Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 7 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Giving Is Taking
By Jacob Clifton | Season 4 | Episode 21 | Aired on 04.21.2013
Isn't that perfect? Alicia would like nothing better than to steal from Howard Lyman and give to her secretary, even everything thing out at this top-heavy monster she's chained herself to, but she can't: She's a partner, she doesn't really have a voice. Even when she tried to mediate, David Lee stepped all over it with a gesture toward teaching her the ropes. So then that problem becomes the solution: Charlene's not a swing vote, because she doesn't get a vote. Just $4M in shares.
CHARLIE ROSE
Charlie Rose: "So Mike Kresteva is currently ahead with female voters. Do you think that's because your husband is untrustworthy?"
Alicia: "I think that's the easiest way to look at it, because sex sells. The press has always been more interested in Peter's history, his past failings as a family man, and less in the years and ways he's atoned for that. I mean, it's even more sensational than Mike Kresteva's current huge problems, when you think about it..."
Charlie Rose: "Hmm, like what?"
Alicia: "Let me preface in the most manipulative way possible by reminding you of the title of the show we're on a show inside. Running a political campaign is not a one-man show. For every candidate out there giving speeches and kissing babies, there's a spouse who's doing everything else. If everything is perfect, it is still tremendously hard. And when it's not..."
Charlie Rose: "Delicious..."
Alicia: "He's a substance abuser. A serious disease. He'll need all the support he can get and I hope he does get it, but instead of prioritizing his family and dealing with those issues, Mr. Kresteva has thrown himself into a political campaign. To me, that's more interesting than hookers from four years ago. The candidate more committed to women, and to the family, is my husband. Peter Florrick."
WILL
"I know it now, and I've always known it."
You know he's watching. You know the last line cuts him like a knife; it's like he never existed at all.
Which is when Veronica Loy, of the always impeccable timing, appears. His face doesn't move, the whole time she's speaking; he betrays nothing. He is cordial, polite, asks whether she's gotten to see David Lee, and thanks her for visiting, but he doesn't respond. Doesn't betray. Sunday, I guess we'll find out what he thought of this:
"Hard to believe she can say that with a straight face, isn't it? Listen, do you love my daughter? Because if you do, it's time to stop being polite about it. You have a window, but it's closing. That schmuck of a husband of hers wants to renew their vows. And I know my daughter, if she does that, you're never gonna pry her away from him. So you've got to move. Now."
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