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Season 5  "A Precious Commodity"  5x3

Aired 10 years ago - Oct 13, 2013

Alicia receives a stunning offer that causes her to reconsider leaving the firm. The partners must take action when Diane is put at odds with her colleagues.

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Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 1
So why don't we try one with you two kissing arm in arm?
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one of the most widely respected ethical watchdogs
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Any lapses, any complaints, anything she mishandled.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 5
No, I think there's been some complications.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 6
This is not about the surrogacy.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 7
Come to the office, go to the empty floor on 16th.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 8
- What's going on? - Diane.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 9
And I appoint Alicia.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 10
As a partner, I am bound by my confidentiality.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 11
She wasn't at the clinic.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 12
Tara, it's not your baby.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 13
BRIAN: You can't do this. - Kathy, Brian, okay.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 14
The only one who gets to choose is the actual mother.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 15
and you've decided the contract is concluded.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 16
Now, go be a judge.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 17
Well, he was calling for Grace.
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No further questions.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 23
So you wanna sue the hospital.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 24
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DAVID: That may have been true back then, but the firm has changed.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 26
in Roe v. Wade established the beginning of the third trimester
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 27
STANEK: The question before me is whether this contract is moot.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 28
It means I don't accept your exit package.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 29
Alicia, do you have a minute?
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 30
that the surrogacy contract was coercive in any way?
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 31
I wish I were the one that were pregnant.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 32
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Yes, I do.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 34
So you would drag Tara to a clinic
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Cary, I have to be in court in ten minutes.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 36
- Someone that he knows. - Okay, thanks, Cary.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 37
The court has ruled only that the provision related to abortion
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 38
Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 39
Express elevator is right behind you. Turn around.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 40
Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 41
- The current water-board head. PETER: Grabowski?
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 42
but I just can't choose Dan Brown over Hemingway.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 43
Four, I guess. But they always used a condom.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 44
Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 45
Yeah. Um, okay, excuse me.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 46
There's nothing illegal about monetizing that right.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 47
You mean the man with the motorcycle helmet,
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 48
You're taking dresses from my closet.
 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 49
Objection, Your Honor. The witness has been sworn and is fully aware of that.
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Okay.
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Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 2
one of the most widely respected ethical watchdogs
#2 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 3 #3 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 4
Any lapses, any complaints, anything she mishandled.
#4 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 5
No, I think there's been some complications.
#5 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 6
This is not about the surrogacy.
#6 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 7
Come to the office, go to the empty floor on 16th.
#7 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 8
- What's going on? - Diane.
#8 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 9
And I appoint Alicia.
#9 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 10
As a partner, I am bound by my confidentiality.
#10 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 11
She wasn't at the clinic.
#11 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 12
Tara, it's not your baby.
#12 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 13
BRIAN: You can't do this. - Kathy, Brian, okay.
#13 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 14
The only one who gets to choose is the actual mother.
#14 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 15
and you've decided the contract is concluded.
#15 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 16
Now, go be a judge.
#16 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 17
Well, he was calling for Grace.
#17 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 18 #18 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 19 #19 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 20 #20 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 21 #21 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 22
No further questions.
#22 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 23
So you wanna sue the hospital.
#23 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 24 #24 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 25
DAVID: That may have been true back then, but the firm has changed.
#25 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 26
in Roe v. Wade established the beginning of the third trimester
#26 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 27
STANEK: The question before me is whether this contract is moot.
#27 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 28
It means I don't accept your exit package.
#28 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 29
Alicia, do you have a minute?
#29 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 30
that the surrogacy contract was coercive in any way?
#30 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 31
I wish I were the one that were pregnant.
#31 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 32 #32 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 33
Yes, I do.
#33 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 34
So you would drag Tara to a clinic
#34 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 35
Cary, I have to be in court in ten minutes.
#35 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 36
- Someone that he knows. - Okay, thanks, Cary.
#36 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 37
The court has ruled only that the provision related to abortion
#37 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 38 #38 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 39
Express elevator is right behind you. Turn around.
#39 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 40 #40 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 41
- The current water-board head. PETER: Grabowski?
#41 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 42
but I just can't choose Dan Brown over Hemingway.
#42 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 43
Four, I guess. But they always used a condom.
#43 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 44 #44 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 45
Yeah. Um, okay, excuse me.
#45 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 46
There's nothing illegal about monetizing that right.
#46 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 47
You mean the man with the motorcycle helmet,
#47 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 48
You're taking dresses from my closet.
#48 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 49
Objection, Your Honor. The witness has been sworn and is fully aware of that.
#49 Recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 3 (S05E03) - 50
Okay.
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