Season 5, Episode 1
Alicia decided not to tell anyone about her departure from the firm for the time being, but instead secretly made preparations with Cary. In order to prevent others from noticing the abnormality, she concentrated on fighting a new lawsuit for the firm: to prevent the execution of a death row prisoner. Meanwhile, Eli helps Peter select the management team for the governor's office.
Season 5, Episode 2
Alicia and Cary sued the NSA for privacy infringement on behalf of the search engine company Chumhum, but they never dreamed that Lockhart/Gardner and a The relationship between two old clients has long made them the surveillance targets of the National Security Agency, and all the communication records of the firm are under their control. At the same time, Alicia's mother decided to take practical actions to support her daughter. Eli begins working to secure Diane's nomination to the Supreme Court.
Season 5, Episode 3
Will makes a bold and seductive proposal to Alicia, causing her to reconsider leaving the firm to start her own business. At the same time, Diane often had conflicts with her colleagues because of her candidacy for the Supreme Court, and the senior partners of the firm decided to take necessary measures to intervene.
Season 5 Episode 4
A surrogate mother decides to go against the wishes of her client (biological parents), and Alicia agrees to help her defend herself in court. However, conflicts within the firm - especially the conflict between Diane and Will, who are about to run for Supreme Court justice - may affect the performance of all lawyers in court. At the same time, an employee took the firm to court for "sexual harassment". The firm could not defend itself, so it had to ask Elsbeth Tascioni to help them fight the lawsuit. Alicia attempts to obtain important documents from Lockhart-Gardner before leaving the firm. In what capacity should Jackie enter Peter's management? How much influence should she have on the state government run by Peter? Obviously Eli and Jackie have different opinions.
Season 5, Episode 5
Alicia and Cary are preparing to leave Lockhartamp; the news of Gardner Agency suddenly coming to light, and a war for clients immediately breaks out.
Season 5, Episode 6:
A client decides to leave Lockhart/Gardner for Florrick/Agos, but Will and Diane deliberately withhold files, causing Alicia and Cary is unable to function normally. Meanwhile, Peter's ethics advisor Marilyn tries to offer Alicia advice. After the great changes in the Lockhart/Gardner office, Will showed a surprising mental state...
Season 5, Episode 7:
Zach discovers the network on Alicia's computer The camera is controlled remotely, and Alicia and Cary suspect that Lockhart/Gardner is spying on them. Meanwhile, Will decides to help one of Alicia's old clients, but gets more than he bargained for. Clarke Hayden reappears to provide financial advice to Florrick/Agos.
Season 5, Episode 8:
The Florrick/Agos firm moved into a new office, and Alicia received a new case: an illegal immigrant will be deported to Mexico, but A drug cartel threatened to kill him. In order to save his life, Alicia must find a way to repeal the government's deportation order against him. Meanwhile, Eli's relationship with Natalie Flores is once again on fire, and Marilyn is worried that it will attract public attention and bring about ethical issues.
Robyn tries to be more like Kalinda.
Season 5, Episode 9:
Alicia tries to turn on a website when users accuse her client, a college professor, of engaging in domestic terrorism. , let the client get away with the crime. At the same time, Will ignored Diane's objections and hired Damian Boyle, a lawyer who was closely related to the gang organization. He actively participated in Alicia's "website case" as soon as he arrived. Elsewhere, Eli and Jackie quarrel over a Florrick family secret.
Season 5, Episode 10:
Alicia is surprised to learn that an old client left her a million-dollar inheritance on his deathbed, but Lockhart/Gardner firm represents the deceased's wife. A fierce "will battle" begins with Alicia. Meanwhile, Diane asks Kalinda to investigate Damian's background for her. Eli and Marilyn become concerned when Peter hangs out with Alicia's most notorious clients at a holiday party at Florrick & Agos.
Season 5, Episode 11
At the holiday party of Florrick&Agos Office, Marilyn revealed that she wanted to name her unborn child Peter. Eli was very disturbed and asked Marilyn to tell her. When Marilyn refused to find out who the man was, Eli hired Kalinda to investigate Marilyn's lover. Kalinda plays the role of a pregnant woman to spy on Marilyn, but Jenna disrupts her plan. Kalinda investigated Marilyn's classmates and suspected that her lover was one of them. She went to confirm, but she was very disappointed and all pointed to Governor Peter. Eli had to show off to Marilyn.
When Alicia paid the check to the banquet band, she learned that the other party needed legal help. The band adapted a song originally composed by Liber Kane, but did not change the lyrics. Unfortunately, a TV talent show plagiarized the band's version, so the band wanted to quietly resolve the matter through legal means and get a share of way to pay attorney fees.
The TV station’s lawyer was Burl Preston. He didn’t know that Alicia had resigned and went directly to Lockhart & Gardner. WIll meet Burl. Will explained the situation to Burl and used his familiarity with Alicia to convince Burl to let him participate in the case, and the two joined forces.
Diane and WIll are arguing over the expansion of the firm. The former opposes opening a Los Angeles office after the New York office and hopes for stability. He preemptively passed the motion that he cannot recruit new clients within 2 months. Stopped Will. Will and Damian conspired to get votes to pass the motion. Damian used carrot and stick to get two votes, but Diane saw through it and used the reason that the number of voters was insufficient to terminate the meeting. In the end, Will persuaded Diane to support his motion
Band What you get is a compulsory copyright license, without derivative copyright, which allows the purchaser to make changes. Alicia accompanied the band to find Liber Kane and bought the derivative rights from Liber for $5. Lawyers from both the band and the TV station met. Alicia tried to settle in court, but was rejected. The other party instead filed an infringement claim of US$800,000 because the TV station bought the exclusive derivative copyright. Alicia decided to go to court.
The two sides were quarreling in the court, and Will took advantage of Alicia's weakness to disrupt her rhythm and make her at a loss. Fortunately, Cary came to help and advise in time. Alicia then retaliates by dressing up, disrupting Will's logical thinking. Burl presented evidence that the band used the recording studio where the television station filmed the show, and that both studios shared a kitchen, giving the band the opportunity to plagiarize.
The judge's motion to rule on the band's claim was denied, opening the station's motion.
Cary tried to explain the band's version as a satirical version, which was logically creative and copyrighted, and the judge recognized this direction. But then Burl proved that this was not a creation, Alicia was in trouble and decided to give it a try, and Robyn started to get involved. Robyn got evidence from the Internet. In the TV station's version of the waveform, there was a peak of the sound of a bowling ball, which proved that the TV station had plagiarized the band's songs and forced the other party to admit defeat. Eli received a call from the newspaper, and the other party claimed to have explosive information. Eli thought It was Marilyn's business, but it turned out to be a video of election fraud. Eli was so lost that even Marilyn could not make him happy even if he brought his lover.
Episode 12
A couple, Howard Lampe and Daria Riggs, were accused of conspiring to use flights to transport drugs. The case was previously handled by Will and Alicia before they resigned. Now, Divided into two families, the man Howard belongs to Alicia's office, and the woman Daria belongs to Will's office. The judge decided to split the case into two juries in the same court. The focus of the debate between the two sides was that the other party used his client to transport drugs without his client knowing about the matter. The two parties slandered each other, coupled with the various inconveniences to the jury, Farce happens frequently. As the case developed, the two parties finally cooperated, and the focus was on the stewardess using passenger luggage to transport drugs. In the end, the woman was acquitted and the man accepted the compromise terms. During this period, Cary and Robyn used Kalinda to set up a trap and eventually poached the Paisley Group from Lockhart & Gardner.
Marilyn launched an investigation into the election fraud tape and interrogated Eli, Alicia and Will (in fact, no one except Will knew about the tape): Alicia was very angry and gave Peter a meal after the questioning. Vent; Eli meets with Jim Moody, who is willing to bear the responsibility alone; Will uses Peter's weakness during questioning to force Peter to invoke the attorney-client protection agreement. In the end Marilyn had to end it unfinished.
Episode 13
The National Security Bureau obtained Bishop’s drug trafficking activities from Alicia’s surveillance and provided it to the Bureau of Drug Enforcement, who fabricated false witness statements. A search warrant was obtained and a large amount of cocaine was seized. Alicia and Will's firms, which represent Bishop's different businesses, had to work together to fight the lawsuit. With the help of Charles Lester, Alicia finally learned that she was being monitored. As the case progressed, the monitoring department was also locked from the Narcotics Control Bureau to the National Security Bureau. The case ended with Bishop being acquitted because the evidence was illegal, so the case was not established.
On the other hand, Du Bike from the Office of Integrity intervened in Peter's fraud case and found Marilyn first. Disappointed with Eli, Marilyn handed over the fraud video to Du Bok. Then Dubek approached Alicia, but didn't get anything. Finally, he had to ask the National Security Agency for help, which led him to Will, who kept silent about the matter.
Episode 14
Alicia is going to give a keynote speech at the American Bar Association. The first speech draft was rejected by Cary. Cary suggested that Alicia write a manuscript about herself. Alicia Recalling her experience after the Peter scandal: she encountered obstacles in finding a job, had no money to pay the rent, and was ignored by others... During the most difficult time in her life, Will appeared, helped her get the job, and provided her with an opportunity. Ultimately leading to what she is today.
Also attending the meeting of the American Bar Association was Lena Hurt, a lawyer who had just left her original firm with an annual income of 60 million and wanted to find a new firm. She undoubtedly became the target of competition. Finally, after meeting with many firms, she chose to open a firm of her own in partnership with Tashoni.
At the same time, during this lecture, Will found Tashoni to help him deal with Du Bike who was entangled with him. Tashoni lived up to expectations and solved the matter neatly. However, Jim Moody's conversation when he came to look for Will was recorded by Du Bok, causing another disturbance in the matter.
Episode 15
Will represented a murder case: a female college student was killed. Due to DNA testing in her fingernails, the police determined that it was a male college student who had previously The police also suspected a university mathematics professor, and both students were members of one of the professor's mathematics groups. The center of the debate is whether DNA entered the victim's fingernails through a third-party medium, and the two sides are fighting over this. As the defense, Will proved that the defendant and the victim borrowed the same book. The prosecution proved that the victim went to the swimming pool afterwards, which was refuted. Kalinda had to find new intersections for this, from the coffee shop to the clinic, but Will had no time to tell the defendant the news before the court session. In the end, the victim couldn't bear the strong psychological pressure and collapsed. He took the bailiff's pistol and shot Will. He was shot and killed in a crossfire. Kalinda eventually discovered that the two used the same flyer, but it was too late. Kalinda called Alicia at the press conference. The three important women in Will's life had to face this matter together.
On the other hand, Du Burke pursued Peter's election fraud case and found Alicia, suggesting that she take a voluntary deposition. Alicia decided to agree to the request after discussing it with Eli. During the evidence collection process, Alicia found out that Doberk was in trouble with Will, but at the same time she also discovered facts that she didn't know, and Cary stopped the evidence collection in time.
Episode 16
The post-Will era has begun.
This episode focuses on how after Will's death, the three most important women in his life expressed their condolences to Will in their own way: Diane announced Will's death at the law firm, and David had to force himself to Enduring her grief and helping Diane stabilize the law firm's clients in her own way, Diane fired an unsympathetic top client; Kalinda tracked down the real culprit who killed Will, who turned out to be Will's client, and she denounced the coward; Alicia recalled every moment with Will. After hearing Will's message, she began to search for the real purpose of Will's call to her, but found nothing in the end.
These three women are all expressing their love for Will in their own way.
At the same time, Will's death caused the Office of Integrity to lose its trump card against Peter.
Episode 17
While chatting, Diane and Alicia mentioned that they wanted to merge the two law firms, and both expressed interest. At the same time, in a divorce case, Diane's law firm represented the man and Alicia's law firm represented the woman. The two tried to promote an amicable settlement of the case. However, after David learned the news of the merger from Damian, he used means to sabotage the two parties. The person's plan was to bring the case to court. In the end, Diane forced the divorce agreement to pass after regaining the advantage.
The impact of Will's death continues. For Will's law firm, due to the lack of Will, Diane lost a strong support and her position became precarious. During the merger, David teamed up with Damian to revoke Diane's top partner status. Fortunately, Kalinda came to the rescue and stole evidence from Jenna to force Damian away and protect Diane. However, Kalinda also lost Jenna at the same time. In order to fight against Diane, David finally found Canning as a partner.
Alicia learned that the prosecutor's office was looking for a scapegoat and reminded Palma to be careful about herself; at the same time, affected by the divorce case, Alicia found that her love for Will was so unforgettable that she had a big quarrel with Peter and wanted to separate from Peter. Passed each.