The Good Wife: Season 5, Episode 18 - All Tapped Out

We're three episodes out from Will's death and three from the season finale — the post-Will midpoint, and the aftershocks are still rolling. David Lee can't help being the little vulture he is, fast-tracking a merger Diane tried to pump the brakes on, and before she can blink, Lewis Canning has wheeled himself out of the shadows with "another suitor" energy and a new firm name. Meanwhile, the NSA storyline goes full Ocean's Eleven as Carrie and Clark coach NSA Jeff into whistleblower territory, and a mysterious batch of car-for-sale posters lands Charles Freund in hot water. Alicia drags herself out of bed to defend Finn at a hearing and finds her Elsbeth-style eureka moment. Plus: Julius is back (you didn't clock it, did you?), a surprise Cameo from Judge Abernathy himself, and Diane orders martinis like she's beyond caring — because she is.

00:00 – Welcome and the post-Will check-in: are we ever getting a Will-free episode?
 02:30 – A very special surprise: Judge Abernathy stops by via Cameo
 12:13 – The NSA boys, lie detectors, and Finn's missing computer
 14:16 – Carrie tells Diane the hard truth: you're mismanaged, we're a startup
 16:16 – Julius is back! "Don't let Julius be invisible to you too"
 18:17 – David Lee springs Lewis Canning and his "other suitor" on the partners
 36:30 – How the merger happened so fast: blame Damien and David Lee
 38:31 – Kalinda, the baseball, and "you're not the new Will" — think fast
 42:38 – The whistleblower plan plays out and Jeff's big gulp moment
 44:40 – Diane and Lewis do dinner: "You're not the enemy, you're the devil"
 79:02 – The car poster mystery: was it Peter, Carrie, or Jeff?
 81:02 – Alicia thanks Peter, the new normal, and a very civil calendar meeting

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