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In true Good Wife fashion this case plays out like a comedy of errors; as every untruth leads to bigger fibs. Christine Lahti makes a great guest appearance, as Andrea Stevens, the Silicon Valley tech company’s lawyer, “Are we really wondering why the national security agency might have a need for secrecy?”, Wait, this case is related to the NSA…may we see the return of our favorite NSA workers-Yes! “They want to hear testimony from a disgraced poor man’s Snowden?”, asks Andrea Stevens. I forgot how much I missed Jeff Dellinger (Zach Woods) and his eavesdropping NSA co-workers; who provide delightful commentary while listening to Alicia’s various phone calls. Back in the season five episode, All Tapped Out, Jeff Dellinger fled the country after accidentally releasing NSA secrets. However, he still owes Alicia a favor, so it’s time to pay up. But remember Alicia, the NSA is always listening; cut to the NSA office where Michael Urie (Stephen Dinovera) and Tobias Segal (Tyler Hopkins) are excited by the return of their favorite program: The Alicia Florrick melodrama hour. During the closing scene Alicia seals the deal, as she mentions Snowden, while talking to Jeff about how her client can pass a computer simulated polygraph test. The NSA boys are back in Alicia’s life, perfect timing since Peter will be running to become President.
“What are you doing Eli? This doesn’t sound like you…no, no, no, you’re scheming something here…cheers.” –Alicia Florrick
Season seven certainly is shaping up to be the season of Eli Gold (Alan Cumming) and episode six, Lies, certainly follows suit. Eli meets Ruth Eastman (Margo Martindale) for brunch, where the duo continues to engage in psychological warfare, “The most powerful men are the ones no one knows exist,” says Eli. There’s one problem about what he claims his father said to him, “You got the quote wrong, that’s a line from the Usual Suspects,” says Ruth. Enough with the lies, now back to business. Peter’s up in the polls to the point where they could potentially seize the Democratic ticket and run for Presidency. Eli’s getting everything he’s ever wanted, except Ruth’s still managing the campaign. Throughout the previous five episodes I have grown rather tired of Eli’s vendetta against Ruth and Peter. However in this installment there’s a nice balance between his child-like antics and the realization that Peter will always be a casualty in his war against Ruth. “Sometimes to stop the cancer, you have to endanger the patient,” explains Eli to Nora (Nicole