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The internet is ever so educational. Before it corrupted me, i.e. in ye olde early nineties, I would not have understood the acronym of this episode's title.

The case of the week was really well constructed, making sure that Alicia and the audience would have the greatest amount of sympathy for Gina and then letting the judge point out to both what was there from the start: twelve people still died. Which doesn't mean there was not bias or that Gina was not singled out, but: she was not innocent, either. And twelve people were dead.

Meanwhile, Jackie's being foiled by Alicia's notebook has consequences. I think that's the first time we got a scene with Zach and Grace talking about their grandmother without either one of their parents present. I was amused Zach did get a car out of it, after all, but am also slightly worried that the point of the whole Jackie subplot won't be a custody battle (because I really, really doubt Peter would go for one) but something happening to either Zach or Grace or both.

Diane gets to be awesome throughout the episode, both with Eli and with Will. Though I think it's interesting that at no point has she tried to speak with Alicia about the enfolding situation. Possibly because she doesn't want Alicia to quit, and/or because she has greater leverage with Will. Hm. Anyway, I think as smart and great as Diane is in general and in this episode, she's missing out on one point and that's that Wendy Scott Carr very likely has her own agenda, which means whether or not Will stops his affair with Alicia is utterly beside the point. (Though it would remove a problematic boss/employee situation in etiher case.) Which brings me to my current speculation on Wendy. Because short of appointing his predecessor, there indeed isn't anyone Peter could have chosen as special prosecutor for all things Will Gardner who was less likely to be biased for Peter and against Will. On the face of it, Wendy Scott Carr is the fairest possible choice. Except that Wendy then immediately jumps on the chance to go after Will. Why? Somehow I doubt it's either because Will strikes her as the embodiment of corruption or that she suddenly wants to do the man who defeated her a favour. So my theory is that who Wendy is really after isn't Will, it's Peter. Both for payback and in order to end up in his job after all. She already made the shift from the state attorney's office targetting druglord Bishop and intending to use Will as a means to the office targetting Will as an endgame. My suspicion is that she'll press this further, make Will's life hell, and then withdraw herself from the investigation by claiming she can't possibly be the tool for Peter to go after his wife's lover. Which would make look Peter spectacularly bad and might force him to resign his office, giving Wendy the chance for the top job.

Eli & cheese lobbying subplot: amusing but looked kind of pointless until we got the final Eli and Diane scene in which she ruled.

Lastly: Dana flirting with Kalinda and going to bed with Cary makes me wonder whether the show actually does intend to go there with a threesome. Then again, probably not. It's all vaguely Dangerous Liasons, though, with Dana telling Kalinda Cary wants to hurt her and vice versa (not the impression I got).