If '' The Good Wife '' had not been successful and the first season was not renewed beyond its first 13 episodes , creators Robert and Michelle King planned to end their final episode with a scene in which Peter returns home and greets his emotionally conflicted wife ; because the season was continued , it ultimately became the opening scene of " Bang " . Robert King said he considered using it as a final scene because , " You would never have wanted to end it where it would be such a conclusion that everyone ’s satisfied , because that ’s not Alicia ’s life . Alicia ’s life is filled with questions . " Chris Noth said now that Peter is back home , much of the rest of the season will focus on whether Alicia can forgive his past infidelity , adding , " I do n't know if they 'll be able to recover or not . That 's part of the ongoing drama . " Poole refers to Eli Gold as a " wartime consigliere " , a reference to the Tom Hagen lawyer character in the 1972 Mafia film '' The Godfather '' , which is itself based on a Mario Puzo novel of the same name . In turn , Gold disparagingly refers to Poole as a " Shiksa Bambi " , a reference to the title character of the 1942 Disney animated film '' Bambi , '' about a naive deer unaccustomed to the realities and horrors of the real world . Kurt McVeigh 's country mannerisms and dress prompt Diane to refer to him as the Marlboro Man , a cowboy-like figure used in tobacco advertisements for Marlboro cigarettes . Upon learning about his morals , Diane said he was like something out of a novel by Herman Melville , the 19th century novelist who wrote '' Moby-Dick '' and '' Billy Budd '' . She also jokingly asks whether Kurt is related to Timothy McVeigh , the man convicted of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing , by saying : '' " Oh my goodness what an unfortunate name . Hopefully no relation . " '' Diane , a liberal , is taken aback by the conservative Kurt 's enthusiasm for Sarah Palin , the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee . As a joke , Kurt sends her a copy of Palin 's 2009 memoir , '' Going Rogue : An American Life '' . She in turn sends him the parody book '' Going Rouge : A Candid Look Inside the Mind of Political Conservative Sarah Palin '' , which is filled with empty pages
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
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