The Good Wife

The Good Wife Season 2 Quotes (Page 3)

Season 2 Episode 17: "Ham Sandwich"

Kalinda: Ever get the feeling something bad is going to happen.
Alicia: All the time.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Alicia: A Chicago grand jury will indict a ham sandwich.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Season 2 Episode 11: "Two Courts"

Alicia: (after asking about her background check) That's not what I wanted to talk about when I asked before. It...
Will: I know what it is.
Alicia: You...? How do you know?
Will: Diane told me.
Alicia: Are we possibly talking about two different things?
Will: Diane asked you to join her at her new firm.
 • Rating: 4.7 / 5.0

Will: Kalinda is to be given a salary bump over Blake's. He is not her supervisor.
Bond: No.
Will: Then we got a problem, because this is the deal. Either we bump Kalinda's salary above Blake's, or the waters won't be calmed.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Will: I've got your back, Kalinda. Just make sure you got mine.
Kalinda: I always have... and I always will.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Season 2 Episode 8: "On Tap"

Will: In Chicago, you need your friends three times: at your wedding, your wake, and your first indictment.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Season 2 Episode 7: "Bad Girls"

Will: I heard peer review was rough.
Alicia: A bit. How important is it?
Will: I don't know. We're trying to figure that out. You think it's stupid?
Alicia: I think it encourages people to denigrate each other to save their jobs.
Will: I read your reviews. You didn't.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Season 2 Episode 6: "Poisoned Pill"

Donna: (to Kalinda) Everything's fine. I didn't talk to anybody. I didn't tell anybody your secrets. And if this guy approaches me...
Kalinda: Blake.
Donna: I won't tell him how heartless you can be, how insensitive, how self-preservation is your number one concern, and after four months, you can barely say hello. I won't tell him any of that, okay?
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Kalinda: Your office is... small.
Cary: Yes. Small, but pure.
Kalinda: So, in the third year, do you get a window?
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Season 2 Episode 5: "VIP Treatment"

Peter: You know the one thing I hate more than a backroom deal, Eli, is a failed backroom deal.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Season 2 Episode 4: "Cleaning House"

Cary: You've been served.
Alicia: I've... For what?
Cary: State's attorney has asked me to head up an inquiry to look into the leak of Mr. Childs' deposition. Now, I'm going to try and expedite this, Alicia, so that you don't have a cloud hanging over your head.
Alicia: (ironically) Thank you so much.
Cary: You're welcome. (he pauses) Personally, I know that you would never break the law in this manner, so I'm sure it's just a formality. And if it's not, then we'll be pursuing a disbarment hearing.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Cary: (to Alicia and Will, before taking Alicia's deposition) This is funny, isn't it? All these connections. My old workplace, my old boss, my old coworker... and my new boss competing with your husband. And then there's you two and... your thing.
Will: Chicago. Shall we start?
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Glenn Childs: Peter, you know your mistake-- never show your opponent your weak flank.
Peter: Well, we both have weak flanks; and the person that leaked your depo was trying to weaken us both.
Glenn Childs: Your mysterious third candidate?
Peter: Presiding Judge Adler.
Glenn Childs: That might prove a bit difficult.
Peter: Not after she retires. Now, when I was in office, I investigated her for judicial bribes.
Glenn Childs: So use it, Peter. Why do you need me?
Peter: Well, my guess is that you have more.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Season 2 Episode 3: "Breaking Fast"

Owen: (about Peter) Are you going to leave him?
Alicia: Owen, please don't.
Owen: He's two-faced.
Alicia: Everyone's two-faced.
Owen: You're not.
Alicia: Yes, I am.
Owen: Then you've changed.
Alicia: No. Issues got more complex, and I grew up.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Blake: You think I'm your competition.
Kalinda: No. I don't care if you're my competition.
Blake: Oh. Well, that's good to hear, Leela. I... Sorry. I keep on slipping on that, don't I?
Kalinda: Don't forget to use condoms.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Owen: I said that Peter was homophobic because I wanted to hurt him.
Alicia: I know.
Owen: Do you want to know why?
Alicia: If you want to say.
Owen: You're living an idea, Alicia. You think society is disintegrating. You don't want to get divorced 'cause everyone is divorcing. You're like that person on the Titanic who won't leave their room because they're afraid of being rude.
Alicia: You lost me.
Owen: Do you love him?
Alicia: Do I love Peter? Yes, I do.
Owen: I don't believe you. I can see it in your eyes. You don't love him-- not anymore.
Alicia: You don't see anything in my eyes.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Kalinda: How're you liking the prosecutor's office? It seems to agree with you. You look taller.
Cary: I like the moral clarity. (he walks up to her) Do you miss me?
Kalinda: What if I said yes?
Cary: Well, I'd say, "That sounds about right."
Kalinda: Then... yeah.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Season 2 Episode 2: "Double Jeopardy"

Diane: This is a betrayal. You said that you would support me.
Will: I didn't see the facts.
Diane: Now the facts are important to you? In court, you couldn't give a damn.
Will: Come on, Diane. It's money! It's about keeping our doors open. My father drove his business into the ground giving money to everyone he knew. And I'm not going to make the same mistake.
Diane: You know what you just did? You just lost your certain vote.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Diane: What do you know about Derrick Bond?
Kalinda: What do I know? Well, I did the due diligence. Everything I found, you have.
Diane: What about Derrick Bond and Will?
Kalinda: Sorry?
Diane: As far as I knew, there was no connection between them. I was the connection to Derrick.
Kalinda: You're suggesting there's a link that you don't know about.
Diane: I'm suggesting I'd like to be disabused of that notion.
Kalinda: Then, I'll get to disabusing.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Season 2 Episode 1: "Taking Control"

Diane: (about the merging) Good job.
Will: Not me, you. It's like Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Diane: As long as we're the ones snatching.
 • Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

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