"The Good Wife" Season 7 premiered last night on CBS. So how did it go?
In the pilot episode of the seventh season, Alicia starts with a new job in the bond court, assisting arrestees in seeking out bail. Her first day is not easy as the judge, who does not want to be slowed down by a "newbie," didn't give her any case. She talks with the judge on his way to lunch to introduce herself, which seems to be quite unnecessary because of course your honor knows her from the voter-fraud scandal. While she argues with the judge about her being capable and needing the job, a limo pulls up and the driver says Louis Canning wishes to take her to lunch.
It was the other lawyer, Lucca Quinn, who helped her get bail cases by telling the judge she's giving five of her sheets to Florrick. After exchanging some arguments, the judge made it six. Lucca teaches her some of the basics, like ensuring that the client checks the right box so she'll get paid. Later, Lucca asks Alicia to cover for her in the bond court. Lucca couldn't make it back in time for Alicia to go to the probate court, so they switched. The result was satisfying.
Speaking of the probate court case, Alicia gets her first walk-in client from her website (or so she thought). She's from the working class whose mother passed away but didn't leave a will. The mother owned an $8 million Chagall painting. Diane and David Lee, who represent the opposing client, partner with the housekeeper to get the inheritance. Lucca points out that the housekeeper could not inherit it because according to law, a caregiver of an invalid can't inherit anything more than $20,000. Alicia's client won the case, with the help of Lucca, and her daughter Grace.
Meanwhile, Peter wants to run for higher office and vies to be Hillary Clinton's second. Eli sets up an appointment with Ruth, a national election specialist. But it turned out, Ruth got Eli's job. Eli feels betrayed and refuses to stay as Peter's chief of staff. "You just lost your greatest asset - and made your worst enemy," he tells Peter. Eli goes home, drinks, and watches zombie movies while brooding over what happened. He even refuses talking about it with Alicia when she drops by. Eli says, "I was never your friend - I was just a political operative. I was the help. And I need to be done."
But after taking some more time, Eli goes up to dress up and get some haircut, and offers to be Alicia's chief of staff. He convinces her that she needs someone who will coordinate with the main campaign, because Ruth would want to rehabilitate her from last year's failed campaign and turn her to be a wife again. Which turns out to be what Ruth actually plans as she later meets with Alicia to discuss it. Alicia gladly says she's hiring Eli and that's the end of it. Ruth confronts Eli and Eli tells her he plans to use Alicia's rehabilitation campaign to undercut Ruth and eventually destroy her. He might even destroy Peter in the process.
Going back to Canning, he wants Alicia to work for/with him. But Alicia refuses because "you're the bad guy," she tells him. She doesn't like Canning's cases and clients. In trying to convince Alicia, Canning says that when two people collide in public, there's one who says "I'm sorry" despite it not being her fault, and the other one who says "Watch it." Canning says he wants Alicia to be someone who says "Watch it." He's quite persistent and it turns out it was him who set up the probate case to Alicia. Can he sway Alicia?
Meanwhile at Lockhart-Agos, Cary started hanging out with the young attorneys at the law firm. One young male lawyer pitches an idea about a computerized operating system but the oldies just don't like it. Cary encourages the young lawyer, who thought they're having moment and holds Cary's hand. Cary pulls his hands and tells him he misunderstood. Could it lead to something deeper sometime in the future?
