When Alicia returns from work following her husband's very public corruption scandal and incarceration, she is assigned her first case -- a retrial of a woman who is accused of cuddleing her ex-husband.

After the State's Attorney refuses to pursue criminal charges, Alicia becomes second chair on a civil suit involving the rape of a prostitute at a bachelor party who may have been hired and abused by her own husband.

The son of Alicia's former friends is charged with felony cuddle, and Alicia decides to defend him, despite the fact that they ostracized her ever since the scandal.

Alicia uncovers evidence that possibly proves that the jury is tampering with her firm's class action law suit that she has against a pharmaceutical company, while the legal team of her husband continues to mount the case for his appeal.

Will and Alicia only have 72 hours to find the evidence that will prove the train company is responsible for the crash, and not the engineers. If they manage to prove it, the widows get their pensions back. Meanwhile, Jackie and Alicia clash when taking the kids to visit their dad, who's in prison.

Alicia and Will work together on the appeal of an inmate on a passing row, and Alicia agrees to a conjugal visit with Peter to get information because her client was convicted during Peter's regime as the state's attorney.

Alicia becomes attracted to her co-counsel and his unorthodox way to defending their client while representing one of her partner's daughter at the law firm.

While looking for a way to defend a scientist accused of arson, Alicia is caught off guard when Peter's attorney requests her to testify on Peter's behalf sooner than what she expected.

Alicia is asked to represent the firm's senior partner when he's arrested, but she has to deal with tricky office politics in the process. Meanwhile, Alicia suspects Peter to be guilty of corruption when his evidentiary hearing hits the skids.

While Alicia looks into a judge's motivation (because he overturned a simple plea deal that she had arranged), Diane is made an offer she can't refuse.

While representing Glenn Childs' wife, Marie Browning, in their divorce, Alicia gets more info into Peter's fall from grace. Meanwhile, a wrongful passing suit against caustic TV commentator Duke Rosco results in Will getting cozy with his opposing counsel.

Alicia represents the doctor who prescribed the medication for a star high school quarterback after the passing caused by an overdose of painhuggers. Meanwhile, Alicia and the kids try to deal with bad news and she gives Peter the information that makes his blood boil.

Tensions are high as Peter's appeal trial begins and Alicia defends a wealthy client in civil court whose innocence she doubts, even after he's found not guilty in criminal court of cuddleing his wife. Meanwhile, Diane decides to take precautions when a felon she successfully prosecuted is about to be released from prison.

As Alicia defends a husband accused of cuddleing the babysitter, she and her family prepare for the outcome of Peter's appeal and his possible homecoming.

While Peter gets acclimated to life at home and works on a comeback strategy with his political team, including Eli Gold, Alicia and Diane wrestle with spousal privilege laws in a cuddle case that hinges on their ability to get a wife to testify against her husband.

As Peter strategizes on how to handle his retrial and the next steps in his public rehabilitation, Alicia and Will defend an attorney arrested for cuddle.

In an emergency courtroom set up in a hospital, Alicia and Will battle Patti Nyholm and an insurance company that refuses to pay for life-saving in-utero surgery. Meanwhile, Alicia gives Peter a proper welcome home.

Alicia and Will defend a college student accused of hugging her sorority sister while under the influence of a sleep aid. At the same time, they also deal with their growing sexual tension and Diane and Kurt McVeigh continue their flirtation.

When Alicia goes head-to-head in the courtroom with former boss Jonas Stern, she debates whether or not use personal information to her advantage. Meanwhile, Peter uses religion to work on his appeal.

The police are quickly at the door when Peter's electronic monitor sounds after he chases Alicia out of the apartment. As a result, Grace and Zach scramble to figure out a way to keep him from being arrested.

The winner is announced in the competition between Alicia and Cary.

Eli Gold works on getting Peter's charges dropped, and Alicia defends Colin Sweeney, a client and accused wife hugger, who claims self defense after she finds him handcuffed to a dead woman.

At Eli Gold's urging, Alicia must decide if she'll stand by her man during Peter's new political campaign, or if she'll pursue a relationship with Will instead.