After receiving a frantic call from Jacob Rickter, Alicia learns that he is being held incommunicado by the police, who deny having him in custody. Alicia and Finn Polmar manage to have him brought before a judge but the police have now charged him, insisting that he confessed to crimes before he was arrested. At the firm Diane, David Lee and the other partners are shocked to find that Louis Canning's wife Simone was hired by them as a paralegal. After Diane releases her from her employment, an outraged Louis Canning threatens to take them apart. Elsewhere, Lemond Bishop's sleazy lawyer Charles Lester is looking for Kalinda. Fearing that her friends may be in danger, Kalinda comes out of hiding.