The Good Wife

Go ahead.

That's your copy.

I think you'll find it tough, but honest.

Your peers thought you were professional and diligent.

But some also found you... a bit standoffish,

and felt you kept leisurely hours.

Just think of it as a progress report,

a way to point towards improvement.

Improving my standoffishness?

Can I offer some advice, Alicia?

Take this seriously.

There's some worth there.

And the partners want your peers to determine future pay

and advancement...

Okay, let's go.

Excuse me?

I- I need Alicia. Let's go.

Actually... we're not finished.

Oh, yes, peer review.

How adorable.

Let's go.

Oh,

you're staring at me.

I'm in trouble, aren't I?

1245 Loop.

Meet me in the lobby.

Don't dawdle.

Where was I?

Take this seriously.

Portman & Michaels.

Holland, Charmin & Day.

Carlington & Associates.

Hey, Bethany.

Great day for a bake off.

David, you left your big guns at home.

Where are Will, Diane?

My God, you're right. What was I thinking?

I heard she listened to five words from Bellows & Greenberg

and kicked them out.

I'm surprised she gave them five.

Alicia! Why, there you are.

Ah, the celebrity factor. Of course.

Good luck, Bethany.

Hey, we only have a minute.

The real key here is the $31 million divorce,

but there's also a DUI.

Randall.

Happened last night.

Just say some bright words about DUIs

and don't overburden

the presentation.

Their real worry is the 31 million.

I'm sorry, who are we...?

She's ready for you. Just two.

Tim, Randall, you stay.

Alicia, let's go.

You'll have to turn off cells in the room.

Hi, Peter. I'm going into a meeting.

Hey, I just wanted to see if you could hit lunch today.

Why? Is everything all right?

Well, the Democratic Committee asked for a meeting.

Peter, that's great.

Talk about calling in the cavalry.

The campaign is just about out of money.

Eli, no one's listening.

Hey, how did that peer review go?

I'll tell you later.

I'm going into a meeting now. Okay. Bye.

Don't mention the bulimia.

David Lee from Lockhart, Gardner, Bond.

Your name's not above the title, Mr. Lee.

Everybody else sent partners. Everybody else

sent people who will abandon you after the first meeting.

Photos at 5:30,

after court.

Mrs. Burchfield, this is my associate, Alicia Florrick.

Milla! Sloan!

Sandwiches!

I think you might recognize her

from her husband's scandal last year.

Uh, Peter Florrick.

Would you like to sit?

Yes, thank you.

Now I've been looking over

your ex-husband's complaint, and I would suggest

a spousal maintenance of

$300,000 a year.

How do I insulate the 31 million?

It's not yours to split.

It's your daughter's. The...

Oh, go ahead. My daughters know all about it.

I draw up a trust,

protecting the cash from both parents.

This will be our little fiction to protect the money from him.

He stays running his restaurant in L.A.,

you maintain control of the money

through your daughter.

And my DUI?

It just so happens

that Alicia here has handled

some of our most complicated DUIs.

So how much trouble am I in?

A lot.

Really?

The other guys thought it was an easy dismissal.

This is your third DUI.

They were just trying not to scare you.

Two were in California.

It doesn't matter. The State's Attorney

is gonna want a felony conviction

and 25 days at Cook County to use you as an example.

It's an election year.

You've achieved...

the wrong kind of fame.

That was diplomatic.

I'm trying very hard.

And if you weren't trying so hard?

I would say,

this is not L.A.

People here are less forgiving about underage drinking.

So you're famous?

No.

She's the wife of that guy last year

who resigned.

With the prostitute?

Do you have kids?

Yes.

Do they want autographs?

Funny, that's just what Alicia was saying on the way up.

She just didn't want to be rude.

You got to love the law.

Alicia... good job.

Thank you.

Mr. Lee, can I ask...

this peer review for Mr. Bond...

Oh, yeah, forget it.

Small-minded people making small-minded decisions.

Yes, but I heard they're basing our salaries on it.

Could you talk to him and tell him how I did?

No. I don't like him.

But good job anyway.

So Rahm, huh?

Yeah, Rahm.

The fun never ceases.

So, Frank, we hope this means

that the Democratic Committee is coming off the sidelines.

We are, actually.

Good. A three-way race is a bad thing.

We agree.

That's why we need you to drop out.

We don't want Wendy Scott-Carr in.

She's a loose canon.

She's trying to jump the line.

Then tell Childs to drop out.

You're the ones down

five points in the polls.

But look at the trend.

The trend can kiss my ass.

Look, Peter, we like you.

But let's be honest. Childs is the incumbent.

He's got the power of the office.

And you're counting

on African-American votes to win, right?

You're making a mistake.

Peter, if you were in my position,

you'd make the same one.

Wendy siphons off your black votes,

you and Childs split the white vote, and she wins,

all you do is play spoiler?

Be a good soldier.

We'll guarantee you my job in six months.

That's right.

The Howard Dean deal.

Yours for the taking.

Okay, okay.

Hold it down, please.

Very simply,

Ms. Burchfield's blood alcohol measured.14,

almost twice the legal limit.

Now, I don't care how Mrs. Florrick dresses her...

Objection. Sustained.

...it still indicates

a flagrant disregard for the law.

We ask for 45 days

in Cook County jail.

Your Honor, according to the police intake report,

my client's blood alcohol was only tested at the hospital

two hours after the accident...

Yes, and our experts used retrograde

extrapolation, a widely-accepted mathematical formula

for determining blood alcohol.

A formula that requires screening

for extraneous variables.

And what variables were not screened?

My client's bulimia.

Bulimia causes hypoglycemia,

which affects the way the body processes alcohol.

The plain fact is that the prosecution

can't tell whether my client was drunk

at the time of the accident or merely starving.