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The Good Wife Season 6 Episode 7, "Message Discipline," splits clean down the middle: Cary's case and Alicia's campaign, with barely room for anything else. Finn goes hunting for what really happened during Cary Agos's time at the state's attorney's office and turns up two missing kilos, a case board, and a very pointed conversation with Geneva Pine. Diane fights a proof-of-other-crimes charge while Kalinda works a 30-foot leash and a lab tech with a suspicious bank balance. Meanwhile Alicia meets a Chicago broadcasting institution played by David Hyde Pierce, gets a brutal media-prep session from Elfman, and walks into an interview nobody prepared her for. Somebody quits. Somebody else announces. Jason and Marissa also settle the cheese curd question. 00:00 – Cold open: the missing Milwaukee cheese curds, and what a cheese curd actually is 03:45 – Finn asks for 60 more days, gets a yelly judge instead 07:32 – The case board, Geneva Pine, and the real story behind Cary's administrative leave 17:01 – Proof of other crimes: Diane goes after Geneva on the stand 24:57 – Kalinda, the lab tech, and a riverboat casino story that doesn't hold up 39:11 – Alicia asks Frank for an endorsement and reaches for the elder crime angle Enjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. You can also find us on Instagram and Threads @thegoodpodpod, or send us a message at [email protected]. Thanks for listening!

The Good Wife Season 6 Episode 6, "Old Spice," is an Elsbeth Tascioni showcase — and one of the weirdest, sweetest romances the show has ever attempted. Elsbeth and Alicia Florrick take on a federal case defending Camilla's software company against ASA Josh Perotti, who keeps escalating the charges from plagiarism to economic espionage while he and Elsbeth flirt across a courtroom via grate-jumping, pinky-grazing, and mutual sniffing. Meanwhile, it's religion week on the campaign: Alicia preps for an interview with Pastor Jeremiah, Grace gets pulled into it, and Marissa Gold arrives as Alicia's new body woman. Over at Florrick Agos, eviction notices and OSHA violations fly, and Cary Agos has a very bad night out that costs him. 00:00 – Sidewalk cracks, Milwaukee, and Elsbeth's acrobatic grate avoidance 00:04 – The case: JServ, plagiarized encryption software, and Josh Perotti's federal charges 00:15 – Courtroom flirting escalates: the pinky graze, the Old Spice, the Call Me Maybe of it all 00:34 – Religion week on the campaign, plus Marissa Gold joins as Alicia's body woman 00:45 – Eviction notices, OSHA violations, and Cary's night at the Ivy League mixer 01:04 – New bail restrictions and the office move nobody invited Cary to Enjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening!

The Good Wife Season 6 Episode 5, "Shiny Objects," puts Elsbeth Tascioni's brain on screen — literally. We open inside her head on a treadmill, in a cacophony of ice cream, clowns, pumpkins and xylophone music, and follow her into a sexism suit against a company that fired its female CEO for a "brash management style." Alicia and Dean take the other side, which means Alicia versus Elsbeth in open court. Meanwhile Diane clicks the world's most obvious phishing link and hands Florrick/Agos/Lockhart a $50,000 ransomware clock, sending her back to Lockhart Gardner to grovel at David Lee's feet. And on the campaign trail, Peter pulls a power move at Alicia's announcement in a very familiar hallway. We also debate whether the show did Elsbeth dirty. 00:00 – Jason holds Marissa's computer hostage, plus our first ever in-person meetup at RHAPCon 00:10 – Inside Elsbeth's mind on the treadmill, and the broken iPhone that starts it all 00:20 – Diane clicks the link: $50,000, 72 hours, and no backups because bail money 00:36 – Diane versus David Lee, an email held hostage, and the boomer standoff of the season 00:38 – Did they overplay the kookiness? Our case for why Elsbeth deserves better 00:52 – Josh Perotti walks into the courtroom and matches Elsbeth's freak 01:07 – Alicia and Peter face off in the same venue as the Season 1 scandal announcement Enjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening!

The Good Wife Season 6 Episode 3 recap: "Oppo Research" throws Alicia Florrick headfirst into the reality of a state's attorney run. Eli Gold brings in campaign manager Johnny Elfman, and together they walk her through the brutal red pill blue pill choice of opposition research — digging up every skeleton before her opponents can. What they find rocks Alicia to her core: a secret abortion involving her son Zach and his girlfriend Nisa, plus fallout touching Owen, Veronica, Kalinda, and Peter's staffer Lauren. Kalinda and Eli's lunch gets tense fast, Lamond Bishop starts throwing PAC money around, and by the end Alicia's fully in the race, for better or worse. Big secrets, bigger consequences, and Alicia finally decides to run. 00:03 – Cold open: the Talking at Noon parody and Alicia's nervous prep for Eli's visit 13:01 – Alicia meets her new campaign manager, Johnny Elfman 26:16 – Eli lays out the red pill blue pill choice and opposition research begins 29:24 – The bombshell drops: Zach and Nisa's secret abortion 42:26 – Kalinda and Eli's loaded lunch confrontation 54:00 – Alicia gets set up and pulled over for a DUI test 01:05:53 – Lamond Bishop ambushes Alicia with his own PAC money Enjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening!

The Good Wife Season 6 Episode 3 recap: "Dear God." Jason and Marissa dig into Cary's pretrial supervisor meetings with the no-nonsense Joy, played by the late television legend Linda Lavin, while the seed patent case between neighbors Ed and Wendell Keller spirals into full-blown Christian arbitration, complete with a returning Robert Sean Leonard as the presiding pastor. Diane calls it Kafka in action, Grace surprises everyone with her Bible scholarship, and Kalinda's warning to a key witness threatens to blow up Cary's case entirely. Meanwhile, Eli Gold quietly maneuvers Alicia toward a state's attorney run, and a fateful run-in with Gloria Steinem at a campaign fundraiser pushes her right where he wants her. Courtroom drama, church court chaos, and a season-long political plot all collide in this one. 02:54 – Cary's pretrial supervisor meeting kicks off, and Joy (Linda Lavin) enters the picture 12:07 – Arbitration moves to "church court" with Robert Sean Leonard's Matthew process 36:03 – The Bible-verse sparring escalates between Alicia, Grace's coaching, and Carter 40:14 – The revocation of bail hearing heats up as Castro confronts Alicia directly 50:46 – A forensic botanist testimony cracks open the Ed vs. Keller seed case 58:01 – Trey's wife takes the stand, and Eli finally gets the answer he's been chasing Enjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening!