The Good Wife

May I?

Oh. Uh, no, sorry.

I'm, uh, saving them.

This isn't a game, Mr. Stack.

I didn't say it was.

You're treating it like it is.

I'm treating it with all the respect it deserves.

Mr. Stack?

Mr. Dylan Stack? Yes.

Present. Hi, I'm Alicia Florrick.

We spoke on the phone. Yes. Nice to meet you.

This is a mistake, Mr. Stack.

You walk through that door, we can't help you.

Well, what if I walk through that door?

What was that about?

Posturing. Heh.

Before we begin, Mr. Stack,

I just want to warn you

that we are a full-service firm.

We don't really take walk-ins. Oh, well, I'm...

I'm not technically a walk-in.

I called you. Yes,

ten minutes ago, saying you were walking in.

Sorry. I don't like reservations.

I can pay. For...?

Keeping me out of jail.

Are you in danger of going to jail?

Yes. The two men out there

are federal agents from the Treasury.

They've been following me for the last two days.

Why?

I won't reveal the name of my client.

Okay. Oh, no, I-I mean...

that's why they're following me.

Hello.

If you're agents from the U.S. Treasury

and I ask to see your badges,

you have to show me them, correct?

May I see your badges, gentlemen?

Actually, could you hold them higher?

I practice digital information law in New York.

The U.S. Treasury wants to arrest one of my clients,

a client who asked that I maintain his anonymity.

This is a subpoena

to submit to questioning,

or be imprisoned for 18 months.

Why have you come to us?

To you, actually.

The rumor is

you've had your own dealings with the Treasury.

Dealings in which you came out the victor.

Well, I think that's a bit of an exaggeration.

And as I was saying, we do

have a pretty stable client...

I don't like credit cards or checks.

That's a lot of money.

It is.

Is it counterfeit? No, why?

Well, the involvement of the U.S. Treasury

would suggest some reason for... concern. No.

They're after my client for... something else.

And what is that?

He invented a new currency.

Really?

How did he do that?

He invented Bitcoin.

It's a... digital currency.

It's traded and spent online.

Yes. I've read about it. Well, according to the FBI,

it is a violation of federal law for individuals

to create private coin or currency systems.

I think the Treasury feels... threatened.

Bitcoin?

Yes. It's an online currency.

But he's not going to pay us in Bitcoin, is he?

No, he's got cash. Lots of it, in fact.

I don't know, Diane. It's the U.S. Government.

We swore off these Charge- of-the-Light-Brigade suits.

We swore off the ones based on idealism.

This one has cash. And I know how that sounds.

Okay.

But let's not stick our necks out too far.

When we poke the bear?

I'm tired. I mix metaphors when I'm tired.

How's it going?

Well, she sure is different.

You can always get Kurt Leventhal.

I have his number right here.

No. I rolled the dice.

Hey, what time are they...

Oh. Here they are. Hello. Here I go.

You have the right to remain silent.

This way. You visit me in prison?

Every Friday.

I'm putting on a good face.

I'm actually kind of terrified.

That makes sense.

Ooh. (Laughs)

I thought you were gonna say something comforting,

like, "Don't be."

Sorry.

Well, I guess the truth is comforting, too.

Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Stack.

We have agreed to take your case.

Oh. That's great. Thank you.

But we can't receive the cash.

We need a cashier's check.

Yep.

Only in America is greater abstraction more desirable.

I am so sorry.

They found asbestos in my office.

This is fine, thank you.

Mr. Gardner, this is a proffer session.

It's completely... Would you like something

to drink?

No, thank you.

It's completely off the record.

If you give me... How about you two?

Oh, I'm fine. No, thank you.

Well, do you mind if I have something?

I didn't have breakfast.

Oh, and, um... we have blankets,

you know, if anybody's cold.

Hi.

Just one morning shake, please.

Thanks.

Sorry. Go ahead.

If you supply us with truthful information

as to your knowledge

about judicial criminal conduct,

we'll close this investigation against you.

No grand jury.

Does that make sense? It does.

The... the name of your bookie was...

Give me a hand with this.

...was Jonathan Meade, is that correct?

Jonathan Meade was the name of a friend of mine

who I invited to one of my

Wednesday night basketball games.

But he acted as a bookie?

He acted in a lot of capacities.

At one point, he was even an actor.

Really? In what?

I... I don't know,

but I think it was a low-budget movie.

A horror movie? And you witnessed

several judges placing bets with Jonathan Meade?

Could you be more specific? Regarding?

Which three judges? Excuse me, Ms. Tascioni,

this is Mr. Gardner's proffer, not ours.

Oh, yes, I know, but

Mr. Gardner needs to know what you're after

in order to help you.

There were a lot of judges

at this basketball game over the years,

and how many of them talked to your actor friend?

Quite a few. You see?

How can we help you if you won't give us any direction

on how to help you?

Judge Winter,

Judge Dunaway,

and Judge Parks.

Okay, now it's your turn, Mr. Gardner.

Did you see Mr. Meade placing any bets

or otherwise conferring with these three judges?

I'm sorry.

I wish I could remember.

That was a sham.

She played you. Yes, thank you, Cary.

This investigator that you're cultivating at Lockhart/Gardner?

Kalinda? Mm-hmm.

It's time to stop cultivating, and start planting.

Okay.

We need to have a conversation about vulnerabilities.

Here's the difficulty:

I don't know where I'm vulnerable.

Well, I'd start looking,

because... oh, look, there's my earring!

Dollar bills can be lost, stolen, burned.

Bitcoin is here forever, on the Internet.

While dollar bills are traded through a bank,

Bitcoin is traded peer-to-peer. Yay!

See, Mom? Pretty colors.

Fun, right?

Thanks, Zach.

So...

you don't buy Bitcoin.

No, you can.

There are currency traders online.

Yeah, one Bitcoin's worth three dollars.

It used to be $33. People were hoarding.

But that's not how it gets into circulation. You mine it.

Like gold. The guy who invented it created this program

that releases blocks of Bitcoin over time.

See? NARRATOR: That means running software

on your computer that works to solve

complicated mathematical problems.

You receive a Bitcoin when your computer succeeds.

The more computer power you have,

the more mining you can do.