The Good Wife

Previously on The Good Wife...

Shows your 30,000 votes are fraudulent.

So you want me to bury him? Do what you want.

I'm not owning this decision.

That is you and Jim Moody conversing in private.

I'm not interested in you. I want Peter Florrick.

All you have to do is testify against him.

- Did you kill Dani Littlejohn? - No.

Is there any way your skin could've ended up under her fingernails?

- No. - Then you're innocent.

So why do I feel so nervous?

You all right?

Now, let me tell you exactly what the defense is going to say.

That the DNA can't be trusted.

Mr. Gardner's gonna pound his desk and say loudly,

so that you know that it's important,

"Garbage in, garbage out."

Well, I'm glad Mr. Polmar gave you a preview of my defense,

it'll save me time.

You'll notice though, that I'm not pounding my desk,

or yelling wildly.

Simple fact is, I don't need to. I have a client who is innocent.

Mr. Grant tried to rape Dani Littlejohn

and when she resisted, he killed her.

Now, how do I know that Mr. Grant did this?

There were no video cameras there.

Well, luckily, science has provided its own video camera.

In her last desperate moments,

Dani scratched Mr. Grant,

leaving his skin under her fingernails.

This young girl's brave last act did not save her life,

but it did catch her killer.

Here's the thing about DNA...

whatever you touch,

whether you pick up a soda can, or a garden hose,

you leave a small trace of yourself.

A small trace of your DNA.

There, I just left a small trace of my DNA.

Now, ma'am, if you were to touch it in the same place,

a small trace of my cells may end up on you.

Now, Mr. Gardner will attempt to explain away this DNA

in many exotic ways and in fact, like any good defense attorney,

he will leave this court and argue in another court

that DNA is absolutely infallible.

Jeffrey never knew Dani Littlejohn, never met her,

never even said hello to her on campus.

Now, Mr. Grant and Ms. Littlejohn, in fact,

were members of the same off-campus club.

This club, was run by a campus math professor,

- so Mr. Polmar's... - And what about Mr. Grant's alibi?

He was sleeping in his dorm room... But no one saw him.

And possibly most damning of all, the police arrested someone else

- for this murder. - Objection.

Come on up.

- That was a little bit unsubtle. - Need to keep the jury awake.

You said I couldn't mention the man's name, Your Honor.

No, I said you couldn't mention the man himself.

Your Honor, it goes to my theory of the case.

Oh, yeah, please, let's hear the theory of the case.

The police were so embarrassed by arresting the wrong man

a year earlier, they railroaded my client.

No. This isn't about the cop's motive;

this is about you putting doubt in the mind of the jury

and I want you to cut it out.

- Yes, Your Honor. - Good. Now, are you done?

With my opening argument? Yes, Your Honor.

Good. Now, step the hell back.

You should've taken the plea, Will.

Okay. We're gonna recess for lunch.

I'll see you back here in 90 minutes.

Jeffrey, remember what I said. It's a marathon, it's not a sprint.

They think I'm guilty.

Everyone will think you're guilty until I present my evidence.

Hold it together and don't look away, you meet their eyes.

Everything all right?

I was just thinking, none of this existed six months ago.

Yeah... it's a real firm.

Thank you.

For?

Making me do this.

Alicia?

I'm seeing Kalinda.

- You're...? - Yeah.

Okay.

Now, she's trying to dig up stuff on our firm...

So...

I thought I should come clean to you.

Okay. But... you're not giving her anything?

No. No.

- No. - Good.

You look concerned.

Um... no, I just thought...

When you say you're seeing her...?

- I thought she was gay. - Bi... or something.

Good. None of my business.

You think this is the way Will and Diane talk?

We just need a shot of bourbon.

I'll get some.

What?

Justice.

You want me to stay?

No. That's okay.

- Mr. Dubeck, hello. - Mrs. Florrick.

I hope you don't mind this small interruption.

Would it matter if I did?

It would matter to me.

I won't take a minute. I-I won't even sit.

Sondra, can you call this phone in five minutes

and let me know I have a phone call?

That isn't necessary.

You represented your husband, the governor,

in the legal matters surrounding his election?

I think you know that I did.

Yes. I know you did.

Given that, the Office of Public Integrity

is investigating matters having to do with a stuffed ballot box.

- A ballot box I knew nothing about. - A ballot box you argued for in court.

No, I argued against. Then argued for.

Which is why I advise you to submit to a voluntary deposition.

Really? You advise me?

You did nothing wrong. Your husband did nothing wrong.

The best way to clear this up is to speak on the record.

- Or you'll leak it to the press? - No.

But... I do have a witness who will go on the record.

- Another lawyer. - Who?

Will Gardner.

I doubt that.

If I were you, I would get on the record first.

Here's my card.

Call me by this time tomorrow.

I think that's your fictional call.

Talk to you soon.

We can claim with 99.9 percent certainty that this DNA comes from Mr. Grant.

And did you find any other evidence of DNA

- around or on the body? - No. Only Mr. Grant's.

And the quantity of the DNA under the victim's fingernails

was consistent... with a defensive struggle?

- That is correct. - And you'd be able to...?

- Where'd you get it? - Campus security.

- They were sympathetic. - Kalinda, I could kiss you.

Not here. Listen, I-I need to talk to you later.

- Sure, about what? - Later.

- So, Mr. Vail... - Actually, Dr. Vail.

My apologies, Dr. Vail.

You have no doubt about the providence of this DNA?

With all DNA work, sir, we leave ourselves a degree of doubt...

but the doubt here is 0.00001.

Thank you, sir.

And now I believe Mr. Gardner

would like to talk to you about Touch DNA.

I do! Thank you, Finn.

Now that the prosecutor has brought it up,

what is Touch DNA?

DNA that is transferred via skin cells when an object is handled or touched.

And how many skin cells does a person shed every day?

Approximately 400,000 skin cells.

Wow... that's a lot.

So, if I handled this book on my desk,

Introduction to Litigation... it was a gift from Mr. Polmar...

Well, you told me you'd finally read it.

Now, if I handled this book...

and I hand it to you...

am I transferring cells?

You could be. You would have to hold it for some time

and it would be a better absorbent if the cover were cloth.

- As this one is? - Yes.

That would transfer your cells.

Your Honor, I've had some late arriving evidence

and unfortunately, I haven't had time to put it on slides.

That's all right. We can struggle without technology today.

The last day of Dani Littlejohn's life,

she checked out a research book from her advanced sociology class.

This is her at 3:25 p.m.,

as seen from the library surveillance cameras.

Do you see her there?

- I do. - Now,

this was a book all the sociology classes needed to share,

so a student couldn't take it out of the library,

they had to return it after reading the chapter...

Mr. Gardner appears to be testifying here, Your Honor.

He does at that. Is there a question swimming around in all those statements?

Yes, Your Honor.

A few hours earlier, at 12:39,

the same book was checked out by this person.

- Do you recognize him? - It looks like Jeffrey Grant.

It is, actually.

Now, this sociology book,

an old book, had a cloth cover.

Is it possible, that the DNA at question here,

was transferred via the cloth cover of this book?

It could, but to get under the victim's fingernails,

she would've had to grip the book quite tightly.

Yes, but as you say, it's possible.

It's certainly possible.

Can you see that, Mr. Polmar?

I can, Mr. Gardner, thank you.

He wanted an answer in 24 hours?

Or he'll depose Will.

It's a bluff.

Will won't break attorney-client privilege.