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* BathroomStallOfAngst: A man comes to Maia's workplace to yell at her for her family scamming him. She runs to the bathroom. When Luca follows her, Maia bolts into a stall to hide that she's crying.

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* BathroomStallOfAngst: A man comes to Maia's workplace to yell at her for her family scamming him. She runs to the bathroom. When Luca Lucca follows her, Maia bolts into a stall to hide that she's crying.

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Diane Lockhart, motivated by the inauguration of Donald Trump, plans for her retirement. Her goddaughter, Maia Rindell, secures an associate position at Diane's firm, having passed the bar examination. Maia accompanies Diane in the latter's final case regarding police brutality, going head-to-head with Adrian Boseman, a name partner of an African-American-owned firm, and Lucca Quinn, Diane's former employee. Maia's father, Henry Rindell, is arrested for orchestrating an elaborate Ponzi scheme, leaving Diane, one of his investors, broke and unable to follow through with her retirement. Having already signed an exit agreement with her firm, and having invited her colleagues and clients to invest in Henry's fund, she is unable to secure a job at any other firm. To prevent hers and her husband Kurt [=McVeigh's=] assets from being seized as evidence, she is advised to divorce Kurt, given their separation after the discovery of his affair, but he refuses, still hoping for a reconciliation. Adrian offers Diane a junior partner position at his firm, which she accepts, and when Maia is fired in part due to her father's financial scandal, Diane brings her along.

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Diane Lockhart, motivated by the inauguration of Donald Trump, plans for her retirement. Her goddaughter, Maia Rindell, secures an Lockhart and associate position at Diane's firm, having passed the bar examination. Maia accompanies Diane in Rindell represent the latter's final case regarding police brutality, going head-to-head with in a police brutality case. The other side is represented by Adrian Boseman, a name partner of an African-American-owned firm, black man who runs a majority black law firm that takes on mostly black clients, and Lucca Quinn, Diane's former employee. consequently a lot of police brutality cases. Diane thinks it's time to retire and considers this her last case, while Maia doubts the rightness of her own side in said case and ends up uncovering evidence that helps the other side.

Maia's father, Henry Rindell, is arrested for orchestrating an elaborate Ponzi parents and paternal uncle get accused of running a pyramid scheme, leaving Diane, one of his investors, broke and unable to follow through as Diane had all her money invested with her retirement. them, she can't retire after all. Having already signed an exit agreement with quit her firm, and having invited her colleagues and clients to invest in Henry's fund, she is unable to secure a job at any other firm. To prevent hers and her husband Kurt [=McVeigh's=] assets from being seized as evidence, old firm, she is advised has to divorce Kurt, given their separation after the discovery of his affair, but he refuses, still hoping look for a reconciliation. Adrian offers Diane new job, and is offered a junior partner position at his firm, place with Reddick-Boseman, as is Maia, which she accepts, and when Maia is fired in part due to her father's financial scandal, Diane brings her along.
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* TitleDrop: A visual one. The episode begins with the inauguration of Trump.
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* {{Irony}}:
** Looking at the video evidence, Maia discovered a car in the background that would have been filming the police brutality in question in the time that was missing from the phone video, and finds it proves that the other side is in the right. When she gets fired, the opposing firm immediately hires her.
** The Rindells ran an invitation-only investment scam, and Diane steered people toward them in good faith, so now no one wants to be associated with her. Turns out, they never invited any black people, so the main clientele of Reddick-Boseman doesn't care. They hire her.

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!!!Directed by: Brooke Kennedy
!!!Original air date: February 19 2017

Diane Lockhart, motivated by the inauguration of Donald Trump, plans for her retirement. Her goddaughter, Maia Rindell, secures an associate position at Diane's firm, having passed the bar examination. Maia accompanies Diane in the latter's final case regarding police brutality, going head-to-head with Adrian Boseman, a name partner of an African-American-owned firm, and Lucca Quinn, Diane's former employee. Maia's father, Henry Rindell, is arrested for orchestrating an elaborate Ponzi scheme, leaving Diane, one of his investors, broke and unable to follow through with her retirement. Having already signed an exit agreement with her firm, and having invited her colleagues and clients to invest in Henry's fund, she is unable to secure a job at any other firm. To prevent hers and her husband Kurt McVeigh's assets from being seized as evidence, she is advised to divorce Kurt, given their separation after the discovery of his affair, but he refuses, still hoping for a reconciliation. Adrian offers Diane a junior partner position at his firm, which she accepts, and when Maia is fired in part due to her father's financial scandal, Diane brings her along.

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!!!Directed ->Directed by: Brooke Kennedy
!!!Original ->Original air date: February 19 2017

Diane Lockhart, motivated by the inauguration of Donald Trump, plans for her retirement. Her goddaughter, Maia Rindell, secures an associate position at Diane's firm, having passed the bar examination. Maia accompanies Diane in the latter's final case regarding police brutality, going head-to-head with Adrian Boseman, a name partner of an African-American-owned firm, and Lucca Quinn, Diane's former employee. Maia's father, Henry Rindell, is arrested for orchestrating an elaborate Ponzi scheme, leaving Diane, one of his investors, broke and unable to follow through with her retirement. Having already signed an exit agreement with her firm, and having invited her colleagues and clients to invest in Henry's fund, she is unable to secure a job at any other firm. To prevent hers and her husband Kurt McVeigh's [=McVeigh's=] assets from being seized as evidence, she is advised to divorce Kurt, given their separation after the discovery of his affair, but he refuses, still hoping for a reconciliation. Adrian offers Diane a junior partner position at his firm, which she accepts, and when Maia is fired in part due to her father's financial scandal, Diane brings her along.



* CallBack: To the original series.

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* BathroomStallOfAngst: A man comes to Maia's workplace to yell at her for her family scamming him. She runs to the bathroom. When Luca follows her, Maia bolts into a stall to hide that she's crying.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: In a business sense. Diane asks Kurt to finalize their divorce to save his money from suffering the same fate as hers.
* CallBack: To [[Series/TheGoodWife the original series.series]].


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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Maia expresses concern as to whether her firm is on the right side in a police brutality case.


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* PonziScheme: What the Rindells have been accused of, with Diane one of the victims.
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!!Inauguration
!!!Directed by: Brooke Kennedy
!!!Original air date: February 19 2017

Diane Lockhart, motivated by the inauguration of Donald Trump, plans for her retirement. Her goddaughter, Maia Rindell, secures an associate position at Diane's firm, having passed the bar examination. Maia accompanies Diane in the latter's final case regarding police brutality, going head-to-head with Adrian Boseman, a name partner of an African-American-owned firm, and Lucca Quinn, Diane's former employee. Maia's father, Henry Rindell, is arrested for orchestrating an elaborate Ponzi scheme, leaving Diane, one of his investors, broke and unable to follow through with her retirement. Having already signed an exit agreement with her firm, and having invited her colleagues and clients to invest in Henry's fund, she is unable to secure a job at any other firm. To prevent hers and her husband Kurt McVeigh's assets from being seized as evidence, she is advised to divorce Kurt, given their separation after the discovery of his affair, but he refuses, still hoping for a reconciliation. Adrian offers Diane a junior partner position at his firm, which she accepts, and when Maia is fired in part due to her father's financial scandal, Diane brings her along.

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* CallBack: To the original series.
** Diane has learned her lesson about metadata since the debacle with Kalinda.
** Diane tells Maia that people she thought were saints have stabbed her in the back, referring to Alicia.
* {{Nepotism}}: Maia Rindell is hired by her godmother's firm.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Maia gets suspicious for the first time when her father asks her out of the blue if her uncle Jax has told her anything about the fund, and if he tries to call him first, Jax says a lot of crazy things.
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