EPISODE

15. Bang

While Peter gets acclimated to life at home and works on a comeback strategy with his political team, including Eli Gold, Alicia and Diane wrestle with spousal privilege laws in a murder case that hinges on their ability to get a wife to testify against her husband.

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Peter returns home under house arrest with ankle monitor while his appeal is considered. He hires political operative Eli Gold to assist in the appeal. Alicia serves as second chair for Diane in a murder trial. Their client, Brad Broussard, is charged with shooting Miles Wagner, an unpopular mutual fund manager who defrauded people out of their life savings by assisting in Bernard Madoff's investment scandal. Diane consults ballistics expert Kurt McVeigh. Alicia discovers a conspiracy tactic that will allow a key witness to testify, and Broussard is vindicated and set free. FBI agent Lana Delaney asks Kalinda to feed her information about Peter, but Kalinda declines.

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