Hybristophilia

Hybristophilia
Alicia and Diane
Season	1
Number	22
Original Airdate	May 18, 2010
U.S. Viewers	12.17 million
Writer	Frank Pierson
Director	Frederick E. O. Toye
Previous	"Unplugged"
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"Hybristophilia" is the twenty-second episode of the first season of The Good Wife and the twenty-second episode overall. It has aired by CBS on May 18, 2010. It was written by Frank Pierson and directed by Frederick E. O. Toye.

Summary

Will sends Alicia to disgraced CEO Colin Sweeney's home to handle merger details but finds him with a dead body instead. Meanwhile, Glen Childs tries to save his case against Peter, and Cary searches for a way to get back at Alicia.

Cast

Starring Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick Matt Czuchry as Cary Agos Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma Graham Phillips as Zach Florrick Makenzie Vega as Grace Florrick Josh Charles as Will Gardner Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart Special Guest Stars Chris Noth as Peter Florrick Terry Kinney as Gerald Kozko Guest Starring Titus Welliver as Glenn Childs Alan Cumming as Eli Gold Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni Mary Beth Peil as Jackie Florrick Renée Elise Goldsberry as Geneva Pine Jill Flint as FBI Agent Lana Delaney Michael Boatman as Julius Cain Dylan Baker as Colin Sweeney James Carpinello as Detective Anthony Burton Peter Hermann as Judge Graham Shickel Michael Charles Roman as Martin LeBeouf

Co-Starring Bob Jesser as Security Guard Matt Burns as Best Man Stephanie Cozart Burton as Sheila Warburg Brian Hastert as Bradley Ben Smith as Himself

Plot

Alicia is celebrating her victory with Kalinda when she gets a request from Will to get client, and accused wife killer, Colin Sweeney, to sign off on the new language in his company’s merger. When Alicia arrives at Sweeney’s apartment, she finds him handcuffed to a dead woman and his dog has been stabbed to death.

The woman is identified as court reporter, Sheila Warburg. She was stalking Colin after his murder trial and he played along, but during their last encounter she was trying to kill him, and he was only defending himself. As Alicia and Kalinda start putting together their case, they discover that Colin killed his own dog in an attempt to make his story more believable, but they also find that the victim, Sheila Warburg, had a history of stalking criminals.

With Sweeney’s company’s merger looking stronger without him in the picture, SL&G plead out and Sweeney agrees to an eight-year sentence. Though he still claims his innocence, he admits to Alicia that he did kill his wife, so this is just. On the personal front, Elsbeth Tascioni fights Glenn Childs in the courtroom in order to keep Peter out of jail. Eventually she succeeds - the charges against Peter are dropped and he is a free man. Also, after being fired by Diane and Will, Cary is approached by Glenn Childs about working in his office and he accepts.

Background Information

Broadcast

• This episode has aired on May 18, 2010.
• On its twenty-second airing this episode attracted 12.17 million viewers.

Trivia

• Hybristophilia is a condition in which you are attracted to someone who has performed something terrible but that actually enhances the attraction as opposed to diminish it. An example would be the number of women who wrote to Ted Bundy in prison, regardless of the fact that he was a mass murderer.
• Eli Gold references Daniel Golden being called to the White House. Joe Morton who portrayed Golden joined the cast of Scandal which involves a White House/Presidential plot.

Goofs, Bloopers & Continuity Errors

• The FBI Agent says the FBI caught Al Capone. Capone was actually "caught", convicted, and imprisoned for tax evasion that was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service. Capone's criminal record actually shows that almost all his other charges were dismissed.