Will: I’m giving up on law anyway. Sick of it.
Alicia: Back to the minors?
Will: I could have been a contender.
Alicia:I liked watching you pitch.
Will: Yeah, I had some moments

.

Alicia: I want to be here
Will: I want you to be here
Alicia: Then I am here

W: I'm sorry about this morning.
A: You don't have to be sorry.
W: Can I come in?
A: Yeah.
A: So... you're my boss.
W: I know.
A: I'm a junior associate.
W: I know. You came into my office. Last night after you left,
you came back to my office. Why?
A: Will... help me out, please? I mean, we had... We
had... whatever we had at Georgetown, and I just...
W: But you came back.
A: I know. It was wrong.
W: Because you’re married? (she doesn't answer)
W: Okay, I have a suggestion.
A: I like work. I like working here. I don't want everywhere I go to be a mess.
W: We're not going to talk about this. We’re not going to say any more, okay?
A: Good.
W: We're going to go to dinner in one week's time, and we'll talk then.
A: Please don't end up hating me. I need this job. I mean, I'm... I-I, I mean that... I'm sorry...
W: Alicia. It’s fine. We have bad timing. We’ve always had bad timing.

Will: We are in a weird place, I know.
Alicia: It' okay
Will: No, I don't like being in a weird place.
Alicia: I know, me neither.
Will: I wanna know what you're thinking.
Alicia: Sometimes I don't even know what I am thinking. Will, if it had been diferently
at Georgetown, if it had been us and not Peter, we would have last a week.
Will: No, we wouldn't have.
Alicia: We would have. It's romantic because it
didn't happen. If it had happened it would have just been life.

W: first time we met ? It was a pool party, wasn't it? Indoctrination, what do they call it?
A: Orientation.
W: It was a midnight pool party. Did you swim?
A: No. I was too shy. You were the one doing cannonballs.
W: God, that is so embarrassing.
A: It wasn't at the time.
W: So... what did you think of me?
A: Ah. No.
W: What?
A: Dangerous conversation.
W: Well, now you have to tell me. Come on, I'll tell you what I thought of you.
A: (laughs) So, Giada seems sweet.
W: (laughs) Now, there's a segue. Yes, she is sweet.
A: And third year at DePaul.
W: Yes, she's just getting her retainer out. (Alicia laughs)
A: So is it always gonna be with way, between us ?
W: I wanna say yes, but I want to know what you mean.
A: Just... talking. Being casual and...
W: Blunt? (she nods) I like around you, Alicia. I don't like myself around a lot of people.
A: You do.
W: It's an act. It's perfected over a millennium.
(They smile at each other)
W: (as Alicia's phone rings) Don't answer it. It's just life again.
A: Yes, and that's why I have to. (On the phone) Kalinda, what's up? No, I'm just with Will.
(Rolls her eyes) Nooo. Okay, I'll meet you there.
W: Nice dinner.
A: (smiles) It was worth the wait.
W: We always have options, Alicia. I'm just sayin'.

W: Okay, I just need to say it. We've been up and down,
back and forth, and I look at you, Alicia, and I think that…
A: Will...
W: No, I just need to say this.
A: No. Show me the plan.
W: The what?
A: The plan. I get the romance. I need a plan.
W: Not everything needs a plan.
A: Everything that matters does. I have two kids that mean the world to me.
I have the press, they’re just waiting for a whiff of a new scandal. And I have a
husband. So if you want to cut through all that noise, then show me a plan.
Poetry's easy; it's the parent-teacher conferences that are hard. I have to go now.
W: I- Okay.

W: We still haven't had our dinner.
A: I know.
W: You worried about Peter?
A: (sighs) I'm worried about everything.
W: I am not

(A and W are discussing about a case)
A: It's late.
W: It's like old times. Evidentiary procedure. The mock trial.
A: You remember that?
W: How could I forget ? Did we lose that one?
A: Yeah!
(both laughing)

W: Well, if you ever need anything...
A: If I ever need...?
W: Anything. Give me a call.
A: Okay, I will.

Cary: So, I have learned a lot by watching Alicia.
She's definitely got some serious skills.
W: We suspect it's a Georgetown thing.
Cary: No doubt. No doubt. Yeah, that's a long time
to stay friends, since college
and all, so it's really commendable you champion-ing her in the way that you do.
W: Yeah. You know what's so great about someone like Alicia? She's a natural. She doesn't have to try so hard.

Will: You look good .
Alicia: You too. Grown-up clothes.
Tammy: He broke my sister's heart. Will came home
from college and told her it was over, that
he was in love with somebody else

Will: Do you think the reviews are stupid ?
Alicia: I think encourages people to denigrate each other to save their jobs
Will: I read your reviews. You didn't.

Aicia: Will..
Will: Yeah ?
Alicia: Could we talk sometime ?
Will: We can talk anytime.
Alicia: No, I mean, we need a moment. Just
a moment where things don't seem so all over the place
Will: Okay, that's probably not now
Alicia: [Laughs] No

A: Do you have a minute ?
W: Sure. Oh that's right. You wanted to talk when things calmed down. (Alicia looks confused)
During the death row appeal you said you wanted to talk about something.
A: Oh no. I mean yes, at some point but this is something else. [...]
W: Diane asked you to join her at her new firm.
A: I don't want to go with her .
W: Good. I'm glad. (they look at each other)
A: Okay, I'm going now. Maybe another time, things will slow down.

O: Yeah, yeah, there's Starbucks on every corner here. So,
sultry Will is Mr. Georgetown? Am I right? I found
my journal in the backseat. You kept writing about Mr. Georgetown. Is that him?
[...]
O: Now what is the deal with Will?
A: He's my boss .
O: Yeah but I've seen the way you two guys talk to each other. (silence) That is a telling pause.
A: I like Will. He likes me. We work well together
O: Making sweet music. (she gives him a look and is silent) Alicia.
A: I don't know okay. What am I doing? I like work. I don't want to screw up work.
O: Are you sleeping with him?
A: No.
O: But you want to.
A: I want to... not think about it. Okay?
O: Okay.

W: Oh, hello Owen! Sorry to take your sister away.
O: Oh don't worry. I don't think she minds being taken away.

A: Will phoned me to tell me something
but I never got the message
O: What?
A: Will phoned me to tell me something passionate and I never heard him.
[...]
O: Yeah how do you know he phoned if you didn't get the message?
A: I can't tell you. It's confidential.
O: Your love life is confidential?
A: Do I talk to him, that's the question. Do I ask him what he said?
O: Do you ask Will what he said to you?
A: Yes. But he's in love with somebody. Well I meant not in love, in something.
And she's nice. I really like her. And they like sports together. They're always
talking about 'three pointer this, and three pointer that'. I know I just made fun of her voice
but I do think that it would really be a mistake to ask him.
O: Oh wow.
A: I'm conflicted.
O: You are in love.
A: I can't be.
O: Happens to the best of us.
A: What do I do?
O: What do I want you to do or what will you do?
A: Which one will I like more?
O: We get home, you clean up a little cause you're looking a little rough around the edges.
You comb your hair and you put on something nice but businesslike. You know, not too ****ty.

And you go to him. And you say Will I need a moment of your time. And he'll be like okay, like
that, kind of manly like. And then, you say...
A: What?
O: I've been watching you for fifteen years. I'm tired of shoving love to the side and serving
other people. I can't think of anything more important in my life right now than the feeling
of your breath on my neck, your hands on my breasts...
A: I can't do that.
O: It's Alicia-time !

A: Will I need a moment of your time.
W: Okay.
A: I never got the second message to my cell phone. I don't know why.
W: The second? No you got everything.
A: When you phoned Peter's press conference you left two messages but I didn't get the
second, I only got the first. I hate missed connections and that stuff so...Can I ask? What did you say?
W: In my second message?
A: Yes. (silence) You don't have to say.
W: No, I will. I said, I think you made the right decision
, with Peter. And I didn't want us to be uncomfortable.
A: Okay. Good. And we're not.
W: No we're not.
A: Okay. I should get back to work.
W: (stops her by grabbing her hand) It's good to have you back.
A: It's good to be back.

W: God, I hate tequila !
A: Oh, but it's so good
W: It's always the good girls, isn't it ? They're the ones with the deep dark secrets.
A: Yeah, well – because we're catching up
W: Two more please
Bartender: Anytime
A: You and the women
W: What ?
A: You and the women ! Chicago's 16th most eligible bachelor
W: Yeah women like me. Until they discover the real me.
A: Which is ?
W: You don't want to know
A: Oh come on. I'm constantly spilling it. What's the real you ?
W: Uncontrollable bladder syndrome
(Both laugh)
W: You have a good laugh
A: And Tammy ? How about Tammy ? How's Tammy ?
W: My girlfriend ? I think she’s in London. She called me yesterday after the closing
arguments – her bags were packed, I was supposed to rush over there to see her and convince her to stay
A: And...
W: And I got the call about the glove. We've always had bad timing , haven’t we?
A: We have
W: What if we were to suddenly have good timing? Just for, an hour. What would that look like?
A: I think that … would look like an exceptional moment.

Will: I'm not just dropping this. You wanna know
my plan? My plan is I love you, okay?
I've probably loved you ever since Georgetown. So phone
me. I'll meet you anywhere, and we will make a plan.