed by: Griffin Dunne
- Written by: Keith Eisner
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.70
- Original Air Date: March 22, 2011
- Directed by: Griffin Dunne
- Written by: Keith Eisner
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.70
- Original Air Date: March 22, 2011
Season 02. Episode 16 - "Great Firewall" [+/-]
LGB is suing a social networking website on behalf Shen Yuan, a Chinese dissident who was jailed and tortured for five years by his government. Shen claims that the website failed to protect his anonymity by turning his IP address over to the Chinese government. Alicia and Will know that if they can get a large enough settlement, the comapny will stop cooperating with the Chinese and they can help prevent the incarceration of future activists. But when Alicia sees Patric Edelstein, (the internet billionaire from 214) in the office, she begins to suspect that the firm has an ulterior motive for taking Shen’s case. As Peter finds a silver bullet that might drive Glenn Childs from the campaign for good, Will and Diane attempt to wrestle control of the firm away from Derrick Bond once and for all.
- Directed by: Nelson McCormick
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Leonard Dick
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.38
- Original Air Date: March 1, 2011
- Directed by: Nelson McCormick
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Leonard Dick
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.38
- Original Air Date: March 1, 2011
Season 02. Episode 15 - "Silver Bullet" [+/-]
Kurt McVeigh, the right-wing ballistics expert with whom Diane has an on-again off-again relationship, is on trial for testimony he gave in a murder trial. Pablo Beltran, the accused cop killer in that case, was sent to prison partially on the back of McVeigh’s testimony. When extreme misconduct from the DNA lab caused Beltran to go free, however, he decided to go after McVeigh knowing that a judgment against the expert would end his career. As Eli decides how best to use a "Nannygate”-style political bombshell that could cripple Wendy Scott-Carr’s campaign, Alicia helps Diane defend McVeigh and piece together the truth about Beltran’s shooting.
- Directed by: Jim McKay
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Steve Lichtman
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.86
- Original Air Date: February 22, 2011
- Directed by: Jim McKay
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Steve Lichtman
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.86
- Original Air Date: February 22, 2011
Season 02. Episode 14 - "Net Worth" [+/-]
Will takes on the defamation case of wunderkind internet billionaire Patric Edelstein, the 25-year-old founder of Sleuth.com. Patric is suing the makers of a biopic that he claims is defaming him, and while Will knows the case will be a tough sell he also knows that he can milk this 'cash cow' for hundreds of billable hours. After meeting with Patric in the deposition, however, Will begins believing in the kid. After a talk with Honeycutt, the cynical lawyer representing the studio, Will resolves to try and win the long-shot defamation case instead of just trying to milk it for the cash. While meeting with the screenwriter, though, Will gets a better idea: challenging Patric's right to publicity. If he claims that the studio is usurping Patric's right to control his own publicity, he can get a settlement without proving the much-more-difficult defamation claims.
Will's angle works. The studio offers Patric 35 million in settlement and the screenwriter More...gives Patric his public apology.
While Will is handling the case, Alicia is driving from Oregon to Chicago with her brother Owen. In a motel room in Wyoming, she finally admits to him that she has real feelings for Will. He tells her that she should go for it, but knows that she’ll never leave her husband. Alicia is not so sure. She finally confronts Will about the voicemail, but he tells her that all he said was that she made the right decision staying with Peter.
Meanwhile, the big news around town is a failed terrorist attack on Chicago. The three candidates have a powwow where they agree not to use it as a political weapon – they all have their hands somewhat dirty on this one. But while all three candidates secretly plan to useit to their advantage, Wendy strikes first, condemning Peter and Glenn in a public interview for their ties to letting future would-be terrorists out of jail.
Blake and Kalinda’s cold war turns hot when Kalinda uncovers one of Blake’s secrets: he’s working for drug kingpin LeMond bishop. They have a confrontation and finally get their animosity out in the open.
- Directed by: Brooke Kennedy
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Meredith Averill
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.43
- Original Air Date: February 15, 2011
Will's angle works. The studio offers Patric 35 million in settlement and the screenwriter More...gives Patric his public apology.
While Will is handling the case, Alicia is driving from Oregon to Chicago with her brother Owen. In a motel room in Wyoming, she finally admits to him that she has real feelings for Will. He tells her that she should go for it, but knows that she’ll never leave her husband. Alicia is not so sure. She finally confronts Will about the voicemail, but he tells her that all he said was that she made the right decision staying with Peter.
Meanwhile, the big news around town is a failed terrorist attack on Chicago. The three candidates have a powwow where they agree not to use it as a political weapon – they all have their hands somewhat dirty on this one. But while all three candidates secretly plan to useit to their advantage, Wendy strikes first, condemning Peter and Glenn in a public interview for their ties to letting future would-be terrorists out of jail.
Blake and Kalinda’s cold war turns hot when Kalinda uncovers one of Blake’s secrets: he’s working for drug kingpin LeMond bishop. They have a confrontation and finally get their animosity out in the open.
- Directed by: Brooke Kennedy
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Meredith Averill
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.43
- Original Air Date: February 15, 2011
Season 02. Episode 13 - "Real Deal" [+/-]
When a miscarriage/infertility cluster in a suburban neighborhood appears to have been caused by poorly disposed pesticides, Alicia and her team pound the pavement rounding up clients in a possible multi-million dollar class action lawsuit.
But they’re not alone. Louis Canning (Michael J. Fox) returns, this time representing his own rival firm also looking to represent the neighborhood. Since he spent the last decade of his life working for a pharmaceutical company to break up class action lawsuits exactly like this, Alicia is skeptical of his good intentions. When the judge orders that whoever signs up the most households will be awarded the class, the race is on.
But dealing with Louis is never easy. As the feud grows more personal between him and Alicia, LGB learns that there may be a mole in the company working for him. When Kalinda uncovers key logging software on Alicia’s computer, it seems as though he’s been spying on their internal emails the More...whole time. Later in the episode, though, we learn that it wasn’t Louis who installed the software – it was Derrick Bond.
By the end of the week, Canning and LGB have split the neighborhood down the middle. Judge Abernathy orders both classes to merge, and Alicia and Canning find themselves both at the same table. A meeting at PRC Chemicals, the company being sued, shows the problem that both counsels find themselves in. LGB are shooting for a $55 million dollar verdict, while Canning is after a $2 million dollar settlement.
In the end, LGB uncovers an internal document that PRC sent to Canning detailing the exact numbers they would settle for. Canning had taken it to a hedge fund, whom he was working with to keep the number down. Once the document is out in the open, Canning’s cover is blown and LGB is awarded the class.
As this is happening, Diane and Will conspire to strip Bond of his power and kick him out of the firm. But just when they think they have the votes, Bond brings in a Super PAC as a client. Since Bond is still acting as the rainmaker, Will and Diane's coup must stay on hold as they struggle to keep their power bloc together. They decide to use Bond’s key logging software against him, writing phony emails in an attempt to get him to fire his staunchest supporters.
- Directed by: Michael Zinberg
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Keith Eisner
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.86
- Original Air Date: February 8, 2011
But they’re not alone. Louis Canning (Michael J. Fox) returns, this time representing his own rival firm also looking to represent the neighborhood. Since he spent the last decade of his life working for a pharmaceutical company to break up class action lawsuits exactly like this, Alicia is skeptical of his good intentions. When the judge orders that whoever signs up the most households will be awarded the class, the race is on.
But dealing with Louis is never easy. As the feud grows more personal between him and Alicia, LGB learns that there may be a mole in the company working for him. When Kalinda uncovers key logging software on Alicia’s computer, it seems as though he’s been spying on their internal emails the More...whole time. Later in the episode, though, we learn that it wasn’t Louis who installed the software – it was Derrick Bond.
By the end of the week, Canning and LGB have split the neighborhood down the middle. Judge Abernathy orders both classes to merge, and Alicia and Canning find themselves both at the same table. A meeting at PRC Chemicals, the company being sued, shows the problem that both counsels find themselves in. LGB are shooting for a $55 million dollar verdict, while Canning is after a $2 million dollar settlement.
In the end, LGB uncovers an internal document that PRC sent to Canning detailing the exact numbers they would settle for. Canning had taken it to a hedge fund, whom he was working with to keep the number down. Once the document is out in the open, Canning’s cover is blown and LGB is awarded the class.
As this is happening, Diane and Will conspire to strip Bond of his power and kick him out of the firm. But just when they think they have the votes, Bond brings in a Super PAC as a client. Since Bond is still acting as the rainmaker, Will and Diane's coup must stay on hold as they struggle to keep their power bloc together. They decide to use Bond’s key logging software against him, writing phony emails in an attempt to get him to fire his staunchest supporters.
- Directed by: Michael Zinberg
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Keith Eisner
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.86
- Original Air Date: February 8, 2011
Season 02. Episode 12 - "Silly Season" [+/-]
This episode will be from Cary's point of view, as the state attorney's office prosecutes Joey Church for the murder of Jay Winston. Joes was two weeks away from release when he killed fellow inmate Jay.
The sides trade blows for a while, as Alicia gets Cary’s best witness kicked while Cary scores points by getting Joey’s cellmate to say he knew about the crime.
LGB, turning to their plan B, takes the upper hand when Alicia convinces the jury that Joey DID commit the murder – but in defense of his newborn daughter, whom a mystery man said he’d kill if Joey didn’t kill Jay.
Reeling, Cary turns to his in-house investigator to find a connection between Joey and Jay. They manage to convincingly tie Joey in to drug kingpin LeMond Bishop. It appears that LeMond, whom Joey has worked with for years, hired him to kill Jay while in prison and the "mystery man” was a plant to give him plausible deniability. The jury is sold, and Cary wins the case.
More...Meanwhile, Glenn Childs and Wendy Scott-Carr join forces after Peter’s campaign is discovered race-baiting the electorate. In order to get Peter to stop, Wendy threatens to reveal that Zach and Becca had sex, resulting in Becca getting a secret abortion. The threat of a new scandal rocks both the campaign and the Florrick household. While Eli discovers that Becca's abortion had nothing to do with Zach, Peter is still forced to sever ties with the PAC that put out the race-baiting flyer in order to prevent Wendy's retaliation.
Blake also gets slightly closer to discovering the secret behind Kalinda’s mysterious past, and the Florricks sleep together in the master bedroom for the first time since the scandal.
- Directed by: Rosemary Rodriguez
- Written by: Robert Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.14
- Original Air Date: February 1, 2011
The sides trade blows for a while, as Alicia gets Cary’s best witness kicked while Cary scores points by getting Joey’s cellmate to say he knew about the crime.
LGB, turning to their plan B, takes the upper hand when Alicia convinces the jury that Joey DID commit the murder – but in defense of his newborn daughter, whom a mystery man said he’d kill if Joey didn’t kill Jay.
Reeling, Cary turns to his in-house investigator to find a connection between Joey and Jay. They manage to convincingly tie Joey in to drug kingpin LeMond Bishop. It appears that LeMond, whom Joey has worked with for years, hired him to kill Jay while in prison and the "mystery man” was a plant to give him plausible deniability. The jury is sold, and Cary wins the case.
More...Meanwhile, Glenn Childs and Wendy Scott-Carr join forces after Peter’s campaign is discovered race-baiting the electorate. In order to get Peter to stop, Wendy threatens to reveal that Zach and Becca had sex, resulting in Becca getting a secret abortion. The threat of a new scandal rocks both the campaign and the Florrick household. While Eli discovers that Becca's abortion had nothing to do with Zach, Peter is still forced to sever ties with the PAC that put out the race-baiting flyer in order to prevent Wendy's retaliation.
Blake also gets slightly closer to discovering the secret behind Kalinda’s mysterious past, and the Florricks sleep together in the master bedroom for the first time since the scandal.
- Directed by: Rosemary Rodriguez
- Written by: Robert Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.14
- Original Air Date: February 1, 2011
Season 02. Episode 11 - "Two Courts" [+/-]
While defending Scott Bauer, an internet spam distributor accused of murdering his father, Alicia and Will are stymied by hostile judge Edward Weldon due to an altercation he had with Will on the basketball court. To make matters worse, the prosecution was able to get a picture entered into evidence that showed Scott dressed in a Nazi SS uniform for a WWII war reenactment. Between the judge’s biased rulings and the jury’s dislike of Scott’s profession and hobby, Alicia and Will feel their case slipping away.
LGB has hired famed jury consultant Medina to help with the case, and throughout the trial his insights on the jury’s "pack mentality” help our team plan their strategy. He identifies the juror who seems to be the leader and tells our team to target their defense towards him.
Enter Vincent Kuney, a Scientologist who was Scott’s building manager and a witness to fights between Scott and his father. Even though Alicia and Will suspect he had More...nothing to do with the crime, they attempt to paint him as the killer in order to bias the lead juror, who is a psychiatrist. In the end Medina predicts a "not guilty” verdict for their client, but the jury convicts him anyway. Alicia approaches the lead juror after the case, and is told that none of their tricks mattered: the jury knew that the accused committed the crime.
Meanwhile, Peter is approached by Adam Boras, a political consultant from his 2004 campaign. Eli sees Adam as a rival and cautions Peter that his old friend is working for the republicans now – any money he offers will come with major strings attached. He later learns that Adam is in town because Jackie invited him as a way to push Eli out. Not one to be outmaneuvered, Eli uses Peter’s reluctance to have Jackie more involved with the campaign as a way to prove his dominance over her and to get rid of Adam.
When Will learns that Bond is having Blake investigate all of the members of LGB, he starts to realize that Diane is right – Bond is planning to push her out and marginalize him. Instead of working with Bond to string Diane along, he decides to work with Diane to help get rid of Bond.
- Directed by: Tom DiCillo
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.43
- Original Air Date: January 18, 2011
LGB has hired famed jury consultant Medina to help with the case, and throughout the trial his insights on the jury’s "pack mentality” help our team plan their strategy. He identifies the juror who seems to be the leader and tells our team to target their defense towards him.
Enter Vincent Kuney, a Scientologist who was Scott’s building manager and a witness to fights between Scott and his father. Even though Alicia and Will suspect he had More...nothing to do with the crime, they attempt to paint him as the killer in order to bias the lead juror, who is a psychiatrist. In the end Medina predicts a "not guilty” verdict for their client, but the jury convicts him anyway. Alicia approaches the lead juror after the case, and is told that none of their tricks mattered: the jury knew that the accused committed the crime.
Meanwhile, Peter is approached by Adam Boras, a political consultant from his 2004 campaign. Eli sees Adam as a rival and cautions Peter that his old friend is working for the republicans now – any money he offers will come with major strings attached. He later learns that Adam is in town because Jackie invited him as a way to push Eli out. Not one to be outmaneuvered, Eli uses Peter’s reluctance to have Jackie more involved with the campaign as a way to prove his dominance over her and to get rid of Adam.
When Will learns that Bond is having Blake investigate all of the members of LGB, he starts to realize that Diane is right – Bond is planning to push her out and marginalize him. Instead of working with Bond to string Diane along, he decides to work with Diane to help get rid of Bond.
- Directed by: Tom DiCillo
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.43
- Original Air Date: January 18, 2011
Season 02. Episode 10 - "Breaking Up" [+/-]
When drugs are found in the possession of wealthy law student Jonathan Murphy and his working class girlfriend Alexis Symanski. Jonathan’s father calls in LGB. But the case gets more complex when the drugs are found to have come from a pharmacy where the clerk was murdered. Jonathan and Alexis finger a man in a photo line-up as the guy who sold them the drugs, but it turns out the exercise was a trap: the man’s been dead for four years. Jonathan and Alexis have just become the primary suspects in Cary's murder investigation.
When Alexis gets her own attorney, public defender Wilk Hobson from ep 205, both defense and prosecution know that the game has come down to the classic prisoner’s dilemma: either Alexis will implicate Jonathan and go free, or Jonathan will implicate Alexis and go free. Both attorneys attempt to get the young lovers to turn on each other.
While Alicia and Will work to get Jonathan to turn on Alexis, Kalinda is out in the field More...investigating who may have actually committed the crime. Jonathan’s story now implicates one of Alexis’s friends, a girl named Jenni, who he claims was the real killer. But when Jenni turns out to have an alibi, it looks like our two clients may be guilty after all. Jonathan had the plan and did the driving while Alexis committed the burglary and shot the cashier to save her boyfriend's life.
In the end, LGB use the information that Alexis is pregnant to try and get Jonathan to flip – they found calls to other men on her phone, and attempt to convince him that his girlfriend was cheating on him and the baby might not be his. Instead, this information strengthens his resolve. He confesses and lets the mother of his child go free.
Meanwhile, Alicia's brother Owen has left his boyfriend Kevin in Oregon and gotten a semester-long teaching gig in Chicago. He tells Alicia that Kevin cheated on him, but later on we learn that it was actually Owen who slept with another man. Alicia manages to convince Owen to try and give the relationship another shot, but Kevin breaks it off with him for good even after Owen apologizes.
The Diane/Will conflict finally comes to a head as well when Will (via Blake’s investigation) learns that Diane is planning to star her own firm and take many of their lawyers and clients with her. Will tells Diane that her paranoia got the best of her - he and Bond were never planning to make a move against her.
- Directed by: Félix Alcalá
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.29
- Original Air Date: January 11, 2011
When Alexis gets her own attorney, public defender Wilk Hobson from ep 205, both defense and prosecution know that the game has come down to the classic prisoner’s dilemma: either Alexis will implicate Jonathan and go free, or Jonathan will implicate Alexis and go free. Both attorneys attempt to get the young lovers to turn on each other.
While Alicia and Will work to get Jonathan to turn on Alexis, Kalinda is out in the field More...investigating who may have actually committed the crime. Jonathan’s story now implicates one of Alexis’s friends, a girl named Jenni, who he claims was the real killer. But when Jenni turns out to have an alibi, it looks like our two clients may be guilty after all. Jonathan had the plan and did the driving while Alexis committed the burglary and shot the cashier to save her boyfriend's life.
In the end, LGB use the information that Alexis is pregnant to try and get Jonathan to flip – they found calls to other men on her phone, and attempt to convince him that his girlfriend was cheating on him and the baby might not be his. Instead, this information strengthens his resolve. He confesses and lets the mother of his child go free.
Meanwhile, Alicia's brother Owen has left his boyfriend Kevin in Oregon and gotten a semester-long teaching gig in Chicago. He tells Alicia that Kevin cheated on him, but later on we learn that it was actually Owen who slept with another man. Alicia manages to convince Owen to try and give the relationship another shot, but Kevin breaks it off with him for good even after Owen apologizes.
The Diane/Will conflict finally comes to a head as well when Will (via Blake’s investigation) learns that Diane is planning to star her own firm and take many of their lawyers and clients with her. Will tells Diane that her paranoia got the best of her - he and Bond were never planning to make a move against her.
- Directed by: Félix Alcalá
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.29
- Original Air Date: January 11, 2011
Season 02. Episode 09 - "Nine Hours" [+/-]
Ten years ago, Carter Wright was accused of starting a fire that killed his ex-wife. He's been on death row ever since. When LGB gets a cryptic call about the case from a courthouse clerk, they realize that something must have been overlooked by his previous counsel and they have less than 8 hours before the deadline to file an appeal.
Since our team doesn’t know if the tip came from the clerk or the judge, they must dig into the lives of both in order to find clues. The judge, we learn, has just married a woman who is liberal and anti death penalty. The clerk has written specialized briefs on scientific and forensic evidence.
With Cary temporarily back on our side after some strong-arming by the Innocence Project via Kalinda’s insistence, the team pursues every angle it can think of. They track down an alternate suspect – a business rival of Caroline’s ex – but not only has did he die three years earlier, his wife can provide an alibi. They also try to More...delay the execution because the state’s supply of anesthetic expired. While Will fights in court, the prison attempts to secure a fresh supply from other nearby prisons.
The case turns when Kalinda tracks down the old arson investigator as he is about to get on a plane and gets him to write an affidavit stating that his previous testimony was wrong: modern arson science shows that this fire may have been accidental. This is good enough for the judge to order a stay of execution.
In the end, they are able to free Carter pending his appeal. He is reunited with his daughter, Ruby, whom Diane had spent the entire episode trying to help get into death row in order to see her dad one last time before the execution.
While Alicia fights to save Caroline’s life, Peter participates in the first debate against Glenn and Wendy. When an audience member goes rogue and quizzes Peter on Alicia’s possible relationship with Will, Peter vehemently defends his wife and storms off the stage in disgust. Has he just harpooned his campaign, or has his emotional outburst helped humanize him?
- Directed by: Julie Hébert
- Written by: Meredith Averill
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.84
- Original Air Date: December 14, 2010
Since our team doesn’t know if the tip came from the clerk or the judge, they must dig into the lives of both in order to find clues. The judge, we learn, has just married a woman who is liberal and anti death penalty. The clerk has written specialized briefs on scientific and forensic evidence.
With Cary temporarily back on our side after some strong-arming by the Innocence Project via Kalinda’s insistence, the team pursues every angle it can think of. They track down an alternate suspect – a business rival of Caroline’s ex – but not only has did he die three years earlier, his wife can provide an alibi. They also try to More...delay the execution because the state’s supply of anesthetic expired. While Will fights in court, the prison attempts to secure a fresh supply from other nearby prisons.
The case turns when Kalinda tracks down the old arson investigator as he is about to get on a plane and gets him to write an affidavit stating that his previous testimony was wrong: modern arson science shows that this fire may have been accidental. This is good enough for the judge to order a stay of execution.
In the end, they are able to free Carter pending his appeal. He is reunited with his daughter, Ruby, whom Diane had spent the entire episode trying to help get into death row in order to see her dad one last time before the execution.
While Alicia fights to save Caroline’s life, Peter participates in the first debate against Glenn and Wendy. When an audience member goes rogue and quizzes Peter on Alicia’s possible relationship with Will, Peter vehemently defends his wife and storms off the stage in disgust. Has he just harpooned his campaign, or has his emotional outburst helped humanize him?
- Directed by: Julie Hébert
- Written by: Meredith Averill
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.84
- Original Air Date: December 14, 2010
Season 02. Episode 08 - "On Tap" [+/-]
LGB takes on the case of Matthew Wade, an alderman who has been indicted for taking campaign contributions in exchange for getting a mosque built on the site of an abandoned housing project. To complicate matters further, the money came from now-deceased bundler Royce Crombie, who allegedly has ties with Islamic extremists. Matthew is being charged with aiding and abetting a terrorist organization.
The prosecution’s case is built on wiretaps of Royce's business dealings, and Alicia and Diane must convince the judge to throw the case out before it goes to trial and a jury is allowed to hear those raw wiretapped conversations. Alicia is tasked with listening to all the tapes in the hope she'll find something that will help them keep the case from going of trial.
To Alicia’s shock, one of the voices on the tapes belongs to Eli Gold. Eli is active in all aspects of Chicago politics, and thus has had plenty of dealings with Royce. LGB gets the court to release More...all of Eli's tapes as well, and Alicia's tape-listening task begins anew. This when Alicia hears yet another familiar voice -Will’s. Her world is rocked when she hears Will allude to the voicemail Eli deleted from her phone (Ep. 201) expressing his desire to be with her.
Alicia and Diane are eventually able to prove that Matthew and Eli have no connection with the extremist group. Due to Kalinda's sleuthing, they discover that the reason Matthew wanted to build the Islamic center was because he was paid by drug dealer LeMond Bishop to tear down the one housing project in the area that was controlled by a rival gang.
In the end, LGB gets the feds to bury the case by subpoenaing one of the voices on the tapes: White House aide Ruth Yamaguchi. Careful to keep Obama far away from any story having to do with Muslim extremists, they decline to prosecute.
Meanwhile, as Will and Bond’s relationship gets closer, Diane plots to start her own firm. She even goes as far as recruiting Eli to join her.
Alicia’s family is also dragged into the political fray, as Zack and Becca’s Glenn Childs Jr. video serves as an opening for the Childs campaign to go viral with Grace’s video from Episode 201.
- Directed by: Roxann Dawson
- Written by: Leonard Dick
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.03
- Original Air Date: November 23, 2010
The prosecution’s case is built on wiretaps of Royce's business dealings, and Alicia and Diane must convince the judge to throw the case out before it goes to trial and a jury is allowed to hear those raw wiretapped conversations. Alicia is tasked with listening to all the tapes in the hope she'll find something that will help them keep the case from going of trial.
To Alicia’s shock, one of the voices on the tapes belongs to Eli Gold. Eli is active in all aspects of Chicago politics, and thus has had plenty of dealings with Royce. LGB gets the court to release More...all of Eli's tapes as well, and Alicia's tape-listening task begins anew. This when Alicia hears yet another familiar voice -Will’s. Her world is rocked when she hears Will allude to the voicemail Eli deleted from her phone (Ep. 201) expressing his desire to be with her.
Alicia and Diane are eventually able to prove that Matthew and Eli have no connection with the extremist group. Due to Kalinda's sleuthing, they discover that the reason Matthew wanted to build the Islamic center was because he was paid by drug dealer LeMond Bishop to tear down the one housing project in the area that was controlled by a rival gang.
In the end, LGB gets the feds to bury the case by subpoenaing one of the voices on the tapes: White House aide Ruth Yamaguchi. Careful to keep Obama far away from any story having to do with Muslim extremists, they decline to prosecute.
Meanwhile, as Will and Bond’s relationship gets closer, Diane plots to start her own firm. She even goes as far as recruiting Eli to join her.
Alicia’s family is also dragged into the political fray, as Zack and Becca’s Glenn Childs Jr. video serves as an opening for the Childs campaign to go viral with Grace’s video from Episode 201.
- Directed by: Roxann Dawson
- Written by: Leonard Dick
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.03
- Original Air Date: November 23, 2010
Season 02. Episode 07 - "Bad Girls" [+/-]
After receiving a critical peer review from new partner Derrick Bond, Alicia is saddled with the DUI case of teen star Sloan Burchfield, who ran her Escalade into a pole after a night of underage drinking. While Alicia is able to convince the judge of Sloan’s innocence in this matter, D.A. Cary drops a bombshell before the case is closed: Yasmine Morgan, another club-goer from that night, is accusing her of attempted murder.
Alicia is able to make a convincing case for Sloan’s innocence, but the pop star’s rebellious antics and off-color tweeting don’t play well with the judge. But before the verdict, Alicia discovers the truth: Sloan’s little sister, Milla, was driving the car that night. In the end, Milla confesses and Sloan goes free.
Meanwhile, the heat is on at LGB as Diane drives a wedge between Bond and the very successful but independent firm litigator David Lee.
The Florrick campaign also seems to have hit a snag when the Democratic Committee More...tells Peter to drop out of the race, offering him the leadership of the party in return. Peter considers the offer, but decides to stay in the race after having a heart-to-heart talk with Alicia. While the race will be harder without the machine’s support, he goes get the very helpful endorsement of Pastor Isaiah.
- Directed by: Jim McKay
- Written by: Courtney Kemp Agboh
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.74
- Original Air Date: November 16, 2010
Alicia is able to make a convincing case for Sloan’s innocence, but the pop star’s rebellious antics and off-color tweeting don’t play well with the judge. But before the verdict, Alicia discovers the truth: Sloan’s little sister, Milla, was driving the car that night. In the end, Milla confesses and Sloan goes free.
Meanwhile, the heat is on at LGB as Diane drives a wedge between Bond and the very successful but independent firm litigator David Lee.
The Florrick campaign also seems to have hit a snag when the Democratic Committee More...tells Peter to drop out of the race, offering him the leadership of the party in return. Peter considers the offer, but decides to stay in the race after having a heart-to-heart talk with Alicia. While the race will be harder without the machine’s support, he goes get the very helpful endorsement of Pastor Isaiah.
- Directed by: Jim McKay
- Written by: Courtney Kemp Agboh
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.74
- Original Air Date: November 16, 2010
Season 02. Episode 06 - "Poisoned Pill" [+/-]
In our first sweeps episode, LGB crosses swords with a brilliant disabled attorney named Louis Canning who is cynically deployed by a desperate pharmaceutical company to battle the claim that their new billion-dollar antidepressant caused the grisly murder-suicide of our client’s parents. Caitlin Fenton is the test case. Win and it opens the door for tens of millions of dollars in class action money. Lose and countless other victims will be unable to collect any compensation for the death of their loved ones.
Since LGB were preparing for a case against a table of stuffed shirt New York lawyers, Alicia and co. are unprepared for Canning’s tactics. He first uses his disability to game the jurors, hoping they see that some side effects are necessary in the business of creating miracle drugs. Then he sensationalizes the case, painting a wild soap opera about Caitlin’s parents’ sex lives that is far more interesting than LGB’s dry medical testimony. The More...case hits rock bottom when Caitlin reveals to Alicia and Diane that her murdered step-father was indeed interested in another woman: her.
In the end, Blake’s research manages to lay doubt surrounding the testimony of the defense’s best witness, the therapist who treated Caitlin's mother. Louis agrees to settle for 35 million, and the partners are thrilled: the firm has cash flow again! Later that night, though, Alicia learns the truth: the pharmaceutical company knew this was a 90 million dollar lawsuit, and would have been happy to settle for 50. Simon’s plan all along was to get LGB to settle for far less than they would have won if all the information about the bad drug ever got out.
Meanwhile, the Florrick campaign is still at a loss with what to do about rising star Wendy Scott-Carr. Peter and Eli briefly consider going for the bigot vote, covertly playing up the fact that her husband is white. Then they find a better tact: she spent $19,000 last year on breast implants. Not only does Eli manage to get the issue into the public eye via a viral online cartoon, but he gets Glenn Childs to make the play! All seems good for Peter until Wendy reveals that she didn’t get implants at all: the surgery was for reconstruction after breast cancer. One of Glenn’s staffers is forced to resign in disgrace. While this is going on, Grace is caught on videotape supporting Wendy at a rally. Alicia learns that she blames her father for the cartoon, and was turned off by the dirty campaign tactic.
Also in this episode, Blake confronts Kalinda, revealing that he knows about her sexuality. Kalinda, knowing that Blake had to get the information from somewhere, re-establishes contact with her ex-girlfriend, public defender Donna Seabrook. While tempers flare as they re-live their break-up, it is clear that both still have feelings for each other.
- Directed by: Peter O’Fallon
- Written by: Keith Eisner
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.33
- Original Air Date: November 9, 2010
Since LGB were preparing for a case against a table of stuffed shirt New York lawyers, Alicia and co. are unprepared for Canning’s tactics. He first uses his disability to game the jurors, hoping they see that some side effects are necessary in the business of creating miracle drugs. Then he sensationalizes the case, painting a wild soap opera about Caitlin’s parents’ sex lives that is far more interesting than LGB’s dry medical testimony. The More...case hits rock bottom when Caitlin reveals to Alicia and Diane that her murdered step-father was indeed interested in another woman: her.
In the end, Blake’s research manages to lay doubt surrounding the testimony of the defense’s best witness, the therapist who treated Caitlin's mother. Louis agrees to settle for 35 million, and the partners are thrilled: the firm has cash flow again! Later that night, though, Alicia learns the truth: the pharmaceutical company knew this was a 90 million dollar lawsuit, and would have been happy to settle for 50. Simon’s plan all along was to get LGB to settle for far less than they would have won if all the information about the bad drug ever got out.
Meanwhile, the Florrick campaign is still at a loss with what to do about rising star Wendy Scott-Carr. Peter and Eli briefly consider going for the bigot vote, covertly playing up the fact that her husband is white. Then they find a better tact: she spent $19,000 last year on breast implants. Not only does Eli manage to get the issue into the public eye via a viral online cartoon, but he gets Glenn Childs to make the play! All seems good for Peter until Wendy reveals that she didn’t get implants at all: the surgery was for reconstruction after breast cancer. One of Glenn’s staffers is forced to resign in disgrace. While this is going on, Grace is caught on videotape supporting Wendy at a rally. Alicia learns that she blames her father for the cartoon, and was turned off by the dirty campaign tactic.
Also in this episode, Blake confronts Kalinda, revealing that he knows about her sexuality. Kalinda, knowing that Blake had to get the information from somewhere, re-establishes contact with her ex-girlfriend, public defender Donna Seabrook. While tempers flare as they re-live their break-up, it is clear that both still have feelings for each other.
- Directed by: Peter O’Fallon
- Written by: Keith Eisner
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.33
- Original Air Date: November 9, 2010
Season 02. Episode 05 - "VIP Treatment" [+/-]
This episode begins right where the last one ends, with young DA Wendy Scott-Carr announcing her intent to run for State's Attorney at a gala dinner in front of Alicia, Peter, and the LGB partners. While Peter and Eli try to figure out what this means for their campaign, Alicia is called back to the firm on an urgent matter.
Lara White, a VIP massage therapist at one of the best hotels in town, wants to sue Nobel Peace Prize winner Joe Kent, the most beloved democrat in the country, for sexual assault. She claims that when she rebuffed Joe's demands for sexual release after giving him a massage earlier that evening, he threw her to the bed and used her to get off. The partners listen to her story, but aren’t sure if she’s telling the truth – she’s remarkably calm for someone who was assaulted only hours earlier, and there are several glaring inconsistencies in her story. The police declined to prosecute as well, raising more red flags. To complicate More...matters further, Lara has decided to meet with a rival firm later in the evening. LGB only has four hours to decide if the want to take her case.
Further investigation only muddies the water. Kalinda and Blake learn that Lara is a democrat, but did suspiciously visit Joe Kent’s website earlier in the day. They also discover that she has a roommate, Sabrina, who is also a masseuse at the hotel – and she claims that Lara gives her clients sexual favors upon occasion. Lara also reveals to Alicia that she has a towel containing some of Joe’s semen. But DNA testing takes weeks, and there’s no way to prove he didn’t ejaculate accidentally during the massage, so the case still seems weak. When Alicia asks Lara who referred the case to her, she reveals that it was Cary in the DA’s office. Does he really think we should go after Joe, Alicia wonders, or is he still trying to hurt the firm?
Meanwhile, Will attempts to settle the case with Joe Kent’s lawyer, Wilk Hobson. Hobson is so incensed at the charges that he starts a physical fight with Will, causing them both to get a bit bloodied and bruised. Right after the fight, Hobson goes to Eli at the dinner and offers him a proposal: Joe is willing to make a very valuable endorsement of Peter in exchange for him convincing his wife to drop the suit. Peter rebuffs him, but Joe goes ahead with the endorsement anyway. Peter realizes right away that this is to publicly link them. That way if he goes down, Peter will go down with him.
Joe’s wife Lisa Kent also calls Alicia and tells her not to prosecute. All of Joe’s efforts helping victimized women in the Sudan are at risk if he goes down, Lisa pleads. His financial backers will pull their funding, and many more lives will suffer. She doesn’t care if her husband is guilty if it means hurting the lives of so many others.
Right as LGB’s deadline is about to expire, Kalinda uncovers the piece of information that convinces the partners of Lara’s honesty: the story of another massage therapist, four years earlier, who had the same story about Joe but declined to press charges. But when Alicia goes to tell Lara that they’re taking her case, she finds her would-be client in the process of leaving. Lara tells Alicia that she knows the media will go after her, not the beloved Joe Kent. Her life will be turned upside down, just as Alicia’s was, and she has decided that it’s not worth it. Alicia is left stunned as Lara leaves the firm, deciding in the end to let her assailant off the hook.
- Directed by: Michael Zinberg
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.59
- Original Air Date: October 26, 2010
Lara White, a VIP massage therapist at one of the best hotels in town, wants to sue Nobel Peace Prize winner Joe Kent, the most beloved democrat in the country, for sexual assault. She claims that when she rebuffed Joe's demands for sexual release after giving him a massage earlier that evening, he threw her to the bed and used her to get off. The partners listen to her story, but aren’t sure if she’s telling the truth – she’s remarkably calm for someone who was assaulted only hours earlier, and there are several glaring inconsistencies in her story. The police declined to prosecute as well, raising more red flags. To complicate More...matters further, Lara has decided to meet with a rival firm later in the evening. LGB only has four hours to decide if the want to take her case.
Further investigation only muddies the water. Kalinda and Blake learn that Lara is a democrat, but did suspiciously visit Joe Kent’s website earlier in the day. They also discover that she has a roommate, Sabrina, who is also a masseuse at the hotel – and she claims that Lara gives her clients sexual favors upon occasion. Lara also reveals to Alicia that she has a towel containing some of Joe’s semen. But DNA testing takes weeks, and there’s no way to prove he didn’t ejaculate accidentally during the massage, so the case still seems weak. When Alicia asks Lara who referred the case to her, she reveals that it was Cary in the DA’s office. Does he really think we should go after Joe, Alicia wonders, or is he still trying to hurt the firm?
Meanwhile, Will attempts to settle the case with Joe Kent’s lawyer, Wilk Hobson. Hobson is so incensed at the charges that he starts a physical fight with Will, causing them both to get a bit bloodied and bruised. Right after the fight, Hobson goes to Eli at the dinner and offers him a proposal: Joe is willing to make a very valuable endorsement of Peter in exchange for him convincing his wife to drop the suit. Peter rebuffs him, but Joe goes ahead with the endorsement anyway. Peter realizes right away that this is to publicly link them. That way if he goes down, Peter will go down with him.
Joe’s wife Lisa Kent also calls Alicia and tells her not to prosecute. All of Joe’s efforts helping victimized women in the Sudan are at risk if he goes down, Lisa pleads. His financial backers will pull their funding, and many more lives will suffer. She doesn’t care if her husband is guilty if it means hurting the lives of so many others.
Right as LGB’s deadline is about to expire, Kalinda uncovers the piece of information that convinces the partners of Lara’s honesty: the story of another massage therapist, four years earlier, who had the same story about Joe but declined to press charges. But when Alicia goes to tell Lara that they’re taking her case, she finds her would-be client in the process of leaving. Lara tells Alicia that she knows the media will go after her, not the beloved Joe Kent. Her life will be turned upside down, just as Alicia’s was, and she has decided that it’s not worth it. Alicia is left stunned as Lara leaves the firm, deciding in the end to let her assailant off the hook.
- Directed by: Michael Zinberg
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.59
- Original Air Date: October 26, 2010
Season 02. Episode 04 - "Cleaning House" [+/-]
Alicia once again faces the impossibly sweet young Nancy Crozier, only this time she’s our co-counsel and – supposedly – on the same side of the case. Although Alicia’s prepared for her innocent-with-a-dagger routine, we initially think it can work toward our common goal: defending our linked clients in a civil suit. But when Nancy proves as dangerous as the opposition, Alicia fights on two fronts and ultimately out-maneuvers her to protect her client.
Meanwhile, when a bombshell drops in the Childs campaign, Alicia is implicated in an ethics scandal. If Alicia is proven to be the source of the leak, it’s not only a blow to the Florrick campaign, but she could be disbarred. Could Childs have leaked the information to get revenge on Alicia? Peter and Eli race to clear Alicia’s name, but when they learn that Childs is innocent, they realize another agenda is at play. A third candidate is setting the stage to enter the State’s Attorney race. Now the More...question is: who is it?
- Directed by: Rosemary Rodriguez
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.17
- Original Air Date: October 19, 2010
Meanwhile, when a bombshell drops in the Childs campaign, Alicia is implicated in an ethics scandal. If Alicia is proven to be the source of the leak, it’s not only a blow to the Florrick campaign, but she could be disbarred. Could Childs have leaked the information to get revenge on Alicia? Peter and Eli race to clear Alicia’s name, but when they learn that Childs is innocent, they realize another agenda is at play. A third candidate is setting the stage to enter the State’s Attorney race. Now the More...question is: who is it?
- Directed by: Rosemary Rodriguez
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.17
- Original Air Date: October 19, 2010
Season 02. Episode 03 - "Breaking Fast" [+/-]
For the first time, we see SLG go squarely on the offensive with prosecutors, filing a multimillion-dollar malicious prosecution suit against the S.A.’s office for ruining an innocent defendant’s life. Childs is desperate to defend his department’s decisions while covering his own ass; Diane and Will debate how to best utilize Alicia in a case against her husband’s political opponent; and Kalinda and Cary go head-to-head in trying to determine the true culprit’s identity. All of the maneuvering builds to one explosive conflict between Alicia and Glenn Childs that could make or break the case—and ultimately, the campaign.
Alicia’s freewheeling, energetic brother surfaces in her life again-- and levies a surprising (and false) accusation against Peter. In navigating the fallout, Owen tells Alicia the truth: he thinks she should leave her husband.
- Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
- Written by: Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.82
- Original Air Date: October 12, 2010
Alicia’s freewheeling, energetic brother surfaces in her life again-- and levies a surprising (and false) accusation against Peter. In navigating the fallout, Owen tells Alicia the truth: he thinks she should leave her husband.
- Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
- Written by: Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 11.82
- Original Air Date: October 12, 2010
Season 02. Episode 02 - "Double Jeopardy" [+/-]
Dissatisfied that Alicia wins a not guilty verdict for a young Army Reservist accused of murdering his wife, Cary has the case re-tried in military court. In military court, the rules are different and the law is presented differently stacking the decks against Alicia. But Alicia has a plan and calls Cary to the stand as a witness as a way of producing evidence which gives a break in the case and saves her client. Meanwhile as the campaign kicks into full gear, Child resorts to dirty tricks in an effort to mar Peter’s reputation.
- Directed by: Dean Parisot
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.76
- Original Air Date: October 5, 2010
- Directed by: Dean Parisot
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.76
- Original Air Date: October 5, 2010
Season 02. Episode 01 - "Taking Control" [+/-]
Picking up just as we left off, Alicia is about to join Peter on the dais as Will calls. Eli grabs the phone and gets Alicia to take Peter’s hand. Will leaves two messages: the first saying he understands they should just drop it, then the second saying no, I love you, and I’m not dropping this. Eli deletes the second message. Before they have a chance to settle things, Will gets caught up in the law firm merger and has to deal with the new partner, Derrick Bond. In court, Alicia is appointed as a counselor to an accused murderer who insists on defending himself.
Vance Salle, the owner of a political website is accused of murdering his partner. He claims that the government is responsible for the murder and framed him, all because of sensitive material that was leaked on his website. The prosecution – which Cary is a part of – seems to have a straight forward case. However, it starts to turn in Salle’s favor with some clever help from Alicia. More...Kalinda, along with Bond’s investigator Blake, help track down a witness that lends credibility to Salle’s conspiracy theory. But in the end, it becomes clear that Salle really is the killer, and the best Alicia can do is to rush to closing arguments before newly-found damning evidence is presented. Alicia convinces Salle to take a 5-year plea before the jury rules.
- Directed by: Félix Alcalá
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.84
- Original Air Date: September 28, 2010
Vance Salle, the owner of a political website is accused of murdering his partner. He claims that the government is responsible for the murder and framed him, all because of sensitive material that was leaked on his website. The prosecution – which Cary is a part of – seems to have a straight forward case. However, it starts to turn in Salle’s favor with some clever help from Alicia. More...Kalinda, along with Bond’s investigator Blake, help track down a witness that lends credibility to Salle’s conspiracy theory. But in the end, it becomes clear that Salle really is the killer, and the best Alicia can do is to rush to closing arguments before newly-found damning evidence is presented. Alicia convinces Salle to take a 5-year plea before the jury rules.
- Directed by: Félix Alcalá
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.84
- Original Air Date: September 28, 2010
SEASON 1
Season 01. Episode 23 - "Unprepared" [+/-]
Alicia and Diane facilitate an immunity deal for an undercover cop who will testify in front of a grand jury that his fellow officers, Task Force members, have been conspiring with gang members to deal in illegal firearms. Two hours later, the cop is dead. The cop’s widow files a multi-million dollar wrongful death suit against Cook County and the City of Chicago and Alicia is her lawyer. Now working for Childs, Cary offers $300,000 to settle the wrongful death suit. Alicia rejects the offer and preps for trial. Kalinda finds the cache of illegal weapons, but the Task Force officers maintain their innocence in the death of their comrade. Further investigation reveals that the cop’s widow was the one who tipped off the gang member of her husband’s true identity. Alicia confronts her and the widow confesses, her husband was physically abusive, beating her on a regular basis and by telling the gang he was a cop, she knew they would kill him and this was her way out for her and her children.
- Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.58
- Original Air Date: May 25, 2010
- Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 10.58
- Original Air Date: May 25, 2010
Season 01. Episode 22 - "Hybristophilia" [+/-]
Alicia is celebrating her victory with Kalinda when she gets a request from Will to get client, and accused wife killer, Colin Sweeney, to sign off on the new language in his company’s merger. When she arrives, she find that he is handcuffed to a dead woman. Colin claims she attacked him and killed his dog.
- Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by: Frank Pierson
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.17
- Original Air Date: May 18, 2010
- Directed by: Frederick E. O. Toye
- Written by: Frank Pierson
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.17
- Original Air Date: May 18, 2010
Season 01. Episode 21 - "Unplugged" [+/-]
SLG divorce lawyer David Lee is representing Olivia Lyons, the soon-to-be ex-wife of rock star Max Lyons. Just before the court date, Max Lyons ends up in a coma, with the soon-to-be ex-wife and the soon-to-be new wife fighting for control of his estate. Eli Gold comes to Alicia to discuss Peter's re-election. Alicia goes to Eli for a favor. In the meantime, the contest between Alicia and Cary is decided.
- Directed by: Christopher Misiano
- Written by: Karen Hall
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.85
- Original Air Date: May 11, 2010
- Directed by: Christopher Misiano
- Written by: Karen Hall
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.85
- Original Air Date: May 11, 2010
Season 01. Episode 20 - "Mock" [+/-]
When Peter crosses the threshold, the electronic monitoring alarm begins to sound followed shortly by the phone ringing. Will participates in a mock trial as a judge. Alicia's building manager is arrested because of a smuggling ring and is in danger of being deported.
- Directed by: Rod Holcomb
- Written by: Todd Ellis Kessler
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.88
- Original Air Date: May 4, 2010
- Directed by: Rod Holcomb
- Written by: Todd Ellis Kessler
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.88
- Original Air Date: May 4, 2010
Season 01. Episode 19 - "Boom" [+/-]
Jeffrey Sanborn’s widow, Karen Sanborn, is seeking punitive damages for her husband’s death which her new attorney, Jonas Stern, claims was the intentional act of SLG’s client, Charles Clay, owner and editor of The Cook County Vindicator. A Muslim extremist group claimed responsibility for the pipe bomb explosion at the newspaper’s office after Charles published a controversial political cartoon that showed the image of the Prophet Muhammad being humiliated. Managing editor, Jeffrey Sanborn was killed in the blast. As Jonas and his team try to convince the jury that Charles published the cartoon to sell more newspapers, SLG looks closer at the crime scene and realizes that the bombing was an inside job. Also, Alicia plays on Jonas’s dementia, throwing him off during the trial while Cary foils Jonas’s attempt at poaching a number of SLG associates. On the personal front, Peter and the family attend a church service, but he uses this opportunity to secretly meet with Gerald Kozko about his potentially damning testimony. Alicia is furious at Peter for making her believe he had found religion and was trying to be a better man. She leaves and the episode ends on Peter going after her with the electronic monitoring alarm going off.
- Directed by: Lesli Linka Glatter
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.07
- Original Air Date: April 27, 2010
- Directed by: Lesli Linka Glatter
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.07
- Original Air Date: April 27, 2010
Season 01. Episode 18 - "Doubt" [+/-]
Alicia and Will defend a college student accused of killing her roommate. As they defend their client Will and Alicia must deal with the tension that exists between them since the night of their kiss. Diane goes on a date with a ballistics expert.
- Directed by: Félix Alcalá
- Written by: Karen Hall
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.06
- Original Air Date: April 6, 2010
- Directed by: Félix Alcalá
- Written by: Karen Hall
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.06
- Original Air Date: April 6, 2010
Season 01. Episode 17 - "Heart" [+/-]
An emergency courtroom is set up in a hospital conference room. Will represents Kate Willoughby, whose unborn child requires an in-utero surgical intervention on its heart. Lifestate, Kate’s insurance provider, has put a stop to the surgery two days before it’s scheduled because they don’t cover experimental procedures. SLG is also in charge of a class action lawsuit against Lifestate and the case with the Willoughbys would set the precedent for the 68 other cases where Lifestate denied coverage. Lifestate’s lawyer offers Will a deal, drop the class action suit and they’ll find the money to save her baby, but Will says no. When it looks like the outcome will be in favor of Kate, Lifestate’s defense claims that Kate’s husband inaccurately filled out their application for coverage and thus voids their contract for insurance. With Kalinda’s help, Will gets leverage on Lifestate’s unethical practices and rather than the information becoming public, a settlement is reached and the baby’s surgery is a success. On the personal front, Peter continues to repair his reputation through religion; while at the office, Alicia and Will share a kiss which leads to Alicia sleeping with Peter.
- Directed by: Félix Alcalá
- Written by: Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.41
- Original Air Date: March 16, 2010
- Directed by: Félix Alcalá
- Written by: Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.41
- Original Air Date: March 16, 2010
Season 01. Episode 16 - "Fleas" [+/-]
Alicia and Will defend an attorney who's arrested for murder because he allegedly leaked the witness list to his client, a drug lord, which resulted in the murder of the star witness. Now under house arrest, Peter strategizes how to handle his retrial the next steps in his public rehabilitation.
- Directed by: Rosemary Rodriguez
- Written by: Amanda Segel
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.91
- Original Air Date: March 9, 2010
- Directed by: Rosemary Rodriguez
- Written by: Amanda Segel
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.91
- Original Air Date: March 9, 2010
Season 01. Episode 15 - "Bang" [+/-]
Alicia and Diane wrestle with spousal privilege laws in a murder case that hinges on their ability to get a wife to testify against her wealthy investment-banker husband. On the personal front, Alicia, Peter and the kids adjust to him being home.
- Directed by: Rod Holcomb
- Written by: Courtney Kemp Agboh
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.29
- Original Air Date: March 2, 2010
- Directed by: Rod Holcomb
- Written by: Courtney Kemp Agboh
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.29
- Original Air Date: March 2, 2010
Season 01. Episode 14 - "Hi" [+/-]
Sonya Rucker, whose company is a client of SL&G, has a crisis. Her babysitter, Lisa Pruit, was murdered at her home and her husband, Jason Rucker, is the lead suspect. Will and Diane call in Alicia and Cary to help with the case. Cary thought he had the following day off and has taken mushrooms with a friend in from Seattle, but now must pull himself together for the next 48 hours. When contact is finally made with Jason, who claims to have been in a movie, they bring him into the firm and have him take a polygraph test before the police arrive to arrest him. As Will, Alicia and a tripping Cary question Jason, they discover that he was at his studio where he works on his graphic novel. Lisa was his muse on the project and would spend time at the studio, but their relationship did not go any further than that. At first Kalinda suspects the neighborhood security guard is responsible, but turns her attention towards one of Lisa’s classmates, Max, who got Lisa pregnant, but when she wouldn’t have an abortion, he killed her and tried to frame Jason for it. On the personal front, Peter is released on electronic monitoring, and as Alicia opens her door she sees Peter.
- Directed by: John Callagher
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Barry Schkolnick
- U.S. viewers (million): 14.75
- Original Air Date: February 9, 2010
- Directed by: John Callagher
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King & Barry Schkolnick
- U.S. viewers (million): 14.75
- Original Air Date: February 9, 2010
Season 01. Episode 13 - "Bad" [+/-]
In probate court, Alicia defends a wealthy, immoral client whose innocence she questions in the death of his wife. Peter's appeal begins. Amber Madison is asked to testify for the prosecution.
- Directed by: Alex Zakrzewski
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.72
- Original Air Date: February 2, 2010
- Directed by: Alex Zakrzewski
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.72
- Original Air Date: February 2, 2010
Season 01. Episode 12 - "Painkiller" [+/-]
When a star high school quarterback dies from an overdose of painkillers, Alicia represents the doctor who prescribed the medication. On the personal front, Jackie suffers a stroke. Alicia tells Peter that Childs tapped their home phones.
- Directed by: Steve Shill
- Written by: Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.87
- Original Air Date: January 12, 2010
- Directed by: Steve Shill
- Written by: Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.87
- Original Air Date: January 12, 2010
Season 01. Episode 11 - "Infamy" [+/-]
When a Nancy Grace type TV commentator continually accuses a Chicago mother of killing her missing 3 year old child, she commits suicide. The firm represents the grieving husband in a wrongful death suit against the TV commentator and his television network. Alicia represents the wife of her husband's nemesis, Glenn Childs, in a divorce case.
- Directed by: Nelson McCormick
- Written by: Todd Ellis Kessler
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.98
- Original Air Date: January 5, 2010
- Directed by: Nelson McCormick
- Written by: Todd Ellis Kessler
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.98
- Original Air Date: January 5, 2010
Season 01. Episode 10 - "Lifeguard" [+/-]
While working a case, Alicia discovers that the judge, a good friend of Will’s, is receiving kickbacks from the private detention centers he’s sentenced the convicted juveniles to.
- Directed by: Paris Barclay
- Written by: Tom Smuts
- U.S. viewers (million): 14.17
- Original Air Date: December 15, 2009
- Directed by: Paris Barclay
- Written by: Tom Smuts
- U.S. viewers (million): 14.17
- Original Air Date: December 15, 2009
Season 01. Episode 09 - "Threesome" [+/-]
When the senior partner in the firm is arrested, Alicia ends up representing him in court. At the same time, Peter's evidentiary hearing hits the skids, leading Alicia to believe that Peter may in fact have been guilty of corruption.
- Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.53
- Original Air Date: November 24, 2009
- Directed by: James Whitmore, Jr.
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.53
- Original Air Date: November 24, 2009
Season 01. Episode 08 - "Unprepared" [+/-]
While doing witness preps for an arson trial, Alicia uncovers the real arsonist. Peter goes to court to begin his appeal process.
- Directed by: Jim McKay
- Written by: Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.70
- Original Air Date: November 17 2009
- Directed by: Jim McKay
- Written by: Corinne Brinkerhoff
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.70
- Original Air Date: November 17 2009
Season 01. Episode 07 - "Unorthodox" [+/-]
While representing the daughter of one of the partners at the law firm, Alica finds herself attracted to her co-counsel and his unorthodox approach to defending their client.
- Directed by: John Polson
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.35
- Original Air Date: November 10, 2009
- Directed by: John Polson
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.35
- Original Air Date: November 10, 2009
Season 01. Episode 06 - "Conjugal" [+/-]
Alicia and Will work on the appeal of a death row inmate accused of killing a police officer. Knowing that her client was convicted of the crime under Peter’s regime as state’s attorney, Alicia agrees to his request of a conjugal visit in order to obtain any information Peter may have regarding the original case.
- Directed by: Rod Holcomb
- Written by: Angela Amato Velez
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.74
- Original Air Date: November 3, 2009
- Directed by: Rod Holcomb
- Written by: Angela Amato Velez
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.74
- Original Air Date: November 3, 2009
Season 01. Episode 05 - "Crash" [+/-]
Alicia and Will represent three widows of train engineers who have been accused by the company that they, not the company, were responsible for their deaths in a train crash. Alicia and Will have 72 hours to find the smoking gun to prove that the company was responsible. On the home front, Jackie and Alicia clash when Jackie goes against Alicia’s wishes and takes the children to visit Peter in jail for his birthday.
- Directed by: Gloria Muzio
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.26
- Original Air Date: October 20, 2009
- Directed by: Gloria Muzio
- Written by: Ted Humphrey
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.26
- Original Air Date: October 20, 2009
Season 01. Episode 04 - "Fixed" [+/-]
Alicia must determine if jury tampering has occurred in a class action suit against a drug company. As her husband prepares for his appeal, Alicia is asked to testify on his behalf.
- Directed by: Dan Minahan
- Written by: Todd Ellis Kessler
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.98
- Original Air Date: October 13, 2009
- Directed by: Dan Minahan
- Written by: Todd Ellis Kessler
- U.S. viewers (million): 12.98
- Original Air Date: October 13, 2009
Season 01. Episode 03 - "Home" [+/-]
Alicia must return to her old neighborhood and social circle prior to her husband’s scandal when she represents the son of a former friend who’s been accused of felony murder.
- Directed by: Scott Ellis
- Written by: Dee Johnson
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.69
- Original Air Date: October 6, 2009
- Directed by: Scott Ellis
- Written by: Dee Johnson
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.69
- Original Air Date: October 6, 2009
Season 01. Episode 02 - "Stripped" [+/-]
Alicia and Will represent a stripper who was raped at a bachelor party by the groom, a young man from a wealthy Chicago family. On the personal front, Alicia confronts Peter over his indiscretions; debates whether or not the children should visit him in prison. The kids find doctored photos of Peter’s indiscretions, but hide them from her.
- Directed by: Charles McDougall
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.69
- Original Air Date: September 29, 2009
- Directed by: Charles McDougall
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.69
- Original Air Date: September 29, 2009
Season 01. Episode 01 - "Pilot" [+/-]
After having to return to work following her husband's corruption scandal and incarceration, Alicia Florick is assigned her first case – a straightforward retrial of a woman accused of murdering her ex-husband. Since her firm successfully deadlocked the first jury, sticking to the same strategy should work again, but Alicia soon discovers that she has a real fight on her hands.
- Directed by: Charles McDougall
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.71
- Original Air Date: September 22, 2009
- Directed by: Charles McDougall
- Written by: Robert King & Michelle King
- U.S. viewers (million): 13.71
- Original Air Date: September 22, 2009
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