Alicia is second chair to Will on the Colin Sweeney civil suit case. Sweeney was found not guilty of murdering his wife, Carolyn, but like OJ Simpson, the general public believes he’s responsible for her death including Charlotte, Carolyn’s daughter, who has brought the civil suit against Sweeney in the hopes of regaining her mother’s money and company. Will and Alicia are up against Nancy Crozier (Mamie Gummer), who plays up her rehearsed inexperience which wins favor with the judge in the beginning. As the trial plays out, evidence of a dummy corporation created by Charlotte is found by Cary, which was taking money from Carolyn’s company and putting into a bank account only Charlotte had access to. When some of Carolyn’s body is found in the courtyard of the building Colin and Carolyn used to live in, Kalinda discovers that the remains were first buried on farmland owned by Charlotte. When the rest of Carolyn’s remains are found on Charlotte’s farmland, she is arrested for her mother’s murder. When Diane’s life is threatened by an inmate who is about to be paroled, she asks Kalinda for help in obtaining a gun. On the personal front, Peter’s appeal for a retrial gains momentum. Childs offers Peter a deal: immediate release with time served. We end the show with Peter considering Child’s offer.

Alicia once again faces the impossibly sweet young Nancy Crozier, only this time she’s our co-counsel and – supposedly – on the same side of the case. Although Alicia’s prepared for her innocent-with-a-dagger routine, we initially think it can work toward our common goal: defending our linked clients in a civil suit. But when Nancy proves as dangerous as the opposition, Alicia fights on two fronts and ultimately out-maneuvers her to protect her client. Meanwhile, when a bombshell drops in the Childs campaign, Alicia is implicated in an ethics scandal. If Alicia is proven to be the source of the leak, it’s not only a blow to the Florrick campaign, but she could be disbarred. Could Childs have leaked the information to get revenge on Alicia? Peter and Eli race to clear Alicia’s name, but when they learn that Childs is innocent, they realize another agenda is at play. A third candidate is setting the stage to enter the State’s Attorney race. Now the question is: who is it?

Lockhart/Gardner defends the operator of an adultery website against doe-eyed prosecutor Nancy Crozier. Feeling that Alicia's story helps the client seem more sympathetic, Will makes her first chair. But what seems like a simple civil case turns criminal when Crozier works with Cary to pin a murder on L/G's client as well.

Alicia's defense client is a documentary filmmaker accused of being the one responsible for a college girl's suicide. Will continues to serve his suspension at home with his two sisters keeping watch. Peter's campaign struggles when he realizes he has lost allies after hiring others based on merit only.