Alicia manages the fallout when her client's insensitive statements to the press threaten the fate of a multi-billion-dollar merger.
Despite pressure from Eli, Alicia is determined not to run for state's attorney. Meanwhile, Diane considers joining Florrick/Agos, and a crisis threatens to tear the firm apart.
Eli asks a respected campaign manager, Johnny Elfman, to help Alicia explore the option of running for state's attorney.
All is not as it seems in a scandal-stuffed investigation when Henry and Jo turn their attention to the death of a British royal.