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* In "Executive Order 13224" [[BunnyEarsLawyer Elsbeth]] is trying to delay a Treasury lawyer's investigation of Alicia for working with an alleged terrorist, so she recruits Alicia to help her with another case she's working on, slowly and carefully instructing Alicia as she hands over a pile of folders:
--> '''Elsbeth:''' Mr. Higgs, your monitor, is going to ask you what I said here when I handed over these files. And I just want you to be clear about what I'm saying.\\
'''Alicia:''' OK.\\
'''Elsbeth:''' ''[deadpan]'' I need your help on this insurance case because I'm ''swamped''. Look at all this paper. Phew. I need help.\\
'''Alicia:''' That's what you want me to tell him?\\
'''Elsbeth:''' No, that's what you ''will'' tell him, because that's what you heard me say.
* Then, during their next meeting with the lawyer, Elsbeth reveals that Alicia's "new client" is also involved in the case, and the new attorney-client privilege prevents Alicia from answering any questions on her 'terrorist' client.
--> '''Higgs:''' What did Ms. Tascioni tell you exactly? When she brought you this account?\\
'''Alicia:''' She told me ''[deadpan]'' "I need help on this insurance case. I'm swamped. Look at all this paper." ''[motions to invisible pile of folders]''



* In "Je Ne Sais What?", she has been arrested for harassing a man she was handling a lawsuit against to keep her from doing her job. At one point, she gets transferred from her jail cell and actually cheers giddily when a guard cuffs her.
* In "What's In The Box", Will questioning a sweet older woman named Nana Joe in a trial over ballot boxes. He says her medication commonly used for Alzheimer's patients suggests her memory is faulty and uses her inability to remember her husband's birthday as proof:
-->'''Will:''' Nana, when's your husband's birthday? (''Nana Joe reaches for her purse'') You don't know, do you?
-->'''Nana Joe:''' I'm checking my datebook.
-->'''Will:''' Yes, but off the top of your head, you don't know. Isn't it possible, ma'am, that you forgot that Mr.Buckley told you he wanted the ballots moved?
-->'''Nana Joe:''' I don't forget things.
-->'''Will:''' Things like your husband's birthday?
-->'''Nana Joe:''' (''bursts out crying'') I just want to go home! Can I go home?
-->'''Will:''' (''looks concerned'') Can you remember your address?
** The premise of the episode was hilarious in an absurd way. At first, it seems like the ballot box has been filled with votes for Mike Kresteva in order to rig the election, so Alicia, Will and Diana represent Peter's campaign to get the votes from the box excluded while AmoralAttorney Patti Nyholm represents Kresteva's campaign to get them included. After some initial court proceedings that sway the judge in the Florrick side's favor, it turns out that the vast majority of the votes in the box are for Peter, not Kresteva, forcing ''both sides'' to completely 180 their arguments and '''disprove the points that they themselves just made'''.



* In "What's In The Box", Will questioning a sweet older woman named Nana Joe in a trial over ballot boxes. He says her medication commonly used for Alzheimer's patients suggests her memory is faulty and uses her inability to remember her husband's birthday as proof:
-->'''Will:''' Nana, when's your husband's birthday? (''Nana Joe reaches for her purse'') You don't know, do you?
-->'''Nana Joe:''' I'm checking my datebook.
-->'''Will:''' Yes, but off the top of your head, you don't know. Isn't it possible, ma'am, that you forgot that Mr.Buckley told you he wanted the ballots moved?
-->'''Nana Joe:''' I don't forget things.
-->'''Will:''' Things like your husband's birthday?
-->'''Nana Joe:''' (''bursts out crying'') I just want to go home! Can I go home?
-->'''Will:''' (''looks concerned'') Can you remember your address?
** The premise of the episode was hilarious in an absurd way. At first, it seems like the ballot box has been filled with votes for Mike Kresteva in order to rig the election, so Alicia, Will and Diana represent Peter's campaign to get the votes from the box excluded while AmoralAttorney Patti Nyholm represents Kresteva's campaign to get them included. After some initial court proceedings that sway the judge in the Florrick side's favor, it turns out that the vast majority of the votes in the box are for Peter, not Kresteva, forcing ''both sides'' to completely 180 their arguments and '''disprove the points that they themselves just made'''.



** In "Je Ne Sais What?", she has been arrested for harassing a man she was handling a lawsuit against to keep her from doing her job. At one point, she gets transferred from her jail cell and actually cheers giddily when a guard cuffs her.



* In ''Executive Order 13224'' [[BunnyEarsLawyer Elsbeth]] is trying to delay a Treasury lawyer's investigation of Alicia for working with an alleged terrorist, so she recruits Alicia to help her with another case she's working on, slowly and carefully instructing Alicia as she hands over a pile of folders:
--> '''Elsbeth:''' Mr. Higgs, your monitor, is going to ask you what I said here when I handed over these files. And I just want you to be clear about what I'm saying.\\
'''Alicia:''' OK.\\
'''Elsbeth:''' ''[deadpan]'' I need your help on this insurance case because I'm ''swamped''. Look at all this paper. Phew. I need help.\\
'''Alicia:''' That's what you want me to tell him?\\
'''Elsbeth:''' No, that's what you ''will'' tell him, because that's what you heard me say.
* Then, during their next meeting with the lawyer, Elsbeth reveals that Alicia's "new client" is also involved in the case, and the new attorney-client privilege prevents Alicia from answering any questions on her 'terrorist' client.
--> '''Higgs:''' What did Ms. Tascioni tell you exactly? When she brought you this account?\\
'''Alicia:''' She told me ''[deadpan]'' "I need help on this insurance case. I'm swamped. Look at all this paper." ''[motions to invisible pile of folders]''

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* When the Lockhart/Gardner staff are handed subpoenas and all meet in the office, David arrives decked out in a flashy naval uniform; he was understudying for a friend in a Creator/GilbertAndSullivan play.

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* On one occasion, Canning says he's dying. Diane asks Kalinda to see if he's ''actually'' dying, or trying to screw over the firm. [[spoiler:Canning being Canning, it's ''both''.]]
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* The entire subplot about Alicia's brother, Owen, insinuating that Peter is a homophobe (although it turns into a TearJerker when Owen reveals ''why'' he made that comment.

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%%[[AC:"[[Recap/TheGoodWifeS2E03BreakingFast Breaking Fast]]" (2x03)]]
* The entire subplot about Alicia's brother, Owen, insinuating that Peter is a homophobe (although it turns into a TearJerker when Owen reveals ''why'' he made that comment.
** Eli is watching a Website/YouTube video of Owen telling a college class he is guest lecturing for that he thinks Peter isn't comfortable with him being gay. Eli does a SpitTake, starts choking, then throws a book at his own office door for no apparent reason in his panic.
** Eli confronts Peter and asks him point blank if he has a problem with gay people. Peter [[ComicallyMissingThePoint reassures Eli]] that he couldn't care less if [[MistakenForGay Eli is gay]].
** When Eli brings up Owen's comments, both Peter and Alicia laugh them off and say "That's just Owen, he talks", leaving Eli dumbfounded as to how he's the [[OnlySaneMan only one]] who sees how this might be a problem for Peter politically.
** Eli attempts to smooth things over with one of Peter's biggest campaign donors, who is both gay and Jewish. He doesn't believe that Peter is homophobic, but he does believe that he is too soft on Israel, leaving Eli with ''two'' fires to put out.
** To win over the donor, Peter invites him and his partner to dinner with the family. Although Peter manages to be diplomatic throughout, his family do not, as Grace challenges the donor with her pro-Palestinian views, [[RacistGrandma Jackie]] makes several anti-semitic and homophobic remarks, and Owen [[{{Troll}} rather unhelpfully]] chimes in several times to insist that Peter [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain definitely loves the gays and is not a homophobe]].



* In "Breaking Fast," Eli is watching a Website/YouTube video of Owen, Alicia's brother, making a remark about how he thinks Peter isn't comfortable with him being gay. Eli does a SpitTake, then throws a book at a door in his panic.
** Eli gives another spit take in the middle of Alicia's party when Marilyn says that she's naming her baby [[spoiler:Peter.]]

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* In "Breaking Fast," Eli is watching a Website/YouTube video of Owen, Alicia's brother, making a remark about how he thinks Peter isn't comfortable with him being gay. Eli does a SpitTake, then throws a book at a door in his panic.
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Eli gives another spit take in the middle of Alicia's party when Marilyn says that she's naming her baby [[spoiler:Peter.]]

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