Anatomy of a Joke

Anatomy of A Joke
Season	4
Episode	7
Original Airdate	November 11, 2012
U.S. Viewers	9.02 million
Writer	Robert King, Michelle King & Craig Turk
Director	James Whitmore, Jr.
Previous	"The Art of War"
Next	"Here Comes the Judge"

Anatomy of a Joke is the seventh episode of the fourth season of The Good Wife and the seventy-fifth episode overall. It has aired by CBS on November 11, 2012. It was written by Robert King, Michelle King and Craig Turk and was directed by James Whitmore, Jr..

Summary

Anatomy of a Joke - Cary Agos has an uneasy reunion with his father Nestor Agos when he and Alicia travel to Washington, D.C., to advocate for a comedienne who is being sued by a television network for indecency. Meanwhile, a former client turns to Alicia for help, and Diane Lockhart and Will Gardner question Clarke Hayden latest strategy to help the firm out of debt.

Cast

Starring Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick Matt Czuchry as Cary Agos Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma Alan Cumming as Eli Gold Josh Charles as Will Gardner Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart Guest Starring Chris Noth as Peter Florrick Nathan Lane as Clarke Hayden F. Murray Abraham as Burl Preston Amanda Peet as Capt. Laura Hellinger Zach Grenier as David Lee Skipp Sudduth as Jim Moody Renée Elise Goldsberry as Geneva Pine John Lutz as Eddie Kowalski Christina Ricci as Therese Dodd

Co-Starring John Shea as Nestor Agos Thom Sesma as Commissioner Martinez Austin Lysy as Punch John Horton as Judge Fendler Melissa Van Der Schyff as Rebecca Andrew Stewart-Jones as Commissioner Tom Gill Christian Finnegan as Talk Show Host Bill Maher as Himself Megan Byrne as Commissioner Bix

Background Information

Broadcast

• This episode has aired on November 11, 2012.
• On its seventy-fifth airing this episode attracted 9.02 million viewers.

Trivia

• Graham Phillips and Makenzie Vega are both do not appear in this episode.
• The beginning of the show, when Christina Ricci's character takes off her top and proceeds to do a breast cancer self-examination while a black bar is superimposed over her breasts is highly reminiscent of a sketch done on the premiere episode (season 6, episode 1) of Saturday Night Live (2016)'s ill-fated 6th season in a commercial spoof for the American Cancer Society where Gail Matthius performs a breast self-examination while a black bar is imposed over her breasts.
• In Cary's hotel room, Cary and Alicia are watching CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, to be specific, the Season 6 episode "A Bullet Runs Through It: Part 1".