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Zachary "Zach" Florrick is the teenage son of Peter and Alicia Florrick, the older brother of Grace, and grandson of Jackie. He was portrayed by Graham Phillips.

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He is the older of the two Florrick children. He is seen as the 'good' child in the family with his excellent grades and avoids trouble with his parents, Alicia and Peter Florrick.

Season 1[]

In the Pilot Zach remarks how Grace and Jackie continue to argue while Alicia is away at work. Later in the episode he helps his mom watch multiple security recordings at the same time by setting up two computer monitors next to each other, leading Alicia to solve the case.

In Stripped, when Alicia calls to tell the kids that she has to work late, Zach brings up that Jackie went to go see Peter in prison. He also mentioned that Jackie told the kids that Peter missed them very much, leading Zach to say that he and Grace should go see their father. Alicia tells Zach that Peter didn't want his kids seeing him in prison, but she agrees to ask Peter again to see how he feels about the kids visiting him. The doorbell rings and Alicia tells Zach that they will talk more when she gets home that night.

Grace returns from the front door with a folder containing photos of Peter smoking crack and of his infidelity that she found left at their apartment's doorstep, Zach opts to not tell Alicia about it, knowing that it was sent to her to hurt her.

After some digging, he realizes that the photos were in fact photoshopped. He shows what he found to Grace. He notices that the woman in the photo and the image of his dad have opposing specular highlights within the eye, meaning the two faces are from different photos. When Alicia comes home, Zach hides the photos in his desk drawer.

Alicia makes the kids breakfast for dinner and tells them that she wants to show them pictures of where their dad is staying so that they know what to expect when they visit him. She asks Zach to open Google Images on his computer. Zach hurries to get to his room before his mom because the faked images of his dad and the other woman are still on his screen. Alicia catches a glimpse of the image only showing the woman before Zach closes out of it. She asks Zach what that was and he lies saying that it was just homework.

In the episode Home, Alicia is working on a case dealing with a former friend's son from Highland Park, where the Florricks used to live. Alicia brings up the case to Zach and Grace during dinner and they tell her that they already knew about the arrest and that she was working on the case from their old friends back in Highland Park. Zach tells his mom that they weren't friends with Kenny even though their parents were friends. Grace and Zach both make comments about how they're upset that they haven't been able to see their old friends in person since moving.

Later in the episode, when Zach and Grace are headed down to catch the bus, they run in to Mrs. Chatham, Kenny's mom. They greet her and hug her before heading off to school.

After Alicia gets an idea from her day in court, she comes home and asks the kids if they want to go for a drive. Zach asks where they are going and Alicia responds that they may go "see some old friends". Zach and Grace look at each other and follow their mom, excited to be going back to Highland Park. Alicia drops Zach and Grace off at their friends' houses. When she comes back to pick them up, she tells them that they need to make one more stop before going home. Grace asks if they're going to the crime scene and when her mom confirms Zach is eager to check it out and hurries to the car.

At the crime scene, Alicia tells the kids to wait in the car. When she returns, she is soaking wet. Zach asks what happened and his mom responds saying she "ran into the neighborhood association". They laugh and head back home.

When Peter later comes home on house arrest, he shows them to Peter.

At one point, Zach begins to see Becca, a junior from his high school, who tries to make him rebel, particularly by giving him an Islamic CD which she told him to play whenever his parents are giving him trouble.

It is revealed in Fleas (and Silly Season) that Zach had a pack of condoms that Alicia hid in her drawer after she had 'the talk' with him. When Peter later discovers it, Alicia took them with her to spite Peter. When Zach later finds it missing from her drawer, he continues to go off with Becca, who had just told him that she is sure about having sex with him.

Zach breaks up with Becca when he finds out that it was her who was tweeting about Alicia.

Season 2[]

Relationships[]

Alicia (Mother)[]

Peter (Father)[]

Grace (Sister)[]

Becca (ex-girlfriend)[]

Nisa (ex-girlfriend)[]

Nisa was the girlfriend of Zach. It is discovered on season 6 episode 4 that Nisa was pregnant with Zach's baby but chose to get an abortion instead. It is also seen in a flashback that their relationship was very secretive from Alicia, who was unaware of the pregnancy and the abortion which Zach was present for until she started running for State's Attorney.

Owen (Uncle)[]

Owen is Zach's gay uncle who is a mathematical professor from Oregon. He moved to Chicago after a breakup to help his sister Alicia Florrick with her kids while Zach's father was in the prison.

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