The most interesting new character combo comes from the pairing of Diane and Barbara.
That night, they share a drink and Barbara asks Diane if she ever regrets not having kids.
Diane returns to her office and briefly considers calling Kurt, but she changes her mind.
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Instead, she has an epiphany about the case, which helps them win the day.
Now, Laura has her chance at starting a family.
Crippling the firm would definitely bring the numbers down.
After seemingly innocuous meetings with Diane and Adrian, Kresteva subpoenas them before a grand jury.
When Diane goes before the grand jury, Kresteva spins some incredible lies about their meeting.
Diane says hes lying, but her hostility toward Krestevas feigned innocence definitely works against her.
Its not hard to believe that objective onlookers would believe him.
So, the AG tells Kresteva to find something else or drop the case.
And an underwhelming subplot in the episode ends up saving Krestevas case.
(Yes,The Good Fightloves being as topical as possible.)
Ted claims he cant take the bot down and doesnt really want to.
So Maia teams up with Marissa to fight Ted by creating fake news articles about him.
Eventually, Ted agrees to a truce with Maia because her tweets started ruining his life.
But, alas, that doesnt do much to solve her problems because those lies are already out there.
