The Good Wife

Cary asked me.

I know.

He's just on a call.

So, the IRA agreed to an Offer and Compromise,

on your tax case.

The IRA?

The... the IRS.

You'll have to pay a penalty,

we can deal with all the specifics later,

but you have some un-cashed checks in your file.

You should take a look at those.

Thanks.

I'm not gay.

You asked whether I was gay?

Yes...

two years ago.

I know.

I wanted to answer.

I'm not gay, I'm...

...flexible.

Okay.

Flexible. Good.

And, uh...

Lana Delaney, this FBI agent,

that's... flexible?

Yeah. Sort of.

Because as your lawyer, I wouldn't...

You know what, it's your life. You do what you want.

What?

It's the Veriscene case. The judgment's in.

We find out tomorrow.

That's good.

I don't know. I've got a bad feeling about this one.

How's everyone this morning?

Well, Your Honor.

We seem to have a designated hitter here today.

Yes, Your Honor.

My partner, Will Gardner, couldn't be in court...

Oh, you don't have to cover for him. I know Will's suspended.

- How's he doing? - Very well, thank you for asking.

Like a kid with five days until Christmas.

Well, tell him he's missed.

Shall we get started?

Plaintiff alleges that Veriscene,

a drug administered for the cure of acne,

caused Mr. Goode irreversible sterility.

Accordingly, I am entering judgment for the plaintiff,

in the amount of $25 million in compensatory.

I acknowledge that this amount

is in excess of the $18 million requested by the plaintiff,

but I find the actions here particularly heinous.

- Your Honor... - Yes, Mr. Canning?

You want to appeal?

- Oh, I do. Uh vehemently. - As is your right.

Mr. Goode, no matter where this ends up, I want you to know,

justice was done here today.

Whoo-hoo! Yes!

Congratulations.

I am rarely speechless, but I am speechless.

Thank you. Thank you both.

It's not over yet. They're going to

drag this out in appeals, so...

I thought it was going against us.

Sometimes fate smiles.

Will, are you standing or sitting?

Which one do you want me to be?

You're kidding.

You're kidding.

Do you know what this means?

That we can pay off our balloon payment.

And dodge the executioner for another quarter.

If you get a settlement.

Where's Canning at? He'll appeal.

For effect. $25 million should motivate him.

Peter, you okay?

We have a problem with the house.

We?

Uh, Jackie.

She paid ten percent in cash on the down payment.

Apparently, she was bidding against someone.

Me. She was bidding against me.

So I'm planning on going ahead with the purchase

and then flipping the house in a few months.

Okay.

Are you moving in?

Just temporarily. I think

I could get more more money for the house

if I did some work in the backyard.

Why are you telling me this, Peter?

Look, I don't want you to worry about these...

decisions.

This is all temporary. I'm not trying to...

Colonize our past?

Well, I don't think I'd exactly put it that way,

but yes, I don't want these decisions to be misunderstood.

Okay. I won't.

So... we're making this work, right?

Oddly, yes, we are.

I heard Cary is back with you guys.

- Yeah, starts today. - Oh.

He's a good guy.

Wish him luck.

So, we'll need you out here until we get an office cleared out,

- if you're all right with that. - I am.

Good. It'll just be a few weeks.

: Welcome back, Cary.

Whew.

Yeah?

Um, is this F&E Construction?

Hello?

Who is this?

Uh, I'm a lawyer following up on a un-cashed check

from F&E Construction.

Unfortunately, we'll need you to reissue the check.

Who is this?

Um... is this F&E Construction?

Yes.

I don't recognize your voice.

I'm a lawyer representing...

someone...

uh, who has an un-cashed check from F&E Construction,

and she can't access her funds,

uh, unless you reissue, so...

Who's the check made out to?

Cash.

Where are you calling from, lady?

Can you just reissue the check, sir?

Sure. Give me a check number.

You know what, um, I'll call you back with that information.

Thank you.

Wow.

Oh, hey, Cary.

- How are you doing? - Good.

You seem to be, too.

Oh, it's just from being liaison to Eli Gold.

As soon as he's back on the campaign trail,

I'll be out there with everyone else. Where are you?

I'm out there with everyone else.

Well, then you'll have company.

Canning.

Oh, Cary.

- Good to have you back. - Thank you.

The Veriscene case... we're in the middle of negotiations.

Yeah, go for it. I know my way around.

We're not committing

to an offer yet, but if you have a number, we'll listen.

Mr. Canning, are you with us?

Oh, I'm sorry, I was just texting my lawyer.

It's funny, isn't it, lawyers having lawyers?

And my lawyer probably has a lawyer, too.

We should all be getting progressively smaller,

like matryoshka dolls.

Yes. So are we negotiating,

- or what are we doing? - No, we're negotiating.

I-I think I have an offer for you.

A one-time offer.

- Zero? Really? - Yeah, unfortunately

you have five minutes to decide whether to take it.

I see. And if we don't,

you have a bomb or something?

Sort of.

Hi. We're all here. Where are you?

Just changing. I'll be right in.

The rash is back, Michael.

I know. I'm trying the ointment three times a day.

You have to stop eating so much spicy food.

Yes. No more Thai food for you.

Oh, please, it's just poop.

You shovel the stuff all day, buddy.

Oh, God.

Patti Nyholm.

- Well, look at you. - And you.

Poster child for Motherhood Today.

You have no changing tables in the restroom, Will.

- It's a lawsuit waiting to happen. - Yep, doing our part

to suppress the birth rate.

So, I need

some legal advice on my contract.

Oh, my God, wait.

You can't practice law any more.

What was I thinking?

No, thank you.

I'll be right out, Michael.

This'll take a few minutes.

That must be really hard on you, Will,

just sitting around watching all these lawyers

while you're, what, surfing the Web?

- Clipping coupons? - What's up, Patti?

- A lawsuit. - Really? Which one?

A new one. It'll be great being on opposite sides again,

dusting it up...

Oh, wait. Darn it.

You're not a lawyer any more.

I keep forgetting.

So sorry I'm late.

Here's my lawyer now.

Ms. Nyholm, I believe you know everybody.

I think I do. Hello.

How are your negotiations going?

Well, I don't know, I gave them