The Good Wife Season 1 Episode 1

Diane: (after Alicia changed strategy without updating the firm) She's a junior associate who doesn't think she's a junior associate. Her husband was a State's attorney. She lived in Highland Park. It's not just teaching an old dog new tricks. It's teaching an entitled dog new tricks.
Will: Oh, come on, Diane. The problem is she's catching evidence that you overlooked. I've seen you mentor these women until they start competing with you. And then you...
Diane: What? Excuse me? I say we reprimand Alicia and put Cary in as first chair.

Alicia: Why did my husband fire you?
Kalinda: He accused me of working two jobs.
Alicia: Were you?
Kalinda: Oh, yeah.

Peter: (talking about Grace and Zach) How are they? Mother says that she's helping out around the house.
Alicia: They're good. Grace argues over clothes with your mother, and Zach is using you to make friends at school. Which I don't know if that's a healthy thing or something worse.

Kalinda: If you identify with too many clients, you burn out.
Alicia: Why don't you tell me when I do something right, okay?
Kalinda: Sure.

Cary: I'm Cary, the other new associate.
Alicia: Oh, right. Alicia.
Cary: Yeah, look, I know we should be at each other's throats, but I just want to say I really respect what you're doing here. Raising a family and then jumping right back into this. My mom, she's thinking of doing the same thing.
Alicia: Great.
Cary: Yeah. So, you're on the pro bono, right?
Alicia: Mm-hmm.
Cary: Yeah, that's great. I interned last summer at the Innoncence Project. My dad's best friend is Barry Scheck and it was just amazing. Helping people. Here, they got me on the Sheffrin-Marks. I'm sure it will be challenging, but at the end of the day, what have you really done? Saved a corporation a few billion dollars?
Alicia: You want to trade?
Cary: I would, but I guess they have other plans, so... (the assistant interrupts them)

Alicia: (to her client) You won't feel like it. But put on nice clothing. Force yourself, too. Not for public. For you.

Client: Does it ever get easier?
Alicia: No, but you do get better at it.

Glenn Childs: You know he's using you, don't you? Peter blames me for his downfall. He's using you to get to me.
Alicia: How do you figure?
Glenn Childs: Mrs. Florrick, please. He told you about the pitted trace evidence. Don't make yourself collateral damage here, for your own sake.
Alicia: Mr. Childs, the day you leaked that sex tape to the press and forced me to shield my children from every cable news station that played it in a 24-hour rotation, that was the day I became collateral damage. If you're worried about my husband, Mr. Childs. You've obviously never made a woman angry.

Alicia Florrick: You know the other associate, Cary?
Will Gardner: The one in the Brioni?
(Alicia looks at him)
Will Gardner: What? I am observing.
Alicia Florrick: Yes, the one in the Brioni. He said to me may the best man win. What exactly does he mean by that?
Will Gardner: What he means is something I thought we weren't making public.
Alicia Florrick: What?
Will Gardner: Look, we only have one associate position open. So we agreed to hire two applicants and, in six months, decide which one we retain.
Alicia Florrick: So this is a contest between me and Cary?
Will Gardner: It was either that or a cagematch. I'm just happy your pro bono is going well.

Peter Florrick: When I get out, it will all go back to normal.
Alicia Florrick: Nothing will ever go back to normal.

Jackie Florrick: (about Alicia's husband, Peter) He needs you to forgive him, Alicia.
Alicia Florrick: He took everything I thought we had and he just put it out there.
Jackie Florrick: He didn't want that. The press...
Alicia Florrick: Oh, Jackie, stop it! Peter wasn't thinking of us.

Alicia Florrick: The last time I was in Court it was 13 years ago.
Kalinda Sharma: Wow, I was twelve!
Alicia Florrick: Thanks...