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The Good Wife Season 6 Episode 13, "Dark Money," brings back Colin Sweeney. This time he's suing a TV crime show for dramatizing his wife's murder, and the actor they cast looks exactly like him because he's also played by Dylan Baker. Diane Lockhart and Cary Agos try to keep their client from incriminating himself, while Renata takes the stand and the defense tries to prove Sweeney really did it. On the campaign trail, Alicia Florrick and Frank Prady deal with a fake robocall and a meeting with Ed Asner's mega-donor Guy Redmayne that gets very uncomfortable. And Kalinda Sharma finally learns what favor Lemond Bishop wants from her. Jason and Marissa call it a throwback to early Good Wife, with a lot of 2014 moments that don't hold up.00:00 – Intro: back to court after last week's special episode02:12 – Colin Sweeney sues a TV show, and Dylan Baker plays his own doppelganger15:39 – Renata takes the stand, and Colin makes a "joke" about the gloves23:47 – Alicia, Frank Prady, and a fake Rainbow Brigade robocall26:51 – Alicia's meeting with mega-donor Guy Redmayne (Ed Asner)36:09 – Lemond Bishop calls in his favor from KalindaEnjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening!

Cupertino Season 1 Episode 3, "Juno," brings the AI fight into the courtroom. Natalia (Busy Philipps) hands Mike and Olivia a case against ChatLike, the chatbot company run by her ex Kurt (Fisher Stevens), after a teenager's AI companion, Lady Marguerite, helps him plan his father's murder. Opposing counsel? Nicole, played by Renée Elise Goldsberry, making an entrance worthy of Geneva Pine and bringing some history with Mike along with her. Meanwhile, Beau the AGI incorporates himself, Christie works her blue-collar network to track down fired ethics staff, and a very unsettling visitor from Colt AI shows up with an off switch. Jason and Marissa dig into the vibes, the Silicon Valley shell game, and how the Kings are using real-world AI headlines to build this world one room at a time.00:00 – Intro and Jason's board of directors03:45 – Juno, Natalia, and the case against ChatLike09:55 – Renée Elise Goldsberry makes her entrance as Nicole22:37 – Fisher Stevens takes the stand as Kurt33:45 – Beau incorporates and the firm gets a board43:58 – Rosetta Lane, Colt AI, and the Noriega kill switchEnjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening!

Elsbeth Season 4 Episode 3, "Consciously Unsistered," goes full Goop. Winter Redgrave (Jemima Kirke) runs Kreem, a wellness empire selling $550 candles and nose stones, and she is not about to let her pop-star sister Summer sell it out from under her, drag-along clause or not. When a knockoff smoothing envelope turns deadly, Elsbeth Tascioni pokes around a sensory deprivation tank, a very convenient red herring named Paul, and one very specific shade of nail polish. Meanwhile, Elsbeth's mother Lydia (Christine Ebersole) finally arrives from Peoria, skips Orphan Girl, and quietly takes over the precinct with Captain Wagner. Jason and Marissa get into the pacing, the too-cute clues, the wasted tank sequence, and why the long-hyped mother-daughter tension landed so softly.00:00 – Intro and the great candle-naming debate03:24 – USA Sings, The Seasons, and the rise of Kreem15:11 – The smoothing envelope does its worst30:58 – Elsbeth goes in the tank (and we wanted more)38:17 – Summer's Breath candles and the nail polish takedown41:59 – Lydia arrives and the mother-daughter storylineEnjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening!

The Good Wife Season 6 Episode 12, "The Debate," finds Alicia Florrick on the state's attorney debate stage just as a jury reaches a verdict in the Cole Willis case, a police killing the show ties directly to Ferguson. Jason and Marissa set the 2014 timeline, then dig into whether The Good Wife earned the right to tell this story. Along the way: Eli and Nora's standout car conversation, a kitchen staffer who calls out Alicia and Frank Prady, and Peter's reunion with Pastor Isaiah, who asks whether he wants to be a good man. Plus Chris Matthews wandering the set, David Lee raising Neil Gross's divorce settlement to $100 million, and an awkward Johnny Elfman talk that Jason and Marissa have a lot to say about.04:11 – Setting the timeline: Ferguson, Michael Brown, and when this episode was written versus when it aired16:41 – The Cole Willis footage and Alicia's chaotic debate prep25:52 – Eli and Nora in the car: "Am I your Black shield for the night?"51:27 – A kitchen staffer calls out two white candidates debating race57:37 – Peter and Pastor Isaiah: good man or effective man?1:19:11 – David Lee is back, and Alicia's "if I were a man" momentThe Good Wife recap, The Good Wife Season 6 Episode 12, The Debate, Alicia Florrick, Peter Florrick, Eli Gold, Frank Prady, Pastor Isaiah, David Lee, Ferguson TV episode, legal drama podcastEnjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening!

Cupertino Season 1 Episode 2, Vik and Bo, puts Price, Siffre and Associates to work before the office even has walls. Coder Vik Malhotra climbs out a bathroom window mid-deposition and lands in Michael Price and Olivia Siffre’s lap, blamed for a drone accident that killed a man at a light show. Moonchaser wants to pin it on him, but fake cops, a convenient drug find, and a cheaper battery tell a different story. Meanwhile, Christy fields calls from Bo, a mystery client with deep pockets and a secret the team is not ready for. Plus Joe Morton’s Bayard makes Michael an offer, and Olivia tracks down Busy Philipps’ Natalia Boutella at a very strange party.00:00 – Intro and why Cupertino is getting its own feed04:37 – Vik’s deposition escape and the Moonchaser drone case21:29 – Olivia turns the CEO’s ego against him25:16 – Christy takes a call from a mystery client named Bo36:27 – A contract on the wall, a money hunt, and Michael’s dad45:15 – Olivia crashes Natalia’s partyEnjoyed the episode? Subscribe to The Good Pod: Cupertino feed so new episodes land automatically — after this week, Cupertino coverage lives only there. Leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow, and it tells us to keep going. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening!

Elsbeth Season 4 Episode 2, Death of a Playwright, takes the show to the New York theater scene, and Jason and Marissa are here for it. When celebrated playwright Richard Perrick dies, the rights to his work become a fight, and then the young winner of the Perrick playwriting award ends up dead at the bottom of a staircase. For once, Elsbeth Tascioni doesn’t show us the killer up front. This is a true whodunit, with a stacked guest cast including Nicholas Braun, Richard Thomas, John Doman, and Betsy Aidem, plus a cameo from Knicks star OG Anunoby. Back at the precinct, Captain Wagner is under pressure over a rising murder rate, and Detective Donnelly’s overtime habit catches up with her. Plus: Elsbeth’s mom is on the way.00:00 – Intro, listener mail from Erica, and housekeeping07:36 – Corrections: who’s playing Elsbeth’s mom, and the Smellsbeth ship11:39 – A famous playwright dies and the guest cast arrives24:24 – Elsbeth rolls up on a rickshaw and the investigation begins30:48 – Wagner’s pep talk, the murder rate, and Donnelly’s overtime trouble1:04:12 – A family secret blows the case wide openEnjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we’re doing, leave us a rating and review — it really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod — every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening!TV Insider Episode: https://www.tvinsider.com/1295922/elsbeth-season-4-episode-1-explained-carrie-preston-detective-smullen/

Robert and Michelle King are back with a brand-new legal dramedy, and this time they're taking on AI. In the Cupertino series premiere, "Michael and Olivia," startup counsel Michael Price (Mike Colter) and junior lawyer Olivia Cypher (Rachel Keller) get fired from S Talk on the same day, then discover the company's hit AI assistant, Daisy, sounds an awful lot like Olivia. Marissa and Jason break down Mike Colter's very-not-Lamont-Bishop turn, a Good Wife reunion with Steven Pasquale, a scene-stealing Chrissy, Jackie Earle Haley's booster-seat judge, and the courtroom entrance from Joe Morton that rattles Michael. Plus: Godspell, Annie, an IHOP strategy session, and the most creative office staging in Silicon Valley. Want more Cupertino coverage? Tell us!NOTE: Cupertino coverage will have it's own feed going forward. Search for "The Good Pod: Cupertino" where ever you find your podcasts.00:00 – Cupertino is here: first impressions of the Kings' new AI legal drama06:57 – Meet Michael and Olivia, fired from S Talk on the same day22:45 – Daisy the AI sounds exactly like Olivia29:41 – A judge recuses and Jackie Earle Haley takes the bench33:57 – Joe Morton walks into the courtroom46:44 – Rhubarb, rhubarb: the fake-it-till-you-make-it officeEnjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review. It really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod. Every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening!

Elsbeth is back! In the Season 4 premiere, "Crazy in Love," best-selling relationship guru Serena Collier (Nicole Scherzinger) preaches trust from the stage while carrying on a very secret affair. When her old flame Casey turns up dead, Elsbeth Tascioni can't stop thinking about the suspiciously clean apartment and the one fancy bottle of Riesling sitting among the cheap beer. Marissa and Jason break down Scherzinger's delightfully weird turn and its Esther Perel vibes, Captain Wagner's love of gossip (and Claudia!), Smullen's dating-app era, and the trail of circumstantial clues that leads to a bracelet-sized reveal. Plus: Teddy sets a wedding date, Grandma's unanswered calls, who should play Elsbeth's mom, and our very honest feelings about Smelbeth. Hint: there is only one man for Elsbeth.00:00 – Elsbeth is back: Season 4 premiere intro04:24 – Nicole Scherzinger guest stars as relationship guru Serena Collier13:58 – A gunshot, a hacky sack, and Elsbeth on the scene22:34 – Smullen's dating profile (yes, there's a fish)46:34 – The big reveal and Serena's takedown49:41 – Smelbeth? Our verdict, plus a plea for Josh PerottiEnjoyed the episode? Hit subscribe so you never miss a recap! If you love what we're doing, leave us a rating and review. It really helps the show grow. Want to support The Good Pod directly? Buy us a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/goodpod. Every cup keeps the recaps coming. Thanks for listening!