Unorthodox (10 Nov. 2009)

While representing the daughter of one of the partner's at the law firm, Alicia finds herself attracted to her co-counsel and his unorthodox approach to defending their client.

Director:

John Polson

Writers:

Robert King (creator), Michelle King (creator),

Stars:

Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Julianna Margulies	...	Alicia Florrick
Matt Czuchry	...	Cary Agos
Archie Panjabi	...	Kalinda Sharma
Graham Phillips	...	Zach Florrick
Josh Charles	...	Will Gardner
Christine Baranski	...	Diane Lockhart
Chris Bowers	...	Ryan Alprin
Dick Latessa	...	Judge Horace Dunn
Emily Bergl	...	Bree
Natalie Gold	...	Anna Loeb
Daniel London	...	Isaac Loeb
Gregg Edelman	...	Aaron Abbott
Mary Beth Peil	...	Jackie Florrick
Jessica Bogart	...	Dawn DeCato
Aaron Simon Gross	...	Ben

Storyline

Employees are on edge as Will Gardner and Diane Lockhart begin to cut positions and reduce costs. Alicia is expecting the worst when Will calls her into to his office but he in fact wants her to be the second chair in a lawsuit against Anna Loeb, the estranged daughter of the firm's absentee partner Jonas Stern. The woman is represented by storefront lawyer Ryan Alprin in a case where a pedestrian tripped over a cable and fell in front of Loeb's house and is now suing for her and her husband for $1.2 million, accusing them of negligence. Their lawyer decides on a unique argument: as Orthodox Jews, the Loebs couldn't repair the cable, which became detached on the Sabbath, as they are prohibited from working on that day. That defense soon runs into a problem and it's left to Alicia and investigator Kalinda to get to the root of the accusations. It all may fall apart however when Alicia learns something shocking about Alprin himself.

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Plot Keywords:

lawsuit | sabbath | freedom of religion | slipping and falling | call girl | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 November 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Scott Free Productions, King Size Productions, Small Wishes

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The suing lady was supposedly on her way to a Kosher store for gluten-free products when she tripped. However, it was the Sabbath, so the store (being both Kosher and in a Hassidic neighborhood) would have been closed.

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Soundtracks

"Didn't You See"
(uncredited)
Performed by Stars Crashing Cars
Courtesy of CBS Records
(plays as Zach looks for escorts online that match his picture)

User Reviews

Unorthodox: Plenty Here isn't Kosher ***1/2

This was a really good episode but some might complain, and justifiably so, that there was entirely too much going on here.

A party girl totally reforms and weds an orthodox man. They are later sued because they did nothing when a woman fell in the street due to an exposed wire by their home. The accident occurred on the sabbath. Later, it's determined that the "observant" woman has made phone calls on Friday night. If that isn't enough, the alarm inspector is in cahoots with the person suing and the lawyer defending the orthodox couple isn't a lawyer! This becomes a little too much to fathom. Nonetheless, it is handled well and the storyline is interesting.

By the way, it's layoff time at the firm and Christine Baranski, with that cold veneer, has no feelings who is getting hurt.