The fifth season returns with secret exit plan of Alicia and Cary to start for their own firm, but it is forced into overdrive when Will discovers it. Diane meets a big problem in the way she behaves upon Alicia’s exit which is difficult for now-governor Peter to accept. Accountant Clarke Hayden joins the new firm Florrick and Agos while at Lockhart and Gardner Will hire a suspicious lawyer Damian Boyle.