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Season 4  "A More Perfect Union"  4x21

Aired 12 years ago - Apr 21, 2013

As a favor to her mother, Alicia represents software coders in a contract dispute. Peter asks Alicia to renew their wedding vows.

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Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 1
some new software, and Frank was driving home
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So I'm gonna thank you, gentlemen,
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I'm good, how are you?
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And if we did, it wouldn't be this piddly-squeak coder stuff.
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Don't worry. This will be fast.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 8
from comparable work places with comparable salaries...
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Then why don't you pay them like geniuses?
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It's gonna cost us votes.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 11
Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 12
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to collectively bargain is considered PCA:
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It'll make it easier to argue that they were unionizing.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 15
- I'm a new judge here myself. Just promoted. - Really?
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going to mean her client's financial ruin?
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We want you to tell the helpful truth.
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No, good benefits, health care.
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People were outraged. It felt punitive.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 20
I'm sorry, but the witness is obviously
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 21
I have a speech in a few minutes.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 22
Yeah, I read somewhere that the surest way for a politician
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 23
- Mrs. Florrick said that? - I'm going to object
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We do if we don't take increases this quarter.
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Okay, then come up with an offer when you get your...
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 28
I find that the coders at Blowtorch
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and able to get this vote together in 24 hours.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 30
Hmm.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 31
Well, is that a yes?
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 32
We are all on the same team here.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 33
That still puts us below the other big firms.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 34
but you can't drink till you're 21.
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Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 36
What's wrong, Alicia?
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This is my life.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 38
- And that's why they were fired. - No. They were fired
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a legitimate expectation of privacy.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 40
What's the compromise?
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Just because you came up short for the Blowtorch workers,
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after receiving the $4 million in company stock,
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Well, I'm sure you can do the math.
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something they do not trust?
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between Mike Kresteva and your husband?
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Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 2
So I'm gonna thank you, gentlemen,
#2 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 3 #3 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 4
I'm good, how are you?
#4 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 5 #5 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 6
And if we did, it wouldn't be this piddly-squeak coder stuff.
#6 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 7
Don't worry. This will be fast.
#7 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 8
from comparable work places with comparable salaries...
#8 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 9
Then why don't you pay them like geniuses?
#9 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 10
It's gonna cost us votes.
#10 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 11 #11 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 12 #12 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 13
to collectively bargain is considered PCA:
#13 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 14
It'll make it easier to argue that they were unionizing.
#14 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 15
- I'm a new judge here myself. Just promoted. - Really?
#15 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 16
going to mean her client's financial ruin?
#16 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 17
We want you to tell the helpful truth.
#17 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 18
No, good benefits, health care.
#18 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 19
People were outraged. It felt punitive.
#19 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 20
I'm sorry, but the witness is obviously
#20 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 21
I have a speech in a few minutes.
#21 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 22
Yeah, I read somewhere that the surest way for a politician
#22 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 23
- Mrs. Florrick said that? - I'm going to object
#23 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 24 #24 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 25
We do if we don't take increases this quarter.
#25 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 26 #26 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 27
Okay, then come up with an offer when you get your...
#27 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 28
I find that the coders at Blowtorch
#28 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 29
and able to get this vote together in 24 hours.
#29 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 30
Hmm.
#30 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 31
Well, is that a yes?
#31 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 32
We are all on the same team here.
#32 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 33
That still puts us below the other big firms.
#33 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 34
but you can't drink till you're 21.
#34 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 35 #35 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 36
What's wrong, Alicia?
#36 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 37
This is my life.
#37 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 38
- And that's why they were fired. - No. They were fired
#38 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 39
a legitimate expectation of privacy.
#39 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 40
What's the compromise?
#40 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 41 #41 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 42 #42 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 43
Just because you came up short for the Blowtorch workers,
#43 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 44 #44 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 45
after receiving the $4 million in company stock,
#45 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 46
Well, I'm sure you can do the math.
#46 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 47
something they do not trust?
#47 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 48
between Mike Kresteva and your husband?
#48 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 49 #49 Recap of The Good Wife Season 4 Episode 21 (S04E21) - 50 #50