Mr. Lester invites Carmen to a crypto-ball on Baruch's behalf. The party gets raided and Mr. Lester gets arrested. Diane gets another treatment where she is instructed to stop doomscrolling for three days. The current case is a black football coach suing a team for racist hiring practices.
A bomb goes off near Diane.
Tropes:
- Beneath Notice: Mr. Lester claims he is this naturally.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome: Diane denies having one, though she tells her therapist she feels responsible for stopping everything that's wrong with the world.
- Continuity Nod: Mr. Lester is asked on cross if he worked for Oscar Rivi, which he did in season 5, and Lemond Bishop, whom he worked for in The Good Wife.
- Eating the Eye Candy: Diane admires a shirtless painter at her therapist's office.
- Fake a Fight: Carmen asks Diane to act like they're arguing in court when they're just discussing the fact that Baruch is unhappy with Carmen's witness calling a deepfake video evidence out.
- Immediate Self-Contradiction: Mr. Baptiste says league level football naturally sets white players and black players on the same team against each other. He finishes his explanation by saying there's nothing racial here.
- Implied Death Threat: Oscar Rivi shows up while Baruch is instructing his men to murder Carmen, and implies that Baruch will be very sorry if something were to happen to Carmen.
- Meaningful Background Event: Discussed. Diane talks about a painting where everyone is happy, except Icharus, who is drowning in the background. To her that background event is foreground.
- Mistaken for Racist: Mr. Baptiste's coaching style is rumored to set black and white players against each other. He claims it's because one group traditionally plays offense and the other traditionally plays defense.
- Shout-Out: Diane asks Carmen if she's seen Metropolis.
