The madness all takes place during the party that Alicia hosts for the affianced Jackie and Howard.
Visitors come and go, phones chirp, relationships shift, and secrets tumble out.
The florist sent a bereavement array of funereal flowers, and the cake says rest in peace.
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The guests all arrive early, and the foods not ready to go.
Jackie invited Alicias mother, Veronica.
You guys hate each other?
Oh, Alicia, sometimes youre so innocent about women, Veronica replies.
She invited me so she could lord it over me about her new husband.)
Peters sad, but Alicia shrugs it off as thats what happens.
(Thats what happens when you sleep with prostitutes?
Have a few boyfriends on the side?
Live apart in a name-only marriage?
Actively fool Illinois voters?
Take your pick!)
and Grace (oh, honey).
Petty revenge is only fun when its the in-laws getting hurt, Veronica.
Zachs engagement
Yep, Zachs marrying Hannah, the preternaturally possessed redhead he brought home.
Oh, and Zachs dropping out of school, marrying Hannah, and moving to France with her.
He also asks Alicia for a glass of wine.
They grow up so fast!
Alicia asks him not to move until after his fathers trial.
Its what you do for family.
Marriage should work for us, not us for marriage, Hannah says.
If it isnt permanent, why get married at all?
Taxes, Hannah chirps.
(How heartbreaking to know that she learned this lesson because of things left unsaid with Will Gardner.)
Alicia and Grace venture to be practical about her Martian land.
I mean, 500 acres.
Thats a lot of acres, Grace says.
You could ranch there.
I could raise a family!
But its clear when she talks to Lucca that shes freaked out by all of it.
I dont know what Im doing anymore.
Or why I thought that I loved him, Alicia says.
Iwishsomebody would give me a deed to 500 acres on Mars!
Lucca urges Alicia to give Jason a chance, or at least return his calls.
Then Alicia gets an eyeful of Diane and Kurt being the A+ couple that we all know they are.
To them, Alicia says, Maybe one day you could teach me how to be happy.
Alicia tells him to go ahead; shes not stopping him.
Oh, and the Mars land?
It was just supposed to be this fun thing, he says.
I like stuff about space.
Um, show of hands if youd go to Mars with Jeffrey Dean Morgan on a moments notice?
Brody says the case was a slam dunk until Peter got involved and the case ended in a mistrial.
Turns out, Peter was at the crime scene because he knew this would be their O.J.
Simpson case (timely reference!
), and he wanted it done right.
Mr. Diane Lockhart himself, Kurt McVeigh.
When Eli offers Peters explanations to Jason, Jasons still skeptical, and Eli essentially fires him.
Cary immediately gets Louis Canning to represent him in Peters case.
Elis worried about Peter, of course, but Im distraught about Tom.
A law school-bound Marissa Gold hugs Alicia in case we die tomorrow.
(Shes a little wine drunk.)
Also, Im glad youre leaving (Peter) and going with the hunk, she confides.
So say we all!
Zach and Hannah leave together with Alicias blessing for their French adventure.
They toast to their divorce.
Unspoken are the questions about the rest of their uncertain futures.
Two more episodes, people!
