The Good Wife: Scoop on the possibility of Ben Rappaport returning to the show and scoop on episode 5x14 from TVLine's Michael Ausiello

Here's some scoop on The Good Wife from this week's (Posted on 12/10/13) Ask Ausiello column.

Question: What happened to Carey with an “e” on The Good Wife? He’s been MIA from Florrick Agos of late. —Jeremy
Ausiello: Scheduling conflicts precluded Ben Rappaport from appearing in the last couple episodes, but Good Wife cocreators Robert and Michelle King are hopeful he’ll be back in the new year for an episode or two or three (or, perhaps, four).

Question: When will the next episode of The Good Wife air? –Erin
Ausiello: I could be a stern taskmaster and point you the handy December finale/January premiere calendar that loyal TVLine readers have no doubt already bookmarked (ahem), but in the spirit of the holidays, I’ll be generous and tell you to set your DVR for a Jan. 5 return date. More interestingly, though, you’ll want to brace yourself for Episode 5.14 — which finds Lockhart-Gardner (or, as Will keeps insisting, LG) and Florrick-Agos engaged in a pitched battle to hire Rhona, a yet-to-be-cast character (somewhere between the ages of 40 and 50) who’s described as “a polished, hyper-competent and successful partner at a top law firm,” one with a lucrative client roster ready to follow her to a new place of employment. The installment will involve flashbacks to a Season 1 timeline, where we’ll see Lorraine, a fortysomething partner at a top Chicago firm, calling in Alicia for a job interview — but really only being interested in our titular heroine as a curiosity in the wake of Peter’s recent arrest. Another guest player in the hour will be Howard, described as “a harried and bashful human resources manager” (in his mid-30s or 40s), who extends an offer to Alicia — but as a paralegal, not a lawyer. Ouch.

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