I want you to think of me as a mentor, Alicia. It's the closest thing we have to an old boy's network in this town. Women helping women, okay? When I was starting out I got one great piece of advice: men can be lazy, women can't... and I think that goes double for you. Not only are you coming back to the workplace fairly late but you have some very prominent baggage. [Points to a picture of her and Hillary Clinton] But, hey, if she can do it so can you.
All S1
Characters
Alicia FlorrickJulianna Margulies · 95 quotes
Will GardnerJosh Charles · 50 quotes
Kalinda SharmaArchie Panjabi · 47 quotes
Diane LockhartChristine Baranski · 29 quotes
Cary AgosMatt Czuchry · 18 quotes
Peter FlorrickChris Noth · 17 quotes
Glenn ChildsTitus Welliver · 8 quotes
JCJudge Cuesta6 quotes
Jackie FlorrickMary Beth Peil · 5 quotes
MatanChris Butler · 5 quotes
Daniel GoldenJoe Morton · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Alicia Florrick & Kalinda Sharma (24), Alicia Florrick & Will Gardner (20), Will Gardner & Diane Lockhart (16)
S1 E15Unfinished Business
I know we should be at each other's throats, but I just want to say I really respect what you're doing here. Raising a family and then jumping right back into this. My mom, she's thinking of doing the same thing.
Great.
I'm sure it will be challenging, but at the end of the day, what have you really done? Saved a corporation a few billion dollars?
You want to trade?
I would, but I guess they have other plans, so...
Last time I was in court was 13 years ago.
Wow, I was 12.
I don't know how you do it, Alicia. I'd be huddled up in a ball somewhere.
JJennifer
Step in? For how long?
For the retrial.
JJennifer
[hopeless] Oh my God.
Mrs. Florrick? The wife of the esteemed Peter Florrick? Your husband and I never quite saw eye to eye, ma'am.
Your Honor, I...
Mrs. Florrick, don't talk. But if the prosecution thinks that this will in some way prejudice me against your client, he is sorely mistaken. Nice try, Matan.
You identify with too many clients, you burn out.
Why don't you tell me when I do something right, okay?
Sure.
You know the new associate, Cary?
The one in the Brioni?
[Alicia looks at him]
What? I'm observant.
Yes, the one in the Brioni. He said to me "may the best man win". What exactly does he mean by that?
What he means is something I thought we weren't making public.
What?
Look, we only have one associate position open. So we agreed to hire two applicants and, in six months, decide which one we retain.
So this is a contest between me and Cary?
It was either that or a cagematch. I'm just happy your pro bono is going well.
When I get out, it will all go back to normal.
Nothing will ever go back to normal.
GGrace
[about Jackie] I want her dead.
Me too. Just not quite yet.
...but it isn't true--
Objection.
Sustained. Keep trying, Mrs. Florrick. You'll hit on it.
Objection.
On what grounds?
On the grounds that... relevance?
Well, lets us see how relevant this becomes, shall we?
[about Alicia] It's not just teaching an old dog new tricks, it's teaching an entitled dog new tricks.
Zac, I need the computer.
ZZac
Mom, I just raised my wanted level.
Yeah, I'm happy for you, honey.
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