The Good Wife

("Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" playing)

It was e-mailed to campus inboxes.

Do you know who sent it?

My guess is Tau Kappa Theta, the Jewish fraternity.

- I'm not saying anything bad. - No, of course not.

I just think it was this video that provoked the fight

- at the interfaith rally. - And you want us to defend...?

Jimal Mifsud.

Scholarship student in Science.

His family is in Jiddah, and he can't afford a lawyer.

Do you know his family?

No, I am purely

an interested bystander here who wants to see justice done.

Purely?

There's a campus fistfight

between a dozen Palestinian and Jewish youths,

and the State's Attorney

only charges one Palestinian?

Well, he doesn't have a record,

so it should be a simple misdemeanor battery.

Court supervision, at most.

No, the new State's Attorney wants to appear tough on his first day.

It was deemed a hate crime.

Seven years.

Alicia, meet Wasim Al-Said, an old friend who until recently

retained our competitor Young, Bachman and Meyers

- for his legal interest. - To my eternal regret.

- Very nice to meet you, Mrs. Florrick. - Alicia's fine.

Your husband was very good to the Muslim community in his first term.

My fear is, that's changed.

Of course, Alicia can't

influence her husband in any way,

but she is still one of our best lawyers.

Well, that's all Jimal needs. This is a good kid

they're painting as a suicide bomber.

Bond hearing's today. I'll be there.

Good, that's one piece of business.

What else might we handle that Young, Bachman and Meyers can't?

I know that Eli Gold is working with you these days?

I'm in need of some crisis management.

- What's the crisis? - Where's the management?

Will you get, uh, Eli for us?

And ask Will to step in.

Will? Sure.

He's late. Overslept.

Must be from celebrating yesterday's victory.

- Must be. Hey, Mom, pick up the phone.

Hey, Mom, pick up...

Hello, dearest daughter.

You sound happy. I am happy.

I have my daughter on the phone. What more could I desire?

Look, I don't think I need a tutor.

Grace, we discussed this. It's just a month.

- Yeah, but it was one report card. - And it's one month.

Dad just thinks I need to apply myself.

Oh, I agree, and a tutor will help you do that.

Eli? The meeting.

Mom, Nisa's parents want you to come over for dinner.

- You and Dad. Both of you. - Why?

Just to be nice. I didn't tell them anything.

It was like you said: I haven't let anyone know

you guys are separated. Hey!

Okay, I'll talk to your father about it. I-I've got to go.

So, who is this guy again?

Wasim Al-Said.

He's a commodities trader.

Wasim?

Diane's been trying to sign him for two years.

He has ten million in charitable assets to spend.

On what?

A campaign against anti-Muslim bigotry.

Mr. Al-Said, you do know that I'm not a PR specialist.

I handle lobbying and crisis management.

Do you watch the evening news, Eli?

Religiously.

Then you know there was a murder of a Jewish poli sci major

at Chicago Polytech last night.

Unsolved, but the police are questioning Muslim students.

Ten minutes later, a riot broke out at the other end of campus

at a rally intended to encourage interfaith dialogue,

and only one Muslim was arrested.

Now I'm used to reading the tea leaves in this country,

and the best way to manage a crisis is before it becomes one.

Isn't that true?

It is.

So, are you hiring me because I'm good or because I'm Jewish?

Because I imagine it might look quite good

having a Jew campaign for Muslims.

Can't it be both?

- I don't like being used. - Really? Since when?

He knows Jewish money is going to Peter for his next campaign

- and he wants to buy influence. - And...?

Don't you get so knowing on me.

What's up with you, anyway?

You seem different.

Where you going?

- Court. - Why?

I'm a lawyer.

Okay, glad we cleared that up.

This is a hate crime, Your Honor,

and we ask that bail be set at $100,000.

Have you ever been in a fistfight, Counselor?

Have I, Your Honor? Uh, no.

Well, let me educate you.

It's chaos, chaos in there. No one can tell who hits who.

Fists are flying, you get hit in the head.

The next thing you know, you're on the ground and somebody's jumping...

- Jimal, I'm sorry to be late. I was... Jimal assaulted someone

because he was Jewish. That is not chaos, Your Honor.

And Jimal was hit because he's Palestinian, Your Honor.

Alicia Florrick, Your Honor.

20 students were fighting.

Only one was charged. One Muslim.

- His religion had nothing to... - It had everything to do with it.

All right, okay, your passion is preserved for the record.

Bond is set at $5,000.

And I do suggest that the State reconsider its charge.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Jimal, I was just put in on this.

You have a benefactor who asked me to step in.

- Are you all right? - Yeah, but I didn't do anything.

I know, a lot of this is posturing by the prosecution

to get you to accept a higher plea.

The good news is, the judge is on your side.

Now, do you want me to call your parents or anything?

No, no they wouldn't... Look, I'm ashamed.

I understand. Hopefully, we can handle this

- by admitting simple battery. - But I didn't. I wasn't even there.

He wasn't at the rally, Cary. He was at the library.

Oh, my God, really? That's terrible.

This isn't about Jimal, and this isn't about some stupid fistfight.

This is about that Jewish kid stabbed to death,

and you can't find the killer so Jimal is the scapegoat.

We have an eyewitness who saw Jimal throw the first punch.

- That's what this is about. - Is the eyewitness Caucasian?

Oh, wow, how quickly we slip the bonds of political correctness.

- Why not ask if he's Jewish? - Cross-racial identification.

Caucasians have difficulty

discerning unique characteristics.

Six months in County, one year probation.

No.

Then I'll see you in court.

Tell Peter there has to be a better way

to firm up his campaign contributions.

Using everything we can, are we?

It's a new day.

We're running a clean office.

Let me say that again, because

we're all prone to the same cynicism.

We... are running a clean office.

Clean, ethical, honest, but not weak.

I know our budgets have been slashed.

I know we're the underdog here.

But our strategy will be this:

no plea bargains.

That's right.

Defense attorneys will be expecting the opposite.

So for the next two months,

I want you to hold the line on every single plea.

After that, you won't have to work as hard.

You get your enemy flinching,

you'll never have to hit him hard again.

Your first complaint will be about investigator hours.

That's why I've hired an outside contractor

until we can budget full time.

I want you to meet Sophia Russo.

She's good, and she's cheap.

Thanks!

Relatively.

Mr. Florrick, I offered the defense six months

on the college hate crime. Should I walk it back?

What's the law say?

Three to seven years.

There's your answer.

The lawyer's Alicia,

and she might come after your campaign contributions.

Really?

Yeah. What do you want?

Follow the law.

You can't go wrong if you follow the law.

All right.

Geez, what a pit.

- Thank you. - You're working on the, uh,

the Jewish-Muslim thing, right?

Yeah, the hate crime. Why? What do you need?

Oh, it's not what I need.

What is this?

You used to work with Kalinda Sharma, didn't you?

Yeah.

If I were you, I'd slip it to her.

So, kind of odd not seeing you around much.

Yeah, I've been busy.

Yeah.

And here I thought you didn't need me anymore.

What's that?

It's a peace offering.

Peter Florrick wants to run a clean office, so...

this is me being clean.

You're welcome.

You can't make Chicagoans feel