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6. The Next Day

When Alicia and Cary represent a client who has left Lockhart/Gardner to go with Florrick/Agos, Will and Diane intentionally delay turning over the case files to the new firm. Also, Marilyn, Peter's ethics council, tries to give advice to Alicia, and Will's colleagues are surprised at the new intensity he displays in the wake of the upheaval at the firm.

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The day after Florrick/Agos split from Lockhart/Gardner, Alicia and Cary successfully take over Diane's last case that she was due to litigate before they left, but they must contend with Will and Diane's stalling to hand over client files. Will, seething and also energized from the previous day's events, moves to expand the reach of Lockhart/Gardner, and starts with trying to destabilize Florrick/Agos, preventing them from moving into new offices. Kalinda tricks Cary into exposing their office location and reveals Robyn as one of the traitors. Meanwhile, the director of the governor's Ethics Commission, Marilyn Garbanza, seeks to advise Alicia's new firm on ethical guidelines. After losing the Supreme Court justice nomination, Diane is welcomed back to the firm.

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