A Defense of Marriage

"A Defense of Marriage" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of The Good Wife and the seventy-seventh episode overall. It has aired by CBS on November 25, 2012. It was written by Robert King, Michelle King and Matthew Montoya and was directed by Brooke Kennedy.

Summary[]

An opportunistic lawyer hopes to turn Alicia's case into a test case to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, and Alicia's mom comes to town needing help to challenge her late husband's pre-nup.

Cast[]

Starring[]

Special Guest Star[]

Chris Noth as Peter Florrick
Stockard Channing as Veronica Loy
Brian Dennehy as Bucky Stabler

Guest Starring[]

Zach Grenier as David Lee
Mary Beth Peil as Jackie Florrick
Dallas Roberts as Owen Cavanaugh
Marc Warren as Nick Saverese
P.J. Brown as Bill
Bebe Neuwirth as Judge Friend
Yul Vazquez as Christián Romano
Bruce McGill as Jeremy Breslow
Malcolm Gets as Dale
George McDaniel as Arthur
Michael Bryan French as Vance

Co-Starring[]

Kyle Dean Massey as Warren Nemec
Jonathan C. Kaplan as Brian
Jack Koenig as Arnold Wyatt
Jeremy Rishe as Tom Collegio
Robert Emmet Lunney as Oliver Stanton
Pun Bandhu as Hal Tasker

Plot[]

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Production[]

Broadcast[]

This episode first aired on November 25, 2012.
On its first airing this episode attracted 9.45 million viewers.

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Season 1
Pilot • Stripped • Home • Fixed • Crash • Conjugal • Unorthodox • Unprepared • Threesome • Lifeguard • Infamy • Painkiller • Bad • Hi • Bang • Fleas • Heart • Doubt • Boom • Mock • Unplugged • Hybristophilia • Running

Season 2
Taking Control • Double Jeopardy • Breaking Fast • Cleaning House • VIP Treatment • Poisoned Pill • Bad Girls • On Tap • Nine Hours • Breaking Up • Two Courts • Silly Season • Real Deal • Net Worth • Silver Bullet • Great Firewall • Ham Sandwich • Killer Song • Wrongful Termination • Foreign Affairs • In Sickness • Getting Off • Closing Arguments

Season 3

A New Day • The Death Zone • Get a Room • Feeding the Rat • Marthas and Caitlins • Affairs of State • Executive Order 13224 • Death Row Trip • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot • Parenting Made Easy • What Went Wrong • Alienation of Affection • Bitcoin for Dummies • Another Ham Sandwich • Live from Damascus • After the Fall • Long Way Home • Gloves Come Off • Blue Ribbon Panel • Pants on Fire • The Penalty Box • The Dream Team

Season 4

I Fought the Law • And the Law Won • Two Girls, One Code • Don't Haze Me, Bro • Waiting for the Knock • The Art of War • Anatomy of a Joke • Here Comes the Judge • A Defense of Marriage • Battle of the Proxies • Boom De Yah Da • Je Ne Sais What? • The Seven Day Rule • Red Team, Blue Team • Going for the Gold • Runnin' with the Devil • Invitation to an Inquest • Death of a Client • The Wheels of Justice • Rape: A Modern Perspective • A More Perfect Union • What's in the Box?

Season 5

Everything is Ending • The Bit Bucket • A Precious Commodity • Outside the Bubble • Hitting the Fan • The Next Day • The Next Week • The Next Month • Whack-a-Mole • The Decision Tree • Goliath and David • We, the Juries • Parallel Construction, Bitches • A Few Words • Dramatics, Your Honor • The Last Call • A Material World • All Tapped Out • Tying the Knot • The Deep Web • The One Percent • A Weird Year

Season 6
The Line • Trust Issues • Dear God • Oppo Research • Shiny Objects • Old Spice • Message Discipline • Red Zone • Sticky Content • The Trial • Hail Mary • The Debate • Dark Money • Mind's Eye • Open Source • Red Meat • Undisclosed Recipients • Loser Edit • Winning Ugly • The Deconstruction • Don't Fail • Wanna Partner?

Season 7
Bond • Innocents • Cooked • Taxed • Payback • Lies • Driven • Restraint • Discovery • KSR • Iowa • Tracks • Judged • Monday • Targets • Hearing • Shoot • Unmanned • Landing • Party • Verdict • End

See also: • The Good Wife Seasons •