The Good Wife: Season 7

Alicia attempts to revive her law career by working as a bond court attorney, representing indigent defendants and practicing privately. In her first day at bond court, she befriends a fellow attorney, Lucca Quinn, who passes cases off to her as a favor. Meanwhile, Louis Canning tries to attract Alicia to work for him, but she rejects the offer, which makes him set Alicia's next case up against Diane and David Lee, unbeknownst to her. After Alicia agrees to support it, Peter rushes to launch his

Alicia argues a case regarding the vandalism of a museum photo, which escalates into a potentially lucrative civil dispute between a son and his mother's attempts at exhibiting naked photos. Lucca sits second chair on the case, while Alicia tries out a new investigator, who botches her assignments as the opposition gains valuable information. As Lockhart, Agos & Lee also look for a new investigator to replace Kalinda, Cary attempts to address associate concerns regarding senior partner Howard Ly

Alicia takes on a new case involving a defendant who synthesized a designer drug, an apparent analogue to gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid. The case entangles Alicia in an undercover FBI-led task force operation involving judicial bribery. Howard Lyman, fearing getting pushed out of Lockhart, Agos and Lee, approaches Alicia for legal advice for a possible ageism suit. While at her house, Howard meets Jackie and begins a relationship with her. Diane agrees with the partners to offload excess case work t

Reese Dipple appoints his general counsel Ethan Carver to liaise with Lockhart, Agos and Lee and compels Diane to take over a case advocating against euthanasia. Ethan suggests to Cary that he speak to Alicia to lobby Peter to veto an imminent physician-assisted suicide bill. Eli happens to overhear the conversation between Alicia and Cary, and schemes behind the Florrick family's back in an attempt to annoy Ruth. Alicia comes across a case where an African-American woman is wrongly accused of s

Eli gets desperate witnessing Peter's vice presidential campaign unfold without him at the helm. His daughter, Marissa, wanting him to move on, urges Alicia to fire him. Alicia and Lucca, agreeing to partner, take on the case of a student debtor trying to stave off harassment from a debt collection agency. Realizing the potential for a lucrative contingency fee, they convince their client to instead sue the private college where she incurred the debt, while Jason deals with the agency. Cary and

Alicia and Lucca take on the case of a former company vice president fired for failing a polygraph lie detector test. Concerned about her investigator's previous career as an attorney and subsequent disbarment, Alicia decides to investigate Jason's history. Ruth believes Peter's upward trend in the polls might give him an actual chance to run for President, something which prompts her to reach out to Eli. Diane, Cary, and David decide to hire three new associates, and face a contentious decision

Louis Canning refers to Alicia the case of a defendant accused of recklessly crashing a self-driving car into another vehicle. Alicia is pitted against both Canning and Diane as well as Cary Agos (from her old firm). Eli, worried about how Peter and Alicia's marriage is perceived to the media, tries to arrange for them to temporarily live together. Alicia makes good on her agreement to vote with Frank Landau after being appointed to the election board. Eli tries to arrange for Peter to meet with

Ethan Carver asks Diane to argue a case that she strongly disagrees with politically. Involving pro-life and pro-choice advocates, the case's high profile displeases several clients of Lockhart, Agos and Lee. Alicia and Lucca debate ways to bring more business to their firm, and decide to poach clients from Louis Canning. Grace tries to help out in her own way and is able to land the firm new clients. Eli refers billionaire Courtney Paige to Alicia for legal advice after she decides to set a sal

Alicia and Lucca agree to co-counsel alongside Louis Canning defending Chum-hum in a racially motivated tortious interference case against an African-American restaurant owner that went out of business, blaming the racial bias inherent in the Chum-hum's maps application. Both sides trudge through massive quantities of emails, photos and other documents during the discovery process attempting to find a breakthrough. Ruth become suspicious of the nature of Alicia and Jason's relationship, which in

Lockhart, Agos and Lee are abandoned by their newly hired associates, right in the middle of a highly technical case representing Ethan Carver just before a filing deadline. Diane decides to hire the one associate they did not hire the first time while Cary tries to stop the associates from working for Louis Canning. Alicia and Lucca represent a respected surgeon accused of conspiring to kidnap, sedate, and rape the mother of one of his patients. Alicia loses her investigator after Ruth asks Eli

Alicia, Peter and the rest of her family ride through Iowa attempting to visit every single county for the caucus vote. Extremely angered by Eli's confession, Alicia ruminates on the possibilities of what might have been had she chosen to be with Will Gardner instead of Peter; she also ignores Eli and agrees with Ruth to spite him. Lucca represents Jackie Florrick in pre-nuptial negotiations with her fiancé Howard Lyman. Diane and Cary face a state discriminatory hiring investigation. David Lee

Alicia's neighbors become annoyed at her running her law firm from her apartment, and attempt to serve her an eviction notice which Grace tries to resolve by herself. With Peter's presidential campaign over, Eli returns to become Peter's Chief of Staff and before leaving, Ruth warns Eli regarding Peter's continuing viability as governor. Alicia and Cary team up to defend an old client against his former record label's assertion regarding ownership of a song he wrote. Cary offers Lucca and Alicia

Alicia decides to sue a sitting judge after a former bond client of hers reveals he has been in prison for eight months on a minor misdemeanor charge. Alicia and Lucca lose the case only to be subject to a malpractice suit by the same client. Cary Agos agrees to represent her and Lucca. Alicia still aches from the missed voice mail from Will, and tries to elicit more detail from Eli about it before forgiving him entirely. Freelance investigator Jason Crouse returns from California, and takes up

Alicia returns to work at Lockhart, Agos & Lee, alongside Lucca but finds it difficult to adjust to worklife back at the firm when she and Lucca take on the case of the firm's own IT director who discovers a prototype device and is approached by media outlets to sell it. Eli's daughter, Marissa, is approached by an FBI agent who tries to elicit information about people in Alicia's life, including Ruth, who urges her to leave Peter. Eli deduces the FBI are after Peter.

Alicia is appointed to join a panel of lawyers and attorneys for the Pentagon to reach a legal justification for the targeted killing of an American civilian who recruits for ISIS. After definitely gaining confirmation that the FBI is investigating Peter, Eli tries to hire Elsbeth Tascioni, but she recuses herself after realizing she may have a conflict of interest. Eli hires Elsbeth's ex-husband, Mike Tascioni, in an attempt to find out who that client might be. Jason Crouse is hired by David a

Alicia and Jason spend the weekend together, only to be interrupted by her mother and brother. Veronica seeks Alicia's help after she was apparently scammed out of money. A grand jury is empaneled against Peter, headed by AUSA Connor Fox. Eli, with Alicia's help, is able to determine that the premise of the investigation is based on a prosecution Cary was involved with in 2012. David Lee and Cary ask Alicia if Diane has approached her about forming an all-female firm. Soon after, Diane approache

Diane and Cary represent a client who is being accused of defamation after paying for a billboard ad that asserts a gun store ultimately is responsible for his daughter's death, due to the former's irresponsible business practices. Alicia is next to be deposed by the grand jury and with Eli's help is able to develop a strategy in an attempt to encourage the doubts of an incredulous grand juror. Alicia's daughter, Grace is accused of plagiarizing her college admissions essay. Alicia witnesses Jas

Alicia and Diane argue a privacy case for billionaire Reese Dipple, representing a therapist who sues a security company over a drone due to concerns about privacy for himself and his patients and he shoots down the drone in the course of the trial. The opposition is represented by former Lockhart/Gardner associate Caitlyn D'Arcy. AUSA Connor Fox attempts to use Marissa to force Eli into testifying against Peter, prompting Eli to hire Diane as his attorney. Peter encounters Jason in Alicia's hou

Jeff Dellinger, a former NSA employee, changes his mind about entering the US from Canada at the last minute at the US preclearance area at the Toronto airport. This starts a tug of war between the US and Canada over jurisdiction, with Alicia and Lucca at Dillinger's side. Eventually, he seeks asylum, which Canada grants with suspicious haste, much to the dismay of the US representative. Meanwhile AUSA Fox arrests Peter at Alicia's apartment. Peter is offered a plea deal, which he rejects. Kurt

Alicia hosts a party for Jackie's and Howard's Ketubah signing. Her brother Owen, her mother Veronica, Zack and Grace, Eli, his daughter Marissa, Peter, Diane and her husband Kurt all attend. Zack arrives with his girlfriend and announces his intent to marry her and move to France, something which both Peter and Alicia disapprove of. Peter loses his trial lawyer, Mike Tascioni, because Mike's dog Tom, an emotional support animal, is sick. Eli hires Jason to find incriminating evidence against Pe

Peter's trial begins with Diane defending him in court. Alicia and Eli try their hardest to keep Peter out of jail. The firm's conference room wall is accidentally destroyed when tradesmen mistake Lockhart, Florrick & Associates for another law firm, which forces the firm to evacuate to a lower floor. Diane tries to lure more female lawyers in an attempt to expand the firm, but faces opposition from David Lee who threatens a sex discrimination suit. Alicia hires Jason to investigate for Peter's

The jury rises from deliberations, but not with a verdict: they want to hear the actual audio of a transcript that was provided in Peter's trial. Peter's defense scrambles to find a legal precedent to re-open trial proceedings to allow the jury to hear testimony related to the audio. Alicia, reminiscing on her time with her former lover, Will Gardner, is able to locate one. Cary, who is now a lecturer, is approached by Alicia and Jason to help out with Peter's trial, and is able to find a lead o