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20. Foreign Affairs

Lockhart/Gardner represents a small drilling contractor against a major oil conglomerate in a dispute that is going well until a South American dictator complicates the situation. Meanwhile, the election results are in.

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Lockhart/Gardner represents a small drilling contractor in a contract dispute against a major oil conglomerate. Things seem straightforward at first, but quickly get out of hand when Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez nationalizes the drilling company and takes over the case. Suddenly, Lockhard/Gardner is forced to cater to the dictator's whims, including taking orders from an aging actor who played a famous lawyer on television. Meanwhile, Peter and Wendi Scott-Carr are neck-and-neck in the polls leading up to Election Day. In order to win, Eli tells Alicia that she must enter the fray and show her support for Peter in a televised interview.

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