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Cary Agos is a young lawyer initially working as a first-year associate in competition with Alicia Florrick for Stern, Lockhart & Gardner. After being passed over for Alicia, Cary is forced to work for the Cook County State Attorney's office but later returned to Lockhart/Gardner after a voluntary demotion. Cary and Alicia Florrick ultimately formed their own law firm in Season 5, Florrick, Agos and Associates. In Season 7 episode 18 "Unmanned", Cary quits Lockhart, Agos and Lee due to strong politics within the firm that threatened to push him out. In the season finale, he is seen working as a guest lecturer at an unnamed college.

Biography[]

Cary is introduced as a young and ambitious lawyer at Stern, Lockhart & Gardner. He studied at Harvard University and competes with Alicia Florrick to become the official 1st-year associate at the firm in 2009. Cary has a lot to offer for the firm, beating her with the most billable hours, and is Diane's preferred choice to be hired later on. He has been known to use his good looks to charm younger female clients to gain trust, and thus hire him to beat Alicia. However, he becomes bitter and resentful when he realizes that Alicia brought Eli Gold's business onboard to the firm, thus making her hired on over him. Despite the turn of events, both and Alicia were supportive of each other and worked very well together. In "Hi," Cary was unexpected called to work while under the influence of hallucinogenic mushrooms; Alicia was aware but kept it a secret from the partners, earning his respect.

When Alicia was hired on as 1st-year over Cary, he was bitter and eventually finds work at State's Attorney's office under Glenn Childs in the second season. The reason for the hire was that he worked at Stern, Lockhart & Gardner, and would have valuable information regarding the firm and of Alicia. When tasked to investigate Kalinda Sharma, he instead warns her due to the fact that he had developed an ongoing crush on her. After Childs was forced out of office, Cary befriends Peter and keeps his job. Soon after, Peter appoints him as Deputy State's Attorney due to his ambitions over several senior ASAs. Having earned their resentment and wrath, with Peter being accused of racist behavior and white privilege, Cary voluntarily demotes himself back to an ASA due to his office relationship with Dana Lodge in the episode "Long Way Home" due to Peter's insistence on investigating employee sexual fraternization. Towards the end of the season, he returns back to Lockhart & Gardner.

In the fourth season, Cary reunites with his father but the two do not share a loving sentiment. Furthermore, Cary is targeted by Kalinda's ex-husband who believes the two are in a relationship, and that Cary is trying to screw him over in building a relationship with the firm. Additionally, Cary, Alicia, and the other 4th-years were promised a partnership despite suspecting that the firm was desperate for money. The offer was rescinded for all of them once the firm no longer needed money, citing anger and quiet rebellion. He spends the rest of the season, persuading Kalinda to abandon Lockhart & Gardner for his startup firm, but settles for the second investigator Robyn when Kalinda is too expensive.

In the fifth season, Cary was forced to leave Lockhart & Gardner, along with Alicia and the other 4th-year associates, when it was discovered by Diane that they had months to convince powerful clients to abandon the firm. Though their startup had a very rough start because of Will's warpath, the new firm gains Chumhum as their richest client and survives via Alicia's apartment. The new startup proves how well he works with Alicia due to the fact that they are also emotionally supportive. After Will Gardner's death, Alicia has agreed to a merge with Lockhart & Gardner without his consent so he sabotages the merge by informing David Lee, who then merges with Louis Canning without Diane's consent. At the end of the season, Diane is left with no choice but to take her clients with her to Florrick, Agos & Associates when Louis threatens to dissolve her firm.

In season six, Cary is arrested on charges of with helping trafficking $1.3 million worth of heroin for druglord Lemond Bishop, even though he denies the charges. A long trial ensues while Kalinda uncovers wiretap information of Cary supposedly sharing information Lemond's crew members on how to move drugs without being noticed, but one by one, the crew members either were killed or made disappeared to prevent being subpoenaed. He was released when his pre-trial service officer spoke on his behalf; however, he was again arrested when he inadvertently violated a part of his probation. Opposing lawyer, Finn Polmar, accuses Cary of stealing two kilograms of cocaine while working as Deputy State's Attorney. He was promised release if he testified against Lemond Bishop despite threats against him but he refuses to betray Lemond. While consulting with a prison consultant to prepare for four years in prison, Kalinda manages to falsify a Brady Violation, thus releasing Cary. When the falsified evidence was found out by Internal Affairs which threatens Cary with jailtime again and Diane to be disbarred, Kalinda immediately apologizes to the Police Review Board; she was offered to be free in exchange for testifying against Lemond Bishop. The end of the season, Cary is forced to bid farewell to Kalinda, as well as Alicia, whom the firm's powerful client refuses to see.

The final season, Cary sympathizes with the younger associates when he discovers that their complaints and feedback are being ignored by the partners, all of whom are seasoned and older in age. He acts as the middleman to voice their concerns to the partners, inciting Howard Lyman's wrath when he displays years of ageism and threatens to move him out of his office. Furthermore, the firm feels the need to diversify their staff and hires new associates, including an African American female lawyer. However, the firm is betrayed by their new associates who all threaten to work for Louis Canning, so Cary lures them back with a large raise, only to fire them legally. To make up for firing the new associates, Cary and Diane offer to have Alicia and Lucca Quinn work at their firm. However, in a short amount of time, Cary notices that Diane may be pushing him out in favor of an all female-led firm and warns both Howard and David. The two betray him, forcing Cary to resort to a buyout out of his firm. When Alicia asked why he is considering this option, Cary explains that he was tired of the politics and missed being a lawyer. In the final episode "End," Cary is seen lecturing at a college campus before Alicia and Jason Crouse approach him for help in locating a bullet casing in an case overlooked by Peter as State's Attorney.

Relationships[]

Kalinda Sharma[]

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

In Season 1, Cary has shown an obvious attraction towards Kalinda Sharma, and in "Painkiller," he asks if she has a boyfriend. Kalinda, however, resisted all Cary's moves in the first two seasons. In "Great Firewall," after inquiring about why she told him about her new place, Kalinda tells him it "seemed normal". He then kisses her, telling her, "Welcome back to normal." In "Silly Season," Cary warns Kalinda that Childs is investigating her. He discovers her secret one-night stand with Peter Florrick in "Wrongful Termination," but keeps it a secret. In "Get a Room," Cary confronts her for using him, or anyone else, for information by sleeping with them, much to her surprise. In "Death Row Tip," while working on a case, Cary saves Kalinda's life during a shooting with the police. In season 4, "Running with the Devil," their relationship has seemingly progressed beyond a platonic one. Cary spends the latter half of the fifth season trying to convince Kalinda to go with him and Alicia at their startup firm; her tough negotiation forces Cary to choose Robyn instead. Feeling betrayed, Kalinda then betrays him on the day they are forced to leave the firm by gaining information regarding their new office location and outing Robyn as one of them. Their relationship quickly soured until they cleared the air in "We the Juries" after Cary played a trick on Kalinda by exploiting her ambivalent loyalties. He eventually entered into a sexual relationship with Kalinda and considered her to be his girlfriend even though she refuses to be monogamous with him. By the end of sixth season, Cary is forced to bid farewell to Kalinda who had betrayed Lemond Bishop and must sever ties to save her friends.

Dana Lodge[]

Cary had a brief relationship with fellow ASA Dana Lodge after working on a case together in Affairs of State. After they break up, Cary tells Peter Florrick about their relationship, causing him to be demoted from his position of Deputy States Attorney.

Background[]

Cary is played by actor Matt Czuchry. His career path toward becoming a lawyer was not so smooth. One position to be a permanent lawyer is won by Alicia Florrick. Then he is working for the state's attorney's office. In Season 4, he lost the chance to be a partner in the law firm Lockhart Gardner for the time being. In Season 5, he eventually left Lockhart/Gardner and formed his own law firm with Alicia called Florrick, Agos and Associates. After Diane left Lockhart/Gardner she left and joined Cary and Alicia at their firm.

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