Alicia and Diane represent Eddie Fornam who is about to be executed for two murders that he still insists he did not commit. When the medical technicians are unable to find a vein suitable for administering the lethal injection - they try for over two hours - Diane demands they delay the execution as Eddie's rights are being violated. They contact famed lawyer Barry Scheck to use Eddie's case as evidence in his own class action suit in the courts. They also discover that the snitch who testified at Eddie's trial is alive, contrary to what they had been led to believe. Meanwhile, Alicia and Cary Agos are proceeding with their plan to open their own firm. She wants it kept all hush-hush but word begins to leak out. It gets particularly uncomfortable when the other partners ask her to get information from Carey on what may be happening. Written by garykmcd

Alicia and Cary represent represent Neil Gross who wants to fight a gag order he's received from the NSA stopping him from explaining to his Chum Hum clients what information he was forced to provide the government. What no one knows is that the NSA is snooping on Diane and Alicia' calls because they once defended Danny Marwatt, an Arab-American translator who was accused of collaborating with the Taliban. Meanwhile, Diane's nomination for the State Supreme Court is in jeopardy as the Chief Justice is insisting she publicly distance herself from Will Gardner's past activities. Alicia and Cary face yet another hurdle in acquiring office space for their new firm. Help comes from a surprising source. Written by garykmcd

Will and Diane go to war when he learns that she's given an interview and told the reporter about the money he took from a client 10 years ago. He asks Kalinda to find some dirt on her as he plans her ouster from the firm. He calls a partners meeting and Alicia finds herself on the committee tasked to negotiate Diane's exit package. With Diane going, Will has a proposition for Alicia that may change her mind about leaving the firm. Meanwhile Alicia has been working with a couple, Cathy and Ryan and their surrogate. They get bad news however from an amniocentesis but the surrogate, Tara, is refusing to have the pregnancy terminated. David Lee surprises Alicia by volunteering to help her out in the case - he's out to sue the hospital. At home, Alicia is worried about Grace who seems to be growing up very fast. Written by garykmcd

Diane Lockhart and the firm are being sued by one of its paralegals, Chrissy Quinn, for creating a hostile work environment. More specifically, she says Diane and others sexually harassed her. Chrissy's lawyer is Diane long time nemesis Viola Walsh. They hire the seemingly ditsy but brilliant Elsbeth Tascioni to represent them. Meanwhile, Peter's inauguration is approaching and his mother Jackie is sticking her nose in where it doesn't belong. It leads to a confrontation with the unions and a situation where Jackie's help is required. Diane is becoming suspicious of Alicia. Written by garykmcd

Having learned from a client that Alicia will be taking one of her top clients with her to a new firm, Diane Lockhart tells Will who goes ballistic. He challenges Alicia and convenes a meeting of the partners to have her fired. Will then sets his sights on the fourth year associates and they are all soon out on the street. Both sides engage in a battle to keep clients on side. Lockhart Gardner plays hardball insinuating to clients that Alicia was fired due to financial irregularities and David Lee makes sure they can't move into their new offices. Their main concern is to keep ChumHum as a client and both sides are soon in court battling it out. In the end, its Peter Florrick who gives Alicia a helping hand. Written by garykmcd

When Alicia and Cary represent a client who has left Lockhart/Gardner to go with Florrick/Agos, Will and Diane intentionally delay turning over the case files to the new firm. Also, Marilyn, Peter's ethics council, tries to give advice to Alicia, and Will's colleagues are surprised at the new intensity he displays in the wake of the upheaval at the firm. Written by Anonymous

It's now a week since Alicia left the firm and everyone is still working out of her apartment. Generally things aren't going well for the new firm of Florrick Agos. They're still struggling to keep clients, they can't find office space and they don't have much money coming in. They turn to someone who knows about finance to help them out: Clarke Hayden. Zach thinks someone may be spying on them when he notices the video-cam on his mother's computer is on. Alicia meanwhile finds herself being deposed in a $6 million lawsuit against Lockhart and Gardner over a failed adoption. It all goes wrong and it's Alicia who may be liable. Will Gardner takes on the case of Jeffrey Grant who was seemingly stopped for DUI. They had represented Jeffrey's father a few months before and when Will finally confronts ASA Geneva Pine about the case the truth comes out: Jeffrey is to be charged with murdering a college student. The police have DNA from his father indicating a familial match to the killer. Written by garykmcd

As Florrick/Agos move into their new offices, Alicia represents an undocumented immigrant who faces deportation unless he testifies against a member of a drug cartel. Also, Marilyn is concerned about the ethical ramifications when Eli reconnects with Natalie Flores, and Robyn tries to be more like Kalinda. America Ferrera returns as Natalie Flores. Written by Anonymous

Will goes out on a limb and unilaterally hires a new partner with a dubious past. Meanwhile the firm scrambles to recover clients lost to fledgling offshoot Florrick Agos while their new associate descends to school yard pranks. Alicia and Carrie do their best to defend a client against Internet defamation. Jackie asserts her authority as the Governor's mom and Alicia has a new admirer. Written by KC

Alicia is shocked to learn that a former client, the deceased Matthew Ashbaugh, has left her $12 million in his will. The widow, Lila Ashbaugh, contests it and hires LD to represent her. Will argues that Alicia used undue influence in getting Ashbaugh to change his will. Kalinda continues vetting Damian Boyle but runs up against a detective who owes Boyle a favor and seems intent on keeping her in jail, at least overnight. Alicia agrees to invite Peter to the new firm's Christmas party and has to invite mother-in-law Jackie as well - but forgets to invite her own mother. Eli's not too pleased with Peter's decision to attend when he sees the guest list. Written by garykmcd

Alicia and Will once again face each other in court when they represent opposing clients in a dispute over a successful song. Tactics plays a role as much as the law as they both try to distract the other in court. Cary may have found a way for their clients to win but it's Robyn who saves the case. After hearing that Marilyn Garbanza is pregnant and intends to name her son Peter, Eli hires Kalinda to find out who the father is. What she finds points in the very direction Eli was hoping to stay away from. When Eli receives a call from an aggressive journalist he fears the worse - but the information in the journalist's hands is far worse than he could have imagined. Written by garykmcd

Will and Diane defend Darla Riggs while Alicia and Cary defend Henry Lampe both of whom were arrested on arrival in the U.S. with 2 kilos of cocaine in their carry on bag. Both defense teams thinks that separate trials would be in their client's best interest but the judge decides on a novel solution: hold one trial with separate juries. Meanwhile, the media has got hold of the video footage showing Jim Moody from Peter's campaign delivering stuffed ballot boxes on election night. Alicia is livid when she hears about it, particularly as it could affect their son Zach. She tells Peter in no uncertain terms to resolve the situation. Written by garykmcd

Lockhart Gardner and Alicia's new firm must work together once again when Lemond Bishop, and his lawyer, Charles Lester come seeking help on a case that would hurt his legitimate businesses; Marilyn must choose between Peter and her own self-morals when faced with a critical decision. Written by Alicia

When Alicia is asked to be the keynote speaker at the American Bar Association conference in New York City, she looks to her past for inspiration. Meanwhile, the competition with Diane and Will continues as Alicia and Cary battle to align with a powerful New York lawyer. Also, Will turns to an old acquaintance when it becomes clear that Nelson Dubeck's investigation into possible voter fraud isn't going away. Written by Anonymous

Alicia agrees to a voluntary deposition in Peter's ongoing investigation about false votes, only to realize they have extra videos showing false votes at other voting centers. Will struggles to defend Jeffery who is accused of murdering Danny. Kalinda investigates how Jeffery's DNA ended up under the victim's fingers. Written by Perla_arabia

Everyone begins to deal with Will's death. Alicia is in denial and can only wonder what he meant to tell her in an interrupted telephone message he left just before his death. She asks the judge who has no idea why he might have been calling. The ASA's assistant tells her Will was quite angry about someone about stealing one of his clients. At LG Diane delivers the news of Will's death and David Lee begins phoning clients to reassure them. Elsewhere, Kalinda tries to figure out just what happened in the courtroom and who might have fired the fatal bullet, Will's client or the police who were trying to subdue the gunman. She also visits the gunman with a message. Written by garykmcd

After attending Will's funeral, Diane and Alicia talk about finding a way to merge their two firms. Unfortunately, they're overheard by Damian Boyle who promptly tells David Lee what is going on. Kalinda soon hears that they are out to oust Diane as the firm's managing partner and gets information that helps Diane. Not to be outdone, Lee turns to an old adversary. When Alicia hears that State's Attorney Jimmy Castro has promised heads will roll after the courtroom shooting, she becomes concerned that ASA Finn Polmar might become a target. Finn assures her that he and Castro are old friends - he was best man at Castro's wedding - and there's nothing to worry about. Meanwhile, David Lee faces off against Alicia and Cary in a nasty divorce case. Written by garykmcd

With Alicia home sick, Cary tells Diane Lockhart there are conditions attached to any possible merger. Diane decides not to proceed but David Lee has another prospective partner and they soon merge with Louis Canning's firm. Alicia also represents Finn Polmar, the ASA who was in the courtroom with Will Gardner when he was shot. It's clear the new State's Attorney has every intention of laying the blame for the shooting at Finn's feet. The NSA's surveillance of Alicia begins to unravel when one of the employees monitoring her seeks legal advice from the firm over a possible security infraction, eventually telling them of the surveillance. She warns Peter and he contacts a U.S. Senator who sits on the Intelligence Committee who assures him his conversations aren't being monitored. Peter has away of testing that and getting the NSA out of their lives. Written by garykmcd

Alicia, as always, has a lot on her plate. She finally gets client Colin Sweeney to sign off on a merger with less than an hour to go before the documents have to be filed with the court. Sweeney's engagement party is underway and unfortunate one of the guests, Morgan Donnelly, hangs herself in the bathroom. Only the police don't think it's suicide but murder. Det. Lou Johnson is intrigued by the fact that this is the second time Alicia has been in Sweeney's house when a death has occurred. Alicia begins to wonder if Sweeney was in her view the entire time she said he was. The police arrest Sweeney's fiancée, Renata Ellard. Eli meanwhile is worried when a picture of Zach holding a bong appears on a website. Finn Polmar has been taken off a couple of the firms cases so Alicia suggests he run against SA James Castro in the upcoming election as he would be protected and can't be fired. Written by garykmcd

Alicia is called for jury duty and meets an attractive man, Daniel Irwin. She's still confused about Will's death and is emotional but accepts his invitation to lunch. She turns to her mother for advice. Diane Lockhart meanwhile represents Robbie Pollard, the grandson of one of their major clients Lyle Pollard. Robbie admits to writing fake reviews for a web site, Silk Road, that sells contraband goods including drugs. He says he was paid anonymously and didn't buy or sell any of the goods but his works abetted the crime. Finn Polmar is responsible for the case and claims to have a witness to Robbie's crimes. It soon turns into a murder investigation. Meanwhile, Diane begins to wonder if David Lee and Louis Canning are plotting to get rid of her. Written by garykmcd

Alicia represents James Paisley who is in the process of competing a $3.2 billion merger. He is also being sued by the former CFO who claims he was fired because he was gay. Louis Canning agrees to a $140,000 settlement but decides to go to court after Paisley suggests in a TV interview that the 1% are being victimized and are like the Jews in Nazi Germany. His first try at apologizing only puts him into a deeper hole. A third attempt, by Alicia, blows up in her face as well. At LG meanwhile, Diane is working with Rayna Hecht on a major class-action lawsuit and she's certain that Louis Canning is up to no good. In fact, he's trying to recruit the company they're suing as potential clients. Peter Florrick meanwhile hesitates to pursue his endorsement of Finn Polmar after James Castro suggests that Finn and Alicia are lovers. Written by garykmcd

After a video conference with the couple suing Alicia and Lockhart Gardner for $6 million over an adoption that wasn't completed as promised, David Lee and Louis Canning forget to turn off their video camera. Alicia, Cary and several others hear Lee and Canning discussing not only their strategy to displace Diane as their managing partner but their strategy to destroy Florrick Agos. In defending themselves, Alicia and Cary may have reached a crossroads in both their relationship and their partnership. Diane meanwhile tries to convince the remaining swing vote, Howard Lyman, to vote in her favor at the partners meeting. Peter is going to withdraw his support for Finn Polmar's candidacy for State's Attorney and aims to convince his new choice to take the job. Meanwhile, Alicia is trying to organize a farewell party for Zach who will be leaving for a summer job before he starts college. Grandmothers are getting in the way. Written by garykmcd