After Prady goes to Alicia with an intriguing proposal involving their campaigns, Alicia discovers that Peter may be seeing another woman. Meanwhile, Cary learns that Lemond Bishop may be trying to kill him.
Alicia and Prady go head to head with their campaigns. Prady asks Alicia not to go negative and in return he promises not to use the dirt Castro had given him on Alicia. Alicia opens the box with Castro's dirt to find photos of Peter and Ramona having a fling. Meanwhile, Cary has hired a bodyguard because he feels threatened after hearing a leaked tape where Bishop says he wants to kill Cary.—Mary Hanna
Cary finds himself in yet another situation this time with federal prosecutors who want him to cooperate in their investigation into Lemond Bishop. That investigation is completely separate to the State's Attorney's charges against him. The Feds also have an important piece of information: a voice recording with Bishop apparently authorizing a hit on Carey. He thinks the tape is a fake but the firm hires a bodyguard for him anyways. The campaign continues with Alicia's team preparing campaign ads. Her only opponent Frank Prady - Castro has dropped out of the race - suggests to her that they avoid slinging mud at one another and run positive campaigns. Her campaign managers are convinced Prady will eventually go negative but she thinks he's being genuine.—garykmcd