The Good Wife · Season 1
If you don't mind me saying, there is some... ambivalence inherent in your position, Alicia. And ambivalence could hurt Peter's chances.
I'm not going to lie on the stand, Daniel.
That's not what I'm saying. The truth is the truth but it can often sound... truer.
I'm a flawed human being. And, uh... and I have paid a heavy price. I'm not complaining. That's just the truth. But I've looked in the mirror, and what I've seen, I don't like. And I'm gonna change it. That said, I do think it's time to turn the page, look to the future.
You're never handed the perfect witness. You make the perfect witness.
I had a brief consultation with a divorce attorney. A few days after the allegations against my husband surfaced, in order to weigh my options.
Are you saying you ruled out the possibility of divorce?
I-- I have no plans to divorce.
But you haven't ruled it out?
I haven't ruled out running for president. Probably won't happen, but I haven't ruled it out.
What's your goal here, Mr. Landry?
Mrs. Florrick...
To do your boss's bidding? To embarrass me? Embarrass my husband? To goad me into some emotional public renunciation of him? The relevant question here is whether Peter has a suitable place to go home to. And I am stating, under oath, that he does. Any further questions?
[to Amber] You phone my wife. You threaten my family. You go on a talk show, humiliate, and slander my wife and children. To protect my family, you have no idea what I'm capable of.
I don't know what's right or wrong anymore. I don't know what's a lie or what's the truth. I just... I can't take this.
Hold on. [he reaches for her]
No. I want it to stop. This is your family. [she breaks into tears] I don't care about libel laws. You make it stop. Make her stop.
Are you okay?
No.
That's good. The genuine is important right now.
Kya, unless you can get me in touch with my wife, I think you should shut up.
[talking about Grace's new friend] Her father's in prison, you know.
Jackie, your son's in prison.
Well, yes, but he's not in statesville.
You want to make people mysterious. People aren't mysterious.
Okay, then the same thing goes for you. You're not mysterious. By the same logic, you're completely knowable.
Sure.
Okay, so then hit me. I want to know. Go ahead.
Cary, you and I have nothing in common. 'cause you and I are from different worlds. And it's not just Mars and Venus. It's spaghetti and hydrogen. We're different categories. I'm knowable, but just not to you.
So you're using me for leverage.
Yes. Does that make you uncomfortable?
It makes me mistrustful.
So use me back.
I'm working on a divorce case, Peter, and I just see... I see how easily people fall back into old habits.
But that won't happen to us.
Why won't we?
Because we see the problem. And we'll know how to avoid it.
The network doesn't want a long, drawn out trial. We would like to move on.
You mean from Cheryl Willen's suicide or the loss of ten sponsors?
You don't need to sell it anymore; we're here.
That wasn't selling; that was rubbing it in.
I'm tired of being the one who has to hand-hold the clients. You know, they send me off to get a client to agree to do something I- I'm not even involved with, because they send me off to hand-hold the client.
You're babbling.
I know. Thank you.
Look, it's not a conspiracy. You're good at it.
That's what my brother used to say to get me to do chores:"Alicia's good at it". I've worked two months on this Duke case, and now that they're settling, I'm off on some divorce case, and Cary gets all the glory.
Yeah. Life stinks.
It's an ongoing investigation!
The Lindbergh Baby is an ongoing investigation.
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