Will Gardner quotes from The Good Wife

Will

[after losing his case] Let's make a deal.

You just lost at craps, Will. You don't make a deal with the croupier; you just go home.

Will

We can't drop our class action.

Alicia

I know.

Will

There are 68 other couples just like them. [she gives him a look] Yes, it's about the firm, too. But we can't drop the class action.

Alicia

I understand.

Will

Don't you like this? Being a lawyer? Isn't it fun?

Alicia

It has its moments.

Will

Please, tell me you have something good.

Kalinda

Well, I'm not sure what it is. And my method for obtaining it is not exactly legitimate.

Will

Illegitimate as in "I can't use it in court", or... we can go to jail?

Kalinda

I downloaded firmware and cloned Patti Nyholm's phone, in order to intercept her text messages. [he chuckles] What? You wanted something. I got you something.

Will

You came into my office. Last night, after you left, you came back to my office-- why?

Alicia

Will... help me out, please? I mean, we had... We had... whatever we had at Georgetown, and I just...

Will

But you came back.

Alicia

I know. It was wrong.

Will

Because you're married? [she remains silent] Okay, I have a suggestion.

Alicia

I like work. I like working here. I don't want everywhere I go to be a mess.

Will

We're not going to talk about this. We're not going to say any more, okay?

Alicia

Good.

Will

We're going to go to dinner in one week's time and we'll talk then.

Alicia

Please don't end up hating me. I need this job. I mean, I'm... I-I, I mean that... I'm sorry.

Will

[softly] Alicia. It's fine. We have bad timing. [he starts to walk away] We've always had bad timing.

Will

[over the phone] We're in a weird place, I know.

Alicia

It's okay.

Will

No. I don't like being in a weird place.

Alicia

I know. Me neither.

Will

When I look at you during the day, I want to know what you're thinking.

Alicia

Sometimes I don't even know what I'm thinking. Will...

Will

Yeah?

Alicia

If it had been differently... at Georgetown, if... if it had been us and not Peter, we would've lasted a week.

Will

No, we wouldn't have.

Alicia

We would have. It's romantic because it didn't happen. If it had happened, it would have just... been life.

Will

[about Diane sleeping with McVeigh] Did it even occur to you to tell me?

Diane

Not, it didn't. I was under the mistaken impression that it was my life.

Will

It's your life when it doesn't impact our clients.

Diane

It didn't impact our clients.

Will

Diane, the jury ate it up. It was sex. It wasn't GSR or ballistics; it was sex.

Diane

I'm going home.

Will

If you had just told me. If you had just given me a sign!

Diane

Come on! Don't be a hypocrite.

Will

A hypocrite? How am I a hypocrite?

Diane

Alicia.

Will

[he pauses] That's supposed to what, make me quake, make me humble?

Diane

Make you honest.

Will

There's nothing going on with Alicia.

Diane

That's not true.

Will

It is true.

Diane

Will... I have two eyes.

Will

Then use them. Watch me. Watch us. There's nothing going on with Alicia. [she chuckles]

Will

Everything is all right.

Alicia

You sure? Because... I'm sorry.

Will

Alicia, you don't have any reason to be sorry. I was pushing a situation that was wrong to push.

Alicia

You weren't.

Will

I was.

Will

Don't worry. We're good. We're going to be good.

Alicia

I heard you were deciding on Friday.

Will

That really wasn't supposed to be circulated.

Alicia

I know. I just... I'm really proud of the work I've done here.

Will

As you should be.

Alicia

And I wanted to make sure that you saw that.

Will

Look, Alicia, I don't know what you're hearing, but that's all we'll be looking at.

Alicia

Okay, good.

Will

You have my word. When we decide, nothing else will enter the picture other than your work.

I ran into Alicia Florrick.

Will

Uh-huh. Where?

At the office. She seems nice.

Will

Yes, and a very talented lawyer.

I'm sure. I felt like I was intruding.

Will

You felt like you were intruding? I don't understand that.

I felt like I was getting checked out by someone who had skin in the game.

Will

[on the phone] Okay, I just need to say it. We've been up and down, back and forth, and I look at you, Alicia and I think that...

Alicia

Will...

Will

No, I just need to say this.

Alicia

No! Show me the plan.

Will

The what?

Alicia

The plan. I get the romance. I need a plan.

Will

Not everything needs a plan.

Alicia

Everything that matters does. I have two kids that mean the world to me. I have the press. They're just waiting for a whiff of a new scandal. And I have a husband. So if you want to cut through all that noise, then show me a plan. Poetry is easy. It's the parent-teacher conferences that are hard.

Alicia

So is it always gonna be this way between us?

Will

I want to say yes, but I want to know what you mean.

Alicia

Just... talking. Being casual and...

Will

Blunt? [she nods] I like myself around you, Alicia. I don't like myself around a lot of people.

Alicia

You do.

Will

It's an act. It's perfected over a millennium.

Will

Are we being played in some way?

Diane

I don't see how.

Will

I don't either. It's making me suspicious.

Cary

(to Alicia and Will, before taking Alicia's deposition) This is funny, isn't it? All these connections. My old workplace, my old boss, my old coworker... and my new boss competing with your husband. And then there's you two and... your thing.

Will

(shrugs) Chicago. Shall we start?

Alicia

Could... we talk sometime?

Will

We can talk anytime.

Alicia

No, I mean... We need a moment. Just a moment when things don't seem so all over the place.

Will

Okay, that's probably not now.

Alicia

(chuckles) No.

Will

I heard peer review was rough.

Alicia

A bit. How important is it?

Will

I don't know. We're trying to figure that out. You think it's stupid?

Alicia

I think it encourages people to denigrate each other to save their jobs.

Will

I read your reviews. You didn't.