When a very public sex and political corruption scandal lands her husband in jail, housewife Alicia Florrick must get past the humiliation and betrayal and assume responsibility for her family. She resumes her career as a defence attorney by taking a junior associate's post at a prestigious Chicago law firm, where an old friend from law school is now a partner. As she competes to win the only full-time associate's position, she sheds her persona as the embarrassed wife of a politician and takes charge of her own destiny.
Alicia Florrick returns to work as a defence attorney after her husband's corruption scandal and incarceration, and is assigned her first case: the retrial of a woman accused of murdering her ex-hu...
After the State's Attorney refuses to pursue criminal charges, Alicia becomes second chair on a civil suit involving the rape of a prostitute at a bachelor party, who may have been abused by her ow...
The son of Alicia's former friends is charged with felony murder and Alicia decides to defend him, despite the fact that they ostracised her after the scandal.
Alicia believes she's discovered evidence of jury tampering in the firm's class action law suit against a pharmaceutical company. Meanwhile, her husband Peter's legal team gets closer to his appeal.
Alicia and Will have only 72 hours to prove that a freight train crash was caused by the train company, and not the engineers, in an attempt to save the widows their husbands' pensions.
Alicia agrees to a conjugal visit with Peter in order to get information from him about her new client, a death row inmate, who was convicted while Peter was the state's attorney.
Alicia, representing a daughter of one of the partner in the firm, finds herself very attracted to her co-counsel, mostly because of his unorthodox approach to defending their client.
While Alicia is preparing in a case defending a scientist accused of arson, she is suddenly asked to testify on Peter's behalf.
When the firm's senior partner Jonas Stern is arrested for driving under the influence, Alicia is asked to represent him, but office politics and Stern's ego get in the way.
When Alicia believes a judge acted with racial bias in sending a child to a detention facility she looks deeper into the issue, discovering a trend. Diane receives an offer to become a judge.
Alicia learns more about Peter's fall from office when she represents Glenn Child's wife in her divorce appeal. Will and his opposing counsel named Emily get cosy during a death suit against Duke R...
Alicia and the kids have to deal with some really bad news. Peter learns new information that makes him furious. Alicia has to represent a doctor who prescribed medication to a high school quarterb...
Tensions are high as Peter's appeal begins. Alicia has to defend a wealthy client who doesn't seem that innocent, even after he's found not guilty of murdering his wife.
Alicia defends a man accused of killing his child's babysitter. Peter's appeal seems to be going well, and Alicia prepares for the idea of his returning to her life.
Peter returns home and discovers the secret photos that his children have been keeping from Alicia. At Alicia's firm, Will removes her from a case involving a bodyguard accused of killing his boss.
Alicia and Will defend an attorney arrested for murder, while Peter strategises with his team on how to handle his retrial and his public rehabilitation.
An emergency courtroom is set up in the middle of a hospital, and Alicia and Will have to battle Patti Nyholm and an insurance company who refuse to pay the client for a life-saving in-utero surgery.
Alicia and Will try to defend a college student who was accused of killing her sorority sister while on sleeping aid. Diane and Kurt McVeigh continue flirting with each other.
Alicia must face former boss Jonas Stern in court, and debates incorporating personal information into her case. Peter continues to explore religion in his attempt at a comeback.
Peter finds himself in danger of going back to jail after he chases Alicia out of the apartment, breaking his house arrest, and causing his monitor to go off.
The winner in the competition between Cary and Alicia for a spot at the firm is decided.
Alicia is forced to defend a man who claims he killed a woman that he is handcuffed to in self-defence. Eli Gold continues in his attempts to get Peter's charges dropped.
Alicia must decide whether to stand by her husband or pursue a relationship with Will.