When her husband, state attorney for Cook County Peter Florrick (Chris Noth) is imprisoned following a lurid sex and corruption scandal, Alicia (Julianna Marguiles) must now fend for herself and two children. Facing ridicule and public humiliation, Alicia returns to her roots as a litigator for the law firm Stern, Lockhart & Gardner after years of being a housewife.
When her husband, state attorney for Cook County Peter Florrick (Chris Noth) is imprisoned following a lurid sex and corruption scandal, Alicia (Julianna Marguiles) must now fend for herself and two children. Facing ridicule and public humiliation, Alicia returns to her roots as a litigator for the law firm Stern, Lockhart & Gardner after years of being a housewife.