Rape: A Modern Perspective

Rape: A Modern Perspective
Season	4
Episode	20
Original Airdate	April 14, 2013
U.S. Viewers	10.14 million
Writer	J. C. Nolan
Director	Brooke Kennedy
Previous	"The Wheels of Justice"
Next	"A More Perfect Union"

"Rape: A Modern Perspective" is the twentieth episode of the fourth season of The Good Wife and the eighty-eighth episode overall. It has aired by CBS on April 14, 2013. It was written by Nichelle Tramble Spellman (under credited J.C. Nolan) and was directed by Brooke Kennedy.

Summary

Alicia and Will Gardner represent a girl who accuses a classmate of rape, the case takes on a life of its own when the hacker group "Anonymous" takes notice and brings the trial into the public eye via the Internet. Also, Diane Lockhart continues to be vetted for a possible Illinois Supreme Court seat and Kalinda Sharma becomes suspicious of Robyn Burdine.

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 Guest Starring Zach Grenier as David Lee Jess Weixler as Robyn Burdine Skipp Sudduth as Jim Moody Brian d'Arcy James as Detective Nolan Jason Biggs as Dylan Stack David Fonteno as Judge Robert Parks

Co-Starring John Glover as Jared Andrews Makenzie Leigh as Rainey Selwin Jeffrey DeMunn as Chief Justice Virgil Ryvlan Jason Hite as Todd Bratcher Dylan Perlman as Jesse Martin Stephen Plunkett as Dr. Banks

Background Information

Broadcast

• This episode has aired on April 14, 2013.
• On its eighty-eighth airing this episode attracted 10.14 million viewers.

Trivia

• Alan Cumming do not appear in this episode.
• This is also Jason Biggs' final appearance in this episode, then he would later appear in The Good Fight.
• The element of the party video that has the crime reenacted with a doll echoes the so-called "Preppie Killer," Robert Chambers. While out on remand, he was recorded on video carousing with friends and in the video, he ripped the head off a doll and said "Oops, I think I killed her." He later pled to the manslaughter of Jennifer Levin, after strangling her in New York's Central Park.

Goofs, Bloopers & Continuity Errors

• When Zach is typing texts to an unknown person, the send button is green, and his first response has a green bubble. The battery is displayed partially full and with a green battery symbol.
• But in the subsequent scenes the send button is blue, the text bubbles are blue (including the first text that was originally green), and the battery icon is white and fully charged.