Episode Details

The Good Wife Season 6 Episode 12, "The Debate," finds Alicia Florrick on the state's attorney debate stage just as a jury reaches a verdict in the Cole Willis case, a police killing the show ties directly to Ferguson. Jason and Marissa set the 2014 timeline, then dig into whether The Good Wife earned the right to tell this story. Along the way: Eli and Nora's standout car conversation, a kitchen staffer who calls out Alicia and Frank Prady, and Peter's reunion with Pastor Isaiah, who asks whether he wants to be a good man. Plus Chris Matthews wandering the set, David Lee raising Neil Gross's divorce settlement to $100 million, and an awkward Johnny Elfman talk that Jason and Marissa have a lot to say about.

04:11 – Setting the timeline: Ferguson, Michael Brown, and when this episode was written versus when it aired

16:41 – The Cole Willis footage and Alicia's chaotic debate prep

25:52 – Eli and Nora in the car: "Am I your Black shield for the night?"

51:27 – A kitchen staffer calls out two white candidates debating race

57:37 – Peter and Pastor Isaiah: good man or effective man?

1:19:11 – David Lee is back, and Alicia's "if I were a man" moment

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