Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 56 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Don't Talk Too Loud
By Jacob Clifton | Season 5 | Episode 14 | Aired on 03.16.2014
Elsbeth: "Hi! You need to leave Will Gardner alone or I'll sue you for harassment."
Dubeck: "I can't wait until I threaten you with the same thing as everybody else. You go tell Will to give in already. We know he showed the video to the Governor-Elect, and that's basically all we need to get him."
Elsbeth: "Oh! Show it to me! What is this? It's not a video, it's more like a... Do you say gif or pronounce it gif? It's weird living in the future."
Dubeck: "Gif."
Elsbeth: "Have you seen that one of the bear that falls onto the trampoline and then into a pool! I love that one, because I love bears. Or at least I did until today. But you know what I found out? It's faked! Digitally futzed with. I couldn't believe it, but it turns out eight bits per pixel makes them super fuckwithable. So I hope you have the original!"
Dubeck: "The Governor's guilty."
Elsbeth: "And you know this because..."
Dubeck: "He's the Governor of Illinois."
Elsbeth: "And they're all corrupt?"
Dubeck: "I think they all happen to be corrupt."
Elsbeth: "So you're saying it doesn't matter what the facts show, you're going to prosecute Peter Florrick for the crime of voter fraud?"
Dubeck: "Peter Florrick the criminal, who spent six months in prison."
Elsbeth: "And was exonerated?"
Dubeck: "Dismissed. Not the same thing."
Elsbeth: "So you are out to get him? Even if they're no proof?"
Dubeck: "I am out to get a criminal. I'll find the proof."
"This is Elsbeth Tascioni, recording Nelson Dubeck in the lobby of the Harrington Plaza at... 11:33 PM..."
In Chicago this would be illegal and inadmissible because both parties have to agree to a recording. (I cannot remember the episode that we went through this, it was a while back, but I still remember it because it blew my mind that different states have different laws about it.) But we're not in Chicago, we're in New York, a one-party consent state. Which Elsbeth sweetly gives. Of all the Elsbeth moves, this is one of my favorites, I think. It's not gonzo, it's just very insightful: She's transplanted this Florrick narrative so skillfully he feels at home right now, like they're doing this in Illinois, but they're not.
"I suggest you leave Mr. Gardner alone, sir. He's a nice man. He has no part in your vendetta against Governor Florrick. Oh and by the way? You should look into an anti-Semitic costumed furry bear in Times Square."
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