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Recap / The Good Wife S 1 E 12 Painkiller

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The case of the week is about pharmaceuticals. Jackie has a stroke.

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  • Chekhov's Gun: Visiting Jackie at the hospital, Alicia learns that aspirin and oxycodon pills look alike. She uses this to prove that Ben stole pills from his mother and replaced them with aspirin.
  • Compliment Backfire: Jackie's default; according to Alicia she always takes compliments as criticism.
  • Double Agent: Kalinda. She works for both Peter and Glenn Childs.
  • Death of a Child: a kid has died of an overdose. His physician is on trial.
  • Title Drop: Diane tells a client that they already prescribed the 10mg painkiller, but not the 80mg.

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