'The Good Wife' Season 6 Spoilers, Plot News: Episode 18 Recap 'Loser Edit'
On Sunday's episode of "The Good Wife," a reporter gets her hands on Will and Alicia's emails from last week's hacking, and Alicia's team scrambles to save her reputation, while Diane tackles a case that pits her sympathies toward gay marriage against the rights of religious freedom.
In "Loser Edit," Diane joins her new client R.D. and his conservative lawyer friends Justin and Max in a mock trial to offer up her liberal viewpoint. They are considering funding a case and want to know if it's worth it. They present her with this: A baker in California was asked to bake a cake for a gay wedding, but she refused, citing religious objections. The gay couple sued for discrimination, and R.D. is trying to decide whether or not to take up the woman's appeal. He wants Diane to represent the plaintiff in the mock trial so they can practice their defense. The debate is civil, but R.D. says that she can do better than that.
Later while she's driving, Diane hears on the radio that R.D. decided to fund the case after all. The real case involves a wedding planner in Idaho, but it's the same case as the hypothetical baker's case presented to her.
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Diane comes out swinging and hires Tom Keppler to play Nils Anderson, the plaintiff. R.D. is upset at this development, because Keppler is his gay nephew. R.D. thinks that Diane is being too personal, but Diane argues that when it comes to sensitive issues, it's better to see who gets hit hardest. Diane ends up winning the mock trial, but R.D. decides he is still going to fund the wedding planner's appeal.
Meanwhile, Alicia's emails have been leaked to a young reporter, Petra Moritz. She's crafting a post-election puff piece on Alicia, however, the contents of the emails, which appears as though Will and Alicia are having an affair, make it hard for Alicia to say that she's worthy of the public's trust.
Petra includes the emails in her piece. Then, she organizes an interview with Alicia. When Petra asks about the emails, Eli excuses Alicia from the interview to tell her that Petra has the hacked emails.
Eli and Alicia speak with Petra's boss, Charles, and he agrees to hold the piece until he's had both sides of the story.
Petra tips Gawker off to the hacked emails, and that makes Charles decide to move forward with the story. Eli offers Petra an interview with Peter, and she takes him up on the offer.
Later, Peter and Alicia discuss the situation over wine, and the two appear to reach an understanding.
Peter gives Petra her interview, and he tells her that she has been scooped. But the reporter is far from done when her piece ends up in the news, but this time, she says that she spoke with the Chicago election monitor and determined that some of the voting machines registered votes for Frank Prady as votes for Alicia Florrick.
"The Good Wife" airs on Sundays at 9/8c on CBS.
