It is officially the next day, and nothing will ever be the same again. In this recap of The Good Wife Season 5 Episode 6, "The Next Day," Marissa and Jason break down the morning after the explosive split, catching up with Diane Lockhart, Will Gardner, and Alicia Florrick as they each wake up to a brand new reality. Diane preps for her big gun case with a Kurt McVeigh pep talk that is both useless and perfect, Will leans hard into his bachelor era, and Alicia's first real day at Florrick Agos Associates gets complicated fast. The chess moves are flying and every firm is playing to win. This one hits different.

0:04 - Cold open: wake-up routines, Bad Bunny alarms, and Jason's post-gallbladder comeback
5:34 - Housekeeping: ratings, reviews, and the buymeacoffee link 9:04 - Episode recap kicks off with the sunrise opening and three characters waking up to "The Next Day"
20:04 - Will goes full bachelor mode and Florrick Agos faces its first real test
36:04 - Diane's gun case gets wild in court and Bishop's mom makes her entrance
50:04 - Peter pulls the rug on Diane, Will buys out the tax partners, and the L's and W's scorecard debuts

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