The Good Wife

We're headed to court now.

- Dad is taking the plea agreement. - There's going to be a two week delay.

- The donors! - Grace.

I want them to hear it from the governor himself.

Wait, this is the right thing to do.

Two years.

That's the lowest we could get.

No, it was before the verdict came in. Why?

Hold on.

Diane thinks we'd better get on with the AUSA,

make sure he's still holding to the plea deal.

Why? Wait. G-Grace, hold on.

- Has she heard something? - No, but she worries

about the verdict coming in so fast.

That's usually pro-prosecution.

Grace, I'm going to have to call you back.

I knew he'd find some way to screw us.

We agreed,

Peter would take a two years plea.

That's a sitting governor,

agreeing to a two year prison sentence.

The jury was out one hour.

You and I both know that means a guilty verdict.

No. We don't know anything.

We know I'm not the one running scared to you.

I want four years.

No.

My client would rather roll the dice.

Your client is risking ten years in prison with a guilty verdict.

Ten years...

away from his kids, away from you.

Why don't you ask the Blagojevich family

how well they're holding up?

You think you can play the emotional card with me?

You think I'm going to break down and cry?

Look at me.

Do I look like I'm breaking down?

- Three years. - No.

But here's what we'll give you.

An immediate surrender.

Today. Within the hour.

Peter surrenders in court.

No press conference.

No talk about how you smeared his family.

You get the press cycle all to yourself,

and that's the best I'll offer.

But, Dad, you have to fight this.

I can't risk being away from you until you're 30.

It's two years.

I'm going to be at your graduation,

in the front row.

I promise.

I can't go to college now.

Grace. You will go.

You have to make us proud.

You have to make your mom forget this.

Okay?

Okay.

Now I got to go comfort Eli.

Thank you.

What for? I didn't do anything.

You stuck by me through the presidential.

I made a mistake there with you,

and I'm sorry for that.

All rise.

The Honorable Judge Richard Cuesta presiding.

So I understand we have a plea deal.

We do, Your Honor.

Governor Florrick, you are accused of bribery,

obstruction of justice,

and wire fraud, in the matter of the murder trial

of Patty Tanniston.

Now, in accepting this plea,

you acknowledge willfully arranging the mistrial

of her accused murderer, Richard Locke,

in exchange for the political contributions of his father.

And, uh, you... um...

Your Honor?

Before turning to your plea, there is another matter.

The jury has not yet reached a verdict.

- But they do have a question. - What does that mean?

Your Honor, the jury's question

is no longer relevant given our plea arrangement.

Actually, the plea has not been entered yet.

Well, we were in the midst of entering it, so...

Yes, but it appears that the

defendant is rejecting the plea deal. Is that correct?

- It is, Your Honor. - Okay.

Well, then let's listen to the question that the jury has.

I mean, I'm excited about this.

Thank you.

"We have read

"the transcripts of the victim's 911 call,

"but we would like to hear the call itself.

- "Is that possible?" - Your Honor,

- sidebar, please? - Let's go.

Why is that good?

Because they're focusing on the murder

and not Dad's guilt.

And we want that?

'Cause we want... want to distract them?

But that doesn't mean Dad is guilty.

I know. You don't have to sugarcoat it.

I need your help.

Look, stop playing coy and get in here and help.

I thought the verdict was coming down.

No, the jury has a question.

This is not over.

911. Where's the emergency?

Hi, yeah, I think somebody's trying to break in.

Where are you, ma'am?

865 Heylan Avenue.

There are some noises outside my window.

Heylan Avenue. And what are you hearing, ma'am?

I think somebody's trying to get in.

I heard the locks being turned.

My boyfriend was supposed to be back, but he called...

Are you someplace safe, ma'am?

Have you set all your locks?

Yes, but just... There it is again.

Are you there, ma'am?

Someone's trying to get in. Wait, one second.

Ma'am.

- Are you there, ma'am? Ma'am? - ‭Yeah, I just...

I'm here. Hold on.

Are you sending someone?

Yes, ma'am. Just stay on the phone.

Wait! No! No!

And there you have it.

The 911 call.

Tad, if you would escort them back to the jury room, please.

Uh, excuse me, is there

- something else? - ‭Yes.

I'm sorry, Your Honor.

We do have one more question.

- Yes. - At the 48 second mark,

in the transcript, there's a sound listed as

"inaudible noise." What is it?

- Your Honor. - Sidebar, Your Honor.

- Ma'am? - Yeah, I just...

- Ma'am? - Yeah, I just...

- Ma'am? - Yeah, I just...

- Is that the sound at 48 seconds? - Ma'am?

- Yeah. - Yeah, I just...

What is it?

How are you going to find out?

What are you doing?

What's that?

It's a ringtone.

It's a freaking ringtone.

Someone else's.

How do you know?

She was using her cell to call 911.

Your Honor, they want to re-open this case.

It was argued. We had closing arguments.

We are merely trying to satisfy the jury's questions.

No, you're not, Diane. Don't play innocent.

You're trying to shout down the other evidence

- with this melodrama. - Exactly.

We're not the ones asking the question, Your Honor.

The jury is. They obviously have some probative value.

Well, first of all, do we even know what

this "inaudible noise" was?

We do.

Okay. Then this is what I want.

Bring me legal arguments tomorrow morning

as to whether the jury should hear this evidence,

and the jury will delay their deliberations until then.

No.

It's a ringtone.

How did you find that out?

I didn't. Jason did.

I thought Jason wasn't working on this.

He wasn't. I asked him to.

He thinks we could imply someone else was there.

Well, it will keep the jury occupied.

They seem to want to chase the murder.

Question is, will Cuesta let it in.

Diane, my second year...

we argued something similar to this... a bribery case?

- Do you have the research? - I could probably find it.

It was 2010. Something with Sweeney.

- Do we have it online? ‭ - The briefs, not the notes.

You may want to check the file cabinets.

Looks like an all-nighter digging up precedents,

so let's get started.

You should probably thank Jason.

I will.

You should probably thank him now.

I will, Lucca.

What's going on?

Jason thinks that if Peter goes to prison,

you'll never divorce him.

What?

- Jason just thinks... - No, I heard what you said, I...

- What does that even mean? - It means,

you don't want to kick a man when he's down.

Okay, and by man, are we meaning Jason?

No. Peter.

You tend to confuse responsibility and love.