Alicia was adjusting to how to balance work at home and met Kenny, the son of an old friend, at a morning staff meeting for legal help.
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"The Good Wife" S01E03 Drama Guide
Plot Outline
Alicia was adjusting to how to balance work at home and met Kenny, the son of an old friend, at a morning staff meeting for legal help. Although the former best friend was the first to ignore Alicia when she was down, Alicia was willing to send the old friend's son home, only to find that Kenny was charged with felony murder. It turned out that his friend accidentally killed the security guard when he went to another classmate's house to pick up marijuana. Friends lie to accuse Kenny of killing security guards in order to reach a plea deal with prosecutors. At Alicia's request, Cary served as Alicia's lead lawyer, advocating a plea agreement with the prosecutor to reduce the sentence as much as possible, while Alicia insisted on innocence defense.
Cary has been relying on a plea deal to avoid court, the inexperienced Cary has made frequent mistakes in court, and Alicia has performed well. As Will said, Alicia was a lawyer by nature. Alicia's persistent efforts found the loophole in Kenny's friend's testimony and won Kenny's freedom.
Kenny's mother hopes to reunite with Alicia, but adversity shows true love, and Alicia, who is growing up, has new friends, new jobs, and new lives, so she no longer needs false friendships.
In the law firm, there are two big bosses, Will and Diane, behind the battle between Alicia and Cary. Who will be the final winner?
background knowledge
1. Billable Hours
Billable time, an industry term, refers specifically to the amount of time an attorney's total hours worked that can be counted toward billing clients. Lawyers, especially rookie lawyers and junior lawyers, must meet the minimum billable hours. Whether they meet the standard is closely related to the annual assessment of bonuses. At the same time, BillableHours should not be too long. Exceeding the normal range may leave the impression of inefficiency to clients. According to the billable time standard of new lawyers in China, their actual working time can reach 8-9 hours a day.
2. GED
GED is the abbreviation of General Education Development or General Education Diploma, that is, the American high school equivalency certificate, which was developed by the GED examination service department in the American Council of Education. GED is an internationally recognized exam. Currently, the only high school equivalent courses recognized by 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. islands, and Canadian provinces and territories, more than 97% of U.S. universities and businesses regard GED diploma holders as orthodox High school graduates are treated equally. Since 1942, more than 20 million adults have earned their GED diplomas, and in recent years, GED exams have also been made available to international students, so students who have not obtained a high school diploma in their home country or who wish to apply to a U.S. university as early as possible also choose to take the GED take an exam.
3. Felonymurder
Felonymurder, felony murder. Felony Murder expands the definition of murder to generally apply when someone commits a certain felony and causes the death of another in the course of the crime. Whether the death of another person was intentional or unintentional by the criminal suspect, he is responsible for it. The rule is generally limited to felonies that threaten human life, such as arson, rape, robbery, and burglary.
The son of Alicia's old friend was charged with felony murder after being accused of killing a security guard during a burglary.
4. ABA
The American Bar Association (ABA), abbreviated as ABA, is a national lawyer organization in the United States. It was established in Saratoga Springs, New York on August 12, 1878. The purpose of the establishment at that time was to improve the Legal education and practice management standards and for some recreational activities. [1] After more than a century of development, the association has become a national lawyer organization, the largest legal professional organization in the world, with more than 410,000 members and more than one million lawyers in the United States people. The ABA has formulated professional guidelines for lawyers and judges, established the American Legal Research Institute, created the General Assembly of Commissions to Unify the Laws of the States, founded the Journal of the American Bar Association, and is responsible for some of the day-to-day affairs of members nationwide, but no specific management functions. The main affairs of the American Bar Association are about professional ethics and responsibility, continuing legal education, judge election, tenure and compensation, lawyer-related services, legal assistance, job discipline and a large number of temporary motions.
5. Plea bargain
Plea bargain, a plea bargain, which is a criminal proceeding that refers to negotiations between a defendant and an attorney and the prosecutor on the other side, in which the defendant agrees to "plead" to certain crimes in exchange for lessening the severity of the charges and dismissing some charges, Prosecutors are willing to recommend a particular sentence or some other benefit to the defendant. Sometimes a point of the transaction may be the defendant agreeing to give information such as the location of the stolen goods, the names of other people involved in the crime, or an admission of other crimes, such as a string of thefts. Before accepting a verdict, the judge must agree to the outcome of the plea bargain. If not, the plea bargain is cancelled.
Carry has always relied on Plea bargain to avoid going to court. This is a game between the two sides. At the beginning of this episode, Carry was in a disadvantageous position, because it is obvious that the prosecutor has more evidence, so the female prosecutor of the other party is very Persistence, but lack of greed finally missed a favorable opportunity, and finally allowed Alicia to find the key evidence.
Language Points
Ignorance is bliss
It's best not to know or understand the things that can lead to increased stress, because if you don't understand something, you won't worry too much about it.
From a 1742 poem by Thomas Gray ("Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College"): "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."
Gettricky
Tricky: If a piece of work or problem is tricky, it is difficult to deal with and needs careful attention or skill. Gettricky can be translated as getting tricky.
Legwork
Legwork, usually referring to physical labor with tasks, can be translated as trivial.
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