Original Air Date: 23 October 2011
But Will and Alicia’s love story is far from reaching a happy end – and I’ve said it last week as well, I don’t really want that to happen so soon. One major impediment is Peter and his (and Eli’s) ambitions for his political future. In order to advance in this career, Peter needs Alicia by his side, looking like a happy wife. The only question is, will she stand by her man yet again or not? And speaking of Peter’s campaign, I was excited to see Kalinda refusing to work for Eli in anything regarding her former lover. Maybe it’s her way of redeeming herself in Alicia’s eyes.
Returning to the case, a major part of the episode was spent on a key witness who could establish the air company’s fault in the plane crash. This witness is none other than Alicia’s former client, Colin Sweeney (played by the superb Dylan Baker), the wife killer, who is willing to help her (and only her) in exchange for his freedom. But this means Lockhart/Gardner needs to work together with Cary and the new AUSA (whose purpose to this series I still don’t fully understand) to get him out of prison two years earlier than he was supposed to – and this was yet another demonstration of why I love Cary so much. He’s a great lawyer – something we haven’t seen much this season (in fact, we have seen very little of him altogether) – but also a great negotiator and capable of making quick and difficult decisions without consulting with his superiors. But Sweeney’s presence, in itself, was a treat, and I’ll give it to this show for bringing back entertaining characters. Which is another reason behind my belief that we haven’t seen the last of Celeste Serrano.
I still find Grace’s tutor arc boring and only useful to remind us that Alicia is a mother as well – and whatever happened to Zach? We haven’t seen much of him this season. But it was great to see Alicia discuss her divorce with David Lee. Eli’s campaign moves made for another entertaining plot and it’s always fun to make associations with real life politicians.The Good Wife 3x04: Feeding the Rat Back to Season 3