The Good Wife: Season 5, Episode 2 - The Bit Bucket

Jason and Marissa are back for Season 5, Episode 2 of The Good Wife — "The Bit Bucket" — and things at Lockhart Gardner are getting deliciously messy. The fourth-year associates are running a full covert operation with burner phones and secret office tours, while simultaneously winning a landmark NSA surveillance case for Chum Hum. Oh, and the NSA is absolutely listening to all of it. 

Plot Points:

• Case / Main Plot of the Week: Chum Hum vs. The NSA
• The Fourth Years Are Absolutely Going to Get Caught
• The Supreme Court / Peter Being Peter
• NSA Bros & The Surveillance Web

Notable Guest Stars and Return Characters

• Zach Woods (NSA Analyst) — The Office (Gabe Lewis), Silicon Valley
• Jeffrey Tambor (Judge Abner Leventhal / Federal Judge) — returning, as noted
• Becca — she's back, she's in college, she doesn't have time for high school seniors, and she's BFFs with Grace
• Veronica Loy (Stockard Channing) — beloved chaos agent, $140,000 check writer, and apparently a very fun dinner companion 

Timestamps

• 00:00 – Cold open / Jason's gallbladder recovery update / intro chaos
• 03:30 – Episode setup: previously on, season 5 context
• 06:00 – New firm stuff: burner phones, office tour, $24/sqft dream space
• 09:00 – Chum Hum meeting setup; Neil Gross wants to fight the NSA
• 13:00 – Veronica arrives at Lockhart Gardner; David Lee's investment advice / flirting
• 16:00 – Prior restraint argument in federal court (Judge Tambor); the skiff explained
• 22:00 – Selective enforcement argument; Patrick Edelstein on the stand
• 27:00 – Alicia and Veronica dinner; the widower who wasn't a widower
• 29:00 – North Korea hardware deal / real damages argument
• 33:00 – The $14,000 skiff reveal; final ruling
• 37:00 – Supreme Court subplot: Chief Justice stonewalling; Peter goes to bat
• 41:00 – Eli and Diane; the Mandy Post trap interview; the ultimatum
• 44:00 – Clerk Swap, Northwestern flea market, Becca returns
• 48:00 – The kids: Nisa calling Zach, Grace and Veronica's shopping trip, Zach's weird face
• 55:00 – NSA Bros introduced; Zach Woods spotted; the surveillance web expands
• 1:02:00 – Three-hop warrant, Nisa's dad, Peter now in play
• 1:07:00 – Outro, where to find the hosts

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