Directed by Brooke Kennedy
Written by the show's creators
Jeffrey Grant (Hunter Parrish), first seen in 'The Next Week', is on trial for the murder of Danni Littlejohn, a young woman and a student at the same university he attends. Finn Polmar (Matthew Goode) is a new prosecutor. Will defends Jeffrey Grant. Judge Thomas Politi (Vincent Curatola) presiding.
Jeffrey Grant has been having trouble in jail. Will tells him he needs to hold it together.
Meanwhile, Alicia is in a good mood even after Cary tells her that he's "seeing" Kalinda. Nelson Dubeck (Eric Bogosian) from the Office of Public Integrity does however dampen Alicia's good mood. But when he asks whether Will is her lover, she realizes that the prosecutor is grasping at straws.
Jeffrey's parents call Alicia. She tries to reassure them that Jeffrey's in good hands with Will. Alicia goes to court and, as a professional courtesy, tells Will that Jeffrey's parents called her.
Eventually, Jeffrey just loses it, grabs a bailiff's gun and shoots at both the prosecutor and at Will, wounding the former and killing the latter.
Kalinda calls Alicia, but Eli (Alan Cumming) has Alicia's phone. Alicia is at the main table for a Chicago Correspondents Club luncheon as a comedian makes several banal jokes. Eli doesn't want to interrupt Alicia, but Kalinda insists, disclosing that Will has died. Eli decides to pull Alicia away.
Tropes
- Previously on…: Julianna Margulies starts off the episode with the voice-over words "Previously on The Good Wife..."
- Shout-Out to Perry Mason: A lot of the evidence is presented late. "It's like Perry Mason here with all this late-arriving stuff," Judge Politi says.
- Wham Episode: Was Will the love of Alicia's life? We can never know now that he's dead. Although Alicia and Will had reached a more conciliatory tone in their final conversation, she will feel guilty she didn't say goodbye to him properly. Will's death will have consequences for the rest of the series, right up to the series finale.
