| The Good Wife Season 3 | |||
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| Country of origin | United States | ||
| Broadcast | |||
| Original channel | CBS | ||
| Original run | September 25, 2011 | ||
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The third season of The Good Wife began broadcasting on September 25, 2011. The show moved from Tuesdays at 10:00 pm to Sundays at 9:00 pm
Contents |
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | U.S. viewers (million) |
Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | 1 | "A New Day" | Brooke Kennedy | Story by: Meredith Averill Teleplay by: Robert King & Michelle King |
10.66[1] | September 25, 2011 |
| While the staff at Lockhart/Gardner adjusts to new realities and relationships, Alicia must put aside distractions in her personal life to defend a Muslim student accused of murdering a Jewish classmate. | ||||||
| 48 | 2 | "The Death Zone" | Jim McKay | Story by: Leonard Dick Teleplay by: Robert King & Michelle King |
11.08[2] | October 2, 2011 |
| When Alicia wins a verdict in a libel case involving a British businessman, she must quickly learn to navigate English Law when the case is retried in British court via satellite. | ||||||
| 49 | 3 | "Get a Room" | David Platt | Story by: Julia Wolfe Teleplay by: Robert King & Michelle King |
10.28[3] | October 9, 2011 |
| Alicia and Will go toe-to-toe with his ex during a court-ordered mediation, while Eli and Diane clash over the best way to handle a dairy company's PR disaster | ||||||
| 50 | 4 | "Feeding the Rat" | Frederick E. O. Toye | Keith Eisner | 10.33[4] | October 16, 2011 |
| Alicia takes on a pro bono case where the witness quickly becomes the prime suspect, but it's Lockhart & Gardner that may be in the most jeopardy, as Will and Diane consider their futures and the firm's direction. | ||||||
| 51 | 5 | "Marthas and Caitlins" | Felix Alcalá | Ted Humphrey | 9.77[5] | October 23, 2011 |
| When Alicia's key witness commits suicide, she must turn to the only person whose testimony can salvage her case: Colin Sweeney (Dylan Baker). Meanwhile, Eli makes big moves on Peter's behalf. | ||||||
| 52 | 6 | "Affairs of State" | Dean Parisot | Corinne Brinkerhoff | 10.60[6] | October 30, 2011 |
| Alicia and the firm's newest lawyer, Caitlin, take on a case where two young men are accused of murdering a girl on a party boat. One of them however is granted diplomatic immunity, while the other is subject to prosecution due to a technicality under the U.S.'s support for One China Policy. Meanwhile, Eli is approached by his ex-wife to help start-up her campaign to run for the state Senate, and Cary, to his annoyance, gets moved to a new office. | ||||||
| 53 | 7 | "Executive Order 13224" | Brooke Kennedy | Leonard Dick | 9.07[7] | November 6, 2011 |
| Alicia worries that she will break confidentiality when the Treasury Department forces her to report on her latest client, while Peter reluctantly digs into Will's past transgressions. | ||||||
| 54 | 8 | "Death Row Tip" | Joshua Marston | Story by: Matthew Montoya Teleplay by: Robert King & Michelle King |
10.24[8] | November 13, 2011 |
| Alicia faces conflict when she has to try to get a stay of execution for a man on death row, even though she feels he is guilty. Meanwhile, Eli has to defend a candidate photographed engaging in a sexual act with a Santa statue. | ||||||
| 55 | 9 | "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" | Rosemary Rodriguez | Robert King & Michelle King & Meredith Averill | 9.79[9] | November 20, 2011 |
| Tensions are high at Lockhart & Gardner as Alicia and Will argue in front of a mercurial military judge, Eli’s confidence is shaken and Diane issues an ultimatum to protect the firm. | ||||||
| 56 | 10 | "Parenting Made Easy" | Rosemary Rodriguez | Story by: Courtney Kemp Agboh Teleplay by: Robert King & Michelle King |
9.94[10] | December 4, 2011 |
| A routine arbitration turns into a battle of wills between Alicia and Louis Canning (Michael J. Fox), but the pair makes an unexpected connection when a personal crisis interrupts the proceedings. | ||||||
| 57 | 11 | "What Went Wrong" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Story by: Keith Eisner Teleplay by: Robert King & Michelle King |
11.56[11] | December 11, 2011 |
| As Alicia looks for a way to have a judgment thrown out following a shocking guilty verdict, she also begins to feel the consequences of decisions in her personal life. | ||||||
| 58 | 12 | "Alienation of Affection"[12] | Michael Zinberg | Corinne Brinkerhoff | January 8, 2012 | |
| Lockhart/Gardner's future is at stake when a couple whose divorce was overseen by the firm accuses them of encouraging the breakup for financial gain | ||||||
| 59 | 13 | "Bitcoin for Dummies"[13] | Frederick E. O. Toye | Story by: Courtney Kemp Agboh Teleplay by: Robert King & Michelle King |
January 15, 2012 | |
| Alicia defends a lawyer (Jason Biggs) who was arrested for not revealing the name of a client who illegally invented a new online currency. | ||||||